Reretaken Down

[Bamaman]

I think you should start a show like that.

[Vanya]

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/van-cliburn-pianist-and-cold-war-hero-dies-at-78/476204.html

[alietr]

Allan Calhamer, inventor of Diplomacy, passed away:

http://lagrange.suntimes.com/news/18568062-418/lagrange-park-mailman-who-invented-board-game-diplomacy-is-dead-at-81.html

[alietr]

My new favorite website shows where the ISS is:

http://iss.astroviewer.net/index2.php

[Paucle]

omg, thanks-- ever since heavens-above stopped working, I haven't had an ISS viewing. Been over a year now! I used to be able to catch either ISS or an awesome iridium flare every week or so. (Mostly the flares, which only last a few seconds. But if you can see one, it's amazing. Especially those -7/ -8 ones!)

[silverscreentest]

omg, thanks-- ever since heavens-above stopped working, I haven't had an ISS viewing. Been over a year now! I used to be able to catch either ISS or an awesome iridium flare every week or so. (Mostly the flares, which only last a few seconds. But if you can see one, it's amazing. Especially those -7/ -8 ones!)

I haven't used Heavens Above in a while. It seems to work if I manually input a latitude and longitude. Is there something else wrong with it I'm not noticing?

[Paucle]

I get a 404. Been getting that since... oh, probably Xmas 2011. Has the address changed?
ETA: Never mind- found the problem. Duh.

[Vanya]

I'll take Stuff I did not know about famous people for $200, Alex.

http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_01_31/Russian-vodka-marks-its-B-Day/

[Woof]

I'll take Stuff I did not know about famous people for $200, Alex.

http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_01_31/Russian-vodka-marks-its-B-Day/

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Cool!

[OrangeSAM]

I'll take Stuff I did not know about famous people for $200, Alex.

http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_01_31/Russian-vodka-marks-its-B-Day/

I know I celebrated that event but the details are now a little fuzzy.

[georgespelvin]

A friend of mine posted a status on Facebook pointing out the following in a weather forecast from the Washington Post's "Capital Weather Gang":

This is why the world needs good copy editors. From the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang blog: "From western Montgomery county, western Fairfax county, northwest Prince William county and northern Fauquier county, west towards the Blue Ridge, most precipitation should fall as snow. 6-12 inches of snow are favored, with locally higher amounts above 1,000 feet." (Now that's a lot of snow!)

[jeff6286]

A friend of mine posted a status on Facebook pointing out the following in a weather forecast from the Washington Post's "Capital Weather Gang":

This is why the world needs good copy editors. From the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang blog: "From western Montgomery county, western Fairfax county, northwest Prince William county and northern Fauquier county, west towards the Blue Ridge, most precipitation should fall as snow. 6-12 inches of snow are favored, with locally higher amounts above 1,000 feet." (Now that's a lot of snow!)

Is it possible the 1,000 feet is referring to elevation, not amount of snow? I don't know how close the Blue Ridge Mountains come to DC, or if Blue Ridge is an area unrelated to the mountain range, but saying that areas above 1,000 feet could get more than a foot of snow, that seems like it could be possible.

[omgwheelhouse]

A friend of mine posted a status on Facebook pointing out the following in a weather forecast from the Washington Post's "Capital Weather Gang":

This is why the world needs good copy editors. From the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang blog: "From western Montgomery county, western Fairfax county, northwest Prince William county and northern Fauquier county, west towards the Blue Ridge, most precipitation should fall as snow. 6-12 inches of snow are favored, with locally higher amounts above 1,000 feet." (Now that's a lot of snow!)

Is it possible the 1,000 feet is referring to elevation, not amount of snow? I don't know how close the Blue Ridge Mountains come to DC, or if Blue Ridge is an area unrelated to the mountain range, but saying that areas above 1,000 feet could get more than a foot of snow, that seems like it could be possible.

Maybe what the world really needs is copy editors for people who write about other editors' mistakes

[This Is Kirk!]

Is it possible the 1,000 feet is referring to elevation, not amount of snow?

Yes, if you lived in a mountainous area you wouldn't even blink when you read that. Snow levels quoted in feet above sea level are commonplace.

[Vanya]

A friend of mine posted a status on Facebook pointing out the following in a weather forecast from the Washington Post's "Capital Weather Gang":

This is why the world needs good copy editors. From the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang blog: "From western Montgomery county, western Fairfax county, northwest Prince William county and northern Fauquier county, west towards the Blue Ridge, most precipitation should fall as snow. 6-12 inches of snow are favored, with locally higher amounts above 1,000 feet." (Now that's a lot of snow!)

Is it possible the 1,000 feet is referring to elevation, not amount of snow? I don't know how close the Blue Ridge Mountains come to DC, or if Blue Ridge is an area unrelated to the mountain range, but saying that areas above 1,000 feet could get more than a foot of snow, that seems like it could be possible.

And here I thought he was complaining about "are."

[alietr]

No, he's always been in favor of "Talk Like a Pirate Day".

[Vanya]

So Facebook says my friends "can see my future posts." I did not know my friends were psychic.

[Vanya]

It may be a Jeopardy clue someday: Hugo Chavez died on the same date as Josef Stalin (1953).

[skullturf]

It may be a Jeopardy clue someday: Hugo Chavez died on the same date as Josef Stalin (1953).

Also died on March 5th, 1953: Sergei Prokofiev.

[bpmod]

And my grandfather on March 5th, 1943. But he'll never be an answer on Jeopardy!

Brian