I love the NIPRC eagle. Nice touch. Even the official seals of the armed forces don't have such menacing eagles on it. That logo practically screams, "Americuh! F*** yeah!"
This is pretty serious. I know that my own confidence in scientific research has been eroded quite a bit in recent years. I can only imagine how it vindicates those who despise science. As far as harming public perception, this is about the equivalent of Catholic priests diddling little boys.
This is a simple problem to solve. All they have to do is label the satellites as "anti-terrorist", or something like that, and they'll get all the funding they need.
I almost feel sorry for Facebook, and their investors. FB only had $3.7 billion in revenues in 2011. And revenues are actually decelerating in 2012. The first few guys who buy the stock will turn around and sell it, perhaps making a huge profit. And of course, Zuckerberg is set for life. But at the end of the day, there will be a lot of poor stupid bastards left with FB stock at $hundreds per share in a company that reached its zenith in 2009.
As Eric Jackson in Forbes writes, "We will never have Web 3.0, because the Web’s dead."
This is one of the reasons I quit Facebook, and why I think FB will eventually tank. It won't be long before your wall ends up being nothing but dozens of "posts" from your friends breathlessly raving about cheese-stuffed-something-or-other, or toilet bowl cleaner. Because eventually, if you are on FB, everything you buy is going to be announced to all your FB friends in this way, whether you like it or not.
Mostly, I think the "life" they are looking for is in NASA projects that otherwise would be dead. If you breathlessly announce lots of planets that have the possibility of life, you're more likely to get funding for your project.
That's not to say that the Kepler project isn't useful, it is profoundly important, but when you spend a lot of money to build and deploy a space telescope, well, a lot of people expect results. Those results better be forthcoming if you want to continue the project and/or build more and better space telescopes.
All the Princeton researchers are saying is, that the number of life-bearing planets we know about is approximately 1. Therefore, we don't really know much about life-bearing planets, how life forms on them, how fast it develops, etc.
"Our analysis suggests that abiogenesis could be a rather rapid and probable process for other worlds, but it also cannot rule out at high confidence that abiogenesis is a rare, improbable event," Spiegel said. "We really have no idea, even to within orders of magnitude, how probable abiogenesis is, and we show that no evidence exists to substantially change that."..also...
"It could easily be that life came about on Earth one way, but came about on other planets in other ways, if it came about at all. The best way to find out, of course, is to look. But I don't think we'll know by debating the process of how life came about on Earth."
I think I read somewhere that an Israeli company was working on this. Their idea was to use the same connections to hold the battery as those for aircraft ordinance. The idea was that you would pull up to a station, pay a fee, drop your battery, and the old one would be removed and replaced with a fresh one, robotically. Off you go.
We are not, not, NOT going to solve our energy problems by changing light bulbs. I am annoyed by the fact that I am asked to spend $60 on an energy efficient light bulb -- meanwhile brightly-lit, extravagant casinos operate 24/7, with more being built every day.
The Chinese don't have to steal our technology, we give it to them, gratis, so that they can build our little electronic gew-gaws that we can't live without. They come over here, learn at our educational institutions, and take what they learn back home. How is that stealing?
"Think about basic actions like sharing or recommendations. When you find a great article, you want to share that knowledge with people who will find it interesting, too. If you see a great movie, you want to recommend it to friends..."
No, no I don't. I don't want to electronically recommend things to friends, because I hate it when my friends electronically recommend stuff to me. If it comes up in conversation, fine, but otherwise, I don't want to know about it.
Back when I was on facebook, I had a friend who seemed to want to share his entire internet experience. He posted about 20 to 30 times a day, and every post was some article that he read, which he felt was VITALLY IMPORTANT that all of his friends look at. I had to defriend him because my wall had become nothing but his stream-of-internet-conciousness posts.
I can only imagine the Babel-like cacophony that would result if ALL my friends shared everything.
I don't read blogspots all day. I also would not characterize my arguments as "wise-ass". Do you think there are no abandoned stations in the U.S.?
History often repeats itself. In Oklahoma, during the oil booms of the early 20th century, drilling rigs popped up all over the place. Over the years, as the wells ran dry, the well sites were abandoned. Dangerous and unsightly equipment littered farms all over the state for decades. Until the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board was formed in 1993 there was no attempt by industry to clean up after themselves.
Like oil wells, wind farms need to be maintained and cleaned up after they have been abandoned. The Canadian landowners DO have a point.
"With the cost of gas and oil on its way up it's a wonder that any one would be against the use of renewable energy sources."
One of the problems I would have with it is that wind farms tend to fall into disrepair after they are built. Somehow the money to maintain them disappears. Imagine having this in your backyard.
Last year Oklahoma implemented a "use" tax. Basically, you are required by law to declare any online purchases made from retailers who do not collect state sales tax. The fact that this law is completely unenforceable did not deter the state legislature from passing it.
Most cities have sales taxes too. I wonder when cities will start trying to get on the bandwagon?
Back in 1989 I was on a tour of the IBM factory in Rochester Minnesota. The factory had robotic forklifts and trams that moved parts around and shared the same workspace as the employees. There were also a few forklifts driven by humans. This was pretty advanced stuff in 1989, and the first question someone asked was if there were ever any accidents. The tour guide laughed and said, "It's the ones driven by humans that you have to watch."
This sounds like the same kind of amateur information we used to get in the Navy right before we hit port somewhere. About half the time, what we were told was complete BS, though it was usually harmless. For instance: prior to hitting port in Athens we were advised that the outstretched palm was a curse in Greece, so we should never wave at anyone. To be sure, if the palm is held a certain way, and one's attitude is hostile, it can be an affront, but friendly Greeks smile and wave at each other just like everyone else.
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I love the NIPRC eagle. Nice touch. Even the official seals of the armed forces don't have such menacing eagles on it. That logo practically screams, "Americuh! F*** yeah!"
This is pretty serious. I know that my own confidence in scientific research has been eroded quite a bit in recent years. I can only imagine how it vindicates those who despise science. As far as harming public perception, this is about the equivalent of Catholic priests diddling little boys.
I like the Burma Shave send ups. This one is pretty good.
This is a simple problem to solve. All they have to do is label the satellites as "anti-terrorist", or something like that, and they'll get all the funding they need.
""Tasmanian Liberal candidate for Bass..."
Interesting. Is there a candidate for Perch? What about Walleye?
They only violated four amendments in the Bill of Rights. No big deal.
I'm intrigued by the nearly-impressionistic courtroom sketch artist's work displayed in the article.
I almost feel sorry for Facebook, and their investors. FB only had $3.7 billion in revenues in 2011. And revenues are actually decelerating in 2012. The first few guys who buy the stock will turn around and sell it, perhaps making a huge profit. And of course, Zuckerberg is set for life. But at the end of the day, there will be a lot of poor stupid bastards left with FB stock at $hundreds per share in a company that reached its zenith in 2009.
As Eric Jackson in Forbes writes, "We will never have Web 3.0, because the Web’s dead."
This is one of the reasons I quit Facebook, and why I think FB will eventually tank. It won't be long before your wall ends up being nothing but dozens of "posts" from your friends breathlessly raving about cheese-stuffed-something-or-other, or toilet bowl cleaner. Because eventually, if you are on FB, everything you buy is going to be announced to all your FB friends in this way, whether you like it or not.
Mostly, I think the "life" they are looking for is in NASA projects that otherwise would be dead. If you breathlessly announce lots of planets that have the possibility of life, you're more likely to get funding for your project.
That's not to say that the Kepler project isn't useful, it is profoundly important, but when you spend a lot of money to build and deploy a space telescope, well, a lot of people expect results. Those results better be forthcoming if you want to continue the project and/or build more and better space telescopes.
All the Princeton researchers are saying is, that the number of life-bearing planets we know about is approximately 1. Therefore, we don't really know much about life-bearing planets, how life forms on them, how fast it develops, etc.
They've thought of this.
FTFA:
"Our analysis suggests that abiogenesis could be a rather rapid and probable process for other worlds, but it also cannot rule out at high confidence that abiogenesis is a rare, improbable event," Spiegel said. "We really have no idea, even to within orders of magnitude, how probable abiogenesis is, and we show that no evidence exists to substantially change that." ..also...
"It could easily be that life came about on Earth one way, but came about on other planets in other ways, if it came about at all. The best way to find out, of course, is to look. But I don't think we'll know by debating the process of how life came about on Earth."
I think I read somewhere that an Israeli company was working on this. Their idea was to use the same connections to hold the battery as those for aircraft ordinance. The idea was that you would pull up to a station, pay a fee, drop your battery, and the old one would be removed and replaced with a fresh one, robotically. Off you go.
We are not, not, NOT going to solve our energy problems by changing light bulbs. I am annoyed by the fact that I am asked to spend $60 on an energy efficient light bulb -- meanwhile brightly-lit, extravagant casinos operate 24/7, with more being built every day.
The Chinese don't have to steal our technology, we give it to them, gratis, so that they can build our little electronic gew-gaws that we can't live without. They come over here, learn at our educational institutions, and take what they learn back home. How is that stealing?
"Think about basic actions like sharing or recommendations. When you find a great article, you want to share that knowledge with people who will find it interesting, too. If you see a great movie, you want to recommend it to friends..."
No, no I don't. I don't want to electronically recommend things to friends, because I hate it when my friends electronically recommend stuff to me. If it comes up in conversation, fine, but otherwise, I don't want to know about it.
Back when I was on facebook, I had a friend who seemed to want to share his entire internet experience. He posted about 20 to 30 times a day, and every post was some article that he read, which he felt was VITALLY IMPORTANT that all of his friends look at. I had to defriend him because my wall had become nothing but his stream-of-internet-conciousness posts.
I can only imagine the Babel-like cacophony that would result if ALL my friends shared everything.
The site says it is the abandoned wind farm in Kamaoa, Hawaii.
Here is another link with more pictures and video from California:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/03/19/the-reality-of-wind-turbines-in-california-video/
I don't read blogspots all day. I also would not characterize my arguments as "wise-ass". Do you think there are no abandoned stations in the U.S.?
History often repeats itself. In Oklahoma, during the oil booms of the early 20th century, drilling rigs popped up all over the place. Over the years, as the wells ran dry, the well sites were abandoned. Dangerous and unsightly equipment littered farms all over the state for decades. Until the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board was formed in 1993 there was no attempt by industry to clean up after themselves.
Like oil wells, wind farms need to be maintained and cleaned up after they have been abandoned. The Canadian landowners DO have a point.
"With the cost of gas and oil on its way up it's a wonder that any one would be against the use of renewable energy sources."
One of the problems I would have with it is that wind farms tend to fall into disrepair after they are built. Somehow the money to maintain them disappears. Imagine having this in your backyard.
Ah, the joys of cloud computing.
I forgot to mention that you are required to declare this on your state income tax form.
Meanwhile, Oklahoma is considering getting rid of state income tax, soooooo ....
Last year Oklahoma implemented a "use" tax. Basically, you are required by law to declare any online purchases made from retailers who do not collect state sales tax. The fact that this law is completely unenforceable did not deter the state legislature from passing it.
Most cities have sales taxes too. I wonder when cities will start trying to get on the bandwagon?
WTF is a "neutronio"?
Back in 1989 I was on a tour of the IBM factory in Rochester Minnesota. The factory had robotic forklifts and trams that moved parts around and shared the same workspace as the employees. There were also a few forklifts driven by humans. This was pretty advanced stuff in 1989, and the first question someone asked was if there were ever any accidents. The tour guide laughed and said, "It's the ones driven by humans that you have to watch."
This sounds like the same kind of amateur information we used to get in the Navy right before we hit port somewhere. About half the time, what we were told was complete BS, though it was usually harmless. For instance: prior to hitting port in Athens we were advised that the outstretched palm was a curse in Greece, so we should never wave at anyone. To be sure, if the palm is held a certain way, and one's attitude is hostile, it can be an affront, but friendly Greeks smile and wave at each other just like everyone else.
It's also a good contraceptive, according to Rush Limbaugh.
Yes, that was my first thought too: "Can it see through tape?"
But of course the TV will be designed to not operate if the camera is obstructed. Better to just not have a TV at all.