There are moments when we need perspective.. Carl Sagan’s narrative of the pale blue dot may be that bit of pause we need this evening..
The pale blue dot, we are on.. Floating into oblivion..
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Saturday, January 18, 2014
I’m sure there’s some logical scientific reason that a mystery rock has suddenly appeared in front of the Mars rover.. Right?
You can read the full story here..
NASA scientist Steve Squyres was quoted:
“So my best guess for this rock … is that it’s something that was nearby,” said Squyres. “I must stress that I’m guessing now, but I think it happened when the rover did a turn in place a meter or two from where this rock now lies.”
How long until disclosure? Aliens in glass houses don’t throw stones..
Why Facebook wants to be more like Twitter
Facebook is sweating, or it seems.. Apparently the intrusion of Moms and Grandmoms on the social media platform, spreading photos of their dogs and meals, has caused a revolt: Teens are abandoned Facebook to Tweet. Hence, Zuckerberg is becoming more like Twitter..
I don’t know if it will work—it may be too late to stop the bleeding.
Once a platform becomes uncool, kids leave it. That’s why JC Pennys and Sears are doing so awful…
Why Facebook wants to be more like Twitter
Shia La BOOOFF!! Actor headbutted a man in a bar, so says a report..Something tells me he would have a very painful head..
Seriously, look at his noggin! I mean looks hard and heavy..foreboding and intense. A headbutt from him would make mine splash like a watermelon on Gallagher’s stage..
I feel the need to opine, slightly, on the death penalty
I can go on for hours, but I’ll try to hold my characters on here to a minimum.
Execution in Ohio: Witnesses say Dennis McGuire snorted and struggled to breathe during his nearly 25 minute long execution. Lawyers for the convicted rapist had argued that the method of execution would put him at a risk of unusual agony and terror. The death has been called horrific.
I am not a real big fan of capital punishment, maybe that’s the Catholic education I had.. nonetheless, if we’re going to do it, do we want this much pain and suffering?
Really.. why not just do the Kim Jong Un way and feed them to dogs? Or the old fashioned way and make the lions ravage him? I am not in a position to judge anyone in a family who lost a loved one and seeks the death penalty as retribution for a crime.
But I am in a position, as any other human being is, to say that if we’re going to have this type of government sanctioned killing, let’s do it as fast as we can and not have someone struggle for 25 minutes dying.. Come on John Kasich, can’t you do something sensible here? I just had to say my peace.
How many times does he need to tell you: Don’t mess with Francis
A clean house is a holy house: The Pope has fired all but one Cardinal in just 11 months from the Vatican bank..
Another bad day for retail, malls, stores.. A great day for empty space.
Black Friday: JC Pennys and Macys among big stores that are announcing big closings.. One store, JC Penny’s, is near me at the Laurel Mall in Hazleton, PA. It is amazing how big of spaces are developing in malls around the country.. being replaced with dollar stores and pawn shops.
Friday, January 17, 2014
Obama’s NSA ‘reforms’ are little more than a PR attempt to mollify the public
Glenn Greenwald, theguardian.comObama is draping the banner of change over the NSA status quo. Bulk surveillance that caused such outrage will remain in place
In response to political scandal and public outrage, official Washington repeatedly uses the same well-worn tactic. It…
Sad. Trust no-one. Especially the US government, apparently.
It certainly gave me a chuckle to hear the big announcement that WE WILL STILL COLLECT THE DATA but just not store it.
He sure did have a lot of flags behind him, though..
Today was one of those days where nothing seemed right
Everything seemed chaotic, even wrong.. Everything seemed to be in the wrong place. Maybe even the wrong puzzle. There are days like that..
When they happen it’s best to just go to bed..
More cool space news
Every time another planet discovery is announced, I question how long until we find the alternate versions of us? How long until we see that we’re just being replicated in the galaxy, a mass computer system of simulations. The matrix.. All that. Until then, we only have stories like this—equally amazing nonetheless: First exoplanet orbiting Sun’s twin in star cluster found, scientists say.. Yea that’s cool too..
Another one:
How we know the earth is moving through space..
The Experiment That Forever Changed How We Think About Reality
Is reality blurry or do we just see it that way? In the early days of quantum mechanics, Einstein and other scientists argued that our theories just weren’t strong enough. But in this one case, Einstein was wrong and an …
This is a great WIRED article.. a must read. But take your time doing so, it’s something you need to get your mind around..
The Experiment That Forever Changed How We Think About Reality
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