Define "spot you're standing on" without reference to Earth or the sun. Are you saying that the ether exists and that spot in it will be occupied by a vacuum soon?
The Universe is like a yeast raised donut, ever expanding, and I like mine with raspberry filling.
Not predicted, statistically modeled with a great degree of accuracy (that is a hair worth splitting).
As someone who is comfortable with statistics and machine learning, I have to wonder what you're driving at here? You started by making a sort of "Guffaw!" statement about predicting the unpredictable. And now you're trying to be pretty precise about separating prediction from accurate modelling. What bone are you picking? This is an honest question: what is the egregious misuse of terminology that you are arguing against?
And before you answer (if you will), I'm asking independently of the actual summary or TFA. I don't care much about that. Let say this started out with someone saying they had invented a machine that can predict earthquakes (with some important provisos). It's my belief that the rest of your comments still naturally follow. So lets say the claim is that someone can use a bunch of sensor readings integrated with a computer model to model the relevant forces with sufficient fidelity that the model allows actions to be taken (like evacuations or "get in the basement with some bottled water" warnings, or whatever). Is this fundamentally impossible for some reason, or does it just not match a definition of prediction that I'm missing?
I remember someone saying; "There are lies, damned lies and statistics"
Maybe. But it would be tough to get a Dell, HP (etc) without it installed.
Along with a bunch of other crapware. When ever I get a fresh install of windows at work, I have to download flash because it does not come with "windows".
Yeah, Best Buy will do it under warranty...for a price...unless you are running a linux box.
Wrong, tyranny is the first step in tyranny. Secrecy is the first step in privacy. See kristallnacht and tiananmen square.
Secrecy, once accepted, becomes an addiction.
Edward Teller
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
Niels Bohr
The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.
John F. Kennedy
As to privacy, discretion is the first step. Too many people make known what should be private, as in private information. Governments, at least democratic republics, are elected and have no right to privacy as long as the voting constituency pays their salaries.
Man, I hate to say it but if you're going to release 400,000 stolen US military documents you had better be a freaking saint, or you will fry.
Saint or not, Assange is nothing more than an information broker. How does an Australian receive so much information about the inner workings of the US government without complicity within the government itself? Excuse the pun but there is something rotten in Denmark. The US has something to hide, and they are not doing a good job of it. Secrecy is the first step in tyranny. Complacency of the people is the second. Obfuscation by the ruling elite promulgates more of the same, ad inifitum. Someone once said you can't handle the truth, it has also been said that the truth will set you free, but first it will really piss you off.
The people of "this" earth cannot even take care of it, yet, it is said that we need another one? Continuous wars, hatred, racism, greed, a throw away society, and all you can say is, "May I have some more?" I say, emphatically, no! You, and I mean all of you, having trashed the land, air, seas, the future, deserve what you have. Lie in the bed you made.
Isn't that how it's supposed to work? If everybody had to do as he said, we'd call the position Dictator instead of President. The president has very limited power, which is a good thing.
But unless people have failed to notice, europe(and the UK along with it) is in some pretty bad financial straights.
Brought on by the same bankster bastards that raped the rest of the world as well.
Science is a necessary thing, but if people and government has to take the pick between funding science or covering things like civil protection(police), medical/fire services(hospitals, doctors, ems response).
Are you from Amsterdam? Nobody seems to complain about the career criminals... er.. I mean politicians when their automatic pay raises are voted on to prevent the automatic 25% pay raise from going into affect.
It's pretty easy to tell where the cuts are going to happen first.
It's not easy with all the riders and earmarks and collusion with big business, big pharma, big whatever, obfuscating the issues. Safety services should be voted on as a separate package. Public education should be monitored and voted upon by the voter constituency taking into account the academic scores, security, the student behavioral proclivities ie no more bullying! If we, as a society cannot foster cooperation and academic excellence within our schools without regard to personal preference, how are we going to foster cooperation on a world stage?
Usually science, followed by teachers and police, followed by fire services, then medical.
How about the PEOPLE taking control of the government like employers taking control of their companies, follow the rules that have been set from the beginning (the Constitution), the EMPLOYER (the PEOPLE) dictate policy on raises, medical benefits (every politician should take a substantial pay cut, just like everyone else. That includes corporate executives. Politicians should have the exact same health care they want to shove down our throats). Some may say and think that We The People, refers to the governing elite, NOT!
I was taught that you lead by example, but lately, the examples are lacking. All politicians should serve three terms, two in office, one in prison twice as long as their terms to break the cycle of corruption and undue influence.
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Define "spot you're standing on" without reference to Earth or the sun. Are you saying that the ether exists and that spot in it will be occupied by a vacuum soon?
The Universe is like a yeast raised donut, ever expanding, and I like mine with raspberry filling.
Can anyone explain it to me in simple terms? I'm not a physicist.
Sure...wherever you go, there you are..
Not predicted, statistically modeled with a great degree of accuracy (that is a hair worth splitting).
As someone who is comfortable with statistics and machine learning, I have to wonder what you're driving at here? You started by making a sort of "Guffaw!" statement about predicting the unpredictable. And now you're trying to be pretty precise about separating prediction from accurate modelling. What bone are you picking? This is an honest question: what is the egregious misuse of terminology that you are arguing against? And before you answer (if you will), I'm asking independently of the actual summary or TFA. I don't care much about that. Let say this started out with someone saying they had invented a machine that can predict earthquakes (with some important provisos). It's my belief that the rest of your comments still naturally follow. So lets say the claim is that someone can use a bunch of sensor readings integrated with a computer model to model the relevant forces with sufficient fidelity that the model allows actions to be taken (like evacuations or "get in the basement with some bottled water" warnings, or whatever). Is this fundamentally impossible for some reason, or does it just not match a definition of prediction that I'm missing?
I remember someone saying; "There are lies, damned lies and statistics"
So they are claiming to be able to predict the unpredictable? I want absolute proof of their claims.
I will believe it when they predict an intelligent decision from the government, how's that for unpredictability?
I blame the Sumerians for inventing the abacus.
It was actually the Annunaki and the sexigesimal system...there, fixed it for ya.
Maybe. But it would be tough to get a Dell, HP (etc) without it installed.
Along with a bunch of other crapware. When ever I get a fresh install of windows at work, I have to download flash because it does not come with "windows".
Yeah, Best Buy will do it under warranty...for a price...unless you are running a linux box.
In Space No One Can Hear You Download.
It's also the perfect place for wikileaks.
Target practice, for satellite killing systems.
And if it doesn't explode, you just weaponized them.
Since there are 'no rules' in space, expect this satellite to be destroyed in a matter of minutes after gaining orbit.
Wrong, Obey gravity, it's the law!
Space Pirates!
Space Pirates in Arrrrbit. It had to be said.
Wrong, tyranny is the first step in tyranny. Secrecy is the first step in privacy. See kristallnacht and tiananmen square.
Secrecy, once accepted, becomes an addiction. Edward Teller
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness. Niels Bohr
The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings. John F. Kennedy
As to privacy, discretion is the first step. Too many people make known what should be private, as in private information. Governments, at least democratic republics, are elected and have no right to privacy as long as the voting constituency pays their salaries.
Man, I hate to say it but if you're going to release 400,000 stolen US military documents you had better be a freaking saint, or you will fry.
Saint or not, Assange is nothing more than an information broker. How does an Australian receive so much information about the inner workings of the US government without complicity within the government itself?
Excuse the pun but there is something rotten in Denmark. The US has something to hide, and they are not doing a good job of it. Secrecy is the first step in tyranny. Complacency of the people is the second. Obfuscation by the ruling elite promulgates more of the same, ad inifitum.
Someone once said you can't handle the truth, it has also been said that the truth will set you free, but first it will really piss you off.
The people of "this" earth cannot even take care of it, yet, it is said that we need another one? Continuous wars, hatred, racism, greed, a throw away society, and all you can say is, "May I have some more?"
I say, emphatically, no!
You, and I mean all of you, having trashed the land, air, seas, the future, deserve what you have. Lie in the bed you made.
The secret ingredient on Iron Chef...Kobe Beef and 5 USB ports.
Gotthard? Hadron?
Who the hell is coming up with these names? Are they trying to sell Viagra?
Zo, you zeem to have zis re-occurring dream about very long tunnelz? HMMM. And what do you zink iss moving in zis tunnelz?
Isn't that how it's supposed to work? If everybody had to do as he said, we'd call the position Dictator instead of President. The president has very limited power, which is a good thing.
Two words; Executive orders.
When you screw someone over, don't be surprised if they go elsewhere.
To paraphrase a quote, Wait'll they get a load of China
I'm sorry, but it's funny that I do not get offended, automatically or otherwise, when valid arguments are posited in topics that are not, off topic.
But unless people have failed to notice, europe(and the UK along with it) is in some pretty bad financial straights.
Brought on by the same bankster bastards that raped the rest of the world as well.
Science is a necessary thing, but if people and government has to take the pick between funding science or covering things like civil protection(police), medical/fire services(hospitals, doctors, ems response).
Are you from Amsterdam? Nobody seems to complain about the career criminals... er.. I mean politicians when their automatic pay raises are voted on to prevent the automatic 25% pay raise from going into affect.
It's pretty easy to tell where the cuts are going to happen first.
It's not easy with all the riders and earmarks and collusion with big business, big pharma, big whatever, obfuscating the issues. Safety services should be voted on as a separate package. Public education should be monitored and voted upon by the voter constituency taking into account the academic scores, security, the student behavioral proclivities ie no more bullying! If we, as a society cannot foster cooperation and academic excellence within our schools without regard to personal preference, how are we going to foster cooperation on a world stage?
Usually science, followed by teachers and police, followed by fire services, then medical.
How about the PEOPLE taking control of the government like employers taking control of their companies, follow the rules that have been set from the beginning (the Constitution), the EMPLOYER (the PEOPLE) dictate policy on raises, medical benefits (every politician should take a substantial pay cut, just like everyone else. That includes corporate executives. Politicians should have the exact same health care they want to shove down our throats).
Some may say and think that We The People, refers to the governing elite, NOT!
I was taught that you lead by example, but lately, the examples are lacking.
All politicians should serve three terms, two in office, one in prison twice as long as their terms to break the cycle of corruption and undue influence.
Stupid americans. It's 10.10.10, so it doesn.. Wait, what?
Stupid American gardeners, 10.10.10 is fine for end of season lawn care.
In North Korea, Internet registers YOU!
In North Korea, Kim Jong Il registers you, personally.
The pirates code is not a rule, more of a guideline. Matey.
Even if the package is heat-proof, the electronics are going to fry.
What a chance to test layered aerogel.
My sediments exactly!
Right and wrong are independent of legality.
Arrrrrr...if ye be on the handly part of a sword, ye be right, if ye be on the pointy end, ye be over the gunwales.