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Comment CBC (Score 0) 578

by Alex Mackinnon on Friday February 07, 2014 @06:22PM (#46190491) Attached to: US Cord Cutters Getting Snubbed From NBC's Olympic Coverage Online

Try, the CBC. No need to pay the NBC

Spectacular New Martian Impact Crater Spotted From Orbit 99

Posted by Soulskill on Friday February 07, 2014 @03:47PM from the get-your-cameras-to-mars dept.

New submitter kc123 writes: "The team that runs the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has released a photo showning a new impact crater on Mars, formed sometime early this decade. The crater at the center is about 30 meters in diameter, and the material ejected during its formation extends out as far as 15 kilometers. The impact was originally spotted by the MRO's Context Camera, a wide-field imaging system that provides the context—an image of the surrounding terrain—for the high-resolution images taken by HiRISE. The time window on the impact, between July 2010 and May 2012, simply represents the time between two different Context Camera photos of the same location. Once the crater was spotted, it took until November of 2013 for another pass of the region, at which point HiRISE was able to image it." Reader astroengine adds some more Mars news: "On Thursday at 3:41 p.m. EST (20:41 UTC), Mars rover Curiosity beamed back a photo from its rear hazard avoidance camera (Hazcam). In the shot we see wheel tracks in the downward slope of the dune bridging "Dingo Gap" with the peak of Curiosity's eventual goal, Mount Sharp, on the horizon. This can mean only one thing; the one-ton robot has successfully conquered its first Mars dune! Curiosity has also taken a picture of Earth."

Comment married or not (Score 0) 336

by Alex Mackinnon on Sunday February 02, 2014 @11:25PM (#46137577) Attached to: Through a Face Scanner Darkly

This will be a great app for all. Is your date married, are they a dead beat parent, etc. I like it.

Comment Oh we can just buy American Sands (Score 0) 301

by Alex Mackinnon on Sunday February 02, 2014 @03:04PM (#46135105) Attached to: Environmental Report Raises Pressure On Obama To Approve Keystone Pipeline

We can just buy American oil sands, frack the planet too. The main reason they don't want Canadian oil development is to remove a competitor and keep the price of oil up as American's bomb their under group ruining their drinking water.

Comment Re:Show me a climate model for the past 16 years (Score 0) 846

by Alex Mackinnon on Monday January 20, 2014 @01:51PM (#46015511) Attached to: Global-Warming Skepticism Hits 6-Year High

"so let us go with the best models that we have, even if they do have flaws." this sums up a lot of flaws in any science. IF I model a robot whose goal it is to fly and it does not, do I then go with the models I have ? Why does everyone have to name call each other in order to stop debate? It is one of the reasons I am on the fence, if someone has something to hide they name call and beat those into submission.

Comment Re:Oh my God... (Score 0) 314

by Alex Mackinnon on Friday January 17, 2014 @10:16PM (#45994851) Attached to: Alleging 'Malpractice' With Climate Skeptic Papers, Publisher Kills Journal

So, here is a thing - why can not we have access to the raw data the raw photos etc. Why can not we not have open source on the means they use to do the study etc. Why is it that only certain groups get the raw data. If I want to see the wind speed, temp, sun light on May 1st, 1855 (if measured) for all points on the global why is this data not there?

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