I love Chrome's snappiness, but until they change their plugin/extension architecture so that AdBlock can block mid-video Flash ads, Firefox is still the winner in my book. Also: 7.0? Really? Not just 6.1?
My issue is not with their overall process, which I agree is better than most shows. The issue is that when they don't have enough time/money/perseverence to try another route, they go ahead and show that same "Busted" logo and pretend as if their one experiment was proof-positive that the myth was entirely infeasible. As any real scientist will tell you, it's much easier to prove something is possible (just do it!) than it is to prove that something can't be done. Researchers will spend entire careers trying to find ways of doing something new, and even if they fail after 50 years, the correct conclusion is NOT that it's impossible to do, only that nobody's tried the right thing yet.
If the goal is to promote science education, Mythbusters seems like the LAST place to do it. Seriously, this is a show that will try one particular way of doing things, fail at it, and then conclude that the original "myth" is busted based on their one experiment. I would have a lot more respect for the show if their only possible conclusions were "confirmed" and "inconclusive"
But a desk drawer is a terrible place to keep that paper, in your wallet is a much better place.
Really? I know this is what Bruce Schneier advocates, but to me this means that having your wallet stolen means all of sudden your bank passwords are gone too. Given how much more likely it is to be robbed outside your home than it is to have someone break into your home, this seems completely backwards to me. You would call someone crazy for taping their PIN to the front of their ATM card, but putting all your passwords in your wallet is just about the same thing.
Moving the sun with respect to the parabola is equivalent to moving the parabola with respect to the sun.
No, it's not. Moving the sun with respect to the parabola and surrounding sidewalks is the same as moving the parabola AND SURROUNDING SIDEWALKS with respect to the sun. One of the beautiful things about parabolic reflectors is that regardless of what angle of light you shine at them, the light ALWAYS comes out parallel to the axis of the parabola. Always.
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I love Chrome's snappiness, but until they change their plugin/extension architecture so that AdBlock can block mid-video Flash ads, Firefox is still the winner in my book. Also: 7.0? Really? Not just 6.1?
My issue is not with their overall process, which I agree is better than most shows. The issue is that when they don't have enough time/money/perseverence to try another route, they go ahead and show that same "Busted" logo and pretend as if their one experiment was proof-positive that the myth was entirely infeasible. As any real scientist will tell you, it's much easier to prove something is possible (just do it!) than it is to prove that something can't be done. Researchers will spend entire careers trying to find ways of doing something new, and even if they fail after 50 years, the correct conclusion is NOT that it's impossible to do, only that nobody's tried the right thing yet.
If the goal is to promote science education, Mythbusters seems like the LAST place to do it. Seriously, this is a show that will try one particular way of doing things, fail at it, and then conclude that the original "myth" is busted based on their one experiment. I would have a lot more respect for the show if their only possible conclusions were "confirmed" and "inconclusive"
But a desk drawer is a terrible place to keep that paper, in your wallet is a much better place.
Really? I know this is what Bruce Schneier advocates, but to me this means that having your wallet stolen means all of sudden your bank passwords are gone too. Given how much more likely it is to be robbed outside your home than it is to have someone break into your home, this seems completely backwards to me. You would call someone crazy for taping their PIN to the front of their ATM card, but putting all your passwords in your wallet is just about the same thing.
Moving the sun with respect to the parabola is equivalent to moving the parabola with respect to the sun.
No, it's not. Moving the sun with respect to the parabola and surrounding sidewalks is the same as moving the parabola AND SURROUNDING SIDEWALKS with respect to the sun. One of the beautiful things about parabolic reflectors is that regardless of what angle of light you shine at them, the light ALWAYS comes out parallel to the axis of the parabola. Always.