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canefan

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Tim" data-cid="572302" data-time="1460639116">He should be looking into the link between geriatric sperm and producing mutant children.</blockquote>WeLL it sure as he'll isn't global warming

No Quarter

Yeah the wife made me aware of that a while ago, respect for De Niro went through the floor. I wasn't aware there was a reluctance in the Scientific community to talk about Vaccinations. In fact here I was thinking they were trying develop more.

mariner4life

my respect for him has been slipping since the 90s based purely on his Filmography
 
this kinda seals it.

NTA

I saw a Travis Bickle bobble head toy at a pop culture store in Melbourne on Tuesday

Paekakboyz

<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://imgur.com/gallery/Q95ko'>http://imgur.com/gallery/Q95ko</a>
 
Excellent!

mariner4life

that's very good

antipodean

Imgur had a bunch of amusing tinder profiles. This one made me laugh.
 
<img src="http://i.imgur.com/4XtR1Kn.jpg" alt="4XtR1Kn.jpg">

antipodean

NTA

So, Tesla have managed to land their Falcon 9 First stage rocket on a barge - a "drone ship" - for the first time, and that on a live mission. Pretty fucking big news all up. Why?
 
As per the previous landing on solid ground, equipment manufacture costs a shitload more than the fuel, so re-use of manufactured parts drives costs down. Rather than just chucking bits in the ocean like the early space programs etc.
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/03/31/reusability-key-making-human-life-multi-planetary'>http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/03/31/reusability-key-making-human-life-multi-planetary</a>
 
Landing on a barge has added another element: they can cover more launch patterns, rather than having to land it on a set part of the earth and therefore only conduct missions from one location with one arc of launch and first stage recovery.
 
They'll now take that Stage 1 component and test fire it about 10 times to check the stresses of the landing, and that it can be re-used.
 
 
Full launch video here if you've got the time - skip to 27 minutes to watch the rocket land and a bunch of nerds lose their shit. Watch the drone ship going through a bit of chop - not like it was a glassy smooth sea or anything:

canefan

I wonder how much it costs to launch the Tesla rocket as opposed to the cost of the Kiwi rocket lab one? Apparently it's the cheapest by a mile, reusable or not

NTA

Some info here - though it is general numbers: <a class="bbc_url" href="http://space.stackexchange.com/questions/8330/what-is-the-cost-breakdown-for-a-falcon-9-launch">http://space.stackexchange.com/questions/8330/what-is-the-cost-breakdown-for-a-falcon-9-launch</a> 
" SpaceX currently sells an "off the shelf" Falcon 9 launch for $61.2 million USD (from 2016) ..." 
And 
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Propellant 
Musk has famously stated at the National Press Club that the cost of propellant is only 0.3% the cost of the rocket, which yields about $200,000 for a $60m launch. 
" 
I read somewhere else that Musk wanted to drive costs down to something like $1000 per pound of payload (so about $2200/kg). 
This is an older article discussing payload costs: <a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.nss.org/articles/falconheavy.html">http://www.nss.org/articles/falconheavy.html</a>

canefan

Google says the projected cost of a rocketlab electron rocket launch will be $6m. They have a revolutionary rocket engine design and use 3D printers to fabricate much of the parts

taniwharugby

NSFW
 
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Paekakboyz

This needs your immediate attention
 
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NTA

Oh shit I LOLd

Nepia

I'm 0-1 in the LOL-ing.
 
I was waiting for a punchline on the Kevin one that didn't come. Sausage Party was funny as fudge, although I did wonder where it was going given its name.

dogmeat

<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://andywoodruff.com/blog/beyond-the-sea/'>http://andywoodruff.com/blog/beyond-the-sea/</a>

booboo

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="dogmeat" data-cid="573538" data-time="1461060878"><a class="bbc_url" href="http://andywoodruff.com/blog/beyond-the-sea/">http://andywoodruff.com/blog/beyond-the-sea/</a></blockquote>
 
Comment 17: 
"Would be nice to see one where New Zealand isnâ€t on the far edge of the map! Though we often get cut off altogetherâ€¦ 
David 
30 March 2016 @ 2:26am"

booboo

<a class="bbc_url" href="http://i.stuff.co.nz/life-style/parenting/baby/79042121/First-it-was-Justice-now-its-Messiah-The-rejected-New-Zealand-baby-names-of-2015">http://i.stuff.co.nz/life-style/parenting/baby/79042121/First-it-was-Justice-now-its-Messiah-The-rejected-New-Zealand-baby-names-of-2015</a> <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote">Names rejected by the registrar-general in 2015 included Rogue, King and Royal. 
Names must not imply rank, resemble official titles or cause undue offence. 
READ MORE:

There's no Justice
It's an official 'No' for regal names
Court orders name change for Talula Does the Hula 
The maximum length allowed is 99 characters, to include first names, middle names and surnames. 
Justice was the most rejected name between July 2001 and May 2013. 
But, in 2015, Messiah was the most commonly rejected name, followed by King, Royal, Prince and Empress. 
Other rejected names included anything using a "/" symbol, Royahl, Rogue, Sarjant and MMMR, a Mongrel Mob acronym. 
A departmental spokesman said there was no list of "banned" names as all names registered in New Zealand must comply with the legislation. 
If a name failed to meet criteria, the proposal was reviewed by the registrar-general of births, deaths and marriages, Jeff Montgomery. 
Montgomery said there was nothing stopping parents calling their children by any name of their choosing. Legislation applied to official names, on birth certificates, passports or used formally in court, he said. 
People have the right of appeal to the Family Court for a rejected name but no one had done so, he said. 
"Most parents are serious. They think it's a name that fits their baby. They think it's a nice name. 
"There's not normally anything nasty about it. They're not intending it to be offensive." 
Montgomery said there was some flexibility. 
The name King could be permissible as a middle name, but not as a first name. 
Names must also be easily pronounced and enunciated. 
In other words, no symbols, gang acronyms or "/", but the word "backslash" could be permissible, he said. 
"People can call themselves whatever they like. 
"We might not approve Messiah but you can call your children whatever you like." 
It was not the registrar-general's job to judge, he said. 
Around 60,000 babies are born in New Zealand each year, and less than 1 per cent have their name registered personally by the registrar-general. 
In 2015, a total of 49 names were rejected. 
REJECTED BABY NAMES IN 2015 
Messiah 7 
King 5 
Royal 4 
Prince 3 
Royale 3 
Bishop 2 
Princess 2 
Empress 2 
/ [symbol in name] 2 
() [name in brackets] 2 
Sir 1 
Royahl 1 
Rogue 1 
Knight 1 
Justyce 1 
Lord 1 
Regal 1 
Suprintedent 1 
Royaal 1 
Commodore 1 
Justice 1 
Chief 1 
Sarjant 1 
Impryss 1 
Christ 1 
Queen 1 
MMMR 1 
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Total: 49 
SOURCE: Department of Internal Affairs</blockquote>

Rembrandt

Safe to assume that'll be 49 more people in some form of criminal/mental facility in about 16 years?

The Silver Fern

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