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[dbeachy1]

Did someone order a kitteh from Amazon Prime?

:blink: :lol:

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Drove to see Mt. St. Helens today...

This is the "Sediment Retention System", aka a really big earthen dam on the North Fork of the Toutle River. It was built in 1989 to put an end to ash and debris choking up the river as it washed down from the landslide area to the immediate north of the mountain. It was designed to remain useable up to 2035... but it's looking like it will fall rather short of that goal.

Fun fact: For the first five years after the eruption, the Toutle River carried more sediment (total mass, not concentration) than the Mississippi and Amazon Rivers... combined.

The view from Elk Rock Vista point on the way in. This was my first view of the massive blowdown zone to the north from ground level. I'd seen it before while on airliners, but this was something else entirely.

The view from the Johnson Ridge Observatory. Johnson Ridge was renamed after US Geological Survey scientist David Johnson, who was stationed on the ridge during the eruption, and was killed by the blast. His body was never found.

I took my old refractor telescope with me on a whim, and I'm glad I did! I started looking around the crater with it and spotted some steam coming off the younger of the two lava domes. (Please forgive the poor quality... I took this through the eyepiece of the telescope with my cellphone camera...)

Another shot, not quite as good.

The younger lava dome formed from 2004 to 2008, and is reportedly still hot (not warm, hot) to the touch, even nearly a decade later.

 

[Loru]

Should be here on monday or tuesday

 

[Urwumpe]

Can't it stop raining for some minutes here.... my car reported "low oil" with 100 km left to go, now I reached my destination, but almost need scuba gear for working on my car...

 

[Andy44]

Can't it stop raining for some minutes here.... my car reported "low oil" with 100 km left to go, now I reached my destination, but almost need scuba gear for working on my car...

We could use a little rain in DC to cool things down a bit.

 

[Urwumpe]

We could use a little rain in DC to cool things down a bit.

Be careful what you wish for.... Oranienburg near Berlin got 253 liters of rain per square meter in 24 hours. Thats about one year of rain in a day.

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I am loving it.... bought motor oil yesterday after looking under the hood for the allowed oil standards... now its the wrong oil.

Bought: 5W-30, VW Norm 502 00
Needed: 5W-30, VW Norm 504 00

Can't they build engines that work with any 5W-30 oil without warning me about fatal engine failures?

 

[Fabri91]

Watching on and off the livestream of the Goodwood Festival of Speed I found out that apparently there is an officially sanctioned European NASCAR series, which races on circuits like [ame="https://youtu.be/dV6VBjlYHW8?t=945"]Brands Hatch[/ame] and the like. :blink:

 

[Urwumpe]

This weekend is also European Truck Racing Championship at the Nürburg Circuit.

http://www.fiaetrc.com/

 

[Urwumpe]

How can this work... I watch "Two And A Half Men" in German TV via cable TV. In its original english version for the first time, usually its in the German dub here.

My girlfriend watches the same channel in a different state via satellite. She watches it in German version.

How can this happen?

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Now, after the first commercial break, its back to boring German to me. Was more fun in English.

 

[Fabri91]

It should be possible to make multiple audio tracks available also via broadcast/cable TV. At least that appears to be the case on digital satellite TV, but I've never actually used that feature. Only remember reading something along those lines, so take it with a grain of salt.

 

[Urwumpe]

It should be possible to make multiple audio tracks available also via broadcast/cable TV. At least that appears to be the case on digital satellite TV, but I've never actually used that feature. Only remember reading something along those lines, so take it with a grain of salt.

Did already check this option here... just German available right now.

 

[Loru]

Yeah - most transmissions via digital sat or digital cable have multiple audio tracks here. Usually localised and original. Excellent for me as I prefer original verions of English / US shows (with one exception).

 

[Urwumpe]

Yeah - most transmissions via digital sat or digital cable have multiple audio tracks here. Usually localised and original. Excellent for me as I prefer original verions of English / US shows (with one exception).

Damn... I want the English track back.

Now I just need a button to disable the annoying laughter. I decide what I find funny.

 

[Fabri91]

Yep, X-Plane's night lighting is slightly improved compared to FSX's. 10 years do make a difference, it seems.

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Additional randomness: now these are high-speed trains!

(yes, a train does not need to be that fast for a fighter to be able to fly alongside it, but still)

 

[Notebook]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/health-40487049/the-most-detailed-scan-of-the-wiring-of-the-human-brain

Remarkable, usually the brain looks a bit... dense. These are lovely images.
N.

 

[orb]

Yeah - most transmissions via digital sat or digital cable have multiple audio tracks here.

DVB-T too.
With small exceptions, like one of TV networks not supporting it on either of their channels, but only giving 1 to 3 audio tracks (e.g. stereo, Dolby something), all with Polish dubbing/voice-over only, without an option for switching to the original track - they do the same over DVB-S or DVB-C (I hate watching Marvel movies on their channels).

 

[Ravenous]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/health-40487049/the-most-detailed-scan-of-the-wiring-of-the-human-brain

Remarkable, usually the brain looks a bit... dense. These are lovely images.
N.

That's an amazing set of pictures. The fibrous pattern of the nerves running to the surface of the cortex is amazing... (Apparently the various regions of the cortex on opposite sides connect via this network.)

 

[Fabri91]

Apologies for the horrible quality, but today I went on a bike ride and got near Venegono from the north, where the Aermacchi M346 are assembled, and I got to see one doing some pattern work:

 

[N_Molson]

Happy Independance Day !

 

[Andy44]

Happy Independance Day !

Thanks for the statue.

Also, for all the troops and ships you sent us, and those nice Charleville muskets.