FTA: The result is a system that provides a calming influence over the children, monitors the child continuously, allows the procedure to be performed by less skilled personnel...
As far as I can tell, this thing is for real, and it sounds like a worse idea than the Jump to Conclusions Mat.
What makes you say that? I thoroughly enjoy reading about topics related to biology/biochemistry, and some of the discussions tied to those articles have been hugely informative. Are you referring to how those discussions often devolve into religious debate?
You're talking about the temperature signals from the CMB though. The sensors are designed to detect the B-mode polarization signals, which are supposedly 1 millionth as strong, according to TFA.
IANAP, so the only thing Wikipedia brought up was a cancelled telescope designed to detect B-mode polarization called Clover, so you might be thinking of the gravity wave experiments.
By contrast, the new NIST detectors are designed to measure not only temperature but also the polarization. The B-mode polarization signals may be more than a million times fainter than the temperature signals.
...the colors represent the tiny temperature fluctuations, as in a weather map. Red regions are warmer and blue regions are colder by about 0.0002 degrees.
I might be missing something, but that sounds pretty impressive.
Couple this technology with 3-D glasses and a large monitor or three and you could really start getting immersed in your video games. Maybe I could map certain hand-movements to specific hotkeys in WoW and imitate my shaman stormstriking or earth-shocking.
I think a lot of people feel the way you do on their first character. That's how I was with my first roll. I even looked for guilds that regularly ran Vanilla WoW raids so that I could get all of the story in before starting in on Burning Crusade content.
After not finding any of those guilds on my server, I just continued to level. Once you're at max level, or at least approaching it, you'll probably join a guild with a goal to tackle some end-game content.
Then you realize that your guild needs another tank, so you take it upon yourself to roll one and power-level the shit out of it to get to where you and your friends need it.
-Building tall buildings underground, instead of above.
The idea of being underground in a local emergency situation sounds way worse than being in a building--the simple inability to look out a window at the world around you and get a quick look at the situation unfolding outside would increase the level of panic caused by any such event.
-Requiring high altitudes for all planes, military or civilian, and producing auto-shoot auto-aim turrets around the ciy with no warning shots.
I don't have a lot for this one, but there are a few reasons why an airplane would have to fly at low altitude. Further, auto-shoot/auto-aim/no warning shots sounds like an overreaction bordering on hyperbole to me.
- Include parashoots as standard emergency materials for skyscrapers?
Because people are generally smart in an emergency situation and can be relied upon to operate a parachute safely? What about the training required to safely execute a low-altitude jump from a solid base? What about the giant mess that'd be caused by hundreds of people jumping out of a building in an uncoordinated manner who will wait a split second longer to deploy their parachute and crash into a jumper below? And let's not forget that people are going to overreact--plain and simple, everyone does it, especially in crowds where fear is contagious--and so will execute a dangerous jump for no reason whatsoever.
Seems to me that the overreaction exemplified by people simply evacuating a building is a lot safer than the options you listed.
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Sorry for the extra bold.
FTA: The result is a system that provides a calming influence over the children, monitors the child continuously, allows the procedure to be performed by less skilled personnel...
As far as I can tell, this thing is for real, and it sounds like a worse idea than the Jump to Conclusions Mat.
Why does the cover look like a man's dick again?
What kind of dick would you like it to look like?
Is this the latest in trolling? It's the 2nd time I've seen it today.
-Noah Daniels
Isn't that the former President on 24?
I've shit more shocking things.
Now that's shocking.
In fact, they're very different things. One is murder, the other is not.
So you think being an asshole should become a criminal offense?
Pretty much, yes.
That's horrifying.
But Surak lived in the 4th Century. Sorry, the nerd in me couldn't let that go.
What makes you say that? I thoroughly enjoy reading about topics related to biology/biochemistry, and some of the discussions tied to those articles have been hugely informative. Are you referring to how those discussions often devolve into religious debate?
You're talking about the temperature signals from the CMB though. The sensors are designed to detect the B-mode polarization signals, which are supposedly 1 millionth as strong, according to TFA.
IANAP, so the only thing Wikipedia brought up was a cancelled telescope designed to detect B-mode polarization called Clover, so you might be thinking of the gravity wave experiments.
FTA:
By contrast, the new NIST detectors are designed to measure not only temperature but also the polarization. The B-mode polarization signals may be more than a million times fainter than the temperature signals.
...the colors represent the tiny temperature fluctuations, as in a weather map. Red regions are warmer and blue regions are colder by about 0.0002 degrees.
I might be missing something, but that sounds pretty impressive.
But you're forgetting about the human half of the strain.
Half Human. Half Bird. Half Pig.
Clearly this is all because of Manbirdpig.
This pig/bird/human virus is said to be fairly mild
There is nothing mild about Manbirdpig.
Sure, and just forget about how this guy feels about that. Really insensitive, man.
Uh-oh, someone's got the swine flu.
Except for that part about what absolute power has a tendency to do. And that other part about meeting the new boss...
Couple this technology with 3-D glasses and a large monitor or three and you could really start getting immersed in your video games. Maybe I could map certain hand-movements to specific hotkeys in WoW and imitate my shaman stormstriking or earth-shocking.
Home-made VR, anyone?
I think a lot of people feel the way you do on their first character. That's how I was with my first roll. I even looked for guilds that regularly ran Vanilla WoW raids so that I could get all of the story in before starting in on Burning Crusade content.
After not finding any of those guilds on my server, I just continued to level. Once you're at max level, or at least approaching it, you'll probably join a guild with a goal to tackle some end-game content.
Then you realize that your guild needs another tank, so you take it upon yourself to roll one and power-level the shit out of it to get to where you and your friends need it.
Your priorities just change, is all.
One of my favorite comedians (Daniel Tosh)suggested a post-mortem treasure hunt for his family.
This would be an excellent way of starting that.
I forgot the IRONY tags. My bad.
Thank God. Ignore my post below : /
why don't we instead consider other options:
OK...
-Building tall buildings underground, instead of above.
The idea of being underground in a local emergency situation sounds way worse than being in a building--the simple inability to look out a window at the world around you and get a quick look at the situation unfolding outside would increase the level of panic caused by any such event.
-Requiring high altitudes for all planes, military or civilian, and producing auto-shoot auto-aim turrets around the ciy with no warning shots.
I don't have a lot for this one, but there are a few reasons why an airplane would have to fly at low altitude. Further, auto-shoot/auto-aim/no warning shots sounds like an overreaction bordering on hyperbole to me.
- Include parashoots as standard emergency materials for skyscrapers?
Because people are generally smart in an emergency situation and can be relied upon to operate a parachute safely? What about the training required to safely execute a low-altitude jump from a solid base? What about the giant mess that'd be caused by hundreds of people jumping out of a building in an uncoordinated manner who will wait a split second longer to deploy their parachute and crash into a jumper below? And let's not forget that people are going to overreact--plain and simple, everyone does it, especially in crowds where fear is contagious--and so will execute a dangerous jump for no reason whatsoever.
Seems to me that the overreaction exemplified by people simply evacuating a building is a lot safer than the options you listed.
You saw a commercial for Papa John's last night, didn't you?
I've had it, and I'm here to tell you, it's pretty x-treme.
which doesn't always do much for the rest of us...
in an obvious and immediate way.