Comments on: Help look for Jim Gray http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/02/04/help-look-for-jim-gray/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:52:03 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Puam http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/02/04/help-look-for-jim-gray/comment-page-1/#comment-29085 Puam Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:51:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/02/04/help-look-for-jim-gray/#comment-29085 Is there any news? Is there any news?

]]> By: RvLeshrac http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/02/04/help-look-for-jim-gray/comment-page-1/#comment-29084 RvLeshrac Thu, 08 Feb 2007 08:39:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/02/04/help-look-for-jim-gray/#comment-29084 The starting satellite-imagery-search is over for now. Half a million images examined in five days, thanks to everyone who worked on them. The starting satellite-imagery-search is over for now. Half a million images examined in five days, thanks to everyone who worked on them.

]]> By: Troy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/02/04/help-look-for-jim-gray/comment-page-1/#comment-29083 Troy Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:38:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/02/04/help-look-for-jim-gray/#comment-29083 Argh me hearty, no doubt he be in Davy Jone's locker. Or maybe he is making love to the enchantress Circe on her cursed isle. Perhaps he is negotiating the clashing rocks, or Charybdis and Scylla. Aeolis give him winds to come home, Poseidon please release your prisoner. Argh me hearty, no doubt he be in Davy Jone’s locker. Or maybe he is making love to the enchantress Circe on her cursed isle. Perhaps he is negotiating the clashing rocks, or Charybdis and Scylla. Aeolis give him winds to come home, Poseidon please release your prisoner.

]]> By: icemith http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/02/04/help-look-for-jim-gray/comment-page-1/#comment-29082 icemith Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:03:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/02/04/help-look-for-jim-gray/#comment-29082 OK, could we have some help from other boaties, in the form of tidal charts at the time of the last known position (definite sighting etc.), as this would give the absolute time; any indication of, and ETA at his destination; the capability of his yacht, and the provisions aboard, his nav. gear and reserve fuel if he has emergengy engine; even his health could be important. Also if he had company on board, and any known personality traits that could be helpful in determining his profile. Sorry to be coldly analytical, or is that anal, but these questions must be asked. As it is more than 24 hours from the first posted response in this blog, I hope by now he has been located. I'm on the other side of the Pacific, so if he turns up here, how will I recognise him? Ivan. OK, could we have some help from other boaties, in the form of tidal charts at the time of the last known position (definite sighting etc.), as this would give the absolute time; any indication of, and ETA at his destination; the capability of his yacht, and the provisions aboard, his nav. gear and reserve fuel if he has emergengy engine; even his health could be important. Also if he had company on board, and any known personality traits that could be helpful in determining his profile.

Sorry to be coldly analytical, or is that anal, but these questions must be asked.

As it is more than 24 hours from the first posted response in this blog, I hope by now he has been located.

I’m on the other side of the Pacific, so if he turns up here, how will I recognise him?

Ivan.

]]> By: Kristjan Wager http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/02/04/help-look-for-jim-gray/comment-page-1/#comment-29081 Kristjan Wager Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:59:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/02/04/help-look-for-jim-gray/#comment-29081 Bad news about Jim Gray. He is one of the giants in the fields of databases, especially when it comes to transactions. Bad news about Jim Gray. He is one of the giants in the fields of databases, especially when it comes to transactions.

]]> By: dre http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/02/04/help-look-for-jim-gray/comment-page-1/#comment-29080 dre Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:15:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/02/04/help-look-for-jim-gray/#comment-29080 also wanted to throw out there that the number of amazon mturk HIT "available images" is falling fast, suggesting that there's a lot of helpful folks out there checking a lot of images. this would be due, no doubt, to the BA and other conscientious bloggers getting the word out. i would guess that if the level of users helping stays up, the survey should be finished in a matter of hours. also wanted to throw out there that the number of amazon mturk HIT “available images” is falling fast, suggesting that there’s a lot of helpful folks out there checking a lot of images. this would be due, no doubt, to the BA and other conscientious bloggers getting the word out. i would guess that if the level of users helping stays up, the survey should be finished in a matter of hours.

]]> By: dre http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/02/04/help-look-for-jim-gray/comment-page-1/#comment-29079 dre Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:38:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/02/04/help-look-for-jim-gray/#comment-29079 i had some trouble getting the Amazon HIT thing to authorize me, but after a couple of tries it worked. so, if you get some kind of "not working right now, try later" message on it, try again immediately. on that app (or whatever the HIT thing is, i've never seen it before), the object you're looking for would apparently be pretty big, according to their description. each image seems to be a very tiny piece of a very large sattelite shot. individual wave crests are easily visible. i had some trouble getting the Amazon HIT thing to authorize me, but after a couple of tries it worked. so, if you get some kind of “not working right now, try later” message on it, try again immediately.

on that app (or whatever the HIT thing is, i’ve never seen it before), the object you’re looking for would apparently be pretty big, according to their description. each image seems to be a very tiny piece of a very large sattelite shot. individual wave crests are easily visible.

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