Physics

What will Astronuts do on Mars?
Collect Rocks. Then What? Collect Sand. Take pictures of Rocks and Sand. Look around for water (3 mi radius) Then What ? ... 2 Feb 2010 16:51

Space - The next battleground
Tom Potter wrote: Solar power gathering satellite systems are being hyped as anti missile weapons, and for ways to gather solar power and beaming it to Earth, idiot but it does not take a system engineer to comprehend, that the hype is a cover for the real intent on the satellites, to us... 2 Feb 2010 16:46

Colonizing Afghanistan... Q#5
On Jan 27,wrote: Mike Jr a écrit : http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/01/27/1725236/Obama-Choosing-NOT... What a terrible time to be in USA science. Yes, Obama speaks more in public about Afghanistan than science. 'Only about 200 literate people even there. (its tough to deny) India will... 2 Feb 2010 16:45

Proof of the theorem that a precise definition of finite involves a selection #355; Correcting Math
Archimedes Plutonium wrote: (snipped) And the last and largest infinite-number, similar to the line-ray in the proof is the number 9999....99999. And like in the proof above, the number 9999....9999 as the last and largest infinite-number would correspond to the last and largest finite-number ... 27 Jan 2010 14:55

new book about the origins of religion
On Dec 9 2009, 9:29 pm, Bill Lauritzen <bill360...(a)gmail.com> wrote: WILL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HAVE A SOUL? In his new book, The Invention of God: On the Origins of Religious and Scientific Thought, independent scholar Bill Lauritzen traces religious thought back to the early human search to understan... 27 Jan 2010 08:08

Thermodynamics / my girlfriend is an idiot
Its summer where I am now, and on the weekend my girlfriend came over for a swim in the pool. The pool is shady, heated to 28 degrees C, the outside air temperature was maybe 32. She goes into the house, brings out 2 beers that have been sitting in a fridge at 4 degrees, and then proceeds to put them in the wa... 2 Feb 2010 16:56

IPCC Statement on Trends in Disaster Losses
On Jan 26, 3:50 pm, "Eric Gisin" <er...(a)nospammail.net> wrote: The IPCC refuses to acknowledge they screwed up on "increasing disaster loses". C'mon IPCC, add the word, "holocaust" to your bag of propaganda scare words, I know you want to. ... 26 Jan 2010 20:07

The scheme of Universe.
The scheme of Universe. ------------------. We need three main conceptions/ categories to understand the Universe: matter, movement and reference frame. 1 Questions. a) How many reference frames we know? b) How many kinds of matter/masses we know? c) How many kinds of movements we know ? 2 Answers. 3 Conclu... 26 Jan 2010 09:50

Science Q&A: Cold Weather & Global Warming
Science Q&A: Cold Weather & Global Warming Jay Gulledge, Senior Scientist and Program Manager for Science & Impacts Is heavy snowfall or unusually cold weather inconsistent with global warming? You need two things to create heavy snowfall: moist air and cold air. The two generally don't occur in t... 2 Feb 2010 16:46

precision definition of a finite-line compared to finite-number #338; Correcting Math
On Jan 24, 9:33 pm, Archimedes Plutonium <plutonium.archime...(a)gmail.com> wrote: Brian wrote: You have the number of ways q quanta can be arranged.  Next you have the number of ways of arranging these arrangements.   Continue long enough and you'll eventually surpass the "largest number" in finitely ... 25 Jan 2010 11:40