no equations doesn't mean no math. Equations generally do a pretty poor job in explaining things. I'd much rather read an article containing "because acceleration is inversely proportional to mass" than one containing "because F=ma"
That's interesting, I would much rather read "the black body specific intensity is given by B_lambda (T) = (2 h c^2 / lambda^5) / [exp(hc / (lambda * kT)) - 1], where lambda is the wavelength, T is the temperature, c is the speed of light, h is Planck's constant (energy divided by frequency for any particle), kT is the temperature in units of energy, and exp(x) = e^x, than "the black body specific intensity is given by twice Planck's constant times the speed of light squared over the wavelength to the fifth power, all over 1 less than e raised to the Planck's constant times C over the wavelength thermal energy power. There's a reason formulas are the language of mathematics and physics. They are concise, easy to parse, and unambiguous. Contrary to your example, it is easy to see scaling relations without having to add the words for what type of proportionality it is (again, there is a symbol for proportionality that lets you write a simple, easy to understand formula for it). Moreover, you can easily manipulate formulas to show something new. Not so with sentences.
Though I agree with you, you're not giving IE enough credit. If you're behind, you have two choices: stay behind, or get ahead. The latter is preferable. Now, IE might not be ahead of the future releases of Chrome and Firefox (that's a test I like to see) but you can't criticize it for getting better when you don't know how it stacks up to the next releases of other browsers.
Google "hopes to release versions for Mac OS X and Linux by the first half of the year". That's the closest thing TFA gives to a date, and Google hardly promises anything. The summary is somewhat misleading.
I live on a mountain range, and one major reason I didn't get an iPhone until 3G was that the normal Edge signal doesn't reach here. 3G works fine, and I find reception to be much better than my old Verizon phone, where I would have to walk around my office looking for the sweet spot.
I like the iPhone's battery life. Especially desirable is the fact that I can fully charge it during the 15 minutes it's plugged into my car on the way to work every morning.
America's top spy agency has taken over the former Sony microchip plant and is transforming it into a new data-mining headquarters - oddly positioned directly across the street from a 24-hour Walmart - where billions of electronic communications will be sifted in the agency's mission to identify terrorist threats.
Keep your friends close, and your Walmarts closer.
The data suggest to us that the TV habit may offer short-run pleasure at the expense of long-term malaise.
Even those who aren't actively watching television tend to show negative side-effects if a TV is on in the same room. I recall this one study about background TV causing abnormal development in attention spans.
It's sad that a government agency has to resort to deception to achieve its aims, but this isn't the first time, and it won't be the last. However, if Valve is the one pressing charges, then wouldn't it be a civil case? Why is the FBI, which does criminal cases, intervening?
At what point did her husband take the stupid pill and forgot to take away her options of ruining him?
From TFA:
She also communicates with lightning-fast sign language with her hearing-impaired husband.
Perhaps that has something to do with it? It seems to me that the spouse that can communicate better with other people is more likely to handle financial affairs.
Actually, prison populations are a terrible indicator. We just covered the statistics in my philosophy class; a higher percentage of whites do drugs and commit violent crimes than blacks do. And yet, blacks make up 1/3 of the prison population despite making up only 12% of the US population. It just goes to show the prejudice still inherent in our society.
I did not RTFA, but I read the magazine version. The title and summary are somewhat misleading.
The robot does not learn from babies, but learns like them. I'm pretty sure no infantile humans were involved in its programming.
Also, the Stair 2.0 is the new one the article talks about. The Stair 1.0 is at least two years old.
...Sadly, this new laptop did not place in the One-Laptop Per Child program.
In other news, scientists deem that a new rocket that was designed to get to the moon is too massive to leave the Earth's surface. Some experts suggest that it could be used to reposition the Earth and end global warming. NASA was unavailable for comment at this time.
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no equations doesn't mean no math. Equations generally do a pretty poor job in explaining things. I'd much rather read an article containing "because acceleration is inversely proportional to mass" than one containing "because F=ma"
That's interesting, I would much rather read "the black body specific intensity is given by B_lambda (T) = (2 h c^2 / lambda^5) / [exp(hc / (lambda * kT)) - 1], where lambda is the wavelength, T is the temperature, c is the speed of light, h is Planck's constant (energy divided by frequency for any particle), kT is the temperature in units of energy, and exp(x) = e^x, than "the black body specific intensity is given by twice Planck's constant times the speed of light squared over the wavelength to the fifth power, all over 1 less than e raised to the Planck's constant times C over the wavelength thermal energy power. There's a reason formulas are the language of mathematics and physics. They are concise, easy to parse, and unambiguous. Contrary to your example, it is easy to see scaling relations without having to add the words for what type of proportionality it is (again, there is a symbol for proportionality that lets you write a simple, easy to understand formula for it). Moreover, you can easily manipulate formulas to show something new. Not so with sentences.
You have died. Would you like your possessions identified?
Though I agree with you, you're not giving IE enough credit. If you're behind, you have two choices: stay behind, or get ahead. The latter is preferable. Now, IE might not be ahead of the future releases of Chrome and Firefox (that's a test I like to see) but you can't criticize it for getting better when you don't know how it stacks up to the next releases of other browsers.
No, it's more like making an analogy that doesn't make any sense, then realizing that it's hilarious anyway !
Hilarious!
Google "hopes to release versions for Mac OS X and Linux by the first half of the year". That's the closest thing TFA gives to a date, and Google hardly promises anything. The summary is somewhat misleading.
I live on a mountain range, and one major reason I didn't get an iPhone until 3G was that the normal Edge signal doesn't reach here. 3G works fine, and I find reception to be much better than my old Verizon phone, where I would have to walk around my office looking for the sweet spot.
I like the iPhone's battery life. Especially desirable is the fact that I can fully charge it during the 15 minutes it's plugged into my car on the way to work every morning.
"I call them Sycamore 1 and Sycamore 2--"
"Arthur!"
"I'm just telling you their names!"
America's top spy agency has taken over the former Sony microchip plant and is transforming it into a new data-mining headquarters - oddly positioned directly across the street from a 24-hour Walmart - where billions of electronic communications will be sifted in the agency's mission to identify terrorist threats.
Keep your friends close, and your Walmarts closer.
And that's Apple's fault I suppose?
For those that don't know, FileMaker is owned by apple.
The data suggest to us that the TV habit may offer short-run pleasure at the expense of long-term malaise.
Even those who aren't actively watching television tend to show negative side-effects if a TV is on in the same room. I recall this one study about background TV causing abnormal development in attention spans.
It's sad that a government agency has to resort to deception to achieve its aims, but this isn't the first time, and it won't be the last. However, if Valve is the one pressing charges, then wouldn't it be a civil case? Why is the FBI, which does criminal cases, intervening?
Yeah, that's the part that I don't get.
At what point did her husband take the stupid pill and forgot to take away her options of ruining him?
From TFA:
She also communicates with lightning-fast sign language with her hearing-impaired husband.
Perhaps that has something to do with it? It seems to me that the spouse that can communicate better with other people is more likely to handle financial affairs.
Mandrake, have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water?
I've yet to see him say he is anti-net-neutrality
No, but he did say he was anti-pro-ana-post-modern-eki-eki-pitang-net-neutrality.
After all, how can we be (armchair) scientists without something comfortable to sit in?
I'm not sure about Apple, but IINM you just buy one and plug it in.
If I'm not mad?
Actually, prison populations are a terrible indicator. We just covered the statistics in my philosophy class; a higher percentage of whites do drugs and commit violent crimes than blacks do. And yet, blacks make up 1/3 of the prison population despite making up only 12% of the US population. It just goes to show the prejudice still inherent in our society.
I keep reading that as "Hawking Searching for Africa's Intestines." Seriously, this is the SECOND TIME.
I did not RTFA, but I read the magazine version. The title and summary are somewhat misleading. The robot does not learn from babies, but learns like them. I'm pretty sure no infantile humans were involved in its programming. Also, the Stair 2.0 is the new one the article talks about. The Stair 1.0 is at least two years old.
...Sadly, this new laptop did not place in the One-Laptop Per Child program. In other news, scientists deem that a new rocket that was designed to get to the moon is too massive to leave the Earth's surface. Some experts suggest that it could be used to reposition the Earth and end global warming. NASA was unavailable for comment at this time.