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Brosz baffled, Bondi busts Bolton ER October 16, 2025 2:08 pm (CurrentEvents)

Science backs up what I have been saying for years... RL October 15, 2025 7:59 pm (CurrentEvents)

No sugar tonight in my coffee, no sugar tonight in my tea ER October 15, 2025 5:07 pm (Space/Science)

Only thing surprising is that people are surprised... RL October 15, 2025 7:12 am (CurrentEvents)

Superwood BuckGalaxy October 14, 2025 5:46 pm (Space/Science)

Lucky U! ER October 14, 2025 2:17 pm (Off-Topic)

Lucky me? ER October 14, 2025 9:51 am (Off-Topic)

JPL about to lose ANOTHER 11% of its people RL October 13, 2025 12:00 pm (Space/Science)

Enjoy this and share.... RL October 13, 2025 3:36 am (CurrentEvents)

Already gutted, the CDC faces more brutal cuts RL October 11, 2025 9:45 pm (Space/Science)

A.Indecency RL October 11, 2025 9:37 pm (GeekSpeak)

Dark matter stars RL October 11, 2025 9:01 pm (Space/Science)

Brozism explained by BuckGalaxy February 11, 2012 2:16 am

A solution to NASA and military cost over-runs. by bowser February 11, 2012 12:58 am

Well look on the bright side - at least now the missions cost less than a B-2 bomber :D by VelociraptorBlade 2012-02-11 01:13:13

A provocative post, and unintended consequences. by bowser February 10, 2012 8:05 pm

A discussion in Community would be the more civilized way to handle the problem. by Robert 2012-02-10 23:35:14
- The only purposes of my post were to clarify that particular issue for me, and to point out what I ... by bowser 2012-02-11 00:41:04

Well, there's Sadie Hawkin's Day coming up, but then what? by Jeff-Wash February 11, 2012 12:32 am

)(&)(*&^&*(&^%*%$^@$#%^#%&^*%^&(*)_ by bowser February 10, 2012 2:47 am

The purest of flames. (n/t) by Robert 2012-02-10 10:16:56
- ...ah the art of language...Warning...rough language by Jody 2012-02-10 12:09:41
  - No! I think bowser has just deciphered an alien tongue. ;) Or, perhaps, he got teed off at the obnoxious Russian ... by Jeff-Wash 2012-02-10 13:23:47
    - Either that, or he read my latest blog. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-02-10 20:15:58

The Wine-dark sea by ER February 9, 2012 5:50 pm

One of the theories about the "Bermuda Triangle" disappearances is methane release. "Mythbusters" tried to sink a boat with compressed ... by RobVG 2012-02-10 18:23:28

Some things are better. by bowser February 7, 2012 11:24 am

The testing, animated by RobVG 2012-02-07 19:03:00
- I couldn't help but wonder if the tests were a form of posturing by RobVG 2012-02-10 18:03:18
- Except for the first 40 or so, all those nuclear explosions took place in my lifetime. by Robert 2012-02-10 10:36:19
- The mix includes some surprises for some people. The Tsar Bomba, ostensibly 100 megatons, was detuned by the Russian scientists to ... by bowser 2012-02-09 22:00:59
- I've never seen that. It is terrifying. Did you notice the 20-odd bursts in the South Atlantic, SW ... by ER 2012-02-07 20:52:23
  - I don't have the citations available right now, but I've read that the South Africans and Israel collaborated and each ... by bowser 2012-02-10 12:51:31
When I was being trained for work in the nuke industry (1972), we were given a tour of a laboratory ... by ER 2012-02-07 13:08:05
- I had no idea they were that detectable. In HS in the late '50s I was the student lab assistant in ... by bowser 2012-02-07 13:52:17
  - A radio-isotope decays by emitting alpha and beta particles, and gamma rays, of various energies, into other isotopes, some of ... by ER 2012-02-07 14:56:35
    - Neutron source by RobVG 2012-02-07 19:21:46
      - Yes, I think I must have looked up the same Wiki article! Several of the Transuranics undergo spontaneous fission, or ... by ER 2012-02-07 20:14:05
        
        The construction industry (soils engineers) uses density meters to test soil compaction. There's a joke among heavy equipment operators, "if you ... by RobVG 2012-02-07 21:03:04
        
        I also found this: "Neutrons are produced when alpha particles impinge upon any of several low atomic weight isotopes including isotopes ... by ER 2012-02-07 20:22:32
    - That is a very good question. The second I read your post I started wondering. I was 16 and 17 ... by bowser 2012-02-07 16:21:46

A huge wind turbine, a remotely piloted helicopter, and an incredible video. by bowser February 10, 2012 4:23 pm

How many of you have had a chance to read the poem, Locksley Hall? by Jeff-Wash February 8, 2012 5:52 pm

I'm not sure I cared much for that one. by ER 2012-02-08 18:44:40
- I love that poem. by TB 2012-02-08 19:01:11
  - Actually, there is a sequel to the Odyssey, although it was written much later, and not by Homer. A ... by ER 2012-02-08 20:30:10
    - Perhaps I should have been more specific. I was thinking how astonishingly prescient he was. "Commerce" in the skies. "Ghastly bales" dropped. Even the "Parliament ... by Jeff-Wash 2012-02-08 22:57:58
      - The 1830's, when the poem was written, can be considered to be the very beginning of modernity. The electric ... by ER 2012-02-09 09:01:23
        
        Hint? OK! Set some time aside and read that subchapter set against the backdrop of the "Crystal Palace" in my story ... by Jeff-Wash 2012-02-10 13:37:48

Who would you rather vote for? by BuckGalaxy February 8, 2012 12:30 pm

Colin Powell n/t by RobVG 2012-02-08 19:30:24
- He's not running. But I'll make you a wager on who he ends up endorsing. by BuckGalaxy 2012-02-10 10:17:02
Getting your shoes scanned by a TSA guy is "elitist?" by TB 2012-02-08 12:40:05
- I thought he was getting his shoes shined by a TSA guy. by ER 2012-02-09 18:27:54

Leapfrogging technologies by bowser February 10, 2012 2:43 am

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