Try here!

Well, the problem with that is it's absurdly expensive, and you have to send away for it, so obviously you couldn't eat it.

My concept is a toaster at home that you could insert a photograph into, and the bread would come out toasted with the image. Edible art.

Probably better to be wifi, so you wouldn't actually have to insert the photograph.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Some of our hat checking professionals are men, some are women and some are transgender.

I wonder what that makes a:
- cowboy
- fireman
- barman
- policeman
- landlord
- headmaster
- foreman

cow hand
firefighter
bartender
police officer
land owner
principal
supervisor

Some of our hat checking professionals are men, some are women and some are transgender.

I wonder what that makes a:
- cowboy
- fireman
- barman
- policeman
- landlord
- headmaster
- foreman

Agricultural enthusiast
Cat rescuer
God of the beer
Helper (as in, points you in the direction home after too many beers)
Shuts the bar at the end of the night (booo!)
Kid complainer
Prick who made me look for a bubble for the spirit level.

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Barman/Barboy/Bargirl/Barwoman/barperson...

...does it really matter?

As long as they know how to pull a pint is good enough for me :-)

Some of our hat checking professionals are men, some are women and some are transgender.

I wonder what that makes a:
- cowboy
- fireman
- barman
- policeman
- landlord
- headmaster
- foreman

• cattle puncher
  
• first responder
  
• barkeep
  
• the po po
  
• slumlord
  
• principal
  
• stupidvisor
  

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NASA searches for a Planetary Protection Officer

Salary
$124,406 to $187,000 / per year

The Planetary Protection Officer (PPO) is responsible for the leadership of NASA's planetary protection capability, maintenance of planetary protection policies, and oversight of their implementation by NASAs space flight missions. The PPO also supports the Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) Technical Authority and serves as a principal advisory resource for the Chief, SMA and other senior officials on matters pertaining to planetary protection. The PPO is the Agency's focal point for interactions with external organizations on matters related to planetary protection. Primarily the Planetary Protection Officer performs the following:

Leads planning and coordination of activities related to NASA mission planetary protection needs.

Leads independent evaluation of, and provides advice regarding, compliance by robotic and human spaceflight missions with NASA planetary protection policies, statutory requirements and international obligations.

Advises the Chief, SMA and other officials regarding the merit and implications of programmatic decisions involving risks to planetary protection objectives.

In coordination with relevant offices, leads interactions with COSPAR, National Academies, and advisory committees on planetary protection matters.

Recommends and leads the preparation of new or revised NASA standards and directives in accordance with established processes and guidelines.

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Which planet are they trying to protect? Any chance of it being this one?

All, as far as I understand. Making sure there's no human pollution on craft going to other planets, but also no pollution coming back from those other planets.

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Is setiathome.berkeley.edu down?

It's not just you! setiathome.berkeley.edu looks down from here.

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It looks like it.
This site can’t be reached

setiathome.berkeley.edu refused to connect.

They could've made it a 4 slice one to accommodate GPU crunching :-)

Sirius - you me a keyboard and a coffee for that one :-)


(At least it was only coffee this time and not a single malt....)

Somebody switched the toaster off :-(

They put some new slices in.

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me wrote:

... bills not paid?
... someone tripped over a power cable?
... you had 'the big shaky one'?
Or is it just a server that doesn't want to work anymore, it's thrown itself out the server rack?

Eric K wrote:

Hmm httpd was set to not restart after a crash.

It's back up.

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Unfortunately they were too thick & overloaded the circuit breaker.

Looks like DNS has gone again. Haven't they got a UPS for that switch yet?

Edit - and like last time, that's really slowing down posting here.

Edit 2 - see front page news at SETI.

Woops splat - now not getting to the website here, and the DNS has definitely gone for a hike in the woods :-(

Woops splat - now not getting to the website here, and the DNS has definitely gone for a hike in the woods :-(

Working OK here, though it looks like I might lose it in the next 10 minutes :-(

    setiathome.berkeley.edu
    ----------------------------------------
    Record Name . . . . . : setiathome.berkeley.edu
    Record Type . . . . . : 1
    Time To Live  . . . . : 506
    Data Length . . . . . : 4
    Section . . . . . . . : Answer
    A (Host) Record . . . : 208.68.240.110

That to my mind is Women's Lib gone too far.

just Women's lib ?? The whole P.C boll#ks has gone way to far nowadays , just look at the main terrestrial TV channels BBC , ITV & Channel 4 and what are they having a month off ??
Fair enough but so what get on with it , do we really need it being broardcast ??[/quote]

Although most decisions on transgenders are done by politicians, can we please keep politics out of this thread?

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