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Re: private company claims that it found wreckage of MH 370 - 8 years ago
Such long distance techniques would work just as well from satellite as from plane. Some spectroscopic techniques are readily used in astronomy, where the distances are not in miles but light years. The six "techniques" I found was from their website. Linky: linky Further down the page they give depths at which they are able to sense various materials, such as hydrocarbons at lessby Diana - Tips and Deals
Re: private company claims that it found wreckage of MH 370--OK, this is going to be long. Apologies beforehand. - 8 years ago
This is going to be pretty long, but first I have to set up some things. I need to make sure I am explaining it to the depth and level to make my point. According to their website, they are using “airborne imaging spectroscopy” for multispectral remote sensing. They supposedly use satellites currently in orbit to do this imaging. Let's look at this. From an analytical instrument standpby Diana - Tips and Deals
Re: Cable on Tree, cut into bark - 8 years ago
QuoteSurfrider Some dope....that would be me...had a cable wrapped tightly around a big (24" diameter) maple tree hold a dogs run cable. I left it up for a bunch of years, today I took it down because I saw that it cut into the bark. This is about 6' off the ground. I'm afraid I hurt the tree, what should I do to help this big fella out? If I read this right, you left the cable arounby Diana - Tips and Deals
Re: Need help to settle an argument: iPod Classic vs iPod Touch? - 8 years ago
Lizabeth, I got it shortly after it came out. If I remember right, late 2005 but it could have been the following year. I haven't used it as much as I thought I would, so it didn't really die because of OVERuse. I was also rather careful of it because it has (had) the platters, and I didn't want to kill it because I was too rough on it. It died early on a rather long trip, just my luck! Thiby Diana - Tips and Deals
Re: Need help to settle an argument: iPod Classic vs iPod Touch? - 8 years ago
I too vote for the classic. I have a 4th gen 20 GB color click wheel that suffered the death of the drive. It had the spinning platters, and so it isn't surprising that it eventually died. I resurrected it using a CF to IDE converter, and then using a CF to SD converter and eventually to 64 GB SD card (CF in amounts much more than 32 GB is still rather pricy). It only reads 60 GB of the 64 availaby Diana - Tips and Deals
Re: 32GB Toshiba class 10 UHS-1 MicroSDHC w/sdhc adapter w/ Adapter $15 shipped - 8 years ago
Sold out.by Diana - Tips and Deals
Re: vertical wind turbines - 8 years ago
I work at OMRF as mentioned in this article: http://earthtechling.com/2012/06/18-rooftop-wind-turbines-a-good-thing-no/ It was supposed to be completed much earlier than it was; the company OMRF contracted with originally went out of business before the contract could be completed. They were finished several years after the supposed finish date after a new company was found. They are helicaby Diana - Tips and Deals
Re: 4th Gen iPod drive repair/replace? - 8 years ago
I thought I replied to this but…. Thanks WHiiP. I ordered the parts and will let everyone know how it goes. Dianaby Diana - Tips and Deals
4th Gen iPod drive repair/replace? - 8 years ago
I have an old but much loved 4th generation click-wheel iPod which died during a business trip. It seemed to want to start up after not being used for a while, but then the screen went blank with a sigh. I thought it might be just the battery, so I plugged it in and went to bed. The next morning, all was not good--it refused to do anything at all. I haven't yet opened it up to check for what tby Diana - Tips and Deals
Re: Question on anionized water - 8 years ago
RAMd®d, thanks. I'm not seeing your comments as sexist, so no problem. Filliam, I may have taken your comments a little too seriously; it's just that a lot of stuff has been said and posted on the inter-webbs that people believe that just isn't so. The idea that we can "anion-ize" water without cations being present is just totally wrong. Free electrons cannot exist in any stable cby Diana - Tips and Deals
Re: Question on anionized water - 8 years ago
More woo. No, I'm not clicking the link! And yes, I choose to see this as sarcasm. The scientific thinking skill of the American public is effectively zero. The water molecules are separated. Not as much as in a gas, but more than they would be as a solid. The more you filter out the ions and stuff in water, the closer the water molecules can come to one another (think about it!). However, theby Diana - Tips and Deals
Re: Question on unionized water (yes, this is going to be a long one) - 8 years ago
I lurk a lot here but seldom find anything I really want to reply to; this thread, however, needs some clarification. Yes, the claims are bull. The amount of chemical misinformation can be surprising here. For those that already know this stuff, I will apologize in advance, but this is something that I find I have to comment on. Ozone is trimolecular oxygen, O3. It has no charge associaby Diana - Tips and Deals
Re: Hey cat owners - 10 years ago
If the cat has any possibility of going outside, don't declaw. A cat generally will scratch and claw at anything that is nubby and slightly rough. Woven textiles are the worst, while smooth surfaces usually don't incite the clawing action so much. You can give them all the attention they want, and it still may not stop them clawing up stuff. It is instinctive for them to do this; clipping the claby Diana - Tips and Deals
Re: Sunny day at the river - lot o pics - 10 years ago
I love your "water shots." I'm not sure just what about them that so appeals to me. Is it possible to get a higher resolution copy of some of these? I'd like to use some as wallpaper on the MBP. PM me please with (possible) details!by Diana - Tips and Deals
Re: New iPad? In My House!!! - 10 years ago
Oh yes! Oh, you mean temperature wise? I got a leather magnetic cover, and after a while with it open (and the cover on the back of it) it appeared a little warm but not hot. I'll stress it later tonight and see what happens.by Diana - Tips and Deals
Re: It's SPRING !!!! - 10 years ago
We just had 3.99 inches of rain in the last 2 days or so, as recorded at the meso station about 2 miles from the house. Although the rain gauge may have captured some from the sprinkler system, I suspect we may have actually got more since the rain gauge overflowed at 5 inches and I emptied it this past weekend. It was warm this morning after the sun came out, and then this afternoon it cloudeby Diana - Tips and Deals
New iPad? In My House!!! - 10 years ago
Finally! 64G, WiFi only model. It goes with the iPhone 4S I got just after Thanksgiving last year; yeah I didn't say anything to anyone. So far, this thing rocks!!! Now, I need to get my "work" stuff onto it so I can "justify" buying it....by Diana - Tips and Deals
Re: Study shows country music increases suicide among white people - 10 years ago
Wow. A poorly controlled study finds a correlation and pretends causation. August, you are correct. I see correlation, but I don't see the causative factors they claim either. And yes, I downloaded it and I read it. OK. I'm on my soapbox now. There is no mention of determining how many individuals actually listened to country music, but only the proportion of radio airtime it received. Norby Diana - Tips and Deals
Re: speaking of squirrels: would you eat one? - 10 years ago
Yes. I have. Fry 'em like chicken.by Diana - Tips and Deals
Re: How do you shoot? - 10 years ago
Right handed, iron sights, bullseye style.by Diana - Tips and Deals
Re: Another 4.7 quake in Oklahoma - 10 years ago
I'm told "it's overdue". QuotergG QuoteSpeedy Worry when it moves east to New Madrid. All Hell is going to break loose when that one goes.by Diana - Tips and Deals
Another 4.7 quake in Oklahoma - 10 years ago
Yep. Another one, a 4.7 to match the one we had 3 days ago! I know, for you out in California, this is nothing to write home about; but we seem to be having a small swarm and it is quite unusual for us! 29 or so in the last three days. For those who are interested: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Maps/US2/35.37.-98.-96.phpby Diana - Tips and Deals
Re: 5.2 Earthquake in OK - just east of OKC - 10 years ago
It hit one county up and over from us. It shook the house side-to-side, not rolling up and down so much, with an odd roaring noise. Sounded like a very strong wind, almost like it was going to take the roof off. I won't know for sure until tomorrow when I can get a look at everything in the daylight, but it appears that no significant damage was done. By the way, at 5.6, it is the strongest quby Diana - Tips and Deals
Re: Apache Tomcat - 10 years ago
After checking the license, it appears so to me. They charge nothing, they ask for nothing except for giving credit where credit is due.by Diana - Tips and Deals
Re: Vet nearly killed our cat--what would you do? - 10 years ago
QuotergG My guess is that the staff looked at your cat's vaccination records and saw he was due for his rabies shot. Since he was going to have his teeth cleaned, they probably require that he be up to date on his shots. This is probably the case for any procedure. That is why I suspect that they did it. Now, where they made the mistake was in not telling you this first and asking if you wanted tby Diana - Tips and Deals
Re: TONIGHT @ 8pm, iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World (hosted by Mythbusters) - 10 years ago
QuoteRgrF A more or less historical rendition and tribute with the Myth guys gushing admiration.by Diana - Tips and Deals
Re: Dan Wheldon..:( -- long-ish post - 10 years ago
QuoteBimwad The series rented the track from SMI and was promoting this race itself, an experiment to explore the possibility of similar arrangements in the future in light of the poor business climate for oval open wheel races. The announcement of the 2012 schedule has been expected this weekend, but was postponed to see if they could work out some deals to increase the number of oval racesby Diana - Tips and Deals