If this kind of speech really were illegal, then half of the standup comics and drunken blokes in pubs would be breaking the law.
Hell, I was a frequent contributor to alt.tasteless in the 1990's, and just about every article posted would have been illegal, or nearly so. Many of us were from the UK, and would have been subject to laws like this had they been on the books then...
What makes this person's speech an actionable crime when the above aren't? The forum? The decade? The audience?
Or is it the government nanny taking the opportunity for sensationalism, and pretending to be effective by solving problems that really aren't the problem?
Yes, our layman's snap judgement - based on ignorance, popular culture, generalizations, and simplifications - is far more reliable and insightful than peer reviewed research performed by specialists in medicine and backed up by analysis and experimentation.
That viewpoint certainly justifies the accusation of someone being an 'idiot,' indeed.
Temperature (in Kelvin) is actually more useful in astrophysics and thermodynamics of plasmas. It wraps up a bunch of messy real world constants into one number, and also neatly describes the behavior of the volume of gas as a whole, rather than forcing the analyst to perform a lot of messy integrating and averaging of distributions of actual velocities in three dimensions.
Think about it this way. No one is really interested in how fast a specific particle is moving. They're more interested in how the Thermal Energy of the gas couples with other systems.
A galactic halo would be coupled very, very, (very^18) poorly with other systems, at least conductively. And probably even worse convectively, given the scales involved. Radiatively, I don't know near enough about the behavior of these particles to talk about why, but if it's stayed that hot for the life of the universe, effectivelt, then apparently its either not coupled to another system, coupled far more strongly to itself than anything else, or somehow not stimulated to emit blackbody radiation... or all three of the above.
the next step is to find a way of talking to the individual cells, to 'wire up tissue and communicate with it in the same way a biological system does.'
I wonder if these nanowires can be combined the patch clamp to solve this problem?
As the first poster mentioned, it's not a crime. I can even link to a criminal site if I want, with the link saying "Look! Here's a criminal site! The bastards!"
If they start regulating what you can link to, the internet is doomed. Don't go there.
Besides, at least in the U.S., free speech is very much an issue when it comes to links.
Agreed. I thought we learned this lesson nearly a generation ago with the whole HD DVD crypto key / deCSS controversy. The DVDCCA thugs were going around threatening to prosecute people under DMCA for even linking to the deCSS code or the HD DVD decryption keys (which were being found simply by peeking into RAM after running licensed HD DVD playback software). EFF and other internet groups tried mounting a defense, with mixed results, but afaict the real reason the whole thing died down is due to a) the Striesand effect (deCSS was distributed on everything from tee-shirts to steganographic porn while HDDVD keys were published widely in similar fashion), and b) DVDCCA enforcement of better key security among licensees.
In this case, a solution like b) isn't going to be so easy... but the Streisand effect isn't going away either. I fear that may mean a very unpleasantly different outcome.
The scientists found no evidence for bacterial or fungal activity, and described the tissue as being "odorlesswith a resilient, tofu-like texture." The mild nuttiness of the brain is remarkable for its age. The scientists chose a California pinot noir to accompany the brain.
The Soviets performed this experiment in the 1940's using a dog. [SFW but disturbing]
It's hard to say from the information given in the film, but I imagine the limiting factor on duration is the ability to supply all the proper nutrients, and after that, proper immune response.
Of course, then there's this... it creeped me out big time when I was a kid.
Unfortunately, with the discovery of more and more oil reserves, fuel will continue to be one of the few things that is reasonably inexpensive, while the effects of burning it will raise the prices of nearly everything else, in a nasty positive feedback loop, until the system breaks.
Citation: Elon Musk Estimated Net Worth: $2B. American engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Elon Musk, has an estimated net worth of $2 billion as of March 2012 according to Forbes rich list.
Sounds like a billionaire to me... but maybe not a billionarie?
There's a reason NASA's Shuttle budget was immense, and that it takes a billionaire like Elon Musk to succeed at space entrepreneurism: It costs a lot of money to design, build, test, redesign, rebuild, retest, [rinse and repeat...] to the point where you're not being criminally reckless to put a human being in a space vehicle.
The Russians do it slightly differently by emphasizing building the hardware and testing it rather than modeling, analysis and simulation, especially in the preliminary design phases. It saves a little money, but is still costly.
Put another way, if garage-built rockets could make it into space, then we'd have orbital, Lunar and asteroid colonies by now.
But one of these days, technology and materials will allow "garage" projects like this. Perhaps the time has come. I wish him luck. It takes cojones grandes to be the first. If he's patient, deliberate, extraordinarily cautious, and more than a little lucky then he can pull it off.
I recall when I was in High School (in the days of acid-washed jeans and dolphin shorts) I could recognize all the hot girls from a quarter mile away just by the shape and movement of their asses, which I had carefully observed and memorized for later recall.
And TFS is unclear: Is the brown tide coming from China or heading to China? Because with 1.3 Billion people, you know they could create one hell of a brown tide if they wanted to... for certain definitions of brown tide. Hell, it's probably happening because they didn't take care not to.
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If this kind of speech really were illegal, then half of the standup comics and drunken blokes in pubs would be breaking the law.
Hell, I was a frequent contributor to alt.tasteless in the 1990's, and just about every article posted would have been illegal, or nearly so. Many of us were from the UK, and would have been subject to laws like this had they been on the books then...
What makes this person's speech an actionable crime when the above aren't? The forum? The decade? The audience?
Or is it the government nanny taking the opportunity for sensationalism, and pretending to be effective by solving problems that really aren't the problem?
Came looking for Natalie Portman references.
Left disappointed, naked, and petrified.
Wait. Didn't I already see this on an episode of The Big Bang Theory?
Yes, our layman's snap judgement - based on ignorance, popular culture, generalizations, and simplifications - is far more reliable and insightful than peer reviewed research performed by specialists in medicine and backed up by analysis and experimentation.
That viewpoint certainly justifies the accusation of someone being an 'idiot,' indeed.
Temperature (in Kelvin) is actually more useful in astrophysics and thermodynamics of plasmas. It wraps up a bunch of messy real world constants into one number, and also neatly describes the behavior of the volume of gas as a whole, rather than forcing the analyst to perform a lot of messy integrating and averaging of distributions of actual velocities in three dimensions.
Think about it this way. No one is really interested in how fast a specific particle is moving. They're more interested in how the Thermal Energy of the gas couples with other systems.
A galactic halo would be coupled very, very, (very^18) poorly with other systems, at least conductively. And probably even worse convectively, given the scales involved. Radiatively, I don't know near enough about the behavior of these particles to talk about why, but if it's stayed that hot for the life of the universe, effectivelt, then apparently its either not coupled to another system, coupled far more strongly to itself than anything else, or somehow not stimulated to emit blackbody radiation... or all three of the above.
Clarification: This is epiapigenetic.
Or the short story "Swarm" at the end of Schismatrix Plus...
Maybe *you* treat *your* DNA like junk, leaving it on the floor or flushing it down the shower drain, and all that.
Biologists treat it like mice and make it run mazes and solve puzzles. They think it's pretty smart.
the next step is to find a way of talking to the individual cells, to 'wire up tissue and communicate with it in the same way a biological system does.'
I wonder if these nanowires can be combined the patch clamp to solve this problem?
As the first poster mentioned, it's not a crime. I can even link to a criminal site if I want, with the link saying "Look! Here's a criminal site! The bastards!"
If they start regulating what you can link to, the internet is doomed. Don't go there.
Besides, at least in the U.S., free speech is very much an issue when it comes to links.
Agreed. I thought we learned this lesson nearly a generation ago with the whole HD DVD crypto key / deCSS controversy. The DVDCCA thugs were going around threatening to prosecute people under DMCA for even linking to the deCSS code or the HD DVD decryption keys (which were being found simply by peeking into RAM after running licensed HD DVD playback software). EFF and other internet groups tried mounting a defense, with mixed results, but afaict the real reason the whole thing died down is due to a) the Striesand effect (deCSS was distributed on everything from tee-shirts to steganographic porn while HDDVD keys were published widely in similar fashion), and b) DVDCCA enforcement of better key security among licensees.
In this case, a solution like b) isn't going to be so easy... but the Streisand effect isn't going away either. I fear that may mean a very unpleasantly different outcome.
I believe I still have my deCSS tee shirt, which can be seen here, about a third of the page down.
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Okay... fixxord a little bit, I confess.
The Soviets performed this experiment in the 1940's using a dog. [SFW but disturbing]
It's hard to say from the information given in the film, but I imagine the limiting factor on duration is the ability to supply all the proper nutrients, and after that, proper immune response.
Of course, then there's this... it creeped me out big time when I was a kid.
Unfortunately, with the discovery of more and more oil reserves, fuel will continue to be one of the few things that is reasonably inexpensive, while the effects of burning it will raise the prices of nearly everything else, in a nasty positive feedback loop, until the system breaks.
If you believe William Binney, he already has access to the phones of everyone in the audience's.
Uh Elon is not a billionarie.
Citation: Elon Musk Estimated Net Worth: $2B. American engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Elon Musk, has an estimated net worth of $2 billion as of March 2012 according to Forbes rich list.
Sounds like a billionaire to me... but maybe not a billionarie?
+1: Interesting.
And thanks for the reference to Copenhagen Suborbitals. It does indeed look like the real thing.
"Hey ya'll hold my beer and watch this!"
Fixed that for you; he's the Red Neck Rocket Scientist after all.
There's a reason NASA's Shuttle budget was immense, and that it takes a billionaire like Elon Musk to succeed at space entrepreneurism: It costs a lot of money to design, build, test, redesign, rebuild, retest, [rinse and repeat...] to the point where you're not being criminally reckless to put a human being in a space vehicle.
And even then, deadly accidents happen.
The Russians do it slightly differently by emphasizing building the hardware and testing it rather than modeling, analysis and simulation, especially in the preliminary design phases. It saves a little money, but is still costly.
Put another way, if garage-built rockets could make it into space, then we'd have orbital, Lunar and asteroid colonies by now.
But one of these days, technology and materials will allow "garage" projects like this. Perhaps the time has come. I wish him luck. It takes cojones grandes to be the first. If he's patient, deliberate, extraordinarily cautious, and more than a little lucky then he can pull it off.
Denim, mostly.
Very tightly stretched denim.
Shooter came in thru the exit. A metal detector at the entrance wouldn't have done anything to prevent this.
Next idiotic comment?
Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without exception. Reason or force, that's it.
Either this man has never been seduced, or he believes seduction falls under one of those two categories.
Never underestimate the power of the pussy.
Roaches, mostly.
And stray bong hits.
You're joking, but it's entirely possible.
I recall when I was in High School (in the days of acid-washed jeans and dolphin shorts) I could recognize all the hot girls from a quarter mile away just by the shape and movement of their asses, which I had carefully observed and memorized for later recall.
Is that like the Brown Note?
And TFS is unclear: Is the brown tide coming from China or heading to China? Because with 1.3 Billion people, you know they could create one hell of a brown tide if they wanted to... for certain definitions of brown tide. Hell, it's probably happening because they didn't take care not to.
Um. There's a difference between Federal Law and "chain of command."
Come on. The FDA bureaucrats blew it. RTFA.