This is mentioned in economics textbooks; there's more demand for a person with the skills of a medicine or business prof than for a person with the skills of a humanities prof.
There's also the matter that it's important that no person be allowed to prove his/her vote to any other person; doing otherwise allows bribery / threats.
Perhaps the difference is academic, but I consider that "few hundred thousand" to be "venture capital". Definitely a small amount, compared to what most businesses start with, though.
Well, if you currently have a generator that can only create $1000 worth of energy per year, it can take a while to get enough money to build a generator that can produce a decent amount of energy; salaries and maintenance will likely suck up all the profits; a bit of venture capital will be needed to get it going.
But I agree that selling energy is the correct model for somebody who has discovered a "free energy" source. ("Teach a man to fish, you give up your monopoly on fisheries.")
If the law was repealed by Congress, it would not make anybody convicted "wrongly imprisoned". (If a speed limit is increased, would the government have to refund any speeding tickets on that road?)
Even if the law was removed through judicial review, ISTR that it does not affect past convictions.
IIRC, "peer to peer" has a definite meaning: the protocol is the same for both sides.
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IIRC, the sponsor for the Ellery Queen TV series (mystery, 1970s) was a cigar company; they were explicitly forbidden from using the "lipstick stained cigarette" clue, or even showing any kind of tobacco product except a wrapped (sponsor's brand) cigar.
By definition, it's impossible for more than half to be above [i]median[/i]. It's quite easy for more than half to be above average. For example, suppose there's one sample of 1, and 49 samples of 2. Average is 99/50 == 1.98; 49/50 == 98% are above average.
The problem is the square/cube ratio. Double all linear dimensions, and volumes / weights go up by a factor of eight; areas only go up by a factor of four. So exactly doubling a creature would double the amount of weight per unit area, and the joints wouldn't be strong enough.
I think GMail checks the contents of a.zip for executables.
At least, I had trouble mailing inform source code (.inf) because gmail thought it was a Windows registry file (also.inf); trying to hide the file in a.tar.gz or.zip didn't work; I ended up having to compress it then rename the executable. (Though compressing it twice, and passwording the latter might also have worked.)
IIRC, "algebraic" functions are roughly those which can be obtained in a finite number of steps from: - any constant - any argument to the function - the sum, difference, product, quotient of two algebraic functions - any rational power of an algebraic function
"transcendental" functions are those which are not "algebraic". (Try calculating an exact value for sin x given only x.)
RBL == Realtime Blackhole List is a list of IP addresses which mail servers ignore completely (blackhole), and is updated continuously as new complaints arrive (realtime)
MAPS == Mail Abuse Prevention Service is one such RBL
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What are your opinions on Magnum Force, Empire Strikes Back, and Godfather II?
This is mentioned in economics textbooks; there's more demand for a person with the skills of a medicine or business prof than for a person with the skills of a humanities prof.
What was the first? The earliest I can remember would be Planetfall.
There's also the matter that it's important that no person be allowed to prove his/her vote to any other person; doing otherwise allows bribery / threats.
If gmail is rejecting the message because the callback failed so they think it's spam, why don't they at least put it in the spam folder?
(Or, how do I get to the "Show all messages regardless of what you think; I'll decide whether it's spam or not" option?)
Did anybody else see that image and think about Watchmen? Except that it's a mirror image.
Perhaps the difference is academic, but I consider that "few hundred thousand" to be "venture capital". Definitely a small amount, compared to what most businesses start with, though.
How do they compare to Grant, Harding, and Nixon?
Well, if you currently have a generator that can only create $1000 worth of energy per year, it can take a while to get enough money to build a generator that can produce a decent amount of energy; salaries and maintenance will likely suck up all the profits; a bit of venture capital will be needed to get it going.
But I agree that selling energy is the correct model for somebody who has discovered a "free energy" source. ("Teach a man to fish, you give up your monopoly on fisheries.")
I thought counting the years was supposed to put the beginning of creation at 4004 BC.
It's not a child, and it's not even true, but there is http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/stripper.ht m .
If the law was repealed by Congress, it would not make anybody convicted "wrongly imprisoned". (If a speed limit is increased, would the government have to refund any speeding tickets on that road?)
Even if the law was removed through judicial review, ISTR that it does not affect past convictions.
IIRC, "peer to peer" has a definite meaning: the protocol is the same for both sides.
IIRC, the sponsor for the Ellery Queen TV series (mystery, 1970s) was a cigar company; they were explicitly forbidden from using the "lipstick stained cigarette" clue, or even showing any kind of tobacco product except a wrapped (sponsor's brand) cigar.
By definition, it's impossible for more than half to be above [i]median[/i]. It's quite easy for more than half to be above average. For example, suppose there's one sample of 1, and 49 samples of 2. Average is 99/50 == 1.98; 49/50 == 98% are above average.
Wouldn't an Aibo be an automaton instead of a replicant?
The problem is the square/cube ratio. Double all linear dimensions, and volumes / weights go up by a factor of eight; areas only go up by a factor of four. So exactly doubling a creature would double the amount of weight per unit area, and the joints wouldn't be strong enough.
I think GMail checks the contents of a .zip for executables.
.inf); trying to hide the file in a .tar.gz or .zip didn't work; I ended up having to compress it then rename the executable. (Though compressing it twice, and passwording the latter might also have worked.)
At least, I had trouble mailing inform source code (.inf) because gmail thought it was a Windows registry file (also
IIRC, "algebraic" functions are roughly those which can be obtained in a finite number of steps from:
- any constant
- any argument to the function
- the sum, difference, product, quotient of two algebraic functions
- any rational power of an algebraic function
"transcendental" functions are those which are not "algebraic". (Try calculating an exact value for sin x given only x.)
Also, I think Asimov was involved with TNG.
RBL == Realtime Blackhole List
is a list of IP addresses which mail servers ignore completely (blackhole), and is updated continuously as new complaints arrive (realtime)
MAPS == Mail Abuse Prevention Service
is one such RBL
The USENET incident involved the "Woodside Literary Agency", who attracted ire for spamming.
What about nuclear or geothermal power?
Was spam the only charge he was convicted of, or was he convicted of spam and fraud?
IIRC, there is a specific law in England granting Peter Pan a perpetual copyright.