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  1. Re:This is incredible news on Self-Assembling Photovoltaic Tech From MIT · · Score: 1

    actually, make that...

    We have evolved so far through measurement, trail and error and discarding alternative, supernatural explanations.

    and that could take you back to the beginning of the universe.

  2. Re:This is incredible news on Self-Assembling Photovoltaic Tech From MIT · · Score: 1

    We have advanced so far by discarding alternative, supernatural explanations.

    next time try...

    We have evolved through so far by observation, trail and error and discarding alternative, supernatural explanations.

  3. Re:This is incredible news on Self-Assembling Photovoltaic Tech From MIT · · Score: 1

    slightly less trolling than to the faith in Occam's razor guy.
    your a comfortable secular humanism.

    would that be on with or without Maya? personally I think some Buddhists have Maya for thinking animals/people are special. oddly my partner seems to have partial Maya, she's aware of it, but only partially.

  4. Re:This is incredible news on Self-Assembling Photovoltaic Tech From MIT · · Score: 1

    you could close this system:

    predictable ? ?

    and open this system

    nothing

    and inject into the axiom of choice.

  5. Re:This is incredible news on Self-Assembling Photovoltaic Tech From MIT · · Score: 1

    to be fair, I did miss quote it (ref my other post to GP). But transcendentally it doesn't make any difference.
    also, game theory. I didn't put Nash equilibrium, I put that point, I'm not sure how a complex system has a point, unless you count a moment.

  6. Re:This is incredible news on Self-Assembling Photovoltaic Tech From MIT · · Score: 1

    Ok, break it down.....

    'when presented with two hypothetical processes that suggest identical outcomes'

    a balanced system.

    'choose the simpler one (since it will be easier to test).'

    will tend to the highest entropy. (require less work)

    Which bit about will do you not relate to reality? the will not bit?

    So, now all you have to do is find the simplest closed, complex system that describes all of reality and test it.

  7. Re:This is incredible news on Self-Assembling Photovoltaic Tech From MIT · · Score: 1

    it's difficult to construct a closed 'set theory' based system, yes.

  8. I wonder what should do to those refusing to read on EU Surveillance Studies Disclosed By Pirate Party · · Score: 1

    read it to them over the Tannoy, like a call to prayer

  9. MPs back calls for fresh phone hacking investigati on EU Surveillance Studies Disclosed By Pirate Party · · Score: 1

    MPs have approved a fresh parliamentary inquiry into phone hacking allegations, following criticism of the actions of News of the World journalists.
    After a debate on the issue, MPs agreed the Standards and Privileges Committee should look into alleged unauthorised activity by the media.
    Speaking in the debate, Labour MP Chris Bryant, one of those who claim their phones were targeted, said the Commons felt "angered".
    "It is not about one man," Mr Bryant said. "It is about what kind of investigative journalism we want in this country."
    He added: "It is about whether this House will be supine when its members' phones are hacked or whether it will take action when the democratic rights of MPs to do their job without illegal hindrance or interception has been traduced."

    Full text care of the BBC

  10. Re:This is why we vote Pirate on EU Surveillance Studies Disclosed By Pirate Party · · Score: 1

    there is nothing to fear except fear itself.

  11. Re:This is why we vote Pirate on EU Surveillance Studies Disclosed By Pirate Party · · Score: 1

    happens over here too.

  12. Re:This is why we vote Pirate on EU Surveillance Studies Disclosed By Pirate Party · · Score: 1

    welcome comrade.

  13. Re:This is why we vote Pirate on EU Surveillance Studies Disclosed By Pirate Party · · Score: 1

    walk into a shop or pub. I'd say 4 million is a little on the low side.

  14. Re:NIGGER on EU Surveillance Studies Disclosed By Pirate Party · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm waiting for someone in California to translate his name into English and use his first initial. Then he could run for president.

  15. Re:Thank you Broadcom on Broadcom Releases Source Code For Drivers · · Score: 1

    packet injection.

  16. no Linux Wi-Fi problems on Broadcom Releases Source Code For Drivers · · Score: 1

    usb_modeswitch.....
    ok, so not branded 'wi-fi', but mobile broadband.

  17. Re:This is incredible news on Self-Assembling Photovoltaic Tech From MIT · · Score: 1

    a simple solution requires less work.

  18. Re:This is incredible news on Self-Assembling Photovoltaic Tech From MIT · · Score: 1

    second law: a balanced system will converge on the point of maximum entropy.

    Occam's Razor: The simplest solution is usually the correct one.

    game theory: In a complex system their exists a point of maximum entropy, where any movement from that point will result in a lower entropy.

    discuss.

  19. Re:"if you've eaten fish you've eaten worms." on Cooking For Geeks · · Score: 1

    if you've eaten a Mc Donald's burger you've eaten gherkin. Yuck.

  20. Re:"if you've eaten fish you've eaten worms." on Cooking For Geeks · · Score: 1

    you could use alum.
    piss is a mordant. biting agent. that helps the colourants bite into the wool so that the colour remains after washing.

  21. Re:"if you've eaten fish you've eaten worms." on Cooking For Geeks · · Score: 1

    cochineal is very expensive compared to the synthetic versions.

  22. "if you've eaten fish you've eaten worms." on Cooking For Geeks · · Score: 1

    if you've eaten Worcestershire sauce then you've eaten fermented anchovies.

    if you take premare then your then someone's been taking the piss out of pregnant mares.

    I'm not sure where they get all those nitrates from in preservatives, but I should imagine the synthesis is a lot easier than collecting buckets of piss from outside pubs nowadays.

  23. Re:About Fucking Time on European Parliament All But Rejects ACTA · · Score: 1

    a Limited company has limited liability (for the share holders and such)
    a PLC (public limited company) has limited liability (for the public share holders and such)

    I believe the liability is a financial one.

  24. Re:About Fucking Time on European Parliament All But Rejects ACTA · · Score: 1

    opps, should have been this or similar.

  25. Re:About Fucking Time on European Parliament All But Rejects ACTA · · Score: 1

    The union between Norway and Sweden
    or the yellow bend agreement.