They don't even know how it works! Cue ominous music...
So, how about that for borrowing work? Rely on biological optimizations that have undergone hundreds of millions of generations with billions of test configurations!
In general, I don't see that this can generally be applied to CS, due to the implicitly parallel nature of biology, but I guess this case must not be too bad.
At any rate, TFA is fairly interesting - even the wired report is fairly informative.
Physical insight on the process may be gained by imagining that particle-antiparticle radiation is emitted from just beyond the event horizon. This radiation does not come directly from the black hole itself, but rather is a result of virtual particles being "boosted" by the black hole's gravitation into becoming real particles.
A slightly more precise, but still much simplified, view of the process is that vacuum fluctuations cause a particle-antiparticle pair to appear close to the event horizon of a black hole. One of the pair falls into the black hole whilst the other escapes. In order to preserve total energy, the particle that fell into the black hole must have had a negative energy (with respect to an observer far away from the black hole). By this process, the black hole loses mass, and, to an outside observer, it would appear that the black hole has just emitted a particle. In reality, the process is a quantum tunneling effect, whereby particle-antiparticle pairs will form from the vacuum, and one will tunnel outside the event horizon.
I'm not exactly sure how 'preserving total energy' works in this context, but I think I'll trust Hawking on that one.
The primary reason 200g of flour has greater mass than 200g of rice is because it's moving faster. The faster things move, the more important they are. For example, suppose you are receiving a fistful of flour to the face. It's moving faster, relative to you, hence it's more important - and relative importance is directly related to mass.
This is the real reason that so many people are fat - it's far easier to achieve than moving faster.
Unfortunately, similar reasoning seams to take place in the brains of many politicians. Unfortunately, while bloat and speed have similar effects on importance, one is generally preferable.
You don't happen to have that bad drive around do you?
I'm in the market for a bad sata ssd or two.
As an aside, I suspect a fair number of people are. Specifically, just about anyone using ZFS can hook up a 'bad' ssd as a read cache. Cached data is checksummed before being used, so unless there are performance issues, it's all good.
Levy also ruled that the RIAA, which has sued 30,000 individuals, was not a vexatious litigant, shooting down Beckerman’s counter-complaint against his courtroom opponents.
As is not unusual, the editors seem to have missed the fact that NewYorkCountryLawyer is not a litigant - though they are correct in stating that the complaints against him have been dropped.
And I don't know in what kind of caves you people live, but virtually all my electronics get plenty of direct sunlight, minus the UV the windows filter.
Just a guess, but I'd have to say - mostly padded ones?
Such things could be pulled off, yes. As to how dangerous they would be, I seriously doubt that they classify on the 'WMD' scale.
Plus, WMD's can't possibly work, at least according to my understanding of the laws of physics. Well, unless it's also a WEC - depending on your definition of Energy, I suppose...
A look at the energy storage option was very interesting - One side effect is the generation of an extremely large magnetic field:
"The biggest concern with SMES, beyond possible accidents such as a break in the containment of liquid nitrogen, is the very large magnetic fields that would be created by a commercial installation, which would dwarf the magnetic field of the Earth."
If this is the case, even a small installation could be extremely good from a health standpoint, especially in the context of colonization. Though they would still be without the protective effects of the atmosphere, they would probably be protected from a significant amount of radiation.
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800x480 is pretty close to a good phone's resolution...
Only if you get him on the first try!
Believe me, it's kind of hard - and the hardest part can be knowing if you actually hit it.
I don't know where you learned the meaning of compliment, but I am in awe.
They don't even know how it works! Cue ominous music...
So, how about that for borrowing work? Rely on biological optimizations that have undergone hundreds of millions of generations with billions of test configurations!
In general, I don't see that this can generally be applied to CS, due to the implicitly parallel nature of biology, but I guess this case must not be too bad.
At any rate, TFA is fairly interesting - even the wired report is fairly informative.
Wouldn't there be equal odds of the photon entering the black hole as the anti-photon? If so, wouldn't the mass remain constant?
My understanding is that black holes do lose mass, but I'm just not quite sure how it really works...
Ok, according to a quick look on wikipedia
Physical insight on the process may be gained by imagining that particle-antiparticle radiation is emitted from just beyond the event horizon. This radiation does not come directly from the black hole itself, but rather is a result of virtual particles being "boosted" by the black hole's gravitation into becoming real particles.
A slightly more precise, but still much simplified, view of the process is that vacuum fluctuations cause a particle-antiparticle pair to appear close to the event horizon of a black hole. One of the pair falls into the black hole whilst the other escapes. In order to preserve total energy, the particle that fell into the black hole must have had a negative energy (with respect to an observer far away from the black hole). By this process, the black hole loses mass, and, to an outside observer, it would appear that the black hole has just emitted a particle. In reality, the process is a quantum tunneling effect, whereby particle-antiparticle pairs will form from the vacuum, and one will tunnel outside the event horizon.
I'm not exactly sure how 'preserving total energy' works in this context, but I think I'll trust Hawking on that one.
Pedant.
No, no, you've got it all wrong!
The primary reason 200g of flour has greater mass than 200g of rice is because it's moving faster. The faster things move, the more important they are. For example, suppose you are receiving a fistful of flour to the face. It's moving faster, relative to you, hence it's more important - and relative importance is directly related to mass.
This is the real reason that so many people are fat - it's far easier to achieve than moving faster.
Unfortunately, similar reasoning seams to take place in the brains of many politicians. Unfortunately, while bloat and speed have similar effects on importance, one is generally preferable.
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
Take a look at the mirrors - it's up, but the site doesn't yet reflect it.
http://mirror.its.uidaho.edu/pub/ubuntu-releases/9.10/
In related news, Chuck Norris has been banned from all Airlines.
Officials stated that "... Well, obviously he's a weapon. I mean, would you want to travel with a nuclear weapon your airliner?"
It remains to be seen how they intend on /stopping/ Chuck Norris from boarding a plane.
Chuck's only comment on the matter was "why would I need a plane to fly?"
We agree.
You don't happen to have that bad drive around do you?
I'm in the market for a bad sata ssd or two.
As an aside, I suspect a fair number of people are. Specifically, just about anyone using ZFS can hook up a 'bad' ssd as a read cache. Cached data is checksummed before being used, so unless there are performance issues, it's all good.
How about hybrid zfs?
Having a high performance SSD cache for your data seems extremely nice - especially considering the small working set for most consumers.
Think 'readyboost on steroids.' No thumb drive can /touch/ SATA II speeds.
That's just crazy talk. Everybody knows that you can't /really/ fly. They just do it in movies and stuff to speed up plot...
Oh, and the Hindenburg was just some aliens crash landing. Because they can't fly, you know.
On a more serious note, it's probably easier to get a hold of a helicopter than a suitable airship, but who knows? I've never tried.
Regardless, it would seem that NASA thought so - though that is very much debatable considering the status of manned spaceflight...
And what happens if you miss and hit the balloon?
Balloons are a lot more susceptible to lasers than helicopters (or so I hear...)
Oh, man... corrected by the expert himself...
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/Rule11.htm
So, a Rule 11 motion simply means that the opponent may be sanctioned for breaking any other rule, if deemed appropriate, correct?
If so, what exactly was the sanction for, and if it goes through, what implications might it have outside of this case?
Oh, going and doing some independent research, huh? Well, umm... thanks ;)
For those who dared not taint their eyes with a quote from TFA, I will further clarify: NewYorkCountryLawyer was not accused of being vexatious.
Also, my statement that the complaints against him were dropped is not entirely accurate, as the judge dismissed both sides' complaints.
Levy also ruled that the RIAA, which has sued 30,000 individuals, was not a vexatious litigant, shooting down Beckerman’s counter-complaint against his courtroom opponents.
As is not unusual, the editors seem to have missed the fact that NewYorkCountryLawyer is not a litigant - though they are correct in stating that the complaints against him have been dropped.
And I don't know in what kind of caves you people live, but virtually all my electronics get plenty of direct sunlight, minus the UV the windows filter.
Just a guess, but I'd have to say - mostly padded ones?
Every time I hear those words I think of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRUsdQ-rNVk
Maybe in the movies...
You're welcome to determine this experimentally, btw. I think mythbusters did something on this, too.
Such things could be pulled off, yes. As to how dangerous they would be, I seriously doubt that they classify on the 'WMD' scale.
Plus, WMD's can't possibly work, at least according to my understanding of the laws of physics. Well, unless it's also a WEC - depending on your definition of Energy, I suppose...
Speaking of irony...
(I confess, it was me)
Incidentally, this is also about 3x terminal velocity, and about half the speed of sound.
It's no wonder it's enclosed...
A look at the energy storage option was very interesting - One side effect is the generation of an extremely large magnetic field:
"The biggest concern with SMES, beyond possible accidents such as a break in the containment of liquid nitrogen, is the very large magnetic fields that would be created by a commercial installation, which would dwarf the magnetic field of the Earth."
If this is the case, even a small installation could be extremely good from a health standpoint, especially in the context of colonization. Though they would still be without the protective effects of the atmosphere, they would probably be protected from a significant amount of radiation.