Making the news today....

[Big J]

  On 08/02/2022 at 17:31, Mark J said:

Exactly. Surely the people who are in cabinet positions should have a slight background in their chosen field.

 

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And perhaps a memory of things that existed more than ten years ago! 😆

[Mark J]

 

 

[Mark J]

Astronomers stand up to satellite mega-constellations

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An international centre will defend the interests of science as thousands of satellites are launched.

 

[Macpherson]

  On 08/02/2022 at 22:05, Mark J said:

Astronomers stand up to satellite mega-constellations

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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An international centre will defend the interests of science as thousands of satellites are launched.

 

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Aye, this is quite worrying in the sense that we've almost created a cage for ourselves before we've really had a chance to fully take advantage of the benefits of the new environment that's becoming increasingly more available every day.

 

So the exponential leap in science that I had hoped to witness in my lifetime may well be contained in an orbital coup [ rubbish tip ] which could blind humanities view of the cosmos completely.

 

I'm tempted to make comparisons to many other ' blinkers '  that may be in play as regards our species awareness of reality.. but does anyone even care if they've got cheap netflix?

[Mark J]

  On 08/02/2022 at 23:23, Macpherson said:

 

Aye, this is quite worrying in the sense that we've almost created a cage for ourselves before we've really had a chance to fully take advantage of the benefits of the new environment that's becoming increasingly more available every day.

 

So the exponential leap in science that I had hoped to witness in my lifetime may well be contained in an orbital coup [ rubbish tip ] which could blind humanities view of the cosmos completely.

 

I'm tempted to make comparisons to many other ' blinkers '  that may be in play as regards our species awareness of reality.. but does anyone even care if they've got cheap netflix?

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Nature fights back: 

A geomagnetic storm may have effectively destroyed 40 SpaceX Starlink satellites

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Premature atmospheric reentry

 

[Macpherson]

  On 09/02/2022 at 21:49, Mark J said:

Nature fights back: 

A geomagnetic storm may have effectively destroyed 40 SpaceX Starlink satellites

WWW.THEVERGE.COM

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Premature atmospheric reentry

 

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only 39960 left then😁

[Mark J]

Russian gallery security guard accused of drawing eyes on painting

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The painting was sent for restoration after the Russian guard allegedly drew eyes on it.

 

[Khriss]

Now THATS  clever ! 

 

How to store excess wind power underwater

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A Dutch company is testing an underwater system that can store excess energy from wind farms.

 

 

K

[Stubby]

  On 11/02/2022 at 17:54, Khriss said:

Now THATS  clever ! 

 

How to store excess wind power underwater

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A Dutch company is testing an underwater system that can store excess energy from wind farms.

 

 

K

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A very neat trick Khriss .   ( Of the same blood type as me ) 😁

[Big J]

This might seem like a daft question, but what is the link between the very high rate of economic growth (that's made the headlines today) and the very high rate of inflation?

 

I'll hold my hands up to having no idea about the correlation between the two, but surely if everything costs more in an inflating economy, then the overall size of the sum being spent (ie, GDP) is greater? 

 

It's marvellous luck for the government that the cost of Brexit is being wonderfully masked by covid. I've got some replacement wheel chains coming from eastern Europe for the Vimek. They cost about £1250 to my door, of which £60 is cost of clearing customs and another (circa) £70 increased cost of haulage due to customs delays. So more than 10% more expensive thanks to Brexit. 

 

The increased costs for smaller spare parts is much more severe as urgent deliveries hugely up the costs.