Comment Re:Extrapolating to millions of years (Score 1) 26
I think you are referring to general relativistic effects. However, I don't think we would say this reduces its accuracy - it is correctly keeping time within its reference frame.
Submission + - Trump Admin Used Signal for War Plans and Included Journalist (theatlantic.com) 1
josmar52789 writes: âoeThe world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was bombing Houthi targets across Yemen.
I [Jeff Goldberg], however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack might be coming. The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m. The plan included precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing.â
I [Jeff Goldberg], however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack might be coming. The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m. The plan included precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing.â
Comment Re:Wooosh!! (Score 1) 29
Great point. I don't use my phone for high bandwidth stuff, but this does look like an opening for ISPs to move traffic away from wires. I don't like that.
Comment Re:They definately look different in a telescope (Score 1) 38
Came here to say much the same thing. When I've had a clear view of Neptune in an 8" reflector, it had a very distinctive dark blue - much like the original Voyager 2 picture. It was just a dot, but the color was clear.
Comment Ad-blocked YouTube on TV (Score 3, Interesting) 50
My solution to watching YouTube on TV without ads:
I have a small NUC with Linux hooked up to the TV. I run Firefox (with uBlock) in full-screen using a separate profile dedicated to YouTube. I control the screen from my phone using the KDE Connect app. Not great, but works. I hate ads.
On the same NUC I have Kodi to watch my own movies streamed from a file server.
Comment Kids have a new excuse... (Score 2) 62
My sister nuked my homework.
Comment "Dragons Forever" (Score 1) 893
Some of Jackie's best work is in the 80s. He was younger and unstoppable - and very funny.
"Dragons Forever" is another one to check out. Like "Wheels on Meals", it has Sammo Hung and Benny Urquidez. Great fight sequences.
"Drunken Master II" / "Legend of Drunken Master" (same movie, somewhat different edits) still remains my favorite Jackie Chan movie - every fight scene is awesome.
Comment I Know Where I'm Going,Shop Around Corner,Ice Cold (Score 1) 893
"I Know Where I'm Going" (1945)- a film set on a Scottish isle. An American woman tries to reach her fiance, but is stuck on the island due to a storm. Excellent cinematography, acting, and writing. It has romance, atmosphere, and a truly breathtaking whirlpool sequence (amazing effects!). The far inferior "Leap Year" is very loosely based on the same story.
"The Shop Around The Corner" (1940) - early Jimmy Stewart romantic comedy based on a play. It is about much more than the central romance with a number of wonderful supporting characters. "You've Got Mail" is a very weak remake of this story.
"Ice Cold in Alex" (1958) - British movie set in WWII. Ambulance tries to cross Sahara without being stopped by Nazis. Filled with intrigue.
"The Fisher King" (1991) - lesser known Terry Gilliam movie starring Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges. Sort of a fantasy/romance/comedy (i.e. a Gilliam movie).
Comment Maybe future Ubuntu user? (again) (Score 1) 298
Currently using Linux Mint Cinnamon, but will be looking at Ubuntu 18.04 for possible switch.
Web Browser: Vivaldi, Firefox, Chrome
Email Client: Thunderbird
IDE: IntelliJ, Eclipse
File manager: Nemo, Nautilus
Basic Text Editor: Xed / Gedit
PDF Reader: evince
Office Suite: Libreoffice (but needs so much work!)
Video Player: MPlayer / Xplayer
Music Player: quodlibet
Comment Re:Ingenuity ftw (Score 1) 118
Can we get the same data from lavas? Lava has flowed in any given year of Earth's history.
You can and geologists have done this (like along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge). But radiometric dating is not precise enough to give "decade-scale" data. The purpose of this study is to see how much fluctuation occurs on short time scales (as opposed to thousands or millions of years).
Comment Re:Prison is being misused (Score 1) 116
I completely agree. As you may know, there are examples of this. In fact the term is restorative justice.
In one unusual case it was applied to a murder as described in this excellent NY Times article: Can Forgiveness Play a Role in Criminal Justice?.
Comment Re:A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay (Score 1) 1244
I second this. More fantasy than science fiction, but an engaging and philosophical work.
Comment I'll wait... (Score 3, Funny) 252
until they've worked the bugs out.
Comment Re:This is incredibly offtopic, but... (Score 1) 406
Sadly, it will all be lost in 2012...
The Effect of Internal Bacteria On the Human Body 227
meckdevil writes with this excerpt from the Miller-McCune magazine:
"In a series of recent findings, researchers describe bacteria that communicate in sophisticated ways, take concerted action, influence human physiology, alter human thinking, bioengineer the environment and control their own evolution. ... The abilities of bacteria are interesting to understand in their own right, and knowing how bacteria function in the biosphere may lead to new sources of energy or ways to degrade toxic chemicals, for example. But emerging evidence on the role of bacteria in human physiology brings the wonder and promise — and the hazards of misunderstanding them — up close and personal. ... Because in a very real sense, bacteria are us. Recent research has shown that gut microbes control or influence nutrient supply to the human host, the development of mature intestinal cells and blood vessels, the stimulation and maturation of the immune system, and blood levels of lipids such as cholesterol. They are, therefore, intimately involved in the bodily functions that tend to be out of kilter in modern society: metabolism, cardiovascular processes and defense against disease. Many researchers are coming to view such diseases as manifestations of imbalance in the ecology of the microbes inhabiting the human body. If further evidence bears this out, medicine is about to undergo a profound paradigm shift, and medical treatment could regularly involve kindness to microbes."
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