...astronomers are turning to supercomputers that can simulate the entire evolution of the universe. I'm thinking the intent here is to mean this qualified "up to a certain point in time", as I'm pretty sure that to say this as a general, even theoretical, possibility is a Godelian-type logical impossibility. Since the supercomputers would be part of the universe you are simulating, you have to simulate the simulation of the supercomputer, which requires simulating the simulation of the computer simulating the computer... ad infinitum.
Almost without exception, simulations are simpler than the thing being simulated. You use simulations when the real thing would be impossible, or too dangerous or expensive.
I know plenty of conservative Republicans at my work place that hate Rush and Beck, having called them unofficial spokesmen of the party (not so much Beck now, but more so a few years ago). The thing about being unofficial, is it is unofficial. Such a label is based on the impact they had, in thiscase the number of people that took them very seriously within the Republican part of the population.
Maybe they they were foaming at mouth Asperger's type (combining a few posts' claims...), or maybe they just believed important topics should be discussed civially, and be fact-centric.
Probably they think Colbert makes a better unofficial party spokesman.
I have to go with Occam's Razor here. Or maybe Occam's Meat Axe, since the differences really, really small. But I find it slightly more plausible that Mitt things that his joke is funny than that he hasn't seen Goldfinger.
However, he probably thinks Goldfinger is a tragic story.
This. If drug development were offloaded to socialized nonprofit organizations, they would have less incentive to falsify results or push drugs with minimal improvements as "the next big thing"
IMO trials ought to be run by the FDA itself rather than the people who are going to profit if they can make a drug look better and less harmful than it really is.
Throw out patents, evaluate at public expense, sell at slightly over the cost to manufacture. Everyone wins, except Big Pharma and Wall Street.
Their director of security "reassured" customers Adboe's source code wasn't stolen? You want to know why Adobe's got problems that never end, that tells you everything you need to know about Adobe's attitude about security right there. The guy in charge of security doesn't even know what that word means.
It sounded like the reassurance was for shareholders, not customers.
A Republican gaffe is when they state their party platform in public.
You got that right. 98% of the Republican party's difficulties come from the fact that they have to pretend they're about something other than plutocracy.
A religion is - imo- a way to control a mass of people by fear, and since so many people are ready to trust anything, it can only lead to mass stupidy and conflicts.
Apparently a lot of autocrats have said pretty much the same thing that everyone reviles Marx for saying. However, I can't imagine that every religious leader is in it for that reason. I suspect that the vast majority believe the teachings every bit as much as the masses do.
A Republican gaffe is when they state their party platform in public.
You got that right. 98% of the Republican party's difficulties come from the fact that they have to pretend they're about something other than plutocracy.
Maybe the motherf***cker is just telling it like it is? I mean, yes, most religions are batsh*t crazy and in America, anything except Catholic, Protestant, or a direct, Jesus-wrote that sh*t his-self, fer sure, is just not going to fly.
Everyone can plainly see that everyone else's religion is just a bunch of hooey.
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I'm thinking the intent here is to mean this qualified "up to a certain point in time", as I'm pretty sure that to say this as a general, even theoretical, possibility is a Godelian-type logical impossibility. Since the supercomputers would be part of the universe you are simulating, you have to simulate the simulation of the supercomputer, which requires simulating the simulation of the computer simulating the computer... ad infinitum.
Almost without exception, simulations are simpler than the thing being simulated. You use simulations when the real thing would be impossible, or too dangerous or expensive.
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Not a Kenyan, not a Mormon, but an Irishman!
There is not enough energy in the universe to store all the informations of the universe in a computer.
I subscribe to the view that the universe is computing its own final state.
Or more precisely, always computing its next state; apparently there isn't going to be a final one.
I know plenty of conservative Republicans at my work place that hate Rush and Beck, having called them unofficial spokesmen of the party (not so much Beck now, but more so a few years ago). The thing about being unofficial, is it is unofficial. Such a label is based on the impact they had, in thiscase the number of people that took them very seriously within the Republican part of the population.
Maybe they they were foaming at mouth Asperger's type (combining a few posts' claims...), or maybe they just believed important topics should be discussed civially, and be fact-centric.
Probably they think Colbert makes a better unofficial party spokesman.
I have to go with Occam's Razor here. Or maybe Occam's Meat Axe, since the differences really, really small. But I find it slightly more plausible that Mitt things that his joke is funny than that he hasn't seen Goldfinger.
However, he probably thinks Goldfinger is a tragic story.
Ask Osama about his experience in international affairs.
Is Paradise considered to be "international"?
Really? Is this what Slashdot has become? Posting Glenn Beck rants?
Well, the original plan was to post his well-reasoned analyses, but they had to find a Plan B.
The left wing is almost entirely absent from mainstream US politics. There's only Center Right, and Extreme Right. There is no Left in the discussion.
I think Noam Chomsky is still out there somewhere.
Stop this shit.
What are you trying to hide? I'm not saying you are part of a global conspiracy, I'm just asking questions.
Clearly, thammoud is a CIA operative attempting damage control.
it's not unheard of to send a coded message through a public forum.
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People are talking about Glenn Beck :-P
Hey, at least Beck pushes gold instead of bitcoin.
This. If drug development were offloaded to socialized nonprofit organizations, they would have less incentive to falsify results or push drugs with minimal improvements as "the next big thing"
IMO trials ought to be run by the FDA itself rather than the people who are going to profit if they can make a drug look better and less harmful than it really is.
Throw out patents, evaluate at public expense, sell at slightly over the cost to manufacture. Everyone wins, except Big Pharma and Wall Street.
And then, since nobody will bother inventing new drugs
May be wrong, but I keep hearing that most new drugs are invented by academics, not Big Pharma.
Their director of security "reassured" customers Adboe's source code wasn't stolen? You want to know why Adobe's got problems that never end, that tells you everything you need to know about Adobe's attitude about security right there. The guy in charge of security doesn't even know what that word means.
It sounded like the reassurance was for shareholders, not customers.
Let's see who can think of the best expansion for the "ICM" acronym.
On second thought, let's don't.
A Republican gaffe is when they state their party platform in public.
You got that right. 98% of the Republican party's difficulties come from the fact that they have to pretend they're about something other than plutocracy.
Sigh... If I was clever I would have said "99%".
A religion is - imo- a way to control a mass of people by fear, and since so many people are ready to trust anything, it can only lead to mass stupidy and conflicts.
Apparently a lot of autocrats have said pretty much the same thing that everyone reviles Marx for saying. However, I can't imagine that every religious leader is in it for that reason. I suspect that the vast majority believe the teachings every bit as much as the masses do.
He'll be fine.. Just some relaxing meds and maybe a vacation.. ;)
It was probably him that broke into the Congressman's office, broke the windows with cinder blocks, and installed Linux on a laptop.
he's not a leader, he's a coder, bug difference
Excellent typo, in the context of talking about coders.
A Republican gaffe is when they state their party platform in public.
You got that right. 98% of the Republican party's difficulties come from the fact that they have to pretend they're about something other than plutocracy.
Maybe the motherf***cker is just telling it like it is? I mean, yes, most religions are batsh*t crazy and in America, anything except Catholic, Protestant, or a direct, Jesus-wrote that sh*t his-self, fer sure, is just not going to fly.
Everyone can plainly see that everyone else's religion is just a bunch of hooey.
Who would want to break and enter to install linux? Really?
Maybe Linux advocates are following the example of animal rights activists who throw paint on fur coats.
Thing that gets me is, they considered Palin to be the best choice for Veep. This after Romney and Ryan already had political carreers going.
More likely it was a cynical attempt to appeal to female voters after H. Clinton failed to get the nomination.
When they reach puberty the logos will be replaced by other images, which they can easily find on the internet.
how else will the contractors make money?
By building body scanners and anal probes.