太理性
或者太冷血
一直都是個不解之謎
不過．．．
聽見二十億
心中浮現的是
921時不知有沒有這麼多
看見24小時不停的畫面
想到的卻是
How about Myanmar, Israel?
How about people suffering by war, hunger, and diseases?
當然
不論哪個角落
都仍然缺少一雙伸出的手
如果你願意
這裡是其中的兩種方法
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Showing posts with label News. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Cows would say "M-O-O" to this story
At the end of last month a news story titled "Livestock a major threat to environment" was published on the FAO newsroom, a subsidiary of the United Nation. The news was about an unbelievable conclusion that cattle are to be blamed for the greenhouse gas emissions than cars.
It is said livestock generates 18% of greenhouse gas emissions, more than what transport can make, and plays an equally important role in land and water degradation.
The news was eventually been broad casted by National News Network with the title of "Who's Really Responsible for Global Warming?", and appeared elsewhere with "Cow contributes for global warming" or "Global Warming: It's the cows, not the cars". ET News, a Chinese news network, used an even more vivid title "牛屁害了地球？ 聯合國報告：牛的廢氣污染比汽車嚴重", which can be translated as "Cattle fart kills earth? UN report said cattle fart are worse then cars".
If cows can read, they will defiantly be striking with "MOO"s. After all, it's human who increased the number of livestock due to various reasons from produce to industrial usage. Cattle wouldn't want to be raised, be eatten, and be blamed for the greenhouse gas emission what so ever.
It is said livestock generates 18% of greenhouse gas emissions, more than what transport can make, and plays an equally important role in land and water degradation.
The news was eventually been broad casted by National News Network with the title of "Who's Really Responsible for Global Warming?", and appeared elsewhere with "Cow contributes for global warming" or "Global Warming: It's the cows, not the cars". ET News, a Chinese news network, used an even more vivid title "牛屁害了地球？ 聯合國報告：牛的廢氣污染比汽車嚴重", which can be translated as "Cattle fart kills earth? UN report said cattle fart are worse then cars".
If cows can read, they will defiantly be striking with "MOO"s. After all, it's human who increased the number of livestock due to various reasons from produce to industrial usage. Cattle wouldn't want to be raised, be eatten, and be blamed for the greenhouse gas emission what so ever.
Monday, November 06, 2006
Million Dollar Ride
Central Florida News reported this on Nov. 4, 2006.
KSC Safety Roller Coaster (click for full coverage)
NASA plans to build an $8 million roller coaster at the launch pad for the next generation of space vehicles.
Astronauts could use the coaster rail car system to escape from the launch pad in an emergency.
This $8 million dollar roller coaster caught my attention immediately, and just out of curiosity, I'd like to know how much it would be for a ride.
After a quick search on Wikipedia, the first human spaceflight was launched in the 1960's. There were a total of 116 launches in the past 45 years with 4 failure/partial failures.
If the new escape system has, say 20 years life, so the chance it get used mathematically would be around twice in the life time. I assume the basic construction would last much longer, thus subtract at least half of the total building cost.
The result for each ride for the system will be roughly $2 million dollars.
I know this is important system and it would save lives when emergency. I just feel it's something won't be done anywhere else then in the US.
A million dollar roller coaster for escape, how much cooler can this be?
KSC Safety Roller Coaster (click for full coverage)
NASA plans to build an $8 million roller coaster at the launch pad for the next generation of space vehicles.
Astronauts could use the coaster rail car system to escape from the launch pad in an emergency.
This $8 million dollar roller coaster caught my attention immediately, and just out of curiosity, I'd like to know how much it would be for a ride.
After a quick search on Wikipedia, the first human spaceflight was launched in the 1960's. There were a total of 116 launches in the past 45 years with 4 failure/partial failures.
If the new escape system has, say 20 years life, so the chance it get used mathematically would be around twice in the life time. I assume the basic construction would last much longer, thus subtract at least half of the total building cost.
The result for each ride for the system will be roughly $2 million dollars.
I know this is important system and it would save lives when emergency. I just feel it's something won't be done anywhere else then in the US.
A million dollar roller coaster for escape, how much cooler can this be?
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
冥王星的緣份
這個名字聽起來似乎很三流愛情小說，只可惜完全不是那麼一回事。。。
一個星期之前，世界天文組織重新定義了<行星>這個名詞，在新的定義之下，本來就離太陽最遠的冥王星只能勉強算得上是一顆矮行星，因為他的體積太小，而軌道又和排在他前頭的海王星重疉，行星的名字從此與他無緣。
辛辛苦苦了這麼久，當不當行星也不是他說了算，而是以前的天文學家給認列的，如今只因為重新定義行星，就讓他雖然位置沒變，路線沒變，反正就是什麼都沒變的狀況之下，變成孤零零的一顆星星，在太陽系的邊緣，和其他8顆星星一起繞著太陽轉，卻跟他們一點關係也沒有。他只是存在著，孤獨的存在著。
胡思亂想的時候，忽然閃過一個念頭，難道冥王星也是孤木的命，這樣好像想太遠，不過反正是亂想不用負責任，所以就，繼續想吧。
從小，和相識的人之間幾乎都維持在古人所謂<君子之交淡如水>的關係，所以稱兄道弟或者手帕交這種事一輩子沒找上過我幾回，而那些不論走到哪裡都會和以前認識的朋友不期而遇的人，對我而言就像是另外一個世界的生物，因為我沒有過不期而遇這種機會，和人分開就分開了，自此之後，在夢裡不期而遇的機會可能都遠大過在現實生活裡的相逢。
雖然不信命，但曾有人說過我是孤木，那種山崖上自顧自隨風搖晃的，前後左右無鄰無親的生物，如果用太陽系來比喻，我想，我也許是冥王星。。。
一個星期之前，世界天文組織重新定義了<行星>這個名詞，在新的定義之下，本來就離太陽最遠的冥王星只能勉強算得上是一顆矮行星，因為他的體積太小，而軌道又和排在他前頭的海王星重疉，行星的名字從此與他無緣。
辛辛苦苦了這麼久，當不當行星也不是他說了算，而是以前的天文學家給認列的，如今只因為重新定義行星，就讓他雖然位置沒變，路線沒變，反正就是什麼都沒變的狀況之下，變成孤零零的一顆星星，在太陽系的邊緣，和其他8顆星星一起繞著太陽轉，卻跟他們一點關係也沒有。他只是存在著，孤獨的存在著。
胡思亂想的時候，忽然閃過一個念頭，難道冥王星也是孤木的命，這樣好像想太遠，不過反正是亂想不用負責任，所以就，繼續想吧。
從小，和相識的人之間幾乎都維持在古人所謂<君子之交淡如水>的關係，所以稱兄道弟或者手帕交這種事一輩子沒找上過我幾回，而那些不論走到哪裡都會和以前認識的朋友不期而遇的人，對我而言就像是另外一個世界的生物，因為我沒有過不期而遇這種機會，和人分開就分開了，自此之後，在夢裡不期而遇的機會可能都遠大過在現實生活裡的相逢。
雖然不信命，但曾有人說過我是孤木，那種山崖上自顧自隨風搖晃的，前後左右無鄰無親的生物，如果用太陽系來比喻，我想，我也許是冥王星。。。
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