Hydrogen is really an energy carrier rather than a fuel.
Why is that argument always used as a knock on hydrogen? Gas is an energy carrier, we just didn't do the work. It's the least of our problems as we have solar, nuclear, geothermal, tidal, and wind that we can use to generate it. We need a next generation renewable source and hydrogen at least gives us options for a wide range of original energy sources. So, whatever we end up with will just be an energy carrier originally sourced from humans.
Sounds neat, but I can't imagine the effort to climb out to Jupiter's orbit, escape Jupiter's orbit, and fly back to Earth orbit would be more efficient.
I think posters are getting too hung up on the "prehistoric killer bacteria" story and not the fact that something frozen for 8 million years can be thawed and live again (not sure how new this news is). So, we could potentially have a solar system filled with seeder asteroids (meteoroids?) from massive impacts with Earth or an older life-bearing Mars.
Maybe some guys are hanging in there, but the only one I know got way too comfortable in his job and never retooled. He was laid off in his fifties and couldn't find another gig for at least a year since I last spoke to him. I'm sure there are a handful of COBOL gurus out there benefiting from its obscurity, but what about the less fortunate who went down with the ship?
My advice is specialize in something to the point where when you do any work on it, it's immediately out of the comprehension of a generalist or a less accomplished programmer...Sure, everyone will hate you, but they'll have to deal with you, and you'll be in a position to dictate terms. What's a generalist got? They're great employees. Big deal. Being a great employee is like being a great dog; at the end of the day, they'll still euthanize your ass when you're no longer of use.
Tell that to the Dodo bird, sabre-toothed tiger, wooly mammoth, (soon to be joined by the Panda), or COBOL programmer.
This wasn't a discovery in blogs, it's been well known for a longer than that to news junkies. Broadcasters used to flash a quick "Archive footage" disclaimer, but I don't think they do this anymore, not religiously at least. The Daily Show parodies this to great effect with ridiculous semi-related movie clips where real networks typically drop in their stock footage.
When I was into the cosmology-for-dummies books that were popular in the 80s and 90s (Hawkings, Sagan, etc), I read about this theory. Another one was Nemesis, a dark star or other companion to the Sun that perturbed the Oort cloud (Kuiper belt too?) with the same frequency as the extinction cycle. Every book always said the theory could be disproved with a few years worth of measurements, so I'm guessing that happened years ago.
I used to tell people I was waiting for someone I cared about. That person turned out to be the first drunk floozy I found myself alone with after the party died down.
We're in the same country that thinks it's OK to torture someone on the vague suspicion that they have some sort of connection to someone vaguely associated with a terrorist. Why should our prisoners fair any better?
Both the Space Shuttle accidents seem to have happened after the President decided to start running NASA "like a business." When PR and marketing trump the mission, stuff explodes.
I'm sure if Big Evil Government was in charge of these tapes, it would have hired a $250/hr consultant to give them to a $21/hr intern to lose. Think of the savings!
Usually, a good study accounts for your points (I didn't RTFA):
* Skinnier people shown to gain weight around more obese friends.
* Only looked at people with long friendships.
Otherwise, the "study" is just an observation. OT, but I heard an interview by the author of Freakonomics and he talked about how good statisticians look for the kinds of variables you've highlighted.
Yes, lets stop pursuing scientific discoveries and focus our meager resources on invading countries under false pretenses as a proper imperial power should. Books and learning are for hippy surrender monkeys!
You don't account for what the inspectors DID find. Firstly, WMD have shelf lives for the most part except for stuff like anthrax spores and require facilities to maintain them. When you find unaccounted for WMD still in the same bombed out warehouse from 1991 or their facilities abandoned.
And the inspections were not a joke. In fact, they were working TOO well which is why Bush decided to go ahead with the invasion before his silly rationale was completely discounted.
You fail to account for the fact that after 4 years and millions in reward money offered, there has been no evidence offered up that the inspectors missed anything.
I agree and disagree. We had to if you view our economy through a neocon lens. The neocons don't have faith in the traditional values that made our country strong, so they've decided to rely on Wall Street magic. To hell with investing in and protecting the middle class, we'll strong arm our way to world dominance.
Saddam was fronting a bogus WMD program to scare off his neighbors. All of this was easily discredited by the pre-War UN inspections. Citing these kinds of reports without context was a part of the cherry picking that the administration used to legitimize the War.
I no longer subscribe to the "Bush as Mr. Magoo" story line. There's too much evidence that they wanted invade Iraq from day 1.
California. I was watching a Cali-based COPS rip-off on TV the other day. For just about any licensing infraction is seemed like they impounded the car on the spot. Then, made the driver go through the legal process to get it back. Besides seeming illegal to me (what if you're driving your mom's car), the way the cops discussed the impound with the violator implied that getting the car back would be easy. In reality, they'd probably get stuck with a ton in fines. And, if you're already struggling to pay insurance, I doubt that you've got the cash for $100s in fines.
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Your analogy is flawed. You should throw a handful of cars into the tub.
Hydrogen is really an energy carrier rather than a fuel.
Why is that argument always used as a knock on hydrogen? Gas is an energy carrier, we just didn't do the work. It's the least of our problems as we have solar, nuclear, geothermal, tidal, and wind that we can use to generate it. We need a next generation renewable source and hydrogen at least gives us options for a wide range of original energy sources. So, whatever we end up with will just be an energy carrier originally sourced from humans.
Sounds neat, but I can't imagine the effort to climb out to Jupiter's orbit, escape Jupiter's orbit, and fly back to Earth orbit would be more efficient.
If only most sharks would be so obliging. LOL I've been watching Shark Week too.
I go with a simpler explanation. Something is wrong/missing with our observations.
This post screams for an explanation.
I think posters are getting too hung up on the "prehistoric killer bacteria" story and not the fact that something frozen for 8 million years can be thawed and live again (not sure how new this news is). So, we could potentially have a solar system filled with seeder asteroids (meteoroids?) from massive impacts with Earth or an older life-bearing Mars.
Maybe some guys are hanging in there, but the only one I know got way too comfortable in his job and never retooled. He was laid off in his fifties and couldn't find another gig for at least a year since I last spoke to him. I'm sure there are a handful of COBOL gurus out there benefiting from its obscurity, but what about the less fortunate who went down with the ship?
My advice is specialize in something to the point where when you do any work on it, it's immediately out of the comprehension of a generalist or a less accomplished programmer...Sure, everyone will hate you, but they'll have to deal with you, and you'll be in a position to dictate terms. What's a generalist got? They're great employees. Big deal. Being a great employee is like being a great dog; at the end of the day, they'll still euthanize your ass when you're no longer of use.
Tell that to the Dodo bird, sabre-toothed tiger, wooly mammoth, (soon to be joined by the Panda), or COBOL programmer.
That's because they've all been smashed with a crowbar.
I outgas through a crack in MY moon!
This wasn't a discovery in blogs, it's been well known for a longer than that to news junkies. Broadcasters used to flash a quick "Archive footage" disclaimer, but I don't think they do this anymore, not religiously at least. The Daily Show parodies this to great effect with ridiculous semi-related movie clips where real networks typically drop in their stock footage.
When I was into the cosmology-for-dummies books that were popular in the 80s and 90s (Hawkings, Sagan, etc), I read about this theory. Another one was Nemesis, a dark star or other companion to the Sun that perturbed the Oort cloud (Kuiper belt too?) with the same frequency as the extinction cycle. Every book always said the theory could be disproved with a few years worth of measurements, so I'm guessing that happened years ago.
What's a clit?
I used to tell people I was waiting for someone I cared about. That person turned out to be the first drunk floozy I found myself alone with after the party died down.
We're in the same country that thinks it's OK to torture someone on the vague suspicion that they have some sort of connection to someone vaguely associated with a terrorist. Why should our prisoners fair any better?
Both the Space Shuttle accidents seem to have happened after the President decided to start running NASA "like a business." When PR and marketing trump the mission, stuff explodes.
I haven't a clue about what you're trying to say.
I'm sure if Big Evil Government was in charge of these tapes, it would have hired a $250/hr consultant to give them to a $21/hr intern to lose. Think of the savings!
Usually, a good study accounts for your points (I didn't RTFA): * Skinnier people shown to gain weight around more obese friends. * Only looked at people with long friendships. Otherwise, the "study" is just an observation. OT, but I heard an interview by the author of Freakonomics and he talked about how good statisticians look for the kinds of variables you've highlighted.
1. No LIFE!!! Stop wasting taxpayer money!!
Yes, lets stop pursuing scientific discoveries and focus our meager resources on invading countries under false pretenses as a proper imperial power should. Books and learning are for hippy surrender monkeys!
You don't account for what the inspectors DID find. Firstly, WMD have shelf lives for the most part except for stuff like anthrax spores and require facilities to maintain them. When you find unaccounted for WMD still in the same bombed out warehouse from 1991 or their facilities abandoned. And the inspections were not a joke. In fact, they were working TOO well which is why Bush decided to go ahead with the invasion before his silly rationale was completely discounted. You fail to account for the fact that after 4 years and millions in reward money offered, there has been no evidence offered up that the inspectors missed anything.
I agree and disagree. We had to if you view our economy through a neocon lens. The neocons don't have faith in the traditional values that made our country strong, so they've decided to rely on Wall Street magic. To hell with investing in and protecting the middle class, we'll strong arm our way to world dominance.
Saddam was fronting a bogus WMD program to scare off his neighbors. All of this was easily discredited by the pre-War UN inspections. Citing these kinds of reports without context was a part of the cherry picking that the administration used to legitimize the War.
I no longer subscribe to the "Bush as Mr. Magoo" story line. There's too much evidence that they wanted invade Iraq from day 1.
California. I was watching a Cali-based COPS rip-off on TV the other day. For just about any licensing infraction is seemed like they impounded the car on the spot. Then, made the driver go through the legal process to get it back. Besides seeming illegal to me (what if you're driving your mom's car), the way the cops discussed the impound with the violator implied that getting the car back would be easy. In reality, they'd probably get stuck with a ton in fines. And, if you're already struggling to pay insurance, I doubt that you've got the cash for $100s in fines.