"Both Pavlok and Nest Thermostat are opt-in services, so customers can decide whether to switch them on or not," said David Webber, Managing Director at Intelligent Environments.
The only faster than light effect that has ever been observed (and has in fact repeatedly been demonstrated), is the situation where a journalist sees the word "entanglement" and immediately starts typing "faster than light communication" without any time delay whatsoever.
I assumed when they said 'used' it was consumed or converted in some manner as well. Not the case.
Used means "utilized" more often than "consumed" (though it can be both, or either). You picked a very odd way to take the original statement, almost as if you wanted it to be wrong.
I read 'used' as 'consumed' as well. It's not unreasonable to do so. You picked a very odd way to interpret AC's statement, almost as though you wanted to make him wrong.
They didn't really go into much more detail but assuming no maintenance anybody building this without that grant is looking at about 4 years to recover their costs.
The cost to the ASLC was $118,360. Saving $15k per month, it has an ROI under 1 year. Why are you trying to make a good thing look as bad as possible?
Apparently you missed the part of AC's statement where he said that anyone building this without the grant is looking at 4 years to recoup costs. (Total cost without the grant is $656,000.)
I'm very saddened by the fact that this has been down-modded. This is a sober, rational post on the merits of the pursuit of science. And the fact that Bill Nye has committed himself to to this effort, and Sarah Palin has not.
I have heard of schools that offer a BA in a science field (and yes, with the hard parts) but I have never heard of one that offers a BSc in an arts field.
Those schools that offer a BA in a science field do so for reasons of their institutional history. Kind of like the PhD, which is a Doctor of Philosophy degree, but can be awarded in many disciplines that are not closely related to philosophy.
"...he graduated from Cornell University's School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering."
Wouldn't that would make him an engineer and not a scientist? Of course, he's still significantly more intelligent than Palin or any of her kinfolk, he's just not a scientist.
Frequently, engineers do science and scientists do engineering.
The difference between engineering and science is often one of intent rather than activity. Very broadly speaking, engineering is about making things that work, whereas science is about trying to understand how and why they work.
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"Both Pavlok and Nest Thermostat are opt-in services, so customers can decide whether to switch them on or not," said David Webber, Managing Director at Intelligent Environments.
I should frickin' hope so.
And that brings us to the inevitable large-scale consequence of climate change: war.
This has been modded "Flamebait." Oddly appropriate.
This.
And in case the AC is still here: I'm definitely not a Republican.
Stolen property is stolen property. You can't un-steal it by giving it to a cause, no matter how worthy.
I'm not sure where you're going with that, but the phrase you quoted argues against your position.
Put them in jail instead.
It's cheaper and a wrongful conviction can be reversed.
The majority of countries no longer have the death penalty.
256 GB divided by 12 hours would correspond to a bandwidth of about 48.5 Mb/s. That's more than enough to support compressed 4K video.
Consider that UMAX in Korea supports streaming of compressed 4K video at 60 fps progressive, using 32 Mb/s of bandwidth.
Close that parentheses, you're killing me!!
Ah, you must be a Lisp programmer. :-P
To paraphrase what Lloyd Bentson might say:
I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Donald Trump, you're no Jack Kennedy.
I don't "believe" in facts. -- Stephen Colbert
FTFY
Or perhaps ... we could be their pets?
Thanks to both ACs for the clarifications. Obviously I confused evidence with testimony.
I would assume not so far as to deny someone's 5th-amendment privilege to decline to self-incriminate. But IANAL.
You missed KGill's point.
In a court of law, the burden of proof is with the prosecution, not with the accused.
In science, the burden of proof is with the one making the claim, not with the one refuting it based on current knowledge.
And to paraphrase Marcello Truzzi the more extraordinary the claim, the more extraordinary the proof must be.
Denying faster-than-light communication is not an extraordinary claim, because nothing has ever been observed to go faster than light.
The only faster than light effect that has ever been observed (and has in fact repeatedly been demonstrated), is the situation where a journalist sees the word "entanglement" and immediately starts typing "faster than light communication" without any time delay whatsoever.
Obligatory xkcd.
I assumed when they said 'used' it was consumed or converted in some manner as well. Not the case.
Used means "utilized" more often than "consumed" (though it can be both, or either). You picked a very odd way to take the original statement, almost as if you wanted it to be wrong.
I read 'used' as 'consumed' as well. It's not unreasonable to do so. You picked a very odd way to interpret AC's statement, almost as though you wanted to make him wrong.
They didn't really go into much more detail but assuming no maintenance anybody building this without that grant is looking at about 4 years to recover their costs.
The cost to the ASLC was $118,360. Saving $15k per month, it has an ROI under 1 year. Why are you trying to make a good thing look as bad as possible?
Apparently you missed the part of AC's statement where he said that anyone building this without the grant is looking at 4 years to recoup costs. (Total cost without the grant is $656,000.)
Eh, this is a problem that can be easily solved by a freelance arson or a few enthusiastic thugs before the project even takes off.
Nothing outlasts an Energizer.
Obligatory.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not “Eureka” but “That’s funny...”
—Isaac Asimov
so you are saying because Ben Franklin didn't have a Modern BS degree he was never a scientist?
No, I never said that at all. Quite the contrary, in fact.
Are you sure you responded to the correct post?
You can patent a water-filled bag that is used as a lens, if nobody has done it before. Which is what Bill Nye did.
I'm very saddened by the fact that this has been down-modded. This is a sober, rational post on the merits of the pursuit of science. And the fact that Bill Nye has committed himself to to this effort, and Sarah Palin has not.
This, in spades.
Science is tough. Explaining science to non-scientists is even tougher.
I have heard of schools that offer a BA in a science field (and yes, with the hard parts) but I have never heard of one that offers a BSc in an arts field.
Those schools that offer a BA in a science field do so for reasons of their institutional history. Kind of like the PhD, which is a Doctor of Philosophy degree, but can be awarded in many disciplines that are not closely related to philosophy.
"...he graduated from Cornell University's School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering."
Wouldn't that would make him an engineer and not a scientist? Of course, he's still significantly more intelligent than Palin or any of her kinfolk, he's just not a scientist.
Frequently, engineers do science and scientists do engineering.
The difference between engineering and science is often one of intent rather than activity. Very broadly speaking, engineering is about making things that work, whereas science is about trying to understand how and why they work.