The many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XXI

[Michkov]

Ok lets try this: Enter 4h30-17d as your coordinates here http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-fcoo

There is nothing at the 2 arcsecond and minute radius but plenty of objects at 2 deg. I left everything else on the default settings.

 

[Borachio]

Ooooh! That's interesting.

 

[Camikaze]

Does anyone know of an application, say on Android, that allows you to create your own flash cards? I find they are a great way to learn and I would love the flexibility of being able to make my own through my phone.

I use Anki (don't know what the Android version is like, though).

 

[cardgame]

Anki is pretty brilliant.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

I remember earlier in the week or the week before, people were making a big deal over a recent facebook vote or something. What was the outcome of that?

 

[cardgame]

Does the date of Christmas change?

I thought it was always the 25th...

 

[bhsup]

Does the date of Christmas change?

I thought it was always the 25th...

Many (most?) Orthodox Christians celebrate it in January. Something to do with Georgian/Julian calendar changeups.

 

[cardgame]

I heard it was Christmas Eve yesterday and today someone else said it was Christmas, so I'm confuzzled.

 

[Joecoolyo]

Does the date of Christmas change?

I thought it was always the 25th...

Wait Christmas is on the 25th?

Oh wow, I better get my Christmas avvy up, didn't realize it was so soon.

 

[madviking]

Yea, it's Jesus' birthday. No one's birthday changes.

 

[shadowplay]

Does anyone know the ethnicity typically associated with the last name "Gadz"?

 

[_random_]

Many (most?) Orthodox Christians celebrate it in January. Something to do with Georgian/Julian calendar changeups.

I think it might be a global majority because of the Russians, but it's a minority in the Anglosphere. And yeah, Calendar issues are confusing.

 

[madviking]

Does anyone know the ethnicity typically associated with the last name "Gadz"?

It sounds like it's probably a shortened form of a longer name, e.g. Zadzinski. So that would be Polish or Slovak.

 

[salty mud]

Yea, it's Jesus' birthday. No one's birthday changes.

Jesus' birthday is 6th April.

 

[say1988]

Anybody know a good, free, place to upload audio files for someone else to download? With no programs needed or anything.

 

[cardgame]

mediafire, dropbox, microsoft skydrive, soundcloud, youtube.com

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

Anybody know a good, free, place to upload audio files for someone else to download? With no programs needed or anything.

mediafire, dropbox, microsoft skydrive, soundcloud, youtube.com

The mods here don't like the distribution of pirated material here.

 

[say1988]

As far as I am aware, an audio file I created myself and want to send to my father does not constitute "pirated material"

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

As far as I am aware, an audio file I created myself and want to send to my father does not constitute "pirated material"

True, but pirated material added into parts of the audio file does. (IIRC)

 

[cardgame]

He's not transferring pirated material. If he was, he'd already know all of this information.

But I'll go ahead and counter that with remix culture and fair use.