My π brings all the girls to my yard.
Mal: And I never back down from a fight. Inara: Yes, you do! You do all the time!
'Shindig'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
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.
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.
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...
DXMachina - Mar 14, 2006 6:40:36 am PST #3774 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Kate!
katefate - Mar 14, 2006 6:41:16 am PST #3775 of 10001
Frail my heart apart and play me a little Shady Grove
Hi!
Your pi changed on edit! I liked the one you had first.
msbelle - Mar 14, 2006 6:41:22 am PST #3776 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
oh, I've missed the DX verdana hate.
Steph L. - Mar 14, 2006 6:41:45 am PST #3777 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Suggestions of how to celebrate Pi Day:
You may want to read a brief history of pi.
You could sing some Pi Day songs.
You could -- nay, SHOULD -- send a Pi Day card! (I suggest you send one to me. Or, well, Nilly, Emily, and Hil are probably more appropriate recipients, but I would squee with pure geek joy if I got a Pi Day e-card. IJS.)
DXMachina - Mar 14, 2006 6:43:40 am PST #3778 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Your pi changed on edit! I liked the one you had first.
I had arial first, which didn't look much better than verdana. I changed it to times new roman.
Steph L. - Mar 14, 2006 6:45:02 am PST #3779 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Also, behold the Cowpi!
