If this is the case why are the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies approaching each other? Shouldn't the space between them be increasing rather than decreasing? Does this present any contradiction?
Someone really ought to call the authorities about this and find whoever is to blame then arrest them then send then to GITMO for ecological terrorism! God bless America.
I can do this because freedom of speech only guarantees that the GOVERNMENT can't stop you from saying something, not another individual if you happen to be saying it on their servers.
Correct, the government cannot do this but there is nothing stopping them from contracting it out.
You should capitalize words like Mickey Mouse, Papa Smurf, Jesus, Vishnu, and yes "God" when being used as proper nouns regardless if you have any religious beliefs or not.
I am not an astonomer, but I seem to recall much debate regarding the the very existence of exoplanets. Now we take their existence for granted even though they are difficult to detect. I always wondered why there was even any debate regarding the subject? Why did scientists even bothering with that particular argument?
But it is more entertainment than anything else - until we get off planet enough to test it
If something cannot be tested then it's not true even if it appears highly plausible. The existence of exoplanets was also hotly debated in the same manner right up until the first one was found. What is so far fetched about the idea behind panspermia? All of the material we see around us here on Earth originally formed inside previous generations of stars and much of it may have been incorporated into previous generations of planets. Bacteria can be found inside rocks here on Earth so why can't some very big very old rocks containing bacterial "spores" from long since vanished planets not have ended up on Earth or anywhere else within or outside of our galaxy? The universe is very very very old so life surely has had more than enough time to flourish die and spread inside rocks of any size.
There should be a "GPS license fee" for Non-US-entities who think that they have some kind of a right to GPS service which is funded by US taxpayers. I also think that most Europeans would happily pay it too just like they do for their so-called "TV licenses".
I often wonder if "environmentalists" have any real appreciation of the laws of thermodynamics or idea of the energy needs of of modern society when they take on endeavors like this. If all of society decided to run their cars off of coffee and/or wood-chips there would soon be no wood or coffee left. What kind of environmental catastrophe would that lead so?
They actually know the point of what they are saying. My birds know our names, say thinks like "thank you" when they want something, "night night" when they want their cage covered, "hello" when the phone rings, "water" when they want to be sprayed, and say "don't bark" when my dog barks.
I have noticed this with my quaker (monk) parrots. I have had sets of two over the past 25 years and what the two birds I have today was actually originally tough to previous birds I once had. It seems that they teach each other much like children teach children's games to one and other.
So it will take NASA over 10 years to launch only two more missions? So what do they plan on doing after the second launch? I'm sure by that time that Russia and China will have launched more than just two missions a piece. I really don't like the sound of this.
Living in Germany I often get the impression that most Germans (not all) know very little or nothing about what it takes to generate the amount of electricity that their heavily industrialized country relies on. The loudest protests seem to come from those on the far left who know less about the topic and are completely unwilling to listen to the voice of reason at any cost. Perhaps Germany has hidden infinite supply of unicorn dung with which they can use to power their eco-friendly organic antimatter reactors for generations to come?
As a Yank having spent the last 10 years (and possible y the rest) of my life in Germany I really don't care. I have never thought that that game was banned here but never really cared to try it. I order *alll* boxed video games I play out of the UK and pay with my American credit card to download them from US Server when possible.
Perhaps it depends on the size of the rock and how deep the life is embedded into it? Also in the course of the history of the Earth there was sure a lot more than just one rock ejected from thee planet's surface.
I don't really understand much of anything you wrote, but if it was important to you to allow it to be subjected to Slashdot abuse then it must be worthy of at least some degree of attention.
I seem recall a "Land of the Lost" episode where the family met a pilot from Texas who became lost while flying his "hypersonic glider". (At least I think it was what he called it?). Does anyone else remember this?
A more accurate translation would be "Committee of State Security" which in my ears at least isn't all that different from a "department". Both names are so similar that they are nearly synonymous .
"It just means this specific matter arrived on earth after the planet was already pretty well formed."
The material from which the earth formed likely contained such material as well . It didn't necessarily have to rain from the sky. Some of that material may have originated on what are now non-existent, i.e. destroyed, planets. All the metals on the earth are a result of previous generations of stars, so why couldn't at least some of this type of material not have been included in the "mix" as well? Bacteria have been found deep inside rocks on earth so why should something similar not have been in the rocks and planetesimals from which the earth formed?
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If this is the case why are the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies approaching each other? Shouldn't the space between them be increasing rather than decreasing? Does this present any contradiction?
After reading this article I can only say that I am grateful to have my own childhood behind me.
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Someone really ought to call the authorities about this and find whoever is to blame then arrest them then send then to GITMO for ecological terrorism! God bless America.
I can do this because freedom of speech only guarantees that the GOVERNMENT can't stop you from saying something, not another individual if you happen to be saying it on their servers.
Correct, the government cannot do this but there is nothing stopping them from contracting it out.
Does it matter if the govt records what you do in public areas?
Only if you have something to hide
I feel safer already!
You should capitalize words like Mickey Mouse, Papa Smurf, Jesus, Vishnu, and yes "God" when being used as proper nouns regardless if you have any religious beliefs or not.
I am not an astonomer, but I seem to recall much debate regarding the the very existence of exoplanets. Now we take their existence for granted even though they are difficult to detect. I always wondered why there was even any debate regarding the subject? Why did scientists even bothering with that particular argument?
But it is more entertainment than anything else - until we get off planet enough to test it
If something cannot be tested then it's not true even if it appears highly plausible. The existence of exoplanets was also hotly debated in the same manner right up until the first one was found. What is so far fetched about the idea behind panspermia? All of the material we see around us here on Earth originally formed inside previous generations of stars and much of it may have been incorporated into previous generations of planets. Bacteria can be found inside rocks here on Earth so why can't some very big very old rocks containing bacterial "spores" from long since vanished planets not have ended up on Earth or anywhere else within or outside of our galaxy? The universe is very very very old so life surely has had more than enough time to flourish die and spread inside rocks of any size.
There should be a "GPS license fee" for Non-US-entities who think that they have some kind of a right to GPS service which is funded by US taxpayers. I also think that most Europeans would happily pay it too just like they do for their so-called "TV licenses".
I often wonder if "environmentalists" have any real appreciation of the laws of thermodynamics or idea of the energy needs of of modern society when they take on endeavors like this. If all of society decided to run their cars off of coffee and/or wood-chips there would soon be no wood or coffee left. What kind of environmental catastrophe would that lead so?
They actually know the point of what they are saying. My birds know our names, say thinks like "thank you" when they want something, "night night" when they want their cage covered, "hello" when the phone rings, "water" when they want to be sprayed, and say "don't bark" when my dog barks.
I have noticed this with my quaker (monk) parrots. I have had sets of two over the past 25 years and what the two birds I have today was actually originally tough to previous birds I once had. It seems that they teach each other much like children teach children's games to one and other.
So it will take NASA over 10 years to launch only two more missions? So what do they plan on doing after the second launch? I'm sure by that time that Russia and China will have launched more than just two missions a piece. I really don't like the sound of this.
Living in Germany I often get the impression that most Germans (not all) know very little or nothing about what it takes to generate the amount of electricity that their heavily industrialized country relies on. The loudest protests seem to come from those on the far left who know less about the topic and are completely unwilling to listen to the voice of reason at any cost. Perhaps Germany has hidden infinite supply of unicorn dung with which they can use to power their eco-friendly organic antimatter reactors for generations to come?
As a Yank having spent the last 10 years (and possible y the rest) of my life in Germany I really don't care. I have never thought that that game was banned here but never really cared to try it. I order *alll* boxed video games I play out of the UK and pay with my American credit card to download them from US Server when possible.
Who needs German censorship? (meh)
This should help make our guests from London feel right at home.
Perhaps it depends on the size of the rock and how deep the life is embedded into it? Also in the course of the history of the Earth there was sure a lot more than just one rock ejected from thee planet's surface.
If they can do it, why can't we? Maybe the government knows something that we don't. (Queue spooky music)
It's nice to see that there is still at least some ambition left in our society.
I don't really understand much of anything you wrote, but if it was important to you to allow it to be subjected to Slashdot abuse then it must be worthy of at least some degree of attention.
I seem recall a "Land of the Lost" episode where the family met a pilot from Texas who became lost while flying his "hypersonic glider". (At least I think it was what he called it?). Does anyone else remember this?
"KGB stood for "Ministry for State Security"
A more accurate translation would be "Committee of State Security" which in my ears at least isn't all that different from a "department". Both names are so similar that they are nearly synonymous .
"It just means this specific matter arrived on earth after the planet was already pretty well formed."
The material from which the earth formed likely contained such material as well . It didn't necessarily have to rain from the sky. Some of that material may have originated on what are now non-existent, i.e. destroyed, planets. All the metals on the earth are a result of previous generations of stars, so why couldn't at least some of this type of material not have been included in the "mix" as well? Bacteria have been found deep inside rocks on earth so why should something similar not have been in the rocks and planetesimals from which the earth formed?
It will shrink