I hope this cleaning satellite is a giant wad of bubblegum with a couple of boosters attached to it. It'll just float around getting in the way of the little stuff, all of which will stick to the bubblegum. We all know how well gum picks up little bits of metal like the keys to a jail door, so it should be perfect for satellite debris.
Humans have some limited polarization detection. Besides the already-linked Haidinger's Brush, you can also pick out polarization against the sky, if the sun isn't directly overhead and you know what you're looking for. It's very subtle, but it's there.
Jaffe's most famous game, God of War, was pretty much the definition of near perfect gameplay for its genre,....
Seriously? God of War is the game I cite for having a particularly infuriating and lousy gameplay. After l I hit one of those "walk the planks between ships" bits and managed to fall off the same planks and die about eight times in a row I quit in frustration and refused to touch it again. Maybe the rest of the game is fantastic, but it simply wasn't worth the trouble to keep trying to find out, and if I game isn't worth the trouble of playing, it's a pretty bad game in my book. I can't think of a single other game I've felt that way about in a very long time.
I would assume they put a tail on the sheep mafia and waited for said mafia to pay a visit to sheep who weren't keeping up on their protection money. So I'm still waiting for research that says this putty is good for bones other than the kneecap.
I disagree - but I'm unaware of any way we could come to a conclusion as it is merely the opinion each of us holds about what a whole bunch of people we don't know "really" think.
Wise words. If there was one thing I really wish could be illegal, it's other people telling me how they know what the person they're complaining about *really* thinks (and inevitably it's because that person is stupid, greedy, or willfully hateful -- all of them sometimes true, but not nearly as often as the demonization is applied). It's one thing to understand someone else's argument and simply not agree with them, but it's pretty deplorable to latch on to a gross misrepresentation of their point and conclude they're simply bad people.
Most people struggle to clearly articulate their own thoughts on complicated matters; it's pretty worthless to think you can summarize what's going on in someone else's head, let alone the heads of a large group of people.
It can also heighten awareness of that brand and cause other people to desire it and purchase it later, assuming the knockoff isn't completely defective.
If you believe in a company, that is a sure-fire indication that you should disqualify yourself from buying their stock, because it means you have a biased view.
I keep telling myself this every time I recall getting that $5k profit share in 2000 and briefly considering putting it all in Apple stock, but then decided to do the 'sensible' thing with my first investment account and diversify across a bunch of mutual funds instead.
More likely is passing a law that copyright doesn't apply to political uses of songs, just like political robocalling is exempt from the Do Not Call List. Why solve a problem for everybody when you can just fix it for yourself?
Yeah, but then you have to dance. And you're stuck with a girl who likes dancing, which means you'll probably have to do it more often. I understand that some people like it, but for the life of me I don't understand why.
Thanks for running the numbers. My initial guesses would also have been off by a couple of orders of magnitude. I knew an Earth's mass was pretty insignificant compared to the sun, but 330,000 years go by pretty quickly in galactic standards.
Thanks. I've signed up for Game Theory and also Entrepreneuralism, both subjects I'm a little familiar with, but things I'd like to study more in depth. At 2-4 hours per week, I can probably handle both, if it's closer to 10 like eminencja suggested, I may be in trouble. As long as I'm learning some new things I'll be satisfied, definitely not worried about perfect grades.
Can anybody who's taken one of these courses tell me how much time commitment these things tend to require on a weekly basis? Trying to decide how many of these classes I can reasonably take at the same time without getting overloaded.
... so long as they don't copy the exact setting, composition, lighting and processing of somebody else's photographic work.
Even in that case you can probably get away with it, if you haven't already been to court with that individual over using their original image without their permission.
Good point. This often gets overlooked in slashdot discussions about copyright, which tend to focus on how copyright affects the average consumer, rather than the components that provide protections against commercial competitors.
No kidding. I've been on the interstate and had to dodge a car driving head-on toward me, in the left lane. As it zipped past I caught a glimpse of an old man hunched over the wheel, and three very scared looking woman passengers in the other seats. About a mile later I had to doge a police car also coming down that same lane, chasing after the old man.
Actually, I was wondering what happens when you park, the car compacts itself, and then the cars around you park at normal distances. How do you re-expand your car? Unless you can get in and drive it while it's compacted, you're stuck. Or if everyone else has to park several feet away to give you expansion room, does it really save on parking space?
If I remember right, that's the closing scene (or close) in Pirates of Silicon Valley. Steve up on stage with a gigantic projected image of Bill Gates looming over all, leaving a queasy feeling in the pit of every Apple fan's stomach. Funny how quickly and dramatically everything changed since then.
To be honest, on the Nook it's both issues, when multiple pages are involved. I haven't had the chance to play with an iPad and observe faster page turning, but if they perform a little better in that respect that's interesting news to me.
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Why would the coastal areas be inhospitable?
I hope this cleaning satellite is a giant wad of bubblegum with a couple of boosters attached to it. It'll just float around getting in the way of the little stuff, all of which will stick to the bubblegum. We all know how well gum picks up little bits of metal like the keys to a jail door, so it should be perfect for satellite debris.
Humans have some limited polarization detection. Besides the already-linked Haidinger's Brush, you can also pick out polarization against the sky, if the sun isn't directly overhead and you know what you're looking for. It's very subtle, but it's there.
Jaffe's most famous game, God of War, was pretty much the definition of near perfect gameplay for its genre, ....
Seriously? God of War is the game I cite for having a particularly infuriating and lousy gameplay. After l I hit one of those "walk the planks between ships" bits and managed to fall off the same planks and die about eight times in a row I quit in frustration and refused to touch it again. Maybe the rest of the game is fantastic, but it simply wasn't worth the trouble to keep trying to find out, and if I game isn't worth the trouble of playing, it's a pretty bad game in my book. I can't think of a single other game I've felt that way about in a very long time.
I would assume they put a tail on the sheep mafia and waited for said mafia to pay a visit to sheep who weren't keeping up on their protection money. So I'm still waiting for research that says this putty is good for bones other than the kneecap.
I would hope there's at least a hint of humorous irony to that statement.
I read 'pinball' as 'hairball' for a second and now I'm disappointed that's not what you actually said.
I disagree - but I'm unaware of any way we could come to a conclusion as it is merely the opinion each of us holds about what a whole bunch of people we don't know "really" think.
Wise words. If there was one thing I really wish could be illegal, it's other people telling me how they know what the person they're complaining about *really* thinks (and inevitably it's because that person is stupid, greedy, or willfully hateful -- all of them sometimes true, but not nearly as often as the demonization is applied). It's one thing to understand someone else's argument and simply not agree with them, but it's pretty deplorable to latch on to a gross misrepresentation of their point and conclude they're simply bad people.
Most people struggle to clearly articulate their own thoughts on complicated matters; it's pretty worthless to think you can summarize what's going on in someone else's head, let alone the heads of a large group of people.
Nah, they're on the Kirstie Allie seasons by now; they're probably sick of it and ready for it to end.
It can also heighten awareness of that brand and cause other people to desire it and purchase it later, assuming the knockoff isn't completely defective.
If you believe in a company, that is a sure-fire indication that you should disqualify yourself from buying their stock, because it means you have a biased view.
I keep telling myself this every time I recall getting that $5k profit share in 2000 and briefly considering putting it all in Apple stock, but then decided to do the 'sensible' thing with my first investment account and diversify across a bunch of mutual funds instead.
More likely is passing a law that copyright doesn't apply to political uses of songs, just like political robocalling is exempt from the Do Not Call List. Why solve a problem for everybody when you can just fix it for yourself?
Yeah, but then you have to dance. And you're stuck with a girl who likes dancing, which means you'll probably have to do it more often. I understand that some people like it, but for the life of me I don't understand why.
Thanks for running the numbers. My initial guesses would also have been off by a couple of orders of magnitude. I knew an Earth's mass was pretty insignificant compared to the sun, but 330,000 years go by pretty quickly in galactic standards.
Generally, if they cite only one dimension, they're citing the *largest* dimension. So you know it's at most 11 x 11 x 11.
Thanks. I've signed up for Game Theory and also Entrepreneuralism, both subjects I'm a little familiar with, but things I'd like to study more in depth. At 2-4 hours per week, I can probably handle both, if it's closer to 10 like eminencja suggested, I may be in trouble. As long as I'm learning some new things I'll be satisfied, definitely not worried about perfect grades.
Can anybody who's taken one of these courses tell me how much time commitment these things tend to require on a weekly basis? Trying to decide how many of these classes I can reasonably take at the same time without getting overloaded.
... so long as they don't copy the exact setting, composition, lighting and processing of somebody else's photographic work.
Even in that case you can probably get away with it, if you haven't already been to court with that individual over using their original image without their permission.
Good point. This often gets overlooked in slashdot discussions about copyright, which tend to focus on how copyright affects the average consumer, rather than the components that provide protections against commercial competitors.
No kidding. I've been on the interstate and had to dodge a car driving head-on toward me, in the left lane. As it zipped past I caught a glimpse of an old man hunched over the wheel, and three very scared looking woman passengers in the other seats. About a mile later I had to doge a police car also coming down that same lane, chasing after the old man.
They also pull you over if your license plates aren't up to date, or if some aspect of your vehicle appears to be unsuitable for the road.
Ah, comments below suggest you can be inside while it's folded. Nevermind then.
Actually, I was wondering what happens when you park, the car compacts itself, and then the cars around you park at normal distances. How do you re-expand your car? Unless you can get in and drive it while it's compacted, you're stuck. Or if everyone else has to park several feet away to give you expansion room, does it really save on parking space?
If I remember right, that's the closing scene (or close) in Pirates of Silicon Valley. Steve up on stage with a gigantic projected image of Bill Gates looming over all, leaving a queasy feeling in the pit of every Apple fan's stomach. Funny how quickly and dramatically everything changed since then.
To be honest, on the Nook it's both issues, when multiple pages are involved. I haven't had the chance to play with an iPad and observe faster page turning, but if they perform a little better in that respect that's interesting news to me.