yes, the Cambridge exams have become harder over the years! I have looked at the first ever Maths exam in our library records and the questions were basically, if you have a room x by y by z, how many tiles would you need to tile it. The fact that calculus didn't even exist when the first exam was set probably suggests something.
Why? In this case, at least, the EU has shown its worth. I think the EU can be the voice of reason, much like the British house of Lords. It may introduce bureaucracy, but I will take that for protection of my human rights, privacy and a more open Europe.
special relativity and QM still aren't fully integrated, even after the Dirac Equation. Any further unification of the two theories is an important step towards quantum relativity (and hopefully in the long run, quantum gravity).
I wish people would read 1984 before making comparisons. 1984 has many differences from a heavy surveillance society. Not only does the 1984 regime spy on you, it destroys any evidence to what actually is reality. It trains the public to deal with cognitive dissonance. It controls thoughts by redefining language. Pulling someone's files is not even personally invasive unless they some how influence you with the information in the files. Joe the plumber would be none the wiser if someone hasn't told him he was being spied upon (this isn't to justify the spying, but to point out the differences).
how about asking questions involving idioms? Just like it is hard for someone who speaks a different language to understand the meaning, maybe it would be harder for a computer.
yes. Einstein demanded local reality, i.e. that reality is completely deterministic, but Bell's inequality disproves that. Of course, new evidence may force us to overturn quantum theory for a deterministic theory, but so far QM is our best description of reality. If Penrose's reconciliation of his religion and his physics does not cause any contradiction (testable or not), then there is no threat from his religion on his scientific method. Give him the prizes he deserves for his science.
for our physics undergraduate course we use mathCad over excel because it is much better for complex error analysis, regression etc...
Excel graphs are the bane of my life. If you have to waste 10 mins every time making it look like a graph then I just give up.
I would say at least half of the lecturers have windows on their laptops purely for powerpoint presentations. Several of our lecturers do run ubuntu or Debian though.
Yes, but when the trees eventually die they are decomposed and release the CO2 into the air again (or in the case of biofuel, they release it into the air again when burned). It is a carbon-neutral system, both when left alone and when used as a fuel.
It is not carbon-neutral. As long as more trees are planted than cut down, it will be beneficial. The rainforest was a pretty good carbon store until it was cut down...
well add in perhaps a linux distribution every month, some music, online gaming etc.. it all adds up. Luckily I am saved by the fact that internal bandwidth does not count.
Are you sure the majority of Britons.... Of course I don't have proof, that would be against the entire spirit of internet-based debate. I'm sorry, but is 'against the spirit' of any debate to not provide at least some evidence to reinforce such an important assumption. Otherwise, why else should I bother debating something which has no grounding in reality?
I personally expect that most Britons would be apathetic to the idea of monarchy; and those receiving honours would perhaps be less so.
At my university we have a very fast connection, but with a cap of 30GB a month. I usually can use 25Gb of that up in a week... I literally get disconnected after that, so I am (effectively) buying bandwidth. However, I have to have an academic reason to have a bigger limit - any suggestions?
Fuck Brown, and fuck this government, too. I've even crossed a personal rubicon whereby I now think a Tory govt would be preferable, something I never thought I'd say. woah, steady on now... But seriously I hope the sequence of events goes like this: 1. Brown gets defeated by Cameron at next Election 2. Milliband replaces Brown and learns how to shave 3. Cameron has one term where he learns to become unpopular 4. A labour government which is a bit more principled gets elected.
I'm dubious about whether anyone can be principled in party politics though
Now I didn't know that... I think maybe we have found a new criteria for electing the new US president. No people, it's not who supports open source, it's who will adopt the International System of Units!
yes, of course, you have to maintain the critical angle to keep total internal reflection. In reality the fibres are clad in another dielectric layer to decrease the critical angle...
This isn't a matter of opinion, it's an international standard. There is a reason decimalisation took place; we have a base 10 number system. If everyone uses their own defined set of units then people waste time when we try and cooperate.
unfortunately the g.p. wanted something that is immune to gravity. To all decent standards, vacuum is the absence of something, so unfortunately you can't win that easily...
When will people use standard units? I'm sorry it's a particular gripe of mine; kelvin is the universal scale. The sooner we wipe out imperial units the better (unless anyone else wants to convert to a base 12 system?).
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yes, the Cambridge exams have become harder over the years! I have looked at the first ever Maths exam in our library records and the questions were basically, if you have a room x by y by z, how many tiles would you need to tile it. The fact that calculus didn't even exist when the first exam was set probably suggests something.
IANAL, which is why you shouldn't ask legal questions on /.
Why? In this case, at least, the EU has shown its worth. I think the EU can be the voice of reason, much like the British house of Lords. It may introduce bureaucracy, but I will take that for protection of my human rights, privacy and a more open Europe.
special relativity and QM still aren't fully integrated, even after the Dirac Equation. Any further unification of the two theories is an important step towards quantum relativity (and hopefully in the long run, quantum gravity).
If only one day my thesis becomes a collectors item...
I wish people would read 1984 before making comparisons. 1984 has many differences from a heavy surveillance society. Not only does the 1984 regime spy on you, it destroys any evidence to what actually is reality. It trains the public to deal with cognitive dissonance. It controls thoughts by redefining language.
Pulling someone's files is not even personally invasive unless they some how influence you with the information in the files.
Joe the plumber would be none the wiser if someone hasn't told him he was being spied upon (this isn't to justify the spying, but to point out the differences).
I used to love playing banimod on RTCW. Good times :)
how about asking questions involving idioms? Just like it is hard for someone who speaks a different language to understand the meaning, maybe it would be harder for a computer.
sigh... if only regular expressions could be used in real life.
s/government/representative_of_the_people
And while you're at it, how about free sex for +5? God knows slashdotters need some.
This is positive legislation. It is going to ensure that customers have cheaper and competitive ways to replace batteries.
yes. Einstein demanded local reality, i.e. that reality is completely deterministic, but Bell's inequality disproves that. Of course, new evidence may force us to overturn quantum theory for a deterministic theory, but so far QM is our best description of reality. If Penrose's reconciliation of his religion and his physics does not cause any contradiction (testable or not), then there is no threat from his religion on his scientific method. Give him the prizes he deserves for his science.
for our physics undergraduate course we use mathCad over excel because it is much better for complex error analysis, regression etc...
Excel graphs are the bane of my life. If you have to waste 10 mins every time making it look like a graph then I just give up.
I would say at least half of the lecturers have windows on their laptops purely for powerpoint presentations. Several of our lecturers do run ubuntu or Debian though.
Yes, but when the trees eventually die they are decomposed and release the CO2 into the air again (or in the case of biofuel, they release it into the air again when burned). It is a carbon-neutral system, both when left alone and when used as a fuel.
It is not carbon-neutral. As long as more trees are planted than cut down, it will be beneficial. The rainforest was a pretty good carbon store until it was cut down...
well add in perhaps a linux distribution every month, some music, online gaming etc.. it all adds up. Luckily I am saved by the fact that internal bandwidth does not count.
I personally expect that most Britons would be apathetic to the idea of monarchy; and those receiving honours would perhaps be less so.
Are you sure the majority of Britons disagree with a hereditary monarchy? I'd like to see at least a poll to back that up
At my university we have a very fast connection, but with a cap of 30GB a month. I usually can use 25Gb of that up in a week... I literally get disconnected after that, so I am (effectively) buying bandwidth. However, I have to have an academic reason to have a bigger limit - any suggestions?
But seriously I hope the sequence of events goes like this:
1. Brown gets defeated by Cameron at next Election
2. Milliband replaces Brown and learns how to shave
3. Cameron has one term where he learns to become unpopular
4. A labour government which is a bit more principled gets elected.
I'm dubious about whether anyone can be principled in party politics though
I have two words for you:
logarithmic backups
Now I didn't know that...
I think maybe we have found a new criteria for electing the new US president. No people, it's not who supports open source, it's who will adopt the International System of Units!
yes, of course, you have to maintain the critical angle to keep total internal reflection. In reality the fibres are clad in another dielectric layer to decrease the critical angle...
This isn't a matter of opinion, it's an international standard. There is a reason decimalisation took place; we have a base 10 number system. If everyone uses their own defined set of units then people waste time when we try and cooperate.
unfortunately the g.p. wanted something that is immune to gravity. To all decent standards, vacuum is the absence of something, so unfortunately you can't win that easily...
When will people use standard units? I'm sorry it's a particular gripe of mine; kelvin is the universal scale. The sooner we wipe out imperial units the better (unless anyone else wants to convert to a base 12 system?).