Posts by Bernie Vine

1) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part VIII (Message 2123818)
Posted 10 Aug 2023 by Profile Bernie Vine
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No Concorde's flying?

This is amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIojIhEubH0
2) Message boards : Cafe SETI : The Train Thread 3 (Message 2123764)
Posted 8 Aug 2023 by Profile Bernie Vine
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Virtual Railfan has a new camera in Austell Georgia which has only just gone live, and captured this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XhvgRNVPFQ

It seems he wanted to turn left
3) Message boards : News : SETI@home hibernation (Message 2117789)
Posted 17 Apr 2023 by Profile Bernie Vine
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If you read this line from the original post:

We hope that other UC Berkeley astronomers will find uses for the huge computing capabilities of SETI@home for SETI or related areas like cosmology and pulsar research. If this happens, SETI@home will start distributing work again. We'll keep you posted about this.


I take that to mean it would require a new team to ressurect the project. It seems highly unlikely it would return in the same format. Personally as it was never really a "green" project, in that it kept thousands of computers running when they shoould have been idle, I for one would not rejoin if it did start up again.
4) Message boards : Cafe SETI : The Train Thread 3 (Message 2115194)
Posted 24 Feb 2023 by Profile Bernie Vine
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Juan Browne looks at the prelimanary NTSB report on the East Palestine freight train derailment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5D2LA-Llyc
5) Message boards : Cafe SETI : TLPTPHW CCCXXIII (Message 2114281)
Posted 8 Feb 2023 by Profile Bernie Vine
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The temp was recently -108F/-77.8C at Mt Washington in NY.

New Hampshire, not NY. I have been to the summit.
6) Message boards : Politics : SCOTUS returning the U.S. back to the dark ages. (Message 2103084)
Posted 13 Jul 2022 by Profile Bernie Vine
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I agree with Mr Kevvy, having had the misfortune to see a video by an "alt -right" presenter celebrating the overturning of Roe v Wade, he then went on to list what would be coming and they were all the things on Mr Kevvy's list.

However he added one chilling line "Our ultimate goal is The Handmaidens Tale"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Handmaid%27s_Tale_(TV_series)
7) Message boards : Politics : Abortion and Birth Control (Message 2102778)
Posted 8 Jul 2022 by Profile Bernie Vine
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Abortion is NOT Contraception.

Contraception Prevents ABORTION.


Correct, however supreme court justice Clarence Thomas said:

In future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell,


Griswold v. Connecticut, decided in 1965, found that a Connecticut law preventing married couples from using drugs or medical instruments to prevent conception was unconstitutional. “Would we allow the police to search the sacred precincts of marital bedrooms for telltale signs of the use of contraceptives? The very idea is repulsive to the notions of privacy surrounding the marriage relationship,” wrote Justice William O. Douglas.

If this ruling, like Roe, was overturned, then states could criminalize even basic contraception.
8) Message boards : Number crunching : Windows 10 - Yea or Nay? (2) (Message 2078651)
Posted 26 Jun 2021 by Profile Bernie Vine
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Well I may be an "old dog" but I still like moving with the times and learning "new tricks"

Having watched some "unofficial" reviews I will definitely give it a try as soon as it is released.

I suspect it will find its way onto any of my machines that will take it.

Looks like a big step forward in quality of life improvements and rumor has it it might even "game" a bit better, looks a bit like Vista which was always my favourite.
9) Message boards : Number crunching : SETI orphans (Message 2075969)
Posted 16 May 2021 by Profile Bernie Vine
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The Boinc Forums are a good place to look for these sort of answers.

https://boinc.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=10279

Yes the network had an "intruder" so was shut down
10) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Question on non-seti project (Message 2075966)
Posted 16 May 2021 by Profile Bernie Vine
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The Boinc forum is a good place to find answers to this type of question

https://boinc.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=10279
11) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Transportation Safety 3 (Message 2072852)
Posted 8 Apr 2021 by Profile Bernie Vine
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Would be interesting to see any video of it occurring


Video

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-kent-56674084
12) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Word Link Discussion Thread V (Message 2071916)
Posted 27 Mar 2021 by Profile Bernie Vine
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Night City, where the game Cyberpunk 2077 takes place
13) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Word link #106 (Message 2071915)
Posted 27 Mar 2021 by Profile Bernie Vine
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City
14) Message boards : Number crunching : Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! (Message 2066371)
Posted 22 Jan 2021 by Profile Bernie Vine
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Just brought a new PC, and unlike previous machines this one will not have Boinc installed sadly, as Seti@home was all I wanted to do, I tried a few other projects but did not stay with any of them.

It will be for gaming, which is my main hobby now.

It comes from a PC Builder and will hopefully be able to play Cyberpunk 2077 at high and stable FPS which my current machine cannot do !

Specs:

Processor: Intel Core i7-10700K CPU, 8 Cores / 16 Threads, 3.8 - 5.1GHz
Graphics Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card
Memory: 16GB DDR4 2666MHz Memory (2 x 8GB Sticks)
Motherboard: Asus TUF B460M-PLUS (WI-FI) Motherboard
15) Message boards : Politics : Coronavirus, Ebola and Infectious diseases, Food & Drugs, Studies, Recalls #7 (Message 2063989)
Posted 20 Dec 2020 by Profile Bernie Vine
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I am still amazed at how so many people still do not wear masks, leaving the masks dangling uselessly around their necks as ornaments in case they get challenged. Or when actually wearing a mask, they position their mask to cover up only their mouths leaving their noses clear to transmit and receive COVID. Too many people really seem to not to get the idea about infection or even that we have a continuing expensive deadly pandemic.


This is the main reason why I have changed my lifestyle.

I used to go for a daily walk, doing my shopping en route, however I saw so may people is shops and on public transport using masks as stated above. I will be 70 in April and in an "at risk" category.

Also there has been a massive rise in bikes and e-scooters using the pavement, I have had several near misses with both.

So I brought myself a treadmill, which I use everyday and I now have my shopping delivered.

I wonder if and when I will feel safe outside again.
16) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Transportation Safety 3 (Message 2061738)
Posted 19 Nov 2020 by Profile Bernie Vine
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It's good to see that the RAIB, at least, is still doing its job properly.


I am on the mailing list for these reports which are always in depth and professional. However as they are not legally binding, I often wonder just how much notice the industry takes.

Often these reports mention advice give from conclusions reached in previous accidents that have still not been acted upon years later.
17) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Sean Connery dies aged 90 (Message 2060343)
Posted 31 Oct 2020 by Profile Bernie Vine
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The original Bond 007

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54761824

RIP
18) Questions and Answers : Windows : Scheduler request failed: HTTP file not found (Message 2059997)
Posted 25 Oct 2020 by Profile Bernie Vine
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You might want to read this thread

https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=85267
19) Message boards : Politics : The Donald Trump thread part V (Message 2058432)
Posted 6 Oct 2020 by Profile Bernie Vine
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So the president of the United States is telling people "Don't be afraid" of Covid-19, even going as far as removing his mask.

So to someone here in the UK, is he saying that everyone on the USA that tests positive will receive the same "world-class medical care 24/7" as the president, also is he saying that this treatment will be free to everyone.

I only know few Americans personally, but do know that the cost of medical insurance is something that can be a problem. I was surprised to find that medical insurance can come with an "excess" meaning you have to pay the first set amount of any medical treatment.

Unless he is saying treatment is free to all, then his "Don't be afraid" is gong to ring hollow for many and likely upset families of those who have lost someone to Covid-19.

In the real world, not some "twitter" lined golden cloud, I would expect to hear calls for his resignation for making such a thoughtless banal statement.
20) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part VII (Message 2056913)
Posted 12 Sep 2020 by Profile Bernie Vine
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As some of you may, or may not, be aware, Covid-19 restrictions are being tightened up here in England. From Monday people will only be able to socialise in groups no larger than 6.

Saw this outside a town center pub





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