the sonic boom is created from a bow-wave of constructive interference. She would be inside of this wave, and so shouldn't have noise problems from the boom. Noise problems from the rush of air is a different story.
I think what you are trying to say is that speed of sound decreases with decreasing density of the medium. THAT is true. While in college, we set up a system (in a very near vacuum) where we had a liquid flowing faster than the speed of sound (it wasn't all that impressive, but it is fun to say I've poured something that fast).
ummm...mach 1.5 isn't sustained. See, friction opposes motion. In fact, as the article indicates, by the time she gets to "normal" altitudes, she will actually be going slower than "normal".
As noted before (taken from the Onion), voting Nader or Brown sends the message that Bush is a terrible president. It sends the message that, despite underground support, third parties are useless in a plurality.
ummm...actually, Gore would probably favor this. It seems to me that getting rid of a plurality would mean that he could still (easily?) defeat Bush in spite of people voting for Nader.
the supreme court has ruled, for instance, that if officers have a warrant to search your house for guns and they find drugs, they can bring you up on drug charges (or vice versa).
In fact, in the Bowers case in Georgia, officers had a out of date warrant to search Bowers' house (for drugs, I think). They didn't find any drugs, but when they entered the house they found him with another man and prosecuted him on sodomy charges. Bowers appealed, trying to get the evidence thrown out; but the Supreme Court upheld the ruling.
ok...we'll use your examples (and leave out the cases where people break federal rather than state laws). If I murder a person in 3 states, the only police officers that are going to arrest me are the ones in the state I'm in. Now, if I go to a state where I've murdered no one...who gets me?
Likewise with the drugs. Say I smuggle drugs into Arizona (but not NM). Who nabs me once I'm not in Arizona anymore?
The Supreme Court has NO enforcement. That is the interesting thing about this "balance of powers" thing. The only thing the courts can enforce is the particular cases in front of them. For instance, with integration (Brown v Board of Ed): the court made it's all important decision which, outside of Brown's case, did NOTHING. In fact, Brown didn't go to a white school until the EXECUTIVE branch stepped in with national guard troops (still federal gubmint intrusion). And even then, all other students were still out in the cold until the LEGISLATIVE passed the equal protection ammendment.
The only effect the court has outside of the case in front of it is to set precedents. But for court enforcement to work, you have to KEEP appealing EVERY case so that the court can rule over your particular instance.
In fact, this example brings up another important point. What happens when the local law enforcement refuses to act properly (ie. Mississippi police refusing to aid the integration of Ole' Miss)? Exactly. The federal gubmint has to enforce. This time with marshals.
What is worse, the SC ruled (don't remember the case right now) that after Miranda rights, the officer DOES NOT have to tell you when you are free to go. The specific application was traffic stops...but this means that once you have answered whatever questions they have reason to ask you, they don't have to inform you that you are allowed to shut up. Be careful what you say (and how much you say).
the fbi's role comes (as almost all legitimate fed gubmint power over states) loosely from the interstate commerce clause. State police are fine and dandy for in-state crime. What do you do when you have crime on a broader level in multiple jurisdictions (or NO state jurisdiction, as the case may be)? The FBI is CERTAINLY corrupt, but it is CERTAINLY necessarly in some form.
if you want your data out of the gubmint's view, you have to overwrite AT LEAST 3 times. They US federal gubmint requires SEVEN overwrites on their data (the physics behind this stuff is pretty impressive). Additionally, regardless of overwrites, they require any scrapped drives to have the surfaces ground off (or dissolved in an acid bath). The UK gubmint even keeps the magnetic dust as classified. If the gubmint is this paranoid, how paranoid do you figure you should be?
The damn problem is that people don't take THEIR stake in the political process. If you study the candidates and come to an educated conclusion why one is CLEARLY better than the other, GO OUT AND LET OTHERS KNOW. Don't just sit around and bitch about how terrible it is that ignorance exists...stamp it out. I'm not saying devote all of your time; but if, in the 9 months leading up to the election, you talk to and convince one person a month (on sound logical grounds) that your candidate is the one, your vote counts NINE times. Complacency/lethargy really pisses me off.
ummmm...yeah. 'Publicans and Demicraps dominate...but that is not to say there is a lack of parties out there. There is a communist party, there is a green party, a reform party--in two flavors, and more (try doing some research instead of complaining). They may be under-represented, but that is a lack of SUPPORT not a lack of existance. If those of you that lament the "bi-party" system so much would take the time to actually campaign for another party (rather than just sitting and bitching), you may see the change you say you want so badly (god forbid that should happen...what would you whine about next? A REAL issue?).
the really sad part is that the coroner's report indicates most of the shots, fired in "self defense", hit Diallo when he was falling or on the ground. they killed Amadou...those bastards!
Fox News is quickly becoming the most popular cable news channel
Wow...also for innovative (and never biased or untrue) programming such as "FOX When Cops Beat Innocent Bystanders", "FOX Crappy Magic", and "FOX When Buildings Fall Down". Fox has a lot of great shows and a lot of crap...and most of it (great and crap) is bunk. I love the Simpsons, but I recognize them as FOX programming. For a few seconds a day, I'm entertained by FOX News (just like the Jerry Springer show), but I recognize it for what it is. You can hardly call it independant news. It is Rupert Murdock's finest achievement, I'm sure.:)
Your analogy is bad. A rainforest can't be in two places at once just like A "piece" of information can't be in two places at once. On the other hand, I CAN find two salmon (same species) in physically different places just like I can find two "pieces" of information in two physically different places. Hence, formatting is very similar to destroying a rainforest.
Of course, there are some species that are specific to a particular ecosystem...and they have analogues in information as well. What happens to all the information the FBI or your company or whoever else shreds each year? There isn't a physical copy anywhere else...it has been wiped out...it is extinct.
And I'll even go so far as to assert that there are "keystone species" in information. If you eliminate calculus, you eliminate newtonian mechanics, which in turn destroys our ability to launch satellites, which gets rid of much of our astronomical information, for instance.
Oh yeah...and the other fundamental problem here is information DOES NOT reproduce ITSELF. Saying that information reproduces itself is like claiming that the proliferation of cars indicates some self-sustaining mechanism. People reproduce information just like they do cars. I don't see anyone complaining that there is an overabundance of cars...and some day there will be so many that we won't be able to choose between Honda's and Ford's.
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hmmm...sure hope no one hacks in...
actually, people DID notice their mistake and DID ask for new ballots...many were denied new ballots (same story as the afam voters).
lower pressure does reduce the boiling point (PV=nRT)...we were using an oil...
the sonic boom is created from a bow-wave of constructive interference. She would be inside of this wave, and so shouldn't have noise problems from the boom. Noise problems from the rush of air is a different story.
I think what you are trying to say is that speed of sound decreases with decreasing density of the medium. THAT is true. While in college, we set up a system (in a very near vacuum) where we had a liquid flowing faster than the speed of sound (it wasn't all that impressive, but it is fun to say I've poured something that fast).
ummm...mach 1.5 isn't sustained. See, friction opposes motion. In fact, as the article indicates, by the time she gets to "normal" altitudes, she will actually be going slower than "normal".
On the other hand:
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. --Homer
this is clearly funnier than the parent...how is it the parent is 5 and this is 0?
ummm...actually, Gore would probably favor this. It seems to me that getting rid of a plurality would mean that he could still (easily?) defeat Bush in spite of people voting for Nader.
If I remember correctly, he ignored ALL of the questions...what happened is his campaign pieced together answers from things he said in speeches.
the supreme court has ruled, for instance, that if officers have a warrant to search your house for guns and they find drugs, they can bring you up on drug charges (or vice versa).
In fact, in the Bowers case in Georgia, officers had a out of date warrant to search Bowers' house (for drugs, I think). They didn't find any drugs, but when they entered the house they found him with another man and prosecuted him on sodomy charges. Bowers appealed, trying to get the evidence thrown out; but the Supreme Court upheld the ruling.
that would require granting jurisdiction. States frown on that kind of thing.
ok...we'll use your examples (and leave out the cases where people break federal rather than state laws). If I murder a person in 3 states, the only police officers that are going to arrest me are the ones in the state I'm in. Now, if I go to a state where I've murdered no one...who gets me?
Likewise with the drugs. Say I smuggle drugs into Arizona (but not NM). Who nabs me once I'm not in Arizona anymore?
The Supreme Court has NO enforcement. That is the interesting thing about this "balance of powers" thing. The only thing the courts can enforce is the particular cases in front of them. For instance, with integration (Brown v Board of Ed): the court made it's all important decision which, outside of Brown's case, did NOTHING. In fact, Brown didn't go to a white school until the EXECUTIVE branch stepped in with national guard troops (still federal gubmint intrusion). And even then, all other students were still out in the cold until the LEGISLATIVE passed the equal protection ammendment. The only effect the court has outside of the case in front of it is to set precedents. But for court enforcement to work, you have to KEEP appealing EVERY case so that the court can rule over your particular instance.
In fact, this example brings up another important point. What happens when the local law enforcement refuses to act properly (ie. Mississippi police refusing to aid the integration of Ole' Miss)? Exactly. The federal gubmint has to enforce. This time with marshals.
What is worse, the SC ruled (don't remember the case right now) that after Miranda rights, the officer DOES NOT have to tell you when you are free to go. The specific application was traffic stops...but this means that once you have answered whatever questions they have reason to ask you, they don't have to inform you that you are allowed to shut up. Be careful what you say (and how much you say).
the fbi's role comes (as almost all legitimate fed gubmint power over states) loosely from the interstate commerce clause. State police are fine and dandy for in-state crime. What do you do when you have crime on a broader level in multiple jurisdictions (or NO state jurisdiction, as the case may be)? The FBI is CERTAINLY corrupt, but it is CERTAINLY necessarly in some form.
if you want your data out of the gubmint's view, you have to overwrite AT LEAST 3 times. They US federal gubmint requires SEVEN overwrites on their data (the physics behind this stuff is pretty impressive). Additionally, regardless of overwrites, they require any scrapped drives to have the surfaces ground off (or dissolved in an acid bath). The UK gubmint even keeps the magnetic dust as classified. If the gubmint is this paranoid, how paranoid do you figure you should be?
The damn problem is that people don't take THEIR stake in the political process. If you study the candidates and come to an educated conclusion why one is CLEARLY better than the other, GO OUT AND LET OTHERS KNOW. Don't just sit around and bitch about how terrible it is that ignorance exists...stamp it out. I'm not saying devote all of your time; but if, in the 9 months leading up to the election, you talk to and convince one person a month (on sound logical grounds) that your candidate is the one, your vote counts NINE times. Complacency/lethargy really pisses me off.
ummmm...yeah. 'Publicans and Demicraps dominate...but that is not to say there is a lack of parties out there. There is a communist party, there is a green party, a reform party--in two flavors, and more (try doing some research instead of complaining). They may be under-represented, but that is a lack of SUPPORT not a lack of existance. If those of you that lament the "bi-party" system so much would take the time to actually campaign for another party (rather than just sitting and bitching), you may see the change you say you want so badly (god forbid that should happen...what would you whine about next? A REAL issue?).
the really sad part is that the coroner's report indicates most of the shots, fired in "self defense", hit Diallo when he was falling or on the ground. they killed Amadou...those bastards!
Wow...also for innovative (and never biased or untrue) programming such as "FOX When Cops Beat Innocent Bystanders", "FOX Crappy Magic", and "FOX When Buildings Fall Down". Fox has a lot of great shows and a lot of crap...and most of it (great and crap) is bunk. I love the Simpsons, but I recognize them as FOX programming. For a few seconds a day, I'm entertained by FOX News (just like the Jerry Springer show), but I recognize it for what it is. You can hardly call it independant news. It is Rupert Murdock's finest achievement, I'm sure. :)
Of course, there are some species that are specific to a particular ecosystem...and they have analogues in information as well. What happens to all the information the FBI or your company or whoever else shreds each year? There isn't a physical copy anywhere else...it has been wiped out...it is extinct.
And I'll even go so far as to assert that there are "keystone species" in information. If you eliminate calculus, you eliminate newtonian mechanics, which in turn destroys our ability to launch satellites, which gets rid of much of our astronomical information, for instance.
Oh yeah...and the other fundamental problem here is information DOES NOT reproduce ITSELF. Saying that information reproduces itself is like claiming that the proliferation of cars indicates some self-sustaining mechanism. People reproduce information just like they do cars. I don't see anyone complaining that there is an overabundance of cars...and some day there will be so many that we won't be able to choose between Honda's and Ford's.