Plus the Human government was dealing with colonial rebellions and pirate organizations at the beginning of the story. Plenty of potential bad guys there.
True, but Bungie first caught my eye for their stories of a lone player character pitted against/with intelligences far greater than their own. The villain decay started with Halo 2 and was apace in the third instalment; I think if they continue the franchise with human or covenant remnants than the grandeur will be lost. On the other hand, if they introduce another ostensibly invincible enemy we'll be faced with what happened to Stargate*. If that enemy happens to be the Forerunner we'd be left with an issue akin to comic book retconning: "actually, they weren't all killed off", despite that being the whole point of the race as far as the plot is concerned. For me, Halo was done after 3, where the arcs were tied up (for better or worse).
*OMG The Goa'uld can't be beaten, we're fucked! Oh, wait we beat them... OMG Replicators!... OMG Ori!... etc. For the record I do love SG1, but because of MacGuyver and the self-contained episodes like Zero Hour, rather than any long-running plot.
Diamonds, like gold and platinum at least have practical uses like abrasives, conductors etc. Why anyone would want moon rock for anything but pure research is beyond me.
Burnup (was finding this so hard?) is the fissioning of nuclear fuel into lighter elements and the release of energy equivalent to the difference in mass between the two. It is analogous to the burning of fossil fuel into lighter compounds but with orders - lots of them - of magnitude more energy released per unit mass of fuel.
Those born blind wouldn't know what they're missing but I imagine they would be persuaded by the people who would jump at a chance of being able to see, namely people who have been rendered blind.
As for seeing through time I've read Dune and frankly I don't think I want the gift of prescience, not unless I can turn it off when I want to à la Mrs Cake.
I think the problem with the correlation != causation thing that is trotted out without fail is that people mistake it for correlation does not imply causation.
I'm no logician so feel free to rephrase that, but the essence is that just because correlation doesn't mean causation all the time doesn't suggest that correlation doesn't mean causation some of the time.
This has less to do with practical concerns about footprint and more about making sim-swapping even harder. Are they really saying a ~1cm^2 SIM is too big, even in an iPad?
Karma be damned, Apple only need that bulky SIM holder because there isn't a user-replaceable battery and its associated cover. I've had enough other brand phones to see that there are better (i.e. smaller) ways to hold a SIM.
We have other tools, and it's convenient to have robots able to use them as well as humans.
Debatably, having robots that are easier for humans to relate to will it easier for the public to accept among them. Perhaps as a side-effect if we have less trouble anthropomorphising them there'll be less bloodshed (I hope not literal) when the sentient ones start asking for us to extend the idea of human rights to them.
Why not? Whether it expands to engulf the Earth, broils it or simply cools to the point where it's not giving out enough energy to sustain us we're still fucked. Proper fucked. The point is that it won't last forever.
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Don't forget cryolite, which is apparently toxic to insects (I don't know about humans).
And people said high school chemistry would never come in handy!
Like many, I don't care, and I wont use an iPad or Safari. Why is this important exactly?
Because a lot of people do use i-devices and, incidentally, many of them don't care or indeed know about the GPL.
As for me, I don't care because I don't read NYT; for the moment I'm happy getting my news from Google.
That's like leaving riddles inside the bank safe.
That seems like a good idea, if you're not The Riddler. There is non-zero benefit to having someone believe you are something you are not.
Heh... intrigue in the US Senate: who'da thunk it?
Plus the Human government was dealing with colonial rebellions and pirate organizations at the beginning of the story. Plenty of potential bad guys there.
True, but Bungie first caught my eye for their stories of a lone player character pitted against/with intelligences far greater than their own. The villain decay started with Halo 2 and was apace in the third instalment; I think if they continue the franchise with human or covenant remnants than the grandeur will be lost. On the other hand, if they introduce another ostensibly invincible enemy we'll be faced with what happened to Stargate*. If that enemy happens to be the Forerunner we'd be left with an issue akin to comic book retconning: "actually, they weren't all killed off", despite that being the whole point of the race as far as the plot is concerned. For me, Halo was done after 3, where the arcs were tied up (for better or worse).
*OMG The Goa'uld can't be beaten, we're fucked! Oh, wait we beat them... OMG Replicators!... OMG Ori!... etc. For the record I do love SG1, but because of MacGuyver and the self-contained episodes like Zero Hour, rather than any long-running plot.
I think you need to square distance in that equation (G*M1*M2/r^2). That gives a factor of 199 instead of 75,000. Wolfram Alpha
D'oh!
Well spotted.
Very informative, thank-you. I must have a good look at that later to see why I was so very far off.
The sun also causes tides.
I would expect so, but my hasty back-of-the-envelope (read: Wolfram Alpha) says that the Moon's influence is about 75 thousand times larger.
IANAA, so please point out how I'm wrong but bear in mind that just saying "you're wrong" isn't at all helpful.
Diamonds, like gold and platinum at least have practical uses like abrasives, conductors etc. Why anyone would want moon rock for anything but pure research is beyond me.
I hope so; city's spelling was flawless.
You'd best learn what grammar is before you try to be a grammar nazi.
No, but it doesn't make it more valid either.
What it does do is alienate your intended audience and make them think you're like chlorine in /.'s gene pool.
How would you feel about taking a user-input password and using an algorithm to generate a computationally convenient key?
There was no rapture.
More's the pity; with a few less God-botherers the rest of us might have gotten some real work done.
Burnup (was finding this so hard?) is the fissioning of nuclear fuel into lighter elements and the release of energy equivalent to the difference in mass between the two. It is analogous to the burning of fossil fuel into lighter compounds but with orders - lots of them - of magnitude more energy released per unit mass of fuel.
I suppose that might be funny, but TFA tells us that stars' spin decreases with age.
Perhaps his supermassive ego is significant and your post is actually hilarious, but I always took Sheen for a big-headed, yet vacuous twit.
Those born blind wouldn't know what they're missing but I imagine they would be persuaded by the people who would jump at a chance of being able to see, namely people who have been rendered blind.
As for seeing through time I've read Dune and frankly I don't think I want the gift of prescience, not unless I can turn it off when I want to à la Mrs Cake.
Is there a difference between real life and between photos and magazines?
Not since the advent of digital cameras; there's no projecting through negatives any more.
I think the problem with the correlation != causation thing that is trotted out without fail is that people mistake it for correlation does not imply causation.
I'm no logician so feel free to rephrase that, but the essence is that just because correlation doesn't mean causation all the time doesn't suggest that correlation doesn't mean causation some of the time.
This has less to do with practical concerns about footprint and more about making sim-swapping even harder. Are they really saying a ~1cm^2 SIM is too big, even in an iPad?
Karma be damned, Apple only need that bulky SIM holder because there isn't a user-replaceable battery and its associated cover. I've had enough other brand phones to see that there are better (i.e. smaller) ways to hold a SIM.
I think the two main reasons are these:
We have other tools, and it's convenient to have robots able to use them as well as humans.
Debatably, having robots that are easier for humans to relate to will it easier for the public to accept among them. Perhaps as a side-effect if we have less trouble anthropomorphising them there'll be less bloodshed (I hope not literal) when the sentient ones start asking for us to extend the idea of human rights to them.
I'm sure one day Sony will be brought down by /. posters.
Well, there are a lot of Anonymous here but unfortunately they're all cowards.
What is this other well-established way of warding off prostate cancer, for those of us not in the know?
In a word: ejaculation.
An active prostate is a healthy prostate, I guess.
Fortunately there's another well-established way of warding off prostate cancer, which I enjoy quite a bit.
The preparation is a little more of a chore though, no?
Apart from using wave instead of waive your post was fine; don't worry about commas. You might want to rephrase that first sentence though.
No, you need a communicator for that, which is an extension of the common radio rather than a prophecy.
Why not? Whether it expands to engulf the Earth, broils it or simply cools to the point where it's not giving out enough energy to sustain us we're still fucked. Proper fucked. The point is that it won't last forever.