You Can't Model Mother Nature, Either . . .

The Problems in Modeling Nature, With Its Unruly Natural Tendencies [A review of] USELESS ARITHMETIC Why Environmental Scientists Can’t Predict the Future. By Orrin H. Pilkey and Linda Pilkey-Jarvis. 256 pages. Columbia University Press, $29.50. Read an Excerpt

NASA Goes Deep

NASA Goes Deep By CAROLYN PORCO Published: February 20, 2007 Boulder, Colo. — AFTER years of spending our nation’s space budget building an orbiting space station of questionable utility, serviced by an operationally e

It figures . . .

Math anxiety saps memory needed for... math -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Weekly Chat Reminder

As Steve said, "The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over six years. Way back on 27 May, 1998, Marco Maisenhelder first set up a chatroom for the list, and on the next day, he established a weekly chat time. We've been through several servers, chat technologies, and even casts of

Re: NASA Goes Deep

> In hindsight, maybe the pace of progress was > predictable. Humans first explored Antarctica in > the early 20th century. Decades passed before we > had the technology that would allow us to > establish a permanent presence. History will > indicate the same for our interplanetary forays. > Our i

First Amendment takes a hit

Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime. It's no joke. Last Thursday, President Bush signed into law a prohibition on posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity. In other words, it's OK to flame someone on a mailing

Re: First Amendment takes a hit

At 10:17 PM Wednesday 2/21/2007, Gary Nunn wrote: >Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime. > >It's no joke. Last Thursday, President Bush signed into law a prohibition on >posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without >disclosing your true identity. >