Professor is used as a position vice a title. I would presume Hawking was referring to honorific titles such as those of nobility and knighthood, vice positions held. One could fairly refer to him as a fellow or professor, since he holds both positions as a research fellow and a professor. I've read he does not prefer the honorific of Doctor.
He hasn't been tried yet. 38 years is the total of maximum sentences for each occurence of each charge. Why don't we wait until the trial has been held before we start to obsess about the excesses of the justice system. Then we can legitimately decry the outcome, either way.
So this indicates that human attempts at greenhouse gas control are effectively equivalent in impact to tossing deck chairs off the Titanic to slow the rate of sinking. Hubris, anyone?
1. Engage in baseless conjecture about alternative, unproveable universes.
2. Define new branch of mathematics that can support a complex multi-dimensional model reinforcing your baseless conjecture.
3. Publish in academic journals and popular media.
4. Lecture to gullible masses.
5. Profit!
6. Avoid performing any work beneficial to mankind. ~
Apparently, one can earn mod points just for using "vacuous" properly in a sentence. That might be considered shallow but, IMO, not ultimately vacuous.
I often disagree with geek rant/. posters, but try to do so in an informed or humourous way. Modding is not perfect, but neither is life. I'd argue it works better and faster than any fixed editorial staff could. In my limited (note UID) experience, it tends to be self-correcting. I'm waiting anxiously for the chance to participate.
Funny > Insightful > Informative > Troll/Offtopic/Flamebait is my prescription for a productive, enjoyable/. role. Dammit, Jim, I'm a comedian, not a news man!
Duh, that's the second generation upgrade for U3. *rimshot*
But, seriously 5-eyes is a shortcut notation for classified information releasable to English speaking allies: US, UK, NZ, CAN, AUS. The US military has had to stretch itself in creating caveats for releasability of documents to our coalition allies. I would suspect that U5 is such a designator. Its meaning? I cynically suggest that, since the French are involved, the U5 implies that the data will be on wikileaks in under 5 days.
Biodiversity is the logical result of a lack of bio-adversity. Bio-adversity, or a period of stress as we are now seeing, will weed out the species less able to adapt. Darwin has never been disproven in this aspect of his observations and conclusions. The most disturbing aspect to most "extremists" is that the change is "man-made." Guess what? Man is part of the biosphere. I'm not advocating that we abandon restraint or forgo seeking knowledge about our planet, only that we realize that we are bound to impact our planet, so long as humans survive, innovate and flatulate.
Our climatological knowledge is so limited and fragile that jumping to conclusions requires huge leaps of faith that would put a fundamentalist to shame. Collect the data, draw tentative conclusions. One doesn't accurately map a complex surface with only one or two data points. Forgo the FUD.
No one has released your CV into the wild other than you or someone violating privacy laws. You have the option in most countries of maintaining an unlisted number and address. You can elect to be removed from most on-line directories as well. You also have the more extreme option of doing without a cell phone.
To my knowledge, no one has released specific arbitrary numbers and the locations associated with them. Most importantly, each cell tower serves an area hundreds of yards to perhaps a mile or more in radius, so the knowledge of which cell tower was used does not provide an address, but a rather large circle. It is possible to triangulate a cell phone's position between multiple towers, but TFA made no mention of trangulation.
Cell phone companies must track the tower to which your cell is closest, else you would never receive a call.
"Anonymized" may be defined as data that cannot be traced to a named individual. Individuals may still be tracked by other means (arbitrarily assigned number, vice real phone number) to determine patterns without violating individual privacy. So long as they don't specify home addresses, cell numbers or other personally identifiable data, this is valid anonymity.
Of course, this is different from claiming that the data would be used for statistical puroposes only. This study used the data for sample correlations beyond bulk statistical analysis.
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US or European? Saftey equipment varies and so do curb weights.
I think abstracts are much more useful. You can't judge a book by its cover, but you can judge an article by its abstract.
Professor is used as a position vice a title. I would presume Hawking was referring to honorific titles such as those of nobility and knighthood, vice positions held. One could fairly refer to him as a fellow or professor, since he holds both positions as a research fellow and a professor. I've read he does not prefer the honorific of Doctor.
He hasn't been tried yet. 38 years is the total of maximum sentences for each occurence of each charge. Why don't we wait until the trial has been held before we start to obsess about the excesses of the justice system. Then we can legitimately decry the outcome, either way.
At least, that's how the Globe might cover it.
So this indicates that human attempts at greenhouse gas control are effectively equivalent in impact to tossing deck chairs off the Titanic to slow the rate of sinking. Hubris, anyone?
I'm *willing* to drive without clothing or shoes, but I'm not sure that's a good idea for everyone else.
my scissors!
Absolutely not! ~
Or so you thought, until.... This quantum observer issue gives a whole new meaning to "keep an eye on your stuff," doesn't it?
The chicken clearly and undisputably came first... in the dictionary.
I've modeled the great white handkerchief as an M-brane in 26 dimensional space, only to discover that it's actually a blue bandana. :O
These tools are not dead, they've simply been liberated from enslavement!
1. Engage in baseless conjecture about alternative, unproveable universes.
2. Define new branch of mathematics that can support a complex multi-dimensional model reinforcing your baseless conjecture.
3. Publish in academic journals and popular media.
4. Lecture to gullible masses.
5. Profit!
6. Avoid performing any work beneficial to mankind. ~
When the blog nazi told me, "No blog for you!" I came running to /. and immediately felt better. Another satisfied /. customer!
You have my respect and thanks for sharing.
Yes, but will it run Li... Wow, that's pretty cool. Sweet touch screen. Look at it flip, awesome! Gotta get me one of those!
Apparently, one can earn mod points just for using "vacuous" properly in a sentence. That might be considered shallow but, IMO, not ultimately vacuous.
/. posters, but try to do so in an informed or humourous way. Modding is not perfect, but neither is life. I'd argue it works better and faster than any fixed editorial staff could. In my limited (note UID) experience, it tends to be self-correcting. I'm waiting anxiously for the chance to participate.
/. role. Dammit, Jim, I'm a comedian, not a news man!
I often disagree with geek rant
Funny > Insightful > Informative > Troll/Offtopic/Flamebait is my prescription for a productive, enjoyable
Duh, that's the second generation upgrade for U3. *rimshot*
But, seriously 5-eyes is a shortcut notation for classified information releasable to English speaking allies: US, UK, NZ, CAN, AUS. The US military has had to stretch itself in creating caveats for releasability of documents to our coalition allies. I would suspect that U5 is such a designator. Its meaning? I cynically suggest that, since the French are involved, the U5 implies that the data will be on wikileaks in under 5 days.
Biodiversity is the logical result of a lack of bio-adversity. Bio-adversity, or a period of stress as we are now seeing, will weed out the species less able to adapt. Darwin has never been disproven in this aspect of his observations and conclusions. The most disturbing aspect to most "extremists" is that the change is "man-made." Guess what? Man is part of the biosphere. I'm not advocating that we abandon restraint or forgo seeking knowledge about our planet, only that we realize that we are bound to impact our planet, so long as humans survive, innovate and flatulate.
Our climatological knowledge is so limited and fragile that jumping to conclusions requires huge leaps of faith that would put a fundamentalist to shame. Collect the data, draw tentative conclusions. One doesn't accurately map a complex surface with only one or two data points. Forgo the FUD.It is written: this too shall come to pass.
So now you expect /.ers to RTFA? When did this start? Next, you'll want us to spell out our acronyms FTW.
I, for one, do not welcome our new mandatory "RTFA before posting" overlords.I meant *triangulation* not strangulation. ~
No one has released your CV into the wild other than you or someone violating privacy laws. You have the option in most countries of maintaining an unlisted number and address. You can elect to be removed from most on-line directories as well. You also have the more extreme option of doing without a cell phone.
To my knowledge, no one has released specific arbitrary numbers and the locations associated with them. Most importantly, each cell tower serves an area hundreds of yards to perhaps a mile or more in radius, so the knowledge of which cell tower was used does not provide an address, but a rather large circle. It is possible to triangulate a cell phone's position between multiple towers, but TFA made no mention of trangulation.
Cell phone companies must track the tower to which your cell is closest, else you would never receive a call.
Avoid unjustified FUD.
"Anonymized" may be defined as data that cannot be traced to a named individual. Individuals may still be tracked by other means (arbitrarily assigned number, vice real phone number) to determine patterns without violating individual privacy. So long as they don't specify home addresses, cell numbers or other personally identifiable data, this is valid anonymity.
Of course, this is different from claiming that the data would be used for statistical puroposes only. This study used the data for sample correlations beyond bulk statistical analysis.