Happy Birthday Storm! May there be many, many more to come!

Judge Joe says:

Yep! You are a wimp!

What a bunch of horse crap!

The cow jumped over the moon. The landing was hard.

Each of us is the sum of all of our parts.

Actually we don't know that the fundamental laws are the same everywhere. They just appear the same from what we can see. There is also plenty that we can't see (dark energy, dark matter, and black holes) where the best we can do is make an educated guess. There is also space beyond what we can see where maybe the rules change again.

The best example is the expansion of the universe. From what we can see we can measure the speed and distance of the expansion but there is very little understanding of the "why and how". Using dark energy as the fuel for expansion may be correct or it may just be feeling in the dark.

Every astronaut has done it. Good grief, don't you know ANYTHING about physics?

Here's a little quote from space.com ... a short explanation of what happens as we move faster and slow time.

"Einstein's theory of special relativity says that time slows down or speeds up depending on how fast you move relative to something else. Approaching the speed of light, a person inside a spaceship would age much slower than his twin at home. Also, under Einstein's theory of general relativity, gravity can bend time.

Picture a four-dimensional fabric called space-time. When anything that has mass sits on that piece of fabric, it causes a dimple or a bending of space-time. The bending of space-time causes objects to move on a curved path and that curvature of space is what we know as gravity.

Both the general and special relativity theories have been proven with GPS satellite technology that has very accurate timepieces on board. The effects of gravity, as well as the satellites' increased speed above the Earth relative to observers on the ground, make the unadjusted clocks gain 38 microseconds a day. (Engineers make calibrations to account for the difference.)

In a sense, this effect, called time dilation, means astronauts are time travelers, as they return to Earth very, very slightly younger than their identical twins that remain on the planet.
- See more at: http://www.space.com/21675-time-travel.html#sthash.KluUKSxk.dpuf"

One way time travel is easy and has happened many times as described in the original article. Einstein's equations work and are the basis of modern physics. All you need is speed.

Backwards time travel is another story. It may be possible but no one knows how to do it yet.

The physics of black holes open additional possibilities of freezing time.

But time is just math? Afraid not. It is possible now to make one member of a set of twins an old man while the other is still young using nothing but a fast moving spacecraft. That is time travel.

You not seeing the connections in my post does not mean they aren't there. Your lack of knowledge of Iran's finger in terrorism doesn't mean it isn't there ... it's knowledge widely known (which eliminates the non-sequitur). It's so easy to demand proof to support a position than any educated person should be well versed. You made no points, just mistakes. My post is accurate in fact and my opinions are shared by many.

And BTW, you putting words into my post that don't exist are the purest form of intellectual dishonesty. The reality is that the Geneva Convention exceptions easily put a death sentence on most terrorism.

That is the rule of law.

Well, my school was pretty cool. I even rode a horse to high school sometimes! Thats pretty cool.

Did you?

I have. Sometimes being an overachiever is a curse.

Have you ever been accused of being too cool for school?

You should look up the definition of "non sequitur".

The post is about appropriate response to terrorism. It is also about asymmetric warfare. Iran is the largest, most well known, and overall worst sponsor of terrorism in the world. They, by definition, are engaging in asymmetric warfare (I guess you need to look that up too!) by supplying the food, shelter, money, training, and weapons to the terrorists (do you see the connection now?). Iran and the other sponsors of terrorism are engaging in war with the Western World without following the rules of the Geneva Convention by seeking out weakness and exploiting them in the most murderous ways possible. They hide in schools and Mosques, store weapons in hospitals, attack by blowing up civilians. The 'normal' rules of war should not apply to those who do not abide by them.

Just because you don't understand a post doesn't mean it doesn't make sense.

Iran is a monster and should be treated as one. The terrorist groups who are rampaging across the Middle East and parts of Africa should be exterminated as vermin. Don't see a connection? Many do.

The Geneva Convention was used to put in place "rules for warfare" that were to be shared by civilized nations in actual warfare. The rules were never meant to apply to criminals or terrorists. Even then, there were exceptions specifically given for treatment of those playing "outside the rules". If, for example, you were caught in the act of spying or warfare without a uniform, you could just be shot ... end of story.

Terrorists play by a different set of rules called "asymmetric warfare". They play to the weakness of the rules of whoever they attach. Civilians are fair game as are women and children. Poison of any kind, weapons of any kind, and religious targets are fair game.

To expect one to use the rules of the Geneva Convention to apply to one side but not to the other is to defend oneself with one hand tied behind your back.

Terrorists do not exist in a vacuum. They are fed, housed, financed, and equipped by a different type of terrorist who doesn't actually pull the trigger. All of which need to be identified and dealt with harshly.

The nation of Iran, for example, should not be allowed to exist in it's present form.

And another great pic to boot!

The air pressure in the ISS will inflate the module. Since there is no pressure outside, it wouldn't take much. The ISS maintains 14.7 psi, the same as ground level. That is plenty.

Spacecraft used to use much lower air pressure (about 5 psi) with mostly pure oxygen but learned that is was too dangerous in case of fire.

Tis the future.

That's not the way the system works.

Feed her well. Get her boozed up. Take care of getting her home safe. Then see what happens.