This article has some cool stuff in it:

ecowatch.com/2013/12/24/renewable-energy-breakthroughs-2013/

In the long run I don't really have an objection to both. It's just in a world of limited resources, I think it would be better to focus on the other uses of solar you listed. In particular, I think our politicians should work on some kind of federal low-interest loan program so that Texas, New Mexi...

I am convinced and have donated. There is literally no negative to this that I can think of. How about the opportunity cost? Every dime spent on making solar roadways is a dime not spent on 1) improving efficiency of existing solar panels 2) adding solar panels along the side of roadways, tops of b...

I'm pretty much at the point where I believe our major contribution to the world - the one that 'raises us above the animals' [terrible way of putting it but you know what I mean] is our appreciation of beauty. My dog appreciates beauty that I don't. Specifically, he appreciates the beauty of certa...

Sorry, Cozarkian. Not sure that anyone means "cluster of galaxies" when they speak of the universe. I think they mean what came into existence with the Big B. Which would be the Big E: Everything. Ever heard of the Marvel multiverse, as in multiple universes? While each universe might sti...

Anyway ... however many dimensions you want to consider, 3 or 4 or 11, they are all part of the universe, not something that the universe sits on. The big bang created Time as well as Space, and it created all dimensions as well. ... not even dimensions - because by definition anything that you pos...

Is there any reason this same train of thought can't apply if we are 3-D objects in a 4-D world but are currently unable to detect the fourth dimension of space? Isn't time the 4th dimension? I saw you coming a mile away, that's why I said a fourth dimension of space . Anyway, if we're M-Theorying,...

I agree. They did a great job with the ending.

The "universe" includes all of space - the points in three dimensions in which things exist. Well, what if we envision a fourth dimension of space? If we were 2-D dots on a plane, the plane could move up and down the z-axis without us necessarily being aware of the third dimension of spac...

They may not LIKE it, but they are ALLIES in a revolution...which is a totally weird thing. Why should we prefer a definition that creates such a weird situation? By definition, they can't be allies because they are the two opposing forces in war. To illustrate, imagine every elected leader and the...

Heh...precisely the opposite of my thoughts, literally. Civil war is about dividing/separating/independence, splitting territories/nations...even the people [as applied to 'citizen' in various ways] Revolution is about overthrowing/replacing Gov't, but KEEPING WHOLE , including territory/nation.......

Cozarkian seems to posit that a 'revolutionary war' is a war of secession. Close. I basically three types of internal wars: Uprisings - A war intended to depose a leader/replace a government. War of Secession - A war intended to remove a government's control over a certain area while leaving the go...

I posit that the U.S. Civil War should be called the Confederate Revolutionary War. In the American Revolution, the colonies successfully revolted against the authority of the British government and set up their own government. In the Civil War (Confederate Revolution), the Southern States unsuccess...

As a well-know example, take the famous rotating hollow mask illusion . No matter how hard you try, you'll always see a protruding 3D face which "magically" changes rotational direction all of a sudden. Our brains are just programmed this way. That thing is freaky. The first time it went ...

The moon would be revolving around the Earth and each complete revolution (correct me if I'm wrong) of the moon would give us one month. The moon only takes ~27.5 days to orbit the Earth, but since they are both also orbiting the sun, it takes ~29.5 days (about 1 month) to go from Full Moon to Full...

and so you come back to the stance of absolute rights and wrongs in the moral sphere. Hate to say it but it's almost a religious/ideological thing; we are born with the knowledge of 'right and wrong' hard-wired into us (maybe). No we're not. We're just inculcated with it so quickly and subliminally...

The only reason to have ultra-HD is if you need a massive set. Higher resolution only is necessary for larger sizes that spread the HD picture across a space large enough for picture quality to suffer, or rather, for an increase in picture quality to be noticeable. I don't think that problem is goi...

Wow. Just wow. I came in here expecting an insightful essay explaining how hurtful and cruel it is to poke fun at a person for the enjoyment of others. Instead, I find that not only do all of you think that is acceptable behavior, you actually treat it as some sort of internet game. All of you disgu...

Ultimately, we need some objective standard of right and wrong. Otherwise, "in my point of view, it was morally acceptable" becomes a valid legal defense. It's not a legal defence. It can't be, because the law doesn't care about what is moral, only about what is legal. But it is a moral d...

So...I can say dogs are never scary, [though particular dogs in particular circumstances may pose a threat] from ANY POV. It is not a property of dogs. It is only that people are scared. That may seem silly/semantic...but it isn't.[/color] That's a thought-provoking statement. It would make an inte...