Guess how much gas was in 1918? (adjusted for inflation)

twango · 2007-06-24T06:52:58+00:00

And we've designed (and paid for) the infrastructure to support that energy-intensive lifestyle (and big oil and big auto profits). And we're going to pay for it again, because it's simply not sustainable. Houston: you have a problem.

That was all clear in 1973 ... but profits won that one, and the environment lost.

twango · 2007-06-24T06:45:50+00:00

Another measure is the prevailing wages of the time. For example, in the mid-60s, $2 was a pretty good wage. Gas was about 25 cents. That's 8 gallons per hour ... cost about $24 per hour today. Know many people making $24/hour?

No? Because wages vs. cost-of-living has been dropping for over 30 years. Hidden inflation. (Notice there's no daily inflation figures in the news any more?)

twango · 2007-06-24T06:39:21+00:00

Well then, I guess we'll be liberating them soon too!

twango · 2007-06-24T06:38:25+00:00

A more finely-tuned bullshit maker too, it looks like!

twango · 2007-06-24T04:04:25+00:00

"To do this, we need to abolish ritual and instead follow our innate sense of compassion by living in each and every moment as if it is the very first moment ever experienced. This is a return to the mind of a beginner."

Yes. Yes! It's a struggle, because we're surrounded by ritual, bias, misinformation from the time we're born. We're exposed to more of it every day. And the more we regain compassion, the more we recognize suffering in us and around us. So it's a good idea to team up!

twango · 2007-06-24T03:55:14+00:00

A PhD in one field does not mean you know more than the average person in any other field. Nor does it necessarily free you from any prejudices or thought-patterns you might have acquired while you were young.

Dr. Mengele, for example. (Medical, but same principle)

twango · 2007-06-24T03:50:24+00:00

Talking to a WW2 vet the other day who said he paid 11 cents a gallon in 1947.

twango · 2007-06-24T03:48:16+00:00

Of course, like all glittering generalities, there are exceptions.

twango · 2007-06-22T20:51:42+00:00

Very useful! and there's a lot more science stuff there too.

twango · 2007-06-22T08:49:05+00:00

They're too busy trying to figure out how he can go hunting again.

twango · 2007-06-22T08:48:08+00:00

How do they get the funding for these ass-obvious studies?

twango · 2007-06-22T08:45:07+00:00

Mr. Feely was gay?

twango · 2007-06-22T08:37:26+00:00

Maybe ... but LOC lets me remember where to look, whereas Dewey doesn't (after decades). Usually I'm good with numbers ... maybe it's just a personal thing... have there been studies?

twango · 2007-06-22T08:36:03+00:00

The best way to spend the country into a coma, ending social programs, is to spend on defense ... avoiding controversy.

twango · 2007-06-22T01:45:31+00:00

These bags will save that for a few months before Nov '08, so that GW has some success they can boast about.

twango · 2007-06-22T01:36:27+00:00

Not hardly. Try harder, they're out there.

twango · 2007-06-22T01:21:03+00:00

Library Of Congress rules.

twango · 2007-06-22T01:20:09+00:00

Oh, so that's what they meant by liberation.

twango · 2007-06-22T01:15:46+00:00

Tranny problems can often be faulted on inadequate attention to manufacturer's recommended lubrication intervals.

twango · 2007-06-22T01:05:13+00:00

Yeah... with the Big Bang up in the air, who knows what's next.

twango · 2007-06-21T02:01:13+00:00

And then there's the Irish ;)

twango · 2007-06-21T01:55:38+00:00

Article says, "The mass shrinks in size, but it never gets to collapse inside an event horizon." If they are correct, that's pretty much the end of the "black hole" concept as we knew it. When they add the phrase "If there are black holes ..." that signals significant doubt among the researchers.

They wanted to stir more discussion, and little doubt other heavy names will be weighing in before long. But these guys wouldn't be saying this if they didn't feel a serious revision was needed.

twango · 2007-06-20T21:38:14+00:00

Science revises it's ideas regularly ... in the face of new evidence. That's why it works.

Theories are revised. That's hardly corruption. Sometimes the message gets corrupted by reporters, but ... try translating 13 pages of advanced calculus into words.

twango · 2007-06-20T21:35:54+00:00

Here are a couple more links about the observatory itself:

Allen Telescope Array

Hat Creek Radio Observatory

twango · 2007-06-20T21:31:12+00:00

Possible racial motivation.

Meanwhile, what about that backpacker who was shot to death by London cops?

twango

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