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Scientists Speed up Light
An anonymous reader writes "With off-the-shelf components, scientists have managed to speed up light beyond the 'universal' constant of c, or roughly 300 million meters/sec. This, and the previous ability to slow light down could shake up the telecom world, according to the story at Science Blog." Also, all those posters with 186,000 miles per second as a speed limit need to be amended. At least entropy is still around!
...that even show up under Firefox. Thanks, "Science Blog!"
give me a few miliseconds of credit
I wouldn't normally be that guy who corrects people, BUT If you are going to make that your *SIG*, you should note that "mannor" should be "manner." "Mannor" isn't actually a word.
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Run a pencil-and-paper RPG campaign with your far-off friends: Gametable!
I mean wow.
Ooh, you have a low Slashdot ID, yes you do, ooh!
and we all hate uneducated people who can't pronounce words correctly either!
That's a lot of people to hate, especially since, as you say, there's a whole world of people out there. You should probably look into some anger management counseling.
Interstingly enough AC, the overwhelming majority of people in the world don't hear the difference between "nuclear" and "nuculer," mainly because they don't speak English, also because many don't speak English as a native tounge. So basically you're targeting only the Commonwealth states. Considering America's relations amoung its current allies are currently the most strained among France and Germany, two non-English speaking countries, and that America's biggest problems come from the non-English speaking Middle-East, as well as North Korea and China (also non-English speaking), while America has few, if any real problems, with the Commonwealth, it would seem as if a leader's dialect has little effect on international relations, and simply concerns domestic politics. Hell, American pronunciations probably sound funny to all Commonwealth states no matter what regional dialect is used.
common sense: noun
What those who are ignorant of the subject matter think; usually wrong.
Hell, American pronunciations probably sound funny to all Commonwealth states no matter what regional dialect is used.
Not really. Due to American dominance in the entertainment industry, English-speaking people everywhere are very familiar with the major American dialects. They don't sound funny, just American.
Similarly, few Americans would consider British accents (at least RP and others commonly heard) as funny. Cute, quaint, charming perhaps, but not funny. We've heard a lot of Tony Blair lately, and he doesn't sound funny; he just sounds English.
Except for Monty Python, of course; they're funny. Or Tracey Ullman. But she's fluent in so many accents that you have to keep reminding yourself that she's actually a Brit.
Those who do study history are doomed to stand helplessly by while everyone else repeats it.
(I hate the term "ebonics," by the way; I don't know who invented it, but it sounds like a parody name for a language, not a serious one. Not that there's anything wrong with it!)
Now if that doesn't sound like talking out of both sides of your mouth, I don't know what does!
There: Something at a specific location.
Their: Owned by someone.
Please make sure your english compiles.