On this computer, there are many files (matter) which are used by programs (natural processes) which all work under the operating system (natural "laws"). We (humans) were clueless newbies who started putzing around on this computer. In the process we have edited files (built things). Now when one of the programs reads a file we have edited it does something different than it did before. Quite often we don't like the results.
Now that we have become fairly good computer users, we have realized that we have messed up our computer. Although we know what most of the programs do, we still don't know HOW most of the programs work (we're not programmers yet). Since we didn't make a backup before we started messing around (we were newbies then, remember?) we have very little knowledge of what our computer was like before we started changing things.
Sadly, we don't know any computer geeks who can come fix our computer, so we have to deal with the problem ourselves. We could try to fix the files we've edited, but since we don't understand the programs we don't know exactly what our changes will do. They might even make things worse. We could try not to mess things up any more while we study programming, but our computer might stop working before we learn enough. So we have to do what we can to keep our computer running by making only small changes to files while we study. In the process we'll probably make some mistakes, but hopefully we won't cause a BSOD.
Houston happens to be near the Gulf of Mexico, which is a large body of salt water. Thus there would be a relatively high salt content in the air all year long, and rust would be a big problem.
If you really want to avoid rust you have to avoid road salt and oceans.
There's really no difference between the two except personal opinion. If you're a Republican you would say they were leaking these Democratic memos for the greater good, and if you're Diebold you say your memos were stolen to damage your business.
In both cases the facts are the same: Some files were left unprotected and someone read them who was not supposed to have access.
"Because the filters are more restrictive than the actual laws?"
Ummmm....don't most of us have e-mail filters that are more restrictive than the actual laws? Who authorized you to enforce anti-SPAM laws?
Companies can put whatever the heck "features" they want in their products (provided they don't violate any laws themselves). If you don't like it use something else.
Shortly after the link was posted the mars-news.de site stopped responding! "The Man"(tm) must have flown in on his black stealth choppers and unplugged their servers!
Anyone who is truly passionate about something can be a "nerd."
Not really...you wouldn't call a rabid football fan a nerd even though they are truly passionate about the game to the point of it interfering with a "normal" social life.... It requires passion for some abnormally complex interest to be a nerd...passion for something that requires thought to comprehend...or passion for learning new things "just because".
It is statements like that that show what bozos we have in public office. Fifty million Americans are wrong on a daily basis, and simply the fact that lots of people agree doesn't make something right. We need leaders in office, not sheep.
Qualifier: I am an American, and in favor of the do not call list, and Congress doing what it takes to get it to take effect.
Even if Mars currently has no active volcanism, there easily could be enough geothermal heat to melt water. It takes a really, really long time for rocks to cool (they are very poor conductors of heat).
Also, a planet's magnetic field is generated by it's liquid outer core. Even Earth's mantle is solidified. But, you are correct in that Mars has no magnetic field, and thus is likely solid all the way through.
I am a geologist (but a hydro... not an exo...), so take that for what you will.
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Outsource it! I bet you can get some Indian or Chinese hit men really cheap.
Think of the earth as a computer.
On this computer, there are many files (matter) which are used by programs (natural processes) which all work under the operating system (natural "laws"). We (humans) were clueless newbies who started putzing around on this computer. In the process we have edited files (built things). Now when one of the programs reads a file we have edited it does something different than it did before. Quite often we don't like the results.
Now that we have become fairly good computer users, we have realized that we have messed up our computer. Although we know what most of the programs do, we still don't know HOW most of the programs work (we're not programmers yet). Since we didn't make a backup before we started messing around (we were newbies then, remember?) we have very little knowledge of what our computer was like before we started changing things.
Sadly, we don't know any computer geeks who can come fix our computer, so we have to deal with the problem ourselves. We could try to fix the files we've edited, but since we don't understand the programs we don't know exactly what our changes will do. They might even make things worse. We could try not to mess things up any more while we study programming, but our computer might stop working before we learn enough. So we have to do what we can to keep our computer running by making only small changes to files while we study. In the process we'll probably make some mistakes, but hopefully we won't cause a BSOD.
Houston happens to be near the Gulf of Mexico, which is a large body of salt water. Thus there would be a relatively high salt content in the air all year long, and rust would be a big problem.
If you really want to avoid rust you have to avoid road salt and oceans.
Wesley Clark got the most stars of any of them, and he only had 4.
There's really no difference between the two except personal opinion. If you're a Republican you would say they were leaking these Democratic memos for the greater good, and if you're Diebold you say your memos were stolen to damage your business.
In both cases the facts are the same: Some files were left unprotected and someone read them who was not supposed to have access.
"Because the filters are more restrictive than the actual laws?"
Ummmm....don't most of us have e-mail filters that are more restrictive than the actual laws? Who authorized you to enforce anti-SPAM laws?
Companies can put whatever the heck "features" they want in their products (provided they don't violate any laws themselves). If you don't like it use something else.
Shortly after the link was posted the mars-news.de site stopped responding! "The Man"(tm) must have flown in on his black stealth choppers and unplugged their servers!
Anyone who is truly passionate about something can be a "nerd."
Not really...you wouldn't call a rabid football fan a nerd even though they are truly passionate about the game to the point of it interfering with a "normal" social life.... It requires passion for some abnormally complex interest to be a nerd...passion for something that requires thought to comprehend...or passion for learning new things "just because".
...if you have spent any amount of time arguing what the difference between a nerd and a geek is.
I know I'm guilty as charged!
"How come the Republican party can call me, but Sears can't?"
Because you can vote the Republicans out of office, but you can't vote Sears out of business.
"Fifty million Americans can't be wrong"
It is statements like that that show what bozos we have in public office. Fifty million Americans are wrong on a daily basis, and simply the fact that lots of people agree doesn't make something right. We need leaders in office, not sheep.
Qualifier: I am an American, and in favor of the do not call list, and Congress doing what it takes to get it to take effect.
Even if Mars currently has no active volcanism, there easily could be enough geothermal heat to melt water. It takes a really, really long time for rocks to cool (they are very poor conductors of heat).
Also, a planet's magnetic field is generated by it's liquid outer core. Even Earth's mantle is solidified. But, you are correct in that Mars has no magnetic field, and thus is likely solid all the way through.
I am a geologist (but a hydro... not an exo...), so take that for what you will.