Similar effect to sunsets. Areas with high air pollution tend to have the most spectacular sunsets, and it would follow that the "moonsets" are more obvious.
In a tournament setting it would probably be forbidden beforehand. And on console games at home, you can just not invite the person over anymore. Or not let them use the character they cheat with.
At time t=0, Jeff goes back in time to kill his father Dan. Dan is now dead, and at time t=0 Dan is not there to give Jeff the motivation to go back in time to kill Dan, so Jeff simply does not travel back in time to kill Dan.
Since Jeff did not travel back in time to kill Dan, Dan is still alive at time t=0 and Jeff travels back in time to kill Dan.
This process repeats over and over untill Jeff fails at his attempt to go back in time and kill Dan, so it appears that his first attempt to go back in time fails and all those parallel realities where he did indeed kill his father are rolled up and disapear forever.
If you ask anybody who rides motorcycles, Harley (another top ten) is all about the experience. The motorcycles they put out are technically inferior in terms of performance and reliability, and arguably in terms of comfort. All this with a higher price tag.
Funny thing is, Harley makes next to no money per bike. The real money is in... merchandising merchandising merchandising. Seriously... at least in Milwaukee (hometown of Harley and of me) you see harley davidson apparel anywhere you go. The most common design for dog collars? Harley Davidson logo. Talk about selling "experience" rather than your actual product.
You forgot about another big-time gouging industry: funerals. In addition to being extremely emotionally charged, there is generally very little time for the actual planning of the funeral unless you plan your own funeral before you die or plan for a dying relative (often times considered to be in bad taste.)
I'm not saying that all, most, or even the vast majority of people in the funeral service are gouging the customer, but that the possibility is definately there, and you can probably find some sheister to take the bereaved for everything that they have.
A company is a lot more liable for providing a service than they are for refusing to provide a service (except for a few instances where people's health and safety come to mind.)
The best example of this is bars: they have the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason. They have this right because they can become liable if someone does something stupid (E.G. drive, die of alcohol poisoning) after drinking at the bar.
I imaginge this is the same where possibly infringing copyrights comes about, or providing any service which is aiding someone in breaking the law.
And back in the day being: before the release of Star Wars: episode 1. First movie I can remember with actual ads (previews and "let's go out to the lobby, and get ourselves a snack" type ads discounted.)
Wow. I checked out the website and saw the "baby boomers" "generation x" "generation y" "kids" thing and at first was insulted that they'd break their movie listings into generations like that. Then I realized that it made my life easier, as while there may be times that I want to see a kid movie, I usually want to see things that most gen-xers are seeing.
That, and anyplace that shows a movie called sisterhood of the traveling pants has my vote. Sure, it's playing at most corporate cinemas where I'm living, but I haven't heard of it. Sure, it probably sucks... but come on. That title just rules. And I had never hoped to hear the phrase " As four best friends spend their first summer apart from one another, they share a magical pair of jeans." Man, this movie sounds almost as awesome as The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit.
1. Sony with both media and hardware divisions has mixed interests over the intellectual property debate.
2. Tighter DRM which would, in theory, reduce piracy to some extent but has probably very little negative effect on actual sales numbers. In fact tighter restrictions could actually cause Sony Music to lose sales in certain demographics, such as "people who have MP3 players" which at last count is a decent market.
3.Looser DRM restrictions overall would help push hardware sales, particularilly in this category.
4. Eroding the image that large corporations (or at least Sony) really don't care about the consumer which in these times of anti-corporate feelings, especially among the youth, will cause people to identify positively with your brand image.
Well, they probably expect some loss in customer base when they raise prices. They just try to pick the price point which maximizes revenue. It's kinda funny how economics classes always talk about that when, realistically, I have never seen a formula that actually describes the curves for supply and demand.
This doesn't seem to be QUITE the same as biosphere 2. These greenhouses are meant to supplement the astronauts diet with some fresh foods, not be the entire basis of it.
Or you could even go full blown airponics. Basically the whole plant is suspended in air with a nutrient bearing mist being sprayed on the roots. This method doesn't require quite as much water (which I assume would be at a premium on a martian colony) and grows plants faster and quicker than hydroponics. I think the plants grow better because the roots can get more oxygen, and so develop a lot better than they would underwater like in hydroponics. I tried to find some links with more info, but could only really find star trek references. I did have a bio T.A. that had set up his own simply airponics room to run experiments on, and was amazed at the growth rate.
Wow, I never stopped to think that saffron could be on of the more affordable spices in space. Yes, saffron is very expensive here. But pound for pound it is very concentrated, and the shipping costs could make it more affordable per flavor unit.
Umm... flavor unit. I should probably define that. I guess I'll start as the amount of flavor needed to flavor one meal for one person. For curry this would be something like a quarter cup of spice. For saffron, two strands would be overkill for one meal.
And saffron might actually be relatively painless to grow in space (compared to some other spices.) The saffron crocus is a pretty small plant. Probably not quite as easy as some fresh herbs, but not all that difficult either.
Those potatoes are just using energy stored as starch to grow. As those sprouts grow, the potato itself will shrink as the starches are used up. In order to make more edible potato matter, light is needed to actually make the starches to fill it out.
Being short and stocky would prevent you from snapping limps with every step. I mean, with high enough gravity a squirrel would have to be built like a hippo just to take a walk.
Wouldn't really be that hard to get right if you have a tall enough container. As it gets more full, the hydraulic head would increase as the water moves up. simply move the bottom of the exhaust hose up and down and play with it till the bucket's level is somewhere near the middle. Then any variances in flow wouldn't matter that much.
Nah... at most rental properties water is included.
Reminds me of me el-cheapo humidifier I once made... put a bucket of water on the ground. Drape a slightly damp towel over the back of a fan down to the bucket and let a process similar to evapotranspiration in trees turn liquid water into humidity. Drops temperature a tiny bit, which is unfortunate as I'd use this in the winter when it's dry indoors. But it is a quick way to dump a couple gallons of water in the air overnight.
Just make sure that you have something like a towel of plastic sheet on the ground in front of the fan, as a small amount of water is atomized in the process rather than evaporated. This factor really makes sure that this is a short term solution rather than long term. That and you eventually have to wash the towel, as salts from the water build up and leave it kinda nasty.
I thought the blind spot in the middle was because that's where the veins come in that feed the retina. I remember hearing that as one piece of evidence against intelligent design, as it is perfectly explainable if you follow evolution of the eye, but if the eye was an "engineered" organ the veins/arteries would simply develop behind the retina.
There is a difference in this one... the trained monks are better able to maintain the illusion. Might have to do with the mind's ability to tune out that which is not important. In this case, since the dots are not important, they get tuned out.
Interestingly enough, I am able to hold the illusion in my left eye for a decent length of time, about half a minute. My right eye can only hold it for about one second, but the illusion reasserts itself rapidly (basically, the other dots flicker at about a one second cycle.) The end result when I am watching with both eyes is that the dots appear translucent. Eventually my vision decouples and I will see two triangles, with one triangle usually missing dots, and the other flickering.
I wonder why this illusion works. I have heard mention that it is because the dots that disapear are in the blind spot in the middle of the eye, but I don't think this would explain losing sight of all three dots. I wonder if it has to do with the model of the brain as a state-change detector. Pre-consciousness (evolutionary times before we were conscious) is primarilly concerned with detecting changes in the environment, and then reacting based on them. Since the yellow dots are not moving, focus on them is lost and they are discarded as extraneous information. Sort of like the antithesis of not seeing a cameflaged object untill it moves.
Meditation would tend to uphold the illusion, as one of the goals is to empty the mind of that which does not matter, possibly allowing the mind to concentrate on what is truly important.
If I say black people are generally taller than Chinese people
And while this difference is currently true, it is not necesarilly a gentic variation. Asian cultures are moving more and more to a Western style diet, and in the process their children are now growing taller and taller. Although there is also probably some genetic component, the environment that an individual grows up in has a large effect on something as seemingly simple as height.
It seems that differences in intelligence between races would be even more linked to environmental factors, simply because the human brain is a very very plastic organ, capable of developing in many different pathways (IE, learning different things.) Nutrition, different emphasis on learning, speaking a different dialect than the test-writers, stress levels would all undoubtably have some effect on a person's ability to do well on a test.
I think a more telling test would be a comparison of adopted children: testing the abilities of, say, black children adopted by white parents, and black children adopted by black parents. (Just picking this test because, at least in the USA, there are large cultural and economic differences between the two races, and IQ or at least proficiency tests have consistantly had one race score higher than the other.) However, I'd imagine that the race of the parents would have far less correlation on the child's intelligence (or at least testing ability) than economics. I predict that wealthier parents will in general raise children that test better, get more education and eventually get higher paying jobs themselves.
And people who don't grow up with pets, they generally don't have pets when they grow up. And if they do get pets, it generally takes them a longer time to train, have more problems with behavior, and aren't as good at noticing medical problems. The brain learns several things during childhood simply by being immersed in a particular environment.
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Similar effect to sunsets. Areas with high air pollution tend to have the most spectacular sunsets, and it would follow that the "moonsets" are more obvious.
In a tournament setting it would probably be forbidden beforehand. And on console games at home, you can just not invite the person over anymore. Or not let them use the character they cheat with.
It is possible that your forefather didn't recognize you.
At time t=0, Jeff goes back in time to kill his father Dan. Dan is now dead, and at time t=0 Dan is not there to give Jeff the motivation to go back in time to kill Dan, so Jeff simply does not travel back in time to kill Dan.
Since Jeff did not travel back in time to kill Dan, Dan is still alive at time t=0 and Jeff travels back in time to kill Dan.
This process repeats over and over untill Jeff fails at his attempt to go back in time and kill Dan, so it appears that his first attempt to go back in time fails and all those parallel realities where he did indeed kill his father are rolled up and disapear forever.
If you ask anybody who rides motorcycles, Harley (another top ten) is all about the experience. The motorcycles they put out are technically inferior in terms of performance and reliability, and arguably in terms of comfort. All this with a higher price tag.
Funny thing is, Harley makes next to no money per bike. The real money is in... merchandising merchandising merchandising. Seriously... at least in Milwaukee (hometown of Harley and of me) you see harley davidson apparel anywhere you go. The most common design for dog collars? Harley Davidson logo. Talk about selling "experience" rather than your actual product.
Well, they did indirectly include I-tunes, as it probably did a LOT to contriubute to Apple hitting #1.
You forgot about another big-time gouging industry: funerals. In addition to being extremely emotionally charged, there is generally very little time for the actual planning of the funeral unless you plan your own funeral before you die or plan for a dying relative (often times considered to be in bad taste.)
I'm not saying that all, most, or even the vast majority of people in the funeral service are gouging the customer, but that the possibility is definately there, and you can probably find some sheister to take the bereaved for everything that they have.
A company is a lot more liable for providing a service than they are for refusing to provide a service (except for a few instances where people's health and safety come to mind.)
The best example of this is bars: they have the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason. They have this right because they can become liable if someone does something stupid (E.G. drive, die of alcohol poisoning) after drinking at the bar.
I imaginge this is the same where possibly infringing copyrights comes about, or providing any service which is aiding someone in breaking the law.
And back in the day being: before the release of Star Wars: episode 1. First movie I can remember with actual ads (previews and "let's go out to the lobby, and get ourselves a snack" type ads discounted.)
Wow. I checked out the website and saw the "baby boomers" "generation x" "generation y" "kids" thing and at first was insulted that they'd break their movie listings into generations like that. Then I realized that it made my life easier, as while there may be times that I want to see a kid movie, I usually want to see things that most gen-xers are seeing.
That, and anyplace that shows a movie called sisterhood of the traveling pants has my vote. Sure, it's playing at most corporate cinemas where I'm living, but I haven't heard of it. Sure, it probably sucks... but come on. That title just rules. And I had never hoped to hear the phrase " As four best friends spend their first summer apart from one another, they share a magical pair of jeans." Man, this movie sounds almost as awesome as The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit.
Probably more like:
1. Sony with both media and hardware divisions has mixed interests over the intellectual property debate.
2. Tighter DRM which would, in theory, reduce piracy to some extent but has probably very little negative effect on actual sales numbers. In fact tighter restrictions could actually cause Sony Music to lose sales in certain demographics, such as "people who have MP3 players" which at last count is a decent market.
3.Looser DRM restrictions overall would help push hardware sales, particularilly in this category.
4. Eroding the image that large corporations (or at least Sony) really don't care about the consumer which in these times of anti-corporate feelings, especially among the youth, will cause people to identify positively with your brand image.
5. More overall sales for the corporation.
6. ???
7. Profit!!!
Well, they probably expect some loss in customer base when they raise prices. They just try to pick the price point which maximizes revenue. It's kinda funny how economics classes always talk about that when, realistically, I have never seen a formula that actually describes the curves for supply and demand.
This doesn't seem to be QUITE the same as biosphere 2. These greenhouses are meant to supplement the astronauts diet with some fresh foods, not be the entire basis of it.
Or you could even go full blown airponics. Basically the whole plant is suspended in air with a nutrient bearing mist being sprayed on the roots. This method doesn't require quite as much water (which I assume would be at a premium on a martian colony) and grows plants faster and quicker than hydroponics. I think the plants grow better because the roots can get more oxygen, and so develop a lot better than they would underwater like in hydroponics. I tried to find some links with more info, but could only really find star trek references. I did have a bio T.A. that had set up his own simply airponics room to run experiments on, and was amazed at the growth rate.
Wow, I never stopped to think that saffron could be on of the more affordable spices in space. Yes, saffron is very expensive here. But pound for pound it is very concentrated, and the shipping costs could make it more affordable per flavor unit.
Umm... flavor unit. I should probably define that. I guess I'll start as the amount of flavor needed to flavor one meal for one person. For curry this would be something like a quarter cup of spice. For saffron, two strands would be overkill for one meal.
And saffron might actually be relatively painless to grow in space (compared to some other spices.) The saffron crocus is a pretty small plant. Probably not quite as easy as some fresh herbs, but not all that difficult either.
Those potatoes are just using energy stored as starch to grow. As those sprouts grow, the potato itself will shrink as the starches are used up. In order to make more edible potato matter, light is needed to actually make the starches to fill it out.
Being short and stocky would prevent you from snapping limps with every step. I mean, with high enough gravity a squirrel would have to be built like a hippo just to take a walk.
# "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
- Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943
"There is no reason anyone in the right state of mind will want a computer in their home."
- Ken Olson, President of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977.
Wouldn't really be that hard to get right if you have a tall enough container. As it gets more full, the hydraulic head would increase as the water moves up. simply move the bottom of the exhaust hose up and down and play with it till the bucket's level is somewhere near the middle. Then any variances in flow wouldn't matter that much.
still gotta pay for the water bill.
Nah... at most rental properties water is included.
Reminds me of me el-cheapo humidifier I once made... put a bucket of water on the ground. Drape a slightly damp towel over the back of a fan down to the bucket and let a process similar to evapotranspiration in trees turn liquid water into humidity. Drops temperature a tiny bit, which is unfortunate as I'd use this in the winter when it's dry indoors. But it is a quick way to dump a couple gallons of water in the air overnight.
Just make sure that you have something like a towel of plastic sheet on the ground in front of the fan, as a small amount of water is atomized in the process rather than evaporated. This factor really makes sure that this is a short term solution rather than long term. That and you eventually have to wash the towel, as salts from the water build up and leave it kinda nasty.
I thought the blind spot in the middle was because that's where the veins come in that feed the retina. I remember hearing that as one piece of evidence against intelligent design, as it is perfectly explainable if you follow evolution of the eye, but if the eye was an "engineered" organ the veins/arteries would simply develop behind the retina.
There is a difference in this one... the trained monks are better able to maintain the illusion. Might have to do with the mind's ability to tune out that which is not important. In this case, since the dots are not important, they get tuned out.
Interestingly enough, I am able to hold the illusion in my left eye for a decent length of time, about half a minute. My right eye can only hold it for about one second, but the illusion reasserts itself rapidly (basically, the other dots flicker at about a one second cycle.) The end result when I am watching with both eyes is that the dots appear translucent. Eventually my vision decouples and I will see two triangles, with one triangle usually missing dots, and the other flickering.
I wonder why this illusion works. I have heard mention that it is because the dots that disapear are in the blind spot in the middle of the eye, but I don't think this would explain losing sight of all three dots. I wonder if it has to do with the model of the brain as a state-change detector. Pre-consciousness (evolutionary times before we were conscious) is primarilly concerned with detecting changes in the environment, and then reacting based on them. Since the yellow dots are not moving, focus on them is lost and they are discarded as extraneous information. Sort of like the antithesis of not seeing a cameflaged object untill it moves.
Meditation would tend to uphold the illusion, as one of the goals is to empty the mind of that which does not matter, possibly allowing the mind to concentrate on what is truly important.
If I say black people are generally taller than Chinese people
And while this difference is currently true, it is not necesarilly a gentic variation. Asian cultures are moving more and more to a Western style diet, and in the process their children are now growing taller and taller. Although there is also probably some genetic component, the environment that an individual grows up in has a large effect on something as seemingly simple as height.
It seems that differences in intelligence between races would be even more linked to environmental factors, simply because the human brain is a very very plastic organ, capable of developing in many different pathways (IE, learning different things.) Nutrition, different emphasis on learning, speaking a different dialect than the test-writers, stress levels would all undoubtably have some effect on a person's ability to do well on a test.
I think a more telling test would be a comparison of adopted children: testing the abilities of, say, black children adopted by white parents, and black children adopted by black parents. (Just picking this test because, at least in the USA, there are large cultural and economic differences between the two races, and IQ or at least proficiency tests have consistantly had one race score higher than the other.) However, I'd imagine that the race of the parents would have far less correlation on the child's intelligence (or at least testing ability) than economics. I predict that wealthier parents will in general raise children that test better, get more education and eventually get higher paying jobs themselves.
And people who don't grow up with pets, they generally don't have pets when they grow up. And if they do get pets, it generally takes them a longer time to train, have more problems with behavior, and aren't as good at noticing medical problems. The brain learns several things during childhood simply by being immersed in a particular environment.
And apparantly there is now more reason to underclock your chips.