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Voyager Enters Interstellar Space
News by Norlander
"Voyager is in interstellar space — the space between the stars."
- Dr. Ed Stone, Voyager Project Scientist

 We've heard it a few times already, but now NASA has finally confirmed it - Voyager has reached interstellar space a the first man made object. This is a profound moment in human history, up there with the first circumnavigation of the planet Earth, the first spaceflight, and the first human on another celestial object (the Moon). But I fear it will largely go unnoticed in today's world of multimedia celeb gossip - ask people in 5 years time where they were when it was announced that mankind had managed to send an object out of the solar system and they'll look at you with a puzzled face.



Many centuries from now some civilization will find this golden disk - maybe it will be a human civilization retracing their roots. All we know today is that it has finally made it's way to the interstellar medium; traveling among the stars.
For whom the bell tolls
Torkil

Torkil Olsen (Gongumenn limur Tool) andaðist gjárkvøldið kl. 17:30 á landssjúkrahúsinum í Havn, 38 ára gamal. Torkil doyði av heilakrabba, ið hann fekk staðfest í januar 2012.


Nógvir av okkum her kendu Torkil væl, og hava mangan ballast saman við honum og prátað við hann um mangt og hvat. Eisini spældi hann poker við okkum av og á, og hevur arbeitt eitt sindur við gongumenn heimasíðuni.


Torkil og eg eru systkinabørn, og vuksu upp sum grannar á Lauritsargøtu í Havn. Hann var árið eldri, og fór ein annan veg ígjøgnum lívið enn eg, men ongantíð mistu vit sambandið, og vóru har altíð fyri hvønn annan.


Orð eru fátøk, men eg fari at royna heilt stutt at lýsa Torkil sum eg kendi hann.


Tá eg hugsi um Torkil, so er tað fyrst og fremst tónleikin mær rennur í hug. Aftaná eina spaka byrjan við at dansa break dance, og lurta eftir Roxette, Wham og Duran Duran, blivu tónarnir harðari. Í 1991 kom Black Album út, og hettar bleiv byrjanin uppá eina lívslanga dyrkan av Metallica. Á myndini omanfyri sæst hann í Grasagarði 1997 við sínum Kirk Hammett guitara – ein av hansara dýrastu ognum. Gleðin fyri Metallica var eftir tá so mangt annað var farið, og minnist eg at vit fyri bert fáum vikum síðani rockaðu til Sad But True og mintust gamlar dagar. Tónleikalívið hjá Torkil var so nógv ríkari og meira fjølbroytt enn mítt egna, men eg haldi ikki eg fari heilt skeivur í at Metallica hevur havt ein avgerandi leiklut.


Torkil var tað sum eg vil kalla ein moralskur maður. Rættiliga tíðliga byrjaði hann at hugsa fyri seg sjálvan, og valdi at fylgja sínari sannføring í talu og í gerð – nakað sum ikki var uttan kostnað í Føroyum um tað mundi. Torkil var ateist og ikki bangin fyri at siga tað. Hann var eisini áhugaður í filosofi, og livdi eftir besta førimuni í tráð við hugleiðingarnar hjá Kant. Hansara sterka íborna áræðið brúkti hann mangan til at hjálpa øðrum, og ikki minst mær. Torkil var kletturin sum altíð hevði stýr uppá tað, og altíð hevði yvirskot til at hjálpa við trupulleikunum hjá øðrum.  


Tá tað kom til teldur, var Torkil í serklassa. Eg minnist hvussu eg plagdi at fara yvir til hansara at spæla telduspøl á Amiga 500. Barbarian, Phantasie 3 og Great Giana Sisters koma til hugs. Hesin áhugi fyri teldum vaks við tíðini til eina datamatikaraútbúgving, og so til arbeiði hjá Mærsk Data, IBM og mongum øðrum. Eg havi hoyrt frá fólki, at Torkil var stak dugnaligur í sínum arbeiði, kanska ikki minst tí hann fór so seriøst til verka, og treiskur sum hann var, gavst hann ikki fyrr enn tað riggaði.


Meðan Torkil arbeiddi hjá Mærsk og búði í Rødovre, hendi tað, at hann bleiv einsamallur pápi. At taka sær av einum lítlum barni einsamallur í Keypmannahavn, meðan man samstundis hevur eitt arbeiði at passa; tað høvdu ikki øll megnað. Men við sínum sterka vilja so fekk Torkil eisini hettar at rigga. Eingin kann ynskja sær ein betri pápa enn Torkil, og hevur hann uppiborið alla virðing fyri eisini her at hava gjørt tað rætta, hóast tað ikki var lætt.


Av lyndi var Torkil av fittastu monnum; altíð fyrikomandi og vinarligur. Hann var ongantíð dømandi, men heldur áhugaður og forvitin. Av hesum sama, so hava fólk altíð dámt Torkil, og kendi hann fleiri fólk enn tey flestu.  Torkil var loyalur og staðfastur yvirfyri tí hann helt var rætt, og fór ongantíð uppá kompromis við seg sjálvan, sjálvt um tað leikaði hart á. Fyri mong hevur hann verið ein stuðul og ein vinur sum tey kundu líta á, og minni hansara livir víðari í hjørtum okkara.



RIP Torkil – mín vinur, mín fyrimynd.


When the online world becomes real...
News by NorlanderAs most of you know, there was an orchestrated attack on the American consulate in Benghazi on the evening of the 11th of September. What most of you probably don't know is that I was acquainted of one of the US Foreign Service who died in the attack. I didn't know it either until a few days later... but he played eve-online.

Sean Smith, or Vile Rat as we knew him, was one of the main diplomats for Goonswarm, as well as being an Information Management Officer with the United States Foreign Service, sitting in Benghazi that night, on jabber, talking about the protests outside. He had done so before at other postings (Baghdad, etc.) but this time he didn't come back online. There are several dedicated threads about him, the best one done by The Mittani.

In the game I knew him, not well, but I knew him. We've only talked to each other once in game and twice had a discussion on a forum. I had to deal with his lesser minions when I did diplo work with Goonswarm. I've read plenty of posts by him, and he and DBRB got Boddin's dread killed 10 months ago in a backstab. He was a power-gamer that we all knew. What struck me as profoundly weird was learning that a fellow gamer had died in a consular attack, while in the line of duty. Seeing it being reported that he was a gamer on NBC News, CNN, Andrew Sullivan and DailyKos, but mostly that the online world got real... the guy behind that avatar in game got killed by an angry mob attacking a consulate.

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News by GrizlasBack in the day I had a level 99 necromancer and enjoyed corpse-exploding my way through endless waves of evil hordes. Soon I hope to relive some of that nostalgia. Who's with me? :)


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Grizlas
14/08/2025 07:48
this one is also pretty slick

Grizlas
07/08/2025 16:52
Agreed

OKJones
07/08/2025 14:24
This banner is the best so far

Grizlas
25/07/2025 07:25
works with no issues in normal version of Firefox. I'm guessing you either did not do CTRL+F5 or are using some adblock plugin.

Norlander
25/07/2025 04:52
Use Firefox and it blocks all sorts of unwanted stuff of course.

Grizlas
24/07/2025 14:57
Using some ad-blocker? Try ctrl+F5

Norlander
24/07/2025 12:25
its mostly just grey for me...

Grizlas
24/07/2025 12:07
This banner is the best we've had so far.

Grizlas
04/07/2025 09:01
RIP Mr. Blonde

Grizlas
03/07/2025 14:36
Could it be they lack those things because you know they are AI generated? smiley