I'm involved in a lattice QCD project that uses some of the computer time from Lawrence Livermore.
We have one guy who has a security clearance, and he's not allowed to actually take any data out of the lab. He has to go there with a PIECE OF PAPER and write down a handful of numbers on it, and that's all the data we can get out.
This is certainly true. I was speaking more in terms of fiscal responsibility: the US intervention in Kosovo, while certainly a war, hasn't been nearly the drain on the US budget that Iraq has.
I don't think the Democrats have a monopoly on irresponsible spending lately. They're just the only ones responsible enough to actually realize that money in = money out.
The Republicans, OTOH, are happy to borrow trillions of dollars from Japan and China. This is a good idea why, exactly?
We may not be paying high taxes for Bush's military misadventures right now, but we will later, plus interest.
This does not, of course, address the question of whether nuclear weapons modeling is the most worthwhile use of all those cycles, paid for by the American taxpayer.
These guys casually throw around numbers like "32 million cpu-hours on this machine, 40 million cpu-hours on that machine", and are always needing more power.
How did they get that patent? Ohmmeters have been known for a long while -- or maybe it's the novel use of them to separate poor sods from their money?
No kidding. There wasn't an actual informative answer in the lot.
My group is watching all of this with interest, looking to see whether or not we need to invent some sort of 3.5/4.0 chimera... and there's no information in there. None.
And, as an American, I am ashamed and angry that our government is buying massive yet useless phased-array radars with our (my!) tax money rather than doing something useful.
The people charged with our defense and national security are *supposed* to be uneasy,...lay awake nights,... constantly wonder if all they've done is enough.
Yes, I know some of them. They lay awake at night wondering if there's a way they can swindle even *more* money out of the American taxpayer.
If you're hiding the watermark in noise, then your watermark will tend to get flushed by noise-removal software which is often run on the output of pocket cameras.
There can be no de jure formal religious test, but what's wrong with not voting for someone who believes what his great-grandpappy said he read on a golden tablet over what he can see right in front of him?
I'm not opposed to him because of the particulars of his religious beliefs; I'm opposed to him because, by still holding those beliefs, he's demonstrated a lack of judgment and reason.
No, but you can learn that -137 is a losing number for lotto, and that the donkey hanging out behind the stables eating grass isn't going to win the race.
... condemning millions of Latin Americans to live in squalor as a result of overpopulation, stemming directly from your vendetta against contraception?... refusing to abort the fetus in an ectopic pregnancy*?... condemning hundreds of millions of people simply because they are inherently attracted to the same sex rather than the opposite?... insisting that people in persistive vegetative states be kept alive for decades, with great expenditure of effort, despite no possibility of recovery?
Yes, I'd say that Catholicism is an affront to human dignity.
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I'm involved in a lattice QCD project that uses some of the computer time from Lawrence Livermore.
We have one guy who has a security clearance, and he's not allowed to actually take any data out of the lab. He has to go there with a PIECE OF PAPER and write down a handful of numbers on it, and that's all the data we can get out.
It's a nightmare.
This is certainly true. I was speaking more in terms of fiscal responsibility: the US intervention in Kosovo, while certainly a war, hasn't been nearly the drain on the US budget that Iraq has.
I don't think the Democrats have a monopoly on irresponsible spending lately. They're just the only ones responsible enough to actually realize that money in = money out.
The Republicans, OTOH, are happy to borrow trillions of dollars from Japan and China. This is a good idea why, exactly?
We may not be paying high taxes for Bush's military misadventures right now, but we will later, plus interest.
Clinton took us to war?
I don't remember that.
He tried to whack Bin Laden with a bunch of missiles once, but that's pennies compared to the Iraq War.
This does not, of course, address the question of whether nuclear weapons modeling is the most worthwhile use of all those cycles, paid for by the American taxpayer.
I don't think it is.
Lattice QCD.
These guys casually throw around numbers like "32 million cpu-hours on this machine, 40 million cpu-hours on that machine", and are always needing more power.
How did they get that patent? Ohmmeters have been known for a long while -- or maybe it's the novel use of them to separate poor sods from their money?
Actually, Co$ could probably be sued for false advertising.
The name of the product is the "Mark VIII Super Quantum E-meter". A Wheatstone bridge, however, works on completely classical principles.
Or maybe resistance is quantized, with one quantum of resistance being equal to the extra resistance from one extra thetan hanging around?
No kidding. There wasn't an actual informative answer in the lot.
My group is watching all of this with interest, looking to see whether or not we need to invent some sort of 3.5/4.0 chimera... and there's no information in there. None.
And, as an American, I am ashamed and angry that our government is buying massive yet useless phased-array radars with our (my!) tax money rather than doing something useful.
The people charged with our defense and national security are *supposed* to be uneasy, ...lay awake nights, ... constantly wonder if all they've done is enough.
Yes, I know some of them. They lay awake at night wondering if there's a way they can swindle even *more* money out of the American taxpayer.
Yes, if you're talking about thermal infrared, because the cumulative blackbody radiation from the atmosphere would swamp any signal from the ground.
If you're hiding the watermark in noise, then your watermark will tend to get flushed by noise-removal software which is often run on the output of pocket cameras.
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Sarkozy hasn't invaded anyone yet.
Mostly he's gotten laid by a supermodel.
He may be nuts, but Bush is far more nuts.
Yes, it's one of the madnesses of the USA; we have these formal elections just to pick who's going to run from each party.
Then there's another election between those two candidates.
Based on my experience growing up in the South, yes.
There can be no de jure formal religious test, but what's wrong with not voting for someone who believes what his great-grandpappy said he read on a golden tablet over what he can see right in front of him?
I'm not opposed to him because of the particulars of his religious beliefs; I'm opposed to him because, by still holding those beliefs, he's demonstrated a lack of judgment and reason.
No, but you can learn that -137 is a losing number for lotto, and that the donkey hanging out behind the stables eating grass isn't going to win the race.
McCain, sadly, is a warmonger.
You can't be a warmonger and a fiscal conservative at the same time. Wars are fucking expensive.
No, both think they can make decisions about who's allowed to make decisions about my health better than the CEO of Aetna.
And spending the people's money isn't a Democratic characteristic any more. How much did Iraq cost?
If you support a response like that, then would you support Pakistan or Russia nuking us in retaliation for Iraq?
By that logic, it's in their right.
Please tell us all how you would make air travel safe and convenient.
Stop going out of your way to piss off a large portion of the world's fanatics with your foreign policy.
he has to remain consistent with earlier doctrine
When given a choice between remaining consistent with earlier doctrine and remaining consistent with reality, why should we choose the former?
... condemning millions of Latin Americans to live in squalor as a result of overpopulation, stemming directly from your vendetta against contraception? ... refusing to abort the fetus in an ectopic pregnancy*? ... condemning hundreds of millions of people simply because they are inherently attracted to the same sex rather than the opposite? ... insisting that people in persistive vegetative states be kept alive for decades, with great expenditure of effort, despite no possibility of recovery?
Yes, I'd say that Catholicism is an affront to human dignity.