You ever run a front end loader? In January when the temperature is 9 below zero Fahrenheit? You know the 'scoop' on the front of the loader is called a 'bucket'? What happens when the loader operator digs into a pile of steaming coal, or gravel? The material is 'steaming' because it is warmer and wet than ambient air. The bucket is -9 degrees F, and the material freezes in the bucket. What does come out of the bucket goes into a dump truck (in some cases), where it freezes to the inside walls, corners and bottom of the dump body.
At the end of the day, the truck driver, and the loader operator have to dig that material out by hand, with a shovel. Been there, done that.
Why would it be any different on mars with colder temperatures, and 38% earth normal gravity?
How are you going to test materials handling when the environment where the experiment takes place has a gravity less than half earth normal? Testing in an earth normal gravity doesn't reveal physical effects that are unnoticed in a 1G environment.
The hydrazine tank on the Columbia did survive re-entry, but was nearly depleted of hydrazine when it landed.
This missile shoot can not possibly be characterized as an anti-satellite weapon since satellites in the orbit where this event occurs are not going to be satellites for much for than a few days longer. "Real" satellites are in much higher orbits, beyond the reach of this missile.
As was made clear during a televised pentagon briefing, and completely ignored by the news media is the reason why the Navy will attempt to impact this satellite just prior to its re-entry. The Navy is not attempting to 'shoot down' the satellite because the satellite will re-enter the earth's atmosphere with or without intervention.
The hazard this satellite presents is a full tank of hydrazine that will survive re-entry and pose a chemical hazard should it land in a populated area.
The purpose of the Navy shoot, is to breach that tank, and cause the hydrazine to dissipate during re-entry.
Also made clear during this briefing, nothing of value to counter-intelligence analysis will survive re-entry.
Fitting in???
Well I don't know about you, but I flunked the psychology profile rather badly, I think.
Didn't get the job.
Got the security clearance though. It was a long time ago, ok?
Firstly:
CNN is not a creditable source.
Secondly: It makes no sense to spread "dis-information" when the TRUTH will work just fine.
Thirdly: "dis-information", We are going to launch the attack againts these targets next week thursday, at 9am local time, using airborne assault teams.
So, if true, why would you tell anyone? If you are telling someone, what part is false? Date, Time, Place, Method?
Did you read the article?
an online resume for a washington lawyer had listed as previous employment, a front company that was 'known' to be a CIA front company.
A simple google search for anything with the name of the front company would have brought up that resume.
It is all about associations, and eliminating those associations that aren't conclusive, like your next door neighbor works for the CIA.
Have you ever tried to decrypt those parking permits on auto windshields? The ones that permit you to park your car somewhere?
The article is, in fact, NOT disinformation, because the article is IN FACT TRUE.
The point is, the CIA can no longer count on front companies to conceal covert agents, or operations.
So the question then becomes, would the operations of DP World container terminals outside the US have been a good place to infiltrate CIA agents searching for terrorists attempting to smuggle weapons into the US?
While reading an adobe PDF document, a very long one, and paging through it,page after page, after page, I suddenly noticed just how much it was like reading MICROFICH!
Can you say 'OBSOLETE'? Of course you can.
Adobe might be great for creating a document, but it really sucks when you have to read it. I refer you to the online 1000+ pages for MySQL in pdf.
Ah, printing it all out on paper wouldn't help much would it?
I have one of those! 'cept I installed linux on it. One hard disk is 110MB, the second is 350MB, with 8MB RAM, and had to install OS from 3 1/2 floppies. Lots of floppies. That poor old box ran four days installing that OS.
Makes a good firewall, tho'.
An old friend of mine is attempting to move an old DOS database to (anything!) newer.
Pay for content?
Of course, if the content is worth paying for!
Wall Street Journal, is a subscription site.
Just like cable TV, the "good stuff" goes to the premium (subscription) channels.
Meanwhile, the mediocre is "free". Ten minutes of content, and 15 minutes of commercial.
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You ever run a front end loader? In January when the temperature is 9 below zero Fahrenheit? You know the 'scoop' on the front of the loader is called a 'bucket'? What happens when the loader operator digs into a pile of steaming coal, or gravel? The material is 'steaming' because it is warmer and wet than ambient air. The bucket is -9 degrees F, and the material freezes in the bucket. What does come out of the bucket goes into a dump truck (in some cases), where it freezes to the inside walls, corners and bottom of the dump body. At the end of the day, the truck driver, and the loader operator have to dig that material out by hand, with a shovel. Been there, done that. Why would it be any different on mars with colder temperatures, and 38% earth normal gravity?
How are you going to test materials handling when the environment where the experiment takes place has a gravity less than half earth normal? Testing in an earth normal gravity doesn't reveal physical effects that are unnoticed in a 1G environment.
The hydrazine tank on the Columbia did survive re-entry, but was nearly depleted of hydrazine when it landed. This missile shoot can not possibly be characterized as an anti-satellite weapon since satellites in the orbit where this event occurs are not going to be satellites for much for than a few days longer. "Real" satellites are in much higher orbits, beyond the reach of this missile.
As was made clear during a televised pentagon briefing, and completely ignored by the news media is the reason why the Navy will attempt to impact this satellite just prior to its re-entry. The Navy is not attempting to 'shoot down' the satellite because the satellite will re-enter the earth's atmosphere with or without intervention.
The hazard this satellite presents is a full tank of hydrazine that will survive re-entry and pose a chemical hazard should it land in a populated area.
The purpose of the Navy shoot, is to breach that tank, and cause the hydrazine to dissipate during re-entry.
Also made clear during this briefing, nothing of value to counter-intelligence analysis will survive re-entry.
Fitting in???
Well I don't know about you, but I flunked the psychology profile rather badly, I think.
Didn't get the job.
Got the security clearance though. It was a long time ago, ok?
Firstly: CNN is not a creditable source.
Secondly: It makes no sense to spread "dis-information" when the TRUTH will work just fine.
Thirdly: "dis-information", We are going to launch the attack againts these targets next week thursday, at 9am local time, using airborne assault teams.
So, if true, why would you tell anyone? If you are telling someone, what part is false? Date, Time, Place, Method?
Did you read the article? an online resume for a washington lawyer had listed as previous employment, a front company that was 'known' to be a CIA front company. A simple google search for anything with the name of the front company would have brought up that resume. It is all about associations, and eliminating those associations that aren't conclusive, like your next door neighbor works for the CIA. Have you ever tried to decrypt those parking permits on auto windshields? The ones that permit you to park your car somewhere?
The article is, in fact, NOT disinformation, because the article is IN FACT TRUE. The point is, the CIA can no longer count on front companies to conceal covert agents, or operations. So the question then becomes, would the operations of DP World container terminals outside the US have been a good place to infiltrate CIA agents searching for terrorists attempting to smuggle weapons into the US?
When I bought my copy of Mao's Little red book from Amazon.com it was delivered with a solicitation from the ACLU asking for a donation! Imagine that!
While reading an adobe PDF document, a very long one, and paging through it,page after page, after page, I suddenly noticed just how much it was like reading MICROFICH! Can you say 'OBSOLETE'? Of course you can. Adobe might be great for creating a document, but it really sucks when you have to read it. I refer you to the online 1000+ pages for MySQL in pdf. Ah, printing it all out on paper wouldn't help much would it?
I have one of those! 'cept I installed linux on it. One hard disk is 110MB, the second is 350MB, with 8MB RAM, and had to install OS from 3 1/2 floppies. Lots of floppies. That poor old box ran four days installing that OS. Makes a good firewall, tho'. An old friend of mine is attempting to move an old DOS database to (anything!) newer.
Pay for content? Of course, if the content is worth paying for! Wall Street Journal, is a subscription site. Just like cable TV, the "good stuff" goes to the premium (subscription) channels. Meanwhile, the mediocre is "free". Ten minutes of content, and 15 minutes of commercial.