RRRob
December 17, 2023, 4:39am
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Halley’s Comet is on its way back towards the inner solar system.
Just 13,738 days until perihelion! Unlike the dismal terrestrial observing conditions for the last pass — it was on the other side of the sun for literally the worst viewing in recorded history! — this time should be excellent.
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Why am I thinking of this?
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I’ll bear that in mind 13,738 days from now when I’ll be dead.
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Actually, I might still be alive. I would be 83.
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Vader
December 18, 2023, 12:45am
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Yeah, 13,737 days from now is in July 2061. That’s about a month before me 85th birthday. Let me add it to my calendar.
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Hmm… if I set my iPhone alarm now, will it work on my brain implant calendar in 2061?
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My remains will be 95 years old in 2061.
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Your ghost could come back with a bunch of monoliths…
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RRRob
December 18, 2023, 8:56pm
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Mental note: don’t drink unfiltered cometary water.
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TeriG
December 18, 2023, 9:14pm
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Loved that book. I’m not sure why Clarke decided to go on to 3001. That wasn’t any good.
Ahem, anyway. I will be 80 years old when Halley returns.
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I will be 90-ish. That’s doable.
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RRRob
December 18, 2023, 9:45pm
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There’s still a doozy of a line in it that I’m surprised doesn’t get more mention: “Supernovae are industrial accidents.”
Think about it…
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I’ll be 103 - but who knows what advances in longevity there might be by then?
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Well they’re only remains after you die. So wouldn’t they be 95 minus your death age?
Unless there’s something really interesting you want to tell us about yourself.
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Time alive and time dead both count as to the overall age of the remains.
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NASA’s Psyche probe has the bandwidth to stream HD video.
The video, featuring a cat named Taters, was sent back from nearly 19 million miles away by NASA’s laser communications demonstration, marking a historic milestone.
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