Non-ionizing? So what? That just means it isn't ionizing radiation, which we know to be terrible for you. Non-ionizing radiation absolutely still has the potential to be harmful.
EFI and UEFI are both a form of BIOS. BIOS is not "BIOS" unless you're on an old IBM PC.
Compaq stole BIOS from IBM and basically revolutionized the industry. No, Compaq did NOT develop a compatible implementation in a clean room scenario. No fucking way. Yes, I know they won in court. No, I'll still never believe that load of horse shit.
The BIOS you have today is not IBM's BIOS, but a basic input/output system used for low level setup, hardware initialization, etc. EFI and UEFI are simply modern versions of that (that are typically fucking trash).
Because they ALSO want HBO on the TeeVee, through the shitty box they're familiar with.
Typically, getting HBO through your cable provider ALSO gives you HBO Now. You go to HBO's site, sign in via a redirect to your cable provider, then get kicked back to HBO with a cookie that lets you in.
But hey - complaints about trickle down economics are just "whataboutism"! When another country points to US emissions, that's "whataboutism"!! When someone points to some terrible thing you're doing, just scream "WHATABOUTISM!!!" to totally deflect! It works every time!
It's not about disproving it, it's about pointing out that this guy should put his money where his mouth is, instead of trying to tell OTHER PEOPLE what to do.
I remember when I used to get IEEE Spectrum mailed to me.
I don't know why they started doing that or how they got my address. I don't know why they stopped. All I remember is getting it and tossing it in the trash every single time.
Are you stupid? The vertical portion is a column filled with Lithium-based batteries. It would be trivial to cause them to explode. Oh, sorry, I mean "experience thermal runaway, with ejecta and flaming report".
You're a moron. I see it every day here now that some asshat as decided that placing and recharging BIRD scooters in my area was going to be his "side hustle".
The scooters are lined up in the sidewalk in the morning, 3-5 wide, blocking the ramp a person in a wheelchair would need to use to cross the street. in many cases, they outright block the entirety of the narrow sidewalk. I've said it before and I'll said it again: If I see one of these in my way when I'm walking, it's going into the nearest dumpster.
That is a translation. The original name in Americanese sounded better: "Hundred Foot Telescope".
You totally missed a chance to make fun of people who use too many significant digits. How about "The 96 foot 5 and 3/32 inch Telescope".
Significant figures don't come into play when you're doing a conversion! Conversions are to be done exactly, you fools! An inch is defined as EXACTLY 2.54 centimeters.
If you're properly applying significant figures the recommended, "scientific" way, during a conversion to feet and inches you get this: 30 meters 100 centimeters per meter 2.54 centimeters per inch (the definition) 12 inches per foot
The lowest precision there is 1 significant figure (30 and 100), so you need to do:
(3 * 10^1 meters) * (1 * 10^2 centimeters per meter) / (3 * 10^0 centimeters per inch) / (1 * 10^1 inches per feet) = 1 * 10^2 feet.
Note that we ended up with a round number and no need for inches. What happens if we want to convert to just feet instead of feet and inches?
30 meters.3048 meters per foot (the definition)
The lowest precision there is 1 significant figure (30), so you need to do:
Clearly, 30 meters is 100 feet, and after thinking about significant figures, we know the measurement is somewhere in the range of [50, 150) feet!
The CORRECT way to do a conversion is to do conversion calculations at exact precision, whenever possible.
30 meters.3048 meters per foot (the definition)
The lowest precision there is 1 significant figure (30), but we're doing things correctly here, and we keep the precision for the terms involving conversion:
(3 * 10^1 meters) / (3.048 * 10^-1 meters per foot) = 98.42519685039370078740157480315 feet. Round that out to whatever you want. If you care about being remotely correct, use at least as many figures as the highest-precision conversion step, plus one. For this, that means 5 figures, for 98.425 feet.
Why? If you're assuming 30 meters means something in the range of [29.5, 30.5) meters as following "significant figures" tells you, then the value in feet is in the range [96.78477690288713910761154855643, 100.06561679790026246719160104987). Calling it 100 feet is extreme bias (and in many cases you can end up outside the bounds of the actual range). And when someone else touches that using "significant figures" (or you do so yourself later), you end up actually treating that 100 feet as a value in the range of [50,150) feet. These errors can cascade and throw you wildly off course!
The bottom line is that significant figures are to be applied only to MEASUREMENTS to account for the lack of accuracy/precision in an instrument. Using them for anything else is just wild rounding and estimation.
Then they designed it poorly. And if you can refill it, it can readjust its orbit.
I'd wager the cost of a refueling mission would be well worth it. The value of completing such an exercise would be far greater than the value the telescope itself provides.
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3 out of 4 didn't have to be asked.
Damn, u dumb.
Non-ionizing? So what? That just means it isn't ionizing radiation, which we know to be terrible for you.
Non-ionizing radiation absolutely still has the potential to be harmful.
EFI and UEFI are both a form of BIOS. BIOS is not "BIOS" unless you're on an old IBM PC.
Compaq stole BIOS from IBM and basically revolutionized the industry. No, Compaq did NOT develop a compatible implementation in a clean room scenario. No fucking way. Yes, I know they won in court. No, I'll still never believe that load of horse shit.
The BIOS you have today is not IBM's BIOS, but a basic input/output system used for low level setup, hardware initialization, etc. EFI and UEFI are simply modern versions of that (that are typically fucking trash).
If people had morals or spines, they'd leave in large numbers and Google, Facebook, etc. would crumble overnight.
Actually, no. They've always had enough parts. Do you really believe they suddenly found a long lost trove of ancient Apple parts?
Sure, you start with your money.
Because they ALSO want HBO on the TeeVee, through the shitty box they're familiar with.
Typically, getting HBO through your cable provider ALSO gives you HBO Now. You go to HBO's site, sign in via a redirect to your cable provider, then get kicked back to HBO with a cookie that lets you in.
Yup. See! We offer repair services now! Oh, but the parts are unavailable, sorry.
Also known as: Hypocrisy, lies, and manipulation.
But hey - complaints about trickle down economics are just "whataboutism"! When another country points to US emissions, that's "whataboutism"!! When someone points to some terrible thing you're doing, just scream "WHATABOUTISM!!!" to totally deflect! It works every time!
It's not about disproving it, it's about pointing out that this guy should put his money where his mouth is, instead of trying to tell OTHER PEOPLE what to do.
Thanks, I do have it figured out.
And what is the square footage of Mr. Allan's home? What size lot is it on? How many vehicles does he own? How many spawn has he produced?
If the science is settled, I guess it's time to stop all funding into it, right?
Can you please explain? You keep posting this shit. I want to know why.
I remember when I used to get IEEE Spectrum mailed to me.
I don't know why they started doing that or how they got my address. I don't know why they stopped. All I remember is getting it and tossing it in the trash every single time.
Do you want to get on a list? That's how you get on a list.
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Beyond that, they're motorized and not a medical device such as a wheel chair, Rascal, etc. You can't use motorized shit on the sidewalks.
Are you stupid? The vertical portion is a column filled with Lithium-based batteries. It would be trivial to cause them to explode. Oh, sorry, I mean "experience thermal runaway, with ejecta and flaming report".
You're a moron. I see it every day here now that some asshat as decided that placing and recharging BIRD scooters in my area was going to be his "side hustle".
The scooters are lined up in the sidewalk in the morning, 3-5 wide, blocking the ramp a person in a wheelchair would need to use to cross the street. in many cases, they outright block the entirety of the narrow sidewalk. I've said it before and I'll said it again: If I see one of these in my way when I'm walking, it's going into the nearest dumpster.
That is a translation. The original name in Americanese sounded better: "Hundred Foot Telescope".
You totally missed a chance to make fun of people who use too many significant digits. How about "The 96 foot 5 and 3/32 inch Telescope".
Significant figures don't come into play when you're doing a conversion! Conversions are to be done exactly, you fools! An inch is defined as EXACTLY 2.54 centimeters.
If you're properly applying significant figures the recommended, "scientific" way, during a conversion to feet and inches you get this:
30 meters
100 centimeters per meter
2.54 centimeters per inch (the definition)
12 inches per foot
The lowest precision there is 1 significant figure (30 and 100), so you need to do:
(3 * 10^1 meters) * (1 * 10^2 centimeters per meter) / (3 * 10^0 centimeters per inch) / (1 * 10^1 inches per feet) = 1 * 10^2 feet.
Note that we ended up with a round number and no need for inches. What happens if we want to convert to just feet instead of feet and inches?
30 meters .3048 meters per foot (the definition)
The lowest precision there is 1 significant figure (30), so you need to do:
(3 * 10^1 meters) / (3 * 10^-1 meters per foot) = 1 * 10^2 feet again!
Clearly, 30 meters is 100 feet, and after thinking about significant figures, we know the measurement is somewhere in the range of [50, 150) feet!
The CORRECT way to do a conversion is to do conversion calculations at exact precision, whenever possible.
30 meters .3048 meters per foot (the definition)
The lowest precision there is 1 significant figure (30), but we're doing things correctly here, and we keep the precision for the terms involving conversion:
(3 * 10^1 meters) / (3.048 * 10^-1 meters per foot) = 98.42519685039370078740157480315 feet.
Round that out to whatever you want. If you care about being remotely correct, use at least as many figures as the highest-precision conversion step, plus one. For this, that means 5 figures, for 98.425 feet.
Why? If you're assuming 30 meters means something in the range of [29.5, 30.5) meters as following "significant figures" tells you, then the value in feet is in the range [96.78477690288713910761154855643, 100.06561679790026246719160104987). Calling it 100 feet is extreme bias (and in many cases you can end up outside the bounds of the actual range). And when someone else touches that using "significant figures" (or you do so yourself later), you end up actually treating that 100 feet as a value in the range of [50,150) feet. These errors can cascade and throw you wildly off course!
The bottom line is that significant figures are to be applied only to MEASUREMENTS to account for the lack of accuracy/precision in an instrument. Using them for anything else is just wild rounding and estimation.
The fastest we have even sent an object is 0.000135% the speed of light.
The fastest probe we have ever sent goes 0.023% the speed of light.
So which is it?
The fastest probe we have ever sent goes 0.023% the speed of light.
The fastest we have even sent an object is 0.000135% the speed of light.
So which is it?
Solar tacking, duh.
Then they designed it poorly. And if you can refill it, it can readjust its orbit.
I'd wager the cost of a refueling mission would be well worth it. The value of completing such an exercise would be far greater than the value the telescope itself provides.