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18 Mar 2006 06:00:18 PM |
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Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation |
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11859210/
Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation
New findings from probe document universe’s first trillionth of a second
By Ker Than
Updated: 3:14 p.m. ET March 16, 2006
Scientists on Thursday announced new evidence supporting the theory that
the infant universe expanded from subatomic to astronomical size in a
fraction of a second after its birth.
The finding is based on new results from NASA's Wilkinson Microwave
Anisotropy Probe, or WMAP, launched in 2001 to measure the temperature
of radiant heat left over from the Big Bang, which is the theoretical
beginning to the universe.
This radiation is known as the cosmic microwave background, and it is
the oldest light in the universe.
Using WMAP data, researchers announced in 2003 that they had pieced
together a very detailed snapshot of the universe as it was about
400,000 years ago, and that they had determined its age, composition and
development.
The previous data showed that the universe was about 13.7 billion years
old. It also revealed that it wasn't until about 200 million years after
the Big Bang that conditions were cool enough for the first stars to
form. Scientists were also able to conclude that the universe is
composed of about 4 percent real matter, about 23 percent dark matter
and about 73 percent dark energy. Nobody actually knows what dark matter
or dark energy are, however.
The new WMAP observations, announced at a NASA press conference on
Thursday, reveal what the universe was like in the first trillionth of a
second after the Big Bang. From the microwave background, researchers
teased out a new signal called the "polarization signal."
"This new signal is roughly 100 times weaker than the signal we analyzed
three years ago and about a billion times less than the radiant warmth
we feel from the sun," said Lyman Page, a WMAP team member from
Princeton University.
The researchers collected observations of this polarization signal to
create a map of the early universe, allowing them to test a subtheory
within the Big Bang theory, called "inflation."
Inflation theory states that the universe underwent a rapid expansion
immediately following the Big Bang.
"During this growth spurt, a tiny region, likely no larger than a
marble, grew in a trillionth of a second to become larger than the
visible universe," said WMAP researcher David Spergel, also from
Princeton University.
The new observations reveal that the early expansion wasn't smooth, with
some regions expanding faster than others.
"We find that density fluctuations on the 1 [billion] to 10 billion
light-year scale are larger than density fluctuations on the 100 million
light-year scale," Spergel said. "That is just what inflation theory
predicts."
These fluctuations are thought to have led to clumping of matter that
allowed the formation of galaxies.
Brian Greene, a physicist from Columbia University who wasn't involved
in the research, called the new findings "spectacular" and "stunning."
"A major question that people have asked for decades is, where do stars
and galaxies come from? The answer coming from WMAP data supports the
idea that quantum fluctuations are the answer," Greene said. "WMAP's
data supports the notion that galaxies are nothing but quantum mechanism
writ large across the sky."
Greene said the new findings brings humanity closer to answering one of
its oldest questions: Where do we come from?
"WMAP certainly doesn't answer this question, but its data is taking us
one giant step closer to the answer by giving us a precise quantitative
look at the universe's earliest fraction of a second," Greene said.
"It's a tiny window of time, but it's a critical one in our quest to
learn what happened at time zero itself."
The new findings have been submitted to the Astrophysical Journal.
Check the WMAP Web site for further details on the research.
© 2006 Space.com
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation |
19 Mar 2006 02:04:54 AM |
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In article <cl7p129uaa4j8tsg6mlgjip7up3s0c6j3s@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11859210/
Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation
New findings from probe document universe’s first trillionth of a second
By Ker Than
Updated: 3:14 p.m. ET March 16, 2006
Scientists on Thursday announced new evidence supporting the theory that
the infant universe expanded from subatomic to astronomical size in a
fraction of a second after its birth.
The finding is based on new results from NASA's Wilkinson Microwave
Anisotropy Probe, or WMAP, launched in 2001 to measure the temperature
of radiant heat left over from the Big Bang, which is the theoretical
beginning to the universe.
This radiation is known as the cosmic microwave background, and it is
the oldest light in the universe.
Using WMAP data, researchers announced in 2003 that they had pieced
together a very detailed snapshot of the universe as it was about
400,000 years ago, and that they had determined its age, composition and
development.
<fundy mode>
B-b-b-b-b-b-but, they didn't see GAWD's picture there!
<exit fundy mode>
Nice work. I hope that BushCo doesn't chop NASA's science programs too
much. We are learning so much about the universe in such a short time
that it makes the mind boggle.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation |
22 Mar 2006 09:02:09 AM |
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On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 00:04:54 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
In article <cl7p129uaa4j8tsg6mlgjip7up3s0c6j3s@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11859210/
Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation
New findings from probe document universe’s first trillionth of a second
By Ker Than
Updated: 3:14 p.m. ET March 16, 2006
Scientists on Thursday announced new evidence supporting the theory that
the infant universe expanded from subatomic to astronomical size in a
fraction of a second after its birth.
The finding is based on new results from NASA's Wilkinson Microwave
Anisotropy Probe, or WMAP, launched in 2001 to measure the temperature
of radiant heat left over from the Big Bang, which is the theoretical
beginning to the universe.
This radiation is known as the cosmic microwave background, and it is
the oldest light in the universe.
Using WMAP data, researchers announced in 2003 that they had pieced
together a very detailed snapshot of the universe as it was about
400,000 years ago, and that they had determined its age, composition and
development.
<fundy mode>
B-b-b-b-b-b-but, they didn't see GAWD's picture there!
<exit fundy mode>
Nice work. I hope that BushCo doesn't chop NASA's science programs too
much. We are learning so much about the universe in such a short time
that it makes the mind boggle.
That's why the hefty dismantalization's going on.
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
.
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| User: "William Wingstedt" |
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| Title: Re: Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation |
20 Mar 2006 09:42:19 PM |
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On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 00:04:54 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
In article <cl7p129uaa4j8tsg6mlgjip7up3s0c6j3s@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11859210/
Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation
New findings from probe document universe’s first trillionth of a second
By Ker Than
Updated: 3:14 p.m. ET March 16, 2006
Scientists on Thursday announced new evidence supporting the theory that
the infant universe expanded from subatomic to astronomical size in a
fraction of a second after its birth.
The finding is based on new results from NASA's Wilkinson Microwave
Anisotropy Probe, or WMAP, launched in 2001 to measure the temperature
of radiant heat left over from the Big Bang, which is the theoretical
beginning to the universe.
This radiation is known as the cosmic microwave background, and it is
the oldest light in the universe.
Using WMAP data, researchers announced in 2003 that they had pieced
together a very detailed snapshot of the universe as it was about
400,000 years ago, and that they had determined its age, composition and
development.
<fundy mode>
B-b-b-b-b-b-but, they didn't see GAWD's picture there!
<exit fundy mode>
Nice work. I hope that BushCo doesn't chop NASA's science programs too
much. We are learning so much about the universe in such a short time
that it makes the mind boggle.
We'll just have to buy our science and its resultant technology from
abroad, just like we do now for our tech support, oil, clothing,
auto's...at least until they figure out how to neutralize our tacit
threat to blow 'em all up, real good, but what the hell, it's a small
price to pay for the love of baby jebus.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation |
21 Mar 2006 12:43:19 AM |
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In article <441f6a89.346698776@Newsgroups.Comcast.net>,
(William Wingstedt) wrote:
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 00:04:54 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
In article <cl7p129uaa4j8tsg6mlgjip7up3s0c6j3s@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11859210/
Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation
New findings from probe document universe’s first trillionth of a second
By Ker Than
Updated: 3:14 p.m. ET March 16, 2006
Scientists on Thursday announced new evidence supporting the theory that
the infant universe expanded from subatomic to astronomical size in a
fraction of a second after its birth.
The finding is based on new results from NASA's Wilkinson Microwave
Anisotropy Probe, or WMAP, launched in 2001 to measure the temperature
of radiant heat left over from the Big Bang, which is the theoretical
beginning to the universe.
This radiation is known as the cosmic microwave background, and it is
the oldest light in the universe.
Using WMAP data, researchers announced in 2003 that they had pieced
together a very detailed snapshot of the universe as it was about
400,000 years ago, and that they had determined its age, composition and
development.
<fundy mode>
B-b-b-b-b-b-but, they didn't see GAWD's picture there!
<exit fundy mode>
Nice work. I hope that BushCo doesn't chop NASA's science programs too
much. We are learning so much about the universe in such a short time
that it makes the mind boggle.
We'll just have to buy our science and its resultant technology from
abroad, just like we do now for our tech support, oil, clothing,
auto's...at least until they figure out how to neutralize our tacit
threat to blow 'em all up, real good, but what the hell, it's a small
price to pay for the love of baby jebus.
Why not. We outsource everything else.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
.
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation |
23 Mar 2006 04:30:48 PM |
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On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 22:43:19 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
In article <441f6a89.346698776@Newsgroups.Comcast.net>,
William_Wingstedt@comcast.net (William Wingstedt) wrote:
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 00:04:54 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
In article <cl7p129uaa4j8tsg6mlgjip7up3s0c6j3s@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11859210/
Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation
New findings from probe document universe’s first trillionth of a second
By Ker Than
Updated: 3:14 p.m. ET March 16, 2006
Scientists on Thursday announced new evidence supporting the theory that
the infant universe expanded from subatomic to astronomical size in a
fraction of a second after its birth.
The finding is based on new results from NASA's Wilkinson Microwave
Anisotropy Probe, or WMAP, launched in 2001 to measure the temperature
of radiant heat left over from the Big Bang, which is the theoretical
beginning to the universe.
This radiation is known as the cosmic microwave background, and it is
the oldest light in the universe.
Using WMAP data, researchers announced in 2003 that they had pieced
together a very detailed snapshot of the universe as it was about
400,000 years ago, and that they had determined its age, composition and
development.
<fundy mode>
B-b-b-b-b-b-but, they didn't see GAWD's picture there!
<exit fundy mode>
Nice work. I hope that BushCo doesn't chop NASA's science programs too
much. We are learning so much about the universe in such a short time
that it makes the mind boggle.
We'll just have to buy our science and its resultant technology from
abroad, just like we do now for our tech support, oil, clothing,
auto's...at least until they figure out how to neutralize our tacit
threat to blow 'em all up, real good, but what the hell, it's a small
price to pay for the love of baby jebus.
Why not. We outsource everything else.
No reason to treat the little monster differently-ships the damn thing
to Iran. There! That's beta!
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation |
21 Mar 2006 12:48:54 AM |
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johac wrote:
In article <441f6a89.346698776@Newsgroups.Comcast.net>,
William_Wingstedt@comcast.net (William Wingstedt) wrote:
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 00:04:54 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
In article <cl7p129uaa4j8tsg6mlgjip7up3s0c6j3s@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11859210/
Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation
New findings from probe document universe's first trillionth of a second
By Ker Than
Updated: 3:14 p.m. ET March 16, 2006
Scientists on Thursday announced new evidence supporting the theory that
the infant universe expanded from subatomic to astronomical size in a
fraction of a second after its birth.
The finding is based on new results from NASA's Wilkinson Microwave
Anisotropy Probe, or WMAP, launched in 2001 to measure the temperature
of radiant heat left over from the Big Bang, which is the theoretical
beginning to the universe.
This radiation is known as the cosmic microwave background, and it is
the oldest light in the universe.
Using WMAP data, researchers announced in 2003 that they had pieced
together a very detailed snapshot of the universe as it was about
400,000 years ago, and that they had determined its age, composition and
development.
<fundy mode>
B-b-b-b-b-b-but, they didn't see GAWD's picture there!
<exit fundy mode>
Nice work. I hope that BushCo doesn't chop NASA's science programs too
much. We are learning so much about the universe in such a short time
that it makes the mind boggle.
We'll just have to buy our science and its resultant technology from
abroad, just like we do now for our tech support, oil, clothing,
auto's...at least until they figure out how to neutralize our tacit
threat to blow 'em all up, real good, but what the hell, it's a small
price to pay for the love of baby jebus.
Why not. We outsource everything else.
Ouch. That hurt. But only because it's true..
-Panama Floyd, Atl.
aa#2015, Member Knights of BAAWA!
EAC Department of Telepropaganda
"..the prayer cloth of one aeon is the doormat of the next."
-Mark Twain
Religious societies are *less* moral than secular ones:
http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation |
22 Mar 2006 12:19:02 AM |
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In article <1142923734.506479.19990@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>,
wrote:
johac wrote:
In article <441f6a89.346698776@Newsgroups.Comcast.net>,
William_Wingstedt@comcast.net (William Wingstedt) wrote:
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 00:04:54 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
In article <cl7p129uaa4j8tsg6mlgjip7up3s0c6j3s@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11859210/
Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation
New findings from probe document universe's first trillionth of a
second
By Ker Than
Updated: 3:14 p.m. ET March 16, 2006
Scientists on Thursday announced new evidence supporting the theory
that
the infant universe expanded from subatomic to astronomical size in a
fraction of a second after its birth.
The finding is based on new results from NASA's Wilkinson Microwave
Anisotropy Probe, or WMAP, launched in 2001 to measure the temperature
of radiant heat left over from the Big Bang, which is the theoretical
beginning to the universe.
This radiation is known as the cosmic microwave background, and it is
the oldest light in the universe.
Using WMAP data, researchers announced in 2003 that they had pieced
together a very detailed snapshot of the universe as it was about
400,000 years ago, and that they had determined its age, composition
and
development.
<fundy mode>
B-b-b-b-b-b-but, they didn't see GAWD's picture there!
<exit fundy mode>
Nice work. I hope that BushCo doesn't chop NASA's science programs too
much. We are learning so much about the universe in such a short time
that it makes the mind boggle.
We'll just have to buy our science and its resultant technology from
abroad, just like we do now for our tech support, oil, clothing,
auto's...at least until they figure out how to neutralize our tacit
threat to blow 'em all up, real good, but what the hell, it's a small
price to pay for the love of baby jebus.
Why not. We outsource everything else.
Ouch. That hurt. But only because it's true..
Sadly it is. Already pharmaceutical companies are outsourcing their
clinical trials to places like India and China, and the Biotech company
that I recently retired from was serious considering outsourcing some
basic biochemical research to an institute in India set up for that
purpose.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
.
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation |
23 Mar 2006 04:31:52 PM |
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On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 22:19:02 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
In article <1142923734.506479.19990@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>,
panamfloyd@hotmail.com wrote:
johac wrote:
In article <441f6a89.346698776@Newsgroups.Comcast.net>,
William_Wingstedt@comcast.net (William Wingstedt) wrote:
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 00:04:54 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
In article <cl7p129uaa4j8tsg6mlgjip7up3s0c6j3s@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11859210/
Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation
New findings from probe document universe's first trillionth of a
second
By Ker Than
Updated: 3:14 p.m. ET March 16, 2006
Scientists on Thursday announced new evidence supporting the theory
that
the infant universe expanded from subatomic to astronomical size in a
fraction of a second after its birth.
The finding is based on new results from NASA's Wilkinson Microwave
Anisotropy Probe, or WMAP, launched in 2001 to measure the temperature
of radiant heat left over from the Big Bang, which is the theoretical
beginning to the universe.
This radiation is known as the cosmic microwave background, and it is
the oldest light in the universe.
Using WMAP data, researchers announced in 2003 that they had pieced
together a very detailed snapshot of the universe as it was about
400,000 years ago, and that they had determined its age, composition
and
development.
<fundy mode>
B-b-b-b-b-b-but, they didn't see GAWD's picture there!
<exit fundy mode>
Nice work. I hope that BushCo doesn't chop NASA's science programs too
much. We are learning so much about the universe in such a short time
that it makes the mind boggle.
We'll just have to buy our science and its resultant technology from
abroad, just like we do now for our tech support, oil, clothing,
auto's...at least until they figure out how to neutralize our tacit
threat to blow 'em all up, real good, but what the hell, it's a small
price to pay for the love of baby jebus.
Why not. We outsource everything else.
Ouch. That hurt. But only because it's true..
Sadly it is. Already pharmaceutical companies are outsourcing their
clinical trials to places like India and China, and the Biotech company
that I recently retired from was serious considering outsourcing some
basic biochemical research to an institute in India set up for that
purpose.
Well, it's not like its 'people' being the guinea pigs....
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation |
22 Mar 2006 01:29:59 AM |
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johac wrote:
In article <1142923734.506479.19990@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>,
panamfloyd@hotmail.com wrote:
johac wrote:
In article <441f6a89.346698776@Newsgroups.Comcast.net>,
William_Wingstedt@comcast.net (William Wingstedt) wrote:
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 00:04:54 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
In article <cl7p129uaa4j8tsg6mlgjip7up3s0c6j3s@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11859210/
Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation
New findings from probe document universe's first trillionth of a
second
By Ker Than
Updated: 3:14 p.m. ET March 16, 2006
Scientists on Thursday announced new evidence supporting the theory
that
the infant universe expanded from subatomic to astronomical size in a
fraction of a second after its birth.
The finding is based on new results from NASA's Wilkinson Microwave
Anisotropy Probe, or WMAP, launched in 2001 to measure the temperature
of radiant heat left over from the Big Bang, which is the theoretical
beginning to the universe.
This radiation is known as the cosmic microwave background, and it is
the oldest light in the universe.
Using WMAP data, researchers announced in 2003 that they had pieced
together a very detailed snapshot of the universe as it was about
400,000 years ago, and that they had determined its age, composition
and
development.
<fundy mode>
B-b-b-b-b-b-but, they didn't see GAWD's picture there!
<exit fundy mode>
Nice work. I hope that BushCo doesn't chop NASA's science programs too
much. We are learning so much about the universe in such a short time
that it makes the mind boggle.
We'll just have to buy our science and its resultant technology from
abroad, just like we do now for our tech support, oil, clothing,
auto's...at least until they figure out how to neutralize our tacit
threat to blow 'em all up, real good, but what the hell, it's a small
price to pay for the love of baby jebus.
Why not. We outsource everything else.
Ouch. That hurt. But only because it's true..
Sadly it is. Already pharmaceutical companies are outsourcing their
clinical trials to places like India and China, and the Biotech company
that I recently retired from was serious considering outsourcing some
basic biochemical research to an institute in India set up for that
purpose.
Tell me about it. I moved to the overnight shift on one of our other
networks because the Spanish & Portuguese networks were moving to
Buenos Aires. I had always thought of outsourcing as the elimination of
factory-style jobs. Never even imagined it could happen in the
professional trades. I've been reconsidering my stance on immigration-I
was one of the ones that said "Americans won't take those jobs anyway".
But now..those jobs may be the only jobs left after the corporations
are through with us.
BTW: Did you see the joke I posted about the B-52 and the F-111?
-Panama Floyd, Atl.
aa#2015, Member Knights of BAAWA!
EAC Department of Telepropaganda
"..the prayer cloth of one aeon is the doormat of the next."
-Mark Twain
Religious societies are *less* moral than secular ones:
http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html
.
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation |
23 Mar 2006 12:11:06 AM |
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In article <1143012599.344864.83350@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>,
wrote:
johac wrote:
In article <1142923734.506479.19990@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>,
wrote:
johac wrote:
In article <441f6a89.346698776@Newsgroups.Comcast.net>,
William_Wingstedt@comcast.net (William Wingstedt) wrote:
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 00:04:54 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
In article <cl7p129uaa4j8tsg6mlgjip7up3s0c6j3s@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11859210/
Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation
New findings from probe document universe's first trillionth of a
second
By Ker Than
Updated: 3:14 p.m. ET March 16, 2006
Scientists on Thursday announced new evidence supporting the
theory
that
the infant universe expanded from subatomic to astronomical size
in a
fraction of a second after its birth.
The finding is based on new results from NASA's Wilkinson
Microwave
Anisotropy Probe, or WMAP, launched in 2001 to measure the
temperature
of radiant heat left over from the Big Bang, which is the
theoretical
beginning to the universe.
This radiation is known as the cosmic microwave background, and it
is
the oldest light in the universe.
Using WMAP data, researchers announced in 2003 that they had
pieced
together a very detailed snapshot of the universe as it was about
400,000 years ago, and that they had determined its age,
composition
and
development.
<fundy mode>
B-b-b-b-b-b-but, they didn't see GAWD's picture there!
<exit fundy mode>
Nice work. I hope that BushCo doesn't chop NASA's science programs
too
much. We are learning so much about the universe in such a short
time
that it makes the mind boggle.
We'll just have to buy our science and its resultant technology from
abroad, just like we do now for our tech support, oil, clothing,
auto's...at least until they figure out how to neutralize our tacit
threat to blow 'em all up, real good, but what the hell, it's a small
price to pay for the love of baby jebus.
Why not. We outsource everything else.
Ouch. That hurt. But only because it's true..
Sadly it is. Already pharmaceutical companies are outsourcing their
clinical trials to places like India and China, and the Biotech company
that I recently retired from was serious considering outsourcing some
basic biochemical research to an institute in India set up for that
purpose.
Tell me about it. I moved to the overnight shift on one of our other
networks because the Spanish & Portuguese networks were moving to
Buenos Aires. I had always thought of outsourcing as the elimination of
factory-style jobs. Never even imagined it could happen in the
professional trades. I've been reconsidering my stance on immigration-I
was one of the ones that said "Americans won't take those jobs anyway".
But now..those jobs may be the only jobs left after the corporations
are through with us.
Pretty soon there will be nothing left for us to do but work in
underpaid jobs in sweatshops making cheap sneakers and electronic
gadgets for the Indians and Chinese. they'll have all of the good jobs
and the money and will be no doubt complaining to their governments
about cheap American labor.
BTW: Did you see the joke I posted about the B-52 and the F-111?
I went back to the thread and didn't see it. I found it on Google. I
guess my news server is slow to update. Good one though and true. :-)
-Panama Floyd, Atl.
aa#2015, Member Knights of BAAWA!
EAC Department of Telepropaganda
"..the prayer cloth of one aeon is the doormat of the next."
-Mark Twain
Religious societies are *less* moral than secular ones:
http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html
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John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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20 Mar 2006 09:48:00 PM |
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stoney wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11859210/
Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation
New findings from probe document universe's first trillionth of a second
By Ker Than
Updated: 3:14 p.m. ET March 16, 2006
Scientists on Thursday announced new evidence supporting the theory that
the infant universe expanded from subatomic to astronomical size in a
fraction of a second after its birth.
The finding is based on new results from NASA's Wilkinson Microwave
Anisotropy Probe, or WMAP, launched in 2001 to measure the temperature
of radiant heat left over from the Big Bang, which is the theoretical
beginning to the universe.
Heh, heh. Seems a helluva lot less "theoretical" than it once was..<g>
WMAP Home Page:
http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html
-Panama Floyd, Atl.
aa#2015, Member Knights of BAAWA!
EAC Department of Telepropaganda
"..the prayer cloth of one aeon is the doormat of the next."
-Mark Twain
Religious societies are *less* moral than secular ones:
http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html
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21 Mar 2006 12:51:15 AM |
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stoney wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11859210/
Afterglow sheds light on Big Bang inflation
New findings from probe document universe's first trillionth of a second
By Ker Than
Updated: 3:14 p.m. ET March 16, 2006
Scientists on Thursday announced new evidence supporting the theory that
the infant universe expanded from subatomic to astronomical size in a
fraction of a second after its birth.
snipage
Using WMAP data, researchers announced in 2003 that they had pieced
together a very detailed snapshot of the universe as it was about
400,000 years ago, and that they had determined its age, composition and
development.
msnbc better double check their facts. 400,000 years ago
the universe was not much different than today, but more importantly,
it might give fundies hope, because it much closer to 6,000 years
than 10,000,000,000 years.
Larry
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