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“SpaceX Launches 46 More Starlink Satellites Into Orbit”
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Lynn McGuire
2024-03-12 22:11:45 UTC
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“SpaceX Launches 46 More Starlink Satellites Into Orbit”

https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-launches-46-more-starlink-satellites-into-orbit

“Nearly 6,000 Starlink satellites are now orbiting Earth. Elon Musk says
the newly launched satellites can collectively process 4 Terabits of
data per second.”

Ho hum. Another day, another event free SpaceX launch into LEO.

Wait, this was a dual Falcon 9 launch. Impressive.

We are living in the future.

Lynn
Dimensional Traveler
2024-03-13 00:11:32 UTC
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We are living in the future.
We always have been.
--
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
dirty old man.
Scott Dorsey
2024-03-13 00:17:00 UTC
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We are living in the future.
We always have been.
"It's already tomorrow in Japan!"
-- MITI ad, 1985 or so
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
D
2024-03-13 08:45:55 UTC
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We are living in the future.
We always have been.
No, that was actually the past. But _this_ is at least the present! ;)
Dimensional Traveler
2024-03-13 15:59:51 UTC
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We are living in the future.
We always have been.
No, that was actually the past. But _this_ is at least the present! ;)
An hour ago it _was_ the future.
--
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
dirty old man.
D
2024-03-13 18:14:23 UTC
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We are living in the future.
We always have been.
No, that was actually the past. But _this_ is at least the present! ;)
An hour ago it _was_ the future.
True... but sadly tomorrow it has become the past.
Dimensional Traveler
2024-03-13 18:19:29 UTC
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We are living in the future.
We always have been.
No, that was actually the past. But _this_ is at least the present! ;)
An hour ago it _was_ the future.
True... but sadly tomorrow it has become the past.
Depends on how close to the black hole you are.
--
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
dirty old man.
D
2024-03-13 20:49:59 UTC
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We are living in the future.
We always have been.
No, that was actually the past. But _this_ is at least the present! ;)
An hour ago it _was_ the future.
True... but sadly tomorrow it has become the past.
Depends on how close to the black hole you are.
Well, I guess eliminating time altogether might be the way out of this
mess!
Dimensional Traveler
2024-03-14 01:40:36 UTC
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We are living in the future.
We always have been.
No, that was actually the past. But _this_ is at least the present! ;)
An hour ago it _was_ the future.
True... but sadly tomorrow it has become the past.
Depends on how close to the black hole you are.
Well, I guess eliminating time altogether might be the way out of this
mess!
But it is soooooo confusing when everything happens simultaneously. And
you can never tell when what you are cooking is done!
--
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
dirty old man.
Titus G
2024-03-14 04:22:35 UTC
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We are living in the future.
We always have been.
No, that was actually the past. But _this_ is at least the present! ;)
An hour ago it _was_ the future.
True... but sadly tomorrow it has become the past.
Depends on how close to the black hole you are.
Well, I guess eliminating time altogether might be the way out of this
mess!
But it is soooooo confusing when everything happens simultaneously.  And
you can never tell when what you are cooking is done!
"They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then
it's night once more?" Pozzo. Waiting for Godot.

Friends only a couple of kilometres from a city, had very unreliable
phone and internet access but the internet access has been solved by
subscribing to the satellite service.
D
2024-03-14 09:14:11 UTC
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We are living in the future.
We always have been.
No, that was actually the past. But _this_ is at least the present! ;)
An hour ago it _was_ the future.
True... but sadly tomorrow it has become the past.
Depends on how close to the black hole you are.
Well, I guess eliminating time altogether might be the way out of this
mess!
But it is soooooo confusing when everything happens simultaneously. And you
can never tell when what you are cooking is done!
Don't worry, without time, there's no happening, so the cooking was, is
and will always be, done. ;)
Dimensional Traveler
2024-03-14 16:48:22 UTC
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We are living in the future.
We always have been.
No, that was actually the past. But _this_ is at least the present! ;)
An hour ago it _was_ the future.
True... but sadly tomorrow it has become the past.
Depends on how close to the black hole you are.
Well, I guess eliminating time altogether might be the way out of
this mess!
But it is soooooo confusing when everything happens simultaneously.
And you can never tell when what you are cooking is done!
Don't worry, without time, there's no happening, so the cooking was, is
and will always be, done. ;)
And eaten and being prepped and the cook is dithering about what to cook....

Like I said, confusing.
--
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
dirty old man.
D
2024-03-14 18:06:01 UTC
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We are living in the future.
We always have been.
No, that was actually the past. But _this_ is at least the present! ;)
An hour ago it _was_ the future.
True... but sadly tomorrow it has become the past.
Depends on how close to the black hole you are.
Well, I guess eliminating time altogether might be the way out of this
mess!
But it is soooooo confusing when everything happens simultaneously. And
you can never tell when what you are cooking is done!
Don't worry, without time, there's no happening, so the cooking was, is and
will always be, done. ;)
And eaten and being prepped and the cook is dithering about what to cook....
Like I said, confusing.
Amen!
Ted Nolan <tednolan>
2024-03-13 18:42:42 UTC
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We are living in the future.
We always have been.
No, that was actually the past. But _this_ is at least the present! ;)
An hour ago it _was_ the future.
True... but sadly tomorrow it has become the past.
Ah, but I have The Past Through Tomorrow in a box somewhere..
--
columbiaclosings.com
What's not in Columbia anymore..
Scott Dorsey
2024-03-13 19:56:40 UTC
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True... but sadly tomorrow it has become the past.
Why must we live in the future?
Why can't we live in the past?
The future is terribly vacant.
I don't think the future will last.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
D
2024-03-13 20:50:51 UTC
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True... but sadly tomorrow it has become the past.
Why must we live in the future?
Why can't we live in the past?
The future is terribly vacant.
I don't think the future will last.
--scott
Well, I guess you could just stretch out the present...
William Hyde
2024-03-13 21:02:24 UTC
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“SpaceX Launches 46 More Starlink Satellites Into Orbit”
https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-launches-46-more-starlink-satellites-into-orbit
“Nearly 6,000 Starlink satellites are now orbiting Earth. Elon Musk says
the newly launched satellites can collectively process 4 Terabits of
data per second.”
Ho hum.  Another day, another event free SpaceX launch into LEO.
Wait, this was a dual Falcon 9 launch.  Impressive.
We are living in the future.
Indeed we are.

There is now a cure(1) for sickle-cell anemia. It costs the earth, and
is not in its current form going to be available to 99% of the suffering
population, but that will change with time.

The technique looks like it can be applied to other genetic disorders
such as Cystic Fibrosis and Tay-Sachs syndrome. We'll see.

(1), Well, success rate well over 90%, but not 100.

William Hyde
D
2024-03-14 09:12:45 UTC
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“SpaceX Launches 46 More Starlink Satellites Into Orbit”
https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-launches-46-more-starlink-satellites-into-orbit
“Nearly 6,000 Starlink satellites are now orbiting Earth. Elon Musk says
the newly launched satellites can collectively process 4 Terabits of data
per second.”
Ho hum.  Another day, another event free SpaceX launch into LEO.
Wait, this was a dual Falcon 9 launch.  Impressive.
We are living in the future.
Indeed we are.
There is now a cure(1) for sickle-cell anemia. It costs the earth, and is
not in its current form going to be available to 99% of the suffering
population, but that will change with time.
The technique looks like it can be applied to other genetic disorders such as
Cystic Fibrosis and Tay-Sachs syndrome. We'll see.
(1), Well, success rate well over 90%, but not 100.
William Hyde
Give it 10 years and I'm sure that 50% will be able to afford it! =)

Best regards,
Daniel
Lynn McGuire
2024-03-14 18:49:52 UTC
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“SpaceX Launches 46 More Starlink Satellites Into Orbit”
https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-launches-46-more-starlink-satellites-into-orbit
“Nearly 6,000 Starlink satellites are now orbiting Earth. Elon Musk
says the newly launched satellites can collectively process 4
Terabits of data per second.”
Ho hum.  Another day, another event free SpaceX launch into LEO.
Wait, this was a dual Falcon 9 launch.  Impressive.
We are living in the future.
Indeed we are.
There is now a cure(1) for sickle-cell anemia.  It costs the earth,
and is not in its current form going to be available to 99% of the
suffering population, but that will change with time.
The technique looks like it can be applied to other genetic disorders
such as Cystic Fibrosis and Tay-Sachs syndrome.  We'll see.
(1), Well, success rate well over 90%, but not 100.
William Hyde
Give it 10 years and I'm sure that 50% will be able to afford it! =)
Best regards,
Daniel
Depends on the manufacturing process. My wife took 52 infusions of
ground up mouse spleens weekly in 2005 - 2006. That is how Herceptin
was delivered to cancer patients back then. The trial showed that the
recurrance of breast cancer was cut from 60% to 25% for people with her
cancer status (2b) and genes. The cost to the manufacturer was quoted
to us by the head doctor as $50,000, including the heart testing since
the drug affected the heart in some of the patients, her heart recovered
after five years.

Lynn
D
2024-03-14 21:28:45 UTC
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“SpaceX Launches 46 More Starlink Satellites Into Orbit”
https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-launches-46-more-starlink-satellites-into-orbit
“Nearly 6,000 Starlink satellites are now orbiting Earth. Elon Musk says
the newly launched satellites can collectively process 4 Terabits of data
per second.”
Ho hum.  Another day, another event free SpaceX launch into LEO.
Wait, this was a dual Falcon 9 launch.  Impressive.
We are living in the future.
Indeed we are.
There is now a cure(1) for sickle-cell anemia.  It costs the earth, and is
not in its current form going to be available to 99% of the suffering
population, but that will change with time.
The technique looks like it can be applied to other genetic disorders such
as Cystic Fibrosis and Tay-Sachs syndrome.  We'll see.
(1), Well, success rate well over 90%, but not 100.
William Hyde
Give it 10 years and I'm sure that 50% will be able to afford it! =)
Best regards,
Daniel
Depends on the manufacturing process. My wife took 52 infusions of ground up
mouse spleens weekly in 2005 - 2006. That is how Herceptin was delivered to
cancer patients back then. The trial showed that the recurrance of breast
cancer was cut from 60% to 25% for people with her cancer status (2b) and
genes. The cost to the manufacturer was quoted to us by the head doctor as
$50,000, including the heart testing since the drug affected the heart in
some of the patients, her heart recovered after five years.
Lynn
I'm happy to hear it! =)

With my mother they missed a tumour and it ended
badly. But I heard similar sums for the medicines if not more. Boy was
that a long drawn out and painful road to the bitter end.

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