Hot Spot Volcanism
We understand Convergence zone volcanism but what about hot spots? What are they? How do they form?
Hot spots are mantel plumes that allows very hot materials from as deep as the outer core to rise up and literally burn their way through the lithosphere. It can happen anywhere under a tectonic plate, deep under an ocean or even a continental crust.
No one is really sure what these hot spots are, what causes them or why they can
Subduction Zone Volcanism
Subduction Zone Volcanism
Subduction zone volcanism occurs when one plate is shoved under another. In the case of the Cascades subduction zone that would be the Juan de Fuca plate sliding underneath the North American plate. To see more about it take a look at Cascadia Subduction Zone at wikipedia.
This has been the focus of some of the most violent geology on the planet since the beginning of the planet. The m
I went to see Logan. What I expected was a bloody action gore-fest without a great deal of depth.
What I saw was a bloody action gore-fest with much greater depth than I expected.
This was Logan in his finest hour as we've never seen him. This is Dr. X and Wolverine as we've never seen them: old, alone and vulnerable.
It is difficult to see them that way. I shall not give away any spoilers but these are not the invulnerable characters they once were.
Old age has, as it will a
Holy crap.
I survived the most brutal midterms I've ever seen. I've seen a few that were only for the true masochist.
I was there for Doctor Gaddis's Great Calculus Massacre of 1983. Oh the humanity!
Sadly essay questions have not gone out of style- as much as they should. Those of us with the gift of blarney have an unfair advantage that lets us leverage a little knowledge and make ourselves sound like we know what we're talking about.
Describe the equations Maxwell's Equat
It sounds really scary but it really isn't. Actually- it is a natural evolution in the technology.
Once upon a time there was RADAR and it was good. It was very, very good and gave the ALlies a major advantage in the second world war. The technology was proven and all the world powers wanted to use it for civilian and military purposes.
It works like this:
Every RADAR dish is a dual mode device: it sends out a signal and it listens for its return. Ignore the math- it's really t
As I travel the wilds of the Internets, I am often astonished by the number of assholes that make such a point of being ass holy.
There are a few in particular that I want to warn you about. Beware of these ragin bastards. They make a point of being rude and obnoxious to bait you into typing something that will get you banned. Many of them are master baiters.
Without further ado, I shall warn you about some of the worst of the Flaming Assholes of the Internets
The triggered activist
I finally got around to going to see Rogue 1 today.
Before I could, there was an unfortunate incident with the previews!
I was appalled and disgusted! Since 2000, there have been two Spider Man origin stories and sequels. Now they'll be a third. No wonder I don't go to the movies very often. THEY KEEP MAKING THE SAME DAMN ONE OVER AND OVER!
Speaking of making the same damn movie over and over again, the very next preview is Michael Bay's fifth installment on the Transformers
As a public service, I am going to show you how to detect bullshit. When you hear these phrases, you know that you are in the presence of major league bullshit.
We offer an upwardly mobile career path with competitive compensation.
Bullshit! You'll get laid off before you can make any real money unless management likes you.
Management will only like you if you are a sociopath on par with a concentration camp guard and would cut your own mother's throat to get ahead.
If they want
As a public service, I am going to show you how to detect bullshit. When you hear these phrases, you know that you are in the presence of some major league bullshit.
"It's nothing personal..."
When you hear this you've already been screwed without lube and, it's the worst kind of dishonest bullshit.
NOTHING could get more personal than a layoff or a firing. NOTHING gets more personal than a bad performance review or a screwing over via office politics.
So if you plan on using thi
As a public service, I am going to show you how to detect bullshit. When you hear these phrases, you know that you are in the presence of some major league bullshit. "It's not about the money." Bullshit. Everything is about the money. If anyone tells you different, they think you are stupid.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thy .45 and thy ka-bar they comfort me. For I am one of Uncle Sam’s misguided children and I am the worse thing out here on this dark cold night.
I hated this election cycle. I couldn't get behind either candidate.
Trump didn't thrill me for lot's of reasons. I don't like populists because they tell you what you want to hear then they do what they want.
Clinton didn't thrill me. The wikileaks stuff and the Veritas videos were enough to make anybody think twice.
So I went with my libertarian roots.
I've finally found a theme song for this election.
Just remember- what YOU do is a lot more important for your
OK. I was against prayer in schools. The problem is that once you allow one religious nut in, you have to let them all in.
But nooooo. I'm a horrible godless heathen and I just don't understand. The decline in our culture is because we don't have prayer in skools.
I hope you're satisfied. Now we have the After School Satanists. That's so much better!
What are you doing for mandatory Ramadan? How about Hanukkah? How about Khordad Sal (Zoroaster's birth anniversary)?
You fundamen
Today I've been clean & sober 13 years.
It's already been a great day.
My older brother had a scary serious medical incident this week and called me this morning to tell me he's OK.
I do hope that 13 continues to be lucky.
It Could Happen to Anybody
Ordinary, average guy accidently kills someone. Then he has to kill again and again to keep it covered up.
Before he knows it, he's a serial killer.
It could happen to anybody. Just add a cup of casual evil.
After the Fall
Civilization has collapsed but all is not lost.
A race of benevolent aliens sees our plight and decides to help.
Man kind is given a series of gifts that are supposed to fix our problems.
Each one of these gift
Thanks to my niece Kristin and her boyfriend Konner, I got to make an epic shopping trip to Portland. They went and chased rare pokemons that hang out in the city.
One thing you have to understand about Portland- it's crowded and traffic is shocking.
Kristin navigated to my first objective: Powell's Books
I'm not sure if Powell's is the largest independent bookstore in the US but, it takes up a city block. It's so big, they give away maps of the store so you can find your way around.
Mount St. Helens wreathed in cirrus clouds.
Debris field caused by St Helen's lahars
Mount Adams- another stratovolcano about 35 miles east of St. Helen's. It is 2nd only to Rainier in height and is sometimes called the forgotten giant of the Cascades.
Tomorrow- the Oregon coast.
The King of Swords
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"Where on earth did you find that?" Andy pulled a card out of the file. It was Tarot card with an Arabic looking man's face and name. The card was the King of Swords.
Gorman got a far away look in his eye. Andy knew that look. For a just moment he was somewhere else.
"It was in 2004 in the big sandbox. Do you remember Saddam's mutts on the playing cards?"
"I was in grade school but, yeah. I remember."
"Saddam was the ace of spades. Uday was the ace o
You're pissed at him.
He's not talking to you.
Maybe... just maybe... he is like me. He just doesn't know what to say.
He knows the words. He needs to say them but, nobody wants to hear them.
I'm closing in on a degree in telecommunications. I know how to make things talk to each other. From two cans and a tight string to super-bandwidth fiber channels. I can move data like a boss. I can connect people across continents. I can upgrade cell towers by replacing a bunch of boards a
If you have, you know how much it sucks. You know that your survival isn't guaranteed when you are helpless in the hands of those that have bad intentions.
It's happened to me twice as an adult. I pretty much lived with it as a teen.
Once was a rather serious beating I took as an 18 year old freshman. There was more too it than that but it was bad enough. The second a few years later. I don't remember that one. I was beaten with a blackjack and suffered a severe concussion. Probably left
As a math geek I can really geek out on statistics.
It is said that statistics can be made to say anything and that is true if you play games with the numbers. I don't.
Those numbers actually say things that don't jive with the political narrative.
Those are the numbers we really need to pay attention to.
Per Capita Gun Ownership: 112 guns per 100 people
The US is #1 worldwide in gun ownership with more guns than people.1
Now- let's look at the US Homici
Introduction When the Alliance Civil War broke out 2549, the giant TranStellar corporations located in the Corporate Sector seceded from the Alliance and formed the Consolidated Federation (commonly called the ConFed). The ConFed consisted of five huge TransStellar corporations: Nakajima, MilTech, Venture, предприятие (Enterprise) and Gradient plus hundreds of smaller subsidiaries located in the sector. Those five corporations alone accounted for almost thirty percent of the Alliance GNP. In th
I don't care for the collectivism of the left or the religious fuk-tardery of the right.
Party must be responsible and consistent with American values and traditions.
Perpetrators of violent protests, race baiting and war mongering need not apply.
Twelve point that are non-negotiable:
1. Constitution is paramount- highest law in the land. Messing with it is a bad idea and denying anybody's rights based on race, gender or orientation is a non-starter. 2. National Security- A stron
