Lunar Eclipse Thing - Off-topic

Whos watching it tonight?
Also, fun fact:
It is the second of two lunar eclipses in 2010. The first was a partial lunar eclipse on June 26, 2010. It will be the first total lunar eclipse to occur on the day of the Northern Winter Solstice (Southern Summer Solstice) since 1638, and only the second in the Common Era.
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I will watch it, I was aware of it in 1hr my time (-6GMT)
If anyone can post real pictures would be nice as this is one of a kind event!!

Yea, I'll be there with my trusty 7D with a 70-200 and a 1.4 teleconverter on it. Just have to make sure I dont get killed :O
Anyone living in Brooklyn wanting to meet up? lol

Great please share your pics here
More info:
Lunar Eclipse Pictures: What You Could See Tonight

Eclipse Pictures from South Louisiana
Two pictures I've gotten tonight so far at midnight and one am respectively. I'll add more here if I remember.
Another fun fact is that you should be able to see the ursids meteor shower tonight. It's only visible because of the eclipse.
EDIT: Added the pics taken from 2 am and 2:30 am. Resized them and tweaked them for better image quality.

Ok, i froze my ass off but it was worth it. Ill put my photos up when i wake up.

Damn it was freezing (well for me 10c is freezing, don´t laugh...)
Here mines:
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orb3000 said:
Damn it was freezing (well for me 10c is freezing, don´t laugh...)
Here mines:
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I know how you feel. I'm in South Louisiana in the US. During the day these past few weeks it's been 21C (70F) or warmer. Tonight it was 10C too. Sooooo cold!
I couldn't get the light to filter properly on the fist picture from midnight. I'm actually surprised how well mine came out though. It's over now, so I'm off to bed.

Haha 10C is cold.
I was in NYC in -8C.
I'll post my shots when I get to them.

Cheers Orb. Thanks.
I wish I knew when it had been -_-

Yes it was one of a kind natural event I´m glad had the chance to see

Way too cold outside...could not get a sharp shot because of the wind/crappy tripod.

Lunar Eclipse by Jaszek PL, on Flickr
Lunar Eclipse by Jaszek PL, on Flickr
Yea, wind and the moon being dark towards the end messed me up. And the smog from nyc.

Very nice pics, everyone. It was too cloudy here so I missed out. Have pics from the last eclipse but still bummed I missed this once in a lifetime event.
Weather was favourable too... About -15C. Warmed up a but in the last week or so and each night perfectly clear up until last night.
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jaszek said:
Yea, wind and the moon being dark towards the end messed me up. And the smog from nyc.
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What lens/settings did you use? There's no EXIF on flickr but it looks like you got pretty close.

Canon 7D
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Very nice pictures guys!!!!!
@jaszek: Could you make me a wallpaper out of your second image? Its very good!

Cool pictures, guys. I took mine with my little Nikon Coolpix S3000. (Let the ridicule begin... lol) I'm no pro photographer. I just took them on the auto setting with no flash and then cleaned them up some in PS.

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Very nice pictures guys!!!!!
@jaszek: Could you make me a wallpaper out of your second image? Its very good!
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How bout this pic I took??
But yeah.. Amzing pics dude...

MacaronyMax said:
How bout this pic I took??
But yeah.. Amzing pics dude...
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Did you take that while nipping out to get some cheese?

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Valentine's Day 2011

Ah... the day that geeks fear and dread is coming up... so which one of you XDAers have prepared for Valentine's this year?
As for me and mine, we have already exchanged gifts ahead of time (she's going back to China on the 14th)
After six years it's really hard to come up with something nice... -.-
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This is our fifth Valentine's Day. This is the second time I hand-made something for her...
That's nice... last year I made a song for her (I'm producing some underground music, btw)
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That's nice... last year I made a song for her (I'm producing some underground music, btw)
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Haha.
Any spelunking on that night?
Its our 11th anniversary on the 15th so there`s nothing left to get, I`ll have to make a trip to Tesco`s, I really know how to spoil it, I mean her..
As for anything planned, jaysus, I`ll probably end up having a choke with me yolk a few times and then get her to have a go, then sleepy time........looking forward to the 12th!!!!!?????
Just a commercial strategy to take out more money from your pockets...
If you love her/him make Feb. 14 everyday!
Yeah... that's why my gift was hand-made... she got me a (gasp!) Domo-kun. I was wondering WTF? all the way to my office (we met up for lunch today)
we are sooo lucky u put an anonymous vote
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Yeah... that's why my gift was hand-made..
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I can give my wife a "hand-made gift", but she better prepare herself for a mess, waheeehhhehehe
mloc33 said:
I can give my wife a "hand-made gift", but she better prepare herself for a mess, waheeehhhehehe
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Well, I'm actually not that far in the relationship with this girl but if I was I would let her decide what we should do during the day (shopping or whatever she wants to do). At the evening I would prepare a delicious homemade dinner with starter and dessert, give her a massage and probably suffer through a romantic movie (I would concentrate more on the cuddling with her than the story though)
I would probably also give her some jewelry at the dinner if I could afford it but... I'm a student ^^
We don't do Valentine's day.. because we are cheap like that
Most people here including me
mloc33 said:
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we need moar of this in o-t
Flowers, nice dinner, movie, and some random inside joke type presents. Nothing super original, but definitely did the trick
From my estimates, the "geek" subspecies of humanity will be extinct by 2060-ish.
Only 2 are prepared for this event, while the rest are unprepared or even unaware of the existence of said event.
I haz sad...
I procrastinated, didn't get anything, just told her I'd take her to the book store. She was happy. She got me the BBC Planet Earth on blu ray.
I met a girl on the cruise ship I was on for the last 4 months. She's still there... looks like I'm off the hook? lololol
seems like i was the only one voted 'maybe' .
haha i wonder what would happen I still got 35 minz of V's day here.
spent almost half the weekend making some sort of valentine's day videos for youtube and actually 'failed to advertise' it cuz I dont have a girl
anyway Happy Valentine's Day

*sigh* tired......

Well, this week didn't half drag.....
I always say "can't wait for the weekend", and then when it comes i do **** all.
Look on the bright side!
ITS TIME TO DO **** ALL!!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!1
Soz for the random thread.....
My week has actually flew in. Had plans tomorrow but nothing now due to the person I had plans with f*cked up their leg.
Bring on Saturday!.. of lounging around watching sh*t TV.
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Here's to doing f**k all!
Cheers
Well, i bet you caan't guess what im doing now!
**** ALL!!!
Going on a bike ride tomorrow though, thats if the weathers good.
flyboyovyick said:
Well, i bet you caan't guess what im doing now!
**** ALL!!!
Going on a bike ride tomorrow though, thats if the weathers good.
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I doubt it
Yesterday was good... Today is dull
This week went super quick for me.
Yea it does when all u do if play legos all day
JimJam707 said:
This week went super quick for me.
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@MarcaronyMax: Still cloudy, but still going on the bike ride tomorrow!
Il take some pics to show you guys!
We are going to Delamere Forest.
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/delamere
Best get to sleep! Getting up at 8:00am!
Night XDA!!
Basically all I've did today is try to fix my phone... which failed in the end. Leaving me phoneless now. :/
Skellyyy said:
Basically all I've did today is try to fix my phone... which failed in the end. Leaving me phoneless now. :/
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Look your question thread... I've told you how to fix it
@Flyboy
Awesome At least it's not raining
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Look your question thread... I've told you how to fix it
@Flyboy
Awesome At least it's not raining
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It rained all day over here, and it's supposed to rain throughout the weekend. =/
All good though, there's plenty to do inside.
Herp derp Captivate XDA app.
I'm tired too... been up since 2am dealing with my diarrhea....
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I'm tired too... been up since 2am dealing with my diarrhea....
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Diarrhoa sucks.....
Here's photos from my day out yesterday!
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It was brighter than in the photo.
What a weird road name!
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flyboyovyick said:
Diarrhoa sucks.....
Here's photos from my day out yesterday!
It was brighter than in the photo.
What a weird road name!
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No. Diarrhea spits.
Looks like a nice place. I was cycling about a month or so back at a hill/forest reserve. Love the trees, but my legs and heart disagree.
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No. Diarrhea spits.
Looks like a nice place. I was cycling about a month or so back at a hill/forest reserve. Love the trees, but my legs and heart disagree.
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When i got back from the ride i was stiff all over, and very tired!
Good luck with the diarrhoea!
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When i got back from the ride i was stiff all over, and very tired!
Good luck with the diarrhoea!
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It's over now
I've found the last couple of weeks have flown past. Though it was just me but a couple of other people have commented to me about it too. Perhaps time is *actually* running faster than normal?

My Amatuer MMA Highlight Video

Figured somebody might be interested in watching this...lol...Ive got a fight this saturday in shreveport, LA and a guy made this for me to promote the fight...I realize its nothing AMAZING but its a start...haha
http://youtu.be/evhHyS6FjL0
Right on man pretty good!
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Im only down the interstate from s-port
fleurdelisxliv said:
Im only down the interstate from s-port
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Where? I actually live in minden...
d_a_n_payne said:
where? I actually live in minden...
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wow ruston i work for pafford ems
Gotta get back to training. But this is my old team. Never competed myself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eFS2Onmlhg
Nice vid man, good job. I need to learn some striking.
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wow ruston i work for pafford ems
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I went to Tech for a while...one of the fights in the video was at the ruston civic center...the video where i dropped the guy with a left hook...small world...lol
d_a_n_payne said:
I went to Tech for a while...one of the fights in the video was at the ruston civic center...the video where i dropped the guy with a left hook...small world...lol
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ima check out the video tonight at work and yea small world
Deng man, that's pretty badass.
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Well if anybody is in the north louisiana area this saturday, you should come watch me fight at the horseshoe riverdome...MTV will be there
d_a_n_payne said:
Well if anybody is in the north louisiana area this saturday, you should come watch me fight at the horseshoe riverdome...MTV will be there
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damn i have to work or i wld be there i love fights good luck!
That sucks...maybe next time...
Ill be fighting again this Friday, Aug 19th, in West Monroe, Louisiana...figured I would just reply to this instead of makin a new thread...dont wanna waste any internet space...ha
Your in good shape man!
How much do you train?
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Your in good shape man!
How much do you train?
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Thanks!
I train atleast twice a day, sometimes 3...everyday except sunday...even tho I have trouble resting sunday...lol
Good **** bro.
I don't have the time to train, but in my unit I'm a part of the combatives team. It's a lot of grappling and wrestling, though not much striking. I've been looking into some muay thai gyms, and the boxing team our unit has too. I'd love to get into it..
I think I saw that you're a middleweight, right? Do you train in specific arts or is your gym an MMA gym? A few of my friends train and fight amateur in Rhode Island for a strictly MMA gym. There are no specific classes like boxing mon, weds, fri, bjj tues, thurs, etc... it's just MMA every day. Is there a benefit or disadvantage to that, I wonder.
I'd love to hear how some of your workouts go down. Might help me out a bit.
Could yall please go like my page? Not sure if yall saw the article about mtv following the amateurs but I'm one of em...I'm the one they called the rich kid...lol...i have no clue why cuz I'm not but hopefully that's not what yall think when yall watch...or if yall watch...thanks guys!
https://www.facebook.com/PayneMMA
I posted the trailer to the show on my page if ya wanna check it out!
d_a_n_payne said:
Could yall please go like my page? Not sure if yall saw the article about mtv following the amateurs but I'm one of em...I'm the one they called the rich kid...lol...i have no clue why cuz I'm not but hopefully that's not what yall think when yall watch...or if yall watch...thanks guys!
https://www.facebook.com/PayneMMA
I posted the trailer to the show on my page if ya wanna check it out!
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i will check it out! also a buddy i work with wanted to know if you knew a fighter hes friends with mike crisp from s-port
Mike crisp sounds familiar but Im not sure...maybe if saw him I would remember...lol
i saw the com on mtv when does the show start?
edit: i saw jan 9th

WARNING! Telescope may hit Earth

http://www.hindustantimes.com/WARNING-Telescope-may-hit-Earth/Article1-756017.aspx
all these satellites and crap floating up in the stratosphere, and falling back down as they age, it's making the future picture in Max Headroom more and more closer to reality
soon enough we'll be walking out the streets with those metal shielded umbrellas to protect our-self from the falling debris
Max Headroom was such a cool show!
Anyway, yep..it's getting pretty messy up there. If there was a runaway cascade effect it could get seriously ugly, fast! Imagine going back to pre-satellite era communications!*
We do have the re-tasked NORAD keeping a watch on the situation though, (when they're not busy tracking Santa), and i'm sure if there were any imminent threat we'd have heard more by now.
Don't forget that a lot is coming down even as we put more up, and what comes down mostly burns up safely in the atmosphere. I watched a beautiful re-entry event from my garden one night, as something that glowed green as it burned, streaked towards the ground before splitting into numerous fragments.
*In the event that this happens i'm buying every share i can in Skype. VOIP would take off like a rocket!
the one that you saw... was that the other telecom satellite that was in the news 3 weeks ago?
i though they said that went into the sea

			
				
AllGamer said:
the one that you saw... was that the other telecom satellite that was in the news 3 weeks ago?
i though they said that went into the sea
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Could have been anything and it was a long time ago! It was eerie and quite unexpected though. I just always look up while i'm outside smoking at night. Force of habit!
It annoyed me when people started mouthing off recently about how NASA couldn't predict where that last one was coming down. If by putting spin on it, you can make a tennis ball swerve by two metres over the length of a tennis court, imagine what unpredictable path an irregular shaped object falling through one-hundred kilometres of atmosphere could take!
YOu know I'm taking some of it if parts of it fall in NYC. And I'll try to be there before the FBI/CIA/Secret Service/Army/Navy/Coast Guard/Aliens/BBQ gets to the location.
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from that picture
if you imagine the earth as an orange
then all those satellite are like moult on the orange
£10 to the XDA member to touch it first.. Pics and video..
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It's been so long since i heard that song! How did you manage to dredge that one up, it's like i just went back in time!
Here's a funny that's kinda on topic:
http://www.wimp.com/nasasatellite/
LMAO! that's a nice prank indeed
Telescope!!!
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Be careful what you wish for. The 'Hubble' will have to come down one day!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
-How cruel is the golden rule, when the lives we live are all golden plated-
DirkGently1 said:
Be careful what you wish for. The 'Hubble' will have to come down one day!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Thankfully, it's the end of REM as we know it. And I feel fine
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Thankfully, it's the end of REM as we know it. And I feel fine
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LMAO!
good one, very compatible with the current doomsday future

Remember to put your clocks back this Sunday!!

For those of you who are on Daylight Savings Time anyway. (Feel free to put them back if you're not but don't blame me when you're late for everything).
I almost forgot again which could have led to some embarrassment. Personally i think DST is a ridiculous and pointless exercise which should be scrapped. Time is immutable. Stop screwing with it!
This has been a Public Service Broadcast brought to you by DirkGently.
What's DST??
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What's DST??
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Daylight Savings Time.
In America the clocks get adjusted to fit the seasonal change in daylight hours.
It's because some jobs are dependent upon hours of daylight, so instead of just waking up earlier, we go to all the trouble of changing our clocks by an hour twice a year.
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What's DST??
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Daylight Savings Time
Ib4l thanks for reminder tho
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DST does not apply to most countries that are close to the equator, as the length of the day does not change much from Summer to Winter.
Singapore (Montoyatok's location) happens to be one of them, although DST did apply once.
P.S. If you are in the U.K., some banks shut their ATMs down over this period, (1 to 2 am, Sunday) to stop the transactions being screwed up by the time change. Progress!
Its daylight saving time not savings fyi
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Soon I will get a free extra hours sleep.
Also, Spring forward, Fall back. That's how I usually remember it.
There are a lot of people that want to stop doing it, me included. But then all of these parents start screaming "think of the children". They are afraid that their urchins will get run over if it is dark out when they are waiting for the school bus.
Boooo! I don't like it when it gets dark that early.. In december it gets dark at 15:30 (3:30 PM).
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Boooo! I don't like it when it gets dark that early.. In december it gets dark at 15:30 (3:30 PM).
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That's what happens when you live on a Gas Giant.
Actually, there are some energy benefits to DST. It allows us to consume less barrels of oil for energy with the clocks rolled forward. Now if we get greener energy sources in the US, then I'm all for scrapping it...
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Boooo! I don't like it when it gets dark that early.. In december it gets dark at 15:30 (3:30 PM).
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Damn that's early
Showing my age here, but any Brits remember the experiment from 1968 to 1971 when the UK remained on British Summer Time all year?
In Northern England we went to school in the dark, in Scotland it was even worse, the dark lasted longer. We had to wear stupid PVC tabards with reflective panels front and back, that nearly made you pass out from the fumes from the plastic.
It ran for two years before they ditched the idea.
that sucks i work nights and work this weekend i better get paid for that extra hour
You guys realize that its not THIS weekend, right?
Nov 4th.
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You guys realize that its not THIS weekend, right?
Nov 4th.
Sent from your mom.
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I did.
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TheSkinnyDrummer said:
You guys realize that its not THIS weekend, right?
Nov 4th.
Sent from your mom.
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It's not the same everywhere. It is this weekend in the UK.
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You guys realize that its not THIS weekend, right?
Nov 4th.
Sent from your mom.
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Oooooo. I can see it now. It was planned for Nov 4th because of the election on Nov 6th, Republicans put it that day so it will make Democrats become disenfranchised and not show up to the polls on time!!!!
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It's not the same everywhere. It is this weekend in the UK.
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