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smibbo says...

I understand what you are saying and its academic; average persons (especially less versed in science and more likely to be cynical of global warming claims) hear "satellite pictures" and think camera recording actual "as seen by the naked eye" images. By using a barely technical definition of "image" and "photograph" you subvert the suspension of disbelief and invite nit-picky criticism which undermine the base argument of global warming claims. That's all I am saying.

In reply to this comment by bamdrew:
Hey, so stumbled on your comments in reply to my comments, and I'll just stick one point in there...

This footage is very much a video composed of satellite images.

A still image is data. It is photons of a certain wavelength being recorded at a certain time from a certain location/direction. What they recorded with their satellite were images shot by a camera that records a specific spectrum of light, just not the spectrum we see. Each day of these pictures was pasted onto a model of a globe (with land masses, etc), and each of those globe-days were then played in sequence to show, in a meaningful way, what that camera had taken pictures of.

Its not simulated in the sense that there is added data based on calculations, the image is simulated in the sense that data from the images is pasted onto a model of a globe to illustrate the changes with respect to landmasses and everything (the satellite wasn't suspended out there and snapping only the video's angle). Its all 'data' exactly like the data recorded with a consumer digital camera (which is usually filtered and responsive to the electromagnetic spectrum between 380 and 800nm, whereas their camera captured microwaves with wavelengths somewhere around 1mm to 1cm). Nothing sinister going on here!


In reply to this comment by smibbo:
it is especially hurtful in respect to the whole global warming argument: show doubters footage like this while telling them it's "satellite video" will immediately lose points because it's clearly NOT a video. By being misleading you hurt the base supposition. Fence-sitters and the unconvinced will feel insulted and even MORE unconvinced. I too am astounded that people still want to deny global warming's dangers and it's things like this that make it harder to get people to open their eyes.

qruel says...

did you bother to check out the table of candidates and their issues ?

http://www.2decide.com/table.htm

it seems my poll results came back spot on. the author tells people upfront how the questions are weighted. Now, I'm not a programmer or a statistician, so I could be wrong but it all looks on the level to me


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Kucinich 41
No Child Left Behind, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions

Gravel 33
Border Fence, Iran Sanctions

Clinton 33
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Dodd 31
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Iran - Military Action

Obama 29
Patriot Act, Same-Sex Marriage



That link is bogus. Whether on purpose or by accident its designed to funnel you towards Kucinich and (bizarrely) Gravel. Gravel didn't even vote in a number of the things I noted were important issues to me. Incorporates over-simplified data and an odd tallying system that doesn't make sense to me.

qruel says...

I give a shit.

look at what the current administration has done using their religion and beliefs as justification for their actions.

I don't know what Alaskan Inuits believe in and thankfully since none of the presidential candidates are Inuits I don't have to go researching this kooky shit.

I didn't know mormons were clogging up our prisions !


In reply to this comment by bamdrew:
Who gives a shit?

What if he were Alaskan Inuit and believed in ... whatever it is they believe in?

Validation of the Mormon religion... god-forbid! Those damn Mormons are already clogging up our prisons!

MarineGunrock says...

There will always be loads of money flowing into DARPA's hands. It's not all things that kill you know. A lot of the research is to help our troops. DARPA has all sorts of branches, not jusr weapons. And even a lot of those weapons are less-than-lethal, like the ADS or the LRAD.

In reply to this comment by bamdrew:
A lot of pretty million dollar toys.

As a young researcher looking at a career of dependence primarily on government funds I wonder if making things that kill better would be more fundable than what I'm currently doing... which is kind of the opposite. Growth in DARPA funds sure are kicking the NIBIB's ass in this administration.

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