Thoughts From The Fridge
One of the more popular breeds of cats in France is the Norwegian Forest Cat which is similar to the Maine Coon. The breed standard accepts toms up to 25 pounds, so larger versions are obviously out there. They are long haired which makes them look even larger that their large bones and muscular body account for on the scale. At a distance a male Forest Cat with an amber mackerel tabbie coat would look a lot like a tiger, and they have large paws for walking on the snow. From personal experience with Maine Coons, they don’t look like normal domesticated cats when they are outside and not near something that would help you gauge their size.
The Prime Minister of Australia, Tony Abbott, is probably regretting hosting the G20 summit in Brisbane. He started out claiming he was going to ‘shirt front’ [confront] Vladimir Putin over the Ukraine and the downing of flight MH-17, but it was Canada’s Stephen Harper who actually did it. Then he objected to including language about climate change in the formal statement for the meeting, but was overruled by US and European Union representatives.
Putin left early because of all of the criticism about the Ukraine, but Abbott’s summit was almost as bad. He probably wished he could have left early.
The batteries on the Philae lander have run down, but it was able to send back most, if not all, of the data that it was designed to collect. It isn’t clear if the solar panels will recharge the batteries, or if they were merely designed to extend the life of the batteries by providing additional power when it was active.
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Good to see everyone treating Abbott like the moron he is and basically ignoring him. 🙂 I bet he had a big tantrum in private! LOL If I was a praying person, I’d pray he has a stroke. I doubt many would notice a difference. *shrug*
OT: Speaking of Philae (which, all things considered, was an awesome achievement which I doubt could be achieved today)… I’ve also been getting involved an a few ‘Crowd-funding’ projects via IndieGogo. Two in particular:
CyberGhost VPN NoSpyProxy where they aimed to raise US$70,000 to partially fund the project, but raised over US$156,000. I took out a 7 year subscription deal, which as well as being a cheap way to get a premium VPN product for 7 years, I get priority use of the Premium & NoSpyProxy servers. The performance I had prior wasn’t too bad, now it’s significantly better. 🙂 Also, CG have opened a Datacenter here in Vic which helps a lot. 🙂
The other is a fascinating project! It’s the smallest satellite Outernet receiver, data storage, & WiFi hotspot ever seen. What I would have given to have one of these in my Intel day’s! 😉 😀 Anyway, I decided to help fund it and pre-ordered a device. 🙂
Lantern: One Device, Free Data From Space Forever
Initially, it will grab 2 MB/day from Outernet, but depending on funding, the plan is to increase that to 100 MB/day which will be significant. 🙂
So, that with my helping with petitions and donations I deem to be morally worthwhile, I’m also offering advice on dealing with various gov & biz assholes, since I have decades of experience. You could say I’m planning to be an excruciating “pain in the ass” to said assholes whenever and wherever I can! LMAO
And damn… It does feel good m8! 😀
Abbott does seem to be a one-man wrecking crew when it comes to foreign policy. He has managed to piss off everyone in Asia in a very short time. He really doesn’t play well with others.
Those seem like very worthwhile projects, and I may give the Lantern a try, or possibly the device that uses the Raspberry Pi.
It is a shame that we need to make such an effort not to be tracked by the governments we pay for. Dealing with hackers, crackers, scam artists, and script kiddies is enough of a PITA without having your own government using the same techniques.