Thursday, November 20, 2008

Martian Ice stories just keep coming ... Is Life far behind?

Notes ...

I can't help but chuckle to hear and read the stories coming from NASA about water on Mars. We have now apparently documened "Glaciers" at the Martian mid-latitudes, something first observed by NASA's Viking orbiters in the 1970's. Considering just a few short years ago it was thought generally impossible for water to exist at all, one has to wonder where this is all going.

We'll try and keep on top of it ...

more...
Oceans on Mars?
http://www.marsdaily.com/reports/Gamma_Ray_Evidence_Suggests_Ancient_Mars_Had_Oceans_999.html
Did an asteroid kill Mars' magnetic field?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27806478/

... Depicted in the 2004-2008 movie "Order of the Quest."


And of course we have the infamous Exoplanets that are now creeping in to our daily news.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_581_d
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/11/20/1682394.aspx

What's next - contact?

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Election User base ...

notes:

We are not commenitng yet on "who" won the ratings game, but we can say for sure that this election "seals the deal" that "New Media" is a fact and that the Networks are now listed in the same breath as websites. What started in 2000 has landed in 2008.

notes:

Election Night ratings blowout: 71.5 million watch Obama win
(The Live Feed is James Hibberd's daily news site covering the television industry.)
http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/11/election-rating.html

Election night draws record viewership
Led by ABC, the networks and cable channels were watched by 71 million.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-ratings6-2008nov06,0,495759.story

TV Ratings: ABC Polls Highest on Election Night: Broadcast nets' overall numbers are down from 2004. Wed. November 05, 2008; Posted: 06:14 PM
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1998571/


CNN dominates broadcast, cable, and web "Users" / "Viewers" with huge increase in interaction since Campaign 2004 ...
In the 25-54 bracket, MSNBC was up 87 percent...
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/05/cnn-dominates-election-night/


71.5 MILLION VIEWERS...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/election-2008-coverage


Election Night Ratings: ABC Wins Viewers, NBC Demos, CBS Nothing
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/11/05/election-night-ratings-abc-wins-viewers-nbc-demos-cbs-nothin/7649

updated:110508

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10082831-38.html?tag=mncol;posts