There's a bigger chance to get hit by Apophis then to win the lottery.
Yet, people win the damn lottery every day.
Let's make this simple. Get a half dozen gamblers together to throw a dollar each into the pot. Each gambler chooses a number from one to six. You cast a die, those who choose the correct number split a pot of $5.90. So, if everyone chooses a different number, the pot will get paid. If two people choose the same number, and that number hits, they'll get $2.45. If the die ends up on a number nobody chooses, the subsequent pot gets bigger, and those who choose to continue playing can ante up, if they so choose.
If there are six chances to win, and all six gamblers choose a different number, somebody wins. If two gamblers choose the same number, and the die hits the remaining number, all the gamblers lose that round. The odds of somebody winning (besides the house) are generally much larger than the odds of one particular gambler winning.
Space, being a vacuum, does not dissipate heat all that well.
The operating temperatures will be 30–34K for the 3.3 & 4.7 m detectors, 7.8 ± 0.5K for the 12 & 23m detectors and 17K for the optical system, which are achieved using a two stage solid hydrogen cryostat providing a minimum mission lifetime of 7 months allowing for a single full coverage of the entire sky.
A tool to help spread infectious disease in hospitals. Some people think of them as the lone exception to uniformity in a man's wardrobe, but then, those sorts of people probably own motorized tie racks.
If the religious elements exist solely as a veneer over a tired, well worn plot, they aren't thematic. If however, the elements are sufficiently coherent that they reveal something of the author's philosophy towards religion, then, yes, they are thematic. That sort of revelation is as good a message as any.
I haven't played the games myself. If you can't discern a coherent religious philosophy animating those religious elements, then perhaps the games are just entertainment, and don't deserve to be treated as art.
Or you can make a good video game based on religious themes, mythology, and history, rather than one with religious messages. If a game incorporates a religious theme, then it also incorporates a religious message.
There's nothing special about ftgfop. If you use the right dealers, it's just as affordable as a good broken leaf blend. In fact, I have a good quarter pound of sftgfop-1 assam in my pantry right now. I have little doubt that some of it will be consumed with an organic, single origin, finely aged milk.
One possible solution to climate change is to scrap outdated, racist, and downright xenophobic immigration rules. The border should be open, and voting rights extended to all residents.
So, if temperatures remain relatively constant (within, say, 4 degrees centigrade) but widespread drought kills off a few hundred species, not to mention agriculture, it's nothing to worry about?
That is only because the British don't drink quality tea. You don't need milk or sugar for a quality tea, in fact either would kill the taste.
Provided, of course, that your definition of "quality tea" is a tea that tastes off with milk and sugar. The british, and the irish, and several other cultures enjoy a particular type of very strong, high caffeine tea. This tea can be of very high quality, or it can be utter shite. The resulting cup of milk diluted tea can be pleasant and invigorating, or it can be undrinkable.
Some teas are extremely expensive because they contain subtle flavors. Those flavors might well be be masked by a generous application of milk. There's a solution to that. If you enjoy milk with your tea, don't buy the $200/lb stuff.
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CRAY is hardly tarnished
You could get IMAX films on VHS.
Nope Putting a huge radiator on your spacecraft will only get you so far.
There's a bigger chance to get hit by Apophis then to win the lottery.
Yet, people win the damn lottery every day.
Let's make this simple. Get a half dozen gamblers together to throw a dollar each into the pot. Each gambler chooses a number from one to six. You cast a die, those who choose the correct number split a pot of $5.90. So, if everyone chooses a different number, the pot will get paid. If two people choose the same number, and that number hits, they'll get $2.45. If the die ends up on a number nobody chooses, the subsequent pot gets bigger, and those who choose to continue playing can ante up, if they so choose.
If there are six chances to win, and all six gamblers choose a different number, somebody wins. If two gamblers choose the same number, and the die hits the remaining number, all the gamblers lose that round. The odds of somebody winning (besides the house) are generally much larger than the odds of one particular gambler winning.
Space, being a vacuum, does not dissipate heat all that well.
The operating temperatures will be 30–34K for the 3.3 & 4.7 m detectors, 7.8 ± 0.5K for the 12 & 23m detectors and 17K for the optical system, which are achieved using a two stage solid hydrogen cryostat providing a minimum mission lifetime of 7 months allowing for a single full coverage of the entire sky.
Update on The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE).
Thermos like. Or, if you don't want to step on anyone's trademarks, a Vacuum Flask. You can even see a picture of WISE's cyrostat at Wikipedia
A tool to help spread infectious disease in hospitals. Some people think of them as the lone exception to uniformity in a man's wardrobe, but then, those sorts of people probably own motorized tie racks.
Silence should be reserved for shell shock, and occupational hearing loss.
A DX33 had a math co-processor,
Only if you also installed a 387. Or perhaps a Weitek Abacus 3167.
If the religious elements exist solely as a veneer over a tired, well worn plot, they aren't thematic. If however, the elements are sufficiently coherent that they reveal something of the author's philosophy towards religion, then, yes, they are thematic. That sort of revelation is as good a message as any.
I haven't played the games myself. If you can't discern a coherent religious philosophy animating those religious elements, then perhaps the games are just entertainment, and don't deserve to be treated as art.
There are already games built on such premises including classics such as Wolfenstein. Get a clue, moderator.
It is difficult to square the nonexistence of gods with the existence of an meaningful occult.
Or you can make a good video game based on religious themes, mythology, and history, rather than one with religious messages.
If a game incorporates a religious theme, then it also incorporates a religious message.
The smurfs, as donny darko explained, are asexual. The Na'vi, however, have tits
Well, it was written by Cory Doctorow. And he's from Canada, one of the United States.
I use 3 T. One Tablespoon per tasse. French pressed.
Brian Krebs from Washington Post covered this months ago
On slashdot, it's considered polite to use the anchor tag.
Always a pleasure.
Adapt or die.
Apparently, some do, and some don't
There's nothing special about ftgfop. If you use the right dealers, it's just as affordable as a good broken leaf blend. In fact, I have a good quarter pound of sftgfop-1 assam in my pantry right now. I have little doubt that some of it will be consumed with an organic, single origin, finely aged milk.
One possible solution to climate change is to scrap outdated, racist, and downright xenophobic immigration rules. The border should be open, and voting rights extended to all residents.
So, if temperatures remain relatively constant (within, say, 4 degrees centigrade) but widespread drought kills off a few hundred species, not to mention agriculture, it's nothing to worry about?
That is only because the British don't drink quality tea. You don't need milk or sugar for a quality tea, in fact either would kill the taste.
Provided, of course, that your definition of "quality tea" is a tea that tastes off with milk and sugar. The british, and the irish, and several other cultures enjoy a particular type of very strong, high caffeine tea. This tea can be of very high quality, or it can be utter shite. The resulting cup of milk diluted tea can be pleasant and invigorating, or it can be undrinkable.
Douglas Adams preferred Earl Grey Tea with milk, even though authorities warned against it.
Some teas are extremely expensive because they contain subtle flavors. Those flavors might well be be masked by a generous application of milk. There's a solution to that. If you enjoy milk with your tea, don't buy the $200/lb stuff.
I prefer small, fresh cups, to one large, and increasingly cold and stale, cup.
Finally someone figured it out. The reason there was so much more interest in the cars post was that Wang Engineers do have cars...
As opposed to, say, Wangs?
Personally, I thought that Stephenson's skullgun was pretty damn cool.