The planet is 4 times as massive, and assuming uniform density means that the planet has roughly 4 times the volume, and since radius of a sphere increases with the cube root of volume means that it should be about 1.6 times as large (cube root of 4), Since gravity decreases with the square of the distance, that means that surface gravity is actually about 2.5 times that of earth, not 4 times. Still too much to survive, however.
A planet about 3 times as massive as Earth, but otherwise composed of similar elements, would thus have approximately double Earth's surface gravity, and probably represents the upper limit on what humans could viably endure for anything but very short periods.
I wouldn't be able to guess, however, what kind of upper variances we could tolerate with regards to surface atmospheric pressure.
However, under higher gravity, wouldn't the minerals and other substances comprising the planet be put under higher pressure, leading to increased compression and therefore taking up less volume than what would have happened if the densities were the same?
To pose even the slightest threat, a star would have to go supernova within about 50 light years of our star system. All the stars that close to ours are known and cataloged, and not one of them is massive enough to be capable of going supernova in its lifetime. The nearest star capable of going supernova is IK Pegasi, which is about 150 ly away.
That really depends on what you use your computer for.
It won't be a painless transition and there will be things you'll miss.
And that right there is what makes it a non-viable option for many people.... especially those whose livelihood depends on a continued sustained level of productivity.
One should be careful when making statements of such magnitude whose veracity can actually be tested. A record of what sermons the church has given in the past 5 or 6 years can be examined, and ones which address issues that are considered hate speech isolated. The percentage of those could be then correlated with the donation levels of the church near those times, and if there is a statistically significant positive correlation then you've established some credibility for the position.
If, however, there is no statistically significant correlation between the occasions that the church does preach these issues and its income as determined by donations, then I might suggest that such a statement could constitute slander or libel.
The church's statements are immune to this sort of examination because they are not actually testable in court. You would be much better off with signs that suggest or even state outright that God hates that particular church.
Really, I can't think oi a good reason to presume that either account was actually hacked. What's evidently happened, however, is that both parties have had their email addresses harvested, using one (falsely) as a sender and the other as recipient.
...depending on how much the public believes the lie that a color LCD screen is superior for a reading application
It is when what you're reading actually utilizes color. Monochrome is fine for simple reading, but for reference materials which can contain charts, graphs, and sometimes color plates, it's not so hot.
e-Ink has definite advantages.... most notably in areas of power consumption and the fact that because it doesn't emit any of its own light, it will not tire out your eyes as quickly. Refresh speeds, however, are still notably inferior, with update times that are still measurably a function of screen area. If they can bring that refresh speed up to the point that it no longer consciously perceptible at any reasonable screen size, and offer full color to boot, while still being a passive display technology, then it'll probably walk all over lcd as a tablet display technology.
...they can invent a full-color passive display that can match the screen update speeds of existing active color displays, and is perfectly scalable to at least tablet screen sizes.
You're talking about technology and civilizations... I've been talking about the human race. As a species.
We survived some of the coldest periods in earth's history because of our intellect, in spite of the fact that we are not physiologically well adapted to colder temperatures. I'm quite convinced that our intellect would enable us (not necessarily me, personally) to survive any other plausible climate change that could result from a cataclysm that does not, at the same time, render the planet entirely uninhabitable.
Big deal.... you need a computer just to compile the apps in the first place. Where, in the GPL, is it written that you should not have to spend money to compile it into a binary? The GPL is, first and always, about *SOURCE* distribution. Binaries only enter the picture insomuch that if you distribute the binary, you must distribute the source.
And considering most serious developers, even mac owners, which is what you need to develop for the iPhone (unless jailbroken), upgrade their main development computers to something newer every few years anyways, even $99/year multiplied by the number of years that they'd keep the same system is still going to eb less than what's spent on the computer itself.
Again... where is written into the GPL that developers should be able to compile the binary just as freely as the source is being distributed?
Actually, taser is a regular english word... in the dictionary, and not captilized. But that's beside the point.
A stungun is still assault... and in my opinion is not justified under any circumstance that physically beating the person with a club would not also be, which in general should only happen when it appears that the person may harm somebody. If they are unarmed, not starting to make any sort of agressive moves towards anyone, and do not actually appear to be threatening anyone, even verbally, then there is no indication that it will escalate into a violent confrontation, so simple restraint should be adequate. I have no problem with them having a stungun ready just in case, but when push comes to shove, it is STILL a weapon. That it's technically nonlethal is beside the point. I therefore remain resolute in the belief that using tasers, or stunguns, or ANY kind of weapon, should *NEVER* be used on a human being as a means of forcing compliance simply because a person appears to be resisting unless there is also an indication that they are likely to become physically violent. If a police officer doesn't have the self-defense training to be able to handle dealing with somebody who needs to be arrested, but actually isn't posing any danger to anybody, then there's something amiss right there.
Also, while it's unarguable given what has transpired previously that the woman has some command of English, there is no indication that her comprehension was sufficient to genuinely understand exactly what was being asked of her at that time... people's ability to think clearly can be seriously impaired when they are put into a situation where they don't have the time to think clearly, and they simply react. I'm not saying that makes what the woman was doing acceptable, I'm saying that the cops are guilty of the same irrational reactions themselves... instead of thinking through the situation logically, they simply reacted based on an immediate perception. That kind of mentality is only likely to endanger completely innocent people if it is not restrained.
The application isn't bad at all. It's still superior to Google's
Uh... yeah, right.
No transit directions.
No terrestrial virtual presence.
Poor direction service when outside of major metropolitan areas.
Google has public transit directions built in, street view, and almost ubiquitous coverage of most developed countries, handling intercity travel just as easily as urban directions.
The so-called advantages that Apple maps has over the old Google maps app, which are voice turn-by-turn navigation and 3d overhead maps are not even available on devices as recent as the iPhone 4, which still supports iOS6 Also, the 3d overhead maps only works in certain selected major cities, where Google's streetview is almost ubiquitous in developed countries, having not only major cities, but also much of the countryside adjacent to highways, as well as every small town I've ever visited.
I'm not an Apple hater, really... but I'm calling this one as I see it. Google really does a better job than Apple at this. Maybe that's only because Google's been doing it longer, and I see no reason that Apple won't improve in the future... maybe someday they'll be on a more even keel, but as things sit, today... and for now... when it comes to maps, Google stomps all over Apple.
Humanity was able to *develop* a civilization in the first place because of that intellect.... and we can utilize that intellect to adapt more quickly to a changing environment than evolution can otherwise manage with physiological changes. I'm not overvaluing it... I'm presenting it as a simple fact that it is unmatched by anything else evolution has been able drum up, and you have yet to offer any evidence that suggests that mankind would actually not any incident which does not, at the same time, utterly destroy the viability of the planet as a sustainable biosphere, or otherwise require that evolution start over practically from scratch.
"resisted" is such a subjective concept... it's human nature to resist *ANYONE* who touches you when you don't know the person, unless you are given adequate warning that they are going to do so.
More than likely, the woman recoiled when she was touched and this was construed as "resisting", whereas, I expect if she was given the opportunity to choose to obey verbal commands... it may have played out differently. If she was incapable of comprehending those verbal commands, that should not warrant assaulting her (which tasering is). What evidence do the police have that this woman spoke English well enough to fully understand what they were saying?
Or should it be a mandatory requirement that to shop in the USA, you need to be fluent in English or else you'll be deported?
I have no problem with him having the tazer ready, but what did the woman do that inclined him to use it? "resist"??? Unless the person was being violent, how could that have not been dealt with simply by restraining the woman, and putting her in handcuffs if necessary?
The *ONLY* situations that should warrant tasering are those which would also warrant physically beating a person with a blunt instrument. In general, this would only entail situations where the person who is under arrest is actually determined to be at risk of causing harm to somebody. "resisting" doesn't constitute harm... it just constitutes a delay. It's also extremely subjective, because it's a perfectly normal human reaction to resist somebody else touching you that you do not know, and often requires a conscious decision to do otherwise.
I'm not saying that the woman was in the right... but it really pisses me off when somebody, anybody, I don't care who they are or what their position of authority or power is, can possibly claim to know what is really going on inside somebody else's head without an iota of any real evidence to support the notion. It's fine to come to conclusions based on their actions, but not based on your own supposition. If a person can't tell the difference, then they certainly shouldn't be in law enforcement.
Still seems like a waste of time to me... if the game is so boring that you have to change the parameters of the game to keep it interesting, then it's just that... a boring game, and probably shouldn't be played in the first place.
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No, actually....
The planet is 4 times as massive, and assuming uniform density means that the planet has roughly 4 times the volume, and since radius of a sphere increases with the cube root of volume means that it should be about 1.6 times as large (cube root of 4), Since gravity decreases with the square of the distance, that means that surface gravity is actually about 2.5 times that of earth, not 4 times. Still too much to survive, however.
A planet about 3 times as massive as Earth, but otherwise composed of similar elements, would thus have approximately double Earth's surface gravity, and probably represents the upper limit on what humans could viably endure for anything but very short periods.
I wouldn't be able to guess, however, what kind of upper variances we could tolerate with regards to surface atmospheric pressure.
Not that I disbelieve you, but do you have a citation for that?
However, under higher gravity, wouldn't the minerals and other substances comprising the planet be put under higher pressure, leading to increased compression and therefore taking up less volume than what would have happened if the densities were the same?
Link?
Nope. Looks nothing like it.
There's no danger of a supernova either.
To pose even the slightest threat, a star would have to go supernova within about 50 light years of our star system. All the stars that close to ours are known and cataloged, and not one of them is massive enough to be capable of going supernova in its lifetime. The nearest star capable of going supernova is IK Pegasi, which is about 150 ly away.
Devs aren't going to stop supporting an operating system that everyone prefers... even if it's not the current one.
That really depends on what you use your computer for.
And that right there is what makes it a non-viable option for many people.... especially those whose livelihood depends on a continued sustained level of productivity.
App devevelopers won't stop supporting it until the market segment for it finally falls below a viable threshold.
For crying out loud, it was only quite recently that many devs stop supporting XP.
You can probably "get used to" almost anything when you aren't given a choice. Heck, you can "get used to" chronic back pain too...
But that's a far cry from meaning that a person actually prefers it
One should be careful when making statements of such magnitude whose veracity can actually be tested. A record of what sermons the church has given in the past 5 or 6 years can be examined, and ones which address issues that are considered hate speech isolated. The percentage of those could be then correlated with the donation levels of the church near those times, and if there is a statistically significant positive correlation then you've established some credibility for the position.
If, however, there is no statistically significant correlation between the occasions that the church does preach these issues and its income as determined by donations, then I might suggest that such a statement could constitute slander or libel.
The church's statements are immune to this sort of examination because they are not actually testable in court. You would be much better off with signs that suggest or even state outright that God hates that particular church.
Really, I can't think oi a good reason to presume that either account was actually hacked. What's evidently happened, however, is that both parties have had their email addresses harvested, using one (falsely) as a sender and the other as recipient.
It is when what you're reading actually utilizes color. Monochrome is fine for simple reading, but for reference materials which can contain charts, graphs, and sometimes color plates, it's not so hot.
e-Ink has definite advantages.... most notably in areas of power consumption and the fact that because it doesn't emit any of its own light, it will not tire out your eyes as quickly. Refresh speeds, however, are still notably inferior, with update times that are still measurably a function of screen area. If they can bring that refresh speed up to the point that it no longer consciously perceptible at any reasonable screen size, and offer full color to boot, while still being a passive display technology, then it'll probably walk all over lcd as a tablet display technology.
It's dead.
...they can invent a full-color passive display that can match the screen update speeds of existing active color displays, and is perfectly scalable to at least tablet screen sizes.
You're talking about technology and civilizations... I've been talking about the human race. As a species.
We survived some of the coldest periods in earth's history because of our intellect, in spite of the fact that we are not physiologically well adapted to colder temperatures. I'm quite convinced that our intellect would enable us (not necessarily me, personally) to survive any other plausible climate change that could result from a cataclysm that does not, at the same time, render the planet entirely uninhabitable.
Big deal.... you need a computer just to compile the apps in the first place. Where, in the GPL, is it written that you should not have to spend money to compile it into a binary? The GPL is, first and always, about *SOURCE* distribution. Binaries only enter the picture insomuch that if you distribute the binary, you must distribute the source.
And considering most serious developers, even mac owners, which is what you need to develop for the iPhone (unless jailbroken), upgrade their main development computers to something newer every few years anyways, even $99/year multiplied by the number of years that they'd keep the same system is still going to eb less than what's spent on the computer itself.
Again... where is written into the GPL that developers should be able to compile the binary just as freely as the source is being distributed?
Actually, taser is a regular english word... in the dictionary, and not captilized. But that's beside the point.
A stungun is still assault... and in my opinion is not justified under any circumstance that physically beating the person with a club would not also be, which in general should only happen when it appears that the person may harm somebody. If they are unarmed, not starting to make any sort of agressive moves towards anyone, and do not actually appear to be threatening anyone, even verbally, then there is no indication that it will escalate into a violent confrontation, so simple restraint should be adequate. I have no problem with them having a stungun ready just in case, but when push comes to shove, it is STILL a weapon. That it's technically nonlethal is beside the point. I therefore remain resolute in the belief that using tasers, or stunguns, or ANY kind of weapon, should *NEVER* be used on a human being as a means of forcing compliance simply because a person appears to be resisting unless there is also an indication that they are likely to become physically violent. If a police officer doesn't have the self-defense training to be able to handle dealing with somebody who needs to be arrested, but actually isn't posing any danger to anybody, then there's something amiss right there.
Also, while it's unarguable given what has transpired previously that the woman has some command of English, there is no indication that her comprehension was sufficient to genuinely understand exactly what was being asked of her at that time... people's ability to think clearly can be seriously impaired when they are put into a situation where they don't have the time to think clearly, and they simply react. I'm not saying that makes what the woman was doing acceptable, I'm saying that the cops are guilty of the same irrational reactions themselves... instead of thinking through the situation logically, they simply reacted based on an immediate perception. That kind of mentality is only likely to endanger completely innocent people if it is not restrained.
Uh... yeah, right.
No transit directions.
No terrestrial virtual presence.
Poor direction service when outside of major metropolitan areas.
Google has public transit directions built in, street view, and almost ubiquitous coverage of most developed countries, handling intercity travel just as easily as urban directions.
The so-called advantages that Apple maps has over the old Google maps app, which are voice turn-by-turn navigation and 3d overhead maps are not even available on devices as recent as the iPhone 4, which still supports iOS6 Also, the 3d overhead maps only works in certain selected major cities, where Google's streetview is almost ubiquitous in developed countries, having not only major cities, but also much of the countryside adjacent to highways, as well as every small town I've ever visited.
I'm not an Apple hater, really... but I'm calling this one as I see it. Google really does a better job than Apple at this. Maybe that's only because Google's been doing it longer, and I see no reason that Apple won't improve in the future... maybe someday they'll be on a more even keel, but as things sit, today... and for now... when it comes to maps, Google stomps all over Apple.
So, in a nutshell, Google has chosen to offers their own app that does something that Apple would have had to pay Google to get on theirs.
I'm certain that there's a smidgen of logic in this whole thing somewhere, but damned if I know how to find it.
So Google goes ahead and provides it for free.
In what world is this not the very epitome of ironic?
Humanity was able to *develop* a civilization in the first place because of that intellect.... and we can utilize that intellect to adapt more quickly to a changing environment than evolution can otherwise manage with physiological changes. I'm not overvaluing it... I'm presenting it as a simple fact that it is unmatched by anything else evolution has been able drum up, and you have yet to offer any evidence that suggests that mankind would actually not any incident which does not, at the same time, utterly destroy the viability of the planet as a sustainable biosphere, or otherwise require that evolution start over practically from scratch.
"resisted" is such a subjective concept... it's human nature to resist *ANYONE* who touches you when you don't know the person, unless you are given adequate warning that they are going to do so.
More than likely, the woman recoiled when she was touched and this was construed as "resisting", whereas, I expect if she was given the opportunity to choose to obey verbal commands... it may have played out differently. If she was incapable of comprehending those verbal commands, that should not warrant assaulting her (which tasering is). What evidence do the police have that this woman spoke English well enough to fully understand what they were saying?
Or should it be a mandatory requirement that to shop in the USA, you need to be fluent in English or else you'll be deported?
The *ONLY* situations that should warrant tasering are those which would also warrant physically beating a person with a blunt instrument. In general, this would only entail situations where the person who is under arrest is actually determined to be at risk of causing harm to somebody. "resisting" doesn't constitute harm... it just constitutes a delay. It's also extremely subjective, because it's a perfectly normal human reaction to resist somebody else touching you that you do not know, and often requires a conscious decision to do otherwise.
I'm not saying that the woman was in the right... but it really pisses me off when somebody, anybody, I don't care who they are or what their position of authority or power is, can possibly claim to know what is really going on inside somebody else's head without an iota of any real evidence to support the notion. It's fine to come to conclusions based on their actions, but not based on your own supposition. If a person can't tell the difference, then they certainly shouldn't be in law enforcement.
Still seems like a waste of time to me... if the game is so boring that you have to change the parameters of the game to keep it interesting, then it's just that... a boring game, and probably shouldn't be played in the first place.