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Update on the asteroid census by TB September 29, 2011 4:11 pm
  • "It's like a population census, where you poll a small group of people to draw conclusions about the entire country," ... by ER 2011-09-29 16:42:28
    • Yeah, it's not really clear to me how they manage to figure out that they've discovered a given percentage of ... by TB 2011-09-29 18:03:45
      • Astronomically, you make assumptions about the homogeneity (or lack of it) of a population, or you try to model its ... by ER 2011-09-29 18:34:51
        • Lemme guess - they just sat there slack-jawed, dumbfounded and awed by someone who knows science, right? by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-29 23:11:49
          • No, the technology I used, Geographic Information Systems, was routinely used to map and manage various spatially distributed resources important ... by ER 2011-09-30 05:16:06
            • I shall take that advice to heart. Mayhaps someday I could use it to my advantage. NeoCarnegie FTW!!! by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-30 19:36:28
    SpaceX working on reusables by TB September 29, 2011 2:27 pm
    • And the video! by Lee 2011-09-29 14:41:47
      Bad news for air travellers... by BuckGalaxy September 29, 2011 10:12 am
      • I don't understand why the WH is not willing to send teams of SEALS, Green Berets, and CIA operatives into ... by Jeff-Wash 2011-09-29 18:55:00
        • They may have. But they're not going to announce it if they have. Would kind of defeat ... by Eri 2011-09-29 21:37:34
          • If Obama publicly sends U.S. troops into Libya on the ground, his base will flay him alive. He's already ... by TB 2011-09-29 19:15:32
            • Yeah, and I'm sure if he sent in the Airborne the Tea Party would wholeheartedly support him. Besides, that may be ... by ER 2011-09-29 19:52:16
              • Like I said, I hope Special Forces are working this stuff. by TB 2011-09-29 19:54:59
                • I think that's pretty much a no brainer. There were a few reports about CIA and millitary adivors working ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-09-29 20:49:49
                  • I can't wait for the kudos from the Right for Obama to come rolling in now that Al-Awlaki has been ... by ER 2011-09-30 06:00:54
          • Over and above the terrorist threat to commercial aviation, the world might look very different if technology made military aircraft ... by ER 2011-09-29 10:43:02
            • Cavalry was quickly replaced with tanks. Military aircraft already have a lot of defenses against these things. I've seen some questions about ... by TB 2011-09-29 11:34:07
            How COULD you tell if it was hacked? by Eri September 29, 2011 9:51 am
            • It seems like all the news these days is starting to sound like an SNL skit. by ER 2011-09-29 10:51:37
              No Child Left Behind but Where are the Teachers? by Eri September 29, 2011 9:24 am
              • I don't like to yell type in caps lock much, but ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-30 18:46:22
                • Another article on this subject. by TB 2011-09-29 15:59:11
                  Today's Odd Links by TB September 29, 2011 8:36 am
                  • Those siege weapons would make excellent engineering projects...... Plus, they'd be awesome for Renaissance Faires. I wonder if ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-30 19:27:26
                    • I took this one by ER 2011-09-29 10:06:12
                      • Yeah, I found it! I guess I'm blind today. Then I trashed my post but you were too ... by Eri 2011-09-29 10:07:30
                        • "When you come to a fork in the road, take it." by ER 2011-09-29 10:10:22
                          • LOL! OK, Yogi, will do. Did you know that it is a real story, and the road where Yogi lived, ... by Eri 2011-09-29 19:49:34
                            • Correction, the two forks both went to his house, one maybe a slightly more circuitous route but they both got ... by Eri 2011-10-01 00:37:13
                              • The funny thing is that when analyzed, Yogiisms often make perfect sense. There's a Zen quality to them that ... by ER 2011-09-29 20:03:38
                        • It's funny how none of the '7 common superstitions' mentioned in the article were part of my Cuban upbringing. None ... by ER 2011-09-29 09:35:34
                          • Where did Cuba get all that elephant stuff? Are there a lot of elephants in Cuba? Or were ... by TB 2011-09-29 10:14:29
                            • No, we got them from the picture books the gringos brought with them. Or maybe it was the Spaniards. Or maybe it ... by ER 2011-09-29 10:27:26
                              • Maybe from Africans who came to Cuba? There are similar superstitions in Brazil. by TB 2011-09-29 10:42:33
                                • Maybe the superstition got its origin from the African slaves the Spaniards brought to Cuba. Although the slaves were ... by ER 2011-09-29 10:38:36
                            Ma Chalmer's Soybeans by TB September 28, 2011 2:29 pm
                              If you have a minute from telling kids to get off your lawn... by TB September 28, 2011 1:57 pm
                              • How I wish I had Dewey's sense of wit.... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-30 00:12:56
                                • Be sure to check it out on Fridays when they have a book recommendation. Check out the reviews down ... by TB 2011-09-30 10:51:31
                                  • I do. I have the comic bookmarked so I can see it daily. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-30 19:32:51
                                A bit more language stuff... by TB September 28, 2011 1:36 pm
                                  New Kindles out by TB September 28, 2011 8:45 am
                                  • If there's no keyboard, how do you input? Telepathy? by Eri 2011-09-29 09:39:35
                                    • The cheap one has you clicking through an onscreen keyboard (yech.) The touch-screen versions, I assume, have onscreen keyboards ... by TB 2011-09-29 11:24:06
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