"We're getting boarded... must not have sprayed the pirate repellent last night..."
Well, see, as you're sailing around there's always a probability that you'll have a random encounter. At low levels the pirate encounters can be a good way to gain experience points and loot - but at higher levels they're not worth the hassle, so you'll usually want to just avoid 'em. That's where pirate repellent comes in.
Actually Rationals just like the Reals also have infinitely large range and infinitely small granularity and yet, unlike them, they are the same size as Naturals.
Huh, yeah, I guess you're right... I knew there was something wrong with my statement of why (informally speaking) reals were uncountable... So, what, I wonder, would be the correct statement? What is it about real numbers that makes them uncountable?
(Explanation of why rationals are countable, for anyone curious: treat the numeric space of rationals, m/n, as a two dimensional grid of points - (m, n) where n>0. Now create a spiral starting at (0, 1) which goes through each point, and map natural numbers to those points in the order the spiral touches them. Eliminate the redundant ones if you like - they're countable either way.)
(Also, I made an error in my function mapping natural numbers to integers: I mapped both 0 and 1 to 0... off-by-one error in the odd case.)
Security researchers also considered using chemical analysis of subjects' genitals - but this idea was shot down when they realized that an attacker could synthesize the basic components and then ask your mom to perform some comparative taste-tests...
For those who don't get it: the set of integers isn't larger than the set of natural numbers. You can define a mapping function which creates a 1:1 mapping between the set of all natural numbers and the set of all integers. (f(x) = x/2 for all even (x), f(x) = -((x-1)/2) for all odd x). Since there's a 1:1 relationship between the elements of the two sets which covers all the elements of both sets, the sets are the same size.
By way of contrast, the set of all real numbers is larger than the set of natural numbers. You can't map the set of natural numbers onto the set of real numbers because the set has both infinitely large range and infinitely small granularity. Both sets are infinite, but one's bigger than the other.
Latest version of Handbrake (.0.9.3) has all the options but it also has a decent selection of presets. So far, haven't had any real problems with it, with almost 400 DVD's ripped. Only that Neemo movie was a little tricky. Had to pick the correct track to rip, to get audio to sync.
Really? I have had very little luck with Handbrake... I don't know, maybe I'm doing something wrong...
Basically the only rip-and-encode I've successfully done with Handbrake was to Matroska format with H264 encoding. All other encodings I've tried have resulted in files that won't even play in VLC or mplayer. But half the point of trying to use Handbrake was to take MKV files (often with soft-subtitles) and re-encode them in something my less-powerful computers could handle...
I also tried the PS3 preset - sadly, it didn't produce a file I could play on my PS3.
Or Binden's assistance of when TV's where invented
I'm sorry, but as we live in a strict meritocracy I'm going to have to recommend that your citizenship be revoked for this piece of mal-formed language.
...What? We don't live in a meritocracy? Popular vote? Lobbyists?
The audience was drawn in with the promise of seeing an extended cut of Wrath of Khan... Now, I've seen the "Director's Cut" on DVD and I can tell you - the stuff that was cut out of the film the first time around was cut out for damn good reasons. I've seen what they added back for the DVD release - I shudder to think what would happen if they put back more.
Just as there are no sequels to the Matrix, Insurrection is the most recent Trek movie made. That makes this the tenth, so the odd-even rule still stands...
Interesting... You reject the fact that Nemesis was ever made - but you keep Insurrection around?
I have a question for the neuroscientists however... what's so critically important about this work, to demand the enormous resources being sunk into this?
Well, I have a brain, as do most people I know - I'm going to go out on a limb and say there may be some long-term benefits for medicine.
The scientists working on this problem suddenly realized they had found something! All were shocked at what their results were showing... Finally, one scientist, almost afraid to face the implications of this great discovery, broke the silence and spoke to his fellow researchers...
"This is... astounding......Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
To which one of his colleagues prompty replied:
"I think so, but where are we going to find a duck and a rubber hose at this late hour?"
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frosty piss
I love your sense of comic timing. This is the last thing I expected way down here!
Natalie Portman with hot grits
and BOOBIES! Naked and PETRIFIED!
Doh! Screwed up the link to the 3-inch guns.
Sounds like a very, very short gun.
I suppose the advantage is that the pirates wouldn't be able to see it until it's too late...
"pirate repellents"
WTF are we talking about... TICKS???
"We're getting boarded... must not have sprayed the pirate repellent last night..."
Well, see, as you're sailing around there's always a probability that you'll have a random encounter. At low levels the pirate encounters can be a good way to gain experience points and loot - but at higher levels they're not worth the hassle, so you'll usually want to just avoid 'em. That's where pirate repellent comes in.
I hear it's made from ninja urine.
Actually Rationals just like the Reals also have infinitely large range and infinitely small granularity and yet, unlike them, they are the same size as Naturals.
Huh, yeah, I guess you're right... I knew there was something wrong with my statement of why (informally speaking) reals were uncountable... So, what, I wonder, would be the correct statement? What is it about real numbers that makes them uncountable?
(Explanation of why rationals are countable, for anyone curious:
treat the numeric space of rationals, m/n, as a two dimensional grid of points - (m, n) where n>0. Now create a spiral starting at (0, 1) which goes through each point, and map natural numbers to those points in the order the spiral touches them. Eliminate the redundant ones if you like - they're countable either way.)
(Also, I made an error in my function mapping natural numbers to integers: I mapped both 0 and 1 to 0... off-by-one error in the odd case.)
Security researchers also considered using chemical analysis of subjects' genitals - but this idea was shot down when they realized that an attacker could synthesize the basic components and then ask your mom to perform some comparative taste-tests...
For those who don't get it: the set of integers isn't larger than the set of natural numbers. You can define a mapping function which creates a 1:1 mapping between the set of all natural numbers and the set of all integers. (f(x) = x/2 for all even (x), f(x) = -((x-1)/2) for all odd x). Since there's a 1:1 relationship between the elements of the two sets which covers all the elements of both sets, the sets are the same size.
By way of contrast, the set of all real numbers is larger than the set of natural numbers. You can't map the set of natural numbers onto the set of real numbers because the set has both infinitely large range and infinitely small granularity. Both sets are infinite, but one's bigger than the other.
In space, no one can hear your jokes about Soviet Russia.
In Soviet Russia, your jokes can hear no one about space!
MotherLoad implies a very heavy workload.
"A man may work from sun to sun, but a woman's work is never done..."
I wouldn't kick that new MBP outta bed for eating crackers.
It will, however, take up most of the bed. :)
Latest version of Handbrake (.0.9.3) has all the options but it also has a decent selection of presets. So far, haven't had any real problems with it, with almost 400 DVD's ripped. Only that Neemo movie was a little tricky. Had to pick the correct track to rip, to get audio to sync.
Really? I have had very little luck with Handbrake... I don't know, maybe I'm doing something wrong...
Basically the only rip-and-encode I've successfully done with Handbrake was to Matroska format with H264 encoding. All other encodings I've tried have resulted in files that won't even play in VLC or mplayer. But half the point of trying to use Handbrake was to take MKV files (often with soft-subtitles) and re-encode them in something my less-powerful computers could handle...
I also tried the PS3 preset - sadly, it didn't produce a file I could play on my PS3.
Or Binden's assistance of when TV's where invented
I'm sorry, but as we live in a strict meritocracy I'm going to have to recommend that your citizenship be revoked for this piece of mal-formed language.
...What? We don't live in a meritocracy? Popular vote? Lobbyists?
...shit.
He should have said, "We had tens of entries."
Nah, "We've had scores of entries"...
Sounds better than "tens" or "dozens" 'cause people aren't as used to it...
Remember when Pandora opened that cute little box?
When Pandora played with frenzied excitation, waiting for my strength to be undone?
I do. I feel so elated!
There are still a ton of not-huge sites that don't redirect example.org to www.example.org. It's really annoying.
Why would I want to link to example.org on my website?
And then make the whole thing a giant proxy, backwardizing all the content on the web!
but the characters stayed intact and it had some redeeming moments.
Paraphrased
Picard: Mr. Worf, is that a zit?
Worf: Sir, I'm going through puberty!
Paraphrased 2
Crusher: Deanna, do you feel like your boobs are bigger. *checks herself*
The whole movie was like this. Insurrection was total crap.
On a similar note, it always baffled me how people could keep up this whole "odd-even" rule in the face of Star Trek 4...
But, then again, I like "The (slow-)Motion Picture"...
Upcoming Boxee features include:
...but not for the reasons you might suspect.
The audience was drawn in with the promise of seeing an extended cut of Wrath of Khan... Now, I've seen the "Director's Cut" on DVD and I can tell you - the stuff that was cut out of the film the first time around was cut out for damn good reasons. I've seen what they added back for the DVD release - I shudder to think what would happen if they put back more.
Just as there are no sequels to the Matrix, Insurrection is the most recent Trek movie made. That makes this the tenth, so the odd-even rule still stands...
Interesting... You reject the fact that Nemesis was ever made - but you keep Insurrection around?
I have a question for the neuroscientists however... what's so critically important about this work, to demand the enormous resources being sunk into this?
Well, I have a brain, as do most people I know - I'm going to go out on a limb and say there may be some long-term benefits for medicine.
The scientists working on this problem suddenly realized they had found something! All were shocked at what their results were showing... Finally, one scientist, almost afraid to face the implications of this great discovery, broke the silence and spoke to his fellow researchers...
"This is... astounding... ...Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
To which one of his colleagues prompty replied:
"I think so, but where are we going to find a duck and a rubber hose at this late hour?"
YA, we offer FREE FLEX for all the WUSSY LITTLE GIRLY MEN!
RFC? Radioactive free Coolaid?
You, apparently, are not down with RFC...
KFC, I'd wager... but not RFC.
"These uncertain economic times"
I'm tired of hearing it. It's like the PR tool's qualifier for everything.
Surely you mean Fyxyon
Don't call me Surely!