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Boeing Advanced Tactical Laser

By Posted on 11.23.2008 Comments
Truck-mounted IED-destroying lasers have already been tested in Iraq, but firing lasers from an airplane is a more difficult proposition. The first successful test of a plane-mounted laser gun came on August 7, when Boeing’s 18-ton chemical laser fired a beam from a C-130H aircraft and destroyed a three-by-three-foot target on the ground. It was the first time all of the ATL’s lab-tested pieces came together to vaporize a target. Why use a beam instead of a bomb?

11.25.2008 at 07:43am - Comment by Taio

P.S. It's Gunny Sgt. H. ~Taio~
Boeing Advanced Tactical Laser

By Posted on 11.23.2008 Comments
Truck-mounted IED-destroying lasers have already been tested in Iraq, but firing lasers from an airplane is a more difficult proposition. The first successful test of a plane-mounted laser gun came on August 7, when Boeing’s 18-ton chemical laser fired a beam from a C-130H aircraft and destroyed a three-by-three-foot target on the ground. It was the first time all of the ATL’s lab-tested pieces came together to vaporize a target. Why use a beam instead of a bomb?

11.25.2008 at 07:39am - Comment by Taio

Oh quit crying you panzies! I am currently a proud U.S. MARINE and everyone complaining about killing people.... not just people, women, children oh yeah and dogs too. But only due to the fact that they are running at you with AK-47's and or strapping bombs to dogs. The fact of the matter is if we can find a weapon that can fire at great distances and pinpoint critical damage to reduce secondary casualties and damage to the surrounding area then more power to them! I personally would love to have one of these mounted on my humvee to "laser snipe" a person trying to harm me (and if the capabilities applying to the weapon permit damage or complete destruction of vehicles (tanks, etc.) it would be inteligent of me to be as far away as possible. Besiding the fact that enclosed compression of the laser would permit a smaller beam to disable any enemy vehicles just by punching a hole straight through them.... yup this laser was made to kill babies oh and dont forget to also create green house gasses.... imongi and gulfstreamtec i do hope you open your eyes, its not the grunts who are wrong its the politicians :) Long Days and Pleasant Nights ~Taio~
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From Embryo or From Blood Cells: Obama and McCain's Stem Cell Showdown

By Stuart Fox Posted on 10.14.2008 29 Comments

Question Eight: Stem Cells
So far the Science Debate 2008 questions have focused on technical issues which most Americans agree are important, even if they disagree over how the problems should be tackled. However, by asking about the federal funding and regulation of stem cells, question eight steps right into the fray of a decade long culture war. That cultural conflict colors both candidates’ Science Debate answers, but what about their legislative history?

11.3.2008 at 06:38am - Comment by Taio

I dont usually let myself sink to an I.Q. lower than 225 but i mean cummon people have some common sense if it was your life on the line then it would be a different story all together. When i was in the marines in iraq as a sargent i saw quite a few young men who who said and swore they would never harm another living soul, but its a whole different ball game when you have a 12yr old boy running at you with an AK-47 who just shot your good friend in the chest. All things are a matter of circumstance and i do wish some very very ignorant people would have the oppertunity to have some form of enlightenment besiding the invisible man, hey at least i can see mine (deoxyribonucleic acid) and my little macromolecule is just as amazing as your miracle maker :) I meant to add this last time but BOKA get ahold of yourself china is one of the main and only lasting great empires, most others have seemed to have fallen. Long days and pleasant night ~Taio~
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On My Bookshelf

By Sam Syed Posted on 10.22.2008 6 Comments
In our office is a bookshelf. On that bookshelf are all the books we get sent to review. Most of them won't end up on curriculum book lists, but here are some of my favorites.

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11.3.2008 at 06:12am - Comment by Taio

I am glad someone around here has some taste!! thank you kindly Deco you have some must reads in there and i will be looking into a few that i have not had the pleasure of reading as of yet, but mind you they have been made a note of :) Deco may you have long days and pleasant nights. ~Taio~
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The First Few Minutes After Death

By Sam Barrett Posted on 10.31.2008 23 Comments
After countless accounts of near-death experiences, dating as far back as ancient Greece, science is now taking serious steps forward to explore the nature of the phenomenon. A new project aims to determine whether the experience is a physiological event or evidence that the human consciousness is far more complicated than we ever believed.

11.3.2008 at 05:50am - Comment by Taio

Personally i prctice buddhism, mind you and make a note of it that i am not a buddhist for that would cause me to have one singular belief in which all others are disproven, I practice the ways and teachings of buddah and i would greatly like to consider the ideal of a metaphysical "being" or what some would consider a "afterlife". Regardless of the obvious it would place a basis on a various religions and therefore and once again the bottom line is there right and im wrong or im right and there all wrong.... see how this all starts over.... People fear what they do not understand and to someone like moses a burning bush that talked to him might be a sign from god and then again maby he ate the wrong desert berries (peote *as an example). One way or another people as a whole will find some odd warped way of converting the results of this study as diffinitive evidence that they are right and YOU ARE WRONG! Me personally im just goingto sit here and enjoy the smell of the grass and the fresh mountain air :) Long Days and Pleasant Nights ~Taio~
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The First Few Minutes After Death

By Sam Barrett Posted on 10.31.2008 23 Comments
After countless accounts of near-death experiences, dating as far back as ancient Greece, science is now taking serious steps forward to explore the nature of the phenomenon. A new project aims to determine whether the experience is a physiological event or evidence that the human consciousness is far more complicated than we ever believed.

11.1.2008 at 05:30am - Comment by Taio

What im curious about is if in the case that we are able to have an "out of body experience" then that would imply a compleatly seperate conciousness as well as a seperate "body of energy". Its always been an urban legend that a mother can sense when her child is in severe danger or upon death, but this would bring up a whole new set of ideals pertaining particularly on the metaphysical. I personally practice buddhism and i do believe that everything and everyone is connected due to a shared type of energy, this study would in fact put ground under my belief's and think of the possibilities of being maintained in such a state? Horribly interesting article and i would greatly love to hear more about it in the future. ~Taio~
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On My Bookshelf

By Sam Syed Posted on 10.22.2008 6 Comments
In our office is a bookshelf. On that bookshelf are all the books we get sent to review. Most of them won't end up on curriculum book lists, but here are some of my favorites.

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10.23.2008 at 04:59am - Comment by Taio

Granted some of the books looked oddly interesting or even entertaining such as "101 outer space projects for the evil genius" but honestly wouldent it have been a better idea to go and read ten new books that relitively meant anything related to or refrencing science on a serious matter?? Thats just my opinion and i could be wrong... i higly doubt such but anyway here is a list of ten good books relevant to science :) maby the authors will think about offering me a job lol i can find lots more articles to produce. #1 Almost Everyone's Guide to Science: The Universe, Life and Everything by John Gribbin #2 Alpha and Omega: The Search for the Beginning and End of the Universe by Charles Seife #3Annals of the Former World by John McPhee #4 Atom : An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth...and Beyond by Lawrence M. Krauss #4 The Backyard Astronomer's Guide by Terence Dickinson #5 Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax" by Philip C. Plait #6 Basic Physics: A Self-Teaching Guide by Karl F. Kuhn #7 The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan #8 The Bit and the Pendulum: From Quantum Computing to M Theory-The New Physics of Information by Tom Siegfried #9 The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics by Gary Zukav #10 The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene I hope you do enjoy them :)
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The Materialist

By Gregory Mone Posted on 10.22.2008 4 Comments
Earlier this year, Francesco Stellacci announced that his group had developed a material that can suck 20 times its weight in oil out of a sample of water. The material could be used to clean up massive crude spills, and chemist Joerg Lahann of the University of Michigan called the work a blueprint for scientists who hope to design nanomaterials that protect the environment. Yet Stellacci doesn’t consider this his best work. He’s excited about tricking cells.

10.23.2008 at 04:41am - Comment by Taio

I would think that it would have something to do with the membrane being permeable to water and i will say it has great potential for cleaning up the general water poluntants and things of that such. One question that i have is how many other uses can this expand to i personally think it has amazing potential and i take my hat of to Mr.Francesco Stellacci.
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From Embryo or From Blood Cells: Obama and McCain's Stem Cell Showdown

By Stuart Fox Posted on 10.14.2008 29 Comments

Question Eight: Stem Cells
So far the Science Debate 2008 questions have focused on technical issues which most Americans agree are important, even if they disagree over how the problems should be tackled. However, by asking about the federal funding and regulation of stem cells, question eight steps right into the fray of a decade long culture war. That cultural conflict colors both candidates’ Science Debate answers, but what about their legislative history?

10.17.2008 at 02:14am - Comment by Taio

I find it highly entertaining how an article about stem cell research has turned into a religious debate. Regardless of the government religion will be present and most commonly perdominant, not to be confused with a religion mandating a country. Even the USA currency states "in god we trust" so to say religion should not be present in a government is redicous. I will agree however moral standards need to be present in a society to maintain order and if in the case that there influenced by religion for the better than so be it. What it all comes down to is exatcly what Bagpipes100 was stating, the outcome of this entire conversation will result in one thing, people have free will (as given by "god" and the country) and people are stubborn so there is no point in whining or complaining. If your against abortion cry about it if your not go and do what youd like. Me on the other hand im all for stem cell research and i hope it will bear unexpected fruit in the tree of life but until then may your debates about im right and your wrong all diminish and i wish you all long days and plesant nights.
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From Embryo or From Blood Cells: Obama and McCain's Stem Cell Showdown

By Stuart Fox Posted on 10.14.2008 29 Comments

Question Eight: Stem Cells
So far the Science Debate 2008 questions have focused on technical issues which most Americans agree are important, even if they disagree over how the problems should be tackled. However, by asking about the federal funding and regulation of stem cells, question eight steps right into the fray of a decade long culture war. That cultural conflict colors both candidates’ Science Debate answers, but what about their legislative history?

10.16.2008 at 05:35am - Comment by Taio

While all of your arguments are relevant it seems as if the key difference here is perception. Like bagpipes id agree with the fact that ones perception of faitn and science are both greatly affected by ones individual decision making process and personal opinion upon those matters, but regardless of ones perception these "facts" and "factual beleifs" are all bases upon someone elses previous and if you would opinionated beliefs. All the things we have now for instance as far as technology is concerned was once "impossible" and at the same time one could percieve a talking and burning bush to be a "miracle" or maby just maby someone ate the wrong catcus berry?? (once again a matter of perception) Me personally i "practice" buddhism and when i say that i mean i dont put my "faith" in a religious figure defined by previous opinions but i do practice there ideal to better myself in any and every way possible. I make it a point to extract any ideas from any religion to do exactly that. Besiding u all getting way off the subject, lol, i will say i do condone stemcell research due to its possibilities as far as saving a life or for that matter millions. If in the case that i am wrong and "god" does punish me for condoning something soo "brutal" as stemcell research id simply ask what happend to free will?? As far as telling people what to do no one has that right, let them do what they want and obviously your going to do what you want so stop whining because if the research saves even 1,000 people who would have died than your say will have NOTHING to do with there free will. P.S. maby someday you whiners can have a child who is suffering so horribly due to a genetic disorder called Klinefelter Syndrome and then tell me you wouldent even try a cure if it were developed by the stemcells. Oh yeah almost all medical advancements have come at the disposal of previous people or cadavers. -cries a river-