parallelman

Thank you. I looked up Youtube and there seems to have been some early movies from 50's which look like pre-breakdance and then the Bronx Boys. Ha, I didn't know about these movies. Oh well learn something new every day.

I read this morning that it has been cut from the Olympics.I remember a friend taking me to a street breakdancing competition in the 60's. Very acrobatic. Someone told me there that breakdancing goes back to 1920-1930's, is that correct? As it has acrobatic elements I would have thought it best as a section of the gymanstics. I'm sure forum members here do better than 'Raygun' in their morning exercises 😀.

Yes, I suppose some politics are also involved but I am trying not to consider that part of the 'equation'. The other worrying point is that if Starliner doesn't move away from the ISS smoothly the whole lot could be in danger

There are at present, no lack of supplies to the ISS so that isn't an issue...well at least that's we are told. However, this latest bit of 'overcrowding' is something that cannot continue indefinitely. At some point someone is going to have to decide if Starliner should return/be released empty and then proceed with a 'rescue mission'. but NASA has another problem. It is necessary there be two private companies to serve the ISS so that if one has a problem (such as supplies to the ISS) the other can step in. If Starliner was discontinued what company could replace it? (strictly speaking, the astronauts are not in zero gravity but in contuous 'free fall' around the planet. The distance of ISS from Earth means that it experiences about 89% of the gravitation force that we experience on the surface so the ISS has to create another force to maintain free-fall and counter the accelaration of gravity. Since the direction from a 'straight line' is changing continuosly the ISS has accelaration and not velocity. The opposing forces mimic 'zero' or 'microgravity'. Not a good idea for human beings to be in that environment for an indefimite period as bone loses strength (and mass) at something like 1% per month and not all of that loss is regained after returning to Earth. Would a trip to the planet Mars have the same effect of worse? Travelling away from the influence of Earth's gravity would indeed mean the craft and astronauts would experince a true weightlessness situation and not a simulated one.)

The paper mentioned is not really relevant here because it is more about the biological systems along the tropical and subtropical routes of the ocean current and not specifically about the currents. The north Atlantic part of the current was not part of the study. What was interesting were the insitu 'stations' results which recordrd hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and annual temperatures, had a greater variation than those obtained via satellite.

I do not understand what drives people to this level of depravity. '...could be out in four years...' and I don't understand that either. At least make him serve the full ten years.

There is a new paper published today (National Academy Of Sciences USA) about ocean temperature variability/weather/biological systems, Quite long with a few links so might take a while to read. If it is relevant to this thread I'll post details for those interested or if any forum member here is a member of that intsitution perhaps they could advise.

ping pong bomb? where does one buy those? must have been planning that for a while. Condolences to the family.

I didn't mention disasters and as awlays your comments show that you just a far left-wing troll trying to fit your narrative.

Whoa, what tickled your armpit then. What are you babbling on about about what 'Ive got'. Satellites have a great deal of mapping to do before some kind of assumed base line used and that atkes a long time and many satellites. They will impact the data we already have in due course so calm down and wait...or take some pills for your blood pressure.

I was just trying to give a 'balanced very brief' intro to calculating problems. Unfortunately, I agree with you and my personal opinion is that we have already passed the point of no return for one reason or another. We got ourselves into this mess and the alternatives for even part correction are not acceptable. Fusion energy is still a long way off so we can discount that as a solution. Pity.

Indeed it has. In fact fossil examination shows previous flips. magnetic field flips can be very complicated because filed lines become tangled which can result in a greater of lesser strength. But we won't know until it happens.

Less than 20 years in Geoscience terms is still not long enough for satellites to have the impact expected of them.

And what do you suggest as a solution? I am not denier but...the reason is that to many people there is no absolute model that does the prediction correctly. There is not just one global warming model but several because no one model can handle all the beginning scenario assumptions of how a Weather Cell will recact under various conditions. For example, the differential equation that concern the amount of radiation absorbed by the Earth against the amount of same radiated back into space. May sound simple and direct but far from it. Does every part of the Earth receive the same amount of energy? Just think of Day & Night, the energy absorbed will be different. Ah, but that will average out as the Earth rotates. Nope, because some weather conditions will have changed which will then affect the amount of radiation reflected back into space. Then scientists have to decide what lattitude should be taken as a starting point/assumption. Some models start with the equatorial portions but others don't. This is only the start and there are already an increase in the number of models. (For example, the lattitude models of Budyko and Sellers start with the assumption that the temperature is is uinform/constant around a given lattitude and then double integrated to find the overall area temperature distribution. This model assumes that Earth is a perfect sphere...which in reality it is not. Earth is an oblate spheroid.) So what you end up with is an overal average estimate with error margins, which is some cases can be significant. All of this if about one item, Blackbody raditaion. And we haven't even mentioned CO2. We need CO2 to keep the surface of the Earth warm so we can surive but of course the question is now, at what concentration CO2 will make the surface too warm. CO2 doesn't come from space (although some does escape Earth through chemical reaction at high altitudes) and this is where a lot of controversy comes in. Like the raditaion models, there are several for CO2 and again many assumptions, averaging etc. Then H2O, CH4 etc with more assumptions, equations and averaging. This can be all very confusing to us laypeople who don't necessarily deny global warming but find it too complicated. Artificial satellites, specific to this problem, will give us better determinations but this, in relative terms, has only just begun. Okay, one solution would be that people give up their private mode of motorised transport (combustion) or maybe rationed to some limit of travel each week. Everbody going electric will not, at this time, solve the problem because the grid would have to produce increased output and enough of the necessary 'non-fossil fuel' energy plants would take time to be built and meet demand. But even if we did all go for EV's would that be enough? During the construction of EV's there are some waste products that are harmful to the environment and there would have to be increased mining for the materials required. More eco systems would have to be sacrificed for the Human need. And don't forget, we are a financial society...all based on money. To make large changes to our lives quickly, could mean financial collapse for those who depend our choices. Thailand for example. How long is it going to take to replace all the 'fossil fuel' aicraft with alternatives? If the current number of aircraft were to be cut by say, 10% at regular intervals I don't think TAT would be very pleased. Yes there needs to be change but it has to be gradual, maybe over years...oh wait, we don't have that long, do we.

The Earth's magnetic field is moving and could flip at any time and if the result is a weaker magnetic field it won't be enough protection from the Sun's Solar Wind, then it's goodbye. Every November the Earth passes through the Taurid cloud and every year there is a chance that one of the larger lumps will decend and kill us all. The Sun is not as stable as we once thought and at any time a giant CME could turn us all into fried steaks. Some star just a few light years away could go SN and that would bad news too. The universe is expanding and could end it all in a 'big rip' but then again it might just collapse and end in a 'big crunch'. The universe in violent in death but that death results in new 'life'. If we don't do the job ourselves then one of the others will. Wonder if I have time for another cup of tea and look at that movie where the aliens invade and eat us.

Actually I searched online about genitalia but all I found was classified at birth as being female. Where did you get your info from?

Imo Imane Khelif has more male characteristics than female, chromasomes, skeletal build and the male muscles to support a male skeleton. (it would be interesting to do a finger/toe nail composition test as active males apparently have a considerably higher Ca content than active females. Likewise for the inactives). The presence of female gentitalia, imo, makes Imane Khleif a man with some female charateristics rather than a female with some male charateristics. But, as I have commented prviously, it is the fault of the sport authorities in the past for not having been transparent about this problem where they should have sought a legal definition from the scientific/medical community, allowing some understnading for laypeople. The fact that legal documentation describes Imane Khelif as female should be challenged by the correct procedural methods but until that happens the female title remains.

I am not suggesting that I agree with the present IOC/Imane Khelif situation but with regard to the official documentation then I respect her/she titles. I also feel that I would lose any argument on her competing in women's boxing since both the IBA and IOC have allowed it in previous years. Until/unless official stamps and signatures change Imane Khelif's status the titles must be her, she etc. So the argument is for future doctors to determine after birth the status of chromasomes etc and classify according to the definitions at that time.

I must admit that my initial (face value) thoughts on this problem was that the IOC was wrong. However, I am not one who trusts 'face value' feelings since Boxing is not a sport I follow and my lack of knowledge could be at fault. Indeed, that seems to be the case here. I read an online article from CP 24, Toronto, and it quotes the Irish Boxer, Amy Broadhurst (who beat Imane Kelif in 2022) saying that it is not I. K's fault etc. and that she has already been beaten by 9 females before. From Axios, Imane Kelif also lost to Kellie Harrington (Irish) in the Tokyo Olympics. So I.K. had competed in Womens Boxing at the Olympics before! Another after-thought intrigued me, doesn't Algeria have an Anti-LGBTQ laws? According to Wiki, yes Algeria does criminalise that community. From News 18, a Dr.Ambrish Mithal said that Imane Kelif has 5-alpha reductase defficiency. People with this condition have XY chromasomes but lack DHT which is necessary for full male development. Outward appearance can be either male or female and in I.K.'s case, it was the latter (probably suffers from inferility too). I conclude that having fought in the women's category before there seems little reason to ban Imane Kelif this time. Imane Kelif was certified at birth as female and we should respect that. Life must be very difficult for her..."Nature' can be cruel sometimes and I hope that in the future Doctors will be able to detect and correct at very early stages.

Actually, it's a really bad bit of photography. Her right leg looks larger than her left. It may be just the way she is dressed, lop-side socks and dress.

I thought it was a strange ad. Didn't have 'flair' to attract people to buy their product.

So I ask the first question again, what kind of 'fight' do you envisage?

And what kind of 'fight' do you envisage? If some states try to become 'independent' perhaps that would be one interpretation of 'fight'.

Imho, I see the USA at a crossroad and the USA of yesteryear, having been called the leader of the free world, gone forever. If the Democrats win the election I think they will rely on The Constitution, as a guide, much less and pave the way for a new one, perhaps favouring stronger philosophical ties to a Socialist Republic. I would not be surprised if some states would try to break free of the Union. If the Republicans win The Constitution might become more important with perhaps a hardening towards centre and far Left which will have its own repercussions.

I do not know what Project 2025 is so perhaps you could tell me. Imo you overestimate Pres. Trump's ability and the number of politicians willing to do such bidding.