I've been using Monster.com since it was a gopher site called "occ". These days, I keep a resume on that site as a matter of course (which needs to be updated).
Besides job hunting, it's also an excellent tool for getting a feel for what the market is like in a given industry center. Today, for example, I'm pretty happy with my present gig, but I still keep a resume on Monster.
I mean, hasen't it all been "Teen Angst Reality Shows" and "Wealthy Celebrities Homes" and "Assorted Jack-Asses" for the past decade or so? Do they still show music videos?
Five words to define the fall of western civilization: Jackass, the movie.....PART TWO
And often includes such hackneyed approaches as attacking the crediblity of the journalist when the facts don't support your position or putting quotations around a statement to suggest it is of a dubious nature (i.e. '...if you're very careful about reading his "story"...').
This, however, is the blogosphere...I'd like to think that, in this forum, it is still possible to move beyond "Journalism 101" (and here, the quotation marks indicate that I am referencing your words and not my own.)
On the other hand, I don't know Michael Asher from Adam, so I can't comment on your apparant opinions of him.
First off, kudos for actually referencing the claims made, this is a critical and often overlooked step when dealing with such a contraversial issue. It won't stop people from arguing the point mind you, but it does give the less lazy among us an opportunity to at least validate the claims made.
Without a doubt, you've made a compelling case.
Now, allow me to make some suggestions:
Try to avoid statements designed to "stir the pot" such as "quietly released". I know it's a tempting expression to use and just about everyone does it. However, it carries with it the implication of NASA being forced to release the data but not wanting it to be noticed. If that was the case, then make the case, don't just make suggestive statements... Speak Plainly . It will give integrity to your report rather than make you look biased, thus giving ammunition to the opposing side. Remember, NASA is not required to make a fanfare, they just need to correct their data.
Also, your data stands on it's own merits, there is no need for you to make assumptions on how it will be received by the "Global Warming Propaganda Machine" or whomever. Again, it makes you look like your just trying to pick a fight and it diminishes the effectiveness of your report.
Now, I'm only taking the time to write this because I think your presentation is one of the better ones I've seen. It does not "debunk" global warming (particularly the "global" part if I understand the data I've looked at so far), but you make a great case for critical evaluation of the data and peer review of conclusions.
Regardless of who's side you're on, that's all any rationale person should want.
I was agreeing with the post directly above mine. If my post seemed a little "biting", it is because I had access to some of those communications and, being in the aviation safety industry, this issue stikes a personal note with me.
Think about it for a minute...Un-encrypted tapes are given to an in-experienced intern with instructions to take them out of the building. Soon after that, they are stolen.
There's careless, there's stupid....and then there's pre-meditated.
I suspect he might be right about the "scapegoat" claim. There is just too many mistakes here by too many people who should have known better for me to accept as a pure "accident"
Ok...I wasn't going to google "balloon popping fetish"....but I'm probably going to have to google "gimp suit"....just when you think things can't get any more wierd, somebody comes along and moves the bar.
I keep re-reading that passage thinking that there is some detail that I'm probably missing.....then again, the way fetishes go, probably not. Seriously though, why can't we seem to find women with oddball fetishes? or are they just better at keeping it to themselves?
I recently saw an add for a razor, you know, the kind you use to shave with. Not electric mind you, just a plain old shaving razor. The advertisement said that this particular "new and improved" razor had 20 more patents that the previous model.
Seriously, how do you get 20+ patents out of a razor?
I think the math pseudo-code works like this:
IF [1 razor] >= [20 patents] THEN {ACTUAL-PATENT-VALUE} = {TRIVIAL}
Yet, the value of an "infringed" patent can be hundereds of thousands of dollars in court (if not millions).
Therefore, while I do believe the original idea of the patent was to protect honest innovation, it appears that all we are really doing these days is creating a litigation industry. The more patents you can attach to something, the greater the likelihood of generating additional revenue in court.
I'm not opposed to the idea of a patent, but it seems to me that businesses are simply "gaming the system" here....or am I missing something?
Buckyballs trap electrons, although they can't make electrons flow. Add sunlight to excite the polymers, and the buckyballs will grab the electrons. Nanotubes, behaving like copper wires, will then be able to make the electrons or current flow.
My GOD!...it's to simple!...Why didn't I think of that!
Seriously, can somebody point me to someting a little more detailed? That article sounds a little "vapor-ish". On the other hand, if such a thing will be coming to market, I'd like to know where I could buy it.
BTW - not surprising that the article keeps running into the "proprietary data" wall. This is typical of dealing with Boeing (and other avition firms for that matter).
The FAA has been showing interest recently in reducing the environmental impact of the aviation industry.
Personally, I'd love to see bio-fuels take off (no pun intended). Turn Death Valley into a big algae farm (although watch that impact global weather patterns somehow).
Who will now find a way to copywright a song's framework thus making all derivitives under copyright. Then, they will look for a way to retro-actively go after Janet Jackson for putting her own lyrics to the music of "Ventura Highway".
Soon to be followed by M.C. Hammer, Vanilla Ice, et. al....and especially Wierd Al...
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...mentioning the word "blogosphere" resultants in your average slashdot reader to be 79.993093 more likely not to RTFA...
How about we just call it 80% for a "rough estimate"?
Pro-Choice or Anti-Choice?
Hmmmmm?
now, everytime you try to measure the release date, it will change!
here's what I found..
http://help.monster.com/besafe/
I don't know if what they are talking about is related to this or a separate problem however.
I've been using Monster.com since it was a gopher site called "occ". These days, I keep a resume on that site as a matter of course (which needs to be updated).
Besides job hunting, it's also an excellent tool for getting a feel for what the market is like in a given industry center. Today, for example, I'm pretty happy with my present gig, but I still keep a resume on Monster.
And Einstein need not worry, his basic theory or Relativity covers the fuzzy concept of "simultaneity" and "instanteinity" quite thoroughly
Not only that, but he's dead
Two German physicists claim to have broken the speed of light by using 'microwave photons.'
Microwave?...I mean, this is Slashdot, shouldn't that be a quantum-nano-buckyball sort of arrangement?
they did it by using a phenomenon known as quantum tunneling
Oh...OK, my bad, I was getting worried there for a minute.
I mean, hasen't it all been "Teen Angst Reality Shows" and "Wealthy Celebrities Homes" and "Assorted Jack-Asses" for the past decade or so? Do they still show music videos?
Five words to define the fall of western civilization: Jackass, the movie.....PART TWO
After Dick Cheney's hunting accident, the CNN tag line - pretty much all day long - was "Cheney's got a gun".
Nothing like an Aerosmith reference to appeal to the kiddies eh?
And often includes such hackneyed approaches as attacking the crediblity of the journalist when the facts don't support your position or putting quotations around a statement to suggest it is of a dubious nature (i.e. '...if you're very careful about reading his "story"...').
This, however, is the blogosphere...I'd like to think that, in this forum, it is still possible to move beyond "Journalism 101" (and here, the quotation marks indicate that I am referencing your words and not my own.)
On the other hand, I don't know Michael Asher from Adam, so I can't comment on your apparant opinions of him.
Again, it makes you look like your just trying to pick a fight and it diminishes the effectiveness of your report.
If you're going to be a spelling Nazi (and Nazi, by the way, is a proper noun), at least do it right.
First off, kudos for actually referencing the claims made, this is a critical and often overlooked step when dealing with such a contraversial issue. It won't stop people from arguing the point mind you, but it does give the less lazy among us an opportunity to at least validate the claims made.
Without a doubt, you've made a compelling case.
Now, allow me to make some suggestions:
Try to avoid statements designed to "stir the pot" such as "quietly released". I know it's a tempting expression to use and just about everyone does it. However, it carries with it the implication of NASA being forced to release the data but not wanting it to be noticed. If that was the case, then make the case, don't just make suggestive statements... Speak Plainly . It will give integrity to your report rather than make you look biased, thus giving ammunition to the opposing side. Remember, NASA is not required to make a fanfare, they just need to correct their data.
Also, your data stands on it's own merits, there is no need for you to make assumptions on how it will be received by the "Global Warming Propaganda Machine" or whomever. Again, it makes you look like your just trying to pick a fight and it diminishes the effectiveness of your report.
Now, I'm only taking the time to write this because I think your presentation is one of the better ones I've seen. It does not "debunk" global warming (particularly the "global" part if I understand the data I've looked at so far), but you make a great case for critical evaluation of the data and peer review of conclusions.
Regardless of who's side you're on, that's all any rationale person should want.
I was agreeing with the post directly above mine. If my post seemed a little "biting", it is because I had access to some of those communications and, being in the aviation safety industry, this issue stikes a personal note with me.
or cut corners...like...I don't know...
Ignoring e-mails suggesting possible danger to Columbia due to wing being struck on takeoff
Tiles routinely falling off of Challenger
Launch of Challenger done in "out of spec" environmental conditions leading to catastrophic failure.
I don't think the problem in "commercial space flight"
...on the "down low", you certainly couldn't have picked a better forum.
Think about it for a minute...Un-encrypted tapes are given to an in-experienced intern with instructions to take them out of the building. Soon after that, they are stolen.
There's careless, there's stupid....and then there's pre-meditated.
I suspect he might be right about the "scapegoat" claim. There is just too many mistakes here by too many people who should have known better for me to accept as a pure "accident"
Ok...I wasn't going to google "balloon popping fetish"....but I'm probably going to have to google "gimp suit"....just when you think things can't get any more wierd, somebody comes along and moves the bar.
I keep re-reading that passage thinking that there is some detail that I'm probably missing.....then again, the way fetishes go, probably not. Seriously though, why can't we seem to find women with oddball fetishes? or are they just better at keeping it to themselves?
I recently saw an add for a razor, you know, the kind you use to shave with. Not electric mind you, just a plain old shaving razor. The advertisement said that this particular "new and improved" razor had 20 more patents that the previous model.
Seriously, how do you get 20+ patents out of a razor?
I think the math pseudo-code works like this:
IF [1 razor] >= [20 patents] THEN {ACTUAL-PATENT-VALUE} = {TRIVIAL}
Yet, the value of an "infringed" patent can be hundereds of thousands of dollars in court (if not millions).
Therefore, while I do believe the original idea of the patent was to protect honest innovation, it appears that all we are really doing these days is creating a litigation industry. The more patents you can attach to something, the greater the likelihood of generating additional revenue in court.
I'm not opposed to the idea of a patent, but it seems to me that businesses are simply "gaming the system" here....or am I missing something?
Buckyballs trap electrons, although they can't make electrons flow. Add sunlight to excite the polymers, and the buckyballs will grab the electrons. Nanotubes, behaving like copper wires, will then be able to make the electrons or current flow.
My GOD!...it's to simple!...Why didn't I think of that!
Seriously, can somebody point me to someting a little more detailed? That article sounds a little "vapor-ish". On the other hand, if such a thing will be coming to market, I'd like to know where I could buy it.
Why is it that every SlashDot article having to do with technology includes the phrase "Nano-Tube", "Quantum", or "Bucky-Ball"?
Has anyone else noticed this?
BTW - not surprising that the article keeps running into the "proprietary data" wall. This is typical of dealing with Boeing (and other avition firms for that matter).
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However, check this out:
http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/news_story.cfm?n
The FAA has been showing interest recently in reducing the environmental impact of the aviation industry.
Personally, I'd love to see bio-fuels take off (no pun intended). Turn Death Valley into a big algae farm (although watch that impact global weather patterns somehow).
New gems like, "Pownt, I owned your ass loser. You suck, I rock"
It's not all going to be heavy metal
"I love gay sex"
Or country music, ya know.
And So....haveing thusly offended a significant portion of the Slashdot demographic...exit our hero through the front door...STAGE LEFT
Who will now find a way to copywright a song's framework thus making all derivitives under copyright. Then, they will look for a way to retro-actively go after Janet Jackson for putting her own lyrics to the music of "Ventura Highway".
Soon to be followed by M.C. Hammer, Vanilla Ice, et. al....and especially Wierd Al...
.....lame.....so very lame......