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    NS++ to be Bought by NationStates ?

    in The Lounge

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    He's being paid for his servers/infrastructure, which cost him both time and money to build and maintain.  You may dislike the person, but enough people use his services the NS Admin Team feel it's worth saving from the boneyard, so honestly, he deserves to be compensated.

     

    Open Source means you have the right to use the code all you want to build your own version of NS++, or whatever.  It does not mean he has no right to be compensated for his time if others find his end product worth something.

    It's not really that much different than anyone that runs offsite forums like myself.  I spend $35-40/month on the server we have here, and I don't expect anyone to contribute.  I get other benefits from it that makes it worth my wild (plus I'm just a nice guy...sometimes), so it's a mutually beneficial arrangement.  With the numbers using NSWiki, NS++ and other services, his bills are likely higher than mine....

     

    Overall I think this is probably a good event as it takes that infrastructure away from someone no one seems to like or really trust and puts it in someone's hands that is far more trusted by the Community.

    Proud Dad

    in The Lounge

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    Ask him to send a spare Million this way :PB)

     

     

    Then he rejected offers from Goldman Sacs, and is now at Blackstone where they do billion dollar deals over lunch.

    The TWP Astronomy Thread

    in The Lounge

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    If you look in the upper centre-right of the photo you can see that white line, could be a shooting star, or a plane, or possibly a satellite, although I bet the exposure time for the photo would have seen a much longer line if it was a sat, and if it was a plane, I think it would be intermittent due to the blinking navigation lights.

    The TWP Astronomy Thread

    in The Lounge

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    Lethbridge had a Chinook Arch overhead last night, so no stars, shooting or otherwise to be seen. bah!

     

    I can't remember the last significant event, be it meteor showers, or aggressive auroras that Lethbridge has had clear skies for.

    The TWP Astronomy Thread

    in The Lounge

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    I guess that really depends on what's powering it/providing it with energy to continue...but yes, storms do eventually come to an end.  Would be kinda sad though...for most of written history Humans have known Jupiter by the Red Spot, but in a generation or two it there might be no red spot for humans to see.

    The TWP Astronomy Thread

    in The Lounge

    Posted

    I was referring to a (big) asteroid hitting Earth. Isn't that how we got our moon?

     

    I'm pretty sure that theory calls for a proto-planet hitting earth rather than just a big asteroid...the Giant impact hypothesis calls for a planetary body, similar in size of Mars.

     

    That said, it's a theory, and apparently unfalsifiable, as it can be expanded to explain away future discoveries, so who knows.

     

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_impact_hypothesis

    The TWP Astronomy Thread

    in The Lounge

    Posted

    Total eclipse of the Moon on April 15.  Visible in its entirety from the USA.  Totality starts at 07:06 UT and finishes at 08:24 UT.  Partial phase starts at 05:58 UT and ends at 09:33 UT.

     

    Total lunar eclipses are always nice to watch, seeing what colour the Moon will be when eclipsed.  No equipment necessary, just a pair of eyes.

     

    I remember observing one once and looking to the south and seeing a nice display of the aurora australis which had been masked until then by the Moon's brightness.

     

    Those are alot harder to get a good view of compared to the northern ones.  I've only seen them from photos taken on the ISS.  Even made a video of them like 2 years ago. Three Cheers for Public Domain!

     

    WFE

    in Office of The Delegate

    Posted

    Don't forget that the Endorsement: 70 line is something that gets parsed by a script WestWind.  Probably shouldn't change that to something that's alot harder to parse, unless you don't care about that feature in said script...

    Concillium to HGA

    in Technical Forum Part Duex

    Posted

    I think TWP Flag is steeped in tradition, to change it now is to change TWP quite significantly.  When Eli first moved the forums to my hosting, we tried a different flag and it was a very unpopular move.

     

    As for more forum skins, I'm not fully opposed but never understood why people wanted multiple themes.  Personally I'm much happier with a consistent look throughout the website than to have everyone changing it up willy nilly, or even different looks for each forum.  Buttons change places, leading to unpredictability.

    Been a long time

    in Technical Forum Part Duex

    Posted

    Yeah, I can't just outright block the networks those ones are coming from...block Comcast's IP Range and I bet we'd loose alot of potential players.  I don't mind blocking China/Russia/Ukraine/etc. but Western IP Ranges I try to be less....ban heavy on as that's our community base.

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