Since when did scientists start behaving like fundies?
Since the citation mafia took over and politics and Good Ol' Boy network connections started deciding who's hired to research faculty positions. Research ability means NOTHING and politics means EVERYTHING in the cosmology and high-energy theory community these days.
That said, the paper in question is a numerical general relativity paper. I'm sure the GR guys are working on this now to see if there's any merit. Those people are pretty good. They know what they're doing and haven't been corrupted.
The torrent file you linked too is really disturbing. It isn't really strong evidence that he knew, but just look at his eyes when he's confronted with the question!
According to the linked preview page, the preview was posted in January 1, 1999. The scheduled release date is quoted as May 1999. What's up with that?
You're wrong. If the actions of subatomic particles can be both described and predicted, then there is scientific understanding. That's science's entire purpose--to make accurate predictions about the world. If you can mathematically describe a system and predict what it will do next, then you understand the system.
What you're talking about, I believe, is a "deeper understanding" that philosophers reach for. Science is not philosophy, and is not interested in such "deeper understanding."
I'm so glad to read about the fantastic success of Galileo, and the great scientific results it is producing. I remember, as a child, sitting at my TRS-80 downloading articles from the local planetarium's BBS at 300 baud about the upcoming launch of Galileo. I read about it's trajectory, VEEGA (Venus-Earth-Earth Gravity Assist) long before I had any idea how a gravity assist worked.
I would like to see more flybys of Callisto too. Of course, if the mission gets extended another 14 months, surely there'll be time for study of Callisto in addition to the other 3 big moons.
Good idea about re-engineering the communication system. However, I'd bet the transmitter couldn't send pings powerful enough to get any discernible data, especially with the problems it's had (failure of the main antenna to unfurl). The magnetic disturbances the probe detected are a damn good indicator of a conducting (salt-water) sphere, though. As sophomore physics teaches us, a conductor naturally cancels any magnetic field it's embedded in. So when the probe detects a weakened field around the moon, you can deduce that the moon has a conducting sphere.
As for energy to support life, I tend to agree with you. Europa's proximity to Jupiter, as well as resonance with Io and Ganymede, cause a lot of tidal flexing, and this flexing generates a lot of heat. Enough heat to allow water to exist in a liquid state, IMHO, would be enough heat to support single-celled organisms.
I really enjoyed this Times article. It referred to the Scientific American article, which turns out to be available online here. Check it out. More great details and more pretty pictures!
The news story is not "non-news." The technology described has great potential in research and production of medicines.
The problem is in the terminology used. The process described is not cloning, and the reporters (and editors) should have gotten their facts straight. Cloning involves creating a baby animal that is genetically identical to a non-fetal "parent."
The journalists simply need to use their buzzwords correctly.
because by putting responsibility on the employer for the employee's home working environment, many employers will simply put their collective foot down and forbid employees from working from home.
I like working from home sometimes, when I have an appointment or need to be home for other reasons. I also like the freedom of working when something strikes me at 9PM or 3AM. This freedom might go away if the employer is burdened with this responsibility.
This guy doesn't seem objective because he talks way too much in the first person. An objective analysis would refer to facts, conclusions, and the method used to reach those conclusions. I see none of this in the article. Mostly what I see is Parish trying to create fame and fortune for himself.
As to the conclusions drawn, I will not deny that Microsoft uses underhanded financial illusions to inflate stock, but I don't know if these illusions are of the scale that Parrish suggests. Anyway, I will watch for a more objective report for someone not seeking fame and fortune.
I understand your frustration. I was astounded when I walked into a normal (not high-end) electronics store in Den Haag, Netherlands and found fully half of the TV's for sale there, CRT's and projection, were widescreen. If you're like me, you want a TV primarily for viewing of DVD movies. I'm a big movie fan, and could really care less what broadcast TV looks like on my set. So I bought a 40-inch projection Toshiba TheatreWide. It wasn't all that cheap, at US$2500, but I believe I got a good deal over what I would have gotten in a 4:3 projection. Gotta keep in mind that to get a similar size from a widescreen DVD, I would have to have bought a bigger 4:3 set. So, if you are looking at projection sets, you can probably find a widescreen and get a better deal for watching DVD's. By the way, look at the scan lines for the set as well. Make sure it can handle at least the number of scan lines sent by a DVD player (I believe around 450). Man, it looks great to watch a widescreen movie and have it fit your TV with no annoying bars at the top and bottom.
If you haven't already, check out Robert Zubrin's ideas on "Mars Direct." He has written a book, called The Case for Mars. He has given a *bunch* of talks on his plan and is involved in the Mars Arctic Research Station, which will test in-situ fuel generation for return trips back to Earth.
I'd like to know what style of "volleyball" was played. From the description in the article, it doesn't seem that the volleyball was actually airborne as in human volleyball. My take was that the ball rolled or slid across the court. In that case, how do you score a point? By getting the ball past all the oponents?
OK. I am the biggest fan of space you can find. There is nothing--NOTHING--I would want more than a healthy, amazing, mind-boggling space program. That is why this story strikes an emotional chord with me.
A few weeks ago the VA-HUD appropriations subcommittee slashed most of the good projects NASA is working on. It cancelled all Mars missions past 2001 or so, cut funding to the Deep Space missions that were SO great for science, and cancelled several future astronomy missions. Further, recent deliberations have failed to restore any of this fundin.
But it left two programs virtually unscathed: the ISS and the Space Shuttle, the two bloated NASA programs that matter the least.
I have a great fear that within a couple of years we will have a (so-called) space program consisting of only these two projects, and none of the bargain-basement science missions that give us so much gain for the buck.
I also have a fear that two years from now the taxpayers are going to be outraged by the failure of the ISS and the waste of BILLIONS and BILLIONS of their dollars.
My wish: NASA would cancel the ISS, free up 2.something billion dollars, and spend all that money on science missions and a manned mission to Mars. Yes, a manned mission to Mars--we could afford it without the ISS.
My copy crashes sometimes after the "wonder" movies play. I downloaded the patch/upgrade from Loki's site, but the crashes are still occuring.
To make the crashes more tolerable, set the "autosave" option, so it will save your game after every turn. Unfortunately, you have to set the autosave option every time you load up the game, but it's better than being thrown back to the stone ages because you're too involved in the game to save your work!
Anyone notice that "marijuana" is spelled "mairjuana" in CNN's URL? I wonder if this was done on purpose, so people could send links to each other without worrying about filters picking them up.
It's very simple. Send yourself an e-mail from a yaho account, then look at the e-mail headers (under k-mail, for example, click "View->All Headers". The first few lines of the header will be something like this:
Return-Path: Received: from web103.yahoomail.com ([205.180.60.68]) by blah.yourdomain.com (Name of Mail Service) with SMTP id blahblahblah
So this guy at AOL really had to do some fancy tracing to find the orginating domain of the e-mail!
OK, since this is being passed off as a legitimate topic, can someone please link to a legitimate site that mentions such a plan. I got an e-mail a week or so ago along these same lines involving the US Postal Service, then searched google and found the SAME letter, except it involved the Canadian Post. The politician's name was even the same, though the Canadian letter called him a Montreal politician, and the US letter called him a Washington politician.
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Since when did scientists start behaving like fundies?
Since the citation mafia took over and politics and Good Ol' Boy network connections started deciding who's hired to research faculty positions. Research ability means NOTHING and politics means EVERYTHING in the cosmology and high-energy theory community these days.
That said, the paper in question is a numerical general relativity paper. I'm sure the GR guys are working on this now to see if there's any merit. Those people are pretty good. They know what they're doing and haven't been corrupted.
The torrent file you linked too is really disturbing. It isn't really strong evidence that he knew, but just look at his eyes when he's confronted with the question!
See http://www.spaceflightnow.com/station/stage6a/0104 26fd8/
According to the linked preview page, the preview was posted in January 1, 1999. The scheduled release date is quoted as May 1999. What's up with that?
You're wrong. If the actions of subatomic particles can be both described and predicted, then there is scientific understanding. That's science's entire purpose--to make accurate predictions about the world. If you can mathematically describe a system and predict what it will do next, then you understand the system.
What you're talking about, I believe, is a "deeper understanding" that philosophers reach for. Science is not philosophy, and is not interested in such "deeper understanding."
I'm so glad to read about the fantastic success of Galileo, and the great scientific results it is producing. I remember, as a child, sitting at my TRS-80 downloading articles from the local planetarium's BBS at 300 baud about the upcoming launch of Galileo. I read about it's trajectory, VEEGA (Venus-Earth-Earth Gravity Assist) long before I had any idea how a gravity assist worked.
I would like to see more flybys of Callisto too. Of course, if the mission gets extended another 14 months, surely there'll be time for study of Callisto in addition to the other 3 big moons.
Good idea about re-engineering the communication system. However, I'd bet the transmitter couldn't send pings powerful enough to get any discernible data, especially with the problems it's had (failure of the main antenna to unfurl). The magnetic disturbances the probe detected are a damn good indicator of a conducting (salt-water) sphere, though. As sophomore physics teaches us, a conductor naturally cancels any magnetic field it's embedded in. So when the probe detects a weakened field around the moon, you can deduce that the moon has a conducting sphere.
As for energy to support life, I tend to agree with you. Europa's proximity to Jupiter, as well as resonance with Io and Ganymede, cause a lot of tidal flexing, and this flexing generates a lot of heat. Enough heat to allow water to exist in a liquid state, IMHO, would be enough heat to support single-celled organisms.
I really enjoyed this Times article. It referred to the Scientific American article, which turns out to be available online here. Check it out. More great details and more pretty pictures!
GATTICA--I haven't seen this mentioned yet. It is one of the best SF movies of the past few years. Clever, provocative, and somewhat creepy.
13th Floor--Similar theme to The Matrix, but more cerebral and with great twists. Essentially a murder mystery in a SF setting.
The news story is not "non-news." The technology described has great potential in research and production of medicines.
The problem is in the terminology used. The process described is not cloning, and the reporters (and editors) should have gotten their facts straight. Cloning involves creating a baby animal that is genetically identical to a non-fetal "parent."
The journalists simply need to use their buzzwords correctly.
because by putting responsibility on the employer for the employee's home working environment, many employers will simply put their collective foot down and forbid employees from working from home.
I like working from home sometimes, when I have an appointment or need to be home for other reasons. I also like the freedom of working when something strikes me at 9PM or 3AM. This freedom might go away if the employer is burdened with this responsibility.
This guy doesn't seem objective because he talks way too much in the first person. An objective analysis would refer to facts, conclusions, and the method used to reach those conclusions. I see none of this in the article. Mostly what I see is Parish trying to create fame and fortune for himself.
As to the conclusions drawn, I will not deny that Microsoft uses underhanded financial illusions to inflate stock, but I don't know if these illusions are of the scale that Parrish suggests. Anyway, I will watch for a more objective report for someone not seeking fame and fortune.
I understand your frustration. I was astounded when I walked into a normal (not high-end) electronics store in Den Haag, Netherlands and found fully half of the TV's for sale there, CRT's and projection, were widescreen. If you're like me, you want a TV primarily for viewing of DVD movies. I'm a big movie fan, and could really care less what broadcast TV looks like on my set. So I bought a 40-inch projection Toshiba TheatreWide. It wasn't all that cheap, at US$2500, but I believe I got a good deal over what I would have gotten in a 4:3 projection. Gotta keep in mind that to get a similar size from a widescreen DVD, I would have to have bought a bigger 4:3 set. So, if you are looking at projection sets, you can probably find a widescreen and get a better deal for watching DVD's. By the way, look at the scan lines for the set as well. Make sure it can handle at least the number of scan lines sent by a DVD player (I believe around 450). Man, it looks great to watch a widescreen movie and have it fit your TV with no annoying bars at the top and bottom.
I'm glad Kentucky is going PC. We wouldn't want to offend the Neanderthals, would we?
Correct.
If you haven't already, check out Robert Zubrin's ideas on "Mars Direct." He has written a book, called The Case for Mars. He has given a *bunch* of talks on his plan and is involved in the Mars Arctic Research Station, which will test in-situ fuel generation for return trips back to Earth.
Check out The Mars Society for all kinds of Mars info.
I'd like to know what style of "volleyball" was played. From the description in the article, it doesn't seem that the volleyball was actually airborne as in human volleyball. My take was that the ball rolled or slid across the court. In that case, how do you score a point? By getting the ball past all the oponents?
I would like to see pictures of the competition.
OK. I am the biggest fan of space you can find. There is nothing--NOTHING--I would want more than a healthy, amazing, mind-boggling space program. That is why this story strikes an emotional chord with me.
A few weeks ago the VA-HUD appropriations subcommittee slashed most of the good projects NASA is working on. It cancelled all Mars missions past 2001 or so, cut funding to the Deep Space missions that were SO great for science, and cancelled several future astronomy missions. Further, recent deliberations have failed to restore any of this fundin.
But it left two programs virtually unscathed: the ISS and the Space Shuttle, the two bloated NASA programs that matter the least.
I have a great fear that within a couple of years we will have a (so-called) space program consisting of only these two projects, and none of the bargain-basement science missions that give us so much gain for the buck.
I also have a fear that two years from now the taxpayers are going to be outraged by the failure of the ISS and the waste of BILLIONS and BILLIONS of their dollars.
My wish: NASA would cancel the ISS, free up 2.something billion dollars, and spend all that money on science missions and a manned mission to Mars. Yes, a manned mission to Mars--we could afford it without the ISS.
It's a sad time.
My copy crashes sometimes after the "wonder" movies play. I downloaded the patch/upgrade from Loki's site, but the crashes are still occuring.
To make the crashes more tolerable, set the "autosave" option, so it will save your game after every turn. Unfortunately, you have to set the autosave option every time you load up the game, but it's better than being thrown back to the stone ages because you're too involved in the game to save your work!
Anyone notice that "marijuana" is spelled "mairjuana" in CNN's URL? I wonder if this was done on purpose, so people could send links to each other without worrying about filters picking them up.
Then again, may be just a typo.
It's very simple. Send yourself an e-mail from a yaho account, then look at the e-mail headers (under k-mail, for example, click "View->All Headers". The first few lines of the header will be something like this:
Return-Path:
Received: from web103.yahoomail.com ([205.180.60.68])
by blah.yourdomain.com (Name of Mail Service) with SMTP id blahblahblah
So this guy at AOL really had to do some fancy tracing to find the orginating domain of the e-mail!
OK, since this is being passed off as a legitimate topic, can someone please link to a legitimate site that mentions such a plan. I got an e-mail a week or so ago along these same lines involving the US Postal Service, then searched google and found the SAME letter, except it involved the Canadian Post. The politician's name was even the same, though the Canadian letter called him a Montreal politician, and the US letter called him a Washington politician.
It's just a chain-e-mail hoax.
*Happy Days* are here again!