Mod parent up. Regardless of whether the melting of these ice shelves is man-made, a natural process or fairy-made, it's ice shelves we are considering, not ice sheets. As a side note, climate scientists were quick and vocal to point out the big mistake of the Greenland atlas.
Disclaimer: I am not a physicist. Why I don't like the model? I guess the main reason is that the particle-wave model goes way over my head. Then, I know about the experiments, the hard data and the math, but something that can be understood in such differing ways sounds suspicious to me, like there's something we don't understand yet and had to "patch things up" with the P-W model (which fits quite nicely). I have no proof or data to back up what I've just said. I admit it's just a hunch or wishful thinking or just my inability to grasp the concept. My quantum-mechanical pet peeve.
+1 We already use UTC. I'd say we use our local time zones in day to day life, but when dealing with long-distant calls or long-distance travel we usually add UTC. Also, if you know the time difference between zones it's not so difficult to figure out the time in other countries. In any case, I guess we could use UTC more. MHO.
I like any theory that could get rid of particle-wave duality, be it this one, or any other. Thanks for the link! As an aside, I've perused Wikipedia (I know, I know) in the past trying to understand a bit of quantum mechanics and, oh boy, I was floored when I reached the section about interpretations of quantum mechanics: there are like 20 or so listed there. O_o
I am not an astronomer, but I think that the sky would be very much like we see it today even if most of dark matter was made of brown dwarfs and other dark objects. Remember that the distances in space are huge.
... which has a saner development cycle. Also: Mozilla, I'm disappoint. You guys seem to have an acute case of Chromitis concomitant with some me-too-itis, being-cutting-hedge-at-all-costs-itis and we-know-what's-better-for-our-users-itis. I keep using Firefox because your latest antics don't affect me, but not everybody can afford that. I hope you come to your senses soon or that some group forks Firefox.
Well, when Mozilla devs can be pretty stubborn when they say they won't fix a bug. Take the case of "Paste and Go", for instance. Or the case of the Acid3 Test. They said they won't fix the remaining bugs on principle. Yes, Acid3 is somehow arbitrary, but it would be good for PR, and implementing SVG fonts would be good for open standards and web developers worldwide.
The first run page says "Beta" because it hasn't been officially released yet. Firefox 6 is officially still in beta and won't be publicly released until August 16.
It has been known for a while that the 2007 report failed to include the effect of sea ice loss, mainly because there was no reliable data at that time, I think. We aren't going to drown in 10, 20 or 30 years, but sea ice is shrinking and thinning faster than previously expected. Most glaciers are shrinking too.
For businesses and users worried about the fast update cycle of Firefox, perhaps they could consider using SeaMonkey. And, if they don't want SeaMonkey's chat and e-mail, perhaps they could make a fork of it, strip the unwanted features and... oh, wait!
I'm not totally opposed to the fast development cycle but I think Mozilla could step down the version numbering pace a few notches. e.g. release a new update every 6 weeks, but call it Firefox N.x+1 or N.x.y+1 instead of Firefox N+1 (Firefox 5 would be 4.1 and 6 would be 4.2). Push up the "big version" once each year or so.
Some fellow commenters have said it above: Mozilla don't listen to their users and ignore the obvious (e.g. huge memory consumption/memory leaks). Memory usage is better in Fx 7 and 8 thanks to the Memshrink project by Nicholas Nethercorte. However, they keep finding more and more leaks/inefficiencies. Some of them are caused by new features, some of them have been present for a long time, even with bugs filed about them. I hope they get their act together soon.
Ha, ha. So funny. It's not a matter or robbing the rich and give their money to the poor, it's a matter of giving the poor employment and education and sharing a bit of your wealth won't harm you, since it's proven that, beyond a certain threshold, more money != more happiness. But hey, I give you that unchecked Capitalism works marvelously... for the 1% on top.
Somebody mod parent up. One of the best ways to reduce crime is to reduce the inequalities between the very rich and the very poor. Look at the crime rates in countries where this gap is lower. Another way is education. So, if you want to fight crime, invest in police training, urban tanks, SWATs, fancy pre-cogn algorithms, etc. If you want to prevent crime, invest in raising the quality of life of the poor and in teachers.
Disclaimer: I'm not anti-nuclear. BUT: Solar is not cost effective right *now*. The trend in PV panels has seen a cost reduction of 10% per year, 20% last year. Depending on who you ask, PV could compete with standard energy ($/Kwatt) in 2015-2020 (never if you ask pro-oil/pro-nuke). A thermal solar 24/7 plant has just been commissioned in Spain (Where is your god now?:) ). Once more plants are built, the costs will go down. Ultra-cheap low efficiency coating film is almost here. Artificial photosynthesis is in the works. Capacitors and batteries are getting better. Wind farms combined with pump stations can store water uphill during the night or when demand is low and release it when needed. Combined wind/solar/gas plants are already running. Improvements in buildings' insulation and passive heating/cooling can dramatically reduce power needs. Nuclear plants take about 10 years from blueprint to full-swing production. Add servicing stops + decommissioning costs and time. Renewable plants take 1-3 years from blueprint to completion (depending on size).
Yes, nuclear may still be needed, but I guess that its chunk of the power pie will get smaller globally.
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Mod parent up. Regardless of whether the melting of these ice shelves is man-made, a natural process or fairy-made, it's ice shelves we are considering, not ice sheets. As a side note, climate scientists were quick and vocal to point out the big mistake of the Greenland atlas.
Disclaimer: I am not a physicist. Why I don't like the model? I guess the main reason is that the particle-wave model goes way over my head. Then, I know about the experiments, the hard data and the math, but something that can be understood in such differing ways sounds suspicious to me, like there's something we don't understand yet and had to "patch things up" with the P-W model (which fits quite nicely). I have no proof or data to back up what I've just said. I admit it's just a hunch or wishful thinking or just my inability to grasp the concept. My quantum-mechanical pet peeve.
+1 We already use UTC. I'd say we use our local time zones in day to day life, but when dealing with long-distant calls or long-distance travel we usually add UTC. Also, if you know the time difference between zones it's not so difficult to figure out the time in other countries. In any case, I guess we could use UTC more. MHO.
I like any theory that could get rid of particle-wave duality, be it this one, or any other. Thanks for the link! As an aside, I've perused Wikipedia (I know, I know) in the past trying to understand a bit of quantum mechanics and, oh boy, I was floored when I reached the section about interpretations of quantum mechanics: there are like 20 or so listed there. O_o
... but when I do, I head over to http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/ (Not Even Wrong).
I see what you did there.
Yep, lots of hipsters ordering decaf instead of regular.
My bet is that most dark matter is made of (dark, duh) objects we haven't managed to see yet, whether they are brown dwarfs, cold gas, black holes...
I am not an astronomer, but I think that the sky would be very much like we see it today even if most of dark matter was made of brown dwarfs and other dark objects. Remember that the distances in space are huge.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-on-compatibility-reporter/ This add-on "forces" add-on compatibility. A must have if you are trying out Fx betas, auroras and nightlies.
... which has a saner development cycle. Also: Mozilla, I'm disappoint. You guys seem to have an acute case of Chromitis concomitant with some me-too-itis, being-cutting-hedge-at-all-costs-itis and we-know-what's-better-for-our-users-itis. I keep using Firefox because your latest antics don't affect me, but not everybody can afford that. I hope you come to your senses soon or that some group forks Firefox.
Try http://www.palemoon.org/
Well, when Mozilla devs can be pretty stubborn when they say they won't fix a bug. Take the case of "Paste and Go", for instance. Or the case of the Acid3 Test. They said they won't fix the remaining bugs on principle. Yes, Acid3 is somehow arbitrary, but it would be good for PR, and implementing SVG fonts would be good for open standards and web developers worldwide.
You can grab a nightly 64 bit version meanwhile https://nightly.mozilla.org/
The first run page says "Beta" because it hasn't been officially released yet. Firefox 6 is officially still in beta and won't be publicly released until August 16.
Firefox 3 theme for Firefox 4+ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firefox-3-theme-for-firefox/ and Winestripe Realfox 4 (makes Firefox 4+ look like Firefox 1.5) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/winestripe-realfox-4/ There's also Pale Moon http://www.palemoon.org/ , which keeps the status bar and tabs below location bar by default. Anyways, Firefox's 4+ GUI can be reverted almost totally to the old style with a few clicks.
Enterprises and users who don't like the fast release pace could try SeaMonkey http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
It has been known for a while that the 2007 report failed to include the effect of sea ice loss, mainly because there was no reliable data at that time, I think. We aren't going to drown in 10, 20 or 30 years, but sea ice is shrinking and thinning faster than previously expected. Most glaciers are shrinking too.
For businesses and users worried about the fast update cycle of Firefox, perhaps they could consider using SeaMonkey. And, if they don't want SeaMonkey's chat and e-mail, perhaps they could make a fork of it, strip the unwanted features and... oh, wait!
I'm not totally opposed to the fast development cycle but I think Mozilla could step down the version numbering pace a few notches. e.g. release a new update every 6 weeks, but call it Firefox N.x+1 or N.x.y+1 instead of Firefox N+1 (Firefox 5 would be 4.1 and 6 would be 4.2). Push up the "big version" once each year or so.
Some fellow commenters have said it above: Mozilla don't listen to their users and ignore the obvious (e.g. huge memory consumption/memory leaks). Memory usage is better in Fx 7 and 8 thanks to the Memshrink project by Nicholas Nethercorte. However, they keep finding more and more leaks/inefficiencies. Some of them are caused by new features, some of them have been present for a long time, even with bugs filed about them. I hope they get their act together soon.
Pedobear and other lecherous friends are sad. No more HD porn, only low-res soft porn now. Damn rights activists!
Ha, ha. So funny. It's not a matter or robbing the rich and give their money to the poor, it's a matter of giving the poor employment and education and sharing a bit of your wealth won't harm you, since it's proven that, beyond a certain threshold, more money != more happiness. But hey, I give you that unchecked Capitalism works marvelously... for the 1% on top.
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Somebody mod parent up. One of the best ways to reduce crime is to reduce the inequalities between the very rich and the very poor. Look at the crime rates in countries where this gap is lower. Another way is education. So, if you want to fight crime, invest in police training, urban tanks, SWATs, fancy pre-cogn algorithms, etc. If you want to prevent crime, invest in raising the quality of life of the poor and in teachers.
B*tches don't know about my Fx Nightly 8. Nor about Fx 9 scheduled for December 2011.
1. UN-check "accept 3rd party cookies".
2. Check "keep cookies until I close Firefox".
3. Profit.
Installing Beef TACO, Better Privacy and TrackMeNot may help too. Hey, it's not paranoia if they really are after me.
Disclaimer: I'm not anti-nuclear. BUT: Solar is not cost effective right *now*. The trend in PV panels has seen a cost reduction of 10% per year, 20% last year. Depending on who you ask, PV could compete with standard energy ($/Kwatt) in 2015-2020 (never if you ask pro-oil/pro-nuke). A thermal solar 24/7 plant has just been commissioned in Spain (Where is your god now? :) ). Once more plants are built, the costs will go down. Ultra-cheap low efficiency coating film is almost here. Artificial photosynthesis is in the works. Capacitors and batteries are getting better. Wind farms combined with pump stations can store water uphill during the night or when demand is low and release it when needed. Combined wind/solar/gas plants are already running. Improvements in buildings' insulation and passive heating/cooling can dramatically reduce power needs. Nuclear plants take about 10 years from blueprint to full-swing production. Add servicing stops + decommissioning costs and time. Renewable plants take 1-3 years from blueprint to completion (depending on size).
Yes, nuclear may still be needed, but I guess that its chunk of the power pie will get smaller globally.