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 Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denomination ~ With the rise of space tourism, foreign exchange specialists Travelex believe they are ahead of the game with their proposed space currency the QUID, a backronym standing for the Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denomination and also slang for the British Pound. All in the name of publicity, but some clever touches anyhow… |
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| Quotations Page ~
Need something new for your MySpace headline and tired
of quoting Eminem? Writing regularly and short on things to say,
never mind, say what somebody else said instead. Impress the boys and
wow the girls, while sounding so erudite they’ll think you’ve
swallowed your dictionary. Funk me, all you cunning linguists! |
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| Random.org ~
The UK lottery is based on six random numbers between 1-49, but choosing
truly random numbers isn’t so easy. Personal bias is inevitable, but the
more random your choices the better your chances are. Here then is the
perfect way to generate your own random numbers, although do still ask an astrologer
about the best time to play… |
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| Real-Time Satellites Around the Earth ~ Somehow, I just noticed this post from 2008. It maps the roughly 13,000 or so man-made satellites orbiting the Earth, tracked by US Strategic Command. Watch the video to convince yourself then download the plugin for a real-time experience. Makes you wonder how anyone can launch anything, with all that space debris out there… |
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| Real Time Satellite Tracking ~ Not the easiest site for the casual observer to get to grips with, this specialist offering enables you to track a satellite of your choosing either around the world or simply overhead and to find out relatively swiftly, the technical data associated with it. You can select a category of satellite to follow or name those that interest you particularly. |
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| Red Bull Stratos ~ Joe Kittinger’s parachute descent from the frontiers of space has been immortalised across the Internet. In 1960 Joe jumped from an altitude of 31.3 kilometers, setting a record that still stands. Now Felix Baumgartner and the Red Bull team are keen to extend this ceiling past 36.6 km. Let’s hope they get the legal wrangling sorted first! |
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| Royal Mail ~ In the UK, these people are our postal services. Recently I sent a letter that took four days to travel ten miles. That’s 0.10 mph, with 0.03 mph given widely for a garden snail. By contrast a letter sent FedEx from Columbus, Ohio arrived within 48 hours, giving 85 mph plus. If I were the Queen I’d want my name taken off it… |
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| Scribd ~ Scribd bills itself as the largest social publishing and reading network. Users can upload and browse everything from existing books, down to individually authored material. When a search on astrology yields many classic works and over 20,000 matches, you are struck by the usefulness and benefit of this wonderful resource. |
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| Shambo - the Temple Bull ~ Shambo, of the Hindu Skanda Vale Temple, was destroyed by representatives of the Welsh Assembly Government on July 26, 2007 after testing positive for bovine tuberculosis. This despite offers to isolate him, treat him or even to ship him to a cow sanctuary in India. Many here are left feeling, that was an awful thing to do. |
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| Skydiving from the Edge of the World ~ I recommended this video before, when I used to help out on a site elsewhere, but was reminded recently to post it here. The year is 1960 and Joe Kittinger, a career officer in the US Air Force, takes a specially adapted helium balloon beyond the edge of space, then does something nobody has tried before or since. He jumps… |
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Pole Live Camera ~ Our view of astrology will need to change once
people are born away from our own small planet. Closer to home there
are also difficulties, such as the failure of many house systems in polar
regions. You can check out the South Pole right now, but remember there’s
complete darkness from March to September! |
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| Space Adventures ~ You can catch a ride on an aircraft to beyond 99% of the Earth’s atmosphere at 21 kilometres, but so far only this company has put paying passengers into orbital space. Just seven space tourists have enjoyed the ride at a cost of $20-35 million each, but now one seat is available on a trip around the Moon at $120-150 million… |
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| Space Tourism ~ Featuring a subject soon to be in the news far more prominently than it is today, here’s the definitive low-down on the whole subject of space tourism, courtesy of our friends at Wikipedia. It’s interesting the flights you can enjoy to 21km (70,000 feet) and beyond aboard a MiG-29 fighter aircraft for instance, don’t even get a mention… |
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| Stuff
on My Cat ~ Featuring a subject soon to be in the news far more prominently than it is today, here’s the definitive low-down on the whole subject of space tourism, courtesy of our friends at Wikipedia. It’s interesting the flights you can enjoy to 21km (70,000 feet) and beyond aboard a MiG-29 fighter aircraft for instance, don’t even get a mention… |
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