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| bio | website | red-tailed.net |
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| location | Utah | |
| age | 35 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 3 months |
| seen | May 17 at 17:45 | |
| stats | profile views | 18 |
I am an intermediate programmer in PHP and C#. I frequently work with standards like HTML, CSS, Javascript, Flash, and XML.
I enjoy computer games, photography, writing, sci-fi/fantasy, birding, and occasional cooking. (Many of which are topics of SE sites!)
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May 17 |
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Does juggling balls reduce the total weight of the juggler and balls? I'm not a physics expert, but the fundamental flaw with this brain teaser (to me) is that a 195-pound person will exert more than 200 pounds of force simply by walking forward. To avoid a net 5 pound increase in apparent weight, the person would have to walk very carefully and slowly indeed, juggling aside. |
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May 16 |
awarded | Notable Question |
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Apr 20 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Mar 21 |
awarded | Notable Question |
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Feb 11 |
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Why does a thermometer in wind not show a lower temperature than one shielded from it? @Anixx: Go stand outside in -10°C weather and tell me if you feel colder with a stiff breeze or not. |
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Jan 8 |
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How to determine day/night based on latitude, longitude and a date/time? Added what method was ultimatley used. |
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Dec 3 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Nov 5 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Oct 23 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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May 4 |
awarded | Yearling |
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May 4 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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May 4 |
awarded | Commentator |
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Apr 26 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Apr 10 |
accepted | Can I determine whether it is night at a location by calculating only the sun's elevation? |
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Apr 9 |
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Can I determine whether it is night at a location by calculating only the sun's elevation? Aha, this must be why "official" twilight is 90° 50'. Thanks for the background on that! |
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Apr 9 |
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Can I determine whether it is night at a location by calculating only the sun's elevation? Thanks! Also, phrasing it, "hunt for the Sun" I found quite funny. :) |
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Apr 7 |
asked | Can I determine whether it is night at a location by calculating only the sun's elevation? |
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Apr 5 |
accepted | How to determine day/night based on latitude, longitude and a date/time? |
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Apr 5 |
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How to determine day/night based on latitude, longitude and a date/time? Thanks for pointing out the usage of zenith, this may actually be more useful than creating a buffer, as it essentially means "at what point do we consider the sun to have set/risen." I have been using official (90°) thus far, and that's probably the reason I encounter problems -- it's not really dark yet! |
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Apr 5 |
asked | How to determine day/night based on latitude, longitude and a date/time? |
