The Exploratorium in San Francisco, one of the finest science museums in the world, runs adults-only programs every Thursday night, with 50% off admission too.
There's a video at the bottom of the page which contains some super-slo-mo shots of the projectiles detonating. There are quite a lot more than 20 fragments, actually, more like hundreds. And they spread over an area of slightly less than a half-sphere forward of the explosion.
Unfortunately, TFA makes this guy sound like someone 4chan would worship, actually: a man who's made internet trolling into a successful business model! If anything, 4chan users are more likely to emulate than emasculate.
It's pretty fucking simple this guys... Don't mess it up.
A US court ruling has no power to get anything from the guy as long as he and all his possessions are outside of the US. Before anything happens in Canada a Canadian court needs to look at the case and see if it agrees on the ruling.
From the summary:
A ruling by by a US District Court judge in San Jose, California has now been upheld by the Quebec Superior Court
With the current (as always exponential) rate of telescope development, we will get to a Google-maps-like resolution or even better.
No need to go that far - all we need is to find a planet, using a somewhat higher resolution method than that in TFA, that has an atmosphere with the right temperature and composition for life, and then see if that atmosphere contains chemicals that do not occur in nature and are the byproduct of basic industrial processes. Essentially, find a planet with air pollution, and you've probably found a planet with intelligent life.
It doesn't fade after a few months exposure to sunlight....The thing that surprised me about this story: cadmium pigment is bloody expensive compared to all the other reds. ($75/tube vs $20/tube) why the hell aren't they using one of the much cheaper, safer reds?
You've answered your own question-
From the article:
Much of the increase found by the Michigan-based HealthyStuff.org came in toys with polyvinyl chloride plastic, according to Jeff Gearhart, the group's research director. Both lead and cadmium can be used to fortify PVC against the sun's rays.
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The Exploratorium in San Francisco, one of the finest science museums in the world, runs adults-only programs every Thursday night, with 50% off admission too.
No more sneaking up on motherfuckers...
There's a video at the bottom of the page which contains some super-slo-mo shots of the projectiles detonating. There are quite a lot more than 20 fragments, actually, more like hundreds. And they spread over an area of slightly less than a half-sphere forward of the explosion.
Unfortunately, TFA makes this guy sound like someone 4chan would worship, actually: a man who's made internet trolling into a successful business model! If anything, 4chan users are more likely to emulate than emasculate.
It's pretty fucking simple this guys... Don't mess it up.
A US court ruling has no power to get anything from the guy as long as he and all his possessions are outside of the US. Before anything happens in Canada a Canadian court needs to look at the case and see if it agrees on the ruling.
From the summary:
A ruling by by a US District Court judge in San Jose, California has now been upheld by the Quebec Superior Court
It's the anti-Apple Slashdotters VS the anti-Patent Slashdotters! Round 1... FIGHT!
Now we just have to figure a way to stop them from groping around in my jeans and taking whatever they find, and we're set.
With the current (as always exponential) rate of telescope development, we will get to a Google-maps-like resolution or even better.
No need to go that far - all we need is to find a planet, using a somewhat higher resolution method than that in TFA, that has an atmosphere with the right temperature and composition for life, and then see if that atmosphere contains chemicals that do not occur in nature and are the byproduct of basic industrial processes. Essentially, find a planet with air pollution, and you've probably found a planet with intelligent life.
It doesn't fade after a few months exposure to sunlight....The thing that surprised me about this story: cadmium pigment is bloody expensive compared to all the other reds. ($75/tube vs $20/tube) why the hell aren't they using one of the much cheaper, safer reds?
You've answered your own question- From the article:
Much of the increase found by the Michigan-based HealthyStuff.org came in toys with polyvinyl chloride plastic, according to Jeff Gearhart, the group's research director. Both lead and cadmium can be used to fortify PVC against the sun's rays.
or before you know it, there'll be bestial cavemen roaming the countryside and the whole world will be covered in lava.