An ex boss of mine was “data mining” logs, journals, records, crew reports, and news papers for well over 30 years to help reproduce data sets for sea ice extent, iceberg sightings, and ship iceberg collisions. In some cases he managed to get confirm some data sets back 400 years.
I’m glad that someone else felt the same about Hermes being huge. Read more
Otters are giant aquatic weasels? Oh Dear, Look what scientific peguinism opened up.
also check out the US History Channel show "Modern Marvels:Ice"
Growing Clear ice is one thing, try making a "mono-crystal". Read more
The beer can paradox would be a great piece of "IO9 chart porn". Namely if a "soda can" was a rocket vehicle then the tab on the top is usually the "effective payload".
alot of thought about how to deploy the suit, nice job... the F-15 doing high speed evades when really it would be working to keep from falling out of the sky... could of done with a little more thought. Add to that a multi-component air to ground ordinance coming from an AIM-9 package.... struck me like the… Read more
"I can not bear to see what has become of Earth. Once green and growing with blue lakes and silver streams, great rivers, and mighty seas now all gone. Only day and burning desert left.
"Yesterdays Enterprise" was one of the best stories out of TNG. However, I felt it was more of a "kobayashi maru" exploration of character rather than saving the world.
It was my understanding that Tesla and Marconi themselves weren't patent hungry like say.... I dunno..... Edison. However, the companies and the business' they created soon became a different story. Read more
I live in St. John's. No mean feat to fly a kite on Signal Hill but I'm sure that task was delegated, especially in December. That said I loved the kite work of Marconi and Alexander Graham Bell.
... The Earth that was
I agree, thanks for finding the footage.
Suzuki says. "People think obesity is a bad thing, but maybe it's not a bad thing in terms of human evolution and natural populations. It could be a good thing if you live in a cold place and need more fat to survive." Read more
"It's The Lord, Noah."
"Right."
While adrenaline producing, the rotational velocity/inertia made me pause about 10 seconds after seeing the trailer. Read more
The truly great spaceship explosions are an emotional expression of theme and not merely a special event spectacle. All the truly great events mentioned here all share the theme of sacrifice for something greater, the hope for the future. Read more
brings chills and respect.
