Plus, all those future gadgets REALLY tickled this 14-year-old's fancy. I wanted that flying Delorean. I wanted that hoverboard. The self-drying jacket, self-tying shoes. I wanted the future!!!!
The waiting is almost over. All that stuff should be available in 2 years.
I know for a fact that I have below average spatial reasoning skills. I am a (bad) chess player and I just lack the ability to see that many people have. Spatial reasoning is the most important non-learned skill in chess, and I just cannot visualize long continuations at all. Yet on the test linked in the article summary, I got a perfect score.
Or maybe the test is just too easy. I was able to find shortcuts to several of the answers without having to fold the shapes into a cube in my head.
I couldn't agree more. Art was fantastic. I discovered the show around 94 listening to a show with Richard Hoagland talking about alien bases on the moon. I was fascinated....until I saw the "evidence" that Hoagland was talking about. Clearly Hoagland was a total kook, but I was hooked after that. When Noorey took over I was disgusted. Noorey had terrible guests, and never followed through with the obvious questions that were just begging (screaming) to be asked. For a few years after that I could only stomach listening to Ian Punett on the weekends because at least that guy had brain even if he was little too religious for my tastes. Anyway, haven't listened in years and I'm getting more sleep now because of it. So, I guess we can thank Noorey for that.
And why not the US? The UN has signaled it is against geoengineering in principle. This makes strategic sense, it would be foolish to allow big carbon emitters to say "Oh, we'll just fix it later" while continuing to burn coal like there's no tomorrow.
Um, we're talking about the CIA here...not the NOAA. The CIA doesn't give a shit about climate change.
The major cause of war/unrest in the world isn't skin color, it's religion.
I've always thought this opinion to be a bit naive. I think a far greater cause of war is assholes with too much power. Religion is just a frequently used tool to rally support for the asshole's agenda.
No, Japan really does have plenty of room for people. The big cities are quite dense
That right there...population density. The people living within that population, become like mice/rats in a Calhoun experiment, unable to leave the confines of the box...for various reasons. People aren't just free to pickup and move out to the country. Not without the money. Not without exposing yourself to people and their critical nature. And for some, particularly those susceptible to social phobia, the social interaction required to do it is too much. You clearly don't understand social phobia, and how easy it is to feel trapped by people. As one who suffers a bit from this, I can easily see how the Hikikimori came about, especially in a place like Tokyo. I don't even feel comfortable in the suburbs on the edge of my city.
Although I believe he's not guilty of any crime other than being idiotic, it is not up to the police to judge whether he's guilty. It's up to the justice system. He will have his day in court, like any other person charged with a crime.
Will he? You do realize, that in this country, it's entirely legal to indefinitely imprison a terrorist in secrecy? The definition of terrorist being anyone they deem to be a terrorist. And they are saying the kid made a terrorist threat. They can legally disappear this kid for making an obvious joke online with some friends. Does that give you some idea how out of control the US government is?
Well, the concept has been out there for some time. A specific design for generating the field could be patented and classified and he wouldn't be in trouble for mentioning it exists. It's like nuclear bombs. You don't get in trouble for talking about their existence. You get in trouble from discussing any information on their construction that might be classified though.
And you realize that Voyager 1 and 2 are frigging miracles that they are still alive after making it through the Oort Cloud and the trashbin that is our interplanetary space.
The Oort cloud is thought to extend out nearly a light year from the sun. Voyager 1 & 2 have most definitely not passed through it. But it's not like it's some super dense Star Wars style asteroid belt. You could fly a planet through it and not hit anything substantial.
No, the bussard collectors were mentioned in the later series as well.
And I'm not 100% positive on this but I believe the power came from the dilithium crystals alone, and the antimatter reaction was simply used to generate the warp field.
He wasn't talking about Mars, but the moon. His argument stands.
No, he was walking about Mars. Quote: Not totally fair to say he couldn't find water, but Opportunity found it, while the geologist couldn't.
Opportunity is a Mars rover.
The geologist in question is Harrison Schmitt who went to the moon. He wasn't even looking for water...not that they put him in a place likely to have it. He was simply there to use his expert geologist eyes to find something geologically interesting, otherwise they would have just had one of their pilot astronauts grab some rocks.
These aren't even comparable things. But I'm sure if you placed a geologist in the same spot Opportunity was, he could have found evidence for water in 30 minutes or less and spotted several other interesting things as well.
Robots aren't adaptable to other kinds of missions. They do what they're designed for. A human can accomplish a multitude of things, adapt, and apply new knowledge on the spot. Yeah, robots cost a fraction of what it would take to put a human up there, a human can also accomplish far far more. But to argue that humans can't do more than a robot like the GP implied, is totally absurd.
I'll concede that I don't know a whole lot about explosives. But I made a few pipe bombs in my youth. My understanding of plastic explosive is that it doesn't need to be in a confined space to blow up. If you put 5 pounds of C4 on the ground and detonate it, it'll blow up. If you put 5 pounds of black powder on the ground, you're just going to get a really big fast burning fire. So, a metal enclosure is required for the black powder. That extra weight would lower the amount of explosive you could pack into the airplane. No?
If the geologist was far better than a robot, how come the geologist didn't learn the most basic geological facts?
He did. He learned there was no evidence for flowing water on that part of the moon...because there was never flowing water on the moon. Seriously? Are you trolling or do really not understand this?
Far easier to find evidence of water on a surface that actually had flowing water on it at one point. Mars did, but the moon didn't. Your argument is idiotic, and hopefully you can see the ridiculous logic (or lack thereof) you just attempted to apply.
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How is the soda sub-par? It's the same everywhere you go.
Plus, all those future gadgets REALLY tickled this 14-year-old's fancy. I wanted that flying Delorean. I wanted that hoverboard. The self-drying jacket, self-tying shoes. I wanted the future!!!!
The waiting is almost over. All that stuff should be available in 2 years.
I know for a fact that I have below average spatial reasoning skills. I am a (bad) chess player and I just lack the ability to see that many people have. Spatial reasoning is the most important non-learned skill in chess, and I just cannot visualize long continuations at all. Yet on the test linked in the article summary, I got a perfect score.
Or maybe the test is just too easy. I was able to find shortcuts to several of the answers without having to fold the shapes into a cube in my head.
To protect its feet. Duh.
I couldn't agree more. Art was fantastic. I discovered the show around 94 listening to a show with Richard Hoagland talking about alien bases on the moon. I was fascinated....until I saw the "evidence" that Hoagland was talking about. Clearly Hoagland was a total kook, but I was hooked after that. When Noorey took over I was disgusted. Noorey had terrible guests, and never followed through with the obvious questions that were just begging (screaming) to be asked. For a few years after that I could only stomach listening to Ian Punett on the weekends because at least that guy had brain even if he was little too religious for my tastes. Anyway, haven't listened in years and I'm getting more sleep now because of it. So, I guess we can thank Noorey for that.
And why not the US? The UN has signaled it is against geoengineering in principle. This makes strategic sense, it would be foolish to allow big carbon emitters to say "Oh, we'll just fix it later" while continuing to burn coal like there's no tomorrow.
Um, we're talking about the CIA here...not the NOAA. The CIA doesn't give a shit about climate change.
Why waste time on violent people. Let's look for the bio-marker for people who become politicians and lawyers?
The major cause of war/unrest in the world isn't skin color, it's religion.
I've always thought this opinion to be a bit naive. I think a far greater cause of war is assholes with too much power. Religion is just a frequently used tool to rally support for the asshole's agenda.
Literally, if you can name the software or the controller, we have ways to exploit it.
Voting machines?
In fact, the 3rd amendment is the only one that I'm aware of that they haven't tried to violently violate, yet.
Nope, they're working on that one too: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/08/family-booted-from-home-for-police-detail-suing-with-rare-use-third-amendment/
Government control of the markets IS by definition socialism. The government took over the entire healthcare market, ergo it is socialized medicine.
Yeah, but since the corporations own the government, it works back to capitalism.
Yes, but their manual was written by the CIA.
Explosive collars.
No, Japan really does have plenty of room for people. The big cities are quite dense
That right there...population density. The people living within that population, become like mice/rats in a Calhoun experiment, unable to leave the confines of the box...for various reasons. People aren't just free to pickup and move out to the country. Not without the money. Not without exposing yourself to people and their critical nature. And for some, particularly those susceptible to social phobia, the social interaction required to do it is too much. You clearly don't understand social phobia, and how easy it is to feel trapped by people. As one who suffers a bit from this, I can easily see how the Hikikimori came about, especially in a place like Tokyo. I don't even feel comfortable in the suburbs on the edge of my city.
Glaciers shmaciers. Think of all the prime real estate opening up on Greenland.
Especially when they're using our money to protect themselves from us.
Although I believe he's not guilty of any crime other than being idiotic, it is not up to the police to judge whether he's guilty. It's up to the justice system. He will have his day in court, like any other person charged with a crime.
Will he? You do realize, that in this country, it's entirely legal to indefinitely imprison a terrorist in secrecy? The definition of terrorist being anyone they deem to be a terrorist. And they are saying the kid made a terrorist threat. They can legally disappear this kid for making an obvious joke online with some friends. Does that give you some idea how out of control the US government is?
Well, the concept has been out there for some time. A specific design for generating the field could be patented and classified and he wouldn't be in trouble for mentioning it exists. It's like nuclear bombs. You don't get in trouble for talking about their existence. You get in trouble from discussing any information on their construction that might be classified though.
And you realize that Voyager 1 and 2 are frigging miracles that they are still alive after making it through the Oort Cloud and the trashbin that is our interplanetary space.
The Oort cloud is thought to extend out nearly a light year from the sun. Voyager 1 & 2 have most definitely not passed through it. But it's not like it's some super dense Star Wars style asteroid belt. You could fly a planet through it and not hit anything substantial.
No, the bussard collectors were mentioned in the later series as well.
And I'm not 100% positive on this but I believe the power came from the dilithium crystals alone, and the antimatter reaction was simply used to generate the warp field.
He wasn't talking about Mars, but the moon. His argument stands.
No, he was walking about Mars. Quote: Not totally fair to say he couldn't find water, but Opportunity found it, while the geologist couldn't. Opportunity is a Mars rover. The geologist in question is Harrison Schmitt who went to the moon. He wasn't even looking for water...not that they put him in a place likely to have it. He was simply there to use his expert geologist eyes to find something geologically interesting, otherwise they would have just had one of their pilot astronauts grab some rocks. These aren't even comparable things. But I'm sure if you placed a geologist in the same spot Opportunity was, he could have found evidence for water in 30 minutes or less and spotted several other interesting things as well. Robots aren't adaptable to other kinds of missions. They do what they're designed for. A human can accomplish a multitude of things, adapt, and apply new knowledge on the spot. Yeah, robots cost a fraction of what it would take to put a human up there, a human can also accomplish far far more. But to argue that humans can't do more than a robot like the GP implied, is totally absurd.
I'll concede that I don't know a whole lot about explosives. But I made a few pipe bombs in my youth. My understanding of plastic explosive is that it doesn't need to be in a confined space to blow up. If you put 5 pounds of C4 on the ground and detonate it, it'll blow up. If you put 5 pounds of black powder on the ground, you're just going to get a really big fast burning fire. So, a metal enclosure is required for the black powder. That extra weight would lower the amount of explosive you could pack into the airplane. No?
If the geologist was far better than a robot, how come the geologist didn't learn the most basic geological facts?
He did. He learned there was no evidence for flowing water on that part of the moon...because there was never flowing water on the moon. Seriously? Are you trolling or do really not understand this?
Far easier to find evidence of water on a surface that actually had flowing water on it at one point. Mars did, but the moon didn't. Your argument is idiotic, and hopefully you can see the ridiculous logic (or lack thereof) you just attempted to apply.