Just because you don't have absolute proof that something isn't true doesn't make it true.
I didn't say it was the truth, I said it was possible and not covered by this evolution of Drake's equation.
He said it was easy to prove it false, which he didn't.
Or, using your quote, just because you don't have absolute proof that something is true, it doesn't make it false.
Saying that a planet should categorically not be considered as a possible small part of a living being, just because we have no proof of Earth being one, doesn't really work.
The equation should (and maybe does) include a clause stating that it only covers life as currently present on our planet (and not even all, at that); which was my first statement.
Obviously, the people on slashdot that get in and out of there case is probably a higher proportion then most people so I can see why some of you wouldn't want one.
Out? What do you mean by out?
The case has a transparent side and ventilation for a reason.
Right, except for that whole "speed of light" thing, puts a real damper on signal propagation between these stellar neurons.
Given the estimated age of the universe, such a nervous system could have gone through *maybe* the equivalent of a month of thought in a biological brain, which isn't much.
You'd be surprised how easy it is to rule out hypotheses like this.
Hey, Moonfruit, the sixties are over. If the planet was an organism it would have gone to the galactic doctor and got something to clear that nasty infection.
It's still soon. The nasty infection only gave him some fever.
Exactly. From the headline/intro, I thought it was about to claim some mechanism for guaranteeing removal of every molecule except H2O, or something like that.
Like a really tiny shark. Blasting away everything that's not a water molecule, with his tiny fricking lasers.
Would it be possible to use collaborative filtering, and meta data provided by xkcd to produce a "These xkcd strips may be obligatory for this article", for sites such as slashdot?
It's an editing problem.
The editor shouldn't have accepted the submission without the obligatory xkcd link.
Hopefully they've detailed somewhere that they're only taking into account the habitability by known possible life forms.
There's no way of knowing whether there's an intelligent life form we've not detected yet, in this very planet. For as much as we know, Earth itself could be a "cell" of a galactic sized life form that has stars as neurons and light as nervous signals.
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Ask the suing organization for the author list and send those authors the following message.
"An organization that has become hostile to our business model includes you in it's represented clients.
Please confirm such affiliation so we can remove your works from our offer.
Thank you."
Seriously. Did they pay the ratings board to write that?
Probably, so I should fight my newly grown strong will to buy it.
Fortunately I'm at work; at home I'd have bought it already.
No, you don't understand the Microsoft philosphy. If they can sell it...they've succeeded. They couldn't sell Bob to anybody.
Ohh, so "Bob" is the state all MS OSs tend to. Some start in a Bobber state, like Vista, and some appear to be Bobless, like XP.
[...]Microsoft's Steve Ballmer mentioned Bob as an example of a situation "... where we decided that we have not succeeded and let's stop".
As opposed to "we have not succeded but let's sell it anyway", I guess.
I don't think anyone willingly uses Windows ME for any useful task anymore.
willingly?
ANYMORE?
Dear God, you live in a happy place.
Attack of the well-grown tomatoes?
I'd watch that.
Just in case of euphemism.
Not only that, but Asimov wrote about this in 1952!
Damn! 1952!
He must have a two digit uid at most!
Just because you don't have absolute proof that something isn't true doesn't make it true.
I didn't say it was the truth, I said it was possible and not covered by this evolution of Drake's equation.
He said it was easy to prove it false, which he didn't.
Or, using your quote, just because you don't have absolute proof that something is true, it doesn't make it false.
Saying that a planet should categorically not be considered as a possible small part of a living being, just because we have no proof of Earth being one, doesn't really work.
The equation should (and maybe does) include a clause stating that it only covers life as currently present on our planet (and not even all, at that); which was my first statement.
Obviously, the people on slashdot that get in and out of there case is probably a higher proportion then most people so I can see why some of you wouldn't want one.
Out? What do you mean by out?
The case has a transparent side and ventilation for a reason.
But if the Earth is a "cell" then Smith was right.. we ARE a virus.
You're doing it wrong.
The line of reasoning should go:
"Smith said we are a virus, adding weight to the hypotesis of Earth being a 'cell'."
There's no need to explain the ever truthness of Smith.
I suppose most people write fast enough to allow sentence captchas already.
Right, except for that whole "speed of light" thing, puts a real damper on signal propagation between these stellar neurons.
Given the estimated age of the universe, such a nervous system could have gone through *maybe* the equivalent of a month of thought in a biological brain, which isn't much.
You'd be surprised how easy it is to rule out hypotheses like this.
I'd be surprised indeed.
Will you do it?
Fucking excellent.
stds, not so good.
And he therefore has a rising global temperature, which is the same mechanism the body uses to get rid of infections.
Yes. That was, indeed, the joke.
Hey, Moonfruit, the sixties are over. If the planet was an organism it would have gone to the galactic doctor and got something to clear that nasty infection.
It's still soon. The nasty infection only gave him some fever.
Exactly. From the headline/intro, I thought it was about to claim some mechanism for guaranteeing removal of every molecule except H2O, or something like that.
Like a really tiny shark. Blasting away everything that's not a water molecule, with his tiny fricking lasers.
How does checking for iodine and silver check for water safety?
1 - put enough iodine and silver to kill everything.
2 - Test if you put too much iodine.
Would it be possible to use collaborative filtering, and meta data provided by xkcd to produce a "These xkcd strips may be obligatory for this article",
for sites such as slashdot?
It's an editing problem.
The editor shouldn't have accepted the submission without the obligatory xkcd link.
I talked to an intelligent alien* on the phone yesterday -- he was looking for his ex-wife, who's been living with me lately.
I'm interested in your services and would like to know more. Please elaborate:
- How long was the ex-wife's stay?
- How much do you charge per ex-wife?
You just need:
- a shock proof portable with sturdy steel corners.
- a long "anti steal" portable chain.
- formal training in medieval combat.
Hopefully they've detailed somewhere that they're only taking into account the habitability by known possible life forms.
There's no way of knowing whether there's an intelligent life form we've not detected yet, in this very planet. For as much as we know, Earth itself could be a "cell" of a galactic sized life form that has stars as neurons and light as nervous signals.
'As a company, we knew we had to evolve ... to expand [our] audience ... and to get a much wider female audience.'
OMG! Ponies MMO!
Nonono, it's "wider female, audience" not "wider, female audience".
So, OMG! Full blown shire horses! XMMO.
its hellokitty island adventure with a different skin
Pure marketing. It'll never reach the degree of complexity and required skill you could have in HK:IA.
I'm talking about before the Breach brought the dark avatars and the kawaru fell upon the land, of course.
Well, I guess I'm a dumbass, then.
Look at the bright side. Now you can start your own branch of philosophical skepticism.
I've been thinking of something like this factory, on a boat equipped with fishing nets processing the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
The technology uses infra-red energy to remove hydrocarbons from plastic without the use of a catalyst,
Not boats. Sharks.
With friking infra-red energy emitters.