Since you seem to have stumbled in from the YouTube comment section, I'll do you a solid. This is/., we try to maintain at least a veneer of civility around here. Don't sully the good name of Anonymous Coward.
Yeah, he kind of covers that in section 5. No reason for picking his model (other than simplicity), it can't predict new characters, and there's very little data to go off of.
Sure, it's mental masturbation. But developing little toy models like this is still interesting and helps you understand limitations and keep up your skills without working on big, complicated, boring real statistical models. This kind of thing is worth doing for the same reason masturbating is worth doing--it's fun. As long as you don't take it too seriously and start confusing it with actual sex.
If this counts as 'monkey analogs' writing Shakespeare, I should start keeping a list of words I say. Then when any new book comes out, if it can be written using only words I've previously generated, but not necessarily the same order, then I wrote the book.
Only Dr. Seuss will be safe from my litigation.
Figrin D'an and the Modal Notes. Imagining walking down the aisle to the dulcet tones of the Kloo horn brings tears to my eyes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figrin_D'an
I'm sure you understand that it is very unlikely that you will succumb to the same virus again, so I presume your worry is for other people who may come in contact with your laptop. You seem to have contracted a serious case of compassion for other humans. This is a very serious disease, especially if, as I assume, you work in the business world. Watch TV for a couple of hours, try to feel like America does towards 3rd world countries, and you should be cured.
Its great to see so many ideas of how the moon could be used for scientific purposes, but the depressing reality is that, when the moon's surface is divvied out, the same thing will happen to it that has happened to all prospective territories. It will be sold to the highest bidder to do with what he or she pleases, which most likely consists of mining the hell out of it, selling it to the not-quite-as-rich-but-still-pretty-damn-wealthy for their entertainment, and generally not using it to its fullest potential. And yes, I understand that there are roadblocks that prevent the moon from being sold, but, looking at the sorry state of certian governments that would stake claim to it, for how much longer will that be the case?
Beaming a Beatles song into space would probably be more interesting to the average person than actually doing something productive. The problem isn't with NASA's crappy projects, the problem is that there aren't enough people in the US who still give a damn about science. *cough that suspiciously sounds like "President Bush"*
After the games are over, the Chinese plan to use their technology to cause massive droughts in North America, eventually causing our submission to the supreme red army. I for one welcome our new Chinese weather-manipulating overlords.
I'm anxiously awaiting the NASA Arts and Crafts division. I'm onboard for sending macaroni collages to seach for life on Mars. And I'm hearing preliminary reports that pine cone Christmas ornaments will be replacing the Hubble telescope.
But keep in mind that if you're a doctor you're obligated to stop and provide help and the good samaritan laws generally don't apply because you've had sufficient medical training.
If there's even a small chance that you will ever want to see this movie, see it in theaters! Unless you have a sound system so good that it sets off seismometers, you won't have the same experience at home.
Yes, the camera can be slightly disorienting, but the choice to film it from that point of view gives them so many amazing angles and effects that you would never imagine. There is no way the movie could have been better with a conventional setup.
Finally, as someone before me mentioned, the Star Trek trailer was reason enough to see this.
I asked people in my bio class what they thought of eating cloned animals and they overwhelmingly agreed that not only that cloning is wrong, but also that eating cloned animals will lead to genetic mutations and or 'cloning by association'. Granted I am in a school in rhinestone buckle of the bible belt, but students -bio students no less- should know, same DNA, same RNA, same RNA same protiens.
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Since you seem to have stumbled in from the YouTube comment section, I'll do you a solid. This is /., we try to maintain at least a veneer of civility around here. Don't sully the good name of Anonymous Coward.
Yeah, he kind of covers that in section 5. No reason for picking his model (other than simplicity), it can't predict new characters, and there's very little data to go off of.
Sure, it's mental masturbation. But developing little toy models like this is still interesting and helps you understand limitations and keep up your skills without working on big, complicated, boring real statistical models. This kind of thing is worth doing for the same reason masturbating is worth doing--it's fun. As long as you don't take it too seriously and start confusing it with actual sex.
If this counts as 'monkey analogs' writing Shakespeare, I should start keeping a list of words I say. Then when any new book comes out, if it can be written using only words I've previously generated, but not necessarily the same order, then I wrote the book. Only Dr. Seuss will be safe from my litigation.
Figrin D'an and the Modal Notes. Imagining walking down the aisle to the dulcet tones of the Kloo horn brings tears to my eyes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figrin_D'an
I'm sure you understand that it is very unlikely that you will succumb to the same virus again, so I presume your worry is for other people who may come in contact with your laptop. You seem to have contracted a serious case of compassion for other humans. This is a very serious disease, especially if, as I assume, you work in the business world. Watch TV for a couple of hours, try to feel like America does towards 3rd world countries, and you should be cured.
Its great to see so many ideas of how the moon could be used for scientific purposes, but the depressing reality is that, when the moon's surface is divvied out, the same thing will happen to it that has happened to all prospective territories. It will be sold to the highest bidder to do with what he or she pleases, which most likely consists of mining the hell out of it, selling it to the not-quite-as-rich-but-still-pretty-damn-wealthy for their entertainment, and generally not using it to its fullest potential. And yes, I understand that there are roadblocks that prevent the moon from being sold, but, looking at the sorry state of certian governments that would stake claim to it, for how much longer will that be the case?
You'd have to be pretty dense to break a perfectly good Game Boy by smashing it into your head, and I'm not talking about g/cm^3
Now all the crazy evangelicals will be saying that scientists think we all came from ice cubes.
Beaming a Beatles song into space would probably be more interesting to the average person than actually doing something productive. The problem isn't with NASA's crappy projects, the problem is that there aren't enough people in the US who still give a damn about science. *cough that suspiciously sounds like "President Bush"*
After the games are over, the Chinese plan to use their technology to cause massive droughts in North America, eventually causing our submission to the supreme red army. I for one welcome our new Chinese weather-manipulating overlords.
I'm anxiously awaiting the NASA Arts and Crafts division. I'm onboard for sending macaroni collages to seach for life on Mars. And I'm hearing preliminary reports that pine cone Christmas ornaments will be replacing the Hubble telescope.
If you think this is scary, try to imagine all the things that we don't know about.
But keep in mind that if you're a doctor you're obligated to stop and provide help and the good samaritan laws generally don't apply because you've had sufficient medical training.
If there's even a small chance that you will ever want to see this movie, see it in theaters! Unless you have a sound system so good that it sets off seismometers, you won't have the same experience at home. Yes, the camera can be slightly disorienting, but the choice to film it from that point of view gives them so many amazing angles and effects that you would never imagine. There is no way the movie could have been better with a conventional setup. Finally, as someone before me mentioned, the Star Trek trailer was reason enough to see this.
I only hope Alexander Yalt isn't involved. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6D1YI-41ao/
This makes me glad that I can't afford one. Or at least it makes me less envious of the people that can. No, wait. I'm still pretty damn jealous.
I asked people in my bio class what they thought of eating cloned animals and they overwhelmingly agreed that not only that cloning is wrong, but also that eating cloned animals will lead to genetic mutations and or 'cloning by association'. Granted I am in a school in rhinestone buckle of the bible belt, but students -bio students no less- should know, same DNA, same RNA, same RNA same protiens.