Gunny responsed to a comment I made on The Daily Beast. I gave it some thought and want to respond to him here. This is what he said: .”….polarization weakens this country…” “I not sure that’s what’s going on – that is to say I don’t think the polarization is the cause of weakness- I [...]
Last July we posted a short piece about the guy who had used a home computer and a 3-D printer to make an AR15 rifle. Or at least most of one – the big deal is the barrel and chamber which need to withstand the enormous pressures (and heat) involved in firing modern cartridges. As [...]
Private space entrepreneur and billionaire co-founder of PayPal, Elon Musk, is planning to build a small city on Mars for 80,000 space explorers – but only vegetarians are invited! He recommends the size of the new society should be around 80,000 people. “Too few, and the gene and culture pool dries up. Too many and [...]
The joint NASA/ESA mission to Saturn is still turning out spectacular results. This latest far-side photo, released this week, is worth a look. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
There is growing excitement in geek circles about the pending release of information from the Curiosity rover up on Mars. There are plenty of hints that something stunning is being checked, very carefully, and a strong possibility of a Grand Announcement at a conference next week. Like sensible geniuses (yes, they exist) they are meeting [...]
We like to leave no stone unturned around here to bring you the science behind things. Thus this handy-dandy illustration of the Akin understanding of ladyparts. You’re welcome.
Now that the rover Curiosity’s widgets are unfolding one-by-one, we’re starting to get some better quality images from the Martian surface. Curiosity is, of course, nuclear powered, a fact that seems to be causing some consternation among the local citizenry. It would be Hillary Clinton’s job, I must assume, to travel there and sort this [...]
I just had to stay awake to see how the Mars landing went. So far so good. Sometime tomorrow maybe there will be some high-resolution photos, even video, of the landing and Other Things. For right now though, we have this low-res thumbnail photo of the shadow of Curiosity as it sits parked, seemingly in [...]
Today’s the day. Basically, a one-ton widget known as the Mars Rover, and nicknamed “Curiosity”, is scheduled to land on Mars later tonight. At 1 ton in weight, and about the size of the ubiquitous Volkswagen Beetle, it’s one hell of a lot bigger than previous Mars rovers. As we sit here now the whole [...]
There’s a popular bumper sticker out here in the west; “Gun Control Means Using Both Hands”. Pretty soon that may well be all it can mean. Here’s a piece showing how some guy made an AR-15 (we know what that is now, don’t we?) using his computer and a 3-D printer. Yes really; Get ready. [...]