I wonder why they would do that, given the known lack of correlation between the harshness of penalties and the occurrence of crimes.
Texas, for example, has one of the highest murder rates in the US, and also has extremely harsh penalties, including the frequent use of killing convicted murderers.
North Dakota, in contrast, has one of the lowest murder rates in the US, and has never employed the practice of killing convicted murderers.
Ah, the old cherry-picking anecdotes and calling it "data", never missing in political discussions...
Claiming "lack of correlation" is somewhat like claiming the inexistence of something, you have to present complete data to prove it. Otherwise it's like claiming the Amazon river does not exist because it's not in Texas or North Dakota.
Doesn't this screw over people who invent something and don't want it patented, or can't afford to?
No. Those people wouldn't have a patent anyway, so why should they complain?
If you are an inventor who cannot afford to patent your inventions you need an investor to finance you. You would need a partner anyway if you are poor and wish to produce your invention.
If you want to give your invention as a gift to the world you should patent it and licence the patent for free. Yes, it sucks, paying for the patent process if you just want to release it for free, but that's the way it is when you have patents, no matter if the priority goes to the first to invent of to the first to file.
That library should have an awesome security around it. It's one thing to keep data secure, that's difficult enough, keeping a collection of biological weapons secure is an entirely different thing.
Biological weapons have the problem that they are self-reproducing, the release of *one* sample is enough to cause mass destruction.
There were a few condensing steam locomotives built. I don't know why they weren't more common, surely a train has space enough to fit a condenser there and stopping to get water must have been a PITA.
In the 1960s Bill Lear a very prolific inventor started working on steam cars. By then Lear had already a number of important inventions to his name, among them the car radio (he created the name "Motorola") and the business jet plane (Lear Jet).
He claimed to have the condenser problem solved by 1969, using an advanced accordion-shaped radiator, but nothing came of his steam car plans. I remember seeing an article on Popular Science mentioning he had a steam turbine bus prototype.
He also had plans for a steam powered race car to run the Indy 500. This car would use a delta-shaped engine, inspired by the Napier Deltic
And the main advantage "can burn all kind of alternative fuels"? Come on, I can do that with my diesel engine already
I'd like to see what sawdust, wood chips, grass clippings or charcoal would do to your diesel engine. Even liquid fuels will not work if they are high-octane, like ethanol. Diesel engines require liquid fuel at a certain cetane number range.
A steam engine, OTOH, has basically a single requirement for fuel: it must burn without damaging the boiler.
I was fooling around with an Indian chick, but she wanted to consult with an astrologer before things got too serious
You should have agreed to it, but get it in writing and hold him responsible if things didn't work out. After all, if the Supreme Court says he's a scientist, then he should have liability, right?
In the worst case, if you didn't get laid he should pay you a hooker. And, no, his momma shouldn't be part of the settlement...
Why on earth astrology could cause "real harmful effects"?
Your horoscope says today/this week/this year should be great for your health. Considering this, you decide to disregard your doctor's recommendations. You die.
I was under the impression everyone is allowed apply scientific knowledge to safely improve daily life?
Generally, yes. However there's usually a requirement that you demonstrate you have enough scientific knowledge when you design things that may put lives in danger.
When you cross a bridge or enter a building or board an airplane, wouldn't you want some assurance that the person who designed it had enough knowledge on how to do the proper calculations?
I think there are two very different things not to be confused here.
Google collects data the users send to Google itself. Bing collects data users send to another website, namely Google. Don't you see the difference here?
Would you think it OK for Bing to collect data you send to your bank, like account numbers and passwords? What makes Google different from your bank?
"So far as prayer related to astrology is concerned, the Supreme Court has already considered the issue and ruled that astrology is science. The court had in 2004 also directed the universities to consider if astrology science can be added to the syllabus. The decision of the apex court is binding on this court," observed the judges.
Apparently India's Supreme Court has already made a ruling about this and the lower court is just following orders.
What a shame, those engines really belong in a museum. They are Mig-15 engines which have centrifugal compressors and are similar to the first British jet engines developed in the early 1940s. Actually, from the outside, these look a lot like the De Havilland Ghost.
The Mig-15 used ttechnology the Soviet Union got from the British during WWII. During the Korean war these centrifugal compressor engines were already obsolete and the Mig-15 was inferior to the American F-86, powered by the axial flow J35 engine.
I'm sure that's what they meant, but then they should have written either
"Shortly after Wolfire Games released their animal martial arts games, 'Lugaru HD', on the Mac App store, they could be forgiven for thinking they were seeing double"
or
"Wolfire Games released their animal martial arts games, 'Lugaru HD', on the Mac App store. Shortly after that, they could be forgiven for thinking they were seeing double"
Let me see, they put a routine in the customer's computer that collects what the customer types and what is sent to the screen when the customer uses a third party application.
That is usually considered a crime, not a defense. It would be the weirdest form of alibi if someone claimed he could not have robbed a bank because at that exact moment he was murdering someone.
When Wolfire Games released their animal martial arts games, 'Lugaru HD', on the Mac App store, shortly after they could be forgiven for thinking they were seeing double.
Let's parse it:
"When Wolfire Games released their animal martial arts games" - this gives the epoch when the rest of the sentence happened, it was all at the same time as the game was released
"'Lugaru HD', on the Mac App store," - this is a more detailed explanation that tells us what game was that and where it was released
"shortly after they could be forgiven for thinking they were seeing double" - this is a more detailed explanation of the time, it all happened shortly after the time when they could be forgiven
" . " - oops, this sentence no verb and no subject.
Judging from the size of the reflector it's less than 500W. A small arc welder putting 25 amps at 20 volts will put out 500W on a small spot and melt steel instantly, so it's not such a big deal
At the very least this could have been couched with a "might" or a "maybe"
Blame the journalist who wrote the article, not the scientist. Scientific papers always give the exact range of confidence one can have on its conclusions and usually the raw data is available so you can draw your own conclusions.
No matter how accurately we can observe an exoplanet from Earth, at this distance, most of that interpreted data is not much better than a guess.
More accurate observations are no better than inaccurate observations, is that what you mean? Do you think that if the distance is big enough then there's absolutely no way you can improve the accuracy of your observations? That notion has been disproved long ago.
I've got some news for you, the Middle Ages called and they want their stupidity back.
But I remember watching a number of science documentaries that credit the moon for the persistence of life on Earth
And the moon, with the solid tides it causes on the earth lithosphere, may be the reason why there are plate tectonics on earth.
Besides, the tides on the oceans may be one reason why life arose on earth. When the moon was closer, tides were much higher, hundreds of meters. That caused increased erosion that may have been the origin of the clays that many theories consider essential scaffold for the first self-reproducing complex molecules.
5800 mirrors, the size of fingernails. Glued on an already parabolic disc.
He used an old satellite dish.
Couldn't he just have spray canned it with some reflective paint??
Or glued aluminum foil over it. Or chrome plated it. He chose the most cumbersome way. Everyone who works cutting glass gets some nicked fingers from time to time, imagine cutting 5800 tiny pieces.
I imagined at least 10x10cm mirrors. Now that would have been "solar power".
True, if there had been 5800 10x10cm mirrors. For the same surface size, the smallest the mirrors are the better focus he will get. Ideally, the surface should have an infinite number of infinitely small mirrors, i.e. it would be a smooth parabolic surface.
Slashdot Mirror
Tile the outer wall of the women's changing room with calcite. That will render the wall invisible from the outside so you will be able to look in.
I wonder why they would do that, given the known lack of correlation between the harshness of penalties and the occurrence of crimes.
Texas, for example, has one of the highest murder rates in the US, and also has extremely harsh penalties, including the frequent use of killing convicted murderers.
North Dakota, in contrast, has one of the lowest murder rates in the US, and has never employed the practice of killing convicted murderers.
Ah, the old cherry-picking anecdotes and calling it "data", never missing in political discussions...
Claiming "lack of correlation" is somewhat like claiming the inexistence of something, you have to present complete data to prove it. Otherwise it's like claiming the Amazon river does not exist because it's not in Texas or North Dakota.
Doesn't this screw over people who invent something and don't want it patented, or can't afford to?
No. Those people wouldn't have a patent anyway, so why should they complain?
If you are an inventor who cannot afford to patent your inventions you need an investor to finance you. You would need a partner anyway if you are poor and wish to produce your invention.
If you want to give your invention as a gift to the world you should patent it and licence the patent for free. Yes, it sucks, paying for the patent process if you just want to release it for free, but that's the way it is when you have patents, no matter if the priority goes to the first to invent of to the first to file.
That library should have an awesome security around it. It's one thing to keep data secure, that's difficult enough, keeping a collection of biological weapons secure is an entirely different thing.
Biological weapons have the problem that they are self-reproducing, the release of *one* sample is enough to cause mass destruction.
There were a few condensing steam locomotives built. I don't know why they weren't more common, surely a train has space enough to fit a condenser there and stopping to get water must have been a PITA.
In the 1960s Bill Lear a very prolific inventor started working on steam cars. By then Lear had already a number of important inventions to his name, among them the car radio (he created the name "Motorola") and the business jet plane (Lear Jet).
He claimed to have the condenser problem solved by 1969, using an advanced accordion-shaped radiator, but nothing came of his steam car plans. I remember seeing an article on Popular Science mentioning he had a steam turbine bus prototype.
He also had plans for a steam powered race car to run the Indy 500. This car would use a delta-shaped engine, inspired by the Napier Deltic
And the main advantage "can burn all kind of alternative fuels"? Come on, I can do that with my diesel engine already
I'd like to see what sawdust, wood chips, grass clippings or charcoal would do to your diesel engine. Even liquid fuels will not work if they are high-octane, like ethanol. Diesel engines require liquid fuel at a certain cetane number range.
A steam engine, OTOH, has basically a single requirement for fuel: it must burn without damaging the boiler.
Oh please. Enough with this "Steve's Ego" stuff.
Well, who knows? It could be better than Mubarak's ego
I was fooling around with an Indian chick, but she wanted to consult with an astrologer before things got too serious
You should have agreed to it, but get it in writing and hold him responsible if things didn't work out. After all, if the Supreme Court says he's a scientist, then he should have liability, right?
In the worst case, if you didn't get laid he should pay you a hooker. And, no, his momma shouldn't be part of the settlement...
Why on earth astrology could cause "real harmful effects"?
Your horoscope says today/this week/this year should be great for your health. Considering this, you decide to disregard your doctor's recommendations. You die.
I was under the impression everyone is allowed apply scientific knowledge to safely improve daily life?
Generally, yes. However there's usually a requirement that you demonstrate you have enough scientific knowledge when you design things that may put lives in danger.
When you cross a bridge or enter a building or board an airplane, wouldn't you want some assurance that the person who designed it had enough knowledge on how to do the proper calculations?
I think there are two very different things not to be confused here.
Google collects data the users send to Google itself. Bing collects data users send to another website, namely Google. Don't you see the difference here?
Would you think it OK for Bing to collect data you send to your bank, like account numbers and passwords? What makes Google different from your bank?
According to TFA,
"So far as prayer related to astrology is concerned, the Supreme Court has already considered the issue and ruled that astrology is science. The court had in 2004 also directed the universities to consider if astrology science can be added to the syllabus. The decision of the apex court is binding on this court," observed the judges.
Apparently India's Supreme Court has already made a ruling about this and the lower court is just following orders.
What a shame, those engines really belong in a museum. They are Mig-15 engines which have centrifugal compressors and are similar to the first British jet engines developed in the early 1940s. Actually, from the outside, these look a lot like the De Havilland Ghost.
The Mig-15 used ttechnology the Soviet Union got from the British during WWII. During the Korean war these centrifugal compressor engines were already obsolete and the Mig-15 was inferior to the American F-86, powered by the axial flow J35 engine.
Ash isn't too environmentally unfriendly
That depends on how much ash is used.
I'm sure that's what they meant, but then they should have written either
"Shortly after Wolfire Games released their animal martial arts games, 'Lugaru HD', on the Mac App store, they could be forgiven for thinking they were seeing double"
or
"Wolfire Games released their animal martial arts games, 'Lugaru HD', on the Mac App store. Shortly after that, they could be forgiven for thinking they were seeing double"
They did offer a defense: it's the customer data
Let me see, they put a routine in the customer's computer that collects what the customer types and what is sent to the screen when the customer uses a third party application.
That is usually considered a crime, not a defense. It would be the weirdest form of alibi if someone claimed he could not have robbed a bank because at that exact moment he was murdering someone.
When Wolfire Games released their animal martial arts games, 'Lugaru HD', on the Mac App store, shortly after they could be forgiven for thinking they were seeing double.
Let's parse it:
"When Wolfire Games released their animal martial arts games" - this gives the epoch when the rest of the sentence happened, it was all at the same time as the game was released
"'Lugaru HD', on the Mac App store," - this is a more detailed explanation that tells us what game was that and where it was released
"shortly after they could be forgiven for thinking they were seeing double" - this is a more detailed explanation of the time, it all happened shortly after the time when they could be forgiven
" . " - oops, this sentence no verb and no subject.
he is probably getting somewhere close to 1000W
Judging from the size of the reflector it's less than 500W. A small arc welder putting 25 amps at 20 volts will put out 500W on a small spot and melt steel instantly, so it's not such a big deal
(six figure salary, if he's making more than $600/day)
He said that was his consulting rate. My consulting rate is also more than $600/day, but I don't work every day (or even most days).
If he's a statistician I bet he can find out how much he makes on an average day...
At the very least this could have been couched with a "might" or a "maybe"
Blame the journalist who wrote the article, not the scientist. Scientific papers always give the exact range of confidence one can have on its conclusions and usually the raw data is available so you can draw your own conclusions.
No matter how accurately we can observe an exoplanet from Earth, at this distance, most of that interpreted data is not much better than a guess.
More accurate observations are no better than inaccurate observations, is that what you mean? Do you think that if the distance is big enough then there's absolutely no way you can improve the accuracy of your observations? That notion has been disproved long ago.
I've got some news for you, the Middle Ages called and they want their stupidity back.
But I remember watching a number of science documentaries that credit the moon for the persistence of life on Earth
And the moon, with the solid tides it causes on the earth lithosphere, may be the reason why there are plate tectonics on earth.
Besides, the tides on the oceans may be one reason why life arose on earth. When the moon was closer, tides were much higher, hundreds of meters. That caused increased erosion that may have been the origin of the clays that many theories consider essential scaffold for the first self-reproducing complex molecules.
5800 mirrors, the size of fingernails. Glued on an already parabolic disc.
He used an old satellite dish.
Couldn't he just have spray canned it with some reflective paint??
Or glued aluminum foil over it. Or chrome plated it. He chose the most cumbersome way. Everyone who works cutting glass gets some nicked fingers from time to time, imagine cutting 5800 tiny pieces.
I imagined at least 10x10cm mirrors. Now that would have been "solar power".
True, if there had been 5800 10x10cm mirrors. For the same surface size, the smallest the mirrors are the better focus he will get. Ideally, the surface should have an infinite number of infinitely small mirrors, i.e. it would be a smooth parabolic surface.
sharks with lasers?
Sure! Swimming down Main Street
Don't worry, the Google Art Project will be available on Bing soon.
Slow clap for Microsoft.
With one hand