What do you think is the probability, that because an image associated with pornography was used, that the (few) girls in the class were subjected by their male classmates to jokes about tits, asses, pussies, etc?
If the boys can't control themselves, they should be disciplined.
Too bad that women are only interested in emotional and weak men when they're having a fight with their macho boyfriend, and they need somebody to talk to.
There's no direct relationship between what you pay and what you get. A dollar spent on an unmanned mission goes much further than a dollar spent on manned missions.
I think times are different now, with much more sources of entertainment competing for people's attention. A manned Mars mission would be fun for a while, but then people would lose interest and go on with their lives. Also, we didn't have many good pictures of the surface of the moon in the '60s, but we have excellent detailed images and other data from the surface of Mars. In the greater scheme of things, it doesn't really matter if the photo of a Mars rock was taken by a robot or an astronaut.
Gamma rays aren't the most dangerous, even if they have high energy, because they don't interact easily with matter. Just as they pass through the atmosphere, they will often also pass through our bodies without causing damage.
Dangerous space radiation is in the form of high energy protons. They interact easily with matter, so they cause more biological damage, but are also effectively shielded by our thick atmosphere. They aren't shielded very well by a thin metal hull, because a collision with thin metal would produce a narrow cone of secondary particles.
Another way to look at this: total energy from the sun that hits the earth is 170 petajoule/second. Size of the blob is 1000x1000 miles, or 0.5% of the earth's surface. That means that the blob gets an average of 0.85 petajoule/second from direct sunlight. Energy from the Krakatoa eruption (largest volcanic eruption in recorded history) is estimated at 800 petajoule.
In other words, just the sun hitting the area of the blob provides the same energy as a Krakatoa-sized eruption every 15 minutes. I think we would have noticed if such huge eruptions were going on.
And this doesn't even take into account your point that the warming from the sun is from above, and the volcanic warming would be through several miles of cold ocean water.
The solution is easy. Don't send people to Mars, send unmanned rovers. Solves a bunch of other problems too, and saves a lot of money that can be used on other cool stuff.
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If you choose to fight them on every issue you will spend all your time fighting.
Some things are worth fighting for.
Or c) any message will be hostile to somebody, if they really try.
Don't you think that using a picture that shows a woman as a sexual object is going to add to the objectification of women?
No. I don't see pretty and/or nude women as objects. Why the hell would you ?
What do you think is the probability, that because an image associated with pornography was used, that the (few) girls in the class were subjected by their male classmates to jokes about tits, asses, pussies, etc?
If the boys can't control themselves, they should be disciplined.
and sends the message to the females that they are only valued in that class as visual objects
Not 'only'. The women are valued both for their looks and their brains. The men only for their brains.
Too bad that women are only interested in emotional and weak men when they're having a fight with their macho boyfriend, and they need somebody to talk to.
I have a polite canned reply
I have a Delete button.
There's no direct relationship between what you pay and what you get. A dollar spent on an unmanned mission goes much further than a dollar spent on manned missions.
Russia is one of the clear winners from global warming
Except for things like the 2010 drought. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08...
I think times are different now, with much more sources of entertainment competing for people's attention. A manned Mars mission would be fun for a while, but then people would lose interest and go on with their lives. Also, we didn't have many good pictures of the surface of the moon in the '60s, but we have excellent detailed images and other data from the surface of Mars. In the greater scheme of things, it doesn't really matter if the photo of a Mars rock was taken by a robot or an astronaut.
Gamma rays aren't the most dangerous, even if they have high energy, because they don't interact easily with matter. Just as they pass through the atmosphere, they will often also pass through our bodies without causing damage.
Dangerous space radiation is in the form of high energy protons. They interact easily with matter, so they cause more biological damage, but are also effectively shielded by our thick atmosphere. They aren't shielded very well by a thin metal hull, because a collision with thin metal would produce a narrow cone of secondary particles.
Another way to look at this: total energy from the sun that hits the earth is 170 petajoule/second. Size of the blob is 1000x1000 miles, or 0.5% of the earth's surface. That means that the blob gets an average of 0.85 petajoule/second from direct sunlight. Energy from the Krakatoa eruption (largest volcanic eruption in recorded history) is estimated at 800 petajoule.
In other words, just the sun hitting the area of the blob provides the same energy as a Krakatoa-sized eruption every 15 minutes. I think we would have noticed if such huge eruptions were going on.
And this doesn't even take into account your point that the warming from the sun is from above, and the volcanic warming would be through several miles of cold ocean water.
In the news release, the researchers say the warm blob is only 300 feet deep, so no.
http://news.agu.org/press-rele...
The solution is easy. Don't send people to Mars, send unmanned rovers. Solves a bunch of other problems too, and saves a lot of money that can be used on other cool stuff.
What was contained on-board?
Racks of bottom-buttered toast, and cats, to make sure it would land on its feet.
They're just trying to show they have the biggest dick. Hence the shape of the craft.
The model above, with 246kWh/year is only 28 Watts on average. So, using your 10% duty cycle, only 280 watts peak.
The previous article lost its charge.
Remember, a refrigerator alone is about 2200 watts running
This one is rated 246kWh/year, and would be considered big for european standards.
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/cata...
He could do the laundry in the hot tub. That would save some.
If they are constantly recycled, it still doesn't matter a lot if the value moves around.
anonymously bulk-selling bitcoins at a big loss just to crash the whole bitcoin market.
The problem is that they'll run out of bitcoins to sell, and mining produces smaller and smaller amounts over time.
But the black market dealer is taking a much smaller cut than the official banks.
If you haven't noticed, Hipsters are pretty mainstream now.
That's ironic.
Looting stores isn't a very tough job and has a nice reward.