You ever watch those "oddly satisfying" videos?
- (drook)
- (1)
- Oct. 26, 2017, 10:54:18 AM EDT
Neat stuff!
-NT
- (a6l6e6x)
- Oct. 26, 2017, 04:14:11 PM EDT
Brian Greene is cool
- (drook)
- (2)
- Oct. 24, 2017, 01:12:04 PM EDT
Yep, he's a teacher!
-NT
- (a6l6e6x)
- Oct. 24, 2017, 03:59:36 PM EDT
Flabbergasting(ly) Kewl, Duuudes!
- (Ashton)
- Nov. 14, 2017, 05:05:24 PM EST
Gas/electric hybrid question
- (drook)
- (11)
- Oct. 18, 2017, 02:58:02 PM EDT
The Chevy Volt was originally kinda-sorta along the lines of what you proposed.
- (Another Scott)
- Oct. 18, 2017, 03:09:16 PM EDT
I believe BMW's i3 REX is like that.
- (static)
- (5)
- Oct. 18, 2017, 03:49:03 PM EDT
Interesting
- (drook)
- (2)
- Oct. 18, 2017, 04:03:04 PM EDT
My 20 year old accord gets better mileage than that
-NT
- (crazy)
- Oct. 18, 2017, 04:41:38 PM EDT
Number salad
- (scoenye)
- Oct. 18, 2017, 07:27:52 PM EDT
That must be the thing I see on the freeway now and then . . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (1)
- Oct. 18, 2017, 08:20:25 PM EDT
That sounds about right.
- (static)
- Oct. 19, 2017, 01:31:42 AM EDT
was working on something similar back in the 1990's with a friend genuis of mine
- (boxley)
- Oct. 18, 2017, 07:15:13 PM EDT
For the long haul, constant speed is pretty frugal, so shouldn't make you need too big an engine.
- (CRConrad)
- (2)
- Oct. 19, 2017, 08:14:47 AM EDT
Yup. My Jetta only needs ~ 20 HP to cruise at 55 MPH.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Oct. 19, 2017, 08:32:51 AM EDT
No, no, no!
- (scoenye)
- Oct. 19, 2017, 05:18:12 PM EDT
NdeGT, en passant
- (Ashton)
- (5)
- Oct. 5, 2017, 04:29:22 AM EDT
And a good joke.
- (mmoffitt)
- (2)
- Oct. 5, 2017, 10:23:40 AM EDT
:-) !
-NT
- (a6l6e6x)
- Oct. 5, 2017, 12:01:03 PM EDT
Delighted, I'm sure.
-NT
- (Ashton)
- Oct. 5, 2017, 02:58:13 PM EDT
Yep, leave space exploration to the Europeans, China, India, etc.
- (a6l6e6x)
- (1)
- Oct. 5, 2017, 12:08:54 PM EDT
Yup: note every caveat in "The Tyranny of Words"/Chase ... and
- (Ashton)
- Oct. 5, 2017, 03:02:32 PM EDT
Interesting Cassini-Huygens factoid
- (rcareaga)
- (2)
- Sept. 16, 2017, 09:17:40 AM EDT
Thanks for that!
- (a6l6e6x)
- Sept. 16, 2017, 12:35:11 PM EDT
Belatedly ... some more Synchronicity
- (Ashton)
- Oct. 5, 2017, 03:23:43 PM EDT
Add-to-Anti-Science Listicle: New NASA 'head' + Extinction threat of parasites
- (Ashton)
- (2)
- Sept. 12, 2017, 04:22:11 AM EDT
So no more mosquitoes? Good riddance!
-NT
- (drook)
- (1)
- Sept. 12, 2017, 08:34:11 AM EDT
and no more birds that live on mosquitos . . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- Sept. 12, 2017, 12:41:32 PM EDT
"Is Sloppy Science Killing Us? "
- (Ashton)
- (9)
- Aug. 5, 2017, 12:28:35 AM EDT
What? Now?
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (8)
- Aug. 5, 2017, 02:29:50 AM EDT
Maybe, but with 1.5 "PhDs" in U.S. Congress ... 'knowledge' doesn't count for much
- (Ashton)
- (7)
- Aug. 5, 2017, 02:40:55 AM EDT
politics is like religion, you dont need a phd to learn how to fill your collection plate
-NT
- (boxley)
- (6)
- Aug. 5, 2017, 02:33:11 PM EDT
('twas a predictable Freebie for you, natch.) Omitted corollary remains, though:
- (Ashton)
- (5)
- Aug. 5, 2017, 08:51:57 PM EDT
That is why I've never been happier than when I was in grad school.
- (mmoffitt)
- (4)
- Aug. 7, 2017, 08:15:37 AM EDT
Depends on the field, the group, the gender, etc., etc. :-/
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Aug. 7, 2017, 12:06:20 PM EDT
.. as does ~~ Everything a Homo-sap/or Group ...has yet 'institutionalized', right?
-NT
- (Ashton)
- Aug. 7, 2017, 06:21:17 PM EDT
My favorite comment on academia
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (1)
- Aug. 7, 2017, 08:25:10 PM EDT
..but, sub-rosa: its undertow supports ... the Std. Murican anti-intellect mindset, du any jour.
-NT
- (Ashton)
- Sept. 7, 2017, 04:23:58 PM EDT
genomic sleuthing
- (rcareaga)
- (8)
- July 27, 2017, 02:39:29 PM EDT
Yet something else I will never understand.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (7)
- July 27, 2017, 04:56:04 PM EDT
"Who am I?" is one of those pretty basic questions...
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (6)
- July 27, 2017, 11:09:29 PM EDT
Not that. The statement, "My biology defines me."
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (5)
- July 28, 2017, 08:05:46 AM EDT
The mind is biology. How could it be otherwise?
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- July 28, 2017, 08:25:16 AM EDT
Similarly, one's IQ defines one's potential, not one's intellect.
- (mmoffitt)
- July 28, 2017, 08:50:17 AM EDT
"How could it be otherwise.."
- (Ashton)
- Aug. 5, 2017, 02:27:04 AM EDT
It’s more like “Tribalism defines me.”
- (rcareaga)
- (1)
- July 28, 2017, 12:41:05 PM EDT
Aren't we all today somewhat disposed in that direction
- (Ashton)
- Aug. 5, 2017, 09:20:32 PM EDT