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New Face discovered on Mars

I just hope this doesn't include those lame locally-produced commercials, such as furniture, auto dealers, and the like.

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New Face Found on Mars

"Yesterday we ran a 100-mile test where the lead vehicle was being driven manually and the robot was following," Jaczkowski said. "We did this successfully where the average speed was about 22 miles per hour. You may think that 22 miles per hour is not that fast when operational convoys are going 60 to 70 miles per hour. But you have to take into account that we did 68 right turns.

"You don't take right turns at 50 miles per hour, especially with a 20-ton robot."

Quickplacer, the fastest robot in the world

We would be one of the first to see it, but there are many questions to be answered.

You're assuming that someone from google didn't leak it.

It's been said that there's no such thing as bad publicity. Making something 'secret' only adds to the interest.

Did Earth Detox Cause Mass Extinctions 65 Million Years Ago?

FTA: "A recent report from the Center for Security Policy shows that the ARMB currently has investments in 68 companies that do business with Iran and eight with business ties to North Korea. Several billion dollars can be traced to these and other Alaskan investments."

The state has a resolution pending to study the matter.

I also read another article about a vehicle the Pentagon is testing, but I forget what it was about.

FTA: "Across the United States, at least 14 pending laws -- including Missouri HB 1266 -- differ in language and strategy, but "all would weaken science education," said AAAS President Gilbert S. Omenn, professor of medicine, genetics and public health at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. "The AAAS Board of Directors opposes these attacks on the integrity of science and science education," he added. "They threaten not just the teaching of evolution, but students' understanding of the biological, physical, and geological sciences.""

In fact, this case is but one example of many that we have been hearing about, and by the time the company admits it, the damage may be done. The criminals are always coming up with new ideas, scams, and tricks, such as the "You've won the lottery! Deposit this check and we'll send you your lottery winnings"

Punishment, no matter how severe or financially crippling, will not stop this.

" The Pleistocene Holocene transition took place about 11,000 years ago and caused the extinction of a large number of animal species including mammoths, mastodons and ground sloths. The Holocene looked very different from the Pleistocene."

There are a lot of people, in fact I'd hazard to say the majority, who simply don't notice their money. Also, believe it or not, some people don't have internet access. So I wonder how many people handled the bills, and what their travels were, between entries.

There are also many people who handle money (store clerks, esp. liquor store clerks), then touch their faces, smoke a cigarette, eat, etc. without washing after handling the bills. They wonder why they get sick so regularly.

Exotic ecosystem may still be thriving in the icy waters 35 million years after being sealed off from the surface

Looks like they need an artificial sun.

Today, perhaps. But tomorrow? :"An unusual pool of scientific talent at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, combined with new nanofabrication and nanocharacterization instruments, is helping to open a new frontier in electronics, to be made up of very small and very fast devices." and ""When the first computer hard disk was introduced 50 years ago, it required a rather large size to store each bit of digital information. On today's computer disks, the corresponding size is about one-50-millionth of that needed in the original disks. We are now moving well into the nanoscale range, and nanomagnetism is one of the real drivers of the nanotechnology field.""

Will it take 50 years to make RFID tags ubiquitous? Probably not.

Opened a path to new computer technologies and related devices

At least it could lead to something useful.

If I were blind already, I'd be willing to risk it.

"The federal government will spend in excess of $400 billion with contractors this year and over $100 billion is expected to be spent with small businesses. Now business people from all over the U.S. can learn first hand from the experts how to capitalize on these business opportunities with federal government agencies without leaving their own offices"

Sounds good to me.

Also, global warming will be a thing of small concern.

Doing Business with Intelligence Agencies=$400 Billion

If that is slow, then maybe what you want is gold nanorods. This could be the next generation in optical chips.

Except for now, it's still in the 'concept stage' (meaning I have to imagine I am playing GTA under Linux). A few more tweaks, and I'll have it.

What happens to reindeer the day after Christmas

Regular underwear, long underwear, insulated shirt/pants, maybe another layer on top of that, overwhites, Bunny Boots, glove liners, Arctic Mittens, balaclava, goggles, etc. etc. Then there is skis/snowshoes/poles, Arctic canteens, and lots of gear. Then add to that a main and reserve chute if you're Airborne (like me), knife, weapons, ammo, cleaning kit, protective mask, maybe a radio and batteries, binos, rope, crampons, etc. etc.

I remember an old poster at one army post that had a pic of a guy carrying a fridge on his back, with the caption "Don't be an ass, leave it behind." I wish.

I'd like to see how this performs while climbing uphill over deadfalls in deep snow at -40 below zero.

30 percent of the carbon monoxide in northeastern U.S. comes from Alaska

It would be nice, however, to let maggie go someplace warmer, and have something more suitable to our colder Alaskan climate. They might be tasty, and one sure would fill the deep freeze with meat for the winter.

Alaskan man dies of autoerotic asphyxiation among 1,000 marijuana plants worth $2,000,000

The unit I was formerly with (3rd ACR, Army) has gigantic semi-trailer sized ice making machines. I don't know the exact output for one of these, but it must be in the tons per day.

The world according to a dog's nose

As a geologist, I know that the areas I work in here in southcentral Alaska were covered by an ice sheet 1,000 feet thick just 9,000 years ago, but 65 million or so years ago it was hot and humid, and there were many more active volcaloes than there are now. I suspect that there were few, if any, humans around in an industrial culture 65 million years ago.

That ice sheet was one of many recent glaciations. Are humans contributing to "global warming'? Perhaps. Is that contribution significant compared to natural process? I am skeptical.

Finally, in another article I read, (CONSERVATIONISTS FILE LAWSUIT) I have to ask exactly what, other than fund-raising, will this lawsuit remedy?

Alaska Volcano Getting Stinky, May Erupt

As a geologist, I know that the areas I work in here in southcentral Alaska were covered by an ice sheet 1,000 feet thick just 9,000 years ago, but 65 million or so years ago it was hot and humid, and there were many more active volcaloes than there are now. I suspect that there were few, if any, humans around in an industrial culture 65 million years ago.

That ice sheet was one of many recent glaciations. Are humans contributing to "global warming'? Perhaps. Is that contribution significant compared to natural process? I am skeptical.

Finally, in another article I read, (CONSERVATIONISTS FILE LAWSUIT) I have to ask exactly what, other than fund-raising, will this lawsuit remedy?

Alaska Volcano Getting Stinky, May Erupt

That's not the way it works. You may want to do some research on this before replying.

Alaskan Volcano Getting Stinky, May Erupt

Then maybe you've never heard of the Barrett Light 50, aka M82A1/2/3. I've shot them, and it's not bad at all. I certainly would not want to be on the receiving end.

Alaskan Volcano Getting Stinky, May Erupt

What I want to know is: if the projectile hits a helmet, even thought it won't penetrate it, will it still cause enough force to break the wearers neck? If a projectile hits the wearers chest, will it break ribs and shock organs?

Body armor can stop some projectiles, but it will still leave, at best, a nasty bruise.

Alaskan Volcano Getting Stinky, May Erupt

Alaskan Volcano Getting Stinky

I was thrilled with the ad-block extensions of Firefox, and welcomed the relevant ads from google. I'll admit, I have actually clicked on, and even (shocked) bought a few things.

I hate desperate ads, like those on TV and everywhere else. Advertisers realise that they are failing.

When/if google starts flash, popups, then start to complain.

Tired of online retailers charging extra to ship products to Alaska?

I know, because I was a reporter, then later an editor. With tightening margins, reporters get paid less and less (try $20 for a story), and staff is shrunk in the dead-tree press. It's hard to keep the passion up when Ramen is for dinner, again. Sometimes, though, the made up news is more interesting or entertaining than the 'real' news.

Alaska's wildfires might be helping melt glaciers and sea ice

Then when the Inevitable Happens, they can pop in the CD and you'll have some free time.

Stoner hands Trooper Ashtray, with lit joint and a dozen roaches

Let the adolescent humor begin!

Iceworms are real

Call me paranoid, and this may just be a press release to drive traffic to a company, but I see the day coming when small packages pack a big punch.

I'm actually a bit suprised it hasn't happened yet.

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I disagree. I've eated bear more than once, and it was pretty good. I've also eaten whale, seal, and walrus (But I never had Walrus Penis served to me in a restaurant). They have a strong fishy taste, but I'm OK with that. Not sure if they qualify as a carnivore, however. If so, then I could include some of the bug-eating birds and bug-eating bugs I've eaten.

I like to try different things. I once was stranded in the Bush (Alaska), and had a diet of ground squirrels. One day, I noticed some ground squirrels eating the remains (uncooked) of some of my previous ground squirrel kills. I ate a lot of them that month.

Here's a story I read some time ago that includes the link to the regulations (*.PDF)

FTA: "An article at KTUU stated: "Albert Swank, the technician who proposes operating the accelerator, says it would be no more dangerous in a neighborhood than a dental X-ray machine.

"It poses less of a threat than many X-ray machines that are located within the community," said Swank. "

The article went on to describe the states plans to back exploration of a "Northwest Passage" across the Arctic, in cooperation with a Finnish company. Apparently other countries are also working on plans to exploit the route.

There this piece from the Alaska HSS: "Although the recent spread of avian influenza to Europe is a major agricultural and economic threat, it is not a pandemic.

Scientists and public health experts agree that we cannot stop an influenza pandemic, but we can control and limit disease and death through early detection and a well-planned response. In Alaska, disease-monitoring systems are in place for detection of influenza.

Call me paranoid, but it looks like a multi-pronged approach. "See, there's no chance of a pandemic, it's an economic crises. But just in case, we'd like to get your information, and here a small chip we would like to plant just under your skin, temporarily. Thanks."

I live in the air crossroads (Alaska), for birds and people, and I'm not taking any chances, but I'm not going to panic, either.

I see that Alaska has been monitoring the Avian Flu since at least 2000.

Bummer. If you were thinking of having your own particle accelerator in Alaska, pick another city.

Bigfoot/Yeti? Sea Monsters?