Digital cameras have buttons everywhere because you have so many parameters to control. Eg:
Aperture
Exposure Time
Metering type
autofocus type
autofocus zone
flash exposure setting
photo viewing and navigation
white balance
etc
etc
etc
So thanks for posting without thinking. Apples and oranges...
When debris hits Cassini it will resonate within the spacecraft (especially if it's larger than the smoke sized particles), but alas, not one outside would hear it.
I can't wait to hear the thud of the lander though...
I always give out 20350 as my zip code to surveys and garbage like that. 20350 is the zip of the Pentagon, so hopefully there is a lot of marketing information on them now...
Many of you may have forgotten that GMT (generic mapping tool) is open source and predates linux. I'm glad to see more opensource work in the GIS field, as many companies charge bundles of cash for very basic GIS software.
Nope, there is a way they can be secure about this sort of thing...
Make all top secret areas nude only. Makes it hard to hide things, plus think of all the witty puns...
no, no...
3) get bought out by large oil company looking for their green image before the technology becomes profitable. Oil company then makes profit from the technology.
BP and Shell are buying their way into solar big...
Oil shales and oil sands are two very different beasts.
Oil sand is currently economic to recover whereas oil shales are generally not. Look at the success of the MacMurray oil sands that the wired article is reporting on several years too late.
Tar sands is also a misnomer; it's really a low API oil in the sand.
I'll just ignore the fact that this slashdot is about news that's over 10 years old. I'm not too optimistic about coal bed methane until gas prices increase substantially. The rate of return on these investments appears to be very slow at best. There have been interesting developments in extraction strategies, but it's likely that mthane hydrates are the hydrogen source of the future...
Good point, but there are good reasons for both working for a large corporation versus running your own company. In my case, I like geology so I'm drawn to the geoscience part of the business. Most small comanies can't get their way into large deepwater projects that involve all sorts of awesome 3D seismic data among other things. I will agree that you can make much more money working for your own company. All these corporations started somewhere. Good luck, hope you make your bilions!
If I discover a billion barrel oil field the super-major I work for gives me a 20% bonus. If I go for a powergrab they'll fire my ass. In most cases people like this do a lot of work, but there are a lot of other people and factors involved in popularizig dvds. I still like my job though...
A group of three crators near the bottom right look like a Mickey Mouse head. Oh wait I didn't say that... This will be just like when Disney threatened to sue some geologists over some seafloor features (salt dome bumps) in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico that looked very much like Mickey (uncanny).
I'm glad to sea all the space exploration headlines in the media. NASA and it's co-operative agencies have done a spectacular job of delivering both high and low level versions of their results very quickly. If anyone from NASA/JPL/LPI et al is reading this, kudos to you keep up the good work.
The next few months will be very interesting in the Cassini mission!
Since you are mixing up seep and vent I don't think I will bother arguing with your ignorance. Seep communities form at hydrocarbon seeps, which are plentiful thanks to methane hydrates (clathrates) which are ubiquitous in deep water. I find it hard to believe that vents which have been observed in almost every deep water setting will not be found here. And no seeps aren't always on top of hydrocarbon basins. Do a little reading in some journals before you replay thanks.
Giant squid are quite common, perhaps you refer to Colossal Squid? They found a complete one last year, it was all over the news. Plus we keep finding sperm whales with scars from the colossal. They had interesting hooks on their tentacles that no other squid has, so evidence of attcks on whales is easy to identify.
step out from under your rock. There has been a substantial amount of literature published on seep and vent communities at depths of over 4000 m. There are patches with lots going on. Don't get me started on Archaea.
Obviously most of the mods are American, because everyone in Canada is laughing. Hey And we know comedy, don't get me started on the list of Canadian comedians in the US!
When does the US gov cough up $100 billion for the M-prize for the first commercial trip to Mars? Assuming they meet the requirements later in the year of course.
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Digital cameras have buttons everywhere because you have so many parameters to control. Eg: Aperture Exposure Time Metering type autofocus type autofocus zone flash exposure setting photo viewing and navigation white balance etc etc etc So thanks for posting without thinking. Apples and oranges...
When debris hits Cassini it will resonate within the spacecraft (especially if it's larger than the smoke sized particles), but alas, not one outside would hear it. I can't wait to hear the thud of the lander though...
I always give out 20350 as my zip code to surveys and garbage like that. 20350 is the zip of the Pentagon, so hopefully there is a lot of marketing information on them now...
Many of you may have forgotten that GMT (generic mapping tool) is open source and predates linux. I'm glad to see more opensource work in the GIS field, as many companies charge bundles of cash for very basic GIS software.
Nope, there is a way they can be secure about this sort of thing... Make all top secret areas nude only. Makes it hard to hide things, plus think of all the witty puns...
no, no... 3) get bought out by large oil company looking for their green image before the technology becomes profitable. Oil company then makes profit from the technology. BP and Shell are buying their way into solar big...
Also, don't forget that ethanol has high environmental costs. Sure it somes from plants, but you have to grow a lot of plants.
It's economic right now. They are producing oil from the oil sands.
Oil shales and oil sands are two very different beasts. Oil sand is currently economic to recover whereas oil shales are generally not. Look at the success of the MacMurray oil sands that the wired article is reporting on several years too late. Tar sands is also a misnomer; it's really a low API oil in the sand.
I'll just ignore the fact that this slashdot is about news that's over 10 years old. I'm not too optimistic about coal bed methane until gas prices increase substantially. The rate of return on these investments appears to be very slow at best. There have been interesting developments in extraction strategies, but it's likely that mthane hydrates are the hydrogen source of the future...
Good point, but there are good reasons for both working for a large corporation versus running your own company. In my case, I like geology so I'm drawn to the geoscience part of the business. Most small comanies can't get their way into large deepwater projects that involve all sorts of awesome 3D seismic data among other things. I will agree that you can make much more money working for your own company. All these corporations started somewhere. Good luck, hope you make your bilions!
If I discover a billion barrel oil field the super-major I work for gives me a 20% bonus. If I go for a powergrab they'll fire my ass. In most cases people like this do a lot of work, but there are a lot of other people and factors involved in popularizig dvds. I still like my job though...
A group of three crators near the bottom right look like a Mickey Mouse head. Oh wait I didn't say that... This will be just like when Disney threatened to sue some geologists over some seafloor features (salt dome bumps) in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico that looked very much like Mickey (uncanny).
I'm glad to sea all the space exploration headlines in the media. NASA and it's co-operative agencies have done a spectacular job of delivering both high and low level versions of their results very quickly. If anyone from NASA/JPL/LPI et al is reading this, kudos to you keep up the good work. The next few months will be very interesting in the Cassini mission!
Since you are mixing up seep and vent I don't think I will bother arguing with your ignorance. Seep communities form at hydrocarbon seeps, which are plentiful thanks to methane hydrates (clathrates) which are ubiquitous in deep water. I find it hard to believe that vents which have been observed in almost every deep water setting will not be found here. And no seeps aren't always on top of hydrocarbon basins. Do a little reading in some journals before you replay thanks.
Giant squid are quite common, perhaps you refer to Colossal Squid? They found a complete one last year, it was all over the news. Plus we keep finding sperm whales with scars from the colossal. They had interesting hooks on their tentacles that no other squid has, so evidence of attcks on whales is easy to identify.
step out from under your rock. There has been a substantial amount of literature published on seep and vent communities at depths of over 4000 m. There are patches with lots going on. Don't get me started on Archaea.
Obviously most of the mods are American, because everyone in Canada is laughing. Hey And we know comedy, don't get me started on the list of Canadian comedians in the US!
When does the US gov cough up $100 billion for the M-prize for the first commercial trip to Mars? Assuming they meet the requirements later in the year of course.
Nasa doesn't look at the deep sea. Currenly Oil companies are doing the most deep-sea exploration, with somegovernmental orgs in there too.
Retreated faster than the Italian army?