Trump's Presidency

[Wrathe]

Had to read the name that posted it, before I realized it was a joke..

Seems like we're going in circles here; this isn't even a political issue, it's a scientific one.

Ya, it's interesting, summons the Iron Man movie conversation around the Arc Reactor w/ Tony and Obediah. Clearly we just need to trap our scientists in a cave under threat of torture to get some damn things figured out!

 

[-Akronite-]

I think the media was wrong on the MLK bust and the overhead views of the mall that were taken at 10:17 and 11:03 respectively. Looking at CNN's gigapixel image you can see they are wrong and it filled in during the speech. Was funny watching Anderson Cooper last night showing the image from NYT that was from 11:04 and then saying does it look like Trump had more. Meanwhile I'm looking at their gigapixel where it is full. So for that yes the media was dishonest.

From the CNN gigapixel zoomed all the way to the back.

What the media did and still is portraying.

PBS comparison during Trumps actual speech.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2017/01/politics/trump-inauguration-gigapixel/


Many people I know who attended said the security started 3 miles from the inauguration and most only got in halfway through the speech. They said the media is full of it and the only empty spots on the mall were media staging areas. I feel like I am literally the only one who went and looked at all of the images available to me and made a decision. Most seem to be just parroting what the media tells them even though they can easily refute it on those media companies own websites.

So from what I can see Spicer lied or conflated the Metro numbers. Then it seems they also shut down the National Parks Twitter which is not cool, but if they are retweeting this mistimed NYT comparison then why let them get away with it?

So we have Spicer wrong on the Metro numbers, using full day numbers for this year and half day numbers from 2013. Why does the media get a pass to blatantly lie? Wathing CNN last nght and this mroning they are still showing the very first image in this string, even though their gigapixel image refutes it.

What's your take? Please back it up with verifiable evidence as I have tried to do for you.

Taking photos from the front doesn't really show what was going on in the back. You keep posting the zoomed in photo as if that's revealing something when all shots from the back suggest otherwise. If you have a shot from the back that seems as full as Obama's I'd love to see it.

I do think that showing peak vs non-peak photos creates an unfair comparison, but again, going by the time lapse it didn't get that much better. Looking at the stands on the parade route doesn't look good either. Compared to all the activity of the Women's March it looks worse. And to come out in an opening press conference and lie about it is not only stupid but pointless. And then Conway's best defense is literal Orwellian doublespeak.

 

[Sebastian]

All these alternative facts. I blame the Jedi because everything is true from a certain point of view.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSOBeD1GC_Y

 

[Kyrie4MVP0202]

I know it's not a huge deal in the grand scope of things, but it's telling when you watch how someone treats other people, especially their wife and kids. This picture of Trump not waiting for his wife as she is on the other side of the car speaks volumes to me. I know...it's not like we need any more evidence that Trump loves himself above all others (and Ivanka), but still.

Easily the most beta post in this thread.

 

[ajz20]

I know it's not a huge deal in the grand scope of things, but it's telling when you watch how someone treats other people, especially their wife and kids. This picture of Trump not waiting for his wife as she is on the other side of the car speaks volumes to me. I know...it's not like we need any more evidence that Trump loves himself above all others (and Ivanka), but still.

Waiting for someone to jump in and tell us the photo would look totally different if shot from another angle.

 

[Notorious]

Taking photos from the front doesn't really show what was going on in the back. You keep posting the zoomed in photo as if that's revealing something when all shots from the back suggest otherwise. If you have a shot from the back that seems as full as Obama's I'd love to see it.

I do think that showing peak vs non-peak photos creates an unfair comparison, but again, going by the time lapse it didn't get that much better. Looking at the stands on the parade route doesn't look good either. Compared to all the activity of the Women's March it looks worse. And to come out in an opening press conference and lie about it is not only stupid but pointless. And then Conway's best defense is literal Orwellian doublespeak.

If you would look at the gigapixel or even comprehend what that is you could see what I'm refering to. Yes that is the back. Not going to argue with someone who doesn't even understand what they are looking at.

 

[Notorious]

Waiting for someone to jump in and tell us the photo would look totally different if shot from another angle.

To be fair from this angle it does look a little different.

 

[Notorious]

That's not the point. The point is that it's not only technologically possible but in operation.



It doesn't have to... that's the point I made a few posts ago.



It's a 500 MW production facility.



What company are you talking about in Lorain that was going to build a 500 MW solar thermal plant?



Yes we do know, you're literally not paying attention to what is being said.



You're still talking about the free market; I'm not, and have not been talking about these technologies competing in a free market.

What you're saying has nothing to do with my argument.



SMH.. No one said Ivanpah is a model for the entire globe; you've completely ignored (now 5 times) my call for massive nuclear energy infrastructure.



What are you talking about? What has this got to do with anything I've said, Notorious?



Yes.



Lol.. No.

I don't think you understand what space-based solar is, but I've explained this upthread, and there's a thread about this topic on this forum.



Smh..

I guess I'll just have to live with the fact that in my time as an engineer I have worked on a lot of green projects and have a lot of insight into their current feasibility, but you have much more knowledge reading on the internet. I can't compete with that so you win.

[sarcasm]
You are correct that a 500 mw in your world, 110mw in the real world plant should be installed around the globe after a short testing time. Many companies adopt bleeding edge technologies as the standard with no long term feasibility tests to prove they will actually work long term. It's obviously a good use of money to just wing it like it's a hand in poker and go all in on something unproven longterm.[/sarcasm]

 

[The Oi]

I'm going to jump out of your computer and shoot any motherfucker to talk about attendance again.

 

[TheAdmin]

This thread, like many others on RCF, has gone off track due to a couple of people not being able to stay on topic. I'm closing it.