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Possibly just of interest to meIt's all very cool. Thanks!

A particularly interesting article regarding my neck of the woods:

The Center for Land Use Interpretation (http://www.clui.org/newsletter/winter-2013/photo-calibration-targets)

http://www.clui.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/clui-image/clui/post_images/fort_huachuca.jpg

THERE ARE DOZENS of aerial photo calibration targets across the USA, curious land-based two-dimensional optical artifacts used for the development of aerial photography and aircraft. They were made mostly in the 1950s and 1960s, though some apparently later than that, and many are still in use, though their history is obscure.

Most of them follow the same general form established by the Air Force and NASA (and prior to 1958, its precursor agency, NACA): a concrete or asphalt pad constructed flat on the ground, 78 feet by 53 feet, coated in a heavy black and white paint. The pattern painted on the targets is sets of parallel and perpendicular bars duplicated at 15 or so different sizes, and, sometimes, a large white square. The configuration is sometimes referred to as a 5:1 aspect Tri-bar Array, and follows a similar relative scale as a common resolution test chart known as the 1951 USAF Resolving Power Test Target, conforming to milspec MIL-STD-150A. This test pattern is still widely used to determine the resolving power of microscopes, telescopes, cameras, and scanners.

Possibly just of interest to me

This is how the aliens will calibrate their targeting systems. Thanks Air Force.

:cheeky-sm

This would be incredible if it actually happens:

http://http://www.space.com/19981-private-mars-mission-married-2018.html

A new nonprofit led by the world's first space tourist is mounting an ambitious plan to launch the first manned mission to Mars in 2018, a voyage that could include an adventurous married crew.

Since St. Patty's Day is coming, go ahead and drink up!
Heavy drinkers get extra brain fuel from alcohol | Body & Brain | Science News (http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/348839/description/Heavy_drinkers_get_extra_brain_fuel_from_alcohol)

Since St. Patty's Day is coming, go ahead and drink up!
Heavy drinkers get extra brain fuel from alcohol | Body & Brain | Science News (http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/348839/description/Heavy_drinkers_get_extra_brain_fuel_from_alcohol)

That's bullshit. If that was true I'd be a Rocket Scientist.

That's bullshit. If that was true I'd be a Rocket Scientist.

Maybe you're not drinking enough.

Maybe you're not drinking enough.

Maybe. You think there is that point where you don't drink enough and kill brain cells and if you drink just a little more you get smarter.

That's bullshit. If that was true I'd be a Rocket Scientist.

Perhaps you've reached the upper limits of your genetic abilities? I kid of course

Perhaps you've reached the upper limits of your genetic abilities? I kid of course

No question about that.

Happy Pi day!