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Sunspots, Which Can Harm Electronics on Earth, Are Half the Number Expected Email   Print   Save ↓ More   178  Comments   Facebook   Twitter   Google+   LinkedIn smaller   Larger By   ROBERT LEE HOTZ   CONNECT Nov. 10, 2013 7:25 p.m. ET The sun should be at the climax of its usual 11-year cycle of activity, but solar physicists are puzzled by its mellow solar maximum. WSJ's Robert Lee Hotz reports. Something is up with the sun. Scientists say that solar activity is stranger than in a century or more, with the sun producing barely half the number of sunspots as expected and its magnetic poles oddly out of sync. The sun generates immense magnetic fields as it spins. Sunspots—often broader in diameter than Earth—mark areas of intense magnetic force that brew disruptive solar storms. These storms may abruptly lash their charged particles across millions...

Ahhh the horror! Do you know that almost everything you eat is genetically modified?!?!? GENETICALLY MODIFIED! If God intended humans to eat potatoes, wheat, large fruits, leafy vegetables, docile mammals or semi-flying birds HE WOULD HAVE MADE THEM THAT WAY HIMSELF. Personally, all I eat are chestnuts and fish. And this is why: Why One Zombie GMO Myth Can’t Be Killed By  Keith Kloor  | October 31, 2013 4:06 pm An anti-GMO protest in Los Angeles on May 25, 2013. (Photo: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) An  opinion piece  in  Al Jazeera  repeats many of the tropes one frequently hears about GMOs. The accompanying photo (also displayed in this post) is an apt illustration. At the center is a person holding a sign that connects Monsanto and  Agenda 21 , which is an innocuous U.N. sustainability initiative that has been turned into a feverish conspiracy theory by the likes of  Glenn Beck  and  embraced  by Tea Party conservat...

This is my blog. I say what I want. I use similes, metaphors, and the occasional lol cat.  I might call Obama the most useless leader since Frosty the snowman tried to lead the North African campaign. I might end a sentence with a preposition. But there is one thing up with which I will not put. The use of "bitch" is out of control. Why, says your inner Yoda, does the libertarian swear words about worry, hmmm? The problem I have is that it is the only swear word allowed. You can't say pretty much anything else. To the best of my knowledge you can't even say "dick" or at least it is rarely used. So why "bitch" which is far more derogatory? I would like to give an explanation here other than massive sexism, but I dont really see any other options. By saying "bitch"  all the time on regular programming but nothing else, we giving the green light to its general use. Deregulate TV and let people talk like real people. Letting writers use jus...

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Unions right now are standing in the way of growth. They helped elect Obama, who has probably done more to harm the greatest common good than any other global first world leader in the last 20 years (don't count Russia as 1st world). Why do I say this? Because he will cripple our economy for years to come, ruin our healthcare system, and damage our world standing. Not only were unions instrumental in getting him elected, they were also instrumental in supporting Obamacare. Thank you, unions. However, there are more direct reasons. The UAW with GM. Thanks to the Obama shakedown we gave the company to the union which ruined it rather than the secured debt holders. What the hell are laws for anyway when might and right are on your side? But right now, one of main things which is pissing me of is the teachers unions. Their job is to protect under-performing teachers. That's just about it. They take a cut from everyone's paycheck and they make sure that no how good or bad ...

IBM - Doing cool shit for the hell of it science since 1938 Yes - IBM made an animated movie.. with atoms. Because they just wanted to show how they were pretty much better than everyone else at bending the rules of physics to their will. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22364761 Atoms star in world's smallest movie from IBM By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News A clip from A Boy and His Atom, courtesy IBM Continue reading the main story Related Stories IBM makes 12-atom magnetic memory Striking image shows atomic bonds 'Olympic rings' molecule imaged Researchers at IBM have created the world's smallest movie by manipulating single atoms on a copper surface. The stop-motion animation uses dozens of carbon monoxide molecules, moved with the tiny tip of what is called a scanning tunnelling microscope (STM). It would take about 1,000 of the frames of the film laid side by side to span a single human hair. Th...

How old is a startup company? I run one right now, and we have been operational for just over a year, and I have been working on the idea for a year or two more than that. Right now we have 4 employees and are doing pretty well - clearly still a startup. How about if you are disruptive giant who is the biggest competitor to Google, Apple, Walmart & Netflix AT THE SAME TIME. Yeah. Amazon. Amazing. Amazon maintains solid rep as 16-year-old startup, increasing revenue and decreasing profit yet again April 25, 2013 2:15 PM John Koetsier 57   76   0   8   2 Nov. 12 - 13, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now Updated 2:58 p.m. Pacific with new Amazon stock price data. Amazon stock is up down $10 in after-hours trading today as the company reported first quarter sales that grew 22 percent to $16.07 billion — and income that decreased 37 percent to $82 million. It’s like the opposite of Winston ...