it isn't about preserving an ecosystem or conserving species, but about absolute and unrelenting self-hatred for the human species. Oh lord... You mean it isn't enough just to hate America anymore?
IMHO, tear that bastard up if it generates commerce, gives us extra space to live It's not a very hospitable environment there though, is it? If it's extra space you're looking for, there's still plenty in Antarctica, the Sahara, etc. Those places aren't very hospitable either, but certainly a lot more so than the moon, and quite a bit easier and cheaper (by many orders of magnitude) to get to. They even have atmospheres, and with Oxygen to boot!
Perhaps the two obsessions are superficially similar, but I suspect if you were to stop and think for a moment, you would find some significant differences. You're right, of course, but to concede that would've made my response a good deal less pithy.
Actually, in a way I'm grateful to the enthusiasts out there, even as they pursue performance beyond all reason. It keeps technology amazingly cost-effective for those of us who are content to live a year or so behind the cutting edge...
We're talking about high end cards here, not your run of the mill card for non-gamers. This thread may be about video cards, but somehow it reminds me of all the audiophiles I've ever known...
The country with the largest nuclear arsenal on a planet needs a revolution. That's thinking it through. What's scary is that in a sense we already have that situation. Bush and his party basically argue that as the Commander in Chief, the armed forces are basically his playthings to do with as he pleases, without limitation; i.e., essentially his personal military. What is that value of that kind of military power? Tens of trillions of dollars, at least. What does it cost to run a successful presidential campaign? Hundreds of millions, maybe. So what's your return on investment if you want to wreak havoc on the world or use massive military power to advance your own private interests? About five orders of magnitude, I'd say...
More importantly, too much science education could become a political problem in some sectors. If we raise the general level of scientific literacy in the US, where will the next generation of Republicans come from?
Seriously, though... Education in science and math isn't just a matter of labor economics, as this thread seems to suppose. It's something that's essential for the proper functioning of democracy as public issues become more and more infused with scientific ones.
Not to mention that the distance between the power outlet and his audio equipment is a tiny, tiny, fraction of the distance from where the power is generated to the outlet. And I'm pretty sure that isn't silver, either (more likely aluminum)...
they should be marketing it as an awesome desktop publishing and imaging monitor for PCs and Macs Except that at a resolution of 960x540 (or so I read), it isn't so awesome...
If you have Linux on your laptop, they won't be able to figure out how to get on the net anyway, especially via wireless.:) You laugh, but there's some truth to that. 90% of your casual, non-techie type thieves won't know what to do with an unfamiliar OS, just like 90% of your casual, non-techie type users. Of course, your laptop is still gone either way, but the wiping of the disk to install a pirated copy of Windows will keep your private data private.
My Linux Thinkpad does wireless fine, though, so no help there...
Everyone with any sense knows that Linux isn't a great choice compared to Windows or OS X for those that don't want to learn a new UI Indeed. My old slide rule still works great for me, so y'all know where you can shove your newfangled calculatin' machines.
But seriously... That's only an argument against anyone migrating from anything to anything else, ever. It's true that the majority won't. But if Linux's meager overall share includes a big and growing chunk of the technical "cognescenti", then that creates a pressure of it's own.
You know what also helps stop terror plots? Turning a country into a giant maximum security prison. Maybe we could have a study that tests that out. Maybe we already do. Those walls they're building to keep illegal immigrants out will work just as well to keep us in...
They enforce secrecy when things are absolutely fucked, and they wish to prevent a panic. Almost, but not quite. They enforce secrecy when they want to cover up their own incompetence and malfeasance. Panic is their friend, because it makes us willing to give up even more of our rights - including the right to transparent and accountable government - and it opens up the federal treasury to even more looting on behalf of their friends and political patrons.
No worries - we're sliding headlong into feudalism, the conservative utopia. There will always be a plentitude of feudal lords to serve on their Manors. Surely they will treat their serfs with kindness, compassion, and generosity, as they have through all of history.
It seems to me that there has to be some sort of quantum leap in design, manufacture, and fuel in order to make space travel economically possible for even the most wealthy human beings. You'll never get modded up around here talking like that. We're already planning our vacations for 2012 when that luxury space hotel opens up!
Yes, and since private companies will face none of the safety and testing issues that folks like NASA have to contend with, they should be able to just slap this together and start shuttling paying tourists up there in no time. I'm surprised it's even going to take 5 years!
Older people? I highly doubt that. As long as it's shiny and cool and can play their music wherever they go, it'll be the kids and 20-somethings that are all over this...
So, as a "superbible" is it another one of these 5 kg books that artificially bloats the page count with lots of whitespace, needless screenshots, and big section headings every other paragraph, to make you feel like you're getting more for your money?
Not an astrophysicist, but... Sure, if the General Theory of Relativity has anything to say about it. I think what was unexpected in the paper was how rapidly the gas cloud collapses into a disk around the binary black holes, and how quickly the drag from the gaseous disk degrades their orbit around each other. A million years isn't a long time before the black holes merge...
What happens when the black holes at the center of each one collide? Glad you asked that question... Just read a couple of papers about that yesterday in the 29 June issue of Science. From one of the abstracts:It is normally assumed that after the merger of two massive galaxies, a SMBH [supermassive black hole] binary will form, shrink because of stellar gas dynamical processes, and ultimately coalesce by emitting a burst of gravitational waves... We report hydrodynamical simulations that track the formation of a SMBH binary down to scales of a few light years after the collision between two spiral galaxies. A massive, turbulant, nuclear gaseous disk arises as the a result of the galaxy merger. The black holes form an eccentric binary in the disk in less than 1 million years as a result of the gravitational drag from the gas rather than from the stars. - Meyer et.al., Rapid Formation of Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Galaxy Mergers with Gas, Science 316,1874 (2007).
IT geeks need to stop listing their long hours as a point of pride. Here, here. Also, geeks: No bragging about how you haven't taken a vacation in six years. To my ear, it sounds like you're bragging about falling repeatedly for the same scam, and that makes you seem more stupid than dedicated and indispensible.
It's been ready for my desktop for years; in fact I stopped dual booting with Windows a long time ago and haven't looked back. Almost every week I read about some critical thing I'm not supposed to be able to do with Linux (like deal with.doc files), even though I've been doing it without problem or fanfare all along. Did I not get the memo, or could it just be misinformation and FUD?
I'm still amazed at the crap my Windows friends put up with on a daily basis, but they just regard it as the cost of doing business with their OS, I guess...
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It's probably a lot more than any actual members of Congress have read in a while...
Actually, in a way I'm grateful to the enthusiasts out there, even as they pursue performance beyond all reason. It keeps technology amazingly cost-effective for those of us who are content to live a year or so behind the cutting edge...
...not this shit again.
More importantly, too much science education could become a political problem in some sectors. If we raise the general level of scientific literacy in the US, where will the next generation of Republicans come from?
Seriously, though... Education in science and math isn't just a matter of labor economics, as this thread seems to suppose. It's something that's essential for the proper functioning of democracy as public issues become more and more infused with scientific ones.
Not to mention that the distance between the power outlet and his audio equipment is a tiny, tiny, fraction of the distance from where the power is generated to the outlet. And I'm pretty sure that isn't silver, either (more likely aluminum)...
My Linux Thinkpad does wireless fine, though, so no help there...
But seriously... That's only an argument against anyone migrating from anything to anything else, ever. It's true that the majority won't. But if Linux's meager overall share includes a big and growing chunk of the technical "cognescenti", then that creates a pressure of it's own.
No worries - we're sliding headlong into feudalism, the conservative utopia. There will always be a plentitude of feudal lords to serve on their Manors. Surely they will treat their serfs with kindness, compassion, and generosity, as they have through all of history.
Yes, and since private companies will face none of the safety and testing issues that folks like NASA have to contend with, they should be able to just slap this together and start shuttling paying tourists up there in no time. I'm surprised it's even going to take 5 years!
Older people? I highly doubt that. As long as it's shiny and cool and can play their music wherever they go, it'll be the kids and 20-somethings that are all over this...
So, as a "superbible" is it another one of these 5 kg books that artificially bloats the page count with lots of whitespace, needless screenshots, and big section headings every other paragraph, to make you feel like you're getting more for your money?
Then, no thanks...
Not an astrophysicist, but... Sure, if the General Theory of Relativity has anything to say about it. I think what was unexpected in the paper was how rapidly the gas cloud collapses into a disk around the binary black holes, and how quickly the drag from the gaseous disk degrades their orbit around each other. A million years isn't a long time before the black holes merge...
Linux has been running flawlessly (as far as I can tell) on my Thinkpad T40 ever since I got it, and also on my 600E before that. Go figure.
It's been ready for my desktop for years; in fact I stopped dual booting with Windows a long time ago and haven't looked back. Almost every week I read about some critical thing I'm not supposed to be able to do with Linux (like deal with .doc files), even though I've been doing it without problem or fanfare all along. Did I not get the memo, or could it just be misinformation and FUD?
I'm still amazed at the crap my Windows friends put up with on a daily basis, but they just regard it as the cost of doing business with their OS, I guess...