π crosspost! Where else would that happen but here.
It's all about the coat.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Megan E. - Mar 14, 2006 6:24:53 am PST #3764 of 10001
tommyrot - Mar 14, 2006 6:27:22 am PST #3765 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
People might want to bookmark this: [link]
It's pretty much every special character (in regular font sets) that can be displayed in a browser.
Some chick named ita runs it.
Tom Scola - Mar 14, 2006 6:29:09 am PST #3766 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
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tommyrot - Mar 14, 2006 6:30:24 am PST #3767 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
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Lee - Mar 14, 2006 6:32:59 am PST #3768 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I like Tom Scola's pi best.
tommyrot - Mar 14, 2006 6:33:56 am PST #3769 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Huh. Does it need to be times new roman? 'Cuz that's how I got it to work....
Tom Scola - Mar 14, 2006 6:34:38 am PST #3770 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
My π brings all the girls to my yard.
katefate - Mar 14, 2006 6:38:13 am PST #3771 of 10001
Frail my heart apart and play me a little Shady Grove
Happy π Day!
thanks for the help with the symbols
How is elevation measured on planets with no sea level?
Raq, I will happily defer to greater minds than mine, but my guess is LIDAR LIght Detection And Ranging. (It's how we got our contour dataset a couple of years ago.) Before LIDAR elevation was (and continues to be) calculated with stereoscopic photography, but that's so 20th century...
LIDAR is like radar, only using light. A laser is beamed at the surface (sucking a bit of your soul each time, according to our photogrammetrist), and the time it takes to bounce back is recorded. This is done a brazillian (I'm thankful every day for this nubmer) times as the aircraft flies over the surface. The results are converted into points containing x, y, and z coordinates.
I'm wrong about the tiled picture idea. My sainted former boss believes the full view at google.com/mars is an ugly projection of the entire planet.
Oooh, a mars flythrough. Kewl, lori.
DXMachina - Mar 14, 2006 6:38:56 am PST #3772 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
The problem is that Verdana's version of π sucks (like the font itself). You need to switch fonts to get a decent looking π.
katefate - Mar 14, 2006 6:39:52 am PST #3773 of 10001
Frail my heart apart and play me a little Shady Grove
DX!
Oooh, I like your pi, too.
off to look at source code...