Decimation was often done by drawing lots. Since people who are already dead can't draw lots, each time only live people would get chosen so the overlap that causes it to be 81% rather than 80% after 2 rounds is non-existent. Thus, 5 decimations = 50% reduction.
You sound like you want to teach mature people that actually want to learn. I would suggest you find a high school (grade 11 or 12 is better) or college/university program that is selective for those types of people.
I'll offer the Selven hypothesis (that I thought up of). As a species's technology increases, offensive technology always increases faster than defensive technology. For example, in medieval times a castle wall could last days against constant bombardment by catapults. Once gunpowder came into the picture, walls became slightly stronger with new building techniques but weaponry became much stronger - walls only lasted hours now. With modern remotely controlled weapons, nuclear weapons, biological weapons and missiles, a hundred people working for a few years can then decimate an entire city within hours or even minutes. Thus, as offense increases faster than defense, eventually one man will have the power to destroy all of civilization, and someone will.
We'll just make the ship a really long cone so the angle of incidence is always something like 89.9 degrees. Or use computers with an evasion algorithm with engines that respond almost instantly, delayed only by the speed of light between the thruster and the processor, and run it 50 billion times a second. We'll think of something.
Barring a hard reboot (nuclear war, pandemic, 2012 conspiracy) technological progress can only accelerate. Our civilization in 2100 will think we did pretty much nothing in the 2000s decade, compared to all the ground-breaking improvements made in the year 2099 alone.
Given that the number of stars, and therefore planets, available increases cubically with travel speed, I think we'll start finding planets with life very quickly once interstellar travel technology starts to pick up speed.
Don't mind the RIAA, they're just opportunists taking advantage of a system flawed in every way. Better bomb the legal system and start from scratch, that's what enables all of the modern corporte thugs.
What does it mean to create something? They will argue that their program is like the artist's paintbrush - it enables the output. After all, the painter never touches the canvas themselves.
So the artist (guy who puts stuff into the input box) claims the copyright? I'm pretty sure Wolfram wants the copyright for himself.
Working from home is all-around a good idea for everyone - you get an actual 40-hour work week instead of a de facto 50-hour one, thousands per year of savings on travel, and much more. And you don't really need face-to-face communication with some of the online meeting apps around.
No - a manual transmission is just one more thing to worry about while driving and there is no logical way it could be beneficial. You may have a point that manual is better for learning but once you have the behaviors you describe built in automatic is better in pretty much every way.
Thank you for a great idea sir. right now, I'm going to go off into people's houses and mug their computers and take their hard drives with all that software on them. Compared to copyright infringement, it's more fun and the penalties are lighter too.
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Decimation was often done by drawing lots. Since people who are already dead can't draw lots, each time only live people would get chosen so the overlap that causes it to be 81% rather than 80% after 2 rounds is non-existent. Thus, 5 decimations = 50% reduction.
Pedantic level 3.
I see you authored your post quite well.
You sound like you want to teach mature people that actually want to learn. I would suggest you find a high school (grade 11 or 12 is better) or college/university program that is selective for those types of people.
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Making a mistake when correcting someone = epic fail, I know.
It's [Citation Needed]. If you're going to do it, at lease do it right.
A standard 7-segment-display calculator works fine... |7OOBS....
I'll offer the Selven hypothesis (that I thought up of). As a species's technology increases, offensive technology always increases faster than defensive technology. For example, in medieval times a castle wall could last days against constant bombardment by catapults. Once gunpowder came into the picture, walls became slightly stronger with new building techniques but weaponry became much stronger - walls only lasted hours now. With modern remotely controlled weapons, nuclear weapons, biological weapons and missiles, a hundred people working for a few years can then decimate an entire city within hours or even minutes. Thus, as offense increases faster than defense, eventually one man will have the power to destroy all of civilization, and someone will.
We'll just make the ship a really long cone so the angle of incidence is always something like 89.9 degrees. Or use computers with an evasion algorithm with engines that respond almost instantly, delayed only by the speed of light between the thruster and the processor, and run it 50 billion times a second. We'll think of something.
Barring a hard reboot (nuclear war, pandemic, 2012 conspiracy) technological progress can only accelerate. Our civilization in 2100 will think we did pretty much nothing in the 2000s decade, compared to all the ground-breaking improvements made in the year 2099 alone.
Given that the number of stars, and therefore planets, available increases cubically with travel speed, I think we'll start finding planets with life very quickly once interstellar travel technology starts to pick up speed.
I read that as "1984 is not a manual for Starcraft". We were always at war with the Protoss!
Don't mind the RIAA, they're just opportunists taking advantage of a system flawed in every way. Better bomb the legal system and start from scratch, that's what enables all of the modern corporte thugs.
Does your switching to Emacs have something to do with your sex life?
Signed, Emacs Psychotherapist.
But... doesn't that cause an antimatter reaction and permanent damage to the space-time continuum?
Or airdrop copies of the Anarchist's Cookbook like we did last time.
The Netherlands [...] use common law [...] where "laws are written into a collection [...] by judges."
It will stop being illegal for any random employee to grab it and publish it on the internet.
What does it mean to create something? They will argue that their program is like the artist's paintbrush - it enables the output. After all, the painter never touches the canvas themselves.
So the artist (guy who puts stuff into the input box) claims the copyright? I'm pretty sure Wolfram wants the copyright for himself.
THREE SECONDS??! I've done stopwatch tests on highways and many drivers can't break 0.80, there's no way a three second system would ever happen.
Working from home is all-around a good idea for everyone - you get an actual 40-hour work week instead of a de facto 50-hour one, thousands per year of savings on travel, and much more. And you don't really need face-to-face communication with some of the online meeting apps around.
No - a manual transmission is just one more thing to worry about while driving and there is no logical way it could be beneficial. You may have a point that manual is better for learning but once you have the behaviors you describe built in automatic is better in pretty much every way.
Don't you mean a wreduction?
If the traffic is going at 120% of the speed limit it's safer for everyone if you go with them rather than going with the law.
We just need an organized effort to catch evidence of the judges/politicians' daughters downloading and they'll start humming a different tune.
Thank you for a great idea sir. right now, I'm going to go off into people's houses and mug their computers and take their hard drives with all that software on them. Compared to copyright infringement, it's more fun and the penalties are lighter too.