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It occurs to me you are too stupid to even understand how wrong or even why you are wrong.

Miami has been flooding every year since before there was a city there.

http://m1.i.pbase.com/o6/21/57...

Yes. And now it's flooding on a sunny day without much wind, not caused by a major hurricane. Just because.(*)

(*) Well, because sea level rise caused by Global Warming.

Miami has been flooding every year since before there was a city there.

http://m1.i.pbase.com/o6/21/57...

Enjoy. Let me know how it is worse today than it was when I bought a home here.

The photo you linked to is from Sept 1947, which was a notable year for Hurricanes and tropical storms.. It is from Hurricane George, a category 4 storm that hit near Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 17 people were killed, but improved weather forcasting and involvelent of the airforce helped limit it. Many cattle were drowned, as well as destruction to citrus groves. There was concern that the dikes on Lake Okeechobee might collapse, but they held. This was a nasty one, after it left Florida in the Tampa Bay area, it headed west to New Orleans and made landfall there as a Category 2 Hurricane.

It was the most intense and damaging hurricane of the season. Here's another photo of the aftermath http://www.pbase.com/donboyd/i...

Note that the caption has some errors with the naming. It has a numerical name, which is actually reserved for tropical Storm 6, which hit Ceder Key on September 23, 1947.

The photo you sent is an interesting bit of history in an active year for Treopical storms, but it was part of the aftermat of a very distructive hurricane, not a spring tide flood

Miami has been flooding every year since before there was a city there.

http://m1.i.pbase.com/o6/21/57...

Enjoy. Let me know how it is worse today than it was when I bought a home here.

The photo you linked to is from Sept 1947, which was a notable year for Hurricanes and tropical storms.. It is from Hurricane George, a category 4 storm that hit near Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 17 people were killed, but improved weather forcasting and involvelent of the airforce helped limit it. Many cattle were drowned, as well as destruction to citrus groves. There was concern that the dikes on Lake Okeechobee might collapse, but they held. This was a nasty one, after it left Florida in the Tampa Bay area, it headed west to New Orleans and made landfall there as a Category 2 Hurricane.

It was the most intense and damaging hurricane of the season. Here's another photo of the aftermath http://www.pbase.com/donboyd/i...

Note that the caption has some errors with the naming. It has a numerical name, which is actually reserved for tropical Storm 6, which hit Ceder Key on September 23, 1947.

The photo you sent is an interesting bit of history in an active year for Treopical storms, but it was part of the aftermat of a very distructive hurricane, not a spring tide flood

It occurs to me you are too stupid to even understand how wrong or even why you are wrong.

Miami has been flooding every year since before there was a city there.

http://m1.i.pbase.com/o6/21/57...

Enjoy. Let me know how it is worse today than it was when I bought a home here.

Incidentally, SoCal Gas petitioned to light the methane on fire.

And what a spectacle that would be!

It's been said that the hole is leaking 2,500M BTU/hr.

In 1886, a burning gas well in Findlay, Ohio was said to be working at a rate of about 200M BTU/hr. Here is what was said of this relatively "small" fire at the time:

It is difficult to imagine the magnificent effect of this burning well at night. The noise of the escaping gas which, at the rate of forty million cubic feet per day, is like the roar of Niagara or like the thunder of a dozen railroad trains, drowning all conversation. On the nights of the first winter it was opened the ground was frozen and the people not being used to it within the radius of half a mile were disturbed in their slumbers, especially when there was a change of wind. The sound under extraordinary conditions of the atmosphere had been heard fifteen miles away, and on a dark night the light reflected on the clouds discerned for fifty miles.

Prof. G. Frederick WRIGHT, who visited on an evening a month after it was opened wrote: âoeAlthough the snow had covered the ground to a depth of several inches, in every direction for a distance of 200 yards in circumference the heat of the flame had melted the snow from the ground and the grass and weeds had grown two or three inches in height. The crickets also seemed to have mistaken the season of the year, for they were enlivening the night with their cheerful song. The neighborhood of the well seemed also a paradise for tramps. I noticed one who lay soundly sleeping with his head in a barrel, with the rest of his body lying outside on the green turf, to receive the genial warmth from the flame so high up in the air.â Cold as it was he slept in perfect comfort, with no danger of suffering so long as he was within the charmed circle.

The daily amount of heat from this single well is said to equal that from the burning of one thousand tons of soft coal.

As many sailors know, a couple hundred watts of solar or wind power can be plenty. Keeping the fridge going is usually the biggest draw, followed by marine radios and computers. Sailing forums are full of threads about which laptops draw the least power, etc. The latest crop have gotten really good, but tablets are even better -- especially when charged directly from 12V, vs. 120V w/ inverter .

12V adapters are available for most small devices, including rechargeable power tools. An inverter can handle the occasional hair dryer or blender (though I'm sure there are 12V blenders). Toasters and microwaves are still a problem.

Lithium batteries are great too, with much higher charging efficiency than lead-acid or NiMH.

A follow-up to my prior post: http://www.pbase.com/merriwolf...

Patience, there is more on the way. And if you're in a hurry you can always roll yer own

Could this be related to the pacific light seen by pilots while flying across the pacific? http://www.pbase.com/flying_du...

" Too bad your watch tattled that you just paused in front of a 'bookstore' that sells gay porn."
And that would be bad.. why?

". It's also too bad your employer was exempted from EOE because it's against the corporation's sincerely held religion, so you get fired in the process."
Why is it reporting to me employer, exactly? My phone doesn't report to my employer when it know I stop in front of a store.

I rarely see any spam anymore, so I'm not sure why it would increase.

Here, have some more straws to grasp:
http://www.pbase.com/sleeper55...

Native bees are actually better pollinators than non-native, imported honey bees. You don't have to wait for the government to do something in order to help them, you can do something right now in your own back yard. Simply add plants native to your area and the pollinators will come! These aren't usually available at mainstream nurseries, so seek out nurseries specializing in native species. Native insects rely on native plants. The typical suburban yard is basically a dead zone when it comes to inviting any pollinators, with all the chemicals, invasive and exotic non-native plants that people use in their landscaping. I've been on a 7 year journey in my own back yard to eliminate invasive species and replace with natives. It's been a huge learning experience as I am not a knowledgeable gardener. One of the first things I noticed right away was that suddenly there were so many bees!

BTW,

"BTW, does the bridge you live under have EZ-Pass?"

http://www.pbase.com/mikep/image/152069058

That is one of my newest neighbors. 3 of them WITHIN 1 block. You think I think I have privacy?

Oh, it's so easy for you to call BS but did you bother to even look at how easy facts are to find? Here you go, now go pound sand up your lazy propagandist asshole. If you are still confused, from that data you can readily find photos (where they exist)as well as details surrounding the crashes. Such as air speeds, altitudes, etc.. Such as TWA Flight 260 which has images here.

I never claimed "911 is an inside job" as you once again inject as an appeal to emotion. Never, not one time. I stated that there are facts missing and incorrect from all 4 events on 9/11 that people are asking to have resolved. Go back and read what I wrote, and stop injecting _your_ fantasies in to what I wrote. You can go back and read them as often as you like, never did I claim what you state.

Next you will probably claim I was somehow able to edit my posts right? Your delusion has been thus far rather obvious.

Your whole last paragraph is a series of appeals to emotion. You learned them from TV didn't you? My guess is, that you still have not checked 1 thing for yourself. Nope, not 1. Even knowing TV tells lies you insist it can't lie. You don't see the appeal to emotion that "This "911 is an inside job" bullshit is an insult to a lot of dead people." is? If you don't, then you are absolutely blind. Come on now, it's not even a good fallacy. This is Google search easy to determine as fallacy.

Yeah, I'm sure you were pulling me up on evidence. Now you have 2 samples. Were you really just being lazy? Will you go look now? I'm guessing you won't, you will have more reasons why anyone asking for _facts_ should not do so. "Those fact seekers are just crazy conspiracy nut jobs, the TV said so!"

Oh, and from that sample gallery I provided you can see how much of a plane survives a crash. Wholly shit, that plane crashed in to a mountain which is at least as hard as a building. It was last seen in a high speed climb, which for that model of Air plane is roughly 300 Mph. Even prop engines are pretty damn solid, and that is proven by of all things.. science. And before you claim something stupid the answer is "NO! Another 100-150 Mhp will not magically make titanium alloy vanish. Various parts may separate, but the core parts are built to withstand explosions. You do know how jet engines work right? You do realize that the conversion of fuel to energy is a controlled explosion right? Hell, you will probably deny that too.. Or you will claim it was a tree that kept everything from the motors in tact, ignoring the fact that about 50 feet of 757 would have absorbed impact prior to the engines of a 757 hitting a wall. You will only claim knowledge of physics if it suits your fantasy world right?

Nobody's going to buy that piece of crap. It's a glorified golf cart.

Well, you're right that it's not a car. But it also not a golf cart.
No, it's an autorickshaw, and (if this is not vaporware) they will buy it because there are already probably a hundred million of them in India, home of Tata Motors.

Why must a single LED provide all the light? Couldn't an array of, say, four LEDs, each equivalent to a 25W incandescent and using mirrors and/or lenses to even out the light distribution, get the same efficiency and substitute for a 100W bulb? Am I missing something obvious?

If you look closely at the "high-power" LEDs that's exactly what they are.

eg. http://www.pbase.com/kds315/image/127711917/original.jpg

On the other hand I can already imagine tens of millions of dollars being spent to separate this wall in two in order to see the moldy fresco behind I I do think there are better ways to spend the money. But there are also much worse ways.

In case your question was genuine, pBase is a community of photographers sharing their work (you can password protect too if you want).

It isn't free, but a case of using the right tool for the job. Added benefit is other photographers will see your (non-password protected) work & be able to comment on it to offer advice, etc (if you don't disable comments). I have been using the service for 10 years this May.

In case your question was genuine, pBase is a community of photographers sharing their work (you can password protect too if you want).

It isn't free, but a case of using the right tool for the job. Added benefit is other photographers will see your (non-password protected) work & be able to comment on it to offer advice, etc (if you don't disable comments). I have been using the service for 10 years this May.

Ten years ago when I was in high school we build a "computer lab" years ahead of everything else. Take a look at the photos in this link:
http://www.pbase.com/torres21/the_c_i_s.

He believes 'amateur' means "one lacking in experience and competence in an art or science ." In fact, in this context 'amateur' means "not compensated," "not for hire," or "one who engages in a pursuit, study, science, or sport as a pastime rather than as a profession."

Actually, I think in this case it's more along the lines he's been doing it so long, he's hardly some noob with a new telescope, but he's not a 'professional' either.

If you look here, that man has some pretty serious astro-photography creds.

I don't think the article means to imply he's some hack who got lucky, but that he is, technically, an 'amateur'. There's no snark in calling him an amateur ... in fact, the last paragraph of TFA says:

My sincere and hearty congratulations to Rolf Olsen for achieving this (and you should look through his gallery of astrophotographs; they're beautiful and some are astonishing). I think it's a milestone in 'amateur' astronomy, and it goes to show you that sometimes, the sky is not the limit.

Seriously, read the article again ... this man is an 'amateur' in only the sense that you describe, and the article isn't saying anything else. He's certainly a competent astronomer (and one with the pleasure of living in an area that affords him some awesome viewing).

He's not an academic, but he is an 'amateur' -- the quotes seem to belittle the word amateur more than the man being discussed. I think you're mistaken to say " the grandeur of Rolf's contribution to science is sullied by other's ignorance" ... TFA is holding him in the highest esteem.

Yes, and I've got photographic evidence.

It depends whether you are talking about media designed to represent art or information. Of course, if you were using film to make copies of documents, then it's behaviour beyond it's resolution limit is of no interest, as that is information lost.

However, lets take a photograph taken on a 35mm format camera, at, say ISO 1600, enlarged to 20"x20" - most photographs would say that this is technically beyond what film or digital at this size can do. But here is such a photograph by Testino, which was shown at this size at the National Portrait Gallery:

http://www.pbase.com/omoses/image/103309345

You can see from even this small image the amount of grain in the photograph - imagine how much grain the fullsize print had. However, this print was one of the most impressive in a room full of portraits by Testino, Rankin, etc..

When you take photographs at the limit of the media's capability, and then enlarge it to large sizes, the artefacts become crystal clear, which is a problem if they are ugly.

With digital expect to see: moire (an interference pattern created by the precise pattern of the sensor), bayer artefacts (similar to moire, except in two dimensions - caused by the algorithm used to interpolate brightness values from the RGB sensors), noise reduction artefacts (seen as a smoothing of areas with little detail - the problem occurs with natural subjects, where the decision to smooth is not intelligent, and you lose information in order to lower the 'noise' at high ISOs), sharpening artefacts (to counteract the softening of noise reduction - except it won't know the size you are enlarging to, so it is often unhelpful), noise (of a multi-colour sort, seen by most people as undesirable). I won't go on, but I left out chromatic aberrations and blooming. Admittedly, with better sensors, these are improving.

Here is an example I have taken where grain is an integral part of the image. Apart from the grain, this image suffers from no other artefacts that I can see:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11324330

Elephant in the room by Banksy.
Elephant in the room by The New Yorker.

Nice images but hardly Hubble. There are other amateurs doing work that is just as good or better. Check out this guy http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002

Nope a Nazi flag is in no way illegal in the US. And saying that you are Pro Nazi is not a crime in the US.
You are totally wrong. I can understand your feelings but where do you draw the line. You and I both don't like Nazis but what about the African American groups that say white people are the devil? Should they be banned?
Who decides what is too scary?
As I said the US has a much different history than a lot of nations in the EU. Just as I can understand your feelings you are 100% wrong about the law in the US. Here is an example for you.
http://www.pbase.com/ronsc/neonazirally
We don't fear these crack pots because we never let them gain control of our nation.
If I could tell you that their where no neo nazis in the US I would be a very happy man. But they are and they have the right to free speech just as I do.

That deserves +1 funny. But, it's terribly unkind, all the same. GP isn't a cave dweller at all. Well, not since he moved here

Or this radio made and sold in Japan (its a bit older, but it illustrates the point):

http://japan-auto-sound.com/images/206-0606_IMG.jpg

Checkout some of these radios sold in the west.

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Products/CarAudioVideo/Source/CD-Players/Pioneer/FH-P8000BT
http://www.alpine-usa.com/US-en/products/product.php?model=IVA-W505
http://www.alpine-usa.com/US-en/products/product.php?model=IVA-D106

Check out the dash of the Nissan GT-R:

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/cars/nissans-gt+r-data+dense-dashboard-explained-324672.php

Compare the GT-R dash with the dash of the Corvette ZR-1:

http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews/chevrolet/0802_2009_chevrolet_corvette_zr1/photo_03.html

Here - check out some western dashboards

http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-2008/a/2008-Audi-R8-V12-TDI-Dashboard-1280x960.jpg

http://supercarspecs.com/images/porsche/2008porsche911gt2/images/2008-Porsche-911-GT2-Dashboard-1280x960.jpg
http://z.about.com/d/cars/1/0/y/5/1/bw_08reventon_dash2.jpg
http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-2008/klm/2008-Lamborghini-Gallardo-LP560-4-Dashboard-1920x1440.jpg
http://i.pbase.com/g4/68/763068/2/91636989.LEA7wlE4.jpg

The presidential planes certainly have grown through he years! Eisenhower's plane was a Lockheed Constellation (on display at the Pima Air Museum in Tucson). It's downright cramped compared to even a B737 or A320. Perhaps bigger concerns in this era of globe-trotting politicians are range and the number of airports it can use. Both the B747-8 and the A380 have long cruising ranges, but both are also limited to the largest airports with the longest runways. It's time to forget about having the biggest and best, and think about the most practical replacement for Air Force One. On the bright side, they accumulate less flying hours and flight cycles than they would in airline service, so they're likely in better shape than age suggests.

They are filthy rich camel jockeys who made their wealth by raping the rest of the world on oil... they don't care.

Funny how oil seems to be a common theme among places building climate controlled beaches. But they've had an air conditioned beach for quite some time now.

Apparently you've never enjoyed realistic street travel in a crowded major city such as midtown New York or central London, where 28 mph would be pretty optimistic and, on some streets, illegal.

The AirPod looks oddly like the auto-rickshaws used in Delhi, or the tuk-tuk of Bangkok. These devices generally are powered by internal-combustion engines that burn CNG (compressed natural gas).

They're plenty fast enough for high-density urban surface street travel, and in India I've seen as many as 10 people crammed into one, traveling on rural highways.

I'm puzzled by the KLM-Air France connection, although I suppose these would make fine runabouts for airport workers. Sort of like golf carts.

On another note ...

Most of the comments I'm reading here completely miss the point of the compressed air, which is not a carbon-neutral fuel source but essentially just the equivalent of a wind-up spring. That lets the vehicle be powered by any energy source, depending on how the air is compressed. You get to carbon-neutral by using some non-petroleum power to compress the air, such as nuclear-generated electrical energy.

Electric cars work the same way, but I have to wonder about the environmental impact of disposal of the batteries, which do wear out.

F16 Cloaked

Yes, so people are 1 pixel.

Objects are closer then they appear! Tank or Apache or here or the classic example: Jurassic Park.

I read with interest the posts from individuals that had worked in some capacity with this type of technology. They all know the capability is better then most of the public believes it is. I for one believe them!

An added thought, the technology exists to see in a variety of spectrums (infrared, through clouds, ultra violet, etc...) and through a variety of obstacles...who knows what additional instruments are on our governments surveillance satellites. I would not be surprised if they could listen to the sounds inside my house, read what I am typing on my computer screen and see through multiple floors and/or walls directly into my house. I just feel sorry for them, how boring it would be to listen in, lol.

It does surprise me that others are surprised. So many people, even scientists are treated skeptically, treated as quacks, conspirators or frauds only to be vindicated years later.

A college friend's father worked for AT&T before the breakup of the baby bells. While he could not go into specifics, he did state that I would be shocked what was in his lab, on his drawing board - technology wise. He said most of it would not be made public for years in the future.

Yes, so people are 1 pixel.

Objects are closer then they appear! Tank or Apache or here or the classic example: Jurassic Park.

I read with interest the posts from individuals that had worked in some capacity with this type of technology. They all know the capability is better then most of the public believes it is. I for one believe them!

An added thought, the technology exists to see in a variety of spectrums (infrared, through clouds, ultra violet, etc...) and through a variety of obstacles...who knows what additional instruments are on our governments surveillance satellites. I would not be surprised if they could listen to the sounds inside my house, read what I am typing on my computer screen and see through multiple floors and/or walls directly into my house. I just feel sorry for them, how boring it would be to listen in, lol.

It does surprise me that others are surprised. So many people, even scientists are treated skeptically, treated as quacks, conspirators or frauds only to be vindicated years later.

A college friend's father worked for AT&T before the breakup of the baby bells. While he could not go into specifics, he did state that I would be shocked what was in his lab, on his drawing board - technology wise. He said most of it would not be made public for years in the future.

I seem to recall that similar laws exist in the UK.

Yeah Right... see with your own eyes:

http://barbadosfreepress.wordpress.com/2007/03/02/cricket-world-cup-special-rules-for-veiled-women-at-security-checkpoints/
http://www.jamd.com/search?assettype=g&assetid=72167185&text=burqa+london
http://www.pbase.com/srebla/image/69181927

And finally a very sickening editorial by some idiot at the times...

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1562873,00.html

If those game developers were going london downtown fully enveloped in the grabagebag no policeman would ever think of attempting to stop them. That's how london cops deal with real problems, ignoring them.

It does contain news -- the news that the current melting rate of the polar ice is the highest recorded.

I'm wondering what is happening to lower latitude glaciers and snowpack. I am wondering if it is time to start looking for some disputed bible evidence, such as the search for Noah's ark. Rumor has it that it's buried in ice on Mt. Ararat.

It would be interesting if the evidence would support the biblical story as many world religions all claim the great flood and Noah and the ark.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076182/
http://www.pbase.com/andrys/noah
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0427_040427_noahsark.html

Pide

Having an expectation of privacy when you are in a public place and where you know thousands of random strangers can observe you just by turning their head...well, it just seems strange. Of course, I'm sure a lot of common-sense-to-me laws we have in the US seem very strange to people in countries that don't have the same laws.

All I can say is, I'm glad I'm a photographer in the US rather than in France (except for the overzealous photographer=terrorist part, although maybe they have that too). Apparently I couldn't go 7 days in Paris without breaking the law ... multiple times...including people I wouldn't want to mess with.

Having an expectation of privacy when you are in a public place and where you know thousands of random strangers can observe you just by turning their head...well, it just seems strange. Of course, I'm sure a lot of common-sense-to-me laws we have in the US seem very strange to people in countries that don't have the same laws.

All I can say is, I'm glad I'm a photographer in the US rather than in France (except for the overzealous photographer=terrorist part, although maybe they have that too). Apparently I couldn't go 7 days in Paris without breaking the law ... multiple times...including people I wouldn't want to mess with.

Having an expectation of privacy when you are in a public place and where you know thousands of random strangers can observe you just by turning their head...well, it just seems strange. Of course, I'm sure a lot of common-sense-to-me laws we have in the US seem very strange to people in countries that don't have the same laws.

All I can say is, I'm glad I'm a photographer in the US rather than in France (except for the overzealous photographer=terrorist part, although maybe they have that too). Apparently I couldn't go 7 days in Paris without breaking the law ... multiple times...including people I wouldn't want to mess with.

Which lens do you recommend? Do you have any sample photographs?
I bought my first "real" camera not too long ago. I've got a lot to learn, but I'm having a lot of fun.

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Hey now, there's no reason to knock the "fraternity dwelling counterparts" in favor of engineers. Just think of what happens when the two become one!

The best parties (LAN or otherwise)...
The biggest study sessions...
The baddest audio/visual equipment...

And these behemoths.
http://www.pbase.com/goldtimer/gt03wrecks
Can anyone but an engineer appreciate the ugliness yet shear ingenuity of some of these things? It's a wonder they actually run.

And they're all built new every year by ... surprise surprise, fraternity men!
(Yes one of them was mine. No I'm not telling you which one)

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Here's another pic of a sliding rock: http://www.pbase.com/devonshire/image/76469804

Why is this news? these kinds of warehouses have been around for years.

Yes.. In semiconductor manufacturing
http://www.asyst.com/products/fsol/amhs/amhs.asp

in food production
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3846/is_200307/ai_n9282236
http://www.pbase.com/four12/image/46413392
The toiling continues. To handle the growth, TCCA opened a new manufacturing plant two years ago in Boardman, east of Portland along the Columbia River, and completed an automatic storage and retrieval system (ASRS) at the Tillamook creamery. Opened in 2000, the ASRS is a 35-million-pound capacity cold storage warehouse with seven refrigerated shipping bays, and a new electrical distribution and refrigeration system.

Sorry I couldn't find an online photo of the inside of the automated refrigerated warehouse. It isn't open to visitors.

It's as much a defensive weapon as it is offensive, as quoted:

"I can't see the [expletive deleted] thing," said RAAF Squadron Leader Stephen Chappell, exchange F-15 pilot in the 65th Aggressor Squadron. "It won't let me put a weapons system on it, even when I can see it visually through the canopy. [Flying against the F-22] annoys the hell out of me."

On other fronts, the F-22 represents our leading edge technology (even though it's essentially 1990's tech) and is what gives us an advantage. It's not surprising the technology isn't up for export. The F-15 and F-16 both were in the same position when they were introduced, but eventually were considered for export after there advantage subsided a bit (or "lower" tech versions of them were available).

As well, the F-22 is really expensive. The United States is one of the few countries (or groups of countries) that can pull off such an endeavor. This also naturally limits its export capability, there's simply few others that could afford to buy it.

IMHO, Japan will end up with export variants of the F-35 (the USAF already has F-22 stationed in Okinawa). And continue with their F-15 and possibly be allowed to construct a variant of the F-15E to replace their aging F-4s (though their limited production of F-2 can already fulfill this requirement).

Japan has tried this move before, they eventually canceled production of their F-2 program (basically a modernized F-16) and are looking to persuade the United Stated to open up more tech for them to acquire (again, probably the F-35, though possibly future F-22 export variants).

All Japan produced planes, so far, have been based on US tech. Any other home grown R&D project would be too expensive to survive in the political arena. There's no reason to believe this ATD-X project will find the same fate.

Finally, IMHO, it wouldn't be able to beat the F-22 is most engagements. Physical performance is only one aspect of why the F-22 is the best air superiority fighter in the world. Avionics, radar, and weapon load out represent some of the others. The ATD-X would just be too expensive to match the F-22 in all areas, if it sees flight, major compromises will have to be make.

This post coming from a guy who just saw the F-16, F-15, and F-22 fly back to back at the Gathering of Mustangs and Legends.

Two privately owned Gulfstream GV aircraft are made available for this mission, providing a total of 21 windows to the shower for 24 participating researchers and volunteers.

This is a new configuration, and I've not written code for it as yet, but I would bet my boots that when the time comes to do so, the color resolution of an image will not suffer much, if at all. You'll still have RGB info available at about twice the moire filter rate. Spatial resolution shouldn't suffer either, because luma information is still available from the new arrangement. In terms of color images, what I'm trying to figure out is what the perceived advantage is.

I have trouble deciding how much this would affect color accuracy as well, it seems like it has the potential to introduce slightly more color moire as you have to do more guessing with slightly less green data as you said...

Thinking outside the box of color images, though, I can imagine a simple 1/4 resolution B&W mode that can do infrared and ultraviolet with the proper blocking filters... that'd be trippy.

Ahh, like we can already do with Foveon sensor based DSLR's (such as the Sigma SD-14) removing the dust protector/IR Cut filter behind the lens.

However, I really doubt you would be able to to this with the Kodak sensor unless they decide to make those "clear" parts of the filter translucent to IR and UV - this seems unlikely, and if they did you would still need an IR and UV filter somewhere in front of the sensor so the "luminance only" photosites did not feed you false data about brightness in visible spectrums from overly strong IR or UV sources (really only IR since most lenses block UV).

http://www.pbase.com/rking401/shuttle_launch_june_ 8_2007 These were taken from 9 miles away

Remember the recent Second Life Grey Goo incident?

I see Disney's MMORPG crumbling under a flood of magical fantasia broomsticks

This is a scan of a 4 by 5 inch chrome (positive) done with the Epson 4990 scanner. This is a crop of part of the center of the frame, if you click "original" you will see it at full pixels. The original scan is 11,105 by 8,737 pixels. The scanner of course also handles negatives quite well, and medium format. 35mm film scans are acceptable, but are much better with an inexpensive dedicated film scanner (which won't handle anything larger than 35mm.)

Please excuse the drop off in the top corners and the out of focus stuff, I should have stopped down more. It was one of the first shots I took with my clunky Crown Graphic 4x5 camera.