Comment: Re:Not terribly surprising, given many trends... (Score 1) 261
Uh, reply is meant for the previous parent.... *sigh*
Comment: Re:Not terribly surprising, given many trends... (Score 1) 261
"Over the next 10 years, demand is expected to decline by about 0.5 percent a year"
Seems pretty unequivocal to me.
Even if it did say growth was to decline by 0.5 percentage points a year for the next decade, with a starting point of 2% you go negative pretty quick.
Comment: Re:This is why it is getting lighter, even minutel (Score 1) 520
No, he could never have a point in a million years of launching whole chunks of the Earth into space.
We're talking about mass not weight and the size of the Earth's gravitational field is utterly irrelevant.
Comment: Re:They discovered... (Score 2, Informative) 198
Consultants.
Comment: Re:I like it (Score 1) 432
(Anecdotes are fun, aren't they?)
But now we have data!
Comment: Re:Dont Know (Score 1) 397
If you agree to them sending you prints, they are not unsolicited.
Comment: Re:20 years ago? (Score 3, Informative) 147
Um, they didn't work for him from 1990 to 1991. One was hired in 1990, the other in 1991. They still worked for him beyond 2006: http://www.finextra.com/news/fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=21200
Comment: What's going on? (Score 2, Insightful) 259
Has the Nobel Peace Prize jumped the shark along with everything else?
Herschel Spectroscopy of Future Supernova 21
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from the that's-a-big-star dept.
from the that's-a-big-star dept.
davecl writes "ESA's Herschel Space Telescope has released its first spectroscopic results. These include observations of VYCMa, a star 50 times as massive as the sun and soon to become a supernova, as well as a nearby galaxy, more distant colliding starburst galaxies and a comet in our own solar system. The spectra show more lines than have ever been seen in these objects in the far-infrared and will allow astronomers to work out the detailed chemistry and physics behind star and planet formation as well as the last stages of stellar evolution before VYCMa's eventual collapse into a supernova. More coverage is available at the Herschel Mission Blog, which I run."
Comment: Re:Yep (Score 1) 667
No. Cases end in settlements for an amount that both parties agree to. If you sue for $100 trillion that does not mean any settlement will be for $10 trillion. If the company you are suing thinks your case is entirely frivolous they might not settle at all. Or they might agree to settle for 75%, or 1%, or whatever they think is reasonable.
On the other hand the company is not going to settle for MORE than you sue for, aiming higher is obviously a good idea. But I think the courts have a dim view of people grossly inflating their claims for no reason.