I must apologize for not responding to the main of your argument, but in truth I have no quarrel with most what you say. The point at which I take exception is your reference to the destruction of the World Trade Center buildings as an act of war.
The attacks of 11 September 2001 were criminal acts, not a deliberate attack by a sovereign nation. They were not accompanied by a declaration of war, and there is no reason to believe that any sovereign nation was involved in the planning or execution of these attacks.
The terrorist attacks were a monstrous crime, truly an enormity. However, they can no more be considered an act of war than the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.
That we, the citizens of the United States, have allowed these to be a justification for a much more costly and brutal conflict is a thousand times more abhorrent. Indeed, it is tens of thousands of times more vile, for we have killed tens of thousands more people in Iraq and Afghanistan than were harmed in the attacks here.
It is generally agreed that the overall course of human history has been one of progress from barbarism to civilization. Let us not now desert that course! We cannot undo the terrible evil that has been caused by our complicity, but let each of us strive to end this war, so that we may begin reparations for the depravity that has been done in our name. For I believe it to be true, that we shall not regain any rights that we do not deserve.
No, just an extremely rare "pleased" variation of the species: Grammaticus patriasocialis gauisus. These creatures have not often been studied by mankind, as they tend to evaporate when exposed to television, billboards, and ninety-nine percent of the American public. Their breeding habits are unknown, and their size and shape can vary dramatically. Since they frequently are seen to inhabit the lofty realms of thought without visible means of support, it can safely be concluded that they are weightless.
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It's completely and utterly impossible. There are so many things wrong with the concept, it's difficult to explain.
p.s. I've never bought into dark energy either, sounds too much like bullshit. One day I could be proved wrong though...
The problem with dark matter/dark energy is that none of the other explanations for our observations about the universe make much sense either. As far as I'm aware, the best competing theory is MOND, which basically states that gravity works a certain way up until the point where we need it to be doing something else to account for our observations.
Dark matter really seems like the only thing that fits the bill. Besides, the pictures of the Bullet Cluster are coooool...:D
Terry Taylor. One of the best soundtracks ever. The title track was reused by Megat Diam in a video called Death kitty and the fat man, and gives you only the tiniest taste of how crazy, kooky, and downright catchy the music in that game was. The Neverhood is probably a good contender for the most underrated game of all time.
I would rave further about this game/soundtrack, but I had better stop before I get mace Q@*#**#@*($#*JS#*NO CARRIER
It seems like it would sooner affect how soon the clock would stop working than the electron transition levels, but I read that cesium-133 is a stable atom and therefore not subject to decay. Serves me right for "knowing" that cesium is radioactive.
She also managed to defeat the incumbent Republican governor...
The republican party may not have been for Palin, but absolutely nobody was for Murkowski. That man had a lower approval rating than Bush, even among Republicans. Nor were the other republican contenders serious threats. Your statement is correct as written, but that does not mean it should be listed as an accomplishment.
What counts for more is she beat out the former governor Tony Knowles for her current position---although it's somewhat discounted when you consider how dominant the Republican party is in Alaskan politics.
Any further comments about her character will be left to those with more direct experience; I haven't been in the state for her term.
Interesting proposal, but isn't the problem with neutrinos that they only rarely interact with matter? IANAPP, but it seems like that experiment would be extremely difficult to construct.
You should read up on the efforts of (e.g.) the United States Naval Observatory at keeping proper time, it's pretty cool stuff. In short, they use a lot of different devices to try and keep accurate time, not just cesium clocks. Also, cesium clocks work by what I think is called stimulated emission: they bombard the atom with microwaves until the electrons start losing their shit. In any case, it's not related to nuclear decay. While accurate timekeeping can be a challenge, this development shouldn't affect our current systems.
scientists too afraid to admit that there is electricity in space.
I see you subscribe to a belief in the plasma cosmology ("Electric Universe Theory"). I would like to engage you in debate on this subject but I feel that this is not an appropriate forum for such a discussion. If you are interested, my email address is my slashdot username @gmail.com
You should check out the number of porn website's on Alexa's top 100 sites for the US. Also compare things like isohunt's zeitgeist. Ninety percent is an extremely high estimate, but the question really depends on what you are measuring. Do you mean the percentage of network traffic, the percent of web pages, or perhaps the percent of publicly accessible storage?
This article (2004) is talking about the percentage of web traffic (as distinct from internet traffic) that is porn-related as being about 20%
Basically, no one really knows; the question is extremely difficult to answer. I personally would believe 10-30% of network traffic to be porn related, on the basis of a wild guess and a gut feeling.
So, Firefox 3 on your system runs badly. Obviously a lack of QA. Perhaps the devs should have used your computer for testing?
Maybe, just maybe, you are in a small minority group that is experiencing these issues. Maybe--just a hypothetical, here--this issue is related to some other piece of software on your computer. I'm sure that you can think of some way to test that.
Also, you should read the Restore Session dialog box more carefully. "Your last Firefox session closed unexpectedly. You can restore the tabs and windows from your previous session, or start a new session if you think the problem was related to a page you were viewing."
Seriously, how can you look at all of this problematic behavior and think that it is the application's fault? You just get to do whatever you want, and blame anyone but yourself? It couldn't be anything you're doing. Okay, well, let's apply Ockham's Razor to this situation. Which requires the fewest assumptions?
A) The problems with Firefox are widespread. People continue to download and use Firefox despite these bugs, which the developers make no effort to fix. There are also no Slashdot articles about how buggy Firefox is because Slashdot is so friendly to open source software and such stories are--what? Actively suppressed by the editors, no doubt.
B) You are the only one having these problems, and they are your fault. There are no news stories about Firefox crashing because they don't exist.
I know which one was shorter to write.
Solution: take some responsibility, and fix your own goddamn problems.
Well, we've noticed the effects up here in Alaska quite a bit, actually. I haven't been up north to see the lack of ice on the pole, but I imagine that sort of evidence is hard to argue with.
Isn't JT on a collision course with disbarment? I know the cage match sounds good (I'm getting teary eyed just thinking about it) but it seems like we have a rapidly closing window of opportunity for that.
Considering how horribly most music is processed, few people would notice a difference between a CD and a 128kbps MP3
*cringes* I know that's true, but please don't say such things. Just because that's the way it is doesn't mean that's the way it should be.
As far as the rest of the idea, I can't see a new physical medium taking hold, especially one that didn't offer an increase in music quality (or even one that did: SACD, anyone?). It loses in convenience to digital music players, and in quality to vinyl, and most of the distribution infrastructure is based around CDs. I don't know a whole lot about manufacturing memory, but I can't imagine that it would be cheaper than making a CD.
It sounds like an idea twenty years past its time.
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I must apologize for not responding to the main of your argument, but in truth I have no quarrel with most what you say. The point at which I take exception is your reference to the destruction of the World Trade Center buildings as an act of war.
The attacks of 11 September 2001 were criminal acts, not a deliberate attack by a sovereign nation. They were not accompanied by a declaration of war, and there is no reason to believe that any sovereign nation was involved in the planning or execution of these attacks.
The terrorist attacks were a monstrous crime, truly an enormity. However, they can no more be considered an act of war than the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.
That we, the citizens of the United States, have allowed these to be a justification for a much more costly and brutal conflict is a thousand times more abhorrent. Indeed, it is tens of thousands of times more vile, for we have killed tens of thousands more people in Iraq and Afghanistan than were harmed in the attacks here.
It is generally agreed that the overall course of human history has been one of progress from barbarism to civilization. Let us not now desert that course! We cannot undo the terrible evil that has been caused by our complicity, but let each of us strive to end this war, so that we may begin reparations for the depravity that has been done in our name. For I believe it to be true, that we shall not regain any rights that we do not deserve.
-T
No, just an extremely rare "pleased" variation of the species: Grammaticus patriasocialis gauisus. These creatures have not often been studied by mankind, as they tend to evaporate when exposed to television, billboards, and ninety-nine percent of the American public. Their breeding habits are unknown, and their size and shape can vary dramatically. Since they frequently are seen to inhabit the lofty realms of thought without visible means of support, it can safely be concluded that they are weightless.
It's completely and utterly impossible. There are so many things wrong with the concept, it's difficult to explain.
I would think that torrent hosting sites make most of their money off of ad revenue.
p.s. I've never bought into dark energy either, sounds too much like bullshit. One day I could be proved wrong though...
The problem with dark matter/dark energy is that none of the other explanations for our observations about the universe make much sense either. As far as I'm aware, the best competing theory is MOND, which basically states that gravity works a certain way up until the point where we need it to be doing something else to account for our observations.
Dark matter really seems like the only thing that fits the bill. Besides, the pictures of the Bullet Cluster are coooool... :D
Terry Taylor. One of the best soundtracks ever. The title track was reused by Megat Diam in a video called Death kitty and the fat man, and gives you only the tiniest taste of how crazy, kooky, and downright catchy the music in that game was. The Neverhood is probably a good contender for the most underrated game of all time.
I would rave further about this game/soundtrack, but I had better stop before I get mace Q@*#**#@*($#*JS#*NO CARRIER
It seems like it would sooner affect how soon the clock would stop working than the electron transition levels, but I read that cesium-133 is a stable atom and therefore not subject to decay. Serves me right for "knowing" that cesium is radioactive.
by "radiator" you mean heat sink
I read about someone cooling a computer via such a system, but I am currently full of fail trying to find it on google.
I am perfectly willing to become a "bad guy" if my government continues to commit heinous crimes in the name of "the People" .
She also managed to defeat the incumbent Republican governor...
The republican party may not have been for Palin, but absolutely nobody was for Murkowski. That man had a lower approval rating than Bush, even among Republicans. Nor were the other republican contenders serious threats. Your statement is correct as written, but that does not mean it should be listed as an accomplishment.
What counts for more is she beat out the former governor Tony Knowles for her current position---although it's somewhat discounted when you consider how dominant the Republican party is in Alaskan politics.
Any further comments about her character will be left to those with more direct experience; I haven't been in the state for her term.
Interesting proposal, but isn't the problem with neutrinos that they only rarely interact with matter? IANAPP, but it seems like that experiment would be extremely difficult to construct.
I've been wrong before, though.
You should read up on the efforts of (e.g.) the United States Naval Observatory at keeping proper time, it's pretty cool stuff. In short, they use a lot of different devices to try and keep accurate time, not just cesium clocks. Also, cesium clocks work by what I think is called stimulated emission: they bombard the atom with microwaves until the electrons start losing their shit. In any case, it's not related to nuclear decay. While accurate timekeeping can be a challenge, this development shouldn't affect our current systems.
IANAP
scientists too afraid to admit that there is electricity in space.
I see you subscribe to a belief in the plasma cosmology ("Electric Universe Theory"). I would like to engage you in debate on this subject but I feel that this is not an appropriate forum for such a discussion. If you are interested, my email address is my slashdot username @gmail.com
You should check out the number of porn website's on Alexa's top 100 sites for the US. Also compare things like isohunt's zeitgeist. Ninety percent is an extremely high estimate, but the question really depends on what you are measuring. Do you mean the percentage of network traffic, the percent of web pages, or perhaps the percent of publicly accessible storage?
This article (2004) is talking about the percentage of web traffic (as distinct from internet traffic) that is porn-related as being about 20%
This question also showed up on Ask Slashdot
Basically, no one really knows; the question is extremely difficult to answer. I personally would believe 10-30% of network traffic to be porn related, on the basis of a wild guess and a gut feeling.
Because if that comment is offtopic, then I am the anthropomorphic mascot of an evil corporation.
The proper form of the meme would be "You are X and I claim my five pounds!" Where X is, in this instance, Randall Munroe. See here.
So, Firefox 3 on your system runs badly. Obviously a lack of QA. Perhaps the devs should have used your computer for testing?
Maybe, just maybe, you are in a small minority group that is experiencing these issues. Maybe--just a hypothetical, here--this issue is related to some other piece of software on your computer. I'm sure that you can think of some way to test that.
Also, you should read the Restore Session dialog box more carefully. "Your last Firefox session closed unexpectedly. You can restore the tabs and windows from your previous session, or start a new session if you think the problem was related to a page you were viewing."
Seriously, how can you look at all of this problematic behavior and think that it is the application's fault? You just get to do whatever you want, and blame anyone but yourself? It couldn't be anything you're doing. Okay, well, let's apply Ockham's Razor to this situation. Which requires the fewest assumptions?
A) The problems with Firefox are widespread. People continue to download and use Firefox despite these bugs, which the developers make no effort to fix. There are also no Slashdot articles about how buggy Firefox is because Slashdot is so friendly to open source software and such stories are--what? Actively suppressed by the editors, no doubt.
B) You are the only one having these problems, and they are your fault. There are no news stories about Firefox crashing because they don't exist.
I know which one was shorter to write.
Solution: take some responsibility, and fix your own goddamn problems.
I'm sorry, that's 'grilled processed cheese food' due to FDA restrictions.
Maybe not, but you frequently end up with two half-problems.
Either that or a pile of gore that looks the same from every direction.
Tell it to Shishmaref.
Well, we've noticed the effects up here in Alaska quite a bit, actually. I haven't been up north to see the lack of ice on the pole, but I imagine that sort of evidence is hard to argue with.
For more information, people can go to the Greenbird web page or to the relevant wikipedia page.
Isn't JT on a collision course with disbarment? I know the cage match sounds good (I'm getting teary eyed just thinking about it) but it seems like we have a rapidly closing window of opportunity for that.
Considering how horribly most music is processed, few people would notice a difference between a CD and a 128kbps MP3
*cringes* I know that's true, but please don't say such things. Just because that's the way it is doesn't mean that's the way it should be.
As far as the rest of the idea, I can't see a new physical medium taking hold, especially one that didn't offer an increase in music quality (or even one that did: SACD, anyone?). It loses in convenience to digital music players, and in quality to vinyl, and most of the distribution infrastructure is based around CDs. I don't know a whole lot about manufacturing memory, but I can't imagine that it would be cheaper than making a CD.
It sounds like an idea twenty years past its time.
After checking my calculations again, I stand corrected on the speed issue.