If this really happened, there should be a train of comet debris that the earth would pass through each year creating The Mother-of-All Meteor Showers on August 10-13 but this has not happned.
Sounds like migrating birds; the migration has definitely started by then and in the old days when there were a lot more neo-tropical migrants, birder would focus their scope on the moon to watched the migrants pass by.
Wouldn't this comet leave a persistent train of dust and particles in its old orbit like so many other comets. Why isn't there a the mother-of-all meteor showers every 12th and 13th of August each year?
I see that the first suggestion of kicking our cellphone habit has at least one slashdotter is having violent and sociopathic withdrawal symptoms.
This is one of the most offensive and obnoxious posts I have seen in a long time. I suggest you get out of you parents how and finally go ask that girl for a date.
No no no; you don't understand local politics; always follow the graft The reason it was towed was the same reason cars are towed all over the country; it is so that the polically-connected (i.e. bribing) tow companies get to charge you $100 a tow and $50/day storage fees (or a LOT more). The tow companies don't call it bribes of course but rather politcal contributions so that they can be on the all important "Tow List".
As Stallman said, "Cell phones are Stalin's dream". Yes, you young whippersnappers, you can survive without a cell phone....
But I am sure the day will come where we will all be required to carry a GPS enabled phone (and a car transponder with GPS and a camera), but I plan to enjoy these last few years of freedom....
Gawd, you young pups must think that we were living in caves and wearing animal skins before cellphones became available. It is hard to believe, but somehow we survived. Oh, The Horror.
Actually animal skins were pretty popular then...hmmm
As Stallman says, "Cellphones are Stalin's dream". Keep the phone off when not in use and use them as little as possible. I supposed that at some time in the near future we will be required to keep it on (some states such as The People's Republic of Massachusetts is considering mandating GPS trackers in cars).
Those poor lawyers; I feel so sorry for them...NOT. You can already get cheap legal work done in India, so why spend $400/hour for some spoiled brat American lawyer? So you Ambulance Chasers, welcome to outsourcing hell.
It would be even worse. Every time there is a crop failure there would be a law suit. Or lower crop yield. Or heavy surf. Or strong winds. How about when your wedding gets washed out by a thunder shower? Time to sue, right? Total nightmare.
Once we start changing the climate in anyway, no matter how slightly, there will be a lawsuit for every snowstorm injury, rainstorm injury, wind storm injury, cold injury, heat injury,...and the suits will be agianst the researchers, the organizations, the universities, and anyone else connected with this Really Bad Idea.
In "The Routes of Man: Travels in the Paved World" by Conover, the author traces the trade in rare Mahogany from the old growth forests in Peru to the homes/offices of the Robber Barons on Wall Street. Why aren't their homes raided???? Stupid question....
There is the good NASA (JPL) which run unmanned probes such as Dawn while there is the pointless NASA (Houston) that sends humans into space for stunts. Guess who gets the funding?
HA! You have not been paying attention the CRISM data...the aqueous history of Mars is fascinating.
As far as roving Europa, the challenges are huge and, ugh, we do not want to leave any hardware there. How do you propose powering a Europa rover without a RTG and have enough energy to lift off and escape?
The Entry, Descent, and Landing phase are the part of the MSL technology that gets the least press but is the most critical for mission success, obviously. Unfortunately MSL is too heavy for airbags so a convoluted new technology had to be invented. The landing will be white-knuckled all the way...
I find it very hard to believe that the ISS has not been hit by micro-sized debris considering one of the shuttles has and various low-earth satellites have also. I suspect that it has plenty of small craters...
Check out a book called Rare Earth by Ward et. al.; the authors make a convincing case for the scarcity of other advanced life forms outside the solar system, but they say that single-cell life could be common. There is the other camp on this issue, the Saganites such as David Darling who argue, not quite as convincingly, for ubiquitous life. It is an interesting issue, but I am not even convinced, as Ward is, that single-celled life is common.
Report about what? Drudge? I don't get the connection between Mars and Drudge.
Are saying that Drudge had something to say about landing a probe on Europa? Hmmm, that seems unlikely.
The problems with Europa make it much more difficult to visit. I guess the worst problem will be trying to not contaminate it with earth life but you still have to get there and drill through kilometers of (possibly moving) ice, deal with lots of radiation, and do it all without RTGs (i.e. humongous solar panels and non-toxic batteries).
Don't knock microbial life; if (huge if) it was found on Mars (or Europa) it would have large implications for the Drake Equation and the origin of life on Earth (if the biochemistry was fundamentally different). Even if the biochemistry was similar it would probably be a nice windows into ancient microbial life.
Both planets are worthy of more investment. The cost of going there is trivial compared to waging endless wars, bailing about the rich on Wall Street or various pointless diplomatic missions
The Mars missions have been slashed which is fairly scandalous. There should be a sample-return mission and more rovers; Mars is one of the best places to look for nascent life outside of Earth. The amount that the Administration spent on Obama's visit to India and SE Asia could have funded a sample return mission.
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If this really happened, there should be a train of comet debris that the earth would pass through each year creating The Mother-of-All Meteor Showers on August 10-13 but this has not happned. Sounds like migrating birds; the migration has definitely started by then and in the old days when there were a lot more neo-tropical migrants, birder would focus their scope on the moon to watched the migrants pass by.
Wouldn't this comet leave a persistent train of dust and particles in its old orbit like so many other comets. Why isn't there a the mother-of-all meteor showers every 12th and 13th of August each year?
I see that the first suggestion of kicking our cellphone habit has at least one slashdotter is having violent and sociopathic withdrawal symptoms. This is one of the most offensive and obnoxious posts I have seen in a long time. I suggest you get out of you parents how and finally go ask that girl for a date.
No no no; you don't understand local politics; always follow the graft The reason it was towed was the same reason cars are towed all over the country; it is so that the polically-connected (i.e. bribing) tow companies get to charge you $100 a tow and $50/day storage fees (or a LOT more). The tow companies don't call it bribes of course but rather politcal contributions so that they can be on the all important "Tow List".
As Stallman said, "Cell phones are Stalin's dream". Yes, you young whippersnappers, you can survive without a cell phone.... But I am sure the day will come where we will all be required to carry a GPS enabled phone (and a car transponder with GPS and a camera), but I plan to enjoy these last few years of freedom....
Gawd, you young pups must think that we were living in caves and wearing animal skins before cellphones became available. It is hard to believe, but somehow we survived. Oh, The Horror. Actually animal skins were pretty popular then...hmmm
As Stallman says, "Cellphones are Stalin's dream". Keep the phone off when not in use and use them as little as possible. I supposed that at some time in the near future we will be required to keep it on (some states such as The People's Republic of Massachusetts is considering mandating GPS trackers in cars).
Those poor lawyers; I feel so sorry for them...NOT. You can already get cheap legal work done in India, so why spend $400/hour for some spoiled brat American lawyer? So you Ambulance Chasers, welcome to outsourcing hell.
Or perchlorates? Or salts, sulfates, cold, dehrydration, solar wind/cosmic rays, etc.
It would be even worse. Every time there is a crop failure there would be a law suit. Or lower crop yield. Or heavy surf. Or strong winds. How about when your wedding gets washed out by a thunder shower? Time to sue, right? Total nightmare.
Once we start changing the climate in anyway, no matter how slightly, there will be a lawsuit for every snowstorm injury, rainstorm injury, wind storm injury, cold injury, heat injury,...and the suits will be agianst the researchers, the organizations, the universities, and anyone else connected with this Really Bad Idea.
In "The Routes of Man: Travels in the Paved World" by Conover, the author traces the trade in rare Mahogany from the old growth forests in Peru to the homes/offices of the Robber Barons on Wall Street. Why aren't their homes raided???? Stupid question....
There is the good NASA (JPL) which run unmanned probes such as Dawn while there is the pointless NASA (Houston) that sends humans into space for stunts. Guess who gets the funding?
It is because of the "Rocket to Nowhere" (SLS) that the flyboy dopes at NASA are pushing instead of real science like the Webb.
HA! You have not been paying attention the CRISM data...the aqueous history of Mars is fascinating. As far as roving Europa, the challenges are huge and, ugh, we do not want to leave any hardware there. How do you propose powering a Europa rover without a RTG and have enough energy to lift off and escape?
The Entry, Descent, and Landing phase are the part of the MSL technology that gets the least press but is the most critical for mission success, obviously. Unfortunately MSL is too heavy for airbags so a convoluted new technology had to be invented. The landing will be white-knuckled all the way...
I find it very hard to believe that the ISS has not been hit by micro-sized debris considering one of the shuttles has and various low-earth satellites have also. I suspect that it has plenty of small craters...
Check out a book called Rare Earth by Ward et. al.; the authors make a convincing case for the scarcity of other advanced life forms outside the solar system, but they say that single-cell life could be common. There is the other camp on this issue, the Saganites such as David Darling who argue, not quite as convincingly, for ubiquitous life. It is an interesting issue, but I am not even convinced, as Ward is, that single-celled life is common.
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/guest-post-indiana-supreme-court-dispenses-magna-carta-constitution
Remember the end of the French Connection where the only guy to serve hard time is the chemist?
Report about what? Drudge? I don't get the connection between Mars and Drudge. Are saying that Drudge had something to say about landing a probe on Europa? Hmmm, that seems unlikely.
The problems with Europa make it much more difficult to visit. I guess the worst problem will be trying to not contaminate it with earth life but you still have to get there and drill through kilometers of (possibly moving) ice, deal with lots of radiation, and do it all without RTGs (i.e. humongous solar panels and non-toxic batteries). Don't knock microbial life; if (huge if) it was found on Mars (or Europa) it would have large implications for the Drake Equation and the origin of life on Earth (if the biochemistry was fundamentally different). Even if the biochemistry was similar it would probably be a nice windows into ancient microbial life. Both planets are worthy of more investment. The cost of going there is trivial compared to waging endless wars, bailing about the rich on Wall Street or various pointless diplomatic missions
The Mars missions have been slashed which is fairly scandalous. There should be a sample-return mission and more rovers; Mars is one of the best places to look for nascent life outside of Earth. The amount that the Administration spent on Obama's visit to India and SE Asia could have funded a sample return mission.
I suspect that more people speak Klingon than Esperanto
Thought crimes? 1984 is here.