Do you have any references to Columbus's journal
saying the crew thought the Earth was flat? I have only been able to find excerpts, and none of them touch on the issue.
As for being educated, a sailor would be likely
to think the earth was a sphere. Every time they
clibmed a mast for look out they would be getting
evidence for it. Knowing the size of the earth and how to estimate
it might require education, but a spherical
is simpler than that.
I don't think that 9-5 is really the standard
workday. Here in the midwest of the US, 8am-4pm or 8am-4:30pm is much more
common. Then there are true shift workers who are
much likely to work 7am-3pm, 3pm-11pm, or 11pm-7am (or 6-6 or 7-7 if they are on 12 hour shifts). Then there's retail...
Anyway, I agree that this proposal is lame, but I don't think that 9-5 is that standard. It seems like a
coastal US thing.
In the 1500s neither scientists nor other educated
people believed the Earth was flat. This is a myth. It had been proven long before that
the earth was round. Herearesome links to get you started or do a search yourself.
-15 Celsius is nothing. I regularly bike in much colder than that.
My personal record is biking at about -35 degrees
Celsius.
It really is not that big of a deal. I just make sure all
my skin is covered - I wear ski goggles and a face mask. Then
just wear enough layers to stay warm - I have never had to wear
more than 2 on my legs and three on my upper body. Usually
after biking 10 minutes or so I have to unzip my coat because I
am too warm!
So cold is not a limit for me.
Snow can be a hassle though. I don't mind riding during a
snow storm, but the day after a storm is usually
pretty bad. There are usually piles of snow on the part
of the road that I usually ride on.
Winters in Madison? The winters in Madison are mild. The worst parts about winters in Madison
are that they are too short and there is
not enough snow.
Whether conduction or heat capacity is more important depends on the mode of heat transfer that is going to be in use. If conduction is the mode of heat transfer, than the conductivity is most important. If its convection, than the heat capacity is most important.
In most applications involving fluid convection is the dominant form of heat transfer. Sometimes its forced and sometimes its natural convection, but either way convection is more common.
Try a small long distance provider, like
Pioneer
Telephone. (No I don't work for them, I am just a
happy costumer.)
Pioneer doesn't require a monthly fee to get a plan,
like Sprint was trying to force me into before I dropped them.
Plus, the rates are a much bette deal than
the major Telephone Companies. I have never
had to contact them for service, so I can't comment
on that, but the line quality seems the same
as Sprint.
There are some taxes on the bill, but not that bad.
My last bill had about $1.75 worth of taxes on
about $10 worth of calls.
Anyway, I'd suggest you shop around. You don't
have to pay for the Telephone Companies huge
ad campaigns. I wish I could get an alternate
local phone company, but my area is not open to competition
yet.
Hey, I jumped into this thread late and I had
nothing to do with dragging political party into.
The AC a couple of posts above you dragged Reagan
and Republicans into this. Then ninejaguar made
the point that anti-Communist policy had been
around for a while. Then you brought the Great
Society into this;).
Anyway, I agree foreign policy goes across party
lines and I didn't mean to suggest that Truman
should get all the credit for winning the Cold War,
just that Reagan gets way too much credit for it.
A similar case could be made with regard
to the World Trade Center hijackings. They weren't
Bush's fault and even if Gore were President
a lot of the government reaction after the fact
probably would have rubbed many people the
wrong way. That doesn't change the fact that
I really wish someone else were President now. GWB's
inability to work with the rest of the world make
me long for McCain, Eisenhower, GHWB, or even
Nixon.
40 years before the end of the Cold War dates back to
Truman administration. The Truman Doctrine, that
the United States must support democracy through
out the world and contain the spread of communism, was
the basis for US foreign policy during the Cold
War. Democrats and Republicans came and went from the
presidency and the results of applying the
Truman doctrine varied, but it was always the
policy of the US.
Historians can debate how much Reagan's military build up and
saber rattling sped up the decline of the Soviet
Union, but there is little doubt that it would
have fallen eventually.
I have
some LDAP experience, if anyone is interested in resurrecting roaming
profiles perhaps we could rebuild this service?
Many people are interested in roaming profiles, considering that
bug 17048 has over 200 votes. If you really
interested, I am sure they would appreciate it if someone
worked on this. Search for roaming on bugzilla
to get an idea of all of the related bugs and what
(little) is going on to fix them.
They are zealots but I don't think you can say that their promises
were faulty. Remember to distinguish between the Open Source folks and
the Free Software folks.
Right, because the Open Sourcers are painted red on the right and black on the left, while the
Free Softies are painted black on the right and red
on the left.
Or is it that the Open Sourcers where purple, while
the Free Softies where green?
Regardless, I think think the division of these two camps is
overplayed. I can see the points of both extremes.
Re:Why are we always nitpicking?
on
Shuttle Politics
·
· Score: 1
Zero-ing out NASA's buget would kill a lot of good science.
I admit that the manned space flight program
may not do that much that is scientifically interesting
(but then a gain that's not its point.
Nevertheless NASA's umanned programs do a lot
of important science in space and here on Earth,
so destroyinn NASA would be a major mistake.
I have seen a bunch of posts in this discussion
using the word "e-mail". That word bugs the heck of me.
That word is a sign of the struggle by the
self-appointed guardians of the language to
re-write English. Just because some English
teachers and style guidline writers don't like
the word "email", doesn't give them the right
to change it. The "email" was around long before
most of them ever heard of the internet, and I
for one will not stand for the use of its hideous
step brother "e-mail".
The tax you're talking about above would not bring in enough money. The
rich and much of the middle class would pay a lot
less than they do now.
Your person making $200k probably pays $30k+ right now,
so your are talking about roughly a 50% tax decrease. I make a little over
half of that $200k, and I am paying just a little less
than the $17k.
There's nothing inherently evil about a flat tax, but I think
that it is a stupid idea. The rich get the most
benefits from the current system and they have
more money to spare, so they should pay more in
income taxes. The poor have to pay enough on the local level
in most areas on sales and property taxes. If anything, I think that
the current system isn't progressive enough. We
should be increases the tax rate on the higher
levels. And if you want to cut out taxes on dividends
then I think that the taxes should be cut out on
interest from bonds and savings accounts as well.
Re:Behind the times...
on
Potato Bazookas
·
· Score: 4, Insightful
Nice use of stereotypes. Your basic point about
the popularity of spud guns being the problem is valid, but
the whole "geeks" and "jocks" thing is irrelevant.
There are plenty of examples of kids who could be classified as jocks
playing with tech toys, and as Columbine showed there are plenty
of examples of those sometimes labelled as "geeks"
playing with conventional weapons.
You've got the quote all wrong. Here's the correct quote from our esteemed President:
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on--shame on you. Fool me--you can't get fooled again." - Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002
Slashdot Mirror
As for being educated, a sailor would be likely to think the earth was a sphere. Every time they clibmed a mast for look out they would be getting evidence for it. Knowing the size of the earth and how to estimate it might require education, but a spherical is simpler than that.
Anyway, I agree that this proposal is lame, but I don't think that 9-5 is that standard. It seems like a coastal US thing.
In the 1500s neither scientists nor other educated people believed the Earth was flat. This is a myth. It had been proven long before that the earth was round. Here are some links to get you started or do a search yourself.
Replying to myself: I found a torrent or the show at bi-torrent.com.
Has anyone seen a recording of it online? Oh all the days for my TiVo not to change channels. Arghh!
It really is not that big of a deal. I just make sure all my skin is covered - I wear ski goggles and a face mask. Then just wear enough layers to stay warm - I have never had to wear more than 2 on my legs and three on my upper body. Usually after biking 10 minutes or so I have to unzip my coat because I am too warm!
So cold is not a limit for me.
Snow can be a hassle though. I don't mind riding during a snow storm, but the day after a storm is usually pretty bad. There are usually piles of snow on the part of the road that I usually ride on.
I have no PDA, nor a cell phone. My usual trips to parks are by bike, foot, or rollerlade, so still no time piece.
If there are clocks everywhere, then you don't get outside enough. If you can't make yourself leave the city, at least go to a park once in a while.
Winters in Madison? The winters in Madison are mild. The worst parts about winters in Madison are that they are too short and there is not enough snow.
In most applications involving fluid convection is the dominant form of heat transfer. Sometimes its forced and sometimes its natural convection, but either way convection is more common.
Pioneer doesn't require a monthly fee to get a plan, like Sprint was trying to force me into before I dropped them. Plus, the rates are a much bette deal than the major Telephone Companies. I have never had to contact them for service, so I can't comment on that, but the line quality seems the same as Sprint.
There are some taxes on the bill, but not that bad. My last bill had about $1.75 worth of taxes on about $10 worth of calls.
Anyway, I'd suggest you shop around. You don't have to pay for the Telephone Companies huge ad campaigns. I wish I could get an alternate local phone company, but my area is not open to competition yet.
Anyway, I agree foreign policy goes across party lines and I didn't mean to suggest that Truman should get all the credit for winning the Cold War, just that Reagan gets way too much credit for it.
A similar case could be made with regard to the World Trade Center hijackings. They weren't Bush's fault and even if Gore were President a lot of the government reaction after the fact probably would have rubbed many people the wrong way. That doesn't change the fact that I really wish someone else were President now. GWB's inability to work with the rest of the world make me long for McCain, Eisenhower, GHWB, or even Nixon.
Historians can debate how much Reagan's military build up and saber rattling sped up the decline of the Soviet Union, but there is little doubt that it would have fallen eventually.
You should really call it intestinal property. You could still call it IP, though.
Right, because the Open Sourcers are painted red on the right and black on the left, while the Free Softies are painted black on the right and red on the left.
Or is it that the Open Sourcers where purple, while the Free Softies where green?
Regardless, I think think the division of these two camps is overplayed. I can see the points of both extremes.
Zero-ing out NASA's buget would kill a lot of good science. I admit that the manned space flight program may not do that much that is scientifically interesting (but then a gain that's not its point. Nevertheless NASA's umanned programs do a lot of important science in space and here on Earth, so destroyinn NASA would be a major mistake.
Fight the power! Use "email".
Your person making $200k probably pays $30k+ right now, so your are talking about roughly a 50% tax decrease. I make a little over half of that $200k, and I am paying just a little less than the $17k.
There's nothing inherently evil about a flat tax, but I think that it is a stupid idea. The rich get the most benefits from the current system and they have more money to spare, so they should pay more in income taxes. The poor have to pay enough on the local level in most areas on sales and property taxes. If anything, I think that the current system isn't progressive enough. We should be increases the tax rate on the higher levels. And if you want to cut out taxes on dividends then I think that the taxes should be cut out on interest from bonds and savings accounts as well.
Nice use of stereotypes. Your basic point about the popularity of spud guns being the problem is valid, but the whole "geeks" and "jocks" thing is irrelevant. There are plenty of examples of kids who could be classified as jocks playing with tech toys, and as Columbine showed there are plenty of examples of those sometimes labelled as "geeks" playing with conventional weapons.
You've got the quote all wrong. Here's the correct quote from our esteemed President:
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on--shame on you. Fool me--you can't get fooled again." - Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002
Slashdot posted an earlier story on this in July. Its amusing what some people can use for inspiration.
I'd say both sides have been playing political hardball with nominations quite a bit of the time.
Both sides comprise on some things, but not on others.
The Democrats comprised on Welfare reform and tax cuts, for example. While the Republicans didn't do much compromising on impeachment.