This was publicized decades ago. Although simple, the bombs were apparently not armed. Possibly by a single, simple switch. There's one in the mud just off the coast that they haven't been able to find too. There are always those in any profession that live with what if and Might have beens, or Gloom and Doom. I was 21 in 61. Took and passed the pilots test. Sinus problems kept me from flying as they didn't know about salt water spray and decongestants were pretty much unknown..
The planetary model, or analogy is still used in basic teaching of atomic structure because it approximates the way things appear to behave and it's easy to learn.
People have no problem believing what they want, but have to learn science. Belief has been ingrained for centuries so it's a bit hard to overcome. Take Islam where they pray and virtually recite litanies many times a day. It doesn't take long at all to create believers. Start with children in the formative years and they are bound for life. All Religions do this to some extent. Using this approach: Some teach peace, some teach creation, Some teach that all others must be destroyed, most teach they are the only correct way, but it's very difficult for a true believer to stray from orthodox teachings when they conflict, or even appear to conflict with science. It's simple human nature. It's how I quit smoking 2 1/2 packs of unfiltered Camels a day with no after effects. Practiced on a small scale, it's simple rote memory, but when repeated often, on schedule, many times a day for many days, weeks, months, or years, it becomes ingrained..You could even call it Brain Washing and not be far off.
Call it what you want, affirmations, prayers, or litanies. If they are repeated many times a day, and particularly on a schedule, they are very effective even at the subconscious level.
Why would hackers even bother with an old system? where's the challenge? Sure there will be a bunch of poor, and non computer people, but the pickin's look like they'll have little to gain, not much of a challenge, and little to brag about.
We have an old 27" CRT in the basement spare room. The satellite receivers have composite as well as RGB output. It works just fine and we do have one of the digital to analog converters from when you could get two of them for free.
Being an adult means you consider others opinions.
Tis children and usually spoiled ones at that who don't care what others think.
That does not mean you have to live your life as others wish.
And anime, like movies or any entertainment plays to children, college kids and adults. It covers fairy tales to porn.
I much prefer some of it to the drivel on broadcast television
They should evaluate the judgmental capability of the astronomer who suggested the name though.
To make maters more ridiculous the UN has demanded all records of the case so they can evaluate our judicial system and tell us what to do..
We had a beautiful row of pines across the North edge of our property. Then the Beetles got into them. Huge stand across the road. All gone. Lots of Elm trees for shade. All gone. Millions of pines in Alaska gone because the cold weather no longer lasts long enough to kill the beetles. We've seen disease and pests moving hundreds of miles North to affect crops for some time.
One of the important skills that seem to be lacking in the past generation or two and particularly college grads is communications.
Forget the abbreviations and slang, they are poor at almost any form of communication except for short thoughts. Even when I was in college ( I graduated in 1990), most students hated writing, even if they could compose it on a keyboard. It was bad enough the university implemented a program called "Writing across the curricula .
Many had problems articulating an idea at its basic level in a properly configured sentence, let alone handle a subject complicated enough to require multiple sentences and paragraphs. Interpersonal communications with individuals likewise handicapped went well at a basic level. However one of the most important skills a student can possess is being able to put complex thoughts and ideas onto paper or a screen.
I was a project manager with a degree in CS. Most of my job consisted of planning and coordinating the work of others. Except for the weekly and biweekly face-to-face meetings virtually all my communications was via e-mail, or written documents. You want a raise? Convince me in a 100 words or less in a clear and concisely written document that you are worth it. I have 20 or more individuals and a set amount for raises that's only large enough that I can give decent raises to 3 or 4 employees. Spread farther and they amount to little more than "Attaboys!"
You can be one of the best students in your field subjects, but if you can't write a proper resume you will never get the chance to prove it as it is unlikely to make it past the "round file" in HR.
And to think, were it not for Nixon we could have Thorium reactors that are safe, cost about 10% the cost of today's reactors, Fuel cost to run a year is about 10% as well. The fuel is more efficient and produces over 99% less waste than a conventional reactor and that waste can be reused as fuel. The waste contains no Plutonium, fissile materials, or other long lived products. IE NO DISPOSAL PROBLEM and unlike Fufashima (sp?) no melt down or high pressures to cause contamination. As they produce no plutonium, we don't have to be concerned as to who has them.
If I understand correctly they were developed at Oak Ridge in the 50s or 60s, but killed in favor of the mess we have now. Currently a number of countries are working on their development and implementation.
Change a public school? How? You have a firmly entrenched teacher's union that is not going to let you replace poor/bad teachers with good ones. They are not going to reward teachers who are better. They are not going to punish/fire bad ones. The only time they will agree to a contract change is if it gives them more money and/or power. This woman either works for a union, has lost touch with reality, or has never tried to change a public school.
Most of the non exclusive private schools have long line of people waiting for an opening to get their kids in for a reason. They are better and operate on less money per student than public schools and there are many that are not expensive to attend. They also turn out motivated kids who learn!
The auto pilot so to speak, can be turned on or off. If most cars on the highways were capable of driving themselves, I'd bet we'd reduce the death toll and in injuries substantially as most are caused by the drivers. It might take me a while to trust it, but knowing humans were no longer in control "of those other cars" would make me feel a lot safer. OTOH these cars would need to be subject to the same kind of maintenance checks as aircraft to keep the control systems safe and that adds quite a bit to the operational cost. I'm all for it!
That's the problem, even if Sunstein said the sun rises in the morning and sets at night, he'd create a legion of doubters. Both Sunstein and Gor should find some creditable proxies to deliver their messages. They are talking about some very important issues, but the fact that they deliver the message destroys its credibility. Gore does not practice what he preaches. Look at the huge power hungry mansion with three heavy duty air conditioners. He must have a bigger carbon footprint than a dozen normal people. He's also made millions off this.
Anthropogenic Global warming is a problem. Had it not been for Nixon killing the Thorium reactors at Oak Ridge in the 50s or 60s, we'd have plenty of cheap power with little waste (Which could be reused) and does not produce fissionable material, so we'd not have to be concerned who had them. It's likely that the use of carbon based fossil fuels would be a fraction of what we have now. BTW Thorium is so efficient it could produce power at half to a quarter the cost of producing it with coal with no pollution and no disposal problems. They can even help us get rid of Plutonium. To top it off the reactors would cost about 10% of today's reactors and 10% for fuel.
Small reactors could power cities and we'd no longer be so dependent on the power grid or foreign energy.
You don't suppose he killed the project because today's reactors produce Plutonium as a byproduct that can be used in weapons after further processing and the Thorium reactors do not? Nah, not ol' slippery Dick.
When you press send you have no way of knowing if the Person is in a car or not,
If they enforced it, you wouldn't dare text as you have no idea as to the disposition of the recipient.
Broken promises, instigating in foreign countries, spying on our own people, decide what methods tyrants can use to murder their own people. Whether the shoot 'em, run over them with a tank, or gas them, they are still dead. Now we choose the "acceptable method". The tyrants are cruel, the practitioners of Shari are cruel, as are true Islamist s.. Why are we intervening?
Satellites are reliable but every once on a while the do have problems including orientation. That beam would be deadly
Also, space is not clean. Test panels come back looking like they'd been sandblasted after a few years. Then there's the CME. I'd think this thing would be more vulnerable to CMEs than many other satellites.
At least in the US the only game killed with shot is "usually" birds. Rabbits, Squirrels, and non flying small game is usually killed with a 22. I know of no hunters in this area who hunt non flying small game with shotguns.
Shot does not fragment, but when eating pheasant I've often found shot wrapped neatly in little feather balls. You eat warily in certain areas, but the evidence of shot being there is strong enough to warn yo might find a pellet or two. So don't eat the pellets! You eat carefully because those little pellets are hard on tooth enamel. I've never found one that wasn't completely in tact. Besides, if you are hunting small game to put meat on the table the 22 is far more economical and reliable.
Lead has a much higher mass than other acceptable metals and thus imparts much more energy for a quick, clean kill whether it's in shot or bullets. The only places it has tended to accumulate are in water fowl hunting areas over many years and steel shot is required in those areas. When using steel shot you have to use larger shot which means fewer pellets. With the dispersal/spreading of the shot the range where the pattern is dense enough to guarantee a clean kill is less making a wounding shot more likely.
Sounds great to me when I see the quality of drivers it will replace. Unfortunately those who really need the car, can;t afford them.
They should eventually reduce the death toll and injury stats dramatically, but its going to take a long time.
Just think, with a button labeled "take me home" designated driver takes on a new meaning.
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During the crisis we were a lot closer (within feet) to a much bigger balloon going up than a couple dropped unarmed bombs when the plane broke up.
This was publicized decades ago. Although simple, the bombs were apparently not armed. Possibly by a single, simple switch. There's one in the mud just off the coast that they haven't been able to find too. There are always those in any profession that live with what if and Might have beens, or Gloom and Doom. I was 21 in 61. Took and passed the pilots test. Sinus problems kept me from flying as they didn't know about salt water spray and decongestants were pretty much unknown..
The planetary model, or analogy is still used in basic teaching of atomic structure because it approximates the way things appear to behave and it's easy to learn.
People have no problem believing what they want, but have to learn science. Belief has been ingrained for centuries so it's a bit hard to overcome. Take Islam where they pray and virtually recite litanies many times a day. It doesn't take long at all to create believers. Start with children in the formative years and they are bound for life. All Religions do this to some extent. Using this approach: Some teach peace, some teach creation, Some teach that all others must be destroyed, most teach they are the only correct way, but it's very difficult for a true believer to stray from orthodox teachings when they conflict, or even appear to conflict with science. It's simple human nature. It's how I quit smoking 2 1/2 packs of unfiltered Camels a day with no after effects. Practiced on a small scale, it's simple rote memory, but when repeated often, on schedule, many times a day for many days, weeks, months, or years, it becomes ingrained..You could even call it Brain Washing and not be far off. Call it what you want, affirmations, prayers, or litanies. If they are repeated many times a day, and particularly on a schedule, they are very effective even at the subconscious level.
Why would hackers even bother with an old system? where's the challenge? Sure there will be a bunch of poor, and non computer people, but the pickin's look like they'll have little to gain, not much of a challenge, and little to brag about.
We have an old 27" CRT in the basement spare room. The satellite receivers have composite as well as RGB output. It works just fine and we do have one of the digital to analog converters from when you could get two of them for free.
If it still works fine, why replace it?
Being an adult means you consider others opinions. Tis children and usually spoiled ones at that who don't care what others think. That does not mean you have to live your life as others wish.
You can tell the men from the boys by the price of their toys.
And anime, like movies or any entertainment plays to children, college kids and adults. It covers fairy tales to porn. I much prefer some of it to the drivel on broadcast television
They should evaluate the judgmental capability of the astronomer who suggested the name though. To make maters more ridiculous the UN has demanded all records of the case so they can evaluate our judicial system and tell us what to do..
We had a beautiful row of pines across the North edge of our property. Then the Beetles got into them. Huge stand across the road. All gone. Lots of Elm trees for shade. All gone. Millions of pines in Alaska gone because the cold weather no longer lasts long enough to kill the beetles. We've seen disease and pests moving hundreds of miles North to affect crops for some time.
One of the important skills that seem to be lacking in the past generation or two and particularly college grads is communications. Forget the abbreviations and slang, they are poor at almost any form of communication except for short thoughts. Even when I was in college ( I graduated in 1990), most students hated writing, even if they could compose it on a keyboard. It was bad enough the university implemented a program called "Writing across the curricula . Many had problems articulating an idea at its basic level in a properly configured sentence, let alone handle a subject complicated enough to require multiple sentences and paragraphs. Interpersonal communications with individuals likewise handicapped went well at a basic level. However one of the most important skills a student can possess is being able to put complex thoughts and ideas onto paper or a screen. I was a project manager with a degree in CS. Most of my job consisted of planning and coordinating the work of others. Except for the weekly and biweekly face-to-face meetings virtually all my communications was via e-mail, or written documents. You want a raise? Convince me in a 100 words or less in a clear and concisely written document that you are worth it. I have 20 or more individuals and a set amount for raises that's only large enough that I can give decent raises to 3 or 4 employees. Spread farther and they amount to little more than "Attaboys!" You can be one of the best students in your field subjects, but if you can't write a proper resume you will never get the chance to prove it as it is unlikely to make it past the "round file" in HR.
And to think, were it not for Nixon we could have Thorium reactors that are safe, cost about 10% the cost of today's reactors, Fuel cost to run a year is about 10% as well. The fuel is more efficient and produces over 99% less waste than a conventional reactor and that waste can be reused as fuel. The waste contains no Plutonium, fissile materials, or other long lived products. IE NO DISPOSAL PROBLEM and unlike Fufashima (sp?) no melt down or high pressures to cause contamination. As they produce no plutonium, we don't have to be concerned as to who has them. If I understand correctly they were developed at Oak Ridge in the 50s or 60s, but killed in favor of the mess we have now. Currently a number of countries are working on their development and implementation.
Change a public school? How? You have a firmly entrenched teacher's union that is not going to let you replace poor/bad teachers with good ones. They are not going to reward teachers who are better. They are not going to punish/fire bad ones. The only time they will agree to a contract change is if it gives them more money and/or power. This woman either works for a union, has lost touch with reality, or has never tried to change a public school. Most of the non exclusive private schools have long line of people waiting for an opening to get their kids in for a reason. They are better and operate on less money per student than public schools and there are many that are not expensive to attend. They also turn out motivated kids who learn!
The auto pilot so to speak, can be turned on or off. If most cars on the highways were capable of driving themselves, I'd bet we'd reduce the death toll and in injuries substantially as most are caused by the drivers. It might take me a while to trust it, but knowing humans were no longer in control "of those other cars" would make me feel a lot safer. OTOH these cars would need to be subject to the same kind of maintenance checks as aircraft to keep the control systems safe and that adds quite a bit to the operational cost. I'm all for it!
The practitioners of those religions/sects would likely argue that point.
That's the problem, even if Sunstein said the sun rises in the morning and sets at night, he'd create a legion of doubters. Both Sunstein and Gor should find some creditable proxies to deliver their messages. They are talking about some very important issues, but the fact that they deliver the message destroys its credibility. Gore does not practice what he preaches. Look at the huge power hungry mansion with three heavy duty air conditioners. He must have a bigger carbon footprint than a dozen normal people. He's also made millions off this. Anthropogenic Global warming is a problem. Had it not been for Nixon killing the Thorium reactors at Oak Ridge in the 50s or 60s, we'd have plenty of cheap power with little waste (Which could be reused) and does not produce fissionable material, so we'd not have to be concerned who had them. It's likely that the use of carbon based fossil fuels would be a fraction of what we have now. BTW Thorium is so efficient it could produce power at half to a quarter the cost of producing it with coal with no pollution and no disposal problems. They can even help us get rid of Plutonium. To top it off the reactors would cost about 10% of today's reactors and 10% for fuel. Small reactors could power cities and we'd no longer be so dependent on the power grid or foreign energy. You don't suppose he killed the project because today's reactors produce Plutonium as a byproduct that can be used in weapons after further processing and the Thorium reactors do not? Nah, not ol' slippery Dick.
When you press send you have no way of knowing if the Person is in a car or not, If they enforced it, you wouldn't dare text as you have no idea as to the disposition of the recipient.
Broken promises, instigating in foreign countries, spying on our own people, decide what methods tyrants can use to murder their own people. Whether the shoot 'em, run over them with a tank, or gas them, they are still dead. Now we choose the "acceptable method". The tyrants are cruel, the practitioners of Shari are cruel, as are true Islamist s.. Why are we intervening?
Satellites are reliable but every once on a while the do have problems including orientation. That beam would be deadly Also, space is not clean. Test panels come back looking like they'd been sandblasted after a few years. Then there's the CME. I'd think this thing would be more vulnerable to CMEs than many other satellites.
At least in the US the only game killed with shot is "usually" birds. Rabbits, Squirrels, and non flying small game is usually killed with a 22. I know of no hunters in this area who hunt non flying small game with shotguns. Shot does not fragment, but when eating pheasant I've often found shot wrapped neatly in little feather balls. You eat warily in certain areas, but the evidence of shot being there is strong enough to warn yo might find a pellet or two. So don't eat the pellets! You eat carefully because those little pellets are hard on tooth enamel. I've never found one that wasn't completely in tact. Besides, if you are hunting small game to put meat on the table the 22 is far more economical and reliable. Lead has a much higher mass than other acceptable metals and thus imparts much more energy for a quick, clean kill whether it's in shot or bullets. The only places it has tended to accumulate are in water fowl hunting areas over many years and steel shot is required in those areas. When using steel shot you have to use larger shot which means fewer pellets. With the dispersal/spreading of the shot the range where the pattern is dense enough to guarantee a clean kill is less making a wounding shot more likely.
Sounds great to me when I see the quality of drivers it will replace. Unfortunately those who really need the car, can;t afford them. They should eventually reduce the death toll and injury stats dramatically, but its going to take a long time. Just think, with a button labeled "take me home" designated driver takes on a new meaning.
I use none of these sites and wouldn't miss them.
There are much safer alternatives than Google.