At this point, I don't even know why we where clothes while we're out in public. Just think about how many lives could be saved if nobody could hide weapons or anything else illegal under their clothes!
I mean, I hear a lot of counters to slippery-slope being a fallacy. While that might be true, in theory, it sure seems like in practice, it is all around us, especially when it comes to rights that the culture of the day don't find as important (right to privacy and right to bear arms are the big two in NYC).
The sad reality is that studies have shown that only 11 minutes of actual football is played per game. The rest of the time is setting up for plays and the like.
Without all that filler, the whole television game (it would have to take place after the real game) would be a one beer event, where your buddies spend more time getting to your house than watching it, and nobody would have time to finish their first hotdog.
As others have pointed out, the local energy source (a star, solar system, galaxy) is not the only way that baryonic matter is detected from afar. What you are describing in your first paragraph is the MACHO theory ( massive compact halo objects, includes small rocks, dust, gases ), which has been tested and shown to be unlikely, in favor of the WIMP theory (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles).
The reason for this was that the MACHO theory made very specific predictions that could be tested using sensitive instruments, such as gravitational lensing (remember, there is supposed to be enough to dramatically effect the amount of gravity acting on a galaxy) and others (which I won't get in to). This was one of the first and most strongly believed in theories when dark matter was detected, so you can be sure that astronomers fought for it until the evidence against became too overwhelming.
That being said, there are still some astronomers researching MACHOs, since they have been detected, just not in the amount that accounts for the unexplained gravitational effects.
And even in more extreme cases, the boycott causes the Barbara Streisand effect that only brings more business and success to the one being boycotted. We saw this with Chick-fil-a, where a tragic case of bigotry ended up winding up the conserva-fundies into a pro-business rights fervor, turning the incident into an unintentionally genius marketing move, while further exacerbating gender preference tensions.
Sorry for the off topic rant.
As for the meteor shower, I've caught two this past year or so, and both have been spectacular. The last one, I'd never seen so many stars in my life, even compared to growing up in the Florida Panhandle where civilization is scarce. About 20 minutes in, a small herd of deer moved in to watch the show with us (my girlfriend and I). With such magic, definitely something I will attempt again e Tomorrow, weather permitting.
I'm not so sure I agree with the end of tether argument. I spend a lot of time answering Yahoo! Answers questions, and one of the most common ones that I see is 'How can I build a PC that plays well at at med-high settings at good (30-60) fps, for 500-700$?" or some form of that question. I like to think that this is at least somewhat representative of a good portion of the gaming market, young, unemployed, and with parents that aren't willing to drop 1500$+ for a moderate gaming PC.
I regularly have to explain that you can have cheap, powerful, PC, pick any two. I love PC, and while I have consoles, they just aren't my thing. However, I recognize that consoles are the only option for many gamers, as gaming PCs are expensive, require a lot of knowledge and maintenance, are power hungry, and can be extremely frustrating.
And let's be real, mobile phones will never eliminate other gaming markets, especially now that virtual reality is finally progressing again (Oculus Rift, Virtuix Omni, other livingroom VR technologies).
"Since the proteins are recreations, scientists can’t be certain they are exact replicas of the originals. "There is no way to make absolutely certain unless we invent some kind of time machine," Sanchez Ruiz said. "
The specs are pretty good (sans the sapphire glass), but they really should have done a better job explaining if the phone will save consumers money on their cell/data plans. Because other than the dual boot feature (not something I'm even sure I want without lots of BIOS control), I'm not sure what separates this from most Android phones, except for storage capacity (which I've never been restricted by), and battery life (not an issue with my RAZR Maxx).
Obviously, there is some additional flexibility if you are disillusioned with your provider, but I am at least content enough with mine that I don't want to go with the devil I don't know.
Anyone care to explain advantages to an average Joe (probably the biggest smartphone market audience) like me?
Yea, from the article 'were caused by woeful project scope definition' problem #1 with all poor performing and failed contracts. If they don't know what they want, or can convey what they want, then they shouldn't be asking for the lowest bidder on it. This is a common theme coming from governments to contractors.
90% of the blame goes to the ones making the request.
I mean, besides it being much more difficult to change some settings like the startup splash and login screens and inability to turn off touch pad click without administration rights, there is the incredibly annoying UI flow to do something as simple as shutting down (are you Sure?, are you sure?, are you sure?), there is the whole needing to upgrade two generations of hardware to get the same performance from the same game on the same settings in W7 over XP. That, and you still have the major problems (like that idiotic registry and disk fragmentation) from XP.
There are many reasons why users wouldn't want to switch, and nothing to do with stubbornness.
I would agree with this. Something else that tends to happen (super unsubstantiated blanket anecdote) is that people tend to drink more hard liquor in the cold, because it warms the body (feeling). That also increases rates of domestic violence and rape.
I am also growing weary of all the doom saying. I acknowledge that AGW is a serious problem that needs to be solved ASAP, but there are also many positive benefits to a warmer climate (such as extended growing seasons in the world's breadbasket zones, and expanded growing areas as warm moves to higher latitudes), but these things seem very un-PC for the scientific (and Slashdot) to talk about.
I'm sure it is a lot harder to find matching parts and know what the cockpit looks like and what features it has... when those things are likely secrets, if not classified.
I think the problem is even simpler. I can't walk into any grocer chain, specialty chain (Trader Joes, Whole Foods), or local grocer and purchase insects for consumption.
That is the biggest hurdle facing many Americans. As a food source, insects aren't easy or convenient to obtain.
That is a pretty big claim coming from someone who didn't offer realistic or practical solutions given how politics of work in the U.S. and everywhere else. It is almost as if you wanted to America-bash without having much of an idea of what you are talking about.
If you are any smarter than the Americans, let's see an idea that could be written on a piece of paper and pass both houses within a few weeks. Because otherwise, there aren't many options other than violent overthrow, at which point it could be said that America is really no better primed for that than any other developed country.
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Good thing they invented Redbull
We (the people) gave them a little power, and they grossly over stepped the bounds.
Thank God Snowden exposed the NSA programs so that now they are finally being scrutinized.
The question left is, what are we(the people) going to do about it?
I vote for dissolving the NSA and DoHS.
In my state (VA) all companies are legally required to give several weeks notice to those being laid off.
Just means depreciation will be worse, and resale value will be lower when the next buyer expects to fork out boatloads for new batteries.
It is also well known that those that think about crime a lot commit the most crimes.
I think we should start frisking police officers and politicians.
At this point, I don't even know why we where clothes while we're out in public. Just think about how many lives could be saved if nobody could hide weapons or anything else illegal under their clothes!
I mean, I hear a lot of counters to slippery-slope being a fallacy. While that might be true, in theory, it sure seems like in practice, it is all around us, especially when it comes to rights that the culture of the day don't find as important (right to privacy and right to bear arms are the big two in NYC).
I want to point out that this isn't limited to football, just football is the best example.
The sad reality is that studies have shown that only 11 minutes of actual football is played per game. The rest of the time is setting up for plays and the like.
Without all that filler, the whole television game (it would have to take place after the real game) would be a one beer event, where your buddies spend more time getting to your house than watching it, and nobody would have time to finish their first hotdog.
As others have pointed out, the local energy source (a star, solar system, galaxy) is not the only way that baryonic matter is detected from afar. What you are describing in your first paragraph is the MACHO theory ( massive compact halo objects, includes small rocks, dust, gases ), which has been tested and shown to be unlikely, in favor of the WIMP theory (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles).
The reason for this was that the MACHO theory made very specific predictions that could be tested using sensitive instruments, such as gravitational lensing (remember, there is supposed to be enough to dramatically effect the amount of gravity acting on a galaxy) and others (which I won't get in to). This was one of the first and most strongly believed in theories when dark matter was detected, so you can be sure that astronomers fought for it until the evidence against became too overwhelming.
That being said, there are still some astronomers researching MACHOs, since they have been detected, just not in the amount that accounts for the unexplained gravitational effects.
And even in more extreme cases, the boycott causes the Barbara Streisand effect that only brings more business and success to the one being boycotted. We saw this with Chick-fil-a, where a tragic case of bigotry ended up winding up the conserva-fundies into a pro-business rights fervor, turning the incident into an unintentionally genius marketing move, while further exacerbating gender preference tensions.
Sorry for the off topic rant.
As for the meteor shower, I've caught two this past year or so, and both have been spectacular. The last one, I'd never seen so many stars in my life, even compared to growing up in the Florida Panhandle where civilization is scarce. About 20 minutes in, a small herd of deer moved in to watch the show with us (my girlfriend and I). With such magic, definitely something I will attempt again e
Tomorrow, weather permitting.
They would probably also get fired.
I'm not so sure I agree with the end of tether argument. I spend a lot of time answering Yahoo! Answers questions, and one of the most common ones that I see is 'How can I build a PC that plays well at at med-high settings at good (30-60) fps, for 500-700$?" or some form of that question. I like to think that this is at least somewhat representative of a good portion of the gaming market, young, unemployed, and with parents that aren't willing to drop 1500$+ for a moderate gaming PC.
I regularly have to explain that you can have cheap, powerful, PC, pick any two. I love PC, and while I have consoles, they just aren't my thing. However, I recognize that consoles are the only option for many gamers, as gaming PCs are expensive, require a lot of knowledge and maintenance, are power hungry, and can be extremely frustrating.
And let's be real, mobile phones will never eliminate other gaming markets, especially now that virtual reality is finally progressing again (Oculus Rift, Virtuix Omni, other livingroom VR technologies).
They do once one of them makes a kickstarter, and another posts a Youtube guide.
"Since the proteins are recreations, scientists can’t be certain they are exact replicas of the originals. "There is no way to make absolutely certain unless we invent some kind of time machine," Sanchez Ruiz said. "
I'm thoroughly underwhelmed by this article.
The specs are pretty good (sans the sapphire glass), but they really should have done a better job explaining if the phone will save consumers money on their cell/data plans. Because other than the dual boot feature (not something I'm even sure I want without lots of BIOS control), I'm not sure what separates this from most Android phones, except for storage capacity (which I've never been restricted by), and battery life (not an issue with my RAZR Maxx).
Obviously, there is some additional flexibility if you are disillusioned with your provider, but I am at least content enough with mine that I don't want to go with the devil I don't know.
Anyone care to explain advantages to an average Joe (probably the biggest smartphone market audience) like me?
Yea, from the article 'were caused by woeful project scope definition' problem #1 with all poor performing and failed contracts. If they don't know what they want, or can convey what they want, then they shouldn't be asking for the lowest bidder on it. This is a common theme coming from governments to contractors.
90% of the blame goes to the ones making the request.
I mean, besides it being much more difficult to change some settings like the startup splash and login screens and inability to turn off touch pad click without administration rights, there is the incredibly annoying UI flow to do something as simple as shutting down (are you Sure?, are you sure?, are you sure?), there is the whole needing to upgrade two generations of hardware to get the same performance from the same game on the same settings in W7 over XP. That, and you still have the major problems (like that idiotic registry and disk fragmentation) from XP.
There are many reasons why users wouldn't want to switch, and nothing to do with stubbornness.
Maybe, but 1$/GB is nearly as cheap as the cheapest SSDs, and cheaper than many high end SSDs.
Typically, sociopaths don't feel guilt, so what makes you think they would try to repay, rather than continue what they were doing?
Quaint, but any rich personal will tell you, connections are more valuable than money.
I would agree with this. Something else that tends to happen (super unsubstantiated blanket anecdote) is that people tend to drink more hard liquor in the cold, because it warms the body (feeling). That also increases rates of domestic violence and rape.
I am also growing weary of all the doom saying. I acknowledge that AGW is a serious problem that needs to be solved ASAP, but there are also many positive benefits to a warmer climate (such as extended growing seasons in the world's breadbasket zones, and expanded growing areas as warm moves to higher latitudes), but these things seem very un-PC for the scientific (and Slashdot) to talk about.
I'm sure it is a lot harder to find matching parts and know what the cockpit looks like and what features it has... when those things are likely secrets, if not classified.
You mean a word processor and document suite. Office is one of the worst of many of these, and far from needed.
I think the problem is even simpler. I can't walk into any grocer chain, specialty chain (Trader Joes, Whole Foods), or local grocer and purchase insects for consumption.
That is the biggest hurdle facing many Americans. As a food source, insects aren't easy or convenient to obtain.
That is a pretty big claim coming from someone who didn't offer realistic or practical solutions given how politics of work in the U.S. and everywhere else. It is almost as if you wanted to America-bash without having much of an idea of what you are talking about.
If you are any smarter than the Americans, let's see an idea that could be written on a piece of paper and pass both houses within a few weeks. Because otherwise, there aren't many options other than violent overthrow, at which point it could be said that America is really no better primed for that than any other developed country.