death tribble Posted November 21, 2018 Report Share Posted November 21, 2018 That eruption affected the Northern hemisphere so the only other place you could reasonably check is China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted November 21, 2018 Report Share Posted November 21, 2018 On 11/20/2018 at 2:56 PM, Lord Liaden said: "Boaty McBoatface" would have been an awesome name! Yes, it would! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted November 22, 2018 Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 Non-wangsty news Arizona Pigeon Found Wearing Rhinestone Vest Reunited With Owner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 22, 2018 Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 Pariah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 22, 2018 Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 We ate all our remaining romaine last night so as to make room in the fridge for Thanksgiving stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted November 22, 2018 Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 Russia Wants Bulgarians to Stop Painting Soviet Monuments To Look Like American Superheroes https://www.earthlymission.com/russia-wants-bulgarians-to-stop-painting-soviet-monuments-to-look-like-american-superheroes/?fbclid=IwAR1Rt962uoGHnLTlNOmXF_Ju0s9Qmbx58usSx4RoppWRbE8U26277ReZcx0 pinecone, Christopher and Hermit 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 22, 2018 Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Cancer said: We ate all our remaining romaine last night so as to make room in the fridge for Thanksgiving stuff. I don't think that's how it's supposed to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted November 22, 2018 Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 4 hours ago, Cygnia said: Non-wangsty news Arizona Pigeon Found Wearing Rhinestone Vest Reunited With Owner I'm mildly disappointed it wasn't a Las Vegas Pigeon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted November 22, 2018 Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 29 minutes ago, Pattern Ghost said: I'm mildly disappointed it wasn't a Las Vegas Pigeon. Las Vegas Pigeons sounds like it should be our next sports expansion team. Maybe we can get the Raiders to re-brand. Lord Liaden, Cancer and Pattern Ghost 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted November 22, 2018 Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 2 hours ago, Scott Ruggels said: Russia Wants Bulgarians to Stop Painting Soviet Monuments To Look Like American Superheroes https://www.earthlymission.com/russia-wants-bulgarians-to-stop-painting-soviet-monuments-to-look-like-american-superheroes/?fbclid=IwAR1Rt962uoGHnLTlNOmXF_Ju0s9Qmbx58usSx4RoppWRbE8U26277ReZcx0 Just on the aesthetic level, I consider that an improvement. Hermit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted November 22, 2018 Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 8 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: Just on the aesthetic level, I consider that an improvement. Ditto, that's some quality beautification! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 23, 2018 Report Share Posted November 23, 2018 First flight of ion drive aircraft (video in the linked page) tkdguy and Pariah 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 3 hours ago, Cancer said: First flight of ion drive aircraft (video in the linked page) Okay, now that is cool. Also silent drones would be welcome until the GoPro peeping Toms annoy enough voters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 Ion-driven drones capable of hauling enough optics to effectively peep from fifty stories up are a ways off. I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 Oh, and its not great for quality of life on the planet, either. Federal report says climate change will wallop U.S. economy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 3 hours ago, Old Man said: Ion-driven drones capable of hauling enough optics to effectively peep from fifty stories up are a ways off. I think. Are you kidding? Once that footage is on YouTube, drone hackers are going to attempt every combination of battery and material to get something FPV capable within 6 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Pariah said: Oh, and its not great for quality of life on the planet, either. Federal report says climate change will wallop U.S. economy Except it may be backwards and far worse. http://electroverse.net/professor-valentina-zharkova-breaks-her-silence-and-confirms-super-grand-solar-minimum/?fbclid=IwAR0UrPm-Jkg0TBzdi3oyTbmRHfpEiyv9_uL8aVzHk-2CpZFVLHD2fXC9mDo Fallen Angels scenario? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 3 hours ago, Scott Ruggels said: Except it may be backwards and far worse. http://electroverse.net/professor-valentina-zharkova-breaks-her-silence-and-confirms-super-grand-solar-minimum/?fbclid=IwAR0UrPm-Jkg0TBzdi3oyTbmRHfpEiyv9_uL8aVzHk-2CpZFVLHD2fXC9mDo Probably not, though. http://theconversation.com/the-mini-ice-age-hoopla-is-a-giant-failure-of-science-communication-45037 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 1 minute ago, Pattern Ghost said: Probably not, though. http://theconversation.com/the-mini-ice-age-hoopla-is-a-giant-failure-of-science-communication-45037 Ohh! good article. Good explanation. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 Super fan scientist names new species of weevil after baseball player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 14 hours ago, Pariah said: Oh, and its not great for quality of life on the planet, either. Federal report says climate change will wallop U.S. economy There is an animated documentary (yes, that is a thing) I watched a while back called There's No Tomorrow. It was exactly what it said on the tin -- all about the problems related to the fact that we're going to run out of oil.someday. Their premise was that none of the plans proposed or proposable for replacing oil can possibly help and that when it runs out technological civilization will die, as will most of homo sapiens. Very grim stuff, and I don't know just how paranoid that is. If we have reach a [point of no return for climate change (and we seem to be hurtling towards that point at breakneck speed) what alleviation measures are possible so that we can at the very least reduce the number of fatalities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 I don’t think that’s an issue now that solar and wind are cheaper than coal and nuclear. In fact it is cheaper to build new renewable power than it is to maintain a coal plant. The biggest obstacle to abandoning fossil fuels altogether is the transportation industry, which accounts for about 1/3 of fossil consumption. But even there, companies are rapidly ramping up battery production even as battery R&D keeps making breakthroughs. Honestly the the situation with renewable energy is progressing so rapidly it’s hard to keep up. Anything you read more than two years ago may be completely erroneous in its conclusions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 The director Nicholas Roeg has died aged 90. Performance with Mick Jagger, The Man Who Fell to Earth with David Bowie, Walkabout with Jenny Agutte and Don't Look Now with Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46329949 Larger obit https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34603072 Cygnia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 $400,000 was found in this man's washing machine. He was arrested on suspicion of money laundering. cnn.it/2RaEFn0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 The Mystery Font That Took Over New York Old Man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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