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Latest Articles: Science/Tech
NASA U-turn Admits Global Warming Bias on Sun’s Key Role
Post Date: 2013-01-09 21:05:16 by farmfriend
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NASA U-turn Admits Global Warming Bias on Sun’s Key Role In one of the biggest body blows to climate alarmism comes an astonishing new u-turn from NASA. In essence, the prestigious American space agency has admitted it has been shackled for decades into toeing a political line over man-made global warming so as to play down key solar factors. The astonishing NASA announcement comes in the wake of a compelling new study just published titled, “The Effects of Solar Variability on Earth’s Climate.” One of the participants, Greg Kopp of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado, overturned mainstream climate science thinking by ...
Science gets colder than absolute zero
Post Date: 2013-01-04 23:18:17 by Ferret
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When an object is heated, its atoms can move with different levels of energy, from low to high. With positive temperatures (blue), atoms more likely occupy low-energy states than high-energy states, while the opposite is true for negative temperatures (red). (LMU / MPQ Munich) Absolute zero is often thought to be the coldest temperature possible. But now researchers show they can achieve even lower temperatures for a strange realm of "negative temperatures." Oddly, another way to look at these negative temperatures is to consider them hotter than infinity, researchers added. This unusual advance could lead to new engines that could technically be more than 100 percent ...
Scientists develop simpler test for counterfeit whiskey
Post Date: 2013-01-02 02:27:20 by farmfriend
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Scientists develop simpler test for counterfeit whiskey Phil Taylor 01-Jan-2013 Researchers in Brazil have shown that an analytical technique known as Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) can be a powerful tool for differentiating genuine whiskey from counterfeits. Using the highly-sensitive technique, the Brazilian scientists were able to correctly distinguish between fake and authentic samples of whiskey provided by the Brazilian Drinks Association (ABAPE). The technology has also been deployed in the analysis of wines and other spirits - including Brazil's national liquor Cachaca - and the latest study suggests is can also be deployed to screen ...
Global Warming? Not a snowball's chance in hell
Post Date: 2012-12-26 08:19:09 by Ada
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By "global warming", I mean, of course the kind of runaway, unprecedented, catastrophic warming which George Monbiot et al have been bleating on about for the last two or three decades. And by "not a snowball's chance in hell", I mean, that the likelihood of such a thing occurring is now roughly on a par with Elvis being discovered alive and well and living in Bolivia and ready to rush record a new album just in time for Christmas. (Cue: a stampede to the record stores by Michael Mann, Al Gore, the Prince of Wales, Tim Flannery, and the rest of the climate fool gang). How can we be so sure? Because this is what the weight of evidence tells us – as Matt Ridley ...
Windows 8: The Animated Evaluation (Excellent presentation!) [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2012-12-22 02:30:01 by James Deffenbach
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NEW TECHNOLOGY (AMAZING) (now if the truck would just drive itself)
Post Date: 2012-12-17 20:25:24 by farmfriend
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Meet Ikey Doherty, the creator of SolusOS
Post Date: 2012-12-17 09:36:18 by James Deffenbach
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Well, before we start, I should cover who exactly “me” is. My name is Ikey Doherty, and I'm the founder of the SolusOS Linux Distribution. I'm a software developer, but that wasn't always the case Origins I'm Irish, 23, and I live in the UK. Originally, I was a builder. Moved around a lot when I was younger so I've seen pretty much every part of the UK & Ireland. Go back a couple years the recession caught the country in a vice-grip, so the building trade went bye-bye. From.. Builder.. to Dev? Logical move, right? Well, lets go back a little bit first. Whilst in secondary school I had developed quite a passion for computers. Never was I content though. ...
Vapour Trail ~ Encyclopedia Britannica
Post Date: 2012-12-10 18:03:13 by wudidiz
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"the resulting ice-crystal plume may last for several hours"...??????? 30 years ago the definition did not include that. Why does it now?
Good-bye Ubuntu Linux. A good distribution runs aground. Big time. [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2012-12-10 02:52:34 by Pinguinite
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I started using Ubuntu Linux when Mandriva, my current favored linux distribution, no longer installed on a new computer some 5 years ago. It was great then and I've never hesitated to recommend it for its ease of use and well maintained distribution of Linux. That changed with their 11.10 release which did away with the KDE desktop and forced everyone to use their new Unity interface apparently designed for use with notepads. Apparently, mouse desktop users are a thing of the past now. But forcing a linux user to use one interface is pretty much anti-linux philosophy. Even so, after the support cycle ended recently for the pre-11.10 versions, I was forced to upgrade into the ...
Text messages direct to your contact lens
Post Date: 2012-12-08 13:42:56 by scrapper2
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New technology that will allow information, such as text messages from a mobile phone, to be projected onto a contact lens worn in the human eye has been developed by Belgian researchers. Ghent University's centre of microsystems technology has developed a spherical curved LCD display which can be embedded in contact lenses and handle projected images using wireless technology. "Now that we have established the basic technology, we can start working towards real applications, possibly available in only a few years," said Professor Herbert De Smet. Unlike previous contact lens displays, which are limited to a few small pixels to make up an image, the new technology allows ...
Become an Instant Hacker
Post Date: 2012-12-06 10:39:51 by James Deffenbach
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Poster Comment:I would do the caps lock and get access denied a time or two before I hit alt and got access granted.
Cigar-Shaped UFO in Pike County, Kentucky October 16, 2012
Post Date: 2012-12-05 01:29:56 by FormerLurker
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Poster Comment:Found that this is not the only video of this sighting. It's definitely something.
New government mandated ethanol blend (E15) damages engines says AAA
Post Date: 2012-12-01 19:32:16 by X-15
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Is this a government operation, or what? The AAA says the Environmental Protection Agency and gasoline retailers should halt the sale of E15, a new ethanol blend that could damage millions of vehicles and void car warranties. AAA, which issued its warning today, says just 12 million of more than 240 million cars, trucks and SUVs now in use have manufacturers' approval for E15. Flex-fuel vehicles, 2012 and newer General Motors vehicles, 2013 Fords and 2001 and later model Porsches are the exceptions, according to AAA, the nation's largest motorist group, with 53.5 million members. "It is clear that millions of Americans are unfamiliar with E15, which means there is a strong ...
My Favorite Lubes (Vaseline excluded)
Post Date: 2012-11-29 21:01:49 by Lod
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shop.militecusa.com/main.sc Militec-1 - the only lube recommended by Ronnie Barrett for his equipment. boeshield.com/ - developed by Boeing for superior lubrication and rust prevention. restorationproduct.com - an amazing topical product.
LED Replacements for 100-Watt Light Bulbs Hit Stores
Post Date: 2012-11-28 19:45:05 by scrapper2
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NEW YORK (AP) — Sorry to see 100-watt bulbs disappear from stores because they were energy hogs? You can now get LED bulbs that roughly match the 100-watters for size and brightness, but use far less energy. Until recently, your only alternative was a compact fluorescent bulb, which has several drawbacks compared with light-emitting diodes. Most people see the light quality as less pleasing, and the bulbs contain a small amount of mercury that’s released if the glass breaks. LEDs, by contrast, don’t contain any volatile, hazardous substances and are durable. They also last longer. Osram Sylvania, a division of Germany’s Siemens AG, said Monday that it’s shipping ...
Easiest Way I Have Found to Download Videos
Post Date: 2012-11-25 11:57:33 by James Deffenbach
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My Firefox Download Helper, or whatever the thing is called, wasn't working for me so I searched for another program or whatever to download them, something that wasn't too technical and would be easy enough even for me to understand. There is a bash script you can use (I guess, never tried it) but I did find a simple way. Here it is: Re: HowTo: Download YouTube videos (the easy way) Here is a simple way also: Find the video you want to download...let's say this one here:http://youtube.com/watch?v=2BCoZiSbGtY You don't need to watch it or anything...then in the address bar on top of ANY browser put kiss in front of the youtube...so the address will be ...
Are Al Gore’s “Dirty Weather” Claims And Tactics Criminal?
Post Date: 2012-11-24 20:20:05 by farmfriend
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Are Al Gore’s “Dirty Weather” Claims And Tactics Criminal? by Dr. Tim Ball on November 22, 2012 Fraud is defined as “wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.” Did Al Gore campaign to deceive the world about the role of human produced CO2 causing world ending global warming and climate change. He profited through carbon credits based on the false need to reduce CO2 and advanced his political career by “saving the planet.” Others distorted climate science for a political agenda, but none with the intensity of Gore. One was Senator Tim Wirth who in 1993 said, “We’ve got to ride the global warming issue. ...
Boy dies in Evansville when TV falls onto him
Post Date: 2012-11-23 07:45:17 by Esso
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Police in Evansville say a 4-year-old boy was fatally injured when a large television apparently fell on him. Police say it appears the television fell off its stand and landed on Gennix Starks. The Evansville Courier & Press and WFIE-TV reported emergency workers were called to an apartment where the boy was injured Wednesday night and that he later died at a hospital. Police say investigators believe the boy's death was accidental based on physical evidence at the apartment and preliminary medical reports.
The Greenhouse Gas Blanket that Fails to Warm the World
Post Date: 2012-11-21 20:02:46 by farmfriend
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The Greenhouse Gas Blanket that Fails to Warm the World Looking through his astrophysicist's eyes Joe Postma made a great point when observing our beautiful blue, wet planet from space: “Energy leaves the Earth, the same amount leaving over two hemispheres, as what comes in over a single hemisphere.” Amazingly, for over 50 years climate researchers overlooked the huge significance of this basic fact when they modeled Earth simplistically by averaging incoming solar radiation equally over both hemispheres. In the age before supercomputers it was expedient to ignore the complexity that our 70% liquid planet creates due to day/night heating and cooling of the water cycle. ...
The Hunt for Dark Matter
Post Date: 2012-11-20 17:21:06 by Lod
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(AP:SIOUX FALLS, S.D.) Scientists hoping to detect dark matter deep in a former South Dakota gold mine have taken the last major step before flipping the switch on their more than $300 million experiment and say they may be ready to begin collecting data as early as February. What's regarded as the world's most sensitive dark matter detector was lowered earlier this month into a 70,000-gallon water tank nearly a mile beneath the earth's surface, shrouding it in enough insulation to hopefully isolate dark matter from the cosmic radiation that makes it impossible to detect above ground. And if all goes as planned, the data that begins flowing could answer age-old questions about ...
Cuddle hormone' could keep men faithful
Post Date: 2012-11-17 05:27:36 by Tatarewicz
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A sniff of a "cuddle hormone" can encourage married men to literally keep their distance from other women, German scientists have shown - but paranoid wives should not put in orders for monogamy spray quite yet. Rather than making men look out for a new woman, the hormone oxytocin, known for its importance in bonding between romantic partners, seemed to steer those already in a relationship away from a potential rival, the researchers found. But not all men reacted the same way. "For the singles, there was no significant effect," Dirk Scheele from the University of Bonn's Department of Psychiatry, told The Local. The study conducted by scientists from the ...
Printing living human tissue
Post Date: 2012-11-17 04:30:28 by Tatarewicz
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A new bio-ink that is capable of carrying living cells through a printer has been developed. This image shows muscle [green] and nerve cells [red] suspended in the new bio-ink and inkjet printed on to a collagen hydrogel bio-printer. The development opens fantastic opportunities for tissue engineering. Image: University of Wollongong Scientists are one step closer to being able to print tissue replacements for diseased or damaged body parts using inkjet printers, thanks to the development of a specialised ink formulation. Researchers have been aware for some time of the potential for using commercially available inkjet printer heads to print living human cells into 3D structures, but ...
2011 Significant Earthquake and News Headlines Archive
Post Date: 2012-11-16 19:46:54 by pablo
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Note: This is a selected, incomplete list of significant earthquakes and may not have the most up-to-date, authoritative information for each earthquake. For more up to date information, please refer to scientific literature. For more comprehensive earthquake lists, please refer to the ANSS Composite Catalog or NEIC Earthquake Catalog. Information available for these years: 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | More In 2011, there were 18 earthquakes greater than 7.0. You can click on any earthquake listed and read a full description of what happened. Magnitude 9.0 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN Poster Comment:Since this is something that ...
Stunning Map Reveals World's Earthquakes Since 1898
Post Date: 2012-11-16 19:12:38 by pablo
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If you've ever wondered where — and why — earthquakes happen the most, look no further than a new map, which plots more than a century's worth of nearly every recorded earthquake strong enough to at least rattle the bookshelves. The map shows earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 or greater since 1898; each is marked in a lightning-bug hue that glows brighter with increasing magnitude. The overall effect is both beautiful and arresting, revealing the silhouettes of Earth's tectonic boundaries in stark, luminous swarms of color. You can read the rest of the story at the site, and, look at the fantastic map as well. BUT, that is not the best part. There is a short video at ...
Japan to unveil world’s first 3D printing photo booth
Post Date: 2012-11-15 05:14:32 by Tatarewicz
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The world’s first 3D printing photo booth, creating life-like miniature photos, is set to be unveiled at the Eye of Gyre exhibition in Japan. A Japanese company known as Omote 3D is planning to offer the 3D photo printing service at the Eye of Gyre exhibition that will be held in Tokyo's Harajuk. According to the 3D Focus, the visitors who intend to have this 3D photo of themselves, will have to be scanned in a booth. There, the visitors will have their bodies scanned into a computer as they will be required to hold a certain pose for 15 minutes. Then the machine will display their statuette on the 3D color printer depicting not only the features, but the basic textures of ...
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