Well, not so sure. Imagine how many houses could have been built with the same amount of money elsewhere... (Yeah, sure, if it wasn't all about annoying his neighbours he wouldn't be doing it at all, I realize that.)
cant pass legislation to protect itself from school shootings
I live in a country where school shootings are, as someone said above, a statistic anomaly and yet, it's not because of laws that protect us from them but because society, as such, does provide much less cause for them. Any law in the world won't be enough. It's much harder than that.
Fuck, every single time you see a story in your own field and realise its utter bullshit, you realise that ALL stories must be fucking bullshit, its just that you cant check up on stuff youre not involved with so easily
Now that's illogic. How would you have inherited your aptitute to fix things from your dad if you weren't down in the basement with him ? Genetically ???
I rather teach my kids basic but sufficient swimming capabilities and spend the rest of our time on something intellectually more challenging like, say, repairing broken stuff. I'll spare my 'useless sports skills' vs. 'being constructive in any way' rant for tomorrow...
Err, I am somewhat impressed that you get away on/. without being flamed into the ground for using 'kW/h'. Of course someone has to be picky, which is me in this case: That unit should read 'kWh' or 'kW*h', which is a correct unit for energy.
Could we please, at least on this site where people are supposed to have at least little better clue of mathematics than the average population, round prices intelligently and not fall for that bloody '99$ is not 100 !" ?!?
I don't think that anyone would use the exact price tag for a laptop of, say, 699$ rather than 700$...
So, this is a 100$ tablet for all practical purposes and now get off my lawn you stupid advertisement goons !
*g* No, it's not balanced by the centrifugal force, since the centrifugal force doesn't exist. If it was balanced, the sum of both forces would be zero and the trajectory of the rocket/satellite/whatever would be straight. Turning means that you must have a force which in turn provides an acceleration which in turn changes the velocity vector. In the case of a circular orbit the velocity vector will only change it's *direction* due to the force, but not it's *value*, since both are at a right angle to eahc other all the time.
The centripetal force to stay in orbit around the earth (and this is also needed for any circular (or curved) movement BTW) is provided by the gravitational pull of the moon/earth, e.g. the gravitational force.
Again, the force is directed towards the center of the (circular) orbit, hence the name centriPETAL.
The centripetal force that is needed for any circular (or curved) movement is provided by the gravitational pull of the moon/earth, e.g. the gravitational force. They are not opposite to each other.
Sadly the tag has vanished from./ quite a long time ago or the editor forgot to put it here today.
Considering how many people foget to switch their phone off every day and how much reception of texts or data packets takes places while it's in their pocket, I've always foud it quite astounding that obviously no plane has aver fallen from the sky and it was still considered being a security risk...
If you depend on driving a car to stay in shape either you are a professional rallye driver or the guy who spends endless time delivering stuff with a crappy old truck on winding backcountry roads. For the rest of us it won't make much of a difference IMHO...
In any event, in any device, in any change, some human needs to be responsible for it. When it comes to my car, that someone can't just be me. When it comes to my sister, it can't be her. It's that simple.
True, wrong, wrong.
I would certainly trust myself with working on a car/plane/boat that I have MY ass in/on rather than anybody else. No one in the whole world does have a better reason to take special care than I do in this case and as an "amateur" I can spend the time and have an extra deep look at everything in general or a thing that has raised my suspicion in one way or another.
And I have certainly seen dangerously bad jobs done on cars by those "professionals"...
>How about the awkward feeling that he googles you just after you talked?
>Is that slightly better?
Yes, it is. He/she is going to get a live impression of me first rather than anything else.
>If there's something bad to learn about you, you're out of luck, no matter when you are googled.
If there is something to learn, knowing me in person firsthand might make a big difference on how this is perceived. This does not have to be the sex offender list, but my profession alone might be enough. If I was a physician, perhaps I don't want to hear people's medical problems immediately. I have been in situations where people told me afterwards that they would have treated me differently if they had known immediately that I was a foreigner. Prejudice against other nationalities and all. Once they realized first that I am a fairly normal person everything was fine all the way through.
Everyone wearing stupid Google glasses, in a dystopian future.
I hope I am not the only one here who would have an awkward feeling if I knew that someone I meet just did at least the equivalent of a Google search on me before we even talk.
Jesus, I'd certainly win the Darwin Award hands down if I died in a vacuum chamber killed by a falling tree that was chopped down by some friend because I couldn't hear him scream "Timber!"...
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At light frequencies we get higher bandwidth than at typical RF frequencies !
Quick ! Let's invent a transparent fiber and build cables fwith them inside !
Well, not so sure. Imagine how many houses could have been built with the same amount of money elsewhere... (Yeah, sure, if it wasn't all about annoying his neighbours he wouldn't be doing it at all, I realize that.)
cant pass legislation to protect itself from school shootings
I live in a country where school shootings are, as someone said above, a statistic anomaly and yet, it's not because of laws that protect us from them but because society, as such, does provide much less cause for them. Any law in the world won't be enough. It's much harder than that.
Looks like I've gotta invent rivers first, or maybe - gasp - take the car to go into Switzerland !
I'd never have thought to really contemplate this as a real option, but now going by ship doesn't seem an antiquated only as it was before.
Fuck, every single time you see a story in your own field and realise its utter bullshit, you realise that ALL stories must be fucking bullshit, its just that you cant check up on stuff youre not involved with so easily
This, a 1000 times.
“Every program attempts to expand until it includes a marketplace/appstore/.... Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which do.”
They serve booze now and keep the crying kiddies away these days. Therefore you are a troll.
Now that's illogic. How would you have inherited your aptitute to fix things from your dad if you weren't down in the basement with him ? Genetically ???
I rather teach my kids basic but sufficient swimming capabilities and spend the rest of our time on something intellectually more challenging like, say, repairing broken stuff. I'll spare my 'useless sports skills' vs. 'being constructive in any way' rant for tomorrow...
Err, I am somewhat impressed that you get away on /. without being flamed into the ground for using 'kW/h'. Of course someone has to be picky, which is me in this case: That unit should read 'kWh' or 'kW*h', which is a correct unit for energy.
Bugger, ThorGod did beat me to this...
Could we please, at least on this site where people are supposed to have at least little better clue of mathematics than the average population, round prices intelligently and not fall for that bloody '99$ is not 100 !" ?!?
I don't think that anyone would use the exact price tag for a laptop of, say, 699$ rather than 700$...
So, this is a 100$ tablet for all practical purposes and now get off my lawn you stupid advertisement goons !
*g* No, it's not balanced by the centrifugal force, since the centrifugal force doesn't exist. If it was balanced, the sum of both forces would be zero and the trajectory of the rocket/satellite/whatever would be straight. Turning means that you must have a force which in turn provides an acceleration which in turn changes the velocity vector. In the case of a circular orbit the velocity vector will only change it's *direction* due to the force, but not it's *value*, since both are at a right angle to eahc other all the time.
Ok, to be a little clearer:
The centripetal force to stay in orbit around the earth (and this is also needed for any circular (or curved) movement BTW) is provided by the gravitational pull of the moon/earth, e.g. the gravitational force.
Again, the force is directed towards the center of the (circular) orbit, hence the name centriPETAL.
You got it almost right.
Centripetal force IS gravity.
The centripetal force that is needed for any circular (or curved) movement is provided by the gravitational pull of the moon/earth, e.g. the gravitational force. They are not opposite to each other.
Sadly the tag has vanished from ./ quite a long time ago or the editor forgot to put it here today.
Considering how many people foget to switch their phone off every day and how much reception of texts or data packets takes places while it's in their pocket, I've always foud it quite astounding that obviously no plane has aver fallen from the sky and it was still considered being a security risk...
That said, social aspects of the issue set aside.
What about moving out of the US of A ? I hear there are other countries with running water now...
If you depend on driving a car to stay in shape either you are a professional rallye driver or the guy who spends endless time delivering stuff with a crappy old truck on winding backcountry roads. For the rest of us it won't make much of a difference IMHO...
In any event, in any device, in any change, some human needs to be responsible for it. When it comes to my car, that someone can't just be me. When it comes to my sister, it can't be her. It's that simple.
True, wrong, wrong.
I would certainly trust myself with working on a car/plane/boat that I have MY ass in/on rather than anybody else. No one in the whole world does have a better reason to take special care than I do in this case and as an "amateur" I can spend the time and have an extra deep look at everything in general or a thing that has raised my suspicion in one way or another.
And I have certainly seen dangerously bad jobs done on cars by those "professionals"...
>Is that slightly better?
Yes, it is. He/she is going to get a live impression of me first rather than anything else.
>If there's something bad to learn about you, you're out of luck, no matter when you are googled.
If there is something to learn, knowing me in person firsthand might make a big difference on how this is perceived. This does not have to be the sex offender list, but my profession alone might be enough. If I was a physician, perhaps I don't want to hear people's medical problems immediately. I have been in situations where people told me afterwards that they would have treated me differently if they had known immediately that I was a foreigner. Prejudice against other nationalities and all. Once they realized first that I am a fairly normal person everything was fine all the way through.
Everyone wearing stupid Google glasses, in a dystopian future.
I hope I am not the only one here who would have an awkward feeling if I knew that someone I meet just did at least the equivalent of a Google search on me before we even talk.
And no, I don't give a fuck about sex offender list crazyness.
I do not want *anybody* to tell me who i should be afraid of or not.
News for nerds at least !
Please don't tell us that you believe this is true for a device that really only contains zeroes...
Jesus, I'd certainly win the Darwin Award hands down if I died in a vacuum chamber killed by a falling tree that was chopped down by some friend because I couldn't hear him scream "Timber!"...