Comment What a waste (Score 1) 404
Please people, regardless of the benefits a
The state has been in the red for eight years, how can any elected official there justify creating any new program?
Please people, regardless of the benefits a
The state has been in the red for eight years, how can any elected official there justify creating any new program?
A few states are joining the debate. A California law that went into effect in July 2004 requires manufacturers to provide customers with information on black boxes in cars and states that the data cannot be obtained without a court order or the owner's permission.
See this old CNET story Rocky road for car 'black boxes'.
Toyota's lack of openess about data that imperils individual privacy is no skin off of my back. If Government Motors wants to penalize Toyota for it, perhaps it should be mentioned that mandating car electronics more accessible is a bad idea. Look at how Google got hacked by China.
Further, it's surprising to describe 'cherry picking' in a contributor's work without mentioning, at least contrasting against, the recent Briffa controversy wherein the history of global climate was measured by three trees in an entire valley in Siberia. Maybe it was valid, but if so why did Briffa suppress the source data for a decade?
Since the obvious trend in the Darwin data is a cooling trend, the question remains, what changes to the screen or siting produce
The Economist author also appears to miss the controversial disclosures regarding peer review. With a collection of scientists working to change who reviews peers, who accepts papers, and even redefining what 'peer review' itself is supposed to mean, the final appeal to authority near the end of the piece undermines his thesis by grabbing for a rhetorical stanchion that has rusted through.
Raise the subject of sexism, and you are met with illogic that I can only compare to that of the tobacco companies trying to deny the link between their products and cancer.
That's nothing, try suggesting that Linux is ready for mass adoption as a desktop OS.
It's senseless and no the government shouldn't feel responsible to keep me from killing myself through my own stupidity. Kill switches don't stop the road rage maniacs who have probably found a way around the system anyway, they stop the guy trying to get the hospital to save his friend's life or get his pregnant wife to the maternity ward.
Unfortunately for the meteor theory, it was found that even such a huge dust cloud would not have killed off much of the eco-system, even taking the web of life into account. The dust from the meteor strike was too course to stay up in the atmosphere for long enough to kill off plant life by blocking sunlight or change the climate
To compensate for this, the theory was adjusted to suggest that the meteor strike set off world wide conflagrations sending up fine ash which would blot out the sun. This is, however a stretch. Combined with the fact that the mass extinction happened hundreds of thousands of years after the Chicxulub impact, the theory seems to be on shaky ground. Even supporters of the meteor theory recognize the problem and are looking for a better candidate impact.
It's been said that the Alverez's had done a better job at selling their theory than on developing it. Their actions in shouting down competing theories set off one of the biggest scientific feuds in modern history.
For a balanced view of the competing theories, check out this site.
It seems that more and more mathematicians are using a new, high level language named "research student".