It's not the water that makes Earth blue, it's the sunlights refraction in the atmosphere. The blue water is just a reflection.
The images assumes an Earth-like atmosphere, both in composition and height.
Er, isn't it the sunlight reflecting off of the water molecules in the air?
Short answer - no.
Medium length answer - the sky is "blue" due to the refraction of incoming light and the sensitivity of the different receptors in our eyes.
Long answer - can't be bothered to Google for it. Do it yourself.
Thank you, I broke my google yesterday. Doc says I need to stay off it for a couple days.:')
oh, p.s. If I am insane, as you suggested, what does that say about you, who's engaging in conversation with an insane person. Doesn't exactly sound like a 'rational' act to me.
Parenting doesn't end when the kid reaches the legal age of 18, it's a lifetime job.
In my original post I said "unless" he had the maturity level needed to handle it. Subjective to the individual. And it only takes 'one' insane person with a weapon to do an awful lot of harm nowadays. Peace out, bro.:-)
This is only a problem if the rate at which the atmosphere is blown away is high. For example, I claim that serving water in a glass is pointless because the water would dry away, and you answer "Sure would".
Hey, I'm a 'wannabe' nerd. You guys here like to show off your awesome brain matter, so, lets see what you got. As they say in poker, put up or shut up. Mars is going to be your and your kids world to either screw up or create correctly. I mean, even I have my possible answer, but I don't want to 'show my hand' just yet. So, what you got, ac?
It's not the water that makes Earth blue, it's the sunlights refraction in the atmosphere. The blue water is just a reflection.
The images assumes an Earth-like atmosphere, both in composition and height.
Er, isn't it the sunlight reflecting off of the water molecules in the air?
It would be my duty as a concerned parent to. Accepting that... A. I love my son. B. I see him obssessing over a violent video game, porn, or anything, as obssessions of most any type can be very unhealthy to him and those around him. Of course I'd have no 'right' to take away his games, legally that would be theft.
I'd still do it.
Because I love him.
He'd be understandably upset, I'd be too. And he'd get 'em back after a time. By then, he hopefully would have come around a bit into seeing why I did that. Call it 'tough love'. Then there'd be an oppurtunity for more conversation on having 'balance' in all parts of his life. Once certain that he understood these concepts, I'd show him where his games are, probably play them with him. Probably get outplayed by the little whipper-snapper too.
My point is, too much of
anything is no good for you. You can o.d. on drugs, alcohol, even too much air or water can kill a person. You got to have balance in life, or it may turn to obsession. That can lead to 'dark thoughts', they can lead to 'dark actions'. People can 'allow' themselves to go insane, by allowing an obsession to get out of hand. Then there might be another horrible news story that didn't have to happen. I hope this explains my reasoning to you.
"A man's got to know his limitations" - Clint Eastwood in 'Dirty Harry'
Then we can terraform Mars by introducing greenhouse gasses. Man made global warming over a thousand years, but this time with positive side effects. Though having to observe it might prove to be anti-climatic.
I wrote the ac post you replied to, too lazy to log in. These games can de-sensitize a person who is not got a good grasp of their own personal morality. No, my hypothetical 25 year old son shouldn't constantly play a game that was coded by devs who think shooting realistic looking human beings is 'fun'.
Soldiers being trained for battle in WWI used bullseye targets to practice on, and when it came to real war confrontations, the soldiers were less prone to fire at an enemy soldier. After WWI, the U.S. Army started using more realistic human-type targets for training, and soldiers afterwards were more prone to not hesitate to shoot another human being, they were desensitized. Now I'm not claiming anything about any recent gun events here. I am saying that these very realistic games of today DO contribute to someone being de-humanized IF they are not well-rounded, mature individuals to start with.
I don't mean to offend the author of the article, but..., maybe he might have provided more insight than "more people will have computer access in the future, cyber crimes will increase".
Right? I wouldn't reccomend doing what I and my friends did to a kid today. Those fuses are 'usually' reliable, but you got some that burned real quick. Phht, boom! If you were too close, too bad, so sad for you. I haven't messed with them in many, many years. And every July 4th I see the news of guys who look in a mortar tube when a slow fuse finally went off, goodbye face. I guess we were lucky not to get too hurt. If you don't have the proper respect for these things, you can get badly damaged, even from just a little firecracker that had more charge than the others in the pack. At least today the docs are better at reattaching fingers.:-)
Do you wonder, like I do, that the whole fiscal cliff thing is really just some bit of choreographed acting job? It had all the drama, tension and suspense of an action movie.
Maybe it feels like an action movie from inside the US. Watching it from here across the pond, it's been a comedic farce which is now transitioning into slapstick.
The US congress up in arms about the US congress refusing to fund the programmes that the US congress enacted? Really? Hang on while I nuke up another batch of popcorn!:D
And a last minute, down to the wire, happy ending.
Oh but it's not over is it, it's just been postponed. Again. It is the X-Files of political dramas: plenty of overacting by all involved but we're not going to see any actual plot development this side of the century.
Pass that popcorn over this way, would you? We individuals here in the U.S.,that's what we do too, watch the show, and shake our heads. A comedic farce, spot on! The American public has gotten much savvier in areas where they had to rely on blind trust in their leaders doing the right thing. We know the b.s. for what it is now, though the beat goes on, and there are no real consequences for intentionally faulty leaders, we hear the apologies, usually a couple people do get jailtime, but the damage has been done. Individual human greed and lust for power, how do you change those basic human traits? People lie, manipulate and steal in so many areas, and the harm done to the country is tremendous. Politicians are owned by big business, they live to serve their masters, not the people that voted for them, a sad example to the watching world indeed..
I think I'll end my reply to you with a quote I learned this last year:
Democracy does not come from government. Democracy comes from the people.
Just saw the 2nd vid, I take back what I said. Those are longer then the m80s I had as a kid (m80=1/4 stick of dynamite), but not nearly as powerful, more like an m40, may-be.
Used to mess with m80s as a teenager in Queens, put a lit one down a thick cardboard tube, then a tennis ball, wait for a slow fuse to finally catch then..BOOM! That ball would travel a good football field. These are two or three times the size, about 1/2 a stick of dynamite maybe. Oh those wacky Germans, always vit der vays of violentz! Looks like fun.
Well played there. Not a bad comeback, kid. Not bad at all..., I mean, for a moment there you almost hurt my feelings. Then I realized your parents probably didn't have any kids that lived, so, I really feel pity FOR you...and I really feel UP your sister!
Hell, wish I had a dollar for every mistake I made, and I didn't have the entire world to call me on them. If he did, so what? His achievments more than make up for a sin of pride, or whatever youl'd call it.
I play some of these freemium android game. I'm awed by what I see can be done with 20mb or less of coding. Some very good games are out there, the majority are crap that I uninstall once I play 'em for a minute. I always make sure I'm off-line when they are running, and purposefully 'force stop' them all before going online (those that insist on 're-spawning' by themselves usually get uninstalled, unless I really enjoy the appp, then a firewall app for rooted devices, DroidWall, denies access).
One game made to appeal to pre-teens would let me buy 5000 game coins, for only $99! If I was a parent of a kid who charged $100 to a credit card for game coins, I would go ballistic! I sure won't be entering credit card numbers into any of my devices any time soon. So sorry game devs, but it's still the wild west out in the land of app stores. It's too damn easy to get zapped for hundreds of dollars for an accidental swipe of a touchscreen. When these app makers can demonstrate more responsibity and respect towards the public's cash by creating more safeguards, then I'll take a shot at putting my info out there. I'm sure I.m not the only person who's wary of the internet payment systems we now have
Ambient noise cancellation? You think a for-profit corporation is going to waste money putting an unnecessary component in to a phone for the sake of service to their Illuminati masters?
It's like you read my mind, man!
Thanks, always wondered why an extra mike was there. Makes sense, unless... Are you one of "them"???:-)
I hate to break this to you but everyone's phone these days... IS A CAMERA!
Which can be easily covered over with a strip of tape, it also keeps the lens from being scratched up. Taping over the microphone hole may cause difficulty in other's hearing you during calls. This LG OptimusV of mine contains a second, internal microphone. Now I wonder why it 'needs' that...
The American Psychological Association has said that while there are differences in average IQ between racial groups, and there is no conclusive evidence for environmental explanations, "there is certainly no [direct empirical] support for a genetic interpretation," and no adequate explanation for the racial IQ gap is presently available. [6][7] The position of the American Anthropological Association is that intelligence cannot be biologically determined by race. [8] According to a 1996 statement from the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, although heredity influences behavior in individuals, it does not affect the ability of a population to function in any social setting, all peoples "possess equal biological ability to assimilate any human culture" and "racist political doctrines find no foundation in scientific knowledge concerning modern or past human populations." [9]
A lot less was understood about humanity in the 1950's. Backward ideas abounded then, and racism skewed studies published in that era. Why trust studies performed over 60 years ago to be fair and un-tainted by then-accepted ideas? We now know that we are all the same, basically. People with a darker skin color have more melanin (natural reaction to sunlight) than lighter color skinned people. Human migration out of Africa into more northern, colder climates, meant those people wore more clothes to keep warm, blocking off the sunlight. It's just skin pigmentation, look at pics of the now infamous 'tanning mom'. People are people, regardless of skin tone, or where their more recent ancestors lived. 10,000 years ago we all lived in Africa, and DNA tests have shown the entire human race derived from a handful of women, 11 is the number I've heard. The cultural differences are the only things that have kept us apart, and the world's a much differnt place today, thanks largely due to freedom of knowledge and information of the internet.
I do my drinkin' & partying at home to avoid the tax supporting excessive police protection.
Dry fire my spud gun a few times @ midnight and hit the sack hoping she's not too drunk for a little game of hide the salami.
Be careful, you could really put an eye out with that thing.
Do you wonder, like I do, that the whole fiscal cliff thing is really just some bit of choreographed acting job? It had all the drama, tension and suspense of an action movie. And a last minute, down to the wire, happy ending. Gosh, makes a person feel like our representitives are really sweating for us, and their large salaries/perks. I feel so-o safe in their capable hands.
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It's not the water that makes Earth blue, it's the sunlights refraction in the atmosphere. The blue water is just a reflection. The images assumes an Earth-like atmosphere, both in composition and height.
Er, isn't it the sunlight reflecting off of the water molecules in the air?
Short answer - no. Medium length answer - the sky is "blue" due to the refraction of incoming light and the sensitivity of the different receptors in our eyes. Long answer - can't be bothered to Google for it. Do it yourself.
Thank you, I broke my google yesterday. Doc says I need to stay off it for a couple days. :')
Parenting doesn't end when the kid reaches the legal age of 18, it's a lifetime job.
In my original post I said "unless" he had the maturity level needed to handle it. Subjective to the individual. And it only takes 'one' insane person with a weapon to do an awful lot of harm nowadays. Peace out, bro. :-)
This is only a problem if the rate at which the atmosphere is blown away is high. For example, I claim that serving water in a glass is pointless because the water would dry away, and you answer "Sure would".
Hey, I'm a 'wannabe' nerd. You guys here like to show off your awesome brain matter, so, lets see what you got. As they say in poker, put up or shut up. Mars is going to be your and your kids world to either screw up or create correctly. I mean, even I have my possible answer, but I don't want to 'show my hand' just yet. So, what you got, ac?
It's not the water that makes Earth blue, it's the sunlights refraction in the atmosphere. The blue water is just a reflection. The images assumes an Earth-like atmosphere, both in composition and height.
Er, isn't it the sunlight reflecting off of the water molecules in the air?
I'm pretty sure you'd need a magnetic field for the planet first. Otherwise the atmosphere would just be blown away.
Sure would. That brings up the 'puzzle' of how we could do that. Hey, no one said this was gonna be 'easy'. Where'd be the fun in that?
I'd still do it.
Because I love him.
He'd be understandably upset, I'd be too. And he'd get 'em back after a time. By then, he hopefully would have come around a bit into seeing why I did that. Call it 'tough love'. Then there'd be an oppurtunity for more conversation on having 'balance' in all parts of his life. Once certain that he understood these concepts, I'd show him where his games are, probably play them with him. Probably get outplayed by the little whipper-snapper too.
My point is, too much of anything is no good for you. You can o.d. on drugs, alcohol, even too much air or water can kill a person. You got to have balance in life, or it may turn to obsession. That can lead to 'dark thoughts', they can lead to 'dark actions'. People can 'allow' themselves to go insane, by allowing an obsession to get out of hand. Then there might be another horrible news story that didn't have to happen. I hope this explains my reasoning to you.
"A man's got to know his limitations" - Clint Eastwood in 'Dirty Harry'
Then we can terraform Mars by introducing greenhouse gasses. Man made global warming over a thousand years, but this time with positive side effects. Though having to observe it might prove to be anti-climatic.
Won't someone think of the children!... Oh, wait.
Soldiers being trained for battle in WWI used bullseye targets to practice on, and when it came to real war confrontations, the soldiers were less prone to fire at an enemy soldier. After WWI, the U.S. Army started using more realistic human-type targets for training, and soldiers afterwards were more prone to not hesitate to shoot another human being, they were desensitized. Now I'm not claiming anything about any recent gun events here. I am saying that these very realistic games of today DO contribute to someone being de-humanized IF they are not well-rounded, mature individuals to start with.
I don't mean to offend the author of the article, but..., maybe he might have provided more insight than "more people will have computer access in the future, cyber crimes will increase".
Right? I wouldn't reccomend doing what I and my friends did to a kid today. Those fuses are 'usually' reliable, but you got some that burned real quick. Phht, boom! If you were too close, too bad, so sad for you. I haven't messed with them in many, many years. And every July 4th I see the news of guys who look in a mortar tube when a slow fuse finally went off, goodbye face. I guess we were lucky not to get too hurt. If you don't have the proper respect for these things, you can get badly damaged, even from just a little firecracker that had more charge than the others in the pack. At least today the docs are better at reattaching fingers. :-)
Do you wonder, like I do, that the whole fiscal cliff thing is really just some bit of choreographed acting job? It had all the drama, tension and suspense of an action movie.
Maybe it feels like an action movie from inside the US. Watching it from here across the pond, it's been a comedic farce which is now transitioning into slapstick.
The US congress up in arms about the US congress refusing to fund the programmes that the US congress enacted? Really? Hang on while I nuke up another batch of popcorn! :D
And a last minute, down to the wire, happy ending.
Oh but it's not over is it, it's just been postponed. Again. It is the X-Files of political dramas: plenty of overacting by all involved but we're not going to see any actual plot development this side of the century.
Pass that popcorn over this way, would you? We individuals here in the U.S.,that's what we do too, watch the show, and shake our heads. A comedic farce, spot on! The American public has gotten much savvier in areas where they had to rely on blind trust in their leaders doing the right thing. We know the b.s. for what it is now, though the beat goes on, and there are no real consequences for intentionally faulty leaders, we hear the apologies, usually a couple people do get jailtime, but the damage has been done. Individual human greed and lust for power, how do you change those basic human traits? People lie, manipulate and steal in so many areas, and the harm done to the country is tremendous. Politicians are owned by big business, they live to serve their masters, not the people that voted for them, a sad example to the watching world indeed..
I think I'll end my reply to you with a quote I learned this last year:
Democracy does not come from government. Democracy comes from the people.
Just saw the 2nd vid, I take back what I said. Those are longer then the m80s I had as a kid (m80=1/4 stick of dynamite), but not nearly as powerful, more like an m40, may-be.
Used to mess with m80s as a teenager in Queens, put a lit one down a thick cardboard tube, then a tennis ball, wait for a slow fuse to finally catch then..BOOM! That ball would travel a good football field. These are two or three times the size, about 1/2 a stick of dynamite maybe. Oh those wacky Germans, always vit der vays of violentz! Looks like fun.
Well played there. Not a bad comeback, kid. Not bad at all..., I mean, for a moment there you almost hurt my feelings. Then I realized your parents probably didn't have any kids that lived, so, I really feel pity FOR you...and I really feel UP your sister!
Hell, wish I had a dollar for every mistake I made, and I didn't have the entire world to call me on them. If he did, so what? His achievments more than make up for a sin of pride, or whatever youl'd call it.
That's pretty insane behavior by an alleged adult. In England a kid was stabbed to death over his brothers cellphone... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9774057/Police-hunt-schoolboy-in-connection-with-mobile- phone-stabbing.html
One game made to appeal to pre-teens would let me buy 5000 game coins, for only $99! If I was a parent of a kid who charged $100 to a credit card for game coins, I would go ballistic! I sure won't be entering credit card numbers into any of my devices any time soon. So sorry game devs, but it's still the wild west out in the land of app stores. It's too damn easy to get zapped for hundreds of dollars for an accidental swipe of a touchscreen. When these app makers can demonstrate more responsibity and respect towards the public's cash by creating more safeguards, then I'll take a shot at putting my info out there. I'm sure I.m not the only person who's wary of the internet payment systems we now have
Ambient noise cancellation? You think a for-profit corporation is going to waste money putting an unnecessary component in to a phone for the sake of service to their Illuminati masters?
It's like you read my mind, man!
Thanks, always wondered why an extra mike was there. Makes sense, unless... Are you one of "them"??? :-)
I hate to break this to you but everyone's phone these days... IS A CAMERA!
Which can be easily covered over with a strip of tape, it also keeps the lens from being scratched up. Taping over the microphone hole may cause difficulty in other's hearing you during calls. This LG OptimusV of mine contains a second, internal microphone. Now I wonder why it 'needs' that...
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_intelligence
A lot less was understood about humanity in the 1950's. Backward ideas abounded then, and racism skewed studies published in that era. Why trust studies performed over 60 years ago to be fair and un-tainted by then-accepted ideas? We now know that we are all the same, basically. People with a darker skin color have more melanin (natural reaction to sunlight) than lighter color skinned people. Human migration out of Africa into more northern, colder climates, meant those people wore more clothes to keep warm, blocking off the sunlight. It's just skin pigmentation, look at pics of the now infamous 'tanning mom'. People are people, regardless of skin tone, or where their more recent ancestors lived. 10,000 years ago we all lived in Africa, and DNA tests have shown the entire human race derived from a handful of women, 11 is the number I've heard. The cultural differences are the only things that have kept us apart, and the world's a much differnt place today, thanks largely due to freedom of knowledge and information of the internet.
Today, ignorance is all that seperates us.
I do my drinkin' & partying at home to avoid the tax supporting excessive police protection. Dry fire my spud gun a few times @ midnight and hit the sack hoping she's not too drunk for a little game of hide the salami.
Be careful, you could really put an eye out with that thing.
Do you wonder, like I do, that the whole fiscal cliff thing is really just some bit of choreographed acting job? It had all the drama, tension and suspense of an action movie. And a last minute, down to the wire, happy ending. Gosh, makes a person feel like our representitives are really sweating for us, and their large salaries/perks. I feel so-o safe in their capable hands.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Italians
You have quite good reasons to be proud of your heritage. :)