I'm glad you responded. The silence of the String Theory proponents are deafening.
"The fact that you don't even understand holograms makes me wonder why you are even commenting on string theory."
Most of us don't understand high level physics, but we will comment on it because we are interested, and at the very least because it is funded by our tax money - even religious fundies completely opposed to all sciences have the right to comment.
It's become very popular these days to bash string theory, yet noone has an alternative.
People like sexconker want to remove grant money from research into any new theory until they have a theory that is complete. And yet it can't be completed with people actually working on it.
The money being finite, there has to be some criteria to select the projects to be funded. After more than two decades, it remains in the state of "not even wrong" - it's not an alternative. I've read of other ideas to be tested, and I think it's time they take their turn to prove themselves wrong.
"I think the EFF does a lot of good things -- but their PR blurbs tend to leave out enough critical info that I am beginning to dismiss them out of hand."
If EFF can't even win over slashdot crowd, they must be doing it really really wrong.
No, I mean the S. Korean prez. I mean, the guy's obviously trying to keep up with his comrade up north - you know, the dude with the misfiring missile. Hehehe, get it? Misfiring missile. I kill myself.
I'll go slowly. There is a second sentence in my post that provides context for the first sentence quoted and questioned by the bottleman - i.e., bottleman's was not "an honest question".
Let me spell out what I meant for those literally minded. Iraq war, still on-going, is no joke, and it's asinine that slashdot post this story as an "entertainment" story.
Assuming you have electronic versions of the documents in one format or another, stick them all in a file system and use desktop search (MS or Google). More than that you're looking at good bit of time and money.
Hence some people (including me) keep harping on distinguishing real sciences as distinct from social stuffs and others that a wise man here approximated as "online wankery". They spew out terms like "laws" as if they are throw-away newsprints to be discarded daily, and yet they have the nerve to insist on being considered on the same plane of credibility.
On a second thought, maybe they suck at spelling and mispelled "lore".
Don't know jack about the guy, but just wanted to say thanks.
Times like these, when so many crooks are getting away with so much in broad daylight, makes me reflect on him and others like him who quietly keep on to stick it to the fucked-up system.
Slashdot Mirror
Maybe folks over there should donate all their old P4 machines to them. The P there stands for "furnace."
Hee-U! It's OK, it's the UK. Suckaz!! :-)
What, you want more?
"The thing I liked about Obama was that he wasn't batshit crazy."
Endorsement of our democracy, really. You never know what's possible.
I'm glad you responded. The silence of the String Theory proponents are deafening.
Most of us don't understand high level physics, but we will comment on it because we are interested, and at the very least because it is funded by our tax money - even religious fundies completely opposed to all sciences have the right to comment.
The money being finite, there has to be some criteria to select the projects to be funded. After more than two decades, it remains in the state of "not even wrong" - it's not an alternative. I've read of other ideas to be tested, and I think it's time they take their turn to prove themselves wrong.
"I think the EFF does a lot of good things -- but their PR blurbs tend to leave out enough critical info that I am beginning to dismiss them out of hand."
If EFF can't even win over slashdot crowd, they must be doing it really really wrong.
Screw you guys. I'm going home.
No, I mean the S. Korean prez. I mean, the guy's obviously trying to keep up with his comrade up north - you know, the dude with the misfiring missile. Hehehe, get it? Misfiring missile. I kill myself.
You had water?!
That's your cue, geezers.
Buy that man a beer. :-)
"when will lawyer types understand the world is more complex than litigation."
I'm sure lawyers understand that better than most.
I'll go slowly. There is a second sentence in my post that provides context for the first sentence quoted and questioned by the bottleman - i.e., bottleman's was not "an honest question".
Let me spell out what I meant for those literally minded. Iraq war, still on-going, is no joke, and it's asinine that slashdot post this story as an "entertainment" story.
Nevermind my forgiveness - I'm not up to the challenge of replacing the missing screw in your head.
I read this about bacteria communication as reported in Science News in January:
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/39602/title/Team_spirit
Different researchers are interviewed, though.
Our people, as well as buncha Iraqis, are still getting killed there.
I've been coming here since the dot com days, and I can't remember a story this low on this site.
I am a granddad, you insensitive clod.
Don't get killed in a fire?
Assuming you have electronic versions of the documents in one format or another, stick them all in a file system and use desktop search (MS or Google). More than that you're looking at good bit of time and money.
This sounds bit like trying to dress up RMS as a Wall St. accountant.
That's no cow! It's them nerds!!
Incoming!! Scientists, incoming!!
Hence some people (including me) keep harping on distinguishing real sciences as distinct from social stuffs and others that a wise man here approximated as "online wankery". They spew out terms like "laws" as if they are throw-away newsprints to be discarded daily, and yet they have the nerve to insist on being considered on the same plane of credibility.
On a second thought, maybe they suck at spelling and mispelled "lore".
"Doc, Doc... what the hell is a jiggawatt?!"
Power required to inflict megahurt.
This is a family website. Please refrain from using the b word gratuitously.
Don't know jack about the guy, but just wanted to say thanks.
Times like these, when so many crooks are getting away with so much in broad daylight, makes me reflect on him and others like him who quietly keep on to stick it to the fucked-up system.
How did he die?