31 MAY 2015 by ideonexus
Airplane VS Airship
The histo ry o f flying is a goo d example to loo k at in
detail fo r insight into the interactio n o f techno lo gy with
human affairs, because two radically different techno logies
were co mpeting fo r survival- in the beginning
they were called heavier-than-air and lighter-than-air.
The airplane and the airship were no t o nly physically
different in shape and s ize but also so cio lo gically different.
The airplane grew o ut o f dreams o f perso nal
adventure. The airship grew o ut o f dr...Folksonomies: culture technology
Folksonomies: culture technology
01 JUN 2011 by ideonexus
Spaceship Earth Has 150 Admirals
Spaceship Earth now has 150 admirals. The five admirals in the
staterooms immediately above the ship's fuel tanks claim that they own
the oil. The admirals with staterooms surrounding the ship's kitchen,
dining rooms, and food refrigerators claim they own all the food. Those
with a stateroom next to a lifeboat claim that they own the lifeboat,
and so forth. They then have an onboard game called balance of trade.
Very shortly the majority of admirals have a deficit balance. All the
while the s...And they are all working selfishly and plotting against one another while no one is steering the ship.
01 JAN 2010 by ideonexus
Schools of Croakers Sound Like Drill Machinery in the Che...
During the Second World War the hydrophone network set up by the United States Navy to protect the entrance to Chesapeake Bay was temporarily made useless when, in the spring of 1942, the speakers at the surface began to give forth, every evening, a sound described as being like 'a pneumatic drill tearing up pavement.' The extraneous noises that came over the hydrophones completely masked the sounds of the passage of ships. Eventually it was discovered that the sounds were the voices of fish ...Folksonomies: nature
Folksonomies: nature
I hear this sound underwater all the time when swimming at Virginia Beach in the Summer.