Here's the vim colorscheme I use:

http://vimcolors.com/?utf8=✓&order=relevance&query=monochrom...

I really don't know what to do with this. It's from a Spanish poet, I discovered it in French and got to prefer the Spanish original. I haven't been able to find the English translation.

    DEDICATORIA
    
    Más allá de donde
    aún se esconde la vida, queda
    un reino, queda cultivar
    como un rey su agonía,
    hacer florecer como un reino
    la sucia flor de la agonía:
    yo que todo lo prostituí, aún puedo
    prostituir mi muerte y hacer
    de mi cadáver el último poema.
    
    – Leopoldo María Panero

Of course it's Spanish and about sex, indirectly. I think I prefer the German poets and their poems about nature, the human struggle, etc. (I'm sure someone will provide some examples of German poets that write about sex)

I can't warp my head around how quick Vega is to rise (ESA's new light launcher). Here's a video from its qualification flight:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0IZ6d4wTCg

So far, everything is going well on the mission but I'm very anxious about the reentry of the IXV.

The smoke plume is characteristic of SRBs, which have a very good thrust-to-mass ration but relatively low specific impulses.

If you've ever seen a Shuttle launch, the long and smoky plume and the rocket "leaping off the pad" will look very familiar.

It does get going, doesn't it? Vega is a solid-fuel rocket (except for the fourth stage), and those have really high thrust early on.

If it behaves more like a missile than a satellite launcher that's no coincidence: most missiles are also solid-fuel.

Most missiles are not designed to carry people ;-)

Vega isn't designed for people either. It's a small launcher for small satellites--and though its max payload might loft a Mercury capsule, no one is going to build something that small. Moreover, humans aren't well suited to all-solid rockets. They have a rough acceleration profile and poor failure and abort modes.

But that's not rare. Most launchers, liquid or solid or both, aren't designed to carry people. It's easier, for one, because your abort mode can be "blow up and collect the insurance". (Also, they're ultimately derived from ICBMs.)

Did you read the article?

Quote from the article:

"Blood from a patient is drawn through microscopic channels where it then meets chemicals that react with HIV and syphilis antibodies to produce a color change. This can then be picked up by a set of photocells in the dongle, and the results are then sent to an app on the attached smartphone or computer."

I too posted Courbet's painting to Google+ a couple of years ago and it was removed. I contacted Google on the subject but never received an answer.

Freedom of speech, blah, blah. Zuckerberg is a lier, he should be a politician.

Regarding the fact that they relied mostly on other operator's networks, I really don't see that as an issue (passed the initial technical glitches). It's business and as long as they sign agreements (and pay!) with other operators for their infrastructures, there's nothing to complain about. They essentially rent the infrastructure.

Sounds like decent as it is to me. I guess it all depends on your musical culture (not intended as a derogatory remark).

There's the competitive aspect in economies where street-food is the norm but then keep in mind that it's dirt cheap to deliver there. In Thailand a delivery worker earns 220 USD a month.

What's ^Home / ^End? If it's moving to the beginning / end of a line there are vi shortcuts for that: ^ and $.