Trevor Mahlmann was among the many people who wanted to record the solar eclipse on camera. But that's not all -he wanted to catch the International Space Station flying across the sun at the same time as the moon was crossing between the sun and the earth. Mahlmann did that, out in Wyoming. It took months of planning, and it worked!
The guys from Smarter Every Day were there to help set the project up, pull some strings, and explain what's happening. If you just want to see the ISS transit, skip ahead to 3:20, but the whole show is worth a watch. There's a second video, in which they recap the experience. -via Digg
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1) Those that seem dumb to a help desk tech who's heard the same question fifty times before, even if the user hasn't. (Not necessarily dumb.)
2) The types of questions that are thoroughly explained on the help desk's website, which the user ignores so as to have a live human being tell him the exact same thing. (Pretty dumb, but not worth the liability.)
3) The same question, over and over, from the same user. (Blowtorch candidate.)
>;-)