When are we going to admit that building telescopes on earth is a stupid idea, when we know how to get to the moon?
We don't know how to get to the moon while carrying huge telescopes. And even if we could, it would be orders of magnitude more expensive, while not offering orders of magnitude better performance.
This is not unique to open source software. Closed source code also is complex, and lacks developers. Bugs that aren't reported by big customers are easily ignored.
Maybe drones are capable of causing more damage, even though they are light, because they're made of metal. Possibly someone could even deliberately try to cause harm to an airliner by letting the drone carry titanium rods or some rocks.
I think you're underestimating the level of distraction that the current 12-13 year olds have to deal with. No way is any of them going to be interested in something similar as looking up hex tables, when they can update their facebook page instead.
If the SpaceX cost to orbit will be reduced by an order of magnitude, we won't need those orbiting fuel depots, or the insanely expensive lunar mining operation.
Statistics have shown that it's much less likely to get shot by the police when you're working on your job, than when you go around robbing convenience stores.
So when CO2 data is collected, is the season accounted for?
Obviously. Here's the recent CO2 data: http://www.mongabay.com/images...
Note the squiggly monthly line. Also note it only takes a few years before the seasonal low is higher than the previous seasonal high.
For some families that may be true. Other families will have different genes, and some of those genes will direct behaviour towards making larger families despite any problems. As long as the extra babies don't die, these genes will grow exponentially.
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And this matters how much exactly ?
When are we going to admit that building telescopes on earth is a stupid idea, when we know how to get to the moon?
We don't know how to get to the moon while carrying huge telescopes. And even if we could, it would be orders of magnitude more expensive, while not offering orders of magnitude better performance.
Cover the fiber with warning ribbon that says "optic fiber - dig carefully".
but the propagation delay caused horrible tearing and lag
Propagation delay is less than 1 nanosecond per feet. You must have really well trained senses if you can detect that.
New culture replaces old culture all the time. No big deal.
I'll sign with my 2048 bit secret key, thank you very much, Mr Luddite.
It's simple enough to learn to read cursive if you ever need it.
This is not unique to open source software. Closed source code also is complex, and lacks developers. Bugs that aren't reported by big customers are easily ignored.
Maybe drones are capable of causing more damage, even though they are light, because they're made of metal. Possibly someone could even deliberately try to cause harm to an airliner by letting the drone carry titanium rods or some rocks.
That's why having a bug is worthy of a news item.
You mean "a few" where you said "many".
Who could possibly have a problem with celebrating winter solstice ?
Plenty of people have ideologies, but luckily many of them realize that their ideology doesn't belong in science books.
I've never had health classes in school, so spending one page in a biology textbook sounds reasonable to me.
I think you're underestimating the level of distraction that the current 12-13 year olds have to deal with. No way is any of them going to be interested in something similar as looking up hex tables, when they can update their facebook page instead.
If the SpaceX cost to orbit will be reduced by an order of magnitude, we won't need those orbiting fuel depots, or the insanely expensive lunar mining operation.
And when fossil fuels run out, we simply die.
But will there be a difference in value if the modern rock is also sedimentary ?
Statistics have shown that it's much less likely to get shot by the police when you're working on your job, than when you go around robbing convenience stores.
First, at what time of year are CO2 levels being measured for use in writing environmental research papers (and dictating policy)?
They just take the yearly average. And the corn isn't adding to (average) CO2 levels, it's just adding a little bit of extra seasonal swings to it.
So when CO2 data is collected, is the season accounted for?
Obviously. Here's the recent CO2 data: http://www.mongabay.com/images... Note the squiggly monthly line. Also note it only takes a few years before the seasonal low is higher than the previous seasonal high.
For some families that may be true. Other families will have different genes, and some of those genes will direct behaviour towards making larger families despite any problems. As long as the extra babies don't die, these genes will grow exponentially.
No, it's not slow, but it will take a few generations. After 4-5 generations, I bet you can already start to see the effect of increasing birth rates.
Why not just put the solar panels here on the ground ? Much cheaper and more convenient.
certain elements sank to the core of the Earth along with the iron, and are therefore very rare
Huh ? Iron is the 4th most abundant element in the Earth's crust with 5% concentration.