How much have you heard about Sam Bodman (the current Secretary of Energy)? Me neither, and I usually know things like that. For me at least competence beats out name recognition any day of the week.
I agree that he may not be famous, but Sam Bodman definitely is competent, as he holds a doctors degree in chemical energy from MIT, where he worked as an associate prof.
I don't claim that he did anything particularly noteworthy during his appointment because I didn't follow and don't know, but I think Bodman has the necessary competence. You don't become an MIT professor in chemical engineering without that.
Before this (and then my) post get modded to -1, I'd like to say that there's truth to it.
While I heartily and even somewhat violently applaud Obama for appointing Porf. Chu to the position of Secretary of Energy, his other picks have been mostly meh.
There is too much for the president to handle for him to be in that role. That's why they created cabinet positions, OPM, and the like. The executive branch is too large for the president to be the main political player. Besides, you need someone playing the political games when the President is doing figure head stuff. Someone with some savvy needs to be down in the weeds why the president is glad-handing.
You just described the vice president. And never was this description best fitted than in this case, with the VP being more experienced than the president himself.
I completely support the appointment of a Nobel laureate scientist to important govt positions. The problem is not the scientist's lack of political experience, the problem is the system - which is not just broken but fetid-rotten.
That said, I'm sure the USPTO would grant me a patent nonetheless.
I just checked the mounting bracket, and it doesn't really work for what I had in mind. I'd have to fabricate something for the handlebar, that would somehow snap onto that bracket.
The biggest problem I have had with cycling during the winter is the ridicolously low capacity of NiMH cells at sub-zero temperatures (I sometimes cycle at -10C). In addition to a lower capacity during usage (and much higher self-discharge), the NiMH cells would break and degrade very quickly during the winter.
I'm glad we have supercaps now. No matter how much lower capacity they have, it sure beats the 15-20 minutes of useful time I could ever suck out of the NiMH batteries in the winter.
Lower? Try almost none - they are caps! Problem is the converter circuitry for voltage/current conditioning. But I hope they have implemented a very simple mechanical switch just between the ultracap and said circuitry, instead of relying on some fancy-ass electronic switch.
...I have finally solved the problem of powerful, easily rechargeable bicycle light. No worries about self-discharge due to humidity, no NiMH batteries to swap and recharge daily... just ride the hell outta my bike in any weather condition while illuminating the road really propa' (maybe a tad too strong, even...) and then recharge it in a minute and a half at home - and since it's a cap, I can do this ad aeternum!
Yes, probably BS. As you noted, every business, even small ones, have several accounts. Companies that do import/export have yet more accounts. But futhermore, every employed and even most unemployed citizens have at least one bank account (not only one account per household). I have 4 bank accounts (in 2 separate banks), for instance. Often just to get a loan you open a new bank account - the loan itself is, as far as I could see, a separate bank account.
So I'd say that the figure is closer to 280 million accounts, rather than 28 million.
I have been criticizing MySQL for years, because of what I perceived as awful stability. I would be the last one to defend them.
That said, MySQL has never ever crashed for me. Not once. But my usage scenario is one of very light load. That seems still more traffic than "The damn thing might not even have a load on it and it will blow up!", so, maybe (please don't get mad, just an idea, OK?) there is a chance that your configuration is in some way contributing to this?
When you say "it dies off", do you mean it literally dies, or just the trend of growth dies - meaning, it reaches a stable level? Because it's the latter that happens in a closed biological system. They makde experiments with bacteria in little bottles (completely sealed), and they keep dying and reproducing for many years.
The question was "is there a solid legal ground for a motion to reopen the case?" Look up the post I answered to, will ya? My reply was independent on what the linked article may or may not know about the details of the case. My answer was in context of the post I was answering to. Clear enough, I hope? So if you have your agenda against this girl, great, post it at the root, but don't piggyback on me, 'cause I have nothing to do with your agenda. And it's clear enough to any independent observer that your post was completely detached of the context of mine.
When is it that the artists that sponsor the RIAA psychopaths, will say "enough, I don't want to be tainted with this shit"? When will they distance themselves from the RIAA? Or is the bling that the racket money gets them so important?
I for one hope that every single artist that works for the RIAA (yes, FOR the RIAA) will be remembered in infamy. As in "X Y was a very gifted and prolific [vocalist/composer/guitarist/drummer], but his/her work for a RIAA label has tainted his/her biography."
By grant-writing racket, do you mean grant-application-writing racket, or grant-granting (uh, what's the verb, help me out..) racket? Two separate sets of people. That said, I agree with the general idea of your post. Though I strongly disagree that almost all published research is either false or "trivially tautological or essentially meaningless". There's plenty of good stuff out there. At least in natural sciences.
C'mon now - "almost all"? You didn't really mean it, did you?
Yes, yes it was a frostbite! Is that not the same as a cold sore, then?
See, this happens because English is not my native tongue. Never lived in an English-speaking country, either. While I do have a reasonably good command of it, there are rare instances where English fools me, just like now.
Can one be tested for the herpes simplex virus? I never had an outbreak, but one winter when I was cyclilng in -17C (stupid, yeah, gimme a break, I love cycling) I got a cold sore on the tip of my nose. So now I would like to be able to dismiss the idea I have herpes simplex. But if I have it, I'd like to start a therapy ASAP - I don't want to get Alzheimer's.
An obvious starting point would be the Wikipedia article on Zionism. This quote sums up the beginnings very nicely:
The modern movement was mainly secular in its origins, beginning largely as a response by European Jewry to antisemitism across Europe.[4] It is a branch of the broader phenomenon of modern nationalism.[5] At first one of several Jewish political movements offering alternative responses to the position of Jews in Europe, Zionism grew rapidly, and after the Holocaust became the dominant Jewish political movement.
The political movement was formally established by the Austro-Hungarian journalist Theodor Herzl in the late 19th century.[6] The movement seeks to encourage Jewish migration to the Promised Land and was eventually successful in establishing Israel in 1948, as the homeland for the Jewish people. Its proponents regard its aim as self-determination for the Jewish people.[7]
Note that Herzl wasn't religious. Another important Zionist, Jabotinsky, was secular jus as well, although he was to the political right of Herzl. In this instance right and left don't denote any connection to religion - unlike in many western countries nowadays, where right-wing parties are often religious.
During the Holocaust, Hitler pretended to intend to solve the "Jewish problem" by transferring the Jews to another territory, perhaps Sri Lanka (if I recall correctly, don't quote me), but this was just a ruse to keep them from fleeing Germany, and hence capture and kill as many as possible. The fact that he succeeded so prominently, shows to me how naive people can be. I am also rather naive in general (one manifestation of Asperger's syndrome), so I try to keep this historical lesson firmly in my mind, because I don't want to miss the next time a dictator is plotting to kill me or my family.
Why did they censor "Money" or "Who are you"? That makes no sense at all. What argument, however stupid, is there to censor those two songs (I don't know the others)?
To be honest, no I have not. Ever. I live and travel across Europe, so that may be another factor (I suppose Zune is more popular in the US than here). Mostly people use their mobile phones as MP3 players, or some Apple gadget. I see a lot have the Creative Muvos and Zens...
Yes, but Zionism is based on the idea of Israel being the "Holy Land" promised to them by God, 2500 years ago or so,
That's not correct. Zionism was founded originally by left-wing and secular Jews in Europe, and it was a movement to unite the Jews and bring them to one country - and Israel was selected because it is, after all, the birthplace of the Jewish people. This is a very rough (very superficial, if you want) description of the beginnings of the history of Zionism. I am not sure you even want to read this, so I won't invest more of my time in this post, but would gladly get into the details if you surprise me and are, actually curious to learn more.
I don't read maths articles. My field of research is in nanosciences, materials science, physical chemistry etc. etc. (chemistry is really quite important for my research on multiple levels). In the kinds of articles I read, the nonsense is easy to spot - for me. I'm quite pedantic (or anal, if you prefer) when it comes to scientific rigour.
I take it you're a maths researcher? I just had a nice mini-thread/discussion with a maths grad student, he tells me it takes quite a long time to read a maths article. I believe him. The articles I read, I can read easily one or two per day, and when I'm writing something then that goes up to three or more(though I don't go as deep into the material). I've written two reviews (both unpublished, as far as I know - one is part of an inter-project initiative, so the collective work may have been submitted somewhere), and the amount of articles per day was just simply ridiculous. It's harder to spot the BS when you read them at that tempo, I admit. But when I take my time, I find some awful nonsense quite often - and really, I just imagine these two, allegedly world-class experts in the subject, reading carefully (???) through this paper and giving the nod to this steaming pile of ****, and I just don't get it. I think reviewers should be held accountable in some way.
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How much have you heard about Sam Bodman (the current Secretary of Energy)? Me neither, and I usually know things like that. For me at least competence beats out name recognition any day of the week.
I agree that he may not be famous, but Sam Bodman definitely is competent, as he holds a doctors degree in chemical energy from MIT, where he worked as an associate prof.
I don't claim that he did anything particularly noteworthy during his appointment because I didn't follow and don't know, but I think Bodman has the necessary competence. You don't become an MIT professor in chemical engineering without that.
Before this (and then my) post get modded to -1, I'd like to say that there's truth to it.
While I heartily and even somewhat violently applaud Obama for appointing Porf. Chu to the position of Secretary of Energy, his other picks have been mostly meh.
There is too much for the president to handle for him to be in that role. That's why they created cabinet positions, OPM, and the like. The executive branch is too large for the president to be the main political player. Besides, you need someone playing the political games when the President is doing figure head stuff. Someone with some savvy needs to be down in the weeds why the president is glad-handing.
You just described the vice president. And never was this description best fitted than in this case, with the VP being more experienced than the president himself.
I completely support the appointment of a Nobel laureate scientist to important govt positions. The problem is not the scientist's lack of political experience, the problem is the system - which is not just broken but fetid-rotten.
er... okay, true.
That said, I'm sure the USPTO would grant me a patent nonetheless.
I just checked the mounting bracket, and it doesn't really work for what I had in mind. I'd have to fabricate something for the handlebar, that would somehow snap onto that bracket.
The biggest problem I have had with cycling during the winter is the ridicolously low capacity of NiMH cells at sub-zero temperatures (I sometimes cycle at -10C). In addition to a lower capacity during usage (and much higher self-discharge), the NiMH cells would break and degrade very quickly during the winter.
I'm glad we have supercaps now. No matter how much lower capacity they have, it sure beats the 15-20 minutes of useful time I could ever suck out of the NiMH batteries in the winter.
Lower? Try almost none - they are caps! Problem is the converter circuitry for voltage/current conditioning. But I hope they have implemented a very simple mechanical switch just between the ultracap and said circuitry, instead of relying on some fancy-ass electronic switch.
...I have finally solved the problem of powerful, easily rechargeable bicycle light. No worries about self-discharge due to humidity, no NiMH batteries to swap and recharge daily... just ride the hell outta my bike in any weather condition while illuminating the road really propa' (maybe a tad too strong, even...) and then recharge it in a minute and a half at home - and since it's a cap, I can do this ad aeternum!
Fuck yeah!!!!
I am guessing "no", but I'll ask just in case.
Yes, probably BS. As you noted, every business, even small ones, have several accounts. Companies that do import/export have yet more accounts.
But futhermore, every employed and even most unemployed citizens have at least one bank account (not only one account per household). I have 4 bank accounts (in 2 separate banks), for instance. Often just to get a loan you open a new bank account - the loan itself is, as far as I could see, a separate bank account.
So I'd say that the figure is closer to 280 million accounts, rather than 28 million.
Seriously, the artists have it worst of all.
Well, boo-hoo-fucking-hoo, cry me a river. If that's so, why don't they leave the RIAA, for their own and their fan's best interest?
I have been criticizing MySQL for years, because of what I perceived as awful stability. I would be the last one to defend them.
That said, MySQL has never ever crashed for me. Not once. But my usage scenario is one of very light load. That seems still more traffic than "The damn thing might not even have a load on it and it will blow up!", so, maybe (please don't get mad, just an idea, OK?) there is a chance that your configuration is in some way contributing to this?
When you say "it dies off", do you mean it literally dies, or just the trend of growth dies - meaning, it reaches a stable level? Because it's the latter that happens in a closed biological system. They makde experiments with bacteria in little bottles (completely sealed), and they keep dying and reproducing for many years.
The question was "is there a solid legal ground for a motion to reopen the case?" Look up the post I answered to, will ya? My reply was independent on what the linked article may or may not know about the details of the case. My answer was in context of the post I was answering to. Clear enough, I hope? So if you have your agenda against this girl, great, post it at the root, but don't piggyback on me, 'cause I have nothing to do with your agenda. And it's clear enough to any independent observer that your post was completely detached of the context of mine.
IANAL either, but simply not being able to respond, seems solid enough.
On the other hand, the RIAA has been suing dead people, too, and they definitely couldn't respond, either.... hmmm.....
When is it that the artists that sponsor the RIAA psychopaths, will say "enough, I don't want to be tainted with this shit"? When will they distance themselves from the RIAA? Or is the bling that the racket money gets them so important?
I for one hope that every single artist that works for the RIAA (yes, FOR the RIAA) will be remembered in infamy. As in "X Y was a very gifted and prolific [vocalist/composer/guitarist/drummer], but his/her work for a RIAA label has tainted his/her biography."
By grant-writing racket, do you mean grant-application-writing racket, or grant-granting (uh, what's the verb, help me out..) racket? Two separate sets of people. That said, I agree with the general idea of your post. Though I strongly disagree that almost all published research is either false or "trivially tautological or essentially meaningless". There's plenty of good stuff out there. At least in natural sciences.
C'mon now - "almost all"? You didn't really mean it, did you?
Yes, yes it was a frostbite! Is that not the same as a cold sore, then?
See, this happens because English is not my native tongue. Never lived in an English-speaking country, either. While I do have a reasonably good command of it, there are rare instances where English fools me, just like now.
Note to self: cold sore != frostbite
Can one be tested for the herpes simplex virus? I never had an outbreak, but one winter when I was cyclilng in -17C (stupid, yeah, gimme a break, I love cycling) I got a cold sore on the tip of my nose. So now I would like to be able to dismiss the idea I have herpes simplex. But if I have it, I'd like to start a therapy ASAP - I don't want to get Alzheimer's.
An obvious starting point would be the Wikipedia article on Zionism. This quote sums up the beginnings very nicely:
The modern movement was mainly secular in its origins, beginning largely as a response by European Jewry to antisemitism across Europe.[4] It is a branch of the broader phenomenon of modern nationalism.[5] At first one of several Jewish political movements offering alternative responses to the position of Jews in Europe, Zionism grew rapidly, and after the Holocaust became the dominant Jewish political movement.
The political movement was formally established by the Austro-Hungarian journalist Theodor Herzl in the late 19th century.[6] The movement seeks to encourage Jewish migration to the Promised Land and was eventually successful in establishing Israel in 1948, as the homeland for the Jewish people. Its proponents regard its aim as self-determination for the Jewish people.[7]
Note that Herzl wasn't religious. Another important Zionist, Jabotinsky, was secular jus as well, although he was to the political right of Herzl. In this instance right and left don't denote any connection to religion - unlike in many western countries nowadays, where right-wing parties are often religious.
During the Holocaust, Hitler pretended to intend to solve the "Jewish problem" by transferring the Jews to another territory, perhaps Sri Lanka (if I recall correctly, don't quote me), but this was just a ruse to keep them from fleeing Germany, and hence capture and kill as many as possible. The fact that he succeeded so prominently, shows to me how naive people can be. I am also rather naive in general (one manifestation of Asperger's syndrome), so I try to keep this historical lesson firmly in my mind, because I don't want to miss the next time a dictator is plotting to kill me or my family.
Thanks. Well, if people start censoring Pink Floyd, then the world has come to a sorry state and brains have stopped working.
Why did they censor "Money" or "Who are you"? That makes no sense at all. What argument, however stupid, is there to censor those two songs (I don't know the others)?
I think this is one of the best arguments to limit Wikipedia edits to registered users ONLY.
To be honest, no I have not. Ever. I live and travel across Europe, so that may be another factor (I suppose Zune is more popular in the US than here). Mostly people use their mobile phones as MP3 players, or some Apple gadget. I see a lot have the Creative Muvos and Zens...
Yes, but Zionism is based on the idea of Israel being the "Holy Land" promised to them by God, 2500 years ago or so,
That's not correct. Zionism was founded originally by left-wing and secular Jews in Europe, and it was a movement to unite the Jews and bring them to one country - and Israel was selected because it is, after all, the birthplace of the Jewish people. This is a very rough (very superficial, if you want) description of the beginnings of the history of Zionism. I am not sure you even want to read this, so I won't invest more of my time in this post, but would gladly get into the details if you surprise me and are, actually curious to learn more.
I don't read maths articles. My field of research is in nanosciences, materials science, physical chemistry etc. etc. (chemistry is really quite important for my research on multiple levels). In the kinds of articles I read, the nonsense is easy to spot - for me. I'm quite pedantic (or anal, if you prefer) when it comes to scientific rigour.
I take it you're a maths researcher? I just had a nice mini-thread/discussion with a maths grad student, he tells me it takes quite a long time to read a maths article. I believe him. The articles I read, I can read easily one or two per day, and when I'm writing something then that goes up to three or more(though I don't go as deep into the material). I've written two reviews (both unpublished, as far as I know - one is part of an inter-project initiative, so the collective work may have been submitted somewhere), and the amount of articles per day was just simply ridiculous. It's harder to spot the BS when you read them at that tempo, I admit. But when I take my time, I find some awful nonsense quite often - and really, I just imagine these two, allegedly world-class experts in the subject, reading carefully (???) through this paper and giving the nod to this steaming pile of ****, and I just don't get it. I think reviewers should be held accountable in some way.