Matter and antimatter are thought to have existed in equal amounts at the beginning of the Universe
yes, both zero at the beginning.
Creation of matter from zero matter is a violation of the second law of thermodynamics.
Not that I say that you are wrong, just that it doesn't seem likely that both are right.
The simple answer to that is that the second law of thermodynamics is a statistical law, not an absolute one. Entropy in a system can increase with time, but the overall trend is always for entropy to increase. You can see the universe as a temporary statistical blip.
The more accurate answer is to observe that there are issues with the understanding of time itself implied by your observation. On the usual model of the big bang, time itself came into existence at the big bang. Because there was no "before" the big bang, the rate of change of entropy is undefined at the point of the big bang -- it would be the gradient at a singularity, and there's no such thing, so the second law of thermodynamics is meaningless at that point. (And of course even that is a simplification, because phrases like "came into existence" assume time's arrow, which is pretty hotly disputed).
Doesn't matter. What's permitted or forbidden (beyond participation in government) is nothing at all to do with whether it's a democracy. It's a completely orthogonal concept.
I understand that "everything is forbidden unless it's permitted" is to some extent true in German law (Wikipedia agrees). The point is that this "everything that is not forbidden is permitted" is a British constitutional principle that has been exported to various other places (notably the USA, I think), not an inherent property of democracy.
Keep this in mind - in a democracy, anything that is not subject to a law to say otherwise:
1. it is allowed for the citizens
2. it is forbidden for the state/government.
Who says? That's true of some democracies, but it's not the only model of democracy. In some democracies everything is forbidden unless there's a law to say it's permitted. They're still democracies because the public has a say in what's permitted or forbidden.
If you are in Boston then yes, I suppose it's stuff that matters. If you're in Syria it might not be.
Yes, I realise that/. is intentionally a US-centric site, but if something is already all over all the news feeds then I think there should be something specific for it to merit being on/.
Even if there's a correlation, that doesn't mean anything for the individual student. Different people have different learning styles, and I can imagine somebody being penalised for having an unusual learning style rather than for not learning.
I think if it's just squeezing the hand then it will be an extra delay; the friend needs to respond to the conductor, then the blind person needs to respond to the friend. I do sing in choirs from time to time, and the speed of the baton through it's motion gives the singer notice of when the beat is going to come, so I wonder whether the friend might do better to move the blind person's hand to track the baton's movements (in miniature, of course), which means that they can also communicate volume dynamics -- another important role of the conductor.
"when it comes to the very moment of starting, or the change of tempi" (My emphasis). No, it won't come with practice, because the conductor won't necessarily set exactly the same tempi every time. Not all music is done to click-tracks.
What happens in risk assessment when you assume is that you have to state, justify and validate the assumptions (once they're more than a baseline level of assumption, such as "the laws of physics, as we understand them, will continue to apply").
Or perhaps you were just pointing out that my posts on/. don't go through the multiple levels of peer review and editorial review that my safety work does?:)
Which is why you'd make the O-rings out of different compounds, and install no set with all the same type.
Which still doesn't eliminate dependent failures, because the failure of one O-ring increases the stress on the next O-ring (particularly the burst of pressure as the first O-ring fails).
Locate the diesel generators in 2 or 3 power houses around the site.
Which doesn't eliminate dependent failures when the failures are due to a contaminated fuel delivery.
2+ server rooms on site with replication between them (with additional replication off-site).
Which doesn't eliminate dependent failures when the failures are due to common software running on all sites.
But how much resource do you throw at the problem? Its easy for us after the events to decide if NASA should have used O-rings of differing compounds or Fukashima have multiple power houses on different levels.
For that you could call me in. Working that out what I do for a living.
I'm not sure a UK doctor can prescribe medically inert placebos, at least not on the National Health Service. As I understand it, what they can prescribe is decided by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), and their list is supposed to be evidence based. Although I suppose that doesn't stop the doctor saying something like, "Look, I could prescribe something, but, here's the thing, the best thing for you is something I'm not allowed to prescribe. You know what a stranglehold the pharmaceutical giants have? Well, here's what I think you should do: go down to the pharmacy, and on the homeopathy counter you'll find..."
Medical professionals do know better. They also know that some patients can cause a lot of trouble if they don't get what they want, and like pretty much everybody else they sometimes take the broad path that leadeth to destruction.
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Of course, what I meant to type was that entropy can temporarily decrease, but the overall trend is always to increase.
Matter and antimatter are thought to have existed in equal amounts at the beginning of the Universe
yes, both zero at the beginning.
Creation of matter from zero matter is a violation of the second law of thermodynamics. Not that I say that you are wrong, just that it doesn't seem likely that both are right.
The simple answer to that is that the second law of thermodynamics is a statistical law, not an absolute one. Entropy in a system can increase with time, but the overall trend is always for entropy to increase. You can see the universe as a temporary statistical blip.
The more accurate answer is to observe that there are issues with the understanding of time itself implied by your observation. On the usual model of the big bang, time itself came into existence at the big bang. Because there was no "before" the big bang, the rate of change of entropy is undefined at the point of the big bang -- it would be the gradient at a singularity, and there's no such thing, so the second law of thermodynamics is meaningless at that point. (And of course even that is a simplification, because phrases like "came into existence" assume time's arrow, which is pretty hotly disputed).
Doesn't matter. What's permitted or forbidden (beyond participation in government) is nothing at all to do with whether it's a democracy. It's a completely orthogonal concept.
I understand that "everything is forbidden unless it's permitted" is to some extent true in German law (Wikipedia agrees). The point is that this "everything that is not forbidden is permitted" is a British constitutional principle that has been exported to various other places (notably the USA, I think), not an inherent property of democracy.
Keep this in mind - in a democracy, anything that is not subject to a law to say otherwise: 1. it is allowed for the citizens 2. it is forbidden for the state/government.
Who says? That's true of some democracies, but it's not the only model of democracy. In some democracies everything is forbidden unless there's a law to say it's permitted. They're still democracies because the public has a say in what's permitted or forbidden.
That's why I said that it might not.
But supposedly a selective aggregator. Presumably everything on every news site matters to somebody.
If you are in Boston then yes, I suppose it's stuff that matters. If you're in Syria it might not be.
Yes, I realise that /. is intentionally a US-centric site, but if something is already all over all the news feeds then I think there should be something specific for it to merit being on /.
I really miss the ability to make phone calls on the things.
Even if there's a correlation, that doesn't mean anything for the individual student. Different people have different learning styles, and I can imagine somebody being penalised for having an unusual learning style rather than for not learning.
I think if it's just squeezing the hand then it will be an extra delay; the friend needs to respond to the conductor, then the blind person needs to respond to the friend. I do sing in choirs from time to time, and the speed of the baton through it's motion gives the singer notice of when the beat is going to come, so I wonder whether the friend might do better to move the blind person's hand to track the baton's movements (in miniature, of course), which means that they can also communicate volume dynamics -- another important role of the conductor.
I wish it were...
It's also slightly delayed, which could be an issue.
"when it comes to the very moment of starting, or the change of tempi" (My emphasis). No, it won't come with practice, because the conductor won't necessarily set exactly the same tempi every time. Not all music is done to click-tracks.
Doesn't help with tempo changes in the middle of a song.
What happens in risk assessment when you assume is that you have to state, justify and validate the assumptions (once they're more than a baseline level of assumption, such as "the laws of physics, as we understand them, will continue to apply").
Or perhaps you were just pointing out that my posts on /. don't go through the multiple levels of peer review and editorial review that my safety work does? :)
Which is why you'd make the O-rings out of different compounds, and install no set with all the same type.
Which still doesn't eliminate dependent failures, because the failure of one O-ring increases the stress on the next O-ring (particularly the burst of pressure as the first O-ring fails).
Locate the diesel generators in 2 or 3 power houses around the site.
Which doesn't eliminate dependent failures when the failures are due to a contaminated fuel delivery.
2+ server rooms on site with replication between them (with additional replication off-site).
Which doesn't eliminate dependent failures when the failures are due to common software running on all sites.
But how much resource do you throw at the problem? Its easy for us after the events to decide if NASA should have used O-rings of differing compounds or Fukashima have multiple power houses on different levels.
For that you could call me in. Working that out what I do for a living.
"Most athiests are worse than christians about preaching their beliefs at any cost." complete and utter bollocks
You mean that the pair of them are pretty equally matched? Yes, that sounds about right.
The fact that the difference is significantly less than it was 200 years ago suggests that Christianity might not be entirely genetic.
As far as I can see, the absolute minimum plot necessary to justify the stringing together of some ok-but-not-great gas.
IP trolling is IP trolling. Same business model, different product.
The making-and-selling-mobile-phones business model hasn't been working so well for Nokia of late. so maybe they're switching to SCO's business model.
I'm not sure a UK doctor can prescribe medically inert placebos, at least not on the National Health Service. As I understand it, what they can prescribe is decided by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), and their list is supposed to be evidence based. Although I suppose that doesn't stop the doctor saying something like, "Look, I could prescribe something, but, here's the thing, the best thing for you is something I'm not allowed to prescribe. You know what a stranglehold the pharmaceutical giants have? Well, here's what I think you should do: go down to the pharmacy, and on the homeopathy counter you'll find..."
Medical professionals do know better. They also know that some patients can cause a lot of trouble if they don't get what they want, and like pretty much everybody else they sometimes take the broad path that leadeth to destruction.
But they like his money. Heck, we're /. users, it's about the best we can hope for.