Perhaps some people worship animal pedigrees because it's no longer socially acceptable to do it with humans...

Make it 9:26:54. The next digit is a 5,so the round-to-even rule appllies.

If a private pilot makes a flight under Instrument Flight Rules, a track of his flight appears on FlightAware.

FlightAware displays ads.

Discuss.

No, they make those right down here.

Seems like the only resource worth bringing down from the Moon would be one that just don't hardly exist down here...but if you were planning a long-term presence there, getting resources locally could be a lot cheaper than hauling them up.

Even so, the startup costs would be pretty intimidating.

90 posts and counting, without a "How is this news for nerds" bitch.

The problem is what's between the islands. You need thermal lift to fly long distances in a glider, and there's precious little of that over open water. And for every successful flight of 1000+ km, there are plenty that had to be abandoned partway.

On my visits there, I remember signs prohibiting photography...not that anybody paid any attention to them.

It's been a while...maybe it was just flash photography.

Perhaps they're confusing "climate change" with "Beetlejuice". Say it too many times...

A ship sinking in deep water can wind up several miles from the point where the surface closed over it.

Sure you can, if you haven't delivered the goods. Notice the reference to "all debts"? If a debt doesn't exist, you have every right to demand pork bellies before you hand over the merchandise.

OTOH, if the restaurant cashier doesn't want to take your bill in cash after your meal, you can tell them to take it or leave it.

Many people who do that are called "defense attorneys" or "prosecuting attorneys". If everybody does their job, it's a way of getting at the truth.

All the conic-section fuels are unstable.

"How many legs does a dog have if you call its tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."

--A. Lincoln (provenance uncertain)

You mean it's Jewish?