I don't believe it. Next you'll be telling me that smoking a cigarette doesn't actually calm me down, it just reverses the effects of nicotine withdraw!
I can't wait 'til the scientists tell me alcohol doesn't make me violent, it just cures the peacefulness that is a symptom of my alcohol withdrawal.
Hey! You know the rules: The first rule of Secret Science Club is you do not talk about Secret Science Club...
...and the eighth and final rule of Secret Science Club is...if it's your first night at Secret Science Club, you must fight!...err...you must do science!
More to the point, if I fly at the speed of light today to alpha centauri it will still be June 2 2010 when I get there.
On the face of it, this doesn't make any sense at all. If light travels at the speed of light, then what's all this business of a light year? I mean to say if the light from Earth travels at the speed of light to alpha centauri, would it not likewise be June 2 2010 when it arrives?
Light moves at a constant speed in a vacuum to all observers. Time dilation is always by the right amount to still observe light moving at light speed. A light year is the distance light travels in a year, measured by outside observers, not by the light itself. If you traveled alongside the light at light speed you would experience that no time had passed, but you would also experience that the light had not moved because relative to you it was in the exact same point in space. So in 0 time you observe light moving 0 distance. It would only move in other frames of reference.
(not to mention that, being made of matter, you could never actually reach light speed, because the marginal energy cost of acceleration gets exponentially large...but that's another story for another day...)
I have read a popularization of relativity by Albert Einstein where he makes it clear that the explosion did happen in 1987 at the location of the supernova.
Now that's even more profound! A man who died in 1955 wrote about an event from 1987? He must have broken the light barrier to invade the supernova's light cone and then return to Earth in time to break the news. What an achievement!
Plus, I'm really impressed that another galaxy also uses the Gregorian calendar. Go Jesus!
...would easily be taken over by another government that is just as effective in screwing the world, dominating the weak, and murdering innocents.
Um, ahem. Despite their best intentions, nobody is as effective in screwing the world and dominating the weak as our government. Hitler had a good run for a little while, but his government collapsed after not quite a decade and a half, never to dominate again! We, however, are still going strong. USA! Num-ber one!
. Folks, when a major newspaper like the FT, WSJ, or New York Times reports something, it's probably true.
Clearly, you didn't get the memo. The New York Times is part of the liberal-biased lamestream media and therefore not to be trusted. Any information read therein should be assumed false until confirmed by Fox News.
That's because the hackers want a Mac, not some lame old Windows box.
Perhaps it's easier to find a exploit for a Mac then Windows, there just aren't enough Mac's in the world to make developing one worthwhile outside a competition.
Right. Because tens of millions of potential targets just aren't enough.
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I don't believe it. Next you'll be telling me that smoking a cigarette doesn't actually calm me down, it just reverses the effects of nicotine withdraw!
I can't wait 'til the scientists tell me alcohol doesn't make me violent, it just cures the peacefulness that is a symptom of my alcohol withdrawal.
People have withdrawal symptoms when they break up with their girlfriends, too, but we don't go around trying to treat people for love addiction.
Who says we don't? Although if you mostly hang around slashdot, the problem is rare enough here that you might not have heard of the treatments...
Hey! You know the rules: The first rule of Secret Science Club is you do not talk about Secret Science Club...
...and the eighth and final rule of Secret Science Club is...if it's your first night at Secret Science Club, you must fight!...err...you must do science!
I believe it's called 'homeostasis.'
Sometimes defined as "balancing homos within the system."
[head asplodes]
Not really, but isn't relativity fun?
More to the point, if I fly at the speed of light today to alpha centauri it will still be June 2 2010 when I get there.
On the face of it, this doesn't make any sense at all. If light travels at the speed of light, then what's all this business of a light year? I mean to say if the light from Earth travels at the speed of light to alpha centauri, would it not likewise be June 2 2010 when it arrives?
Light moves at a constant speed in a vacuum to all observers. Time dilation is always by the right amount to still observe light moving at light speed. A light year is the distance light travels in a year, measured by outside observers, not by the light itself. If you traveled alongside the light at light speed you would experience that no time had passed, but you would also experience that the light had not moved because relative to you it was in the exact same point in space. So in 0 time you observe light moving 0 distance. It would only move in other frames of reference.
(not to mention that, being made of matter, you could never actually reach light speed, because the marginal energy cost of acceleration gets exponentially large...but that's another story for another day...)
I have read a popularization of relativity by Albert Einstein where he makes it clear that the explosion did happen in 1987 at the location of the supernova.
Now that's even more profound! A man who died in 1955 wrote about an event from 1987? He must have broken the light barrier to invade the supernova's light cone and then return to Earth in time to break the news. What an achievement!
Plus, I'm really impressed that another galaxy also uses the Gregorian calendar. Go Jesus!
...for getting around the Great Firewall to d/l porn and access facebook, not for doing anything that needs to be secure.
...would easily be taken over by another government that is just as effective in screwing the world, dominating the weak, and murdering innocents.
Um, ahem. Despite their best intentions, nobody is as effective in screwing the world and dominating the weak as our government. Hitler had a good run for a little while, but his government collapsed after not quite a decade and a half, never to dominate again! We, however, are still going strong. USA! Num-ber one!
Oh come on, everyone knows the Mayan Calendar has been debunked.
It has? I'm pretty sure it actually exists, and actually is a calendar...
In other news, the M1 nebula is NOT... I repeat, *not* about to disappear.
Bernard's Star is also NOT going nova this week. Probably not next week either.
Also, do not panic. Neptune is quite stable in its orbit and is NOT about to collide with Jupiter, say astronomers. Repeat, it *will not* collide.
And as far as I know, there is no B-3 bomber.
I don't see any Pierson's Puppeteers around. I think we should get out of here.
I'm choosing to wait until the dolphins leave.
What's new is that the doomsday tomorrow nuts have something else to latch on to, since 2012 has been thoroughly debunked.
Ha! You think debunking will stop them? Mark my words, there will be people years after 2012 still claiming it was really the end of the world.
Sure, but of all the places to go for bad rumors and conspiracy theories, slashdot is my favorite!
I wonder if the other trashy news (+rumor) sites say "this was first reported on Slashdot, which means it's probably false."
Neutrinos were detected along with photons from the 1987 supernova.
Wow! There was a supernova in 1987 and we've already detected particles from it?
Vell, Zaphod's just zis guy, you know?
Only according to his brain-care specialist. Would you trust someone whose title is "brain-care specialist"?
However, it may be really upsetting to Zaphod Beeblebrox!
Not to mention Ford Prefect.
Edelweiss is actually pronounced "Aydel-vice"
Actually, it's pronounced "edel-weiss." Some of us are native German speakers, you insensitive clod!
I'm not as smart as most of you slashdotters...
Aw. You flatter us so.
. Folks, when a major newspaper like the FT, WSJ, or New York Times reports something, it's probably true.
Clearly, you didn't get the memo. The New York Times is part of the liberal-biased lamestream media and therefore not to be trusted. Any information read therein should be assumed false until confirmed by Fox News.
Perhaps it's easier to find a exploit for a Mac then Windows, there just aren't enough Mac's in the world to make developing one worthwhile outside a competition.
Right. Because tens of millions of potential targets just aren't enough.
When's the last time you updated the walls of your house?
Funny you should ask that...
The only time I've ever had to 'sudo' was when I was running a socket on port 80.
If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port...
No one cares about your fake headaches.
Actually, given that there's an article on the front page of /. about "fake" treatments having a real effect on headaches, I would say somebody cares.
You must be new here. ;)
With a five-digit ID? I think not...just 'cause yours is four, you don't need to flaunt it. ;-)
According to the OED the plural of forum is forums. Fora is only use when referring to Roman public spaces.
So they're "fora" if the datacenter is in the capital of Italy and "forums" if elsewhere. What did I misunderstand?
Not quite. To be "fora" the datacenter in Rome also has to be public property.