According to the article, the Italian space agency's Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding instrument works by transmitting pulses of low-frequency electromagnetic waves. Some of those waves interact with features at and below the Martian surface and reflect back toward the instrument, carrying clues about the planet's geological composition, but it doesn't seem to have any spectrometer component.
So, and this is an honest (and not sarcastic) question, how could you possibly know what the liquid a mile below the surface is?
Between having only USB Type-C ports, not being able to interface with most displays (even after you purchase the expensive adapter), that user unfriendly "touch bar", a kludgy keyboard and what I consider to be a rather slow boot-up and shutdown process, this latest MacBook is the worst I've ever owned
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Considering the price premium you pay for that Apple symbol on the cover, this computer should cook you breakfast in the morning, including brewing the espresso and bringing it to your bedside.
I was shocked by how badly this system missed the mark
And, consolidating flight schedules and passenger leg room. Frankly, I'm shocked they continue to be profitable the way they treat not only passengers, but their crew.
"Let's introduce more and more 'technologies' that produce ever-increasingly chilling effects on the daily lives of people, make them feel like convicts in prison or animals in a zoo."
Must have really bummed you out when stores installed surveillance cameras like 40 years ago.
There is no expectation of privacy from a business while you're inside of a business [sans the bathroom, of course] or when you're walking around on a public street.
So, I go on Google News yesterday and the top stories are about rumors of Apple adding new colors to its iPhone line up, and yes, like most objective people my response is: so what?
I get that the Apple fanboy culture wets itself over any news from the Cupertino empire, but new colors... that's a top news story on Google? Perhaps I've become a sardonic curmudgeon, but you've got to ask yourself how would news that any other company was offering some new colors for its products play in the news cycle? Use that as your perspective.
I admit to having an addiction to coffee, however, calling it an "addiction" is a bit of hyperbole. Last year, I decided to stop drinking coffee; I had a mild headache for a day, which in the afternoon I cured with an ibuprofen tablet. After that day, no problem. A couple months later (after smelling some exquisite espresso), I decided the benefits of not drinking coffee didn't outweigh that heavenly flavor. So, I went back to drinking it.
Honestly, though, stopping again would be no great feat. It's not crack cocaine or heroin.
"When people detach from their real-world identities, they can be more authentic, more true to themselves," he claimed.
And in many cases, that means more trollish, uncivilized and downright nasty. They write and post things they'd never do if their identities were known; that's why many media sites require an authentic (or at least an attempt at it) Facebook or Twitter account.
Zero accountability isn't always (and typically isn't) a good thing.
This isn't about wealth or poverty. Suicide rates have little to do with monetary wealth. In fact, studies have shown that people who live in wealthier neighborhoods and try to keep up with the Joneses are more prone to suicide than those living in poverty. http://business.time.com/2012/...
You can be extremely happy if you're content with what you have and not constantly focused on what others' have and what you don't.
While I applaud the concept of electric vehicles for their emissions-reducing capability, the impact they actually have on greenhouse gas emissions are probably far less than would be assumed. The electricity to recharge them is still mostly generated from coal-fired power plants, so even if the cars themselves aren't emitting as much carbon dioxide, the eplants providing the power for them are.
Also, as the summary states: "The money spent on renewable installations in 2017 was more than twice the sum spent on nuclear and fossil-fuel power." Well, that stands to reason considering nuclear and fossil-fuel power plants are already firmly established, so the fact that more money was spent on installing new wind and solar isn't as impressive as it may seem from the wording of the summary.
These articles require more context. For example, hydro-electric plants generate 7.5% of the total electrical production in the U.S., wind generates 6.3%, and solar power still provides only about 1.3%. So, clean energy only represents about 15% of electrical production. Nuclear could also be considered "clean energy," and it produces 20% of energy. But, coal-fired power plants still produce 30% of America's power and natural gas plants provide 32%. So, fossil fuels still provide the majority of America's electricity.
We have the technology. What's needed now are stiffer regulations forcing the shuttering of coal- and gas-fired power plants in favor of wind, solar and hydro-electric energy, and yes, nuclear. The U.S. could be leading the world in renewable technology development and sales; unfortunately, the political atmosphere has changed as such that we'll probably have to continue kicking that can down the road for a while longer.
I remember when Google launched and the company touted its motto "Don't be evil". I guess the employees believe assisting the military in its drone program is a form of evil; And, while some may complain that a dozen people quitting doesn't amount to a hill of beans, I give those employees one heck of a lot of credit for standing up for what they believe in in a way most of us will never know.
While the article seems to only focus on the negative -- heck, even the/. summary only states "There are a number of reasons jail administrators have gone this route," without explaining why, then goes on to state: "But critics say that money plays a big role. In-person visitation requires more staff supervision..."
There are some huge reasons to limit outside visitation, not the least of which is contraband, such as cell phones, drugs and even weapons that are most often brought in by visitors.
Are drugs also sold to inmates by guards? Yes, but that's an internal problem all prisons must deal with, but I can certainly see a legitimate reason for limiting outside visitors when so many of the problems within prisons come from the outside.
It also amazes me that gang leaders can continue to run their organizations from prison.
Ishmael: "You really should try to quit, Mr. Munson. They say it's bad for your heart, your lungs. It quickens the aging process."
Roy: "Is that right. Who's done more research on the subject than the good people at the American Tobacco Industry? They say it's harmless. Why would they lie? If you're dead, you can't smoke."
That's a really great explanation. Honestly, it just seemed to me that Cambridge Analytics just cheated the system and got some survey-like data from Facebook that they sold off.
If this were Ford or Kia, two companies that have produced millions of cars in more than a dozen models, a temporary shutdown of a production line of one model would be more routine, but this is Tesla -- a company that's still not profitable and that has missed several deadlines for its Model 3 "mass-production" vehicle.
So yeah, it is a big deal.
Not to mention potential buyers have plopped down $1,000 to reserve one of these cars (OK, I mentioned it)
Why should anyone care about the kind of information farmed from Facebook. I mean, it's not all THAT sensitive. People are acting like Cambridge Analytica gained access to electronic medical records or bank accounts. This is crap anyone whose your friend, or in many cases anyone period, can see.
Amid all the snarky comments about how Russia's encroaching on the U.S. and U.K.'s state cyber hacking business, Russia does seem more dark and foreboding than anytime post Cold War- and Perestroika/Glasnost.
It always seemed to me the U.S. and its NATO allies lost an enormous opportunity to reach out to Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union to help them economically and socially embrace the West's principals. It would have been to our mutual advantage. Instead, it felt like we wasted that opportunity gloating over the USSR's demise, and secretly cheering on the corruption that took hold.
With Putin cemented in power, it feels like we've been transported back 30 years.
I think the article implies that simply staying up late means you get less sleep and therefor are less healthy, but it could also be that people who prefer late to bed and late to rise tend to snack more at night and, in more general ways, have unhealthier lifestyles.
On the other hand, I agree wholeheartedly that night owls should be allowed to be at work later than their early bird counterparts. I'm good with working later, too.
While a bit groggy in my first period classes, I was always wide awake by my second class. While I do think it's ridiculous to have students to school by 7:45 a.m., I get that it can help mom and dad get to work on time, but extending the starting time an hour wouldn't put most out that much.
Conversely, I'd have to say crappy teachers make the most difference between students who get good grades and those who don't. It was my experience that when presented with teachers who were concerned with mediocre or poorly performing students, they achieved better results. However, most teachers I had in middle and high school were focused on the higher performing students and left the rest of us to our own devices -- even if we were willing to stay after school to put in the additional work. I even had a science teacher bitch to me that I was keeping her from her new husband because I'd asked for additional time after school.
I barely made it out of high school, and yes, some of that was my own fault for not striving harder to achieve more. Conversely, in college, I was an honor student; I attribute that to the quality of the teaching staff.
My point in writing this is there are more important measures to address than morning class times if we want to improve a student's scholastic success rate.
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According to the article, the Italian space agency's Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding instrument works by transmitting pulses of low-frequency electromagnetic waves. Some of those waves interact with features at and below the Martian surface and reflect back toward the instrument, carrying clues about the planet's geological composition, but it doesn't seem to have any spectrometer component.
So, and this is an honest (and not sarcastic) question, how could you possibly know what the liquid a mile below the surface is?
Between having only USB Type-C ports, not being able to interface with most displays (even after you purchase the expensive adapter), that user unfriendly "touch bar", a kludgy keyboard and what I consider to be a rather slow boot-up and shutdown process, this latest MacBook is the worst I've ever owned
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Considering the price premium you pay for that Apple symbol on the cover, this computer should cook you breakfast in the morning, including brewing the espresso and bringing it to your bedside.
I was shocked by how badly this system missed the mark
And, consolidating flight schedules and passenger leg room. Frankly, I'm shocked they continue to be profitable the way they treat not only passengers, but their crew.
Yeah, cause that would devastate them /s.
Must have really bummed you out when stores installed surveillance cameras like 40 years ago.
There is no expectation of privacy from a business while you're inside of a business [sans the bathroom, of course] or when you're walking around on a public street.
So, I go on Google News yesterday and the top stories are about rumors of Apple adding new colors to its iPhone line up, and yes, like most objective people my response is: so what?
I get that the Apple fanboy culture wets itself over any news from the Cupertino empire, but new colors... that's a top news story on Google? Perhaps I've become a sardonic curmudgeon, but you've got to ask yourself how would news that any other company was offering some new colors for its products play in the news cycle? Use that as your perspective.
And yet, he had the most harmful agenda toward his own agancy of any predecessor.
What's crazy is that it took an ethics scandal over sweetheart deals with a gas industry lobbying firm to get him out
Yeah, I guess you can say at least he's out, but who knows who Trump will replace him with. Probably just another oil and coal industry lapdog.
I admit to having an addiction to coffee, however, calling it an "addiction" is a bit of hyperbole. Last year, I decided to stop drinking coffee; I had a mild headache for a day, which in the afternoon I cured with an ibuprofen tablet. After that day, no problem. A couple months later (after smelling some exquisite espresso), I decided the benefits of not drinking coffee didn't outweigh that heavenly flavor. So, I went back to drinking it.
Honestly, though, stopping again would be no great feat. It's not crack cocaine or heroin.
I should be immortal.
"When people detach from their real-world identities, they can be more authentic, more true to themselves," he claimed. And in many cases, that means more trollish, uncivilized and downright nasty. They write and post things they'd never do if their identities were known; that's why many media sites require an authentic (or at least an attempt at it) Facebook or Twitter account. Zero accountability isn't always (and typically isn't) a good thing.
This isn't about wealth or poverty. Suicide rates have little to do with monetary wealth. In fact, studies have shown that people who live in wealthier neighborhoods and try to keep up with the Joneses are more prone to suicide than those living in poverty. http://business.time.com/2012/...
You can be extremely happy if you're content with what you have and not constantly focused on what others' have and what you don't.
I got my numbers from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Here's the website: https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs...
While I applaud the concept of electric vehicles for their emissions-reducing capability, the impact they actually have on greenhouse gas emissions are probably far less than would be assumed. The electricity to recharge them is still mostly generated from coal-fired power plants, so even if the cars themselves aren't emitting as much carbon dioxide, the eplants providing the power for them are.
Also, as the summary states: "The money spent on renewable installations in 2017 was more than twice the sum spent on nuclear and fossil-fuel power." Well, that stands to reason considering nuclear and fossil-fuel power plants are already firmly established, so the fact that more money was spent on installing new wind and solar isn't as impressive as it may seem from the wording of the summary.
These articles require more context. For example, hydro-electric plants generate 7.5% of the total electrical production in the U.S., wind generates 6.3%, and solar power still provides only about 1.3%. So, clean energy only represents about 15% of electrical production. Nuclear could also be considered "clean energy," and it produces 20% of energy. But, coal-fired power plants still produce 30% of America's power and natural gas plants provide 32%. So, fossil fuels still provide the majority of America's electricity.
We have the technology. What's needed now are stiffer regulations forcing the shuttering of coal- and gas-fired power plants in favor of wind, solar and hydro-electric energy, and yes, nuclear. The U.S. could be leading the world in renewable technology development and sales; unfortunately, the political atmosphere has changed as such that we'll probably have to continue kicking that can down the road for a while longer.
I remember when Google launched and the company touted its motto "Don't be evil". I guess the employees believe assisting the military in its drone program is a form of evil; And, while some may complain that a dozen people quitting doesn't amount to a hill of beans, I give those employees one heck of a lot of credit for standing up for what they believe in in a way most of us will never know.
While the article seems to only focus on the negative -- heck, even the /. summary only states "There are a number of reasons jail administrators have gone this route," without explaining why, then goes on to state: "But critics say that money plays a big role. In-person visitation requires more staff supervision..."
There are some huge reasons to limit outside visitation, not the least of which is contraband, such as cell phones, drugs and even weapons that are most often brought in by visitors.
Are drugs also sold to inmates by guards? Yes, but that's an internal problem all prisons must deal with, but I can certainly see a legitimate reason for limiting outside visitors when so many of the problems within prisons come from the outside.
It also amazes me that gang leaders can continue to run their organizations from prison.
When are they going to get around to my mattress tags? I can't stand those things!
Ishmael: "You really should try to quit, Mr. Munson. They say it's bad for your heart, your lungs. It quickens the aging process."
Roy: "Is that right. Who's done more research on the subject than the good people at the American Tobacco Industry? They say it's harmless. Why would they lie? If you're dead, you can't smoke."
/s
He forgot the confidentiality clause at the end of that email.
This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.
That's a really great explanation. Honestly, it just seemed to me that Cambridge Analytics just cheated the system and got some survey-like data from Facebook that they sold off.
"Routine manufacturing decisions"?
If this were Ford or Kia, two companies that have produced millions of cars in more than a dozen models, a temporary shutdown of a production line of one model would be more routine, but this is Tesla -- a company that's still not profitable and that has missed several deadlines for its Model 3 "mass-production" vehicle.
So yeah, it is a big deal.
Not to mention potential buyers have plopped down $1,000 to reserve one of these cars (OK, I mentioned it)
Why should anyone care about the kind of information farmed from Facebook. I mean, it's not all THAT sensitive. People are acting like Cambridge Analytica gained access to electronic medical records or bank accounts. This is crap anyone whose your friend, or in many cases anyone period, can see.
Amid all the snarky comments about how Russia's encroaching on the U.S. and U.K.'s state cyber hacking business, Russia does seem more dark and foreboding than anytime post Cold War- and Perestroika/Glasnost.
It always seemed to me the U.S. and its NATO allies lost an enormous opportunity to reach out to Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union to help them economically and socially embrace the West's principals. It would have been to our mutual advantage. Instead, it felt like we wasted that opportunity gloating over the USSR's demise, and secretly cheering on the corruption that took hold.
With Putin cemented in power, it feels like we've been transported back 30 years.
I think the article implies that simply staying up late means you get less sleep and therefor are less healthy, but it could also be that people who prefer late to bed and late to rise tend to snack more at night and, in more general ways, have unhealthier lifestyles.
On the other hand, I agree wholeheartedly that night owls should be allowed to be at work later than their early bird counterparts. I'm good with working later, too.
While a bit groggy in my first period classes, I was always wide awake by my second class. While I do think it's ridiculous to have students to school by 7:45 a.m., I get that it can help mom and dad get to work on time, but extending the starting time an hour wouldn't put most out that much.
Conversely, I'd have to say crappy teachers make the most difference between students who get good grades and those who don't. It was my experience that when presented with teachers who were concerned with mediocre or poorly performing students, they achieved better results. However, most teachers I had in middle and high school were focused on the higher performing students and left the rest of us to our own devices -- even if we were willing to stay after school to put in the additional work. I even had a science teacher bitch to me that I was keeping her from her new husband because I'd asked for additional time after school.
I barely made it out of high school, and yes, some of that was my own fault for not striving harder to achieve more. Conversely, in college, I was an honor student; I attribute that to the quality of the teaching staff.
My point in writing this is there are more important measures to address than morning class times if we want to improve a student's scholastic success rate.