[QUOTE=Dubslow;314368][url]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49380316/ns/technology_and_science-space/?ocid=msnhp[/url]

Uncwilly et al., photos?[/QUOTE]If it was next weekend I could have been in LA to see it. This weekend that is not an option.

[i]Damn,[/i] that thing is big. You don't realize how big until you see it up close.

[url]http://framework.latimes.com/2012/10/12/space-shuttle-endeavour-2/#/1[/url]

Timelapse video.

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;313139]I made the trip for this event. At 8:11 where I was is just above the tip of the tail of the 747.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Dubslow;313140]On the mountain? Nice![/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Uncwilly;313142]Yes, about the same elevation as the Hollywood sign. Got to see much of the looping around. Looking down on all of the folks at the Observatory was fun. It was quite hot, the fire department rescued a person off of a ridge (they had heat stroke) by helicopter and treated many others.[/QUOTE]
Here is one shot, cropped of course (and squished a little to fit the forum requirements) and a little color tweaked.
Please respect that this is a personal picture and is only being posted here for the viewing pleasure of the forum members. Don't 'reshare'.

Here is another shot with the sign.
Again, please respect that this is a personal picture and is only being posted here for the viewing pleasure of the forum members. Don't 'reshare'.

One of my Nine Objects of Desire:
[url]http://www.trafficmanagement.com/store/list/7/132/[/url]

In an earlier life ...
 

[URL]http://www.digibarn.com/collections/games/maze-war/hardware-maze-mit/index.html[/URL]

[QUOTE=aketilander;315379][URL]http://www.digibarn.com/collections/games/maze-war/hardware-maze-mit/index.html[/URL][/QUOTE]

I had it on my Commodore 64...

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20033940[/url]

[QUOTE=ET_;315772][URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20033940[/URL][/QUOTE]

That is a fascinating account! Let's hear it for grad students and interns!

[url]http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/the-beautiful-blackboards-at-quantum-physics-labs/264166/[/url]

[URL="http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/148212"]7 untranslated ancient languages[/URL]