Yeah, but a paragraph right after that goes on to talk about Steinhardt's competing Big Bang theory.
Steinhardt is no novice when it comes to making controversial cosmic claims. For many years, he and some of his colleagues have been developing an alternative 'cyclic model', in which the Universe undergoes a series of Big Bangs and crunches, repeatedly expanding outwards and contracting inwards. Unlike inflation, this framework predicts slight deviations from the smooth Gaussian distribution of temperature fluctuations.
So it's not like he wants to throw out the whole thing, just the "inflation" variation.
It's called a False Vacuum, and yes, it's quite the possible doomsday scenario.
If you read further down in TFA, you find that this Princeton professor has spent years trying to push his cyclical universe model over the inflationary Big Bang, and experimental results have not been kind to him. In fact, there's no actual mention of the Higgs data playing any part in discrediting the Big Bang here. The entire piece seems to hinge on his saying it's "unlikely" rather than any actual observations.
Actually, I don't know what this article is smoking. If you talk to guys in their 70's and 80's, you'll find that the Apollo program was a triumph of the "process" mentality. Mercury was a series of poorly-documented one-offs, but that was OK because all the work was done in one place by a small team of people. Anyone who got confused could just yell across the room at whomever and get a quick explanation before they screwed something up. Apollo, with design and manufacturing spread across multiple areas around the country, could not afford that.
In fact, many of the hated design processes these days were actually invented by the Apollo program. They were the brainchild of Gen. Sam Phillips, who was brought in to NASA after the spectacular failures of the Pioneer and Surveyor programs. He had learned process management while leading the Air Force's Minuteman ICBM program, and it was he who dragged the NASA engineers, kicking and screaming, into a world where they had to actually document everything they did. He even wrote a memo a year before the Apollo 1 fire predicting the extreme dangers of the seat-of-the-pants approach Apollo had previously been taking.
A perfect counterexample to Apollo's process system was the European Launcher Development Organization's failed Europa rocket. With six nations contributing engineering work to the rocket and no centralized direction, failure was inevitable.
Not to mention the phrase "Linux Inside" is linguistic shit. Certain sounds work together and sound harmonious, and others don't. "Intel Inside" is alliterative and rolls off the tongue. Same with "ChromeOS".
I'll probably get downmodded into oblivion for saying that people in marketing are something other than soulless demons, but names that sound pleasing really do sell better. And Linux is not one of them.
Given that Dr. Bakker got a ton of crap for "omg wall of text you didn't answer any of our questions!" I'd wager that you're in the minority, unfortunately.
But not all - the tests the Myriad invented using these genes are real inventions.
As I understood it, the tests that Myriad invented have already been deemed unpatentable by the precedent of Mayo v. Prometheus and in re Bilski. At issue is the patentability of "isolated genes", or whether the isolation of a DNA sequence outside of its chromosome makes it no longer "naturally-occuring" and thus makes it patentable.
Do you at least know how to read a label, and see which ones are labeled "dry"?
I'm a car newbie. I don't have a clue about motor oil. But if someone tells me "get synthetic motor oil", I at least know how to find a bottle of it at the store, because "synthetic" is right there on the dang label.
Legally it wasn't so clear-cut. The case hinged on the wording of the Copyright Act, which grants first-sale doctrine to copies "lawfully made under this title [the Act]." The crucial debate was over the word under. Wiley alleged, and the lower courts agreed, that "under" meant "under the jurisdiction of": since the books were produced outside the US, they were made outside the jurisdiction of the Copyright Act and thus not made under the Act. Kirtsaeng alleged that "under" meant "corresponding to the rules set forth in" and thus the doctrine applied. SCOTUS held with Kirtsaeng.
I just got back from SXSW yesterday. A high-tech dispatch system for pedicabs? Stick your arm out until you clothesline one off his bike. Seriously, they were everywhere, and maybe 5% ever had a passenger. You don't need a high-tech system to organize something that's both ubiquitous and worthless.
According to Wikipedia, "SXSW Film and Multimedia", now split in separate "SXSW Film" and "SXSW Interactive" started in 1994, seven years after the music festival did.
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Steinhardt is no novice when it comes to making controversial cosmic claims. For many years, he and some of his colleagues have been developing an alternative 'cyclic model', in which the Universe undergoes a series of Big Bangs and crunches, repeatedly expanding outwards and contracting inwards. Unlike inflation, this framework predicts slight deviations from the smooth Gaussian distribution of temperature fluctuations.
So it's not like he wants to throw out the whole thing, just the "inflation" variation.
It's called a False Vacuum, and yes, it's quite the possible doomsday scenario.
If you read further down in TFA, you find that this Princeton professor has spent years trying to push his cyclical universe model over the inflationary Big Bang, and experimental results have not been kind to him. In fact, there's no actual mention of the Higgs data playing any part in discrediting the Big Bang here. The entire piece seems to hinge on his saying it's "unlikely" rather than any actual observations.
There were the usual stalkers, nutjobs, feebs, freaks, whackos, bozos, yoyos and yipyops
Yipyops? Interesting. I think I'll have to start using this word.
Eep. I screwed up my Lunar probe programs. I meant Ranger, not Surveyor.
In fact, many of the hated design processes these days were actually invented by the Apollo program. They were the brainchild of Gen. Sam Phillips, who was brought in to NASA after the spectacular failures of the Pioneer and Surveyor programs. He had learned process management while leading the Air Force's Minuteman ICBM program, and it was he who dragged the NASA engineers, kicking and screaming, into a world where they had to actually document everything they did. He even wrote a memo a year before the Apollo 1 fire predicting the extreme dangers of the seat-of-the-pants approach Apollo had previously been taking.
A perfect counterexample to Apollo's process system was the European Launcher Development Organization's failed Europa rocket. With six nations contributing engineering work to the rocket and no centralized direction, failure was inevitable.
Your new series is a collaboration with the Wachowskis. Is there artistic friction there? Do your styles clash, or mesh? Are they fun people?
Babylon 5 started off very strongly, but many fans feel that the show jumped the shark after Season 3
I'm not well-versed in different cultures worldwide, so I have to ask. Is it Opposite Day in your country?
And I would rather have my indecency standards set by a monolithic, slow-as-molasses bureaucracy than by the whims of a media company.
Until net neutrality is settled, I would ask that you not sign any petition doing away with public TV.
I'll probably get downmodded into oblivion for saying that people in marketing are something other than soulless demons, but names that sound pleasing really do sell better. And Linux is not one of them.
fresh ideas.
We could give Mario a new hat!
other nasty shit that makes these bugs seem like steak.
Yeah, like asparagus!
"News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters"
Ha! Fooled you!
Given that Dr. Bakker got a ton of crap for "omg wall of text you didn't answer any of our questions!" I'd wager that you're in the minority, unfortunately.
So how come Apple keeps coming back?
Keep thinking, Mr. Newton. It'll hit you at some point.
But not all - the tests the Myriad invented using these genes are real inventions.
As I understood it, the tests that Myriad invented have already been deemed unpatentable by the precedent of Mayo v. Prometheus and in re Bilski. At issue is the patentability of "isolated genes", or whether the isolation of a DNA sequence outside of its chromosome makes it no longer "naturally-occuring" and thus makes it patentable.
If you don't like patents, you're free to create your own version of the human genome. Stop trying to regulate the market, you commie!
Do you at least know how to read a label, and see which ones are labeled "dry"?
I'm a car newbie. I don't have a clue about motor oil. But if someone tells me "get synthetic motor oil", I at least know how to find a bottle of it at the store, because "synthetic" is right there on the dang label.
a nation under cyber-attack can respond to the cyber-attackers with "kinetic force," so long as that force is proportional.
What defines "proportional" in this case? Do they have to spend a night in the box?
Gotta pump fuel into the combustion chamber somehow.
It probably also requires a good deal of study in both aeronautics and software development. And don't call me shirley!
Legally it wasn't so clear-cut. The case hinged on the wording of the Copyright Act, which grants first-sale doctrine to copies "lawfully made under this title [the Act]." The crucial debate was over the word under. Wiley alleged, and the lower courts agreed, that "under" meant "under the jurisdiction of": since the books were produced outside the US, they were made outside the jurisdiction of the Copyright Act and thus not made under the Act. Kirtsaeng alleged that "under" meant "corresponding to the rules set forth in" and thus the doctrine applied. SCOTUS held with Kirtsaeng.
I just got back from SXSW yesterday. A high-tech dispatch system for pedicabs? Stick your arm out until you clothesline one off his bike. Seriously, they were everywhere, and maybe 5% ever had a passenger. You don't need a high-tech system to organize something that's both ubiquitous and worthless.
According to Wikipedia, "SXSW Film and Multimedia", now split in separate "SXSW Film" and "SXSW Interactive" started in 1994, seven years after the music festival did.
More controversial than you'd think, given that the governments of Brazil and Peru have basically said "over our dead bodies".
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