I would imagine that they would have some mass, yes... unless they are solid energy. Energy is not matter, yes? And matter has mass, while energy does not, yes? (Just keeping things straight in my own mind.) And tell me, what does any of this have to do with real problems of today, like obtrusive and intrusive governments?
Well of course neutrinos have mass. How could I say they didn't? I use the same logic to come to this conclusion as I would to conclude that there is no such thing as a perfectly straight line. And that is this: if one is shrank down enough - hundreds of times, millions of times, whatever - one would eventually be small enough to see the imperfections in things very clearly. The "perfectly straight lines" could be broken or mountanous, and I would guess that the neutrino could be the size of a bowling ball, a boulder, a planet, what have you... depending on how tiny you were.
Okay, that was the odd way of going about it, but it makes sense to me. Just because something has a very tiny mass, that does not mean that it simply has no mass. Unless I can prove it one way or another, I will just base it on an assumption, and I would try to make it very clear that it is only an assumption until proven.
I know, but I just want to make sure that you know: This means little to nothing to me, as I do not believe I will ever have the ability to purchase such highly priced hardware. However, in the event that I score some sort of high-wage-earning high-tech job in the not-too-distant future, perhaps I can request one of these bad boys on my desk... not that any ordinary 13.8" screen wouldn't do. You know, I really don't understand why things always have to get bigger and bigger. I find some of these screens TOO big, if that can be imagined. I prefer the 15 to 17 inch range, myself. And a nice, heavy, inexpensive (by comparison) CRT will do nicely.
Um, say I don't believe that this would actually take that many pentiums that amount of time to decode such a conversation. Where do I sign up to enlist my Pentiums' service, prove them wrong, and sue for false advertising?
I've always just wanted to comment that I think that Verizon's name is a ripoff of the band Vertical Horizon. I've never had any place to put this comment, so maybe it will be read here.:-) (Or maybe it will be modded down for being off-topic.)
Lying, cheating, and seeking the almighty dollar! I could resent living here, but, instead, I do what little I can to perhaps make any changes that I can to make it a better place. I don't make much of a difference, but everyone like me as a whole might...
I'd hate to have to knock on wood for this, but I'll say that I'm glad that I'm an @home subscriber.
Why don't they just go ahead and change the name to something like "Earth Online" or "World" online. Or start up equivalents of similar names around the world, like "Europe Online" and "Russia Online"... EOL and ROL. There we go!
You don't think there are any lurking variables here? Like the techies that came in with the computers to install them into the hospital? It seems to me that they could offer the same influx of new germs into the environment that a few boxes of metal and plastic could, except that these boxes of metal and plastic generally aren't known to produce, uhh, biohazards.
I'm sorry, but this just doesn't seem right to me. If I were in the hospital, hazard or not, I would rather have a computer in the room and a flatscreen above me so that I may cruise the net while I lie helpless.
Just so someone knows, this was not a trolling post. I was actually attempting humor and/or satire, probably rather poorly.
So, in this case, I think it is a fair assessment that nearly all first posts that are not on topic are deemed flamebait, troll, or overrated. Would you not agree? So being first is bad timing... Word to being the sacrificial lamb!
That is soooooo not true. The only reason why most people think that it is true is that they consider their personal problems bigger problems than the problems that are really problems.... You follow?
Let's just say that it's an appearance-versus-reality thing, and most people consider appearance extremely important. It's called superficiality. Take, for example, lawn-mowing. We cut back on our oxygen-producing grass because it looks better. Period. But are "ugly" yards a real problem?
And then there are the conspiracy theorists that do not believe that we ever landed on the moon. And then there are the Apollites that wish we were still sending people to the moon. And then there are people like me that think we should work out our problems on this rock before we send them elsewhere.
Maybe Agent Smith was right... Maybe we are a virus.
I replied here... I accidentally stuck it under my comments. And then when I replied again, I stuck it under my reply to my comments... They really need to put their "reply to this" links somewhere else.:-)
Hell they already take 25% of our paychecks (or more).
First of all, the government largely controls (indirectly most of the time) the salaries and wages that people earn. They are not taking any money that you need. Second, because of that, the 75% of your paycheck that you get to keep is exactly what they intended you to keep, and those of us that are aware of how our nation and economy operates don't complain, because we know that it's all part of a necessary system. Third, they're not taking 25%. Maybe 25% of your paycheck.
Without these taxes, our country would simply collapse. It's on the way to doing that anyway, since people are too busy capitalizing on what isn't rightfully theirs, engineering their government to deliver the goods whether they have earned them or not. Way to go, America.
"...unfair interference in the lives of the citizens. Thus, we have a reasonable expectation to privacy even if it is not spelled out for you in plain English. You aren't bursting my bubble, the government (not to mention Big Money) is bursting ours by it's tiresome meddling..."
Expectation is the leading cause of disappointment. And Big Money?! Why don't you spell that out for me? I would like to hear your argument about Big Money. (And then I will likely laugh at it.) Part of my point is that our rights can not simply be assumed because we expect them or think we deserve them, or because we think our government is going too far. When we have done the time in the books and know how to run a country, we can become politicians and try to make those changes. The entire world is politics; everyone should be a politician.
"...I believe most aware people want the government to get off our ass. Hell they already take 25% of our paychecks (or more).
*cough* Um, that's most unaware people. All they want is what the news and politicians tell them they want. They don't in any way reason what the purpose for those things are, they just want to make things temporarily better for themselves. Here's a good quote, and I'll give you a quarter if you can find its source: "A republic will collapse when the dumb masses realize they can vote for goodies for themselves." (Sounds like the Democratic agenda to me...)
"Lastly, the example of the girl with butter knife doesn't really have anything to do with cruel and unusual punishment, since no crime was committed in the first place..."
I would like to know how being arrested and forced to miss your graduation is not cruel or unusual punishment for simply owning a butter knife and having it lie silently in your car.
To make another point, I've taken tire irons, car jacks, wrenches, hammers, and many other tools that don't leave my car that I would use as a weapon long before a butter knife, and I have never heard any hint of trouble. In fact, no one in the country has had a problem with those items. I have also taken butter knives and even sharp cutting knives inside my school on days that we have prepared food for our classmates. I know that my school is anal about a lot of things, but at least they think, if only a little, before coming to conclusions about what a student possesses.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but the Constitution provides no right to privacy to anyone, just as it does not provide anyone with the right to be heard. The right to free speech is very often confused for the right to be heard. We feel that, because we can say what we want, it must be heard by the audience at which we aimed our speech. When will everyone realize that, just as we [supposedly] have the right to choose what we say and how we say it, we also have the right to choose what we hear and how we hear it.
One should also consider the Ninth Amendment, or, as I call it, the "elastic clause for the people". It essentially guarantees certain rights beyond those specifically named in the Constitution to protect the people from intrusion and tyranny. While these rights may not simply be assumed, they are protected, and the prevailing code of morality generally decides which rights are protected and which rights are not.
While I am at it, perhaps we should take a peak at the Eighth Amendment as well, which provides that no one shall be subject to cruel or unusual punishment for a crime. Take, for instance, the high school honors graduate that was arrested and will not graduate with her class simply because she had a butter knife in her vehicle at school. Not a butcher's knife. Not a steak knife. A butter knife. She has never shown any violent tendencies, nor has anyone ever reached into a random vehicle for an ordinary household object to threaten the safety of other students. Is it just me, or is "Zero Tolerance" inciting brainless reaction to nothing? Way to go, America.
So you're one of those people that condones such invasion of privacy, so long as it is for your benefit. You know, there's an entire political party dedicated to that sort of thing. In America, they call themselves Democrats, though they are certainly not the Democratic Party that I have read about in my history books. Oh no, their ideals are far from their origins, so much so that they resemble the Communist or Socialist Parties of Europe and Asia far more than the Democratic ideals for which the party was initially founded.
Really? Isn't it ironic that the NSA stands for the very thing thay, behind our backs and behind the scenes, they attempt, and perhaps succeed, to invade? (Hint: What's the S in NSA stand for?)
A little too ironic... And yeah I really do think.
(Sorry. That's my favorite line of the "Best Line" nominees for the MTV Movie Awards. Off-topic. Won't happen again.)
Is it just me, or are [console] video games considerably lacking in "adult" content? I think Conker's Bad Fur Day for the Nintendo 64 is about the worst thing we've got, and the word f@$# is censored!
I am unaware of the statistics, but I would guess that more kids play games through console systems rather than computers, and anything on the computer is bought or authorized first by a parent, in the majority of cases. In any event, this story seems to be a load of crap, in my opinion.:-)
I wouldn't mind a "Tour of the Playboy Mansion" game in the future. Something tells me I'm out of luck on that one...
Only one thought ran through my head as I read that... "Bad! Bad! Bad!"
The Internet is being paid for through our ISP subscriptions, and free phone services are making their own profits... Once again, big business is proving that the entire fricking world revolves around the almighty dollar (or international equivalents).
I suspect that this won't end until we finally actually exhaust our natural supplies of things... then we'll be in a shithole and money won't mean a thing.:-)
Hah! And I thought the Democratic Party was bad about wild speculation without any facts to back them up... Look, [insert name of slashdot staffer that wrote that], KEEP AN OPEN MIND. And, for your own good, I recommend not lashing out with such boldly unfounded assumptions in the future. You know what they say about those who assume... (Well, all but the me part.)
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I would imagine that they would have some mass, yes... unless they are solid energy. Energy is not matter, yes? And matter has mass, while energy does not, yes? (Just keeping things straight in my own mind.) And tell me, what does any of this have to do with real problems of today, like obtrusive and intrusive governments?
I follow you... up until the "more dimensions" part. Can you explain that a little further?
Okay, that was the odd way of going about it, but it makes sense to me. Just because something has a very tiny mass, that does not mean that it simply has no mass. Unless I can prove it one way or another, I will just base it on an assumption, and I would try to make it very clear that it is only an assumption until proven.
Just my two cents.
Thanks, and have a lovely day.
The real audio stream of today's show with Torvalds buffered and played fine. Interesting so far... though I'm only a couple of minutes into it.
Um, say I don't believe that this would actually take that many pentiums that amount of time to decode such a conversation. Where do I sign up to enlist my Pentiums' service, prove them wrong, and sue for false advertising?
I've always just wanted to comment that I think that Verizon's name is a ripoff of the band Vertical Horizon. I've never had any place to put this comment, so maybe it will be read here. :-) (Or maybe it will be modded down for being off-topic.)
I'd hate to have to knock on wood for this, but I'll say that I'm glad that I'm an @home subscriber.
Why don't they just go ahead and change the name to something like "Earth Online" or "World" online. Or start up equivalents of similar names around the world, like "Europe Online" and "Russia Online"... EOL and ROL. There we go!
I'm sorry, but this just doesn't seem right to me. If I were in the hospital, hazard or not, I would rather have a computer in the room and a flatscreen above me so that I may cruise the net while I lie helpless.
So, in this case, I think it is a fair assessment that nearly all first posts that are not on topic are deemed flamebait, troll, or overrated. Would you not agree? So being first is bad timing... Word to being the sacrificial lamb!
This is the best thing since sliced bread! But... if sliced bread had never come around, I have to ask, what would have been the previous best thing?
See my reply to the other reply to my article. It applies to you too.
Let's just say that it's an appearance-versus-reality thing, and most people consider appearance extremely important. It's called superficiality. Take, for example, lawn-mowing. We cut back on our oxygen-producing grass because it looks better. Period. But are "ugly" yards a real problem?
Maybe Agent Smith was right... Maybe we are a virus.
I replied here... I accidentally stuck it under my comments. And then when I replied again, I stuck it under my reply to my comments... They really need to put their "reply to this" links somewhere else. :-)
First of all, the government largely controls (indirectly most of the time) the salaries and wages that people earn. They are not taking any money that you need. Second, because of that, the 75% of your paycheck that you get to keep is exactly what they intended you to keep, and those of us that are aware of how our nation and economy operates don't complain, because we know that it's all part of a necessary system. Third, they're not taking 25%. Maybe 25% of your paycheck.
Without these taxes, our country would simply collapse. It's on the way to doing that anyway, since people are too busy capitalizing on what isn't rightfully theirs, engineering their government to deliver the goods whether they have earned them or not. Way to go, America.
Expectation is the leading cause of disappointment. And Big Money?! Why don't you spell that out for me? I would like to hear your argument about Big Money. (And then I will likely laugh at it.) Part of my point is that our rights can not simply be assumed because we expect them or think we deserve them, or because we think our government is going too far. When we have done the time in the books and know how to run a country, we can become politicians and try to make those changes. The entire world is politics; everyone should be a politician.
"...I believe most aware people want the government to get off our ass. Hell they already take 25% of our paychecks (or more).
*cough* Um, that's most unaware people. All they want is what the news and politicians tell them they want. They don't in any way reason what the purpose for those things are, they just want to make things temporarily better for themselves. Here's a good quote, and I'll give you a quarter if you can find its source: "A republic will collapse when the dumb masses realize they can vote for goodies for themselves." (Sounds like the Democratic agenda to me...)
"Lastly, the example of the girl with butter knife doesn't really have anything to do with cruel and unusual punishment, since no crime was committed in the first place..."
I would like to know how being arrested and forced to miss your graduation is not cruel or unusual punishment for simply owning a butter knife and having it lie silently in your car.
To make another point, I've taken tire irons, car jacks, wrenches, hammers, and many other tools that don't leave my car that I would use as a weapon long before a butter knife, and I have never heard any hint of trouble. In fact, no one in the country has had a problem with those items. I have also taken butter knives and even sharp cutting knives inside my school on days that we have prepared food for our classmates. I know that my school is anal about a lot of things, but at least they think, if only a little, before coming to conclusions about what a student possesses.
One should also consider the Ninth Amendment, or, as I call it, the "elastic clause for the people". It essentially guarantees certain rights beyond those specifically named in the Constitution to protect the people from intrusion and tyranny. While these rights may not simply be assumed, they are protected, and the prevailing code of morality generally decides which rights are protected and which rights are not.
While I am at it, perhaps we should take a peak at the Eighth Amendment as well, which provides that no one shall be subject to cruel or unusual punishment for a crime. Take, for instance, the high school honors graduate that was arrested and will not graduate with her class simply because she had a butter knife in her vehicle at school. Not a butcher's knife. Not a steak knife. A butter knife. She has never shown any violent tendencies, nor has anyone ever reached into a random vehicle for an ordinary household object to threaten the safety of other students. Is it just me, or is "Zero Tolerance" inciting brainless reaction to nothing? Way to go, America.
So you're one of those people that condones such invasion of privacy, so long as it is for your benefit. You know, there's an entire political party dedicated to that sort of thing. In America, they call themselves Democrats, though they are certainly not the Democratic Party that I have read about in my history books. Oh no, their ideals are far from their origins, so much so that they resemble the Communist or Socialist Parties of Europe and Asia far more than the Democratic ideals for which the party was initially founded.
Really? Isn't it ironic that the NSA stands for the very thing thay, behind our backs and behind the scenes, they attempt, and perhaps succeed, to invade? (Hint: What's the S in NSA stand for?)
A little too ironic... And yeah I really do think.
Is it just me, or are [console] video games considerably lacking in "adult" content? I think Conker's Bad Fur Day for the Nintendo 64 is about the worst thing we've got, and the word f@$# is censored!
I am unaware of the statistics, but I would guess that more kids play games through console systems rather than computers, and anything on the computer is bought or authorized first by a parent, in the majority of cases. In any event, this story seems to be a load of crap, in my opinion. :-)
I wouldn't mind a "Tour of the Playboy Mansion" game in the future. Something tells me I'm out of luck on that one...
The Internet is being paid for through our ISP subscriptions, and free phone services are making their own profits... Once again, big business is proving that the entire fricking world revolves around the almighty dollar (or international equivalents).
I suspect that this won't end until we finally actually exhaust our natural supplies of things... then we'll be in a shithole and money won't mean a thing. :-)
It's better than football. Loads better...
Hah! And I thought the Democratic Party was bad about wild speculation without any facts to back them up... Look, [insert name of slashdot staffer that wrote that], KEEP AN OPEN MIND. And, for your own good, I recommend not lashing out with such boldly unfounded assumptions in the future. You know what they say about those who assume... (Well, all but the me part.)