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If you want to have statistically valid data to base your specific product curve on, certainly. I was naming it in the more general sense that a...

I don't think so. I cannot imagine any scenario where the tidal interaction would cause the Earth to spin up. My educated-guess hypothesis is that...

I think bath tub Theory applies to mass produced components which allow a probability to be measured. For example bathtub theory is extensively used...

Automation covers a wide range of technologies, traditional ones use expensive tooling so that economy only comes with very large numbers.

I've noticed the same thing. Some nights it's very close to Aldebarans magnitude. Other nights it's 0.1 or 0.2 magnitudes brighter.

Do you apply the same reasoning to aircraft and insist on planes that haven't been test flown? The effects of wear and tear can be measured,...

It would be difficult to detect that point, however, without foreknowledge of the location of the event horizon. Inside the event horizon, you'd...

The Nimitz event, which was the occasion of the FLIR1 film clip, resolves into three distinct phases. 1/ The first was a series of anomalous radar...

If I got a text from my internet company yesterday, it was the one I got late in the afternoon that was just random symbols.

I need to at least start watching The Watch just to see whether to record it again on Sunday.

It can be really frustrating for people with food issues. I had an idea for a cooking competition show where you would have to cook things to meet a...

On-screen graphic in an ad for a diabetes medication: "Patients taking product did 47% better than those taking a sugar pill." They have diabetes...

Nevermind, posted in wrong thread!

Our provider is still in "Don't call us, we'll call you" mode. Also, the USA will hit 400,000 deaths sometime today. And deniers are still...

I made it part way through the first episode of The Watch, may try again later. Call Me Kat has promise but it does look forced. I am enjoying Mr....

You're welcome. The best statistic for mortality is a bit of a moving target and subject to debate. Nothing is ideal, for reasons such as the...

I enjoy the film Battleship. As childish as it seems, an Iowa-class Battleship throwing ordinance on a target always adds 4 stars to a movie rating....

Kilauea volcano (Hawai'i): moderate earthquake in Kaʻū district.Seismic network of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) recorded a volcano-tectonic...

It should, but let’s see. Publix said they would book appointments only if they had the vaccine in stock.

If you get to the point where you detect photons emanating from the inside of the BH, you've obviously crossed the point where light cannot escape. ...

If you are a fan of Futurama, you know that astronomers will kill off that stupid joke by renaming the planet Urectum.