[......] theoretical physicists are typically far more intelligent than [engineers and computer scientists]
That depends on your definition of intelligence. But, whatever it is, all the intelligence in the world is worthless without the ability to communicate its products clearly in a way that lesser mortals can understand. Theoretical physicists, as a whole, do a very poor job of that.
So does that mean dark matter is effectively a cloud of gas and its particles are constantly in rapid motion, but constrained in a spheroid by gravity? Or am i completely failing to grasp how it works?
The problem is that we've seen that shit before - it's called religion. Only a small clique of superior beings can actually know god's mind - and everyone else must just shut up and listen. If you can't explain this stuff in ways that non scientists can understand, then (a) you're not worth your wages, and (b) nobody's going to believe you.
Yeah, i was just checking the cable from an S20-30 laptop bought a couple of days ago (in Australia). It has "LS-15" on the connector, but a different cable type from the photo - a bundled cable with double insulation (which is standard here), rather than 3 single-insulated parallel wires.
Yeah, installation's as painful as ever. But apart from that F21 is fine. I've been using the beta since it was released and haven't had any major problems. (I've been using Fedora since it was RH4).
I installed the beta on my laptop several weeks ago and i haven't had much in the way of problems either. But there are a couple of things i still can't get working properly - QGIS and VirtualBox. The QGIS (gdal, really) problem fix will hopefully be pushed soon, and i don't care about VirtualBox any more, as i was forced to use qemu/kvm/virt-manager instead and i prefer it.
I think it's a bit of an exaggeration to say many believe RNA was the first molecule to encode genetic information. As i understand it, there's no evidence to support that belief - and therefore no scientist should believe. However, many people suspect that was the case.
A big problem you and your peers have is that you consider things to be "boring" and not worth your attention. This is a completely wrong view of life and the world, which are not configured to provide you with an optimal set of experiences.
Bullshit. You only get one life, and it's too short to waste it on boring shit. When you're on your death bed, you won't be saying "i wish i'd forced myself to do more boring shit", you'll be saying "i wish i hadn't wasted so much of my life on that boring shit."
... and discipline - something many youngsters (like, apparently, OP) seem to be lacking.
It's not just youngsters. I'm 56 and I just finished a science degree (with fairly high grades) - and I can't force myself to read boring books. The secret to succesful uni studies is skimming - use the minimum amount of effort to extract only what you need from a document, whether it's a book or a scientific paper. At the end of the day, when you walk out of the final exam for a subject, any knowledge you may have accumulated evaporates anyway - leaving a nice clean brain for next semester!
No, we started going downhill when Howard was elected - 19 years ago. Things improved a bit under Labor, but didn't get anywhere near back to where they were 20 years ago.
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The worse a beer is, the colder you should serve it.
Maybe. But if a beer's undrinkable at room temperature (VB's an Australian example of that), you shouldn't drink it at all.
Shoulda been first post!
[......] theoretical physicists are typically far more intelligent than [engineers and computer scientists]
That depends on your definition of intelligence. But, whatever it is, all the intelligence in the world is worthless without the ability to communicate its products clearly in a way that lesser mortals can understand. Theoretical physicists, as a whole, do a very poor job of that.
So does that mean dark matter is effectively a cloud of gas and its particles are constantly in rapid motion, but constrained in a spheroid by gravity? Or am i completely failing to grasp how it works?
Leave science to professionals.
The problem is that we've seen that shit before - it's called religion. Only a small clique of superior beings can actually know god's mind - and everyone else must just shut up and listen. If you can't explain this stuff in ways that non scientists can understand, then (a) you're not worth your wages, and (b) nobody's going to believe you.
Yeah, too right. If it wasn't for the meddling of a lowly patent clerk, we wouldn't be in this mess in the first place!
[......] dark matter is arranged in a spheroidal halo whereas most of the visible matter is in a thin disk.
That sounds unlikely. How did it happen?
The ones that give you a nasty hangover, you mean?
The basement fridge probably vibrates more than the kitchen one. And maybe isn't as cold.
It's probably got more to do with the fact that cask ale is brewed, while the other revolting piss is manufactured.
Someone's getting a nice big bribe!
Well, you're guessing wrong. It's the insulation in the plug itself, which can degrade. http://www.recalls.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/1066502
But only cords supplied in 2011/12 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/powercord2014
It only applies to cords sold in 2011 & 12 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/powercord2014
Yeah, i was just checking the cable from an S20-30 laptop bought a couple of days ago (in Australia). It has "LS-15" on the connector, but a different cable type from the photo - a bundled cable with double insulation (which is standard here), rather than 3 single-insulated parallel wires.
Yeah, installation's as painful as ever. But apart from that F21 is fine. I've been using the beta since it was released and haven't had any major problems. (I've been using Fedora since it was RH4).
I installed the beta on my laptop several weeks ago and i haven't had much in the way of problems either. But there are a couple of things i still can't get working properly - QGIS and VirtualBox. The QGIS (gdal, really) problem fix will hopefully be pushed soon, and i don't care about VirtualBox any more, as i was forced to use qemu/kvm/virt-manager instead and i prefer it.
I think it's a bit of an exaggeration to say many believe RNA was the first molecule to encode genetic information. As i understand it, there's no evidence to support that belief - and therefore no scientist should believe. However, many people suspect that was the case.
A big problem you and your peers have is that you consider things to be "boring" and not worth your attention. This is a completely wrong view of life and the world, which are not configured to provide you with an optimal set of experiences.
Bullshit. You only get one life, and it's too short to waste it on boring shit. When you're on your death bed, you won't be saying "i wish i'd forced myself to do more boring shit", you'll be saying "i wish i hadn't wasted so much of my life on that boring shit."
It's not just youngsters. I'm 56 and I just finished a science degree (with fairly high grades) - and I can't force myself to read boring books. The secret to succesful uni studies is skimming - use the minimum amount of effort to extract only what you need from a document, whether it's a book or a scientific paper. At the end of the day, when you walk out of the final exam for a subject, any knowledge you may have accumulated evaporates anyway - leaving a nice clean brain for next semester!
Save your mental energy for interesting stuff.
If you quit masturbating you'll get prostate cancer.
Well we were talking about Australia and i'm pretty sure the answer's "no".
No, we started going downhill when Howard was elected - 19 years ago. Things improved a bit under Labor, but didn't get anywhere near back to where they were 20 years ago.
Not in Australia, which is where we're talking about.
In Australia?