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April 1st, 2015
A giant star was sighted by the Sternwarte Schweinfurt. They are
unsure where it came from but it suddenly appeared, seen through the main
refractor scope at the Sternwarte. For hobby enthusiasts who want to see this
new giant star one should direct their scope at these coordinates:
Right Ascension: 0:40:0.0 Declination 4:16:0.0. As this star has a giant
red-shift (good opportunity to see this is at evening time) the coordinates
could change, it is said.
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ESA what are your plans?
March 31st, 2015
All space projects big and small required planning. And so it is that I am
sitting here looking for the plans of ESA for future manned space flight.
Why is it that I can't find anything? We know the ISS goes on to 2024, after
which the Russians will decouple their part and create a new space station.
America has plans to capture a boulder from an asteroid and make it a part
of the moon. Also the americans are working on a Mars mission. What is
Europe doing?
When 2024 comes around are we going to hitch rides on the
russian space station? Or are we going to hitch rides with Americans? Or
both? Why not make our own thing? The ISS didn't occur in 1998 without a
plan. In fact if you research space station Freedom you'll see it's about as
old as the Space Shuttle itself. Mir also existed but it was pressured to be
given up in place for the ISS. Even project Apollo that put the first men on
the moon required at least a decade planning. So we have 2015 now.. 2024 is
in nine years. For me those nine years will likely go pretty quickly. Can
ESA let us know their plans beyond 2024?
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R.I.P. Paul Schenkeveld
March 30th, 2015
News hit me
that Paul Schenkeveld has passed away. This is sad news indeed. I ate at the
same table as Paul at EuroBSDCon 2011 and noticed he was a great person. Later
I watched some of his Youtube contributions regarding bhyve the BSD hypervisor.
Also I enjoyed his interview of Will Backman at BSDCan (forgot year). Even
though we hardly knew each other Paul, you will be missed. And I thank you
for the help that you provided in all sorts of mediums. Rest in Peace.
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Please, not another LEO ISS!
March 29th, 2015
Russia's space agency and
NASA may collaborate to create another ISS after the current ISS will be
scuttled in 2024. Now if they want to do another LEO (Low Earth Orbit) ISS
then I gotta yawn and say "boring!". How about raising the bar a little and
putting a station around the moon? I'd even be satisfied with a station at
Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO). If Europe is expected to collaborate on
another ISS I want them to consider this! Also the news of space junk and
the evasive manouvers that the current ISS had to do makes it literally
dangerous to put another ISS in LEO.
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The catch-22 of mental illness
March 28th, 2015
Everyone heard of the Germanwings Flight 4U 9525 by now. The co-pilot
caused a murder-suicide by crashing the plane deliberately. The evidence
gathered amounts that he was mentally ill, but it wasn't depression. So
did he hear voices? Ie. did he have schizophrenia? This is just a guess
right now until the media reports the truth around his mental illness.
So is it right to give up your job that you love because you have a mental
illness? Is it right to hide it from your employer?
I have schizophrenia
myself, but my employer knows this, but what if he didn't? Would that change
a thing? In my view Andreas L. was reckless. He was a bull gone mad. He
should have told his employer and take the hit. It would have saved 149
innocents from dying. Truth is he would have lost his job, but there is
other not-so-glamirous jobs that he could have taken on. And if he still
wanted to kill himself he could have done it in a way that affects only
himself. Like perhaps doing it in the glider he was solo'ing often.
More facts will appear in time, however, I'd also like to say this: "That
guy made us mentally ill look bad, and is causing unneeded consequences on us!".
We too are victims of this madman.
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Purchases more Reggae
March 24th, 2015
In order to get by this march I have bought a rather old riddim (from 2013)
called the "contagious riddim" which is various artists on the same track.
I wouldn't know about this if it wasn't for pre-viewing on youtube, so props
goes to youtube too.
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My Eclipse photos were a FAIL
March 21st, 2015
I made a construct with my ipod and welders glass to capture the eclipse.
Unfortunately the images came out pretty bad. There is no lessons learned other than that it
doesn't work this way. One suggestion was that I had to turn auto exposure off
but I'm unsure of the setting on my ipod. Where others chose routes of
perfection, I chose routes of failure it seems. Over and over again.
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Happy Pi day
March 14th, 2015
It's 3.14.15 as written in american (english too?) dates. This year the year
also represents digits of Pi, so this year is special.
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Pre-Ordered OpenBSD 5.7
March 13th, 2015
Pre-orders are on. If you want to order OpenBSD 5.7 too and don't know how
go to openbsdstore.com and click the
flag at the top right to specify your region. The prices will then update
and you'll be able to see 5.7 at the very top and proceed to buy it. Have
fun!
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Wrote two members of parliament
March 12th, 2015
I have written two members of parliament representing Schweinfurt regarding
the Stoererhaftung. I was prompted to write them according to this
article, a call for help.
I currently run the only known Schweinfurt nodes of Freifunk Franken, so this really does affect me not just
indirectly.
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