Monthly Archives: May 2008

link salad

Posted on Wednesday, 2008 May 28 by Anton

The latest fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains recalls an idea of mine: import ice boulders from Saturn’s rings, put them in Earth orbit, and drop them on fires as needed. Is that crazy? Misc links: a somewhat nerdy pun; … Continue reading →

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to balance a calendar

Posted on Wednesday, 2008 May 07 by Anton

A Martian year is 668.6 Martian days; that’s 3.4 less than 24×28. I asked myself, how should the short months be arranged for best ‘balance’? I ran all combinations and this is it: The three big dots represent the missing … Continue reading →

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