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Another one of those "scale of the universe" thingies, this time in terms of what Earth music you'd pick up at different distances:
http://lightyear.fm/[^]
When you get to the end, there's a nice illustration of exactly how far our culture has spread.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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No wonder aliens are staying away from us!
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.1 new web site.
I know the voices in my head are not real but damn they come up with some good ideas!
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If this music is evidence of intelligent life, the interstellar FCC should be on the way to shut our down our transmitters.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
modified 19-Jul-15 4:32am.
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It's all wrong. I wouldn't be listening to any of those songs if I could avoid it - except a couple perhaps.
I didn't wait until the end of time - how far out does it go?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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110 light years. You can drag the white bar on the left edge of the screen to fast-forward, or use your mouse-wheel to scroll down.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Thanks! It's cool!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Cannot be bothered to Google it; but wasn't there some 'scientist' that needed money to send information to the stars?
Imagine, one of the first things an alien species sees of our culture, is World War II.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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The only thing they don't show is just how faint and hard to detect those broadcasts would be...by 100LY you'd have to listen really, really hard to catch anything but static. Inverse square law affects teh signal-to-noise ration really badly, I'm afraid.
Chances are that even 5 or 10 LY out, you wouldn't hear a single note...and given that 2005's top single was James Blunt, that's probably a very good thing... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Don't be such a killjoy! This is the Lounge! 
Kevin
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It's a possible reason why SETI just doesn't catch anything: the "broadcast lifetime" of this civilization is probably another 30 or 40 years at most - so if you figure we are "average" then to detect a civilization by radio needs them to be both damn close, and at exactly the right point in their development...more than a couple of dozen LY away and we don't stand any chance at all...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I had to stop when I found out I would be listening to Eminem 170 light years from here. 
And Madona! fark that.
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
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...and this is so good: Charon (and Mordor)[^]
Not wanting to tread on any toes here, but it's been a while!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Good one
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.1 new web site.
I know the voices in my head are not real but damn they come up with some good ideas!
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I spent a few minutes trying to think of a Gandalf quote I could cleverly mutilate as a reply, but alas... 
Sometimes the true reward for completing a task is not the money, but instead the satisfaction of a job well done. But it's usually the money.
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No problem: I prefer deep space images; planetary images are quite dull.
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I'm glad I didn't offend!
Karel Čapek wrote: planetary images are quite dull
Normally I'd agree, but...this is the first time any form of life has probably ever seen this; that makes them kinda important. (Even if Martians / Our Lizard Masters / The Grays / Xenu [and his Thetans] did exist  )
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Thanks
What a pity they couldn't shoot the Gollum.
while (true) {
continue;
}
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How true: [^]. (English sub-titles over ? Scandinavian language dialogue)
Update: a re-make in English: [^].
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
modified 17-Jul-15 12:23pm.
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Seen it many ages ago. The original is better.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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As far as ORM's go, all I've ever used has been EF. I liked EF, but as I'm getting into Hibernate, I think it rocks. It's more work to manage, but it's got everything + the kitchen sink. Wonder why I never learned about this before...
Elephant elephant elephant, sunshine sunshine sunshine
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loctrice wrote: As far as ORM's go, all I've ever used has been EF. I liked EF,
I'm sorry, that just sounds dirty. 
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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That's why you have the kitchen sink to wash in.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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I like the latest version of EF but I have also heard great things about Hibernate.
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