Current theories predict we won't be able to see much father back than 13.3 billion years because of the "cosmic dark ages".
Before decoupling occurs most of the photons in the universe are interacting with electrons and protons in the photon–baryon fluid. The universe is opaque or "foggy" as a result. There is light but not light we could observe through telescopes. The baryonic matter in the universe consisted of ionized plasma, and it only became neutral when it gained free electrons during "recombination," thereby releasing the photons creating the CMB. When the photons were released (or decoupled) the universe became transparent. At this point the only radiation emitted is the 21 cm spin line of neutral hydrogen. There is currently an observational effort underway to detect this faint radiation, as it is in principle an even more powerful tool than the cosmic microwave background for studying the early universe. The Dark Ages are currently thought to have lasted between 150 million to 800 million years after the Big Bang. The recent (October 2010) discovery of UDFy-38135539, the first observed galaxy to have existed during the following reionization epoch, gives us a window into these times. The galaxy earliest in this period observed and thus also the most distant galaxy ever observed is currently on the record of Leiden University's Richard J. Bouwens and Garth D. Illingsworth from UC Observatories/Lick Observatory. They found the galaxy UDFj-39546284 to be at a time some 480 million years after the Big Bang or about halfway through the Cosmic Dark Ages at a distance of about 13.2 billion light-years.
The network was so centralized that the openness of the program didn't mean much. FrostWire went Bittorrent only soon after LimeWire was shutdown to avoid legal trouble.
Just a little Econ101: salaries rise, and I don't just mean nominally through inflating a currency, when the productive capacity of an employee rises.
"For decades, productivity and compensation rose in tandem. Their bond was the basis of the social compact between the economy and the public: If you work harder and better, you and your family will be better off. But in the past few decades, and especially during the past 10 years or so, the lines have diverged. This is slippage No. 1: Productivity is rising handsomely, but compensation of workers isn’t keeping up."
With more than twice the Sun's mass and around 40 times as much luminosity, the environment around Vega has much more available energy at a given distance than the Solar System's environment.
I could guess this allows for the possible of faster evolution, assuming the most basic processes are not totally disrupted by the environment. Just as Vega's life sequence proceeds 10 times faster than the Sun's, perhaps their is a similar effect on life development around A class stars.
Thanks for mentioning Chrome's current version number.
I've got real tired of seeing people here bitch about FF's version number inflation causing them to move over to Chrome... ignoring the fact Chrome has an even higher version number after fewer years of existence compared to FF.
This basic math failure is quite egregious on an site supposedly for nerds.
The problem is the size and shape of the old dollar coins. They're very close to quarters in size and weight.
No, the problem is the size and shape of the newer dollar coins. For most of US history, dollar coins (orginally silver) up until the Eisenhower (71-78) were logically larger than half dollars.
There's no good reason why the PS3 and XBox360 don't support playing these games with a mouse. They both are entirely capable of it from a technical standpoint.
Maybe OT, but please don't forget that the PS3 can also be used as an excellent BluRay, DVD, SACD and SACD-R player. Although I'm not a gamer, I would buy it if I could afford it.
SACD playback in the PS3 was dropped at he same time PS2 compatibility was dropped.
A couple things in Mercury's favor. First, Mercury has an "earth-like" magnetic field (unlike venus and mercury).
Usually the advantage implied by a magnetic field in these contexts is protection from space weather, and on that measure Venus's thick atmosphere more than outweighs its lack of a magnetic field. Not only are you protected from high energy particles by all that CO2, but even a large portion of visible light is blocked. Venus's surface daytime illumination is much less than Earth's on average despite being nearer to the Sun.
I have no idea where that came from. I have a lot of period GM sales brochures from that time and they always use "gages". There is also the use of "powerteam" rather than "powertrain".
Swapping out a the stereo for one that works with your iPhone 12 is about 20 minutes of effort, and will cost maybe a hundred bucks.
This is not true, and hasn't been for 15 years. By the late 90's, many cars started having integrated radio/HVAC controls, and factory stereos started having more than 4 speakers, subwoofers, and external (not in the headunit) amplifiers. Replacing these systems is often quite expensive.
The late 80's had lots of GM experiments in proprietary dash layouts. The CRT touch screen system in the '87 Buck Riveria was perhaps the most (in)famous.
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Current theories predict we won't be able to see much father back than 13.3 billion years because of the "cosmic dark ages".
Before decoupling occurs most of the photons in the universe are interacting with electrons and protons in the photon–baryon fluid. The universe is opaque or "foggy" as a result. There is light but not light we could observe through telescopes. The baryonic matter in the universe consisted of ionized plasma, and it only became neutral when it gained free electrons during "recombination," thereby releasing the photons creating the CMB. When the photons were released (or decoupled) the universe became transparent. At this point the only radiation emitted is the 21 cm spin line of neutral hydrogen. There is currently an observational effort underway to detect this faint radiation, as it is in principle an even more powerful tool than the cosmic microwave background for studying the early universe. The Dark Ages are currently thought to have lasted between 150 million to 800 million years after the Big Bang. The recent (October 2010) discovery of UDFy-38135539, the first observed galaxy to have existed during the following reionization epoch, gives us a window into these times. The galaxy earliest in this period observed and thus also the most distant galaxy ever observed is currently on the record of Leiden University's Richard J. Bouwens and Garth D. Illingsworth from UC Observatories/Lick Observatory. They found the galaxy UDFj-39546284 to be at a time some 480 million years after the Big Bang or about halfway through the Cosmic Dark Ages at a distance of about 13.2 billion light-years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_universe
Pendant: Most corporations in the US actually only have one employee.
*The more you know*
My first Starcraft experience was on the N64.
You can form 18 unit groups in that version! :D
LimeWire was GPL... that's why FrostWire existed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LimeWire
The network was so centralized that the openness of the program didn't mean much. FrostWire went Bittorrent only soon after LimeWire was shutdown to avoid legal trouble.
Just a little Econ101: salaries rise, and I don't just mean nominally through inflating a currency, when the productive capacity of an employee rises.
"For decades, productivity and compensation rose in tandem. Their bond was the basis of the social compact between the economy and the public: If you work harder and better, you and your family will be better off. But in the past few decades, and especially during the past 10 years or so, the lines have diverged. This is slippage No. 1: Productivity is rising handsomely, but compensation of workers isn’t keeping up."
http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-economy/the-no-good-very-bad-outlook-for-the-working-class-american-man-20121205
RPGs with time passage often have stores that sell special goods at a specific ingame time... the "0200 special".
Nintendo seems to have liked that idea enough to implement it in the real world. :)
With more than twice the Sun's mass and around 40 times as much luminosity, the environment around Vega has much more available energy at a given distance than the Solar System's environment.
I could guess this allows for the possible of faster evolution, assuming the most basic processes are not totally disrupted by the environment. Just as Vega's life sequence proceeds 10 times faster than the Sun's, perhaps their is a similar effect on life development around A class stars.
Just FYI, AC's user ID is 666.
This should become an obligatory link in all future Slashdot FF stories.
Thanks.
The result of combining (version) two and (version) three was... drumroll... 5. 2+3=5.
"nobody wants to see a Winamp 4 skin" is more amusing. :)
Thanks for mentioning Chrome's current version number.
I've got real tired of seeing people here bitch about FF's version number inflation causing them to move over to Chrome... ignoring the fact Chrome has an even higher version number after fewer years of existence compared to FF.
This basic math failure is quite egregious on an site supposedly for nerds.
Most of our measurements are actually defined by the metric system.
One inch is exactly 25.4 mm.
One pound is exactly 0.45359237 kg.
So we are using the metric system, just in a very roundabout way.
The problem is the size and shape of the old dollar coins. They're very close to quarters in size and weight.
No, the problem is the size and shape of the newer dollar coins. For most of US history, dollar coins (orginally silver) up until the Eisenhower (71-78) were logically larger than half dollars.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower_dollar
It was the '79 Susan B. Anthony that started the quarter/dollar confusion.
There's no good reason why the PS3 and XBox360 don't support playing these games with a mouse. They both are entirely capable of it from a technical standpoint.
Maybe OT, but please don't forget that the PS3 can also be used as an excellent BluRay, DVD, SACD and SACD-R player. Although I'm not a gamer, I would buy it if I could afford it.
SACD playback in the PS3 was dropped at he same time PS2 compatibility was dropped.
By running Windows, you are already placing trust in Microsoft. Using MSE seems like a entirely logical extension of that.
That is to say, why bother yourself about one program from MS when you are using an entire OS made by them?
Recommending ext3 over ext4 at this point is silly. It's like recommending Vista over Win7.
The corona is incredibly diffuse and a lot farther down the gravity well than Mercury is. Not really a usable aerobrake.
A couple things in Mercury's favor. First, Mercury has an "earth-like" magnetic field (unlike venus and mercury).
Usually the advantage implied by a magnetic field in these contexts is protection from space weather, and on that measure Venus's thick atmosphere more than outweighs its lack of a magnetic field. Not only are you protected from high energy particles by all that CO2, but even a large portion of visible light is blocked. Venus's surface daytime illumination is much less than Earth's on average despite being nearer to the Sun.
I have no idea where that came from. I have a lot of period GM sales brochures from that time and they always use "gages". There is also the use of "powerteam" rather than "powertrain".
Swapping out a the stereo for one that works with your iPhone 12 is about 20 minutes of effort, and will cost maybe a hundred bucks.
This is not true, and hasn't been for 15 years. By the late 90's, many cars started having integrated radio/HVAC controls, and factory stereos started having more than 4 speakers, subwoofers, and external (not in the headunit) amplifiers. Replacing these systems is often quite expensive.
The late 80's had lots of GM experiments in proprietary dash layouts. The CRT touch screen system in the '87 Buck Riveria was perhaps the most (in)famous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onDbn0AWV5M
Let's not forget the red rings, too.
On Linux, if you had an application that needed a 32-bit system, and you had a 64-bit install, I'd tell you to reinstall a 32-bit OS.
Sounds like you shouldn't be giving advice. The correct process is to install whatever 32-bit libs you need.
Not only can I run 32-bit Linux programs on 64-bit Linux without having to "reinstall a 32-bit OS", I can run 32-bit Windows programs (via Wine).
I start with Linux nearly 4 years ago, and even then the 32/64 issue was a solved problem.
Have you ever compared the contents of the Program Files and Program Files (x86) folders?
When 90%+ of the applications on 64-bit Windows are not actually 64-bit, then AC's snark seems to have some merit.