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Official Google Blog: See where your friends are with Google Latitude
Official Google Blog: See where your friends are with Google Latitude: "How often do you find yourself wondering where your friends are and what they're up to? It's a pretty central question to our daily social l..."
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
List of lunar probes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of lunar probes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
All these mad orbiters, that get crashed. Lot of a waste.
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Legion: Build your own virtual super computer with Silverlight - CodeProject
Legion: Build your own virtual super computer with Silverlight - CodeProject
Wow! It sounds like Bill Gates is out to monopolize IT with Microsoft Bug software. Billie, stop wasting our time, when has Microsoft ever had anything to do with Fast computing? Really? Bugs and slow software, Intel Made a monster of you.
Scientific control - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scientific control - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Group Control, networked predestiny groups. In Political terms, an electoral candidate is put through as many soak groups, A room full of smiling people who are commited to putting an opponent in. The point of the exercise is to waste the candidates time, the less exposure to voters who may vote for candidate is a victory for the opposition
Free Yourself
Free Yourself
Wow, hands on Strategies. I have a friend who mixes heroin and gambling addictions. I am going to need some hands on approaches.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Stellar 7 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stellar 7 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Good game, Although, it was way to easy to get blown up
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
ESA - Rosetta - Rosetta triumphs at asteroid Lutetia
ESA - Rosetta - Rosetta triumphs at asteroid Lutetia
2005 YU55 is about 400 meters [1,300 feet] wide, and closest approach will be about 325,000 kilometers (201,700 miles) from Earth.
Need a fast mission, with an orbiter and lander/s. If the orbitor has a poineer/voyager type energy capacity, it might be able to act as a longer term com sat station a relay for other probes, an IPN node.
3753 Cruithne
2002 AA29
3753 Cruithne
2002 AA29
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Atlas V - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Atlas V - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lockheed Martin, and a speed record, in the same sentence. 8 hours to one light second.
Need a small standard probe. It might have a rover and orbiter component. For mapping asteroids, and getting to them quickly.
CNT
Task 1: confirmed
Task 1 a: ReProject: Horizon
New Horizons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New Horizons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
"New Horizons is often erroneously given the title of Fastest Spacecraft Ever Launched, when in fact the Helios probes are the holders of that title. To be more specific New Horizons achieved the highest launch velocity and thus left Earth faster than any other spacecraft to date. It is also the first spacecraft launched directly into a solar escape trajectory, which requires an approximate velocity of 16.5 km/s (36,900 mph), plus losses, all to be provided by the launcher. However, it will not be the fastest spacecraft to leave the solar system. This record is held by Voyager 1, currently travelling at 17.145 km/s (38,400 mph) relative to the Sun. Voyager 1 attained greater hyperbolic excess velocity from Jupiter and Saturn gravitational slingshots than New Horizons. Other spacecraft, such as Helios 1 & 2, can also be measured as the fastest objects, due to their orbital velocity relative to the Sun at perihelion. However, because they remain in solar orbit, their orbital energy relative to the Sun is lower than the five probes, and three other third stages on hyperbolic trajectories, including New Horizons, that achieved solar escape velocity, as the Sun has a much deeper gravitational well than Earth."
Sunday, April 17, 2011
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Lemur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lemur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lemurs (pronounced /ˈliːmər/ US dict: lē′·mər) are a clade of strepsirrhine primates endemicto the island of Madagascar. They are named after the lemures (ghosts or spirits) of Roman mythology due to the ghostly vocalizations, reflective eyes, and the nocturnal habits of some species. Although lemurs often are confused with ancestral primates, the anthropoid primates (monkeys, apes, and humans) did not evolve from them; instead, lemurs merely share morphological and behavioral traits with basal primates.
Tarsier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tarsier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tarsiers are haplorrhine primates of the genus Tarsius, a genus in the family Tarsiidae, which is itself the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes. Although the group was once more widespread, all the species living today are found in the islands of Southeast Asia.
Meerkat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Meerkat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The meerkat or suricate Suricata suricatta, a small mammal, is a member of themongoose family. Meerkats live in all parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana and inSouth Africa. A group of meerkats is called a "mob", "gang" or "clan". A meerkat clan often contains about 20 meerkats, but some super-families have 50 or more members. Meerkats have an average life span of 12–14 years.
Prairie dog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prairie dog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prairie dogs (genus Cynomys) are burrowing rodents native to the grasslands of North America. There are five different species of prairie dogs: black-tailed, white-tailed, Gunnison's, Utah andMexican prairie dogs. They are a type of ground squirrel, found in the United States, Canada andMexico. In Mexico, prairie dogs are primarily found in the northern states which are the southern end of the great plains: northeastern Sonora, north and northeastern Chihuahua, northernCoahuila, northern Nuevo León, and northern Tamaulipas. In the U.S., they range primarily to the west of the Mississippi River, though they have also been introduced in a few eastern locales. They are herbivorous, and will eat all sorts of vegetables and fruits.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
List of lunar probes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of lunar probes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lunar swarm. How many opportunities to restart and retool?
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
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Pinniped
Pinnipeds (from Latin pinna, wing or fin, and ped-, foot) or fin-footed mammals are a widely distributed and diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals comprising the familiesOdobenidae (the walrus), Otariidae (eared seals, including sea lions and fur seals), andPhocidae (earless seals).
Formerly classified as a separate biological suborder, Pinnipedia is now sometimes considered a superfamily within Caniformia, a suborder in the Carnivora order.
Formerly classified as a separate biological suborder, Pinnipedia is now sometimes considered a superfamily within Caniformia, a suborder in the Carnivora order.
- Family Odobenidae
- Walrus, Odobenus rosmarus
- Imagotaria downsi (extinct)
- Family Otariidae
- Genus Arctocephalus
- Antarctic Fur Seal, A. gazella
- Guadalupe Fur Seal, A. townsendi
- Juan Fernández Fur Seal, A. philippii
- Galápagos Fur Seal, A. galapagoensis
- Brown Fur Seal, A. pusillus
- South African Fur Seal, A. pusillus pusillus
- Australian Fur Seal, A. pusillus doriferus
- Australasian Fur Seal, A. forsteri
- Subantarctic Fur Seal, A. tropicalis
- South American Fur Seal, A. australis
- Genus Callorhinus
- Northern Fur Seal, C. ursinus
- Genus Eumetopias
- Steller Sea Lion, E. jubatus
- Genus Neophoca
- Australian Sea Lion, N. cinerea
- Genus Otaria
- South American Sea Lion, O. flavescens
- Genus Phocarctos
- New Zealand Sea Lion, P. hookeri
- Genus Zalophus
- California Sea Lion, Z. californianus
- Japanese Sea Lion, Z. japonicus – extinct (1950s)
- Galápagos Sea Lion, Z. wollebaeki
- Genus Arctocephalus
- Family Phocidae
- Subfamily Monachinae
- Tribe Monachini
- Monachopsis (extinct)
- Pristiphoca (extinct)
- Properiptychus (extinct)
- Messiphoca (extinct)
- Mesotaria (extinct)
- Callophoca (extinct)
- Pliophoca (extinct)
- Pontophoca (extinct)
- Hawaiian Monk Seal, Monachus schauinslandi
- Mediterranean Monk Seal, Monachus monachus
- Caribbean Monk Seal, Monachus tropicalis (probably extinct around 1950)
- Tribe Miroungini
- Northern Elephant Seal, Mirounga angustirostris
- Southern Elephant Seal, Mirounga leonina
- Tribe Lobodontini
- Monotherium wymani (extinct)
- Ross Seal, Ommatophoca rossi
- Crabeater Seal, Lobodon carcinophagus
- Leopard Seal, Hydrurga leptonyx
- Weddell Seal, Leptonychotes weddellii
- Swan-necked Seal, Acrophoca longirostris (extinct)
- Piscophoca pacifica (extinct)
- Homiphoca capensis (extinct)
- Tribe Monachini
- Subfamily Phocinae
- Kawas benegasorum (extinct)
- Leptophoca lenis (extinct)
- Preapusa (extinct)
- Cryptophoca (extinct)
- Bearded Seal, Erignathus barbatus
- Hooded Seal, Cystophora cristata
- Tribe Phocini
- Common Seal or Harbor Seal, Phoca vitulina
- Spotted Seal or Larga Seal, Phoca largha
- Ringed Seal, Pusa hispida (formerly Phoca hispida)
- Baikal Seal or Nerpa, Pusa sibirica (formerly Phoca sibirica)
- Caspian Seal, Pusa caspica (formerly Phoca caspica)
- Harp Seal, Pagophilus groenlandica (formerly Phoca groenlandicus)
- Ribbon Seal, Histriophoca fasciata (formerly Phoca fasciata)
- Phocanella (extinct)
- Platyphoca (extinct)
- Gryphoca (extinct)
- Gray Seal, Halichoerus grypus
- Subfamily Monachinae
| Scientific classification | |
|---|---|
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Caniformia |
| Superfamily: | Pinnipedia |
lupus familiaris
The gray wolf or grey wolf (Canis lupus), often known simply as the wolf, is the largest extant wild member of the Canidae family. Though once abundant over much of Eurasia, North Africa andNorth America, the gray wolf inhabits a reduced portion of its former range due to widespread destruction of its territory, human encroachment, and the resulting human-wolf encounters that sparked broad extirpation. Even so, the gray wolf is regarded as being of least concern for extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, when the entire gray wolf population is considered as a whole. Today, wolves are protected in some areas, hunted for sport in others, or may be subject to population control or extermination as threats to livestock, people, and pets.
Canidae (pronounced /ˈkænɨdiː/[2]) is the biological family of carnivorous and omnivorous mammals that includes the wolves, foxes, jackals, coyotes, and the domestic dog; a member of this family is called a canid (/ˈkeɪnɨd/). The Canidae family is divided into the "wolf-like" and "dog-like" animals of the tribe Canini and the "foxes" of the tribe Vulpini. The two species of the basal Caninae are more primitive and do not fit into either tribe.
Canidae (pronounced /ˈkænɨdiː/[2]) is the biological family of carnivorous and omnivorous mammals that includes the wolves, foxes, jackals, coyotes, and the domestic dog; a member of this family is called a canid (/ˈkeɪnɨd/). The Canidae family is divided into the "wolf-like" and "dog-like" animals of the tribe Canini and the "foxes" of the tribe Vulpini. The two species of the basal Caninae are more primitive and do not fit into either tribe.
Eocene epoch
Carnivorans evolved from miacoids about 55 million years ago during the late Paleocene.[4] Then, about 50 million years ago, the carnivorans split into two main divisions: caniforms (dog-like) andfeliforms (cat-like). By 40 million years ago the first clearly identifiable member of the dog family Canidae had arisen. It was called Prohesperocyon wilsoni and was found in what is now southwestern Texas.
The Miacidae (miacids) evolved into the modern Caniformes (dogs, bears, raccoons and weasels), while the Viverravidae evolved into the Feliformes (cats, hyaenas and mongooses), both of the order Carnivora.
The creodonts are an extinct order of mammals that lived from the Paleocene to the Mioceneepochs. They shared a common ancestor with the Carnivora.
Creodonts were an important group of carnivorous mammals from 55 to 35 million years ago in the ecosystems of Africa, Eurasia and North America. In Oligocene Africa, they were the dominant predatory group. They competed with the Mesonychids and the Entelodonts and ultimately outlasted them by the start of the Oligocene and by the middle of the Miocene respectively, but lost ground to the carnivorans. The last genus went extinct 8 million years ago, and carnivorans now occupy their ecological niches.
| Scientific classification | |
|---|---|
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Caniformia |
| Family: | Canidae |
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