Posts by Nicholas Volodimer

1) Message boards : Cafe SETI : David is back! (Message 1493502)
Posted 22 Mar 2014 by Profile Nicholas Volodimer
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Welcome back!
2) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Time To Say Goodbye (Message 1045896)
Posted 3 Nov 2010 by Profile Nicholas Volodimer
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Sorry to hear that.

Wish you the best ;-)
3) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Photos of large size...Closed For Renovation (Message 813954)
Posted 2 Oct 2008 by Profile Nicholas Volodimer
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Few pictures taken with different cameras...

The Cathedral of Strasbourg:


Camera:	Sony DSC-F828
Exposure:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture:	f/3.5
Focal Length:	7.1 mm
ISO Speed:	64
Exposure Bias:	-3/10 EV



Camera:	Nikon E5900
Exposure:	0.002 sec (5/2441)
Aperture:	f/4.8
Focal Length:	7.8 mm
ISO Speed:	64
Exposure Bias:	0/10 EV


One of my old Aibo named "Spot" (Data's cat):


Camera:	Canon EOS 20D
Exposure:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture:	f/7.1
Focal Length:	72 mm
ISO Speed:	400
Exposure Bias:	0/2 EV
4) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Paul Newman passes on...... (Message 812681)
Posted 27 Sep 2008 by Profile Nicholas Volodimer
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R.I.P.
5) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Favorite movie chase scenes............ (Message 812575)
Posted 27 Sep 2008 by Profile Nicholas Volodimer
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For me it's the car chase in Matrix Reloaded.

Trinity: You told me never to get on the freeway. You said it was suicide.

Morpheus: Then let us hope that I was wrong.
6) Message boards : Cafe SETI : The Music Video thread [3] - CLOSED! (Message 812569)
Posted 27 Sep 2008 by Profile Nicholas Volodimer
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Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (One of my favorite songs of the 80's.)
7) Message boards : Cafe SETI : THIS DAY IN HISTORY (Message 812563)
Posted 27 Sep 2008 by Profile Nicholas Volodimer
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Sept. 27, 1997: Communications are suddenly lost with the Mars Pathfinder, here.

No signal was received from the spacecraft on the next Martian day, Sol 84, which began in the evening of Sept. 27.
The team's transmission session began at 11:15 p.m. PDT. The lack of a signal, at that time, was thought to be caused by a possible computer reset incident, ground system problem or low voltage condition.
A reset or a low voltage condition, caused by the aging of the battery, would cause the spacecraft sequence to automatically stop and not execute its planned communication with Earth.
The team attempted to communicate with the spacecraft again on Sept. 29 (Sol 85) and Sept. 30 (Sol 86) with no success.
8) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Thought of the day. (Message 812561)
Posted 27 Sep 2008 by Profile Nicholas Volodimer
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My thought of the day:

“Maybe that's what life is...a wink of the eye and winking stars.” - Jack Kerouac.
9) Message boards : Cafe SETI : The 'Blade Runner' thread.......time to die......... (Message 812559)
Posted 27 Sep 2008 by Profile Nicholas Volodimer
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I bought the Blu Ray version, the Final Cut is awesome. On my 40" HDTV (1080p/24), the colors and the depth of field are impressive. This is the best edition at this time.
10) Message boards : Science (non-SETI) : Helium leak causes set back to CERN and LHC (Message 811499)
Posted 24 Sep 2008 by Profile Nicholas Volodimer
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LHC re-start scheduled for 2009...

Apparently, the helium leak has destroyed two supercooled electromagnets and an entire section, and the time necessary for the investigation and repairs precludes a restart before CERN’s obligatory winter maintenance period, bringing the date for restart of the accelerator complex to early spring 2009. LHC beams will then follow.

A bad news...
11) Message boards : Cafe SETI : The Music Video thread [3] - CLOSED! (Message 811474)
Posted 24 Sep 2008 by Profile Nicholas Volodimer
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Steve Vai - Tender Surrender live.
12) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Kajunfisher User of the day in Seti@home (Message 810547)
Posted 21 Sep 2008 by Profile Nicholas Volodimer
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Yeah, congratulations Kajunfisher!
13) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Testing Your Approximate Number Sense (Message 809907)
Posted 19 Sep 2008 by Profile Nicholas Volodimer
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96% after 25 tests.
Thanks to my astronomer side ;-)
14) Message boards : Cafe SETI : THIS DAY IN HISTORY (Message 809906)
Posted 19 Sep 2008 by Profile Nicholas Volodimer
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Sept. 19, 1982: The emoticons... read on Wired

1982: At precisely 11:44 a.m., Scott Fahlman posts the following electronic message to a computer-science department bulletin board at Carnegie Mellon University:
19-Sep-82 11:44 Scott E Fahlman  :-)
From: Scott E Fahlman
I propose that the following character sequence for joke markers:
:-)
Read it sideways. Actually, it is probably more economical to mark things that are NOT jokes, given current trends. For this, use:
:-(

15) Message boards : Cafe SETI : The Music Video thread [3] - CLOSED! (Message 809876)
Posted 19 Sep 2008 by Profile Nicholas Volodimer
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Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight live at Bercy, Paris.
16) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Quiz: Are you a geek or a nerd? (Message 809870)
Posted 19 Sep 2008 by Profile Nicholas Volodimer
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Same thing, 16 points.
I'm a nerd (and I knew it!).
17) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Seti Classic (Message 809867)
Posted 19 Sep 2008 by Profile Nicholas Volodimer
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Thanks you all ;-)
Glad to be here again!
18) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Seti Classic (Message 809721)
Posted 19 Sep 2008 by Profile Nicholas Volodimer
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I joined the project in '99, at this time I was registered with an other profile name (Cereal_Killer) but I lost access to my "space.com" mail address.
So, I started a new profile with my real name in '04, and a new team in '08.
Now, I have a brand new iMac C2D at 3,06 Ghz (OS X) and an old PC P3 at 930 Mhz (Win2K) running exclusively S@H 24/7.





 
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