If you follow through to some of the other pages at the link given by the "Horizon Problem" URL you gave, you will find that it says that the inflation theory adequately explains the Horizon Problem
(See: http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~imamura/123/lecture-9/hor izon.html).
The paper you reference that you indicate disputes the ability of the inflationary model to produce homogenous CMBR dates from 1988. I have not read it as I was not registered for that journal. The only thing I would say is that while it may or may not be relevant, a lot has happened since then.
All scientific theories are works in progress subject to refutation by new multiply verifiable experiments. The fact that there are things that a theory does not adequately explain is only an indication that additional experiments need to take place.
In fact, the flowering of the astrophysics field is due (IMHO) to the great amount of new, high quality, experimental data from Hubble, Chandra, and the many other space and ground based experiments that have come online in recent years.
Actually, the question is who should benefit from the higher population density represented by cities. A number of cities (in Illinois, check out Batavia, Geneva, St. Charles, and Naperville as examples) for years have provided their own electrical distribution to their residents and used the money made to reduce city taxes, provide needed city services, etc. Why shouldn't such cities also do the same thing with broadband? At least, there might be more of a focus on providing services to residents regardless of how profitable the operation is -- the experience with businesses is that understandably they only go into cities where they think there is a high probability of making a profit.
Yes, I have found that Perl is a good way to introduce kids (usually middle school kids) to programming. See "Pearls of Perl", a document I wrote for use with a weekly after-school computer club set of sessions (8 to 10 weeks): http://www.svs.com/djr01/PoP/PoP.html.
I have also done a few sessions with Python (using a similar but unpublished document).
As part of a Mars Space Camp five day program, I also have introduced kids to a Trip to Mars simulator written in Perl. See: http://www.svs.com/djr01/mars/index.html
In this approach, the students basically only learned how to modify Perl assignment statements to change the parameters of the simulation. However, they did very well with this and quickly learned how to try out a number of approaches to taking a trip to Mars.
These approaches have all been successful if I am to judge by the fun the students seem to have had.
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And after all, it would be a red state, right?
The paper you reference that you indicate disputes the ability of the inflationary model to produce homogenous CMBR dates from 1988. I have not read it as I was not registered for that journal. The only thing I would say is that while it may or may not be relevant, a lot has happened since then.
All scientific theories are works in progress subject to refutation by new multiply verifiable experiments. The fact that there are things that a theory does not adequately explain is only an indication that additional experiments need to take place.
In fact, the flowering of the astrophysics field is due (IMHO) to the great amount of new, high quality, experimental data from Hubble, Chandra, and the many other space and ground based experiments that have come online in recent years.
Here's a talk ("Bringing True Broadband to America") about the efforts. http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/ Colloquium/040721Baller/index.htm
Actually, the question is who should benefit from the higher population density represented by cities. A number of cities (in Illinois, check out Batavia, Geneva, St. Charles, and Naperville as examples) for years have provided their own electrical distribution to their residents and used the money made to reduce city taxes, provide needed city services, etc. Why shouldn't such cities also do the same thing with broadband? At least, there might be more of a focus on providing services to residents regardless of how profitable the operation is -- the experience with businesses is that understandably they only go into cities where they think there is a high probability of making a profit.
Actually, I would suggest that you want ReplayTV -- not TiVo. See http://www.replaytv.com/ It's a much more open box than TiVo.
I have also done a few sessions with Python (using a similar but unpublished document).
As part of a Mars Space Camp five day program, I also have introduced kids to a Trip to Mars simulator written in Perl. See: http://www.svs.com/djr01/mars/index.html
In this approach, the students basically only learned how to modify Perl assignment statements to change the parameters of the simulation. However, they did very well with this and quickly learned how to try out a number of approaches to taking a trip to Mars.
These approaches have all been successful if I am to judge by the fun the students seem to have had.