"It will also mean we can devote more resources to high impact productsâ"the ones that might improve the bottom lines of division VPs and thousands of large portfolio google shareholders."
Did anyone seriously think that the complete unredacted cables wouldn't end up getting loose once this dance started way back in November 2010?
(If so, maybe you think all the campaign promises you'll hear in the 2012 election are highly reliable.)
You can blame or hail anyone you like for this. But when something like this gets this much coverage and publicity, it's an excellent bet that full info will be leaked by someone.
This is the lawsuit that doesn't end Yes, it goes on and on my friend Some people started litigating it not knowing what it was And they`ll continue litigating it forever just because...
Several of the preceding responses have covered much of what you'll need.
If you've not had any exposure to tensor analysis, I'd recommend a gentle introduction called: A Brief on Tensor Analysis by James Simmonds.
If you're still needing a grounding in vector calculus Div, Grad, Curl and All That. is a good overview of it.
At least one has recommended Wald as a text. I'd recommend Gravitation by Misner, Thorne and Wheeler. Which one you prefer will become apparent pretty quickly.
And definitely, you will need a quite solid grounding in Special Relativity.
For doing the tensor manipulations with a computer program, GRtensorII for Maple was one I've used.
One warning, Dan is not one to "spare the rod" when it comes to the mathematics. (Which to me, is a good thing.)
It's a worthy goal, but one that will take a lot of determination, work and preparation. Unfortunately, I had to drop out of Finley's class due to my full time job boiling over (we lost two other employees, and I had to cover). It's been 15 years, but someday I still intend to get back to it.
Could well be that oxygen is the limiting factor. It may be that stormy weather that leads to more churning of the surface would help a good bit with surface oil slicks or oil near the surface, too.
For small areas with lots of contamination, the bubblers would work, but the Gulf's a pretty big place.;)
The thing that's really struck me about Hazen's video (and similar comments from Ron Atlas and others on This Week in Microbiology) is how rarely you have to engineer in a new capability in the organisms. Almost always, something in the environment has an existing metabolic pathway to break down the contaminant you're worried about. You just have to alter the nutrient mix to favor that microbe.
Another nice thing about that, is that the bug is probably very good at competing in that environment (better than an engineered one). And, when you're done, and the contaminant is reduced to a low enough level, you stop adding the nutrients and the normal balance of microbe species reappears. (That fight has been waged over a long evolutionary time scale. So, there's no problem with putting in an invasive species.)
Apparently Hairyfish's mom's basement has no windows. Maybe he should come up from it from time to time.
Having a time that agrees with the appearance of the world consistently as you travel is a lot less confusing for most people. A given time now agrees with what activities people are doing across the world. At 8 am, you can bet that most people are doing morning related things even if in Bengal, or Botswana.
With this proposal, I hear 0800 Z, I have to think what would someone in Auckland be doing, and would it be different than what someone in Angola would be doing.
Unless, of course, you really want to synchronize activities and make some mow the lawn with night vision goggles, be my guest. Good luck with that.
In communications in the military, I had to deal with using GMT (Z) to coordinate things across separated areas. It sucked. It sucked pond water.
Yes, it would make dealing with the machines and networks easier, but the world is still more about people than the machines. At least for now.
Slashdot Mirror
If you're a tomato plant, be afraid. Be very afraid.
(And carry an oversize salt shaker.)
You do an excellent job of making Mr. "Democrat Delanda Est" look nearly reasonable by comparison.
I wasn't sure that could be done. Congratulations.
"Democrat delenda est"
Now there's a moderate position guaranteed to lead to bipartisanship.
Uh... I've likely been a free market Republican longer than you've been alive, my rather doctrinaire friend.
"It will also mean we can devote more resources to high impact productsâ"the ones that might improve the bottom lines of division VPs and thousands of large portfolio google shareholders."
There. Fixed that for you.
"They also told me CmdrTaco WAS Steve Jobs."
No, no. Hemos is Steve Jobs.
CmdrTaco has been Bill Gates all along and this was just a covert operation to muddy the water.
Did anyone seriously think that the complete unredacted cables wouldn't end up getting loose once this dance started way back in November 2010?
(If so, maybe you think all the campaign promises you'll hear in the 2012 election are highly reliable.)
You can blame or hail anyone you like for this. But when something like this gets this much coverage and publicity, it's an excellent bet that full info will be leaked by someone.
You must not have had a google+ account. (Note the past tense.)
Robotic sharks. With frickin lasers!
"Gosling has left the building!"
"First, cellulose is a sugar."
No. It's a polymer of simple sugars.
What you said is like saying starch is a sugar. It's also a polymer of simple sugars.
Take a look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar#Chemical
You might as well say protein is an amino acid since it's a polymer of amino acids. It's the same thinking and just as wrong.
"with the additional plot element that it turns the cellulose into flammable material..."
Wow. Michael Bay will be all over this one.
This is the lawsuit that doesn't end
Yes, it goes on and on my friend
Some people started litigating it not knowing what it was
And they`ll continue litigating it forever just because...
"Gassy and ADD?"
But, it's the best rationalization for his already being gassy and ADD.
Several of the preceding responses have covered much of what you'll need.
If you've not had any exposure to tensor analysis, I'd recommend a gentle introduction called: A Brief on Tensor Analysis by James Simmonds.
If you're still needing a grounding in vector calculus Div, Grad, Curl and All That. is a good overview of it.
At least one has recommended Wald as a text. I'd recommend Gravitation by Misner, Thorne and Wheeler. Which one you prefer will become apparent pretty quickly.
And definitely, you will need a quite solid grounding in Special Relativity.
For doing the tensor manipulations with a computer program, GRtensorII for Maple was one I've used.
My instructor in it, Dan Finley at UNM has a page for the class he teaches on it at: http://panda.unm.edu/Courses/Finley/p570.html
One warning, Dan is not one to "spare the rod" when it comes to the mathematics. (Which to me, is a good thing.)
It's a worthy goal, but one that will take a lot of determination, work and preparation. Unfortunately, I had to drop out of Finley's class due to my full time job boiling over (we lost two other employees, and I had to cover). It's been 15 years, but someday I still intend to get back to it.
I haven't noticed the Chinese scaling back. Granted, they're not as far along.
I think they still count as part of humanity, so human space travel wouldn't come to an end even if both the US and Russians stopped.
I don't like the possibility of mothballing at all but I think you're being a little breathless.
Could well be that oxygen is the limiting factor. It may be that stormy weather that leads to more churning of the surface would help a good bit with surface oil slicks or oil near the surface, too.
For small areas with lots of contamination, the bubblers would work, but the Gulf's a pretty big place. ;)
The thing that's really struck me about Hazen's video (and similar comments from Ron Atlas and others on This Week in Microbiology) is how rarely you have to engineer in a new capability in the organisms. Almost always, something in the environment has an existing metabolic pathway to break down the contaminant you're worried about. You just have to alter the nutrient mix to favor that microbe.
Another nice thing about that, is that the bug is probably very good at competing in that environment (better than an engineered one). And, when you're done, and the contaminant is reduced to a low enough level, you stop adding the nutrients and the normal balance of microbe species reappears. (That fight has been waged over a long evolutionary time scale. So, there's no problem with putting in an invasive species.)
Apparently Hairyfish's mom's basement has no windows. Maybe he should come up from it from time to time.
Having a time that agrees with the appearance of the world consistently as you travel is a lot less confusing for most people. A given time now agrees with what activities people are doing across the world. At 8 am, you can bet that most people are doing morning related things even if in Bengal, or Botswana.
With this proposal, I hear 0800 Z, I have to think what would someone in Auckland be doing, and would it be different than what someone in Angola would be doing.
Unless, of course, you really want to synchronize activities and make some mow the lawn with night vision goggles, be my guest. Good luck with that.
In communications in the military, I had to deal with using GMT (Z) to coordinate things across separated areas. It sucked. It sucked pond water.
Yes, it would make dealing with the machines and networks easier, but the world is still more about people than the machines. At least for now.
"oxygenate the water"
What you need to add depends heavily on which bacteria are the main ones acting on it, and what the limiting nutrient is.
Terry Hazen has a good overview here.
Kinda long though. Nearly an hour.
The General was quoted as: "These aren't the droids you're looking for. Move along."
"He's great, but he's not dead!"
Wait.
Actually, Cowboy Neal staged a palace coup!
Best of luck, Taco!
"This time its the builders who got towed not the 3rd world country."
In Soviet shipbuilding, barge tows you!
"Or the Savannah"
Naw, they were going to build one on the savannah, but the cheetahs were all radical enviros. They protested and tied it up in court forever.
"nuclear-powered zeppelins for tuna fishing"
Dude! That rocks!
Where can I invest?
That's almost as cool as training poodles for underwater welding.
Naw, you'd have to list the kitten paws on the label in California as a carcinogen.