PeeDeeFinding out, at 11am, that we had Monday off!
Finding out the true fault with my car ABS system.
People at work avoiding me, because I quit yesterday.
PeeDeeFinding out, at 11am, that we had Monday off!
Finding out the true fault with my car ABS system.
People at work avoiding me, because I quit yesterday.
PeeDeeBetween two lungs by Florence and the machine. Lovin it!
PeeDeeBetween two lungs by Florence and the machine. Lovin it!
PeeDeeNice. I like the Ant. best.
PeeDeeAh, I see I was correct. 🙂
Like all great authors, take a snippet of scientific doubt and explode it into a vast range of possibilities which actually have a linkable thread back to the “Known”. Added to my falling out of an Armchair with laughter, makes damn good reading!
H2G2 was also full of such things.
PeeDeeAh, I see I was correct. 🙂
Like all great authors, take a snippet of scientific doubt and explode it into a vast range of possibilities which actually have a linkable thread back to the “Known”. Added to my falling out of an Armchair with laughter, makes damn good reading!
H2G2 was also full of such things.
PeeDeeSorry sir! 😮
Our Weights department calculate and measure Mass.
True conversation in a meeting: –
Boffin….”This structure has a mass of 325kg”
Idiot in charge “What does it weigh?”
Boffin “325kg………within a few thousand feet of Earth in dry air”
Idiot in charge “(silence)” “Ok, next slide please”
PeeDeeSorry sir! 😮
Our Weights department calculate and measure Mass.
True conversation in a meeting: –
Boffin….”This structure has a mass of 325kg”
Idiot in charge “What does it weigh?”
Boffin “325kg………within a few thousand feet of Earth in dry air”
Idiot in charge “(silence)” “Ok, next slide please”
PeeDeeWell, Wednesday night I did see a large long Pinky Red meteor, during one of my fag-breaks…beyond the compost heap in the Garden.
It covered probably 45% of the arc and was visible for say 2.5 / 3 seconds.
If it approached at 90 degrees it would have possibly made a dent. By the time it got here though, it would have been the size of a Hazelnut.
For those of you wanting to cross the Salt Plains of USA (Bonneville etc.) you are likely to find such Hazelnut sized Meteorites. They stand out like a sore thumb on the flat White ground.
Crack ’em open, because the heat/pressure combination sustained is highly likey to create a Diamond.
Similarly, if you see lightning hit a Beach, go and dig in the strike zone. The heat of hte flash metls the Sand into glass, and in the most beautiful shapes, like Coral that has hit the random button. They too are worth a fortune…lottery winning size fortunes for the big uns.
Earth…is it getting heavier or lighter?
Well, add the falling rocks from space, subtract the metal junk we’ve put up there……or should we – because that eventually falls back? Apart from those farty little Gemini probes.
PeeDeeWell, Wednesday night I did see a large long Pinky Red meteor, during one of my fag-breaks…beyond the compost heap in the Garden.
It covered probably 45% of the arc and was visible for say 2.5 / 3 seconds.
If it approached at 90 degrees it would have possibly made a dent. By the time it got here though, it would have been the size of a Hazelnut.
For those of you wanting to cross the Salt Plains of USA (Bonneville etc.) you are likely to find such Hazelnut sized Meteorites. They stand out like a sore thumb on the flat White ground.
Crack ’em open, because the heat/pressure combination sustained is highly likey to create a Diamond.
Similarly, if you see lightning hit a Beach, go and dig in the strike zone. The heat of hte flash metls the Sand into glass, and in the most beautiful shapes, like Coral that has hit the random button. They too are worth a fortune…lottery winning size fortunes for the big uns.
Earth…is it getting heavier or lighter?
Well, add the falling rocks from space, subtract the metal junk we’ve put up there……or should we – because that eventually falls back? Apart from those farty little Gemini probes.
PeeDeeMystery solved.
Source: –
http://www.nap.edu/html/biomems/jwinckler.pdf
In my head I knew the discovery was an accident…or rather it wasn’t on purpose if you get my drift. Even though Mr Winckler was expert in the field.
The “Some kid” reference was probably due to a re enactment of the event on the telly, using actors too young.
Snippet….
Winckler then sought to image night-sky light flashes at
high time and spatial resolution. He had a high-performance
charge coupled device television camera remaining from
the Echo project, but it was in need of renovation that
would cost $7,000. He had a small amount of funds remaining
from his NASA project, and the chairman of the University
of Minnesota Physics Department provided additional
funds for repair of the camera. With its repair Winckler
began to make images of the night sky. During the night of
July 5-6, 1989, he pointed the camera toward a thunderstorm
on the northern horizon. When he viewed the individual
TV frames he found twin flashes of light lasting about
0.03 second and extending from cloud top to about 20 km
above the ground. He concluded that tropospheric electrical
phenomena could extend into the ionosphere. Several
weeks later he confirmed the July result while observing
thunderstorm activity to the south of his observing site. To
analyze the frames of the TV records, Winckler had personally
assembled the necessary equipment in his home. He
also used his home laboratory to produce camera-ready copy
for his publications at a savings to himself of several thousand
dollars.
The work of Winckler and his students on upward light18
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS
ning galvanized several atmospheric research groups into
developing major programs, some including suitably instrumented
aircraft, to further investigate the phenomenon of
cloud-to-ionosphere lightning. Funding agencies soon began
to receive proposals of up to $1 million to support
research on cloud-to-ionosphere lightning. Winckler’s total
investment had been no more than $20,000. Several of the
groups starting up research programs turned to Winckler
for advice on designing observing programs.
From his home, the O’Brien Observatory, and lakeside
camp sites—always facing northward for the best viewing—
he continued to photograph auroras with still and movie
cameras.
PeeDeeMystery solved.
Source: –
http://www.nap.edu/html/biomems/jwinckler.pdf
In my head I knew the discovery was an accident…or rather it wasn’t on purpose if you get my drift. Even though Mr Winckler was expert in the field.
The “Some kid” reference was probably due to a re enactment of the event on the telly, using actors too young.
Snippet….
Winckler then sought to image night-sky light flashes at
high time and spatial resolution. He had a high-performance
charge coupled device television camera remaining from
the Echo project, but it was in need of renovation that
would cost $7,000. He had a small amount of funds remaining
from his NASA project, and the chairman of the University
of Minnesota Physics Department provided additional
funds for repair of the camera. With its repair Winckler
began to make images of the night sky. During the night of
July 5-6, 1989, he pointed the camera toward a thunderstorm
on the northern horizon. When he viewed the individual
TV frames he found twin flashes of light lasting about
0.03 second and extending from cloud top to about 20 km
above the ground. He concluded that tropospheric electrical
phenomena could extend into the ionosphere. Several
weeks later he confirmed the July result while observing
thunderstorm activity to the south of his observing site. To
analyze the frames of the TV records, Winckler had personally
assembled the necessary equipment in his home. He
also used his home laboratory to produce camera-ready copy
for his publications at a savings to himself of several thousand
dollars.
The work of Winckler and his students on upward light18
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS
ning galvanized several atmospheric research groups into
developing major programs, some including suitably instrumented
aircraft, to further investigate the phenomenon of
cloud-to-ionosphere lightning. Funding agencies soon began
to receive proposals of up to $1 million to support
research on cloud-to-ionosphere lightning. Winckler’s total
investment had been no more than $20,000. Several of the
groups starting up research programs turned to Winckler
for advice on designing observing programs.
From his home, the O’Brien Observatory, and lakeside
camp sites—always facing northward for the best viewing—
he continued to photograph auroras with still and movie
cameras.
PeeDeeHmmm, not sure I agree with the “some kid” story.
There are three currently-known types of “upwards lightning”.
“Blue Jets” were first photographed on 21 October 1989 from a space shuttle passing over huge storms in Australia.
“Sprites” were first recorded on 6 July 1989 by researchers from the University of Minnesota.
“Elves” were first photographed over French Guiana on 7 October 1990, also from a space shuttle.
All three types have, therefore, been known to meteorologists for at least 20 years, not “5 to 10”.
OK I’ll bow on the 5 or 10, my memory speeds up the past, but I got the “Some kid” reference from a decent science programme, possibly the Space programme headed by the Manc lad who was a singist/organ player in D-ream. Positive that ordinary lads were taking a street picture at night and by a million to 1 chance they caught the vertical plume of lightning in the background. Which they asked NASA to explain…which then lead to NASA to look for it from the Shuttle.
Talking of singists…where’s PMN?
PeeDeeHmmm, not sure I agree with the “some kid” story.
There are three currently-known types of “upwards lightning”.
“Blue Jets” were first photographed on 21 October 1989 from a space shuttle passing over huge storms in Australia.
“Sprites” were first recorded on 6 July 1989 by researchers from the University of Minnesota.
“Elves” were first photographed over French Guiana on 7 October 1990, also from a space shuttle.
All three types have, therefore, been known to meteorologists for at least 20 years, not “5 to 10”.
OK I’ll bow on the 5 or 10, my memory speeds up the past, but I got the “Some kid” reference from a decent science programme, possibly the Space programme headed by the Manc lad who was a singist/organ player in D-ream. Positive that ordinary lads were taking a street picture at night and by a million to 1 chance they caught the vertical plume of lightning in the background. Which they asked NASA to explain…which then lead to NASA to look for it from the Shuttle.
Talking of singists…where’s PMN?
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