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You are correct: right after I hit "post" I wanted to add the word "directly". It is a bit of a tricky word to use, though. I think many quantities in physics are measured in much more reasonable ways than dark matter and energy. As far as I'm concerned, dark matter and dark energy are explained by "our current theories don't make sense without them, so they gotta be there even though we have no evidence."
A team of Australian researchers has observed 200,000 galaxies, confirming existing theories about the expansion of the universe. These theories require an unobserved force known as dark energy to account for the expansion of the universe versus contraction that is predicted due to gravitational forces. Dark energy and dark matter have not yet been observed or measured in any way.
This makes much more sense now. I was wondering if there was a disclaimer attached along the lines of: sliding walls are stored in an apartment of equivalent size next door when not in use.
Building a product that would reduce the market for your own product is not a win-win, especially when you're the low-margin component manufacturer and not the high-margin seller of fashionable electronic devices.
Either:
1. Intel is going to build a non-x86 cpu with their fab -- highly unlikely.
or
2. Apple is going to lose a tremendous amount of battery life -- highly unlikely. Maybe several generations down the line we'll see a x86 chip with acceptable power characteristics for a cell phone or tablet, but not next year.
Satellites are irregularly-shaped and have flat reflective surfaces.
How is this not +5 Insightful already? Does anyone really think we can split or stop metal parts by shining light on them? It was a slightly less retarded idea when all they wanted to do was burn a tiny little hole into aircraft and nukes, but this is ridiculous.
Since when does NASA take their knowledge of physics from Star Trek?
Ever heard of a CO2 Laser?? They use them all the time to cut and weld metal. It doesn't take Star Trek technology to melt metal at large distances.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide_laser
Given that he's using a femtosecond laser and some kind of exotic "streak" camera, I think he has to essentially raster scan the area he's imaging "around the corner". I doubt the ambient lighting or the scene itself will change in a femtosecond, but the raster-scanner better move pretty fast! A fast raster-scanner might be solvable, even. I think the biggest problem he's going to have is dealing with a non-sparse scene. I think this works well for simple geometries, but once he starts dealing with a really complicated scene, there will be too many possibilities to sort out for each given measurement. (Too many variables!)
I wonder how many real scientific "nay-sayers" he really had to deal with -- in his publication he states that this project is an extension of LIDAR work that was done 10+ years ago. I think it's very cool academic research, but I also think that MIT Media Lab *loves* to hype the every-day/year cool engineering project as though it's a complete world changer.
Broadband is in its infancy when compared to something like the rail or highway network, but I'd rather not wait 30-50 years for someone to roll out a new wired network or for some mystical (price & speed competitive) wireless network to appear. I don't think we need to amend the First Amendment, so to speak, to fix net neutrality or broadband. For example, plenty of countries have been more successful than the US by using tighter regulations, and I'd think restricting the ability of broadband and network owners from generating content (i.e. Comcast + NBC) would be advantageous.
One could argue that in the case of the monopoly or near-monopoly that is broadband for most of the US, the government *is* limiting free expression unless they advocate net neutrality.
Interesting you calling me a bushworshiper. I would disagree on that point, but a little name calling always helps win an argument, doesn't it?
If you read the entire article, it mentions that Prescott Bush owned 1 share (out of 4000) in an American Bank that was operating in Germany under the control of Thyssen:
Prescott at the time was an investment banker with Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH), which had funneled U.S. capital into Germany during the 1920s and '30s.
Thyssen did support the Nazis but stopped in 1938. The assetts of the bank were frozen by the Trading With the Enemy Act of 1942. There was no mention of P. Bush being "busted under the Trading With the Enemy Act while we were at war with his pet project." That is what I would classify as propaganda, unless you have a source. (Did the Trading With The Enemy Police raid his house? Bring him to trial?... No, they didn't.)
As the article says, Big Business doesn't give a damn what kind of government runs a country, all it wants to do is profit:
So, did Bush and his firm finance the Nazis and enable Germany to rearm? Indirectly, yes. But they had a lot of company. Some of the most distinguished names in American business had investments or subsidiaries in prewar Germany, including Standard Oil and General Motors. Critics have argued for years that without U.S. money, the Nazis could never have waged war. But American business has always invested in totalitarian regimes--witness our dealings with mainland China.
In 1951 Bush did get money back from his 1 share of UBC -- The assetts of a bank in a completely ruined country were liquidated. I'd tend to believe the "Straight Dope" writer when he says:
I'll buy the claim that Bush got his share of UBC back--it was an American bank, after all--but the idea that his German holdings increased in value despite being obliterated by Allied bombs is ridiculous.
I think we're reading this article from two different perspective. I don't particularly like Bush -- I know there was a better choice during the last election. (For that matter, I don't trust the majority of politicians.) You rabidly hate bush. Oh well, I guess you just know better.
Why not post one reputable source to back up your claim that the Bush family funded Hitler before and during early WWII? A link to a google search isn't quite enough, as I could use the same method to prove that the Apollo Moon Landing is a Hoax.
I'd believe this is closer to the truth of the matter: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030214.html
It always amazes me how quickly people will believe propaganda that supports their own viewpoint.
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You are correct: right after I hit "post" I wanted to add the word "directly". It is a bit of a tricky word to use, though. I think many quantities in physics are measured in much more reasonable ways than dark matter and energy. As far as I'm concerned, dark matter and dark energy are explained by "our current theories don't make sense without them, so they gotta be there even though we have no evidence."
A team of Australian researchers has observed 200,000 galaxies, confirming existing theories about the expansion of the universe. These theories require an unobserved force known as dark energy to account for the expansion of the universe versus contraction that is predicted due to gravitational forces. Dark energy and dark matter have not yet been observed or measured in any way.
This makes much more sense now. I was wondering if there was a disclaimer attached along the lines of: sliding walls are stored in an apartment of equivalent size next door when not in use.
Building a product that would reduce the market for your own product is not a win-win, especially when you're the low-margin component manufacturer and not the high-margin seller of fashionable electronic devices.
Either: 1. Intel is going to build a non-x86 cpu with their fab -- highly unlikely. or 2. Apple is going to lose a tremendous amount of battery life -- highly unlikely. Maybe several generations down the line we'll see a x86 chip with acceptable power characteristics for a cell phone or tablet, but not next year.
Satellites are irregularly-shaped and have flat reflective surfaces.
How is this not +5 Insightful already? Does anyone really think we can split or stop metal parts by shining light on them? It was a slightly less retarded idea when all they wanted to do was burn a tiny little hole into aircraft and nukes, but this is ridiculous.
Since when does NASA take their knowledge of physics from Star Trek?
Ever heard of a CO2 Laser?? They use them all the time to cut and weld metal. It doesn't take Star Trek technology to melt metal at large distances. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide_laser
Given that he's using a femtosecond laser and some kind of exotic "streak" camera, I think he has to essentially raster scan the area he's imaging "around the corner". I doubt the ambient lighting or the scene itself will change in a femtosecond, but the raster-scanner better move pretty fast! A fast raster-scanner might be solvable, even. I think the biggest problem he's going to have is dealing with a non-sparse scene. I think this works well for simple geometries, but once he starts dealing with a really complicated scene, there will be too many possibilities to sort out for each given measurement. (Too many variables!)
I wonder how many real scientific "nay-sayers" he really had to deal with -- in his publication he states that this project is an extension of LIDAR work that was done 10+ years ago. I think it's very cool academic research, but I also think that MIT Media Lab *loves* to hype the every-day/year cool engineering project as though it's a complete world changer.
Broadband is in its infancy when compared to something like the rail or highway network, but I'd rather not wait 30-50 years for someone to roll out a new wired network or for some mystical (price & speed competitive) wireless network to appear. I don't think we need to amend the First Amendment, so to speak, to fix net neutrality or broadband. For example, plenty of countries have been more successful than the US by using tighter regulations, and I'd think restricting the ability of broadband and network owners from generating content (i.e. Comcast + NBC) would be advantageous.
One could argue that in the case of the monopoly or near-monopoly that is broadband for most of the US, the government *is* limiting free expression unless they advocate net neutrality.
I think we're reading this article from two different perspective. I don't particularly like Bush -- I know there was a better choice during the last election. (For that matter, I don't trust the majority of politicians.) You rabidly hate bush. Oh well, I guess you just know better.
Why not post one reputable source to back up your claim that the Bush family funded Hitler before and during early WWII? A link to a google search isn't quite enough, as I could use the same method to prove that the Apollo Moon Landing is a Hoax. I'd believe this is closer to the truth of the matter: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030214.html
It always amazes me how quickly people will believe propaganda that supports their own viewpoint.