But at whatever speed, is C still the limit? If light through water travels at 95% of its vacuum speed, can other particles travel through water at between 95% to 100% of C?
My hunch is no, but the universe doesn't always respect my hunches.
If we move over 50% of our energy production to nuclear in the next several decades, we'll be fine... and that's not really much of a problem to do. Fossil Fuels will obviously rise in price as the supply drops and extraction becomes more difficult. Alternative (wind, solar) will be used where it makes economic sense.
People and nations will go nuclear when it makes economic sense. They won't go until then, no matter what predictions of global catastrophe are made. Happily, I think it'll make economic sense long before it's too late to change.
I've been surprised at the poor statistical methods used by many scientists, in climate studies or elsewhere. It's as if they memorized formulas to get a confidence level so they could publish, without really understanding statistical concepts.
unless you can show, without the use of assumption, supposition, and sound-bite psuedo-logic that the current warming trend is entirely the cause of humans
In fairness, he only needs to show that the current warming trend is significantly the cause of humans; in other words, that the warming trend can be impacted in a significant degree by changes in human behavior.
Nobody seriously disputes those points. The question is the magnitude of the effect. If AGW is a miniscule portion of climate changes, we won't need to seriously restrict industry in order to save the Earth. This question is where models come in useful... and where their limitations are very apparent.
My opinion is that some AGW is going on, but I'm not very concerned about it.
I think that the best programmers learn the hardest and most difficult languages in order to improve their skill, and then actually program in the simplest language that meets the criteria for the task.
I don't like Java much, but it has a purpose, and good code can be written in it. Heck, old VB had it's purpose, and a niche where it was far superior for development purposes than C++.
Mildly autistic isn't a technical term as far as I know. Autism is a very well defined diagnosis and you can't be just a little autistic.
I suspect they let the diagnoses lead the definition in some cases. In other words, they devise a test for autism that's, say, 90% effective. Then, over time, autism is redefined to be exactly what the test measures; if you pass the threshold on the test, you're autistic by definition. Now the test is 100% effective, and everybody is happy, except for the 10% of people who aren't really autistic by the original standards.
I don't know for sure about autism, but I've seen this process happen with other medical conditions, and I suspect it's very common. Almost so common there should be a name for the error.
I don't have proof but this guy looks and sounds like he's just putting for a controversial theory to be controversial and get his name in the papers.
Except... I wouldn't have thought this theory was controversial. Maybe to Autism researchers it is, but to the vast unwashed masses of laypeople, this seems like the most obvious, unsurprising answer.
That's not exactly correct. There is a difference between purchasing product for resale, and purchasing product and then reselling it. The former case is what retailers generally do, and it can be taxed differently, and is tracked differently for accounting purposes. I doubt Gamestop is paying sales tax on the games they're selling. They aren't the recipients of the 'first sale' in the sense the customer is.
I could see a lawyer getting involved. Class action suit. End result being every Gamestop buyer of the game gets a new coupon mailed to them, and the lawyer gets a half million. There are strong incentives for lawyers to file class actions suits.
I think this has a reasonable chance, because Gamestop is selling something which doesn't match reasonable expectations. If asked, the manufacturer, and any other vendor, would tell you this had a coupon in it. Gamestop is getting rid of it without notice. Would it be ok if they ditched the manual? Obviously not.
I use a little utility called 'unlocker'. Whenever an operation is performed on an open file, it lets you force it through. I use it to copy music/videos out of my firefox cache. At least with flash, they're locked while playing, and deleted when done.
Although, the allowances were educated guesses. Real data about the frequency of low-mass cold stars is always welcome, and will help refine models. Unless the actual number of cold dwarf stars is off by multiple orders of magnitudes, though, they aren't sufficient to explain the missing mass.
I tend to think there are massive amounts of planet-sized objects, even smaller and more numerous than dwarf stars, that will be nearly impossible to detect. I don't think they will explain the missing mass, either; I just think it's reasonable to assume they're out there.
If they can't be uninstalled, sure. That's pretty straightforward. They may not be the worst example of it, because compared to McAffee nearly anything seems benign. But still, you should be able to remove them from your phone and use your own utilities.
A whole lot of evil is done by trying to force others to be good. A whole lot of good is accomplished by not caring what other people do.
Not that empathy and charity is bad, by any means; but it needs to be tempered with discretion. It can lead to a net loss of freedom if pursued too zealously.
the perspective of the view through the portals when she first creates portals seems wrong and it immediately bugged me.
Yep. I don't think it was the angle, so much as it was insufficient depth. Each 'repetition' of the portal should have been recessed by a distance equal to the full width of the room... but instead, it looked like it was repeating every 5-10 feet.
I'm willing to cut visual media slack, though, because sometimes they do things that are deliberately wrong, in order to make something clearer on screen. Sometimes a good artist will completely break the rules of perspective or shading in order to give subtle emphasis or a certain mood. As long as it only bothers a few slashdotters, it's not a huge problem.
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I thought you were a nutjob single-issue poster who was just overly zealous; now I think you are just trolling, like a less-clever Dr. Bob.
But at whatever speed, is C still the limit? If light through water travels at 95% of its vacuum speed, can other particles travel through water at between 95% to 100% of C?
My hunch is no, but the universe doesn't always respect my hunches.
If you average earth and that thing together, we're about 90% diamond.
Global Tepid.
T-bags like Rick Perry and his followers will never be swayed by evidence, only Faux news propaganda.
You're so emotional. It handicaps you.
If we move over 50% of our energy production to nuclear in the next several decades, we'll be fine... and that's not really much of a problem to do. Fossil Fuels will obviously rise in price as the supply drops and extraction becomes more difficult. Alternative (wind, solar) will be used where it makes economic sense.
People and nations will go nuclear when it makes economic sense. They won't go until then, no matter what predictions of global catastrophe are made. Happily, I think it'll make economic sense long before it's too late to change.
I've been surprised at the poor statistical methods used by many scientists, in climate studies or elsewhere. It's as if they memorized formulas to get a confidence level so they could publish, without really understanding statistical concepts.
unless you can show, without the use of assumption, supposition, and sound-bite psuedo-logic that the current warming trend is entirely the cause of humans
In fairness, he only needs to show that the current warming trend is significantly the cause of humans; in other words, that the warming trend can be impacted in a significant degree by changes in human behavior.
Nobody seriously disputes those points. The question is the magnitude of the effect. If AGW is a miniscule portion of climate changes, we won't need to seriously restrict industry in order to save the Earth. This question is where models come in useful... and where their limitations are very apparent.
My opinion is that some AGW is going on, but I'm not very concerned about it.
Wall Street should not be allowed to do more than 6 transactions per company and 24h.
That's a little extreme. Do you mean no more than 6 transactions per day per buyer per stock?
I'd be happy with just introducing a random delay of 1-10 seconds into every transaction.
I think that the best programmers learn the hardest and most difficult languages in order to improve their skill, and then actually program in the simplest language that meets the criteria for the task.
I don't like Java much, but it has a purpose, and good code can be written in it. Heck, old VB had it's purpose, and a niche where it was far superior for development purposes than C++.
I would never suggest to anyone to change who they are just to find a date.
How do you feel about improving who they are in order to find a date?
Mildly autistic isn't a technical term as far as I know. Autism is a very well defined diagnosis and you can't be just a little autistic.
I suspect they let the diagnoses lead the definition in some cases. In other words, they devise a test for autism that's, say, 90% effective. Then, over time, autism is redefined to be exactly what the test measures; if you pass the threshold on the test, you're autistic by definition. Now the test is 100% effective, and everybody is happy, except for the 10% of people who aren't really autistic by the original standards.
I don't know for sure about autism, but I've seen this process happen with other medical conditions, and I suspect it's very common. Almost so common there should be a name for the error.
Those are suspiciously round percentages.
I don't have proof but this guy looks and sounds like he's just putting for a controversial theory to be controversial and get his name in the papers.
Except... I wouldn't have thought this theory was controversial. Maybe to Autism researchers it is, but to the vast unwashed masses of laypeople, this seems like the most obvious, unsurprising answer.
That's not exactly correct. There is a difference between purchasing product for resale, and purchasing product and then reselling it. The former case is what retailers generally do, and it can be taxed differently, and is tracked differently for accounting purposes. I doubt Gamestop is paying sales tax on the games they're selling. They aren't the recipients of the 'first sale' in the sense the customer is.
I could see a lawyer getting involved. Class action suit. End result being every Gamestop buyer of the game gets a new coupon mailed to them, and the lawyer gets a half million. There are strong incentives for lawyers to file class actions suits.
I think this has a reasonable chance, because Gamestop is selling something which doesn't match reasonable expectations. If asked, the manufacturer, and any other vendor, would tell you this had a coupon in it. Gamestop is getting rid of it without notice. Would it be ok if they ditched the manual? Obviously not.
I use a little utility called 'unlocker'. Whenever an operation is performed on an open file, it lets you force it through. I use it to copy music/videos out of my firefox cache. At least with flash, they're locked while playing, and deleted when done.
algorithm expert Kevin Slavin
Algorithm expert? Is he an official algorithm expert? Credentialed in all forms of algorithm?
I suspect it is as much a self-appointed moniker as 'Bill S Preston, Esquire.'
Although, the allowances were educated guesses. Real data about the frequency of low-mass cold stars is always welcome, and will help refine models. Unless the actual number of cold dwarf stars is off by multiple orders of magnitudes, though, they aren't sufficient to explain the missing mass.
I tend to think there are massive amounts of planet-sized objects, even smaller and more numerous than dwarf stars, that will be nearly impossible to detect. I don't think they will explain the missing mass, either; I just think it's reasonable to assume they're out there.
I had the impression that tournament play was still primarily Starcraft, not Starcraft II. Has the sequel really caught on that well?
If they can't be uninstalled, sure. That's pretty straightforward. They may not be the worst example of it, because compared to McAffee nearly anything seems benign. But still, you should be able to remove them from your phone and use your own utilities.
That all kind of makes me think Android will clearly win, for the same reason free market economies win over top-down ran socialized economies.
A whole lot of evil is done by trying to force others to be good. A whole lot of good is accomplished by not caring what other people do.
Not that empathy and charity is bad, by any means; but it needs to be tempered with discretion. It can lead to a net loss of freedom if pursued too zealously.
the perspective of the view through the portals when she first creates portals seems wrong and it immediately bugged me.
Yep. I don't think it was the angle, so much as it was insufficient depth. Each 'repetition' of the portal should have been recessed by a distance equal to the full width of the room... but instead, it looked like it was repeating every 5-10 feet.
I'm willing to cut visual media slack, though, because sometimes they do things that are deliberately wrong, in order to make something clearer on screen. Sometimes a good artist will completely break the rules of perspective or shading in order to give subtle emphasis or a certain mood. As long as it only bothers a few slashdotters, it's not a huge problem.