Speaking of delusional... I think it is funny that people like you continue to deny facts, even when the proof is indisputable. But it is a free country, so you can believe or deny whatever you want.
This is a horrible move. Just because you can't notice a different, personally, does not mean the overall climate in the world hasn't changed since then. I personally haven't noticed a difference from my childhood either (my "sniff test"). The problem is that climate change is so gradual, that people don't notice, it makes it tough for scientists to explain, because we live in a culture of instant gratification and instant change, etc.
However, climate change is happening. It is causing global warming (they are 2 different things). It is well documented and researched and is considered to be a fact. But, this is a free country and you are free to deny it all you want. That doesn't mean it isn't real and isn't a fact.
Even though there is a current shift in NASA funding, they still do a lot to measure the earth, and the atmosphere, and will continue to do so. NASA has their fingers in a number of projects and they cooperate with various agencies, like USGS and NOAA. They are not just rockets, etc.
I'm not sure where you get your news... but, the Russia thing is not bullshit. Russia did hack the US and spread FUD on social media to try and influence the election. These are known facts. The Mueller investigation is still going on, so we don't know for sure if there was any collusion or not.
Trump is mentioned by people on here, not because people are "butthurt", but because his administration pulled the plug on a vital program. It is an idiotic move. Especially given that the common argument of Climate change deniers is that "We don't know if climate change is man made. We don't have enough evidence." So...lets stop collecting more evidence and more science. If you don't have enough evidence, wouldn't you want to ramp up and collect more evidence and study it more? Besides the fact that there are many hundreds of thousands of peer-reviewed documents which come to the same conclusion. i.e. Man made climate change is real and is a fact.
I was taught to type 1 space after a comma and 2 spaces after a period. For many years, I assumed typing was still taught that way. About 2 years ago I realized that younger people are typically taught to only use 1 space after a period. I had assumed 2 spaces was a golden rule, forever. I guess I was wrong.
Ultimately, with variable width fonts and HTML, etc., it really doesn't matter anymore. However I will likely use 2 spaces until I die. A 30 year typing habit is hard to kill.
Just because it is a real issue, doesn't mean we need to revert to stone-age technology. We should be innovating and getting off of fossil fuels as soon as possible. Very few people are traveling the world in private planes to "push it", but they are the ones who make the news. i.e. just because some people don't practice what they preach, doesn't mean the issue isn't real and that it isn't a large concern for our society. P.S. I do more than the "minimum things":-)
You are free to believe whatever you want. However, we all need to worry about global warming. It is really happening and is really man-man. The science is correct. I tend to believe the scientists who have studied this for many years, over conservative politicians and talk show hosts.
Where the propaganda that the Falcon Heavy is the most powerful Rocket ever flown comes from is unknown - it is simply not true. The champ is still the Saturn V monster.
I've never seen propaganda which states that the Falcon Heavy is the most powerful rocket ever flown. But I have seen propaganda that it is the most powerful operational rocket (i.e. currently being used). SpaceX even states "Only the Saturn V moon rocket, last flown in 1973, delivered more payload to orbit"
Smartphones existed before the iPhone. Apple just improved the interface. Although an "iPhone-like" interface would have been developed anyway. Google bought Android Inc. in 2005 and they had been working on the Android interface prior to that (since 2003-ish?). The beta for Android was released/shown in 2007 and officially released in 2008. So, we would have had the same or similar smartphones today with, or without, Apple.
A part of me had hoped Windows phones would have succeeded. But, I understand why it didn't succeed.
I had a Lumia 928 for a brief time. I loved the interface and the phone. But it really lacked apps. Unfortunately, iPhone and Android already had too much of a foothold. It is much easier to develop apps for 1 or 2 platforms than it is for 3 or 4. So, the top 2 platforms win.
Heating a house with coal seems strange to me. It hasn't been done here for almost 100 years. Natural gas is much cheaper where I live. Electric isn't far behind. There is no easy way (that I'm aware of) to get coal sent to my house, so it would be super expensive to obtain the coal and expensive to change out the natural gas furnace and electric heat pump. Why would I want to go with something that is far more expensive and dirty? Plus, it seems like going backwards in heating technology. If someone in my town/city stated that they were heating their house with coal, most people would laugh and ask which century they are from...
I didn't realize anybody in the USA still used coal to heat their house (seems backwards, expensive and dirty). I live in one of the most rural and one of the coldest (in the wintertime) states, South Dakota. Coal heat hasn't been used here since the early 1900's. It is mostly natural gas, propane (in more rural communities) and electric. Some people use wood on occasion, but not as their primary heat source. My house is a combo. I use an electric heat pump until the temp gets below 30 F, it then switches to natural gas....which is cheap and abundant out here.
Yes, the point is mute. Coal, for energy production, is dying. It can no longer compete and it will not be able to compete in the future. So, it doesn't matter if wind (or solor) receive subsidies or not. Like it, or not, renewables are the energy of the future. It may take a few years of natural gas production, but coal is definitely on the way out, as an energy source........although it is difficult to argue with someone who's finer points are "STFU".:-)
Coal receives a lot of indirect subsidies. Like rail transportation, etc. However the point is mute, because coal can no longer compete. The cost of renewables like wind and solar keep dropping as more are installed and the technology improves. Even if all subsidies were removed, as of this year (2017) wind has become cheaper than coal. Coal is not the way to make "America great again". Continued innovation in renewables are the path of the future. If the USA doubles down on coal over renewables, we will just fall further behind the rest of the world.
I'm not a fan of Trump (at all), but I think it is a little early to tell if they drop in tourism is a result of his policies and administration. It would be interesting to see graphs from previous years, to see if tourism drops or spikes at certain times of the year (on average). I imagine there is usually a drop in tourism to the northern states, in the winter time, which would affect overall tourism to the USA.
It is certainly possible that his administration could have affected the tourism, but I don't think the supplied data/graphs show us enough history to come to that conclusion.
My first language was BASIC, in various forms. My first computer was a Commodore VIC-20 and my school had Commodore 64's, so Commodore BASIC was my first language. My next computer was an Apple IIc, so then it was Applesoft BASIC. When I was a senior in High School, the Commodore 64's were replaced by IBM PS/2's, so I also learned some GW BASIC.
The first language I learned in college was Pascal. Followed by COBOL, FORTRAN, C, C++ and Assembly. Java, html, perl, and python did not exist yet.
As a UNIX/Linux administrator, I mostly "program" in bash/ksh shell script, with a little python sprinkled in.:-)
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I'm glad somebody from a government body is actually listening to the scientists.
Actually it is understood and well documented. Humans are causing climate change.
Speaking of delusional... I think it is funny that people like you continue to deny facts, even when the proof is indisputable. But it is a free country, so you can believe or deny whatever you want.
This is a horrible move. Just because you can't notice a different, personally, does not mean the overall climate in the world hasn't changed since then. I personally haven't noticed a difference from my childhood either (my "sniff test"). The problem is that climate change is so gradual, that people don't notice, it makes it tough for scientists to explain, because we live in a culture of instant gratification and instant change, etc.
However, climate change is happening. It is causing global warming (they are 2 different things). It is well documented and researched and is considered to be a fact. But, this is a free country and you are free to deny it all you want. That doesn't mean it isn't real and isn't a fact.
Even though there is a current shift in NASA funding, they still do a lot to measure the earth, and the atmosphere, and will continue to do so. NASA has their fingers in a number of projects and they cooperate with various agencies, like USGS and NOAA. They are not just rockets, etc.
I'm not sure where you get your news... but, the Russia thing is not bullshit. Russia did hack the US and spread FUD on social media to try and influence the election. These are known facts. The Mueller investigation is still going on, so we don't know for sure if there was any collusion or not.
Trump is mentioned by people on here, not because people are "butthurt", but because his administration pulled the plug on a vital program. It is an idiotic move. Especially given that the common argument of Climate change deniers is that "We don't know if climate change is man made. We don't have enough evidence." So...lets stop collecting more evidence and more science. If you don't have enough evidence, wouldn't you want to ramp up and collect more evidence and study it more? Besides the fact that there are many hundreds of thousands of peer-reviewed documents which come to the same conclusion. i.e. Man made climate change is real and is a fact.
I was taught to type 1 space after a comma and 2 spaces after a period. For many years, I assumed typing was still taught that way. About 2 years ago I realized that younger people are typically taught to only use 1 space after a period. I had assumed 2 spaces was a golden rule, forever. I guess I was wrong.
Ultimately, with variable width fonts and HTML, etc., it really doesn't matter anymore. However I will likely use 2 spaces until I die. A 30 year typing habit is hard to kill.
Another sad day for the USA. From a sad administration...
Just because it is a real issue, doesn't mean we need to revert to stone-age technology. We should be innovating and getting off of fossil fuels as soon as possible. Very few people are traveling the world in private planes to "push it", but they are the ones who make the news. i.e. just because some people don't practice what they preach, doesn't mean the issue isn't real and that it isn't a large concern for our society. P.S. I do more than the "minimum things" :-)
You are free to believe whatever you want. However, we all need to worry about global warming. It is really happening and is really man-man. The science is correct. I tend to believe the scientists who have studied this for many years, over conservative politicians and talk show hosts.
I'm a fan of Musk, but if you go to their web page, they conveniently omit the Saturn V in their rocket comparison.
The following is from http://www.spacex.com/falcon-h...
"Only the Saturn V moon rocket, last flown in 1973, delivered more payload to orbit"
Where the propaganda that the Falcon Heavy is the most powerful Rocket ever flown comes from is unknown - it is simply not true. The champ is still the Saturn V monster.
I've never seen propaganda which states that the Falcon Heavy is the most powerful rocket ever flown. But I have seen propaganda that it is the most powerful operational rocket (i.e. currently being used). SpaceX even states "Only the Saturn V moon rocket, last flown in 1973, delivered more payload to orbit"
"fuck off you fucken fuck"
Spoken like a true, brainwashed, Trump follower
Why? Why do you (and evidently others) think it is "one step beyooooond"??
I used to have a Lumia 928. I loved it. I wish I still had it, somedays.
Smartphones existed before the iPhone. Apple just improved the interface. Although an "iPhone-like" interface would have been developed anyway. Google bought Android Inc. in 2005 and they had been working on the Android interface prior to that (since 2003-ish?). The beta for Android was released/shown in 2007 and officially released in 2008. So, we would have had the same or similar smartphones today with, or without, Apple.
A part of me had hoped Windows phones would have succeeded. But, I understand why it didn't succeed.
I had a Lumia 928 for a brief time. I loved the interface and the phone. But it really lacked apps. Unfortunately, iPhone and Android already had too much of a foothold. It is much easier to develop apps for 1 or 2 platforms than it is for 3 or 4. So, the top 2 platforms win.
Heating a house with coal seems strange to me. It hasn't been done here for almost 100 years. Natural gas is much cheaper where I live. Electric isn't far behind. There is no easy way (that I'm aware of) to get coal sent to my house, so it would be super expensive to obtain the coal and expensive to change out the natural gas furnace and electric heat pump. Why would I want to go with something that is far more expensive and dirty? Plus, it seems like going backwards in heating technology. If someone in my town/city stated that they were heating their house with coal, most people would laugh and ask which century they are from...
Very true. I remember hearing the "we'll have fusion in 20 years" statement over 30 years ago.
I didn't realize anybody in the USA still used coal to heat their house (seems backwards, expensive and dirty). I live in one of the most rural and one of the coldest (in the wintertime) states, South Dakota. Coal heat hasn't been used here since the early 1900's. It is mostly natural gas, propane (in more rural communities) and electric. Some people use wood on occasion, but not as their primary heat source. My house is a combo. I use an electric heat pump until the temp gets below 30 F, it then switches to natural gas....which is cheap and abundant out here.
Sigh....."moot"......long damn day, before a weekend.....sigh....
Yes, the point is mute. Coal, for energy production, is dying. It can no longer compete and it will not be able to compete in the future. So, it doesn't matter if wind (or solor) receive subsidies or not. Like it, or not, renewables are the energy of the future. It may take a few years of natural gas production, but coal is definitely on the way out, as an energy source. .......although it is difficult to argue with someone who's finer points are "STFU". :-)
Coal receives a lot of indirect subsidies. Like rail transportation, etc. However the point is mute, because coal can no longer compete. The cost of renewables like wind and solar keep dropping as more are installed and the technology improves. Even if all subsidies were removed, as of this year (2017) wind has become cheaper than coal. Coal is not the way to make "America great again". Continued innovation in renewables are the path of the future. If the USA doubles down on coal over renewables, we will just fall further behind the rest of the world.
I'm not a fan of Trump (at all), but I think it is a little early to tell if they drop in tourism is a result of his policies and administration. It would be interesting to see graphs from previous years, to see if tourism drops or spikes at certain times of the year (on average). I imagine there is usually a drop in tourism to the northern states, in the winter time, which would affect overall tourism to the USA.
It is certainly possible that his administration could have affected the tourism, but I don't think the supplied data/graphs show us enough history to come to that conclusion.
My first language was BASIC, in various forms. My first computer was a Commodore VIC-20 and my school had Commodore 64's, so Commodore BASIC was my first language. My next computer was an Apple IIc, so then it was Applesoft BASIC. When I was a senior in High School, the Commodore 64's were replaced by IBM PS/2's, so I also learned some GW BASIC.
The first language I learned in college was Pascal. Followed by COBOL, FORTRAN, C, C++ and Assembly. Java, html, perl, and python did not exist yet.
As a UNIX/Linux administrator, I mostly "program" in bash/ksh shell script, with a little python sprinkled in. :-)