What link exactly? The first one takes to a/. article which openly talks about a "yet another new business experiment"; the second takes to NIN's order form; the third to a techdirt.com article with the title "NIN sells out of 300$ deluxe edition in under two days".
If the music itself is experimental, I'm happy to stand corrected, but the point remains that the focus of article and discussion is clearly about the business experiment and the headline talks about "music experiment" referring to that other non-musical "experiment".
I will give the album a shot, though, Andrew. Thanks.
When I saw the headline in my RSS reader, I thought I was going to find something about daring music being released and, even so, capturing the attention of the audience.
But oh no, the "experiment" in question is on SKUs and price segmentation. It's somewhat wrong that these two things are conflated.
The supermarket in my neighbourhood has been doing some mineral-water experiments: buy three and pay just two, you see.
I do. I had to enter manually the paragraph break in my post above, but I saw it unconfigured already when previewing it. That is, I don't think you need to post to make sure the problem remains.
Soap molecules are not spherical, really. They are more of like a match, with a lipophobic head and a lipophile body. Now, when they help dissolve fat in water, a number of molecules tend to form spheres, leaving the fat inside, This phenomenon has been exploited for ages to, ehm, wash dishes and the like. Also, a more sophisticated version of this idea has also been around for quite some time: liposomes.
The idea behind TFA is using spheres with two halves. Sort of a dipole that may move around under the effect of an electric field (if I got it right).
Actually, the theory of evolution can explain a number of different phenomena, if they share the following three characteristics. A system S is prone to evolve when
1. S is subject to isotropic, incremental changes; that is, S does change sometimes in random, but small ways. This could be because of genetic mutation, in the case of speciation, or maybe molecular recombination for some simpler systems, such as the ones that give rise to life.
2. The environment gives preference to some of these mutated varieties (again, be it species, molecules or wooden boats)
3. There is a principle of replication for the mutated varieties (copy, in the case of boats; reproduction,in the case of species, etc.)
Darwing was interested in the origin of species, but his main insight has much more explanatory power.
I think she means scientists acting as good citizens -embodying the moral duties of a good citizen of the world, that is, in a admittedly metaphorical, but pretty clear sense of the word. Moral duties including, it is to be supposed, contributing to the spread of knowledge and the enlightment of your fellow citizens.
How is this different from gift vouchers in general? Is it because the internet is involved? So, can I patent gift vouchers if they are to be redeemed only in Polinesian straw huts?
I find it truly incredible that someone thinks she has invented the buy-here-redeem-there scheme; even if the "there" in question is the internet. Of course, it's even more incredible that a patent has been granted upon this.
Abusing an information channel, established for other purposes, to deliver information that, eventually, could cause harm to those that established the information channel in the first place (if this is what spam is, I've just made the definition up) is what viruses have been doing with DNA for ever.
I agree. In Barcelona, where I live, the VIP clients of Baja Beach Club have the option of having a chip implanted in their forearm so that they can enter the club without having to stop at the door (not a moment to waste! I have to go dance in my swimming trunks a-right now!) In this case, I think brainlessness rather than geekiness is to blame.
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What link exactly? The first one takes to a /. article which openly talks about a "yet another new business experiment"; the second takes to NIN's order form; the third to a techdirt.com article with the title "NIN sells out of 300$ deluxe edition in under two days".
If the music itself is experimental, I'm happy to stand corrected, but the point remains that the focus of article and discussion is clearly about the business experiment and the headline talks about "music experiment" referring to that other non-musical "experiment".
I will give the album a shot, though, Andrew. Thanks.
When I saw the headline in my RSS reader, I thought I was going to find something about daring music being released and, even so, capturing the attention of the audience. But oh no, the "experiment" in question is on SKUs and price segmentation. It's somewhat wrong that these two things are conflated. The supermarket in my neighbourhood has been doing some mineral-water experiments: buy three and pay just two, you see.
This is what they mean.
I do. I had to enter manually the paragraph break in my post above, but I saw it unconfigured already when previewing it. That is, I don't think you need to post to make sure the problem remains.
Soap molecules are not spherical, really. They are more of like a match, with a lipophobic head and a lipophile body. Now, when they help dissolve fat in water, a number of molecules tend to form spheres, leaving the fat inside, This phenomenon has been exploited for ages to, ehm, wash dishes and the like. Also, a more sophisticated version of this idea has also been around for quite some time: liposomes.
The idea behind TFA is using spheres with two halves. Sort of a dipole that may move around under the effect of an electric field (if I got it right).Actually, the theory of evolution can explain a number of different phenomena, if they share the following three characteristics. A system S is prone to evolve when 1. S is subject to isotropic, incremental changes; that is, S does change sometimes in random, but small ways. This could be because of genetic mutation, in the case of speciation, or maybe molecular recombination for some simpler systems, such as the ones that give rise to life. 2. The environment gives preference to some of these mutated varieties (again, be it species, molecules or wooden boats) 3. There is a principle of replication for the mutated varieties (copy, in the case of boats; reproduction ,in the case of species, etc.)
Darwing was interested in the origin of species, but his main insight has much more explanatory power.
I think she means scientists acting as good citizens -embodying the moral duties of a good citizen of the world, that is, in a admittedly metaphorical, but pretty clear sense of the word. Moral duties including, it is to be supposed, contributing to the spread of knowledge and the enlightment of your fellow citizens.
Actually, the Wikipedia entry for "elephant" is a good example of the great work already done. Anyway.
Wouldn't it be better if citizen-scientists concentrated in improving and expanding wikipedia articles on animals?
You must be about the only one, yes. Twitter is one of the best-known web 2.0 thingies. Not that you are missing anything, mind you.
How is this different from gift vouchers in general? Is it because the internet is involved? So, can I patent gift vouchers if they are to be redeemed only in Polinesian straw huts? I find it truly incredible that someone thinks she has invented the buy-here-redeem-there scheme; even if the "there" in question is the internet. Of course, it's even more incredible that a patent has been granted upon this.
I read somewhere that the e-meter displays a sticker reading "For Religious Use Only", which must be my favourite stupid disclaimer of all times.
Abusing an information channel, established for other purposes, to deliver information that, eventually, could cause harm to those that established the information channel in the first place (if this is what spam is, I've just made the definition up) is what viruses have been doing with DNA for ever.
I agree. In Barcelona, where I live, the VIP clients of Baja Beach Club have the option of having a chip implanted in their forearm so that they can enter the club without having to stop at the door (not a moment to waste! I have to go dance in my swimming trunks a-right now!) In this case, I think brainlessness rather than geekiness is to blame.
Rather, gliders travel in virtue of the laws of reality alone. And at a speed of c/4.