Biological contamination from space samples is a remote but accepted possibility. Signals received by searches for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) could also contain harmful information in the spirit of a computer virus, the so-called "SETI Hacker" hypothesis. Over the last four decades extraterrestrial intelligence searches have given little consideration to this possibility.
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Generally I would agree with you (Independence Day was on TV a few days ago), but this discussion about alien computer viruses is in a serious article...
Oh I don't know, maybe it was a one horn cow. I wonder if we should create a poll for this?
Do ETers think the damage was caused by a trainee alien or a one horned cow? Ad astra per aspera
But it reminds me of a great book that I have had since I was quite young that details various phenomena such as that, and UFOs and men in black, and spontaneous human combustion. I'm tempted to start a series based on that. Ad astra per aspera
Reality's a bitch keep to the Fen Causeway
Wind farms cause thousands of bats to die from trauma - Times Online
Wind turbines pose a far more serious risk to bats than birds because their blades cause air pressure imbalances that can inflict fatal trauma. A six-week study at two wind farms in the eastern United States recorded 1,764 and 2,900 bat fatalities. Another American project found that bat deaths outnumbered bird deaths in Montana by two to one. Though death rates in Europe are generally lower than this, extensive bat casualties have been reported in Britain.
Wind turbines pose a far more serious risk to bats than birds because their blades cause air pressure imbalances that can inflict fatal trauma.
A six-week study at two wind farms in the eastern United States recorded 1,764 and 2,900 bat fatalities. Another American project found that bat deaths outnumbered bird deaths in Montana by two to one. Though death rates in Europe are generally lower than this, extensive bat casualties have been reported in Britain.
Please.
This isn't Wales you know.
The Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast states are having above average temperatures this winter.
Recall that this area, east of the Rocky Mountains and west of the 100th meridian, is formally a high altitude desert. ("The Great American Desert.") It is typically hot (35 C) and dry during summer days, and cold (10 C) during summer nights, and can be pretty warm during winter days and then quite cold at night. Today it was about 17 C, but the prediction for Saturday night is -15 C.
I believe that the climate here is similar to that of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, one of our "sister cities." They're quite a bit lower that us (800 m versus 1900 m) but situated in a similar relationship to nearby mountains...
This morning we had a good inch and keeps snowing steadily in big flakes. The palm tree across the street is drooping white and looks more out of place than usual.
It's a whole, new, world perspective when everything is white, here. Any snow shakes the locals enough to be more social and talkative, so it's almost pleasant.
The north coast and even Barcelona have had snow on the beaches, so it shouldn't surprise us, inlanders. Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. -Charu Saxena.
