Guest guest Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 when Kennedy said we had to land a man on the Moon all the scientists said "impossible". I am just a little curious how a politician can get accomplished what the scientists were saying was impossible? Bankrupting the Russians in the cold war was also on the American agenda and they did many things to achieve that goal. They also said flying would be impossible. Infact the Wright Brothers own father said they could not fly. Know why? religious ignorance. He said that God would not allow men to fly, because that was reserved for the angels. Does this ignorance sound at all familiar to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guruvani Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 They also said flying would be impossible. Infact the Wright Brothers own father said they could not fly. Know why? religious ignorance. He said that God would not allow men to fly, because that was reserved for the angels. Does this ignorance sound at all familiar to you? nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murali_Mohan_das Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 Well, we had one! It was small. Didn't feel it, though I can feel the diesels going by on the highway sometimes. http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/nc51184104.htm Version #1: This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event. <!-- Msg below this line --> This is a computer-generated message. This event has not yet been reviewed by a seismologist. <!-- Msg above this line --> A microearthquake occurred at 4:18:54 PM (PDT) on Friday, July 13, 2007. The magnitude 1.7 event occurred 4 km (2 miles) W of Half Moon Bay, CA. The hypocentral depth is 7 km ( 5 miles). <hr> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr>.... align="right" valign="top"> Magnitude.....> <td align="left">1.7 - duration magnitude (Md)</td> </tr><tr>.... align="right" valign="center"> Time.....> <td align="left">Friday, July 13, 2007 at 4:18:54 PM (PDT) Friday, July 13, 2007 at 23:18:54 (UTC) </td> </tr><tr>.... align="right" valign="center"> Distance from.....> <td align="left">Half Moon Bay, CA - 4 km (2 miles) W (262 degrees) El Granada, CA - 6 km (3 miles) S (183 degrees) Moss Beach, CA - 9 km (5 miles) SSE (158 degrees) Daly City, CA - 26 km (16 miles) S (182 degrees) San Francisco City Hall, CA - 36 km (22 miles) S (188 degrees) </td> </tr><tr>.... align="right" valign="top"> Coordinates.....> <td align="left">37 deg. 27.3 min. N (37.454N), 122 deg. 28.6 min. W (122.477W)</td> </tr><tr>.... align="right" valign="top"> Depth.....> <td align="left">7.4 km (4.6 miles)</td> </tr><tr>.... align="right" valign="top"> Location Quality.....> <td align="left">Fair</td> </tr><tr>.... align="right" valign="top"> Location Quality Parameters.....> <td align="left">Nst= 16, Nph= 16, Dmin=7 km, Rmss=0.05 sec, Erho=0.7 km, Erzz=0.6 km, Gp=223.2 degrees </td> </tr><tr>.... align="right" valign="top"> Event ID#.....> <td align="left">nc51184104</td> </tr><tr>.... align="right" valign="top"> Additional Information.....> <td align="left"> map with fault names Google Earth KML (Requires Google Earth.) Topo map centered at earthquake (This link takes you offsite.) <!-- Addons below this line --> Waveforms <!-- type Waveform_nc version 01 --> <!-- Addons above this line --> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </center> <hr> Did you feel it? || Shake Map North We have daily earthquakes here in Central California as well (though most cannot be felt). Here is a "live" earthquake map of CA-NV: http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm Doesn't look like there have been any today, but lots in the last week. If our friend Gurupkar wants to predict an earthquake and have us attribute it to his powers, he'd better specify exactly the epicenter, date and time, as well as the magnitude of the quake. In the meanwhile, I'd better change my picture back to the artichoke!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 That's fascinating!! Surely, it's an example of how, seemingly useless science can yield unexpected benefits (and, of course, unexptected liabilities as well). I think you walk on single leg, u cannot call science useless, as u do not aware of the real meaning of the science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murali_Mohan_das Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 I think you walk on single leg, u cannot call science useless, as u do not aware of the real meaning of the science. I think you misunderstand me. I didn't say science was useless. I said science which might *seem* useless might have benefits that were unexpected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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