The forecast for the 2006 hurricane season called for a lot of storms. They got that long-range forecast wrong. The forecast was over-hyped in the press, no doubt because of Katrina. Sometimes they get it wrong. Mostly they don't.
While I'm no fan of 'Democracy Now' (silly antediluvian gits), I read the piece, and, uh, where's the fawning? Where's the relevance to corporate Video News Releases masquerading as news? Why isn't this modded Utterly Offtopic?
I seem to recall that, in the early days of Compact Discs, a lot of hype (naturally) predicting that record stores would be burning custom cds. That is, cds of tracks the customer wanted, rather than albums.
What's wrong with that business model? (aside from DRM, obviously) The RIAA could choose to sell instead of 'protect' their product.
IANAL, but I do not believe this is a case of "losing your rights". In any school district in America, while at school, K-12 students (minors) are in a custodial relationship with the school. That is, the school's position is 'in loco parentis' while the kids are there. If kids' parents have the legal right to open their lockers, tell them to empty their pockets, shut up, etc, the school has similar rights.
The search terms 'latex asterisk circle' gave this as 2nd result:
A Guide to LaTeX \circle{d} draw circle of diameter d; * form draws solid disk \oval{x... Note that when you put the asterisk '*' in front of % the text, that the section,... www.astro.rug.nl/~kuijken/latex.html - 36k - Cached - Similar pages
- One needn't even follow the link. Google is your friend.
Dr. Thornton said the experiment refutes the notion of "irreducible complexity" put forward by Michael J. Behe, a professor of biochemistry at Lehigh University.
We care because these yahoos get control of school boards and muck about with the science curricula in public schools. It's 2006, and it would be inexcusable not actively oppose them, because they have no intention to stop inflicting kids with "near-high-school dropout" level of science education.
We need an new word in English for "non-plant thingie" or "animal". As soon as you say "animal" or "human", there is this dichotomy in most minds that suggests a polar difference. As if fish don't feel pain, and only "people" have souls. Hell, I feel more related-ness with chimpanzees in general, than with a number of particular "persons".
Friend of mine at Gigantic Manufacturing got tired of the "Plant Protection" personel's attitude about searches. One night he caught this enormous Luna moth and put it in his lunch box. Upon leaving, he fussed about the box being opened, but the (lady) guard prevailed, and when this bat-sized thing came flapping out into her face, she shrieked like a banshee, ran back into the guardhouse and slammed the door. He hasn't been searched since.
I was hoping someone else would have pointed this out, it sounds such a nit-pick. LOTR is _not_ a trilogy, it is a series of six books. They just happened to be published by (IIRC) Penguin in the US in a three volumn set.
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The forecast for the 2006 hurricane season called for a lot of storms. They got that long-range forecast wrong. The forecast was over-hyped in the press, no doubt because of Katrina. Sometimes they get it wrong. Mostly they don't.
A quick googling turns up http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/whycassi ni/cassinif-20070601-02.html,
an article with considerably more explanation, including that they are investigating through actual simulation whether it could be an artefact of the instrument.
So, "Web 2.0" is finally explained in an article that concludes by quoting a bumper sticker. Can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of these?
Perhaps mackyrae should have used silvery or brassy. Apparently, irony doesn't work.
oh...I thought that was how you created a patent lawyer...
'Not sure if this would work, it would probably just end up in people getting sued bigtime'
Are you an unemployed lawyer, by any chance?
While I'm no fan of 'Democracy Now' (silly antediluvian gits), I read the piece, and, uh, where's the fawning?
Where's the relevance to corporate Video News Releases masquerading as news?
Why isn't this modded Utterly Offtopic?
I seem to recall that, in the early days of Compact Discs, a lot of hype (naturally) predicting that record stores would be burning custom cds. That is, cds of tracks the customer wanted, rather than albums.
What's wrong with that business model? (aside from DRM, obviously) The RIAA could choose to sell instead of 'protect' their product.
"All your personal informations are belong to us."
Yay! Free advertisements!
There is a bit more information here and here about SPHERES including images and video at MIT.
These puppies are not quite "bowling ball" shaped.
IANAL, but I do not believe this is a case of "losing your rights". In any school district in America, while at school, K-12 students (minors) are in a custodial relationship with the school. That is, the school's position is 'in loco parentis' while the kids are there. If kids' parents have the legal right to open their lockers, tell them to empty their pockets, shut up, etc, the school has similar rights.
"just about worthless" ??
... Note that when you put the asterisk '*' in front of % the text, that the section, ...
The search terms 'latex asterisk circle' gave this as 2nd result:
A Guide to LaTeX
\circle{d} draw circle of diameter d; * form draws solid disk \oval{x
www.astro.rug.nl/~kuijken/latex.html - 36k - Cached - Similar pages
- One needn't even follow the link. Google is your friend.
Hey Slashdot Editors: Try Googling a couple of clicks worth before accepting submissions depending on The Guardian's science reporting, please.
i cuniverse.htm
From http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/02/0506/0506-cycl
"Princeton University
April 25, 2002
New Theory Provides Alternative to Big Bang"
These guys, Tourok and Steinhardt, published this four years ago! News?
"Pi = 3" only in Kansas, where it is a local constant.
"Near-high-school dropouts"?
From the article:
Dr. Thornton said the experiment refutes the notion of "irreducible complexity" put forward by Michael J. Behe, a professor of biochemistry at Lehigh University.
We care because these yahoos get control of school boards and muck about with the science curricula in public schools. It's 2006, and it would be inexcusable not actively oppose them, because they have no intention to stop inflicting kids with "near-high-school dropout" level of science education.
It sounds as if NASA has been having some success at 'pushing back' against the Bush administration's reluctance to fund Science.
Recent embarassment over inflicting political spin on scientific findings may have given NASA a little budgetary leeway.
There is slightly more detail in this articleat the Houston Chronicle.
Apparently, you haven't been keeping up with developments in metrology.
34 trillion bytes == "as much as contained by a video store"
"a collaborative word processor that runs in a web browser"
This sort of app is awfully reminiscent of The World Wide Web, written by Tim Berners-Lee at Cern a while back. Anything ever come of that...?
uh, not to be pedantic, but that's not a cartoon, it's an orbit - nevertheless, the MPAA would no doubt send a cease-and-desist.
We need an new word in English for "non-plant thingie" or "animal". As soon as you say "animal" or "human", there is this dichotomy in most minds that suggests a polar difference. As if fish don't feel pain, and only "people" have souls. Hell, I feel more related-ness with chimpanzees in general, than with a number of particular "persons".
Maybe I haven't been paying attention - I thought 640KB ought to be enough for anything...
Octopodes, actually./ faq/aboutgr ammar/plurals
http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts
Friend of mine at Gigantic Manufacturing got tired of the "Plant Protection" personel's attitude about searches. One night he caught this enormous Luna moth and put it in his lunch box. Upon leaving, he fussed about the box being opened, but the (lady) guard prevailed, and when this bat-sized thing came flapping out into her face, she shrieked like a banshee, ran back into the guardhouse and slammed the door. He hasn't been searched since.
I was hoping someone else would have pointed this out, it sounds such a nit-pick. LOTR is _not_ a trilogy, it is a series of six books. They just happened to be published by (IIRC) Penguin in the US in a three volumn set.
Also, because the boat becomes lighter, it displaces less, so the level goes down.