The problem with your reasoning is, that you're measuring the speed of light as a fraction of the speed of light. Do don't be surprised if the figure you're getting out of your 'measurement' is exactly the same as the figure you're putting in.
To measure c in meters per second, you need a frequency measurement that does not rely on c (that's where the circular argument comes in), which is the point the original poster was making.
Well, it seems that I should have used explicit tags for the humour impaired.
It's just that I get angry when self-righteous people start telling other nations how to behave. It is the same patronising attitude that the IMF adopts when deciding the fate of third world nations. These people are not imbeciles, so don't treat them that way. Please get off of your high horse, and don't assume that someone is trolling just because they do not share your narrow outlook on life.
I don't know about the legality, but morally this is the equivalent of Gator and other sneak installs. Maybe Ad-Aware will add it to its software-to-remove list.
you are very cynical. Next you will tell me that penis enlargement pills do not work......Ahh I have no time for you! I hear the postman coming up out street and I'm expecting a cheque from that nice Nigerian gentleman.
We should forget standards and let everyone do thire *own thing*
Yes! Every town should have a different line voltage, because 110V and 220V are just too restrictive. Every screw should have a different type of thread, some left-handed and some right-handed. and everyone will invent their own currency and road-signs. What you're suggesting leads us back to the dark ages of the early 1900's. The problem is not standardisation, the problem is a standards organisation that has forgotten why they were set up in the first place. Standards are there to benefit industry and, by lowering production cost and by stimulating progress (which is a dirty word now, I know), to help the rest of humanity. They were never ment to make money for short-sighted managers.
please tell me you're joking. My wrist still hurts from playing solitaire on my mega ste back in 1992, and to click you needed to apply half a ton of force to what passed for a button. I have many fond memories of my ST, but none of the original mouse.
so you think it's ok for children to break the law(copyright infringement) and see people shooting and kicking eachother (Matrix reloaded), but it is close to a disaster if they happen to see naked people having fun?
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well you can always save the .torrent file and double-click the file. (Also makes resuming a torrent a lot easier.)
I'm not questioning your grasp of mathematics. I do, however question your grasp of physics.
I suggest you read the works of Richard Feynman, who has made this argument much more eloquently.
For the last time:
The quantity you wish to measure should be treated a an unknown. You CANNOT use the value of c to measure c, directly or indirectly.
Such a measurement is meaningless.
The problem with your reasoning is, that you're measuring the speed of light as a fraction of the speed of light. Do don't be surprised if the figure you're getting out of your 'measurement' is exactly the same as the figure you're putting in.
To measure c in meters per second, you need a frequency measurement that does not rely on c (that's where the circular argument comes in), which is the point the original poster was making.
Well, it seems that I should have used explicit tags for the humour impaired.
It's just that I get angry when self-righteous people start telling other nations how to behave. It is the same patronising attitude that the IMF adopts when deciding the fate of third world nations. These people are not imbeciles, so don't treat them that way. Please get off of your high horse, and don't assume that someone is trolling just because they do not share your narrow outlook on life.
That's right poor people should not be allowed to have fun. They must eat dry bread and say Thank-you.
That's the funniest link I've read in ages. These people make UFO watchers look sane. Thanks.
Well if they're hired guns then it's perfectly ok, since according to the US government, mercenaries are not covered by the Geneva convention :)
Since when is slashdot a press agency? If you want fair, unbiased news, go read a newspaper.
I don't know about the legality, but morally this is the equivalent of Gator and other sneak installs. Maybe Ad-Aware will add it to its software-to-remove list.
well, it beats staring at the luminous green walls.
well, I vote for B.
I know that most geeks hate windows, but that's no reason not to look through one occasionally. There is a world outside you know.
Well, actually, the next in the series would be HEXIUM, which would be even worse than sexium in PR terms.
you are very cynical. Next you will tell me that penis enlargement pills do not work... ...Ahh I have no time for you! I hear the postman coming up out street and I'm expecting a cheque from that nice Nigerian gentleman.
Yes! Every town should have a different line voltage, because 110V and 220V are just too restrictive. Every screw should have a different type of thread, some left-handed and some right-handed. and everyone will invent their own currency and road-signs. What you're suggesting leads us back to the dark ages of the early 1900's. The problem is not standardisation, the problem is a standards organisation that has forgotten why they were set up in the first place. Standards are there to benefit industry and, by lowering production cost and by stimulating progress (which is a dirty word now, I know), to help the rest of humanity. They were never ment to make money for short-sighted managers.
at the risk of being completely pedantic, the rule is: i before e except after c.
We need tighter legislation NOW!
and that is why you posted anonymously?
please tell me you're joking. My wrist still hurts from playing solitaire on my mega ste back in 1992, and to click you needed to apply half a ton of force to what passed for a button. I have many fond memories of my ST, but none of the original mouse.
so, how hard would it be to construct a paper that consists of gibberish, but still scores high on the checker?
so you think it's ok for children to break the law(copyright infringement) and see people shooting and kicking eachother (Matrix reloaded), but it is close to a disaster if they happen to see naked people having fun?
Boy no wonder this world is so screwed up.
it's called shooting the messenger.
simple test: if it comes in gallon jugs, it is not a nice wine.
weel, you could just append a few bytes to the file and fill them with random bits