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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. ER September 10, 2025 4:56 pm (Space/Science)

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He should know better. ER September 1, 2025 8:20 pm (Space/Science)

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Existing instrument on Mars Curiosity Rover could be used to detect life BuckGalaxy August 18, 2025 12:48 pm (Space/Science)

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But what have you done for me lately? by ER April 25, 2012 9:04 am
    Russia's Million Dollar Hackers. by Jody April 25, 2012 7:38 am
      In times of liberal dominance... by FrankC April 23, 2012 3:44 pm
      • No more Mr Nice Guy by ER 2012-04-24 13:42:31
        • Fifty bucks says that guys a liberal. by TB 2012-04-24 15:41:47
          • Yeah, he's one of them country club liberals. Boodles, shaken, not stirred. by ER 2012-04-24 16:32:02
            • Afraid so. If he were drinking wine out of a box he'd be an NRA Conservative. by bowser 2012-04-24 16:10:16
              • Only if he was holding the box over his head and letting it pour into his mouth. by TB 2012-04-24 16:37:23
          • I'm wondering how "liberal dominance" would be measured. It just doesn't seem that way to me, but I don't ... by bowser 2012-04-23 20:43:40
            • Control of the executive and legislative. This is assuming that we consider democrats as usually liberal and republicans not usually ... by FrankC 2012-04-23 21:03:49
              • They're the ones who wear leather that isn't necessary for doing a job. by TB 2012-04-23 20:50:02
              • I think this time the cigar is just a cigar. by TB 2012-04-23 16:04:38
                Private asteroid mining? by TB April 19, 2012 3:28 pm
                • More information now at the Planetary Resources website. by TB 2012-04-24 14:21:03
                  • My guess is that it has to with extraterrestrial energy resources, not rocks. by podrock 2012-04-19 21:30:15
                    • Orbiting power satellites might be a good bet. I did a lot of work on this concept years ago, too. ... by TB 2012-04-20 20:59:17
                    • In slightly related news, Scaled Composites (SpaceShip Two, Stratolaunch) is hiring. Sigh...to be twenty again. by TB 2012-04-19 19:50:52
                      • I wonder what minerals they expect to find that will make it economically worthwhile to recover and bring back. ... by ER 2012-04-19 16:49:13
                        • Look at my old "asteroid mining" article. The prices are obsolete (I may update this someday), but the analysis is basically ... by TB 2012-04-19 19:09:42
                          • Your figures are impressive, but you haven't really calculated the total cost per kilo of finding and then moving finished ... by ER 2012-04-19 20:35:40
                            • There are already answers to many of these questions. by TB 2012-04-20 20:49:41
                              • Perhaps your optimism is fueled by your enthusiasm? Or should I say wishful thinking? There is a vast gulf ... by ER 2012-04-21 07:34:45
                                • I won't deny I am enthusiastic, or even a wishful thinker. by TB 2012-04-21 11:10:20
                                  • Believe me, if they could do it, I'd go to work for them if they'd have me. I'd even ... by ER 2012-04-21 14:08:03
                          • I remember when it was thought that conditions in LEO, particularly zero-G, would allow many industrial processes not possible on ... by ER 2012-04-19 17:17:29
                          Obama announces his annual crackdown on oil market "manipulators" by TB April 21, 2012 1:56 pm
                          • Artificially generated shortages don't count? Pulling refineries off-line so as to drive up the price of refined products isn't ... by bowser 2012-04-23 20:51:47
                            • Anybody can ask a question. by TB 2012-04-23 21:31:03
                              • They are simple "yes" or "no" questions relevant to your post. And I was right. You wouldn't answer, ... by bowser 2012-04-23 22:14:38
                                • Okay. Let's go over it again. by TB 2012-04-24 08:02:58
                                  • "HOVENSA announced earlier this month that it would shut down its St. Croix refinery in the Virgin Islands. Sunoco and ... by bowser 2012-04-24 09:51:56
                                    • These refineries are not being permanently shut down. by TB 2012-04-24 11:30:00
                                      • Economics 50: A functional monopoly artificially restricting supply is a tactic designed to increase profits. In the oil ... by bowser 2012-04-24 13:38:46
                            • So the futures market is not a problem? by RobVG 2012-04-22 09:41:04
                              • Okay, we'll investigate it for another four years. by TB 2012-04-22 12:57:51
                                • I had a reply but I lost it. [Edit] by RobVG 2012-04-23 07:59:37
                                  • Update on that Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working Group here. by TB 2012-04-23 09:05:00
                                    • Well, there might be a difference between an actual supply problem and an anticipated drop in supply that's never realized? by RobVG 2012-04-23 17:38:45
                                • Way to go, Rob! by ER 2012-04-22 10:06:09
                                  • "Hmmm. While we’re talking about speculation, maybe we can speculate that this unexplainable spike in gas prices is deliberately engineered ... by TB 2012-04-22 16:56:19
                                    • 2008? Oh that was obviously Democratic skullduggery, taking advantage of their great influence with the oil companies, and the Texas ... by ER 2012-04-22 17:25:45
                                      • Or the simplest conclusion that fits both cases: your "deliberately engineered" theory was a load of pants. :) by TB 2012-04-22 19:11:39
                                        • I've mentioned here before that I think prices are set by individual speculators, and (sometimes) market forces, but since ... by ER 2012-04-22 21:17:22
                                Careful about disposing of that old smartphone by TB April 21, 2012 6:04 pm
                                • A word to the wise. The safest phone is a Nokia 800. You won't be able to get ... by bowser 2012-04-24 09:31:04
                                  • I figure I'll just smash mine after the contract runs out. Also, this reminds me of the time I was walking ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-21 19:10:27
                                    The Speed of Technology by TB April 23, 2012 8:34 pm
                                    • Just noticed: How come most of the technologies slow down right before they hit %100? Some of them ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-24 01:51:23
                                      What the public knows about political parties by TB April 23, 2012 10:14 am
                                      • Clearly the results divulge a truth. WE ARE SCREWED by Jody 2012-04-23 13:26:28
                                        • By the way: Don't knock capuchin monkeys. They're a bit smarter than your average - - - . ... by bowser 2012-04-23 12:20:25
                                          • "...on the ability of capuchins to use money..." by ER 2012-04-23 12:37:54
                                          • I thought some of the questions were phrased a bit oddly, and that someone doing a quick read would get ... by bowser 2012-04-23 12:14:36
                                            • Funny, I interpreted the exact same data in a totally different way. by ER 2012-04-23 11:00:55
                                              • Did you read the whole news story? by TB 2012-04-23 11:04:58
                                                • Yes. Why, Is that supposed to make a difference in my conclusion? by ER 2012-04-23 11:18:20
                                                  • No, you concluded this was why people voted Republican. The results and demographics seem to indicate otherwise. by TB 2012-04-23 11:35:19
                                                    • I don't see it. This is what I saw. "The partisan gaps in knowledge are at least partly a consequence of demographic ... by ER 2012-04-23 12:06:36
                                                      • Remarkable. by TB 2012-04-23 12:44:40
                                                        • I think you spend an awful lot of effort trying to change the way I think. Think about that. by ER 2012-04-23 12:57:31
                                                          • Have you ever thought about why I bother? by TB 2012-04-23 13:06:57
                                                            • We've always known you were a partisan propagandist Tom. We've told you as much. But I have to admit, ... by ER 2012-04-23 13:17:09
                                                              • Ah, that's a load of horseapples. by TB 2012-04-23 13:34:22
                                                                • Tom, your "pick the group" gotcha is not really all that extreme. That's really middle of the road stuff. ... by ER 2012-04-23 13:56:08
                                                                  • "Middle of the road?" No wonder you think I'm in deep right field. Check your GPS. by TB 2012-04-23 14:01:37
                                              • Same here Tom by Jody 2012-04-23 10:49:03
                                                What's happening May 1st by TB April 23, 2012 1:46 pm
                                                  Kodachrome by ER April 23, 2012 7:41 am
                                                  • It takes a hell of a good digital camera to do the kind of things film cameras did routinely. by TB 2012-04-23 08:54:43
                                                    • Any jerk can take a picture, as I suspect that gentleman was trying to tell me. The real skill comes ... by ER 2012-04-23 10:28:00
                                                      • Some of it is, so help me, personal. I have a friend I've hiked and climbed with a lot. ... by bowser 2012-04-23 12:31:36
                                                        • The trick to taking good photographs is to take a lot of them. Clap a high capacity motorized film ... by ER 2012-04-23 12:54:34
                                                    Cause of Falcon hypersonic scramjet crash revealed by RobVG April 23, 2012 7:20 am
                                                    • 9 minutes at Mach 20 and then lost signal? It simply outran the signal. by bowser 2012-04-23 12:51:16
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