> saying they found 'signs' of alien life, and it never is.
Until we get samples back to Earth labs, we can't really tell. It's just speculation at this point.
The arguments over the meteorite AH-84001 are certainly interesting, but we need "fresher" samples.
since the 1970's Viking missions. Nobody will really know until we get samples back on Earth. (I hope we have immunity if a lab leak.)
The Viking landers detected what look like circadian rhythms, where organisms have an internal clock to optimize metabolism to fit daily temperature swings. The pattern of the rhythm fading over time when kept a constant temperature, and after being baked fit the pattern of certain Earth microbes. But "funny chemistry" can't be ruled out. Mars is a tease.
> Large cars, have been around for a long damn time
The big 70's-and-earlier cars were mostly sedans. While it was hard to see short people directly in front, the side-angle view was better than the SUV boats because sedans are lower to the ground. I used to drive a big sedan (not by choice). Thus, not really comparable.
I think you mean Detroit & Big Oil lobbied & bribed the gov't to make fuel rules that favor building big vehicles to keep foreign SUV competition out.
It's called "crony capitalism".
My 4-cylinder SUV has a big blind-spot at the edges of the front window, almost a foot wide. I realize it needs a thick roll-bar there, but such a bar shouldn't be any wider than say 3 inches, 3.5 with a cover over it. Part of the clutter is devoted to the side mirrors, but many cars put the stem lower than the mirror itself; not this car. Dumb design.
As far as tall hoods, it's probably a macho esthetics thing. People are dying for male vanity. 'Murica!
Trump = "Undemocratic Socialist"
Two words: Government contracts.
Big-Brother-NIMBYism: "Spy on those other people*, not ME!"
* Who have less political bribing power
After the buses return to the depot, the transportation authority would archive the regular video footage on a local server for up to five years.
Why the hell five years?
Sounds like the precise argument why governments shouldn't be the ones regulating these things. Maybe private industry consortiums
"These things"? You mean the government shouldn't be drafting regulations for government, which is what we're talking about here? Instead, private industry should be telling the government what to do?
It's not mutually exclusive. They fluff each other.
and die for Bibi
lets the other side control when to turn it off. If they flake or go rogue, you are left holding the bag.
...Like their opinion is supposed to control our democracy?
Smartphones have matured enough there is very little incentive to upgrade.
64 camera lenses oughtta be enough for anyone!
- Phone J. Gates
Real computer scientists don't comment their code. The identifiers are so long they can't afford the disk space.
