Understanding Depression
I suffer from depression.
One day I may write more fully about how it affects me, and how I cope. But not just yet.
If you have never suffered from depression you may be mistaken in your ideas about the problem. For me, depression is a 'pressing down', an energy-sapping burden. I have to fight to summon up the mental energy to do anything at all. Even sitting at my keyboard writing articles is very tiring.
The other side of depression can be a bonus. I get strong creative urges from time to time which so inspire me to write that I can do little else. I am an obsessive-compulsive creative writer.
Science 2.0 And Deepwater Horizon
In this age of rapid communication via the internet we have a golden opportunity to engage in synergy on a global scale to solve problems in science and engineering.
Synergy, as I use the term here, is an emergent property of a cooperative human system. A forum is established in which all legitimate participants have an equal opportunity to submit ideas relating to the solution of a problem.
BP, GIS and The Mysterious Vanishing Open Letter
Subject: BP control of GIS data
Regarding the loss of an open letter from the web, from whatever cause.
[EDIT]
June 15 2010 - 00:23 BST.
Important information has come to light which deserves prominence, hence this edit.
I can confirm that the letter was written by Andrew Stephens and Devon Humphrey.
I have been led to understand that the open letter was taken down
because some web sites were reading more into the letter than was clearly stated.
The letter has now been replaced with a note:
Perfidious Albion
Caution: unmitigated whimsy alert!
________________________________
Perfidious Albion
or
what our literary heritage might have been
if we had learned earlier in our history
to sue each other.
______________________________________
All rights hereinunder are hereby acknowledged by the author, printer and publisher ,
all relevant statutory fees are hereby certified to have been paid,
all necessary permissions and waivers have been sworn in the Royal Courts of Libel.
Finger Rafting
No, it's not a new sport. It's one of many ways in which ice consolidates.
In order to more fully understand what is happening to the Arctic climate we need to understand how sea ice is formed and consolidated, and how it is dispersed and melted.
There are very many ways in which two or more units of ice or freezing water can combine. Five come readily to mind: hail, snow, frost, freshwater ice, sea ice. Let's focus on ice formation in water.
Green Pastures And Still Waters
The most fascinating episode in my entire life was the day I witnessed ice growing from needle-like frazil through all phases into white ice. There had been no snow, and I had seen no ice elsewhere that day.
The location was a canal in the English countryside. There was a classic stone arch bridge, a gentle cold breeze and a venturi effect.
Air India Flight 171 - Flawed EE Bay Water Ingress Theory
Air India Flight 171 Accident Summary - Key Findings
Air India Flight 171 - Ask The experts
Air India Flight 171 - The Vital Seconds
