But there's no evidence an ice-age is coming. The big problem with man-made global warming is that it's happening relatively fast, not giving Earth life nor human populations enough time to adapt. IF a natural ice-age were coming up, most likely it would occur rather gradual.
A warmer climate leads to more prolific and productive plants
As far as what is the "ideal" temperature for the Earth is per farming etc., that's certainly an interesting question. I suspect too much heat will lead to too many deserts, reducing plant life there, countering more plants/algae near the poles. There's more surface area near the equator, per sphere geometry. However, I have no good research to present on that in either direction.
But, changing it from what human populations are used is probably going to create more problems than any benefits of setting Earth to the ideal temperature.
Until we know more, it's probably wise to not throw primate wrenches into our climate.
Well, okay. What I really meant, and failed to convey, is people also supporting and using a fork or forks in sufficient quantity to show up on typical surveys so people know there's new deputies in town.
The probe is going about 8 miles per second. The object is about 20 miles across. That means it passes the distance of the object's size in less than 3 seconds.
At closest approach, the object appears roughly the apparent size of our moon from Earth according to one article.
Thus, if you were sitting on the probe, and put your thumb out and up next to Thule, held it steady and closed one eye, your thumb would cover the distance of it in about 3 seconds.
It also means the probe only has a minute or two to use its instruments near closest approach. The fly-by speed is almost comparable to watching a high plane fly overhead.
Being the probe has to swivel its entire body to aim each instrument, that's a lot of dancing in a short time slot. (Some instruments point the same direction to save swiveling.) Further, the exact position wasn't precisely known ahead of time, so many instruments and cameras have to scan an area larger than the target to be sure they cover it.
Operators sent a "timing correction" to the probe a couple of days ago they said was a 2-second shift, applying updated navigation info using recent probe photos (when Thule was still a spec). I can see why 2 seconds makes a difference at that speed.
Your browser is one of the most complex pieces of software on your computer. It took thousands of man-hour years to develop.
Scope creep. It didn't have to be complex. The vendors and over-caffeinated standards bodies got into a me-too fight and put too much crap into them, ignoring carefully thought-out & vetted parsimony, and lacking discipline to say "no".
The existing countries didn't follow communism as originally written. Anyhow, I'm not here to promote nor defend "communism", only correct inaccuracies about it. Correcting false statements about X and promoting X are not necessarily the same thing. For example, pointing out false statements about gonorrhea does not mean I'm promoting gonorrhea.
Whatever, warmonger.
You ignored my original statement. I didn't I say was for staying. Trump just left wrong, without giving a plan and consulting allies. Learn reading comprehension. So far you appear to be a sloppy reader based on both your "communism" reply and your "warmonger" reply. Shape up, Sloppo!
That's what a two party system does - shifts power away from the center and towards the extremists.
The polarizing nature seems to go through cycles, based on 240 years of history. There are probably ways to dampen it, but the fixes would probably take a Constitutional amendment, which are very difficult to pass. Ridding gerrymandering would help. Let a computer draw district maps or limit the polygons to say 6 lines.
The myth of open source. Just because the source code is available, doesn't mean that you can actually do anything with it. Years ago, I started working on a fork of Firefox. I gave up because the source code is a gigantic, completely undocumented clusterfuck, made even worse by the cancer that is C++.
I'm curious, what language would you write it in, if given a choice?
It sounds like what's needed is somebody(s) to formally document it, not necessarily start over from scratch. There's more to good software than coding. Almost nobody likes other people's code, by the way. We like code that fits our OWN head.
This is why former communist nations were horrible environmental disaster areas.
It may be lack of democracy and free speech. Totalitarians treat citizens as expendable pawns because they can; they won't be voted out. Besides, I said "traditional communism", not Soviet-style.
Not according to the many Democrats crying at our intent to leave Syria and draw down in Afghanistan...
You are focusing on one narrow aspect of the military. Further, it's not so much there's a withdrawal, it's that the administration has not laid out plans for what to do if say ISIS or Taliban raise up again. If their plan is "just live with them", at least say so openly and honestly. They didn't ask for feedback from allies and citizens, and had no public discussion on such points.
How come nobody is forking it? (Arguably other than Pale Moon.) Maybe there's not enough interest?
Having an alternative to Chrome that's slightly corporate may be better than giving in to a big near-monopoly. If FF stick ads in non-annoying places*, perhaps we can just learn to live with them so that we at least have choice.
Which volunteers are taking up the slack on [some toilets & garbage duties].
Oh, traditional communism. How about that. But how long can we expect them to keep that up?
That is exactly what it does have for anything of consequence.
Like I said, consequence is relative and time-related. Just because you can postpone something doesn't mean it has no consequence. I can postpone dental visits for a year or so, but if I never went to a dentist, I'd probably have screwy or missing teeth. (Then again, some rural people seem to view such as a badge of honor for reasons that escape me.)
MakeGovernmentSmallAgain
Whether the gov't is too big or too small in general is probably another debate for another time. Let's try to focus on specifics here. And nobody agrees on what parts are too big. The military is too is big by some accounts, I would note.
Basically "anything that is really at all useful carries on".
But "useful" is a matter of degree and timing. For example, Federal permits are often required for various business activities. Many of those are being postponed, meaning businesses have to wait. It can muck up schedules, hurting profits.
I'm sure you have a personal "to do" list, and many of those items can be postponed some without much problem, but after a while it will catch up to you and cause direct problems.
...and most national parks are still open
But toiletry and garbage-related maintenance is on hold. I shouldn't have to explain the details of those downsides.
It's stupid that our system allows this so easily. It should have a cruise control mode that funds at existing levels until budget agreements are made. Stop throwing monkey wrenches into our civilization; I LIKE civilization. It seems many don't. Let's not #MakeCavesGreatAgain.
NH actually had 2 choices after Pluto. One was probably slightly bigger, but would had taken more fuel to reach. I'm pretty sure #2 is out of range by now. Let's hope they find another object within reach.
Any news on what objects New Horizons can explore after "Thule"? The Hubble telescope spent a good many hours searching out targets explicitly for New Horizons, which is what found Thule. I wonder if any Earth scopes can help in the hunt for new targets.
The old saying "More learnin', less earnin'," is truer now than it ever was.
Not on average. On average those with degrees earn more. What may be true is that you "specialize" yourself such that opportunities are location and/or time-specific. Trends and change will toss you around more.
After the dot-com bust in 2001, I couldn't find dev work in CA because it was flooded with ex-webbers who worked for peanuts just to survive. I took out of state gigs for legacy software like dBASE & FoxPro to survive. I don't take IT booms for granted. Be Prepared.
You have to we willing to move or work away from home if your can't find decent local work. An co's don't value loyalty: they hire and fire on a whim based on market and fads. The new economy is not family-friendly, which could be why birth rates are down.
And learn to tolerate shitty weather; there's often more opportunities there because candidates hate snow or humidity.
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Before 2016: "Noah's flood wiped it out."
After 2016: "CNN and Comey took it!"
FireFox pulled it off in the mid 2000's. Or, are you arguing browsers got sufficiently more complicated since?
Why couldn't they get soil from Mars instead? Then again, maybe they did both, and that's why Mars is so puny.
But there's no evidence an ice-age is coming. The big problem with man-made global warming is that it's happening relatively fast, not giving Earth life nor human populations enough time to adapt. IF a natural ice-age were coming up, most likely it would occur rather gradual.
As far as what is the "ideal" temperature for the Earth is per farming etc., that's certainly an interesting question. I suspect too much heat will lead to too many deserts, reducing plant life there, countering more plants /algae near the poles. There's more surface area near the equator, per sphere geometry. However, I have no good research to present on that in either direction.
But, changing it from what human populations are used is probably going to create more problems than any benefits of setting Earth to the ideal temperature.
Until we know more, it's probably wise to not throw primate wrenches into our climate.
This is still Slashdot.
Next is to get it to play Solitaire so they can really goof off at work.
Well, okay. What I really meant, and failed to convey, is people also supporting and using a fork or forks in sufficient quantity to show up on typical surveys so people know there's new deputies in town.
The probe is going about 8 miles per second. The object is about 20 miles across. That means it passes the distance of the object's size in less than 3 seconds.
At closest approach, the object appears roughly the apparent size of our moon from Earth according to one article.
Thus, if you were sitting on the probe, and put your thumb out and up next to Thule, held it steady and closed one eye, your thumb would cover the distance of it in about 3 seconds.
It also means the probe only has a minute or two to use its instruments near closest approach. The fly-by speed is almost comparable to watching a high plane fly overhead.
Being the probe has to swivel its entire body to aim each instrument, that's a lot of dancing in a short time slot. (Some instruments point the same direction to save swiveling.) Further, the exact position wasn't precisely known ahead of time, so many instruments and cameras have to scan an area larger than the target to be sure they cover it.
Operators sent a "timing correction" to the probe a couple of days ago they said was a 2-second shift, applying updated navigation info using recent probe photos (when Thule was still a spec). I can see why 2 seconds makes a difference at that speed.
I tried this justification about myself with my wife. Didn't work.
Scope creep. It didn't have to be complex. The vendors and over-caffeinated standards bodies got into a me-too fight and put too much crap into them, ignoring carefully thought-out & vetted parsimony, and lacking discipline to say "no".
The quantity of forks doesn't necessarily measure "interest", especially from a user perspective.
The existing countries didn't follow communism as originally written. Anyhow, I'm not here to promote nor defend "communism", only correct inaccuracies about it. Correcting false statements about X and promoting X are not necessarily the same thing. For example, pointing out false statements about gonorrhea does not mean I'm promoting gonorrhea.
You ignored my original statement. I didn't I say was for staying. Trump just left wrong, without giving a plan and consulting allies. Learn reading comprehension. So far you appear to be a sloppy reader based on both your "communism" reply and your "warmonger" reply. Shape up, Sloppo!
The polarizing nature seems to go through cycles, based on 240 years of history. There are probably ways to dampen it, but the fixes would probably take a Constitutional amendment, which are very difficult to pass. Ridding gerrymandering would help. Let a computer draw district maps or limit the polygons to say 6 lines.
I'm curious, what language would you write it in, if given a choice?
It sounds like what's needed is somebody(s) to formally document it, not necessarily start over from scratch. There's more to good software than coding. Almost nobody likes other people's code, by the way. We like code that fits our OWN head.
"Ooops, we accidentally telemarketed you during your Sunday dinner 58 times." (Mostly true story.)
It may be lack of democracy and free speech. Totalitarians treat citizens as expendable pawns because they can; they won't be voted out. Besides, I said "traditional communism", not Soviet-style.
You are focusing on one narrow aspect of the military. Further, it's not so much there's a withdrawal, it's that the administration has not laid out plans for what to do if say ISIS or Taliban raise up again. If their plan is "just live with them", at least say so openly and honestly. They didn't ask for feedback from allies and citizens, and had no public discussion on such points.
How come nobody is forking it? (Arguably other than Pale Moon.) Maybe there's not enough interest?
Having an alternative to Chrome that's slightly corporate may be better than giving in to a big near-monopoly. If FF stick ads in non-annoying places*, perhaps we can just learn to live with them so that we at least have choice.
* No jokes intended
"Boooogeeer!"
[old WKRP sitcom meme]
Oh, traditional communism. How about that. But how long can we expect them to keep that up?
Like I said, consequence is relative and time-related. Just because you can postpone something doesn't mean it has no consequence. I can postpone dental visits for a year or so, but if I never went to a dentist, I'd probably have screwy or missing teeth. (Then again, some rural people seem to view such as a badge of honor for reasons that escape me.)
Whether the gov't is too big or too small in general is probably another debate for another time. Let's try to focus on specifics here. And nobody agrees on what parts are too big. The military is too is big by some accounts, I would note.
But "useful" is a matter of degree and timing. For example, Federal permits are often required for various business activities. Many of those are being postponed, meaning businesses have to wait. It can muck up schedules, hurting profits.
I'm sure you have a personal "to do" list, and many of those items can be postponed some without much problem, but after a while it will catch up to you and cause direct problems.
But toiletry and garbage-related maintenance is on hold. I shouldn't have to explain the details of those downsides.
It's stupid that our system allows this so easily. It should have a cruise control mode that funds at existing levels until budget agreements are made. Stop throwing monkey wrenches into our civilization; I LIKE civilization. It seems many don't. Let's not #MakeCavesGreatAgain.
You mean "comet"? Freudian Slip there, Bub.
NH actually had 2 choices after Pluto. One was probably slightly bigger, but would had taken more fuel to reach. I'm pretty sure #2 is out of range by now. Let's hope they find another object within reach.
Any news on what objects New Horizons can explore after "Thule"? The Hubble telescope spent a good many hours searching out targets explicitly for New Horizons, which is what found Thule. I wonder if any Earth scopes can help in the hunt for new targets.
this is dry reading.
Not on average. On average those with degrees earn more. What may be true is that you "specialize" yourself such that opportunities are location and/or time-specific. Trends and change will toss you around more.
After the dot-com bust in 2001, I couldn't find dev work in CA because it was flooded with ex-webbers who worked for peanuts just to survive. I took out of state gigs for legacy software like dBASE & FoxPro to survive. I don't take IT booms for granted. Be Prepared.
You have to we willing to move or work away from home if your can't find decent local work. An co's don't value loyalty: they hire and fire on a whim based on market and fads. The new economy is not family-friendly, which could be why birth rates are down.
And learn to tolerate shitty weather; there's often more opportunities there because candidates hate snow or humidity.