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So what fans forum do we reckon liquidator gets his posts from?

First image from the lander probe:

On a more serious 'scientific' topic, who in the world on a consumer level even needs a damn 1Gbps connection? Even porn comes in for much less and has a streaming packet transfer rate that will run on a measly 4Mbps connection with stable throughput.

China to leapfrog broadband world to dominate 1 Gbps connections The Chinese are in everything atm and more than likely they are going to land on Mars, Jupiter, Saturn etc before we know it, then it will be "Beam me up, Chinese takeaway" with broadband

Brilliant; he made the right call. Will be interesting to follow his learning curve, especially how fast he can adjust to the new car and Pirelli tyres.

Mick Schumacher will drive for Prema in Formula 2 next year. Excited to see him there

I imagine some people post on two or more forums so just copy one from the other.

Science & Environment Mars: Nasa lands InSight robot to study planet's interior By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent, Pasadena 1 hour ago US space agency Nasa has landed a new robot on Mars after a dramatic seven-minute plunge to the surface of the Red Planet. The InSight probe aims to study the deep interior of Mars, and make it the only planet - apart from Earth - that has been examined in this way. The touchdown confirmation came through shortly after 19:50 GMT. It ended an anxious few minutes in which the robot radioed home updates on its descent. Nasa's mission control in California erupted into cheers when it became clear InSight was safe on the ground. The probe put down on a vast, flat plain known as Elysium Planitia, close to the Red Planet's equator. The agency had dubbed it the "biggest parking lot on Mars". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46351114

The way I see it from afar, stopping freedom of movement was a core element (probably the most prominent part of the package , as it was the most easy to communicate in slogans along the supposed money fluxes) in the leave campaign (not to say that element punctually carried even more radical ethnocentric ideas using dogwhistles). In any case, I fail to get the latest spin of Fairy's Boots' narrative. I mean, his/her particular idea of british excepcionalism (we the common folk will be better producing and selling "goods" outside because...). Because the only british exceptionalism (a differential factor you can take for granted in the mid term) you can argue about these days is London being the crooked world centre of the world of financial services (which it is mostly elite-driven and not about producing real stuff). A real check on chauvinism is needed. In any case I am interested to see what happens now. As I wrote here before, a second referendum without actually getting to exit is not the best option for british democracy short term (the UK would probably become an antipolitical hellhole, worse than Italy in this regard), but a second referendum for re-entry taken soon after brexit without time for much divergence would make some sense. But the most probable outcome, I think, is this deal or crashing out with no deal.

Astronomy counts as science...so this is fucking cool.

Those are all brilliant... I'm a hobby photographer and have a huge interest in astronomy, but I only managed to take a half decent photo of the Milky Way once and a few of the star trails; nothing special at any case. Would absolutely love to try proper astrophotography with proper equipment... big respect to those who took all of these... My favourites at this moment (not in order): That NGC 3521 Galaxy image is something out of this world