Science is not done by consensus. Science is done by showing your work so that others can see it and confirm that your data and methods make sense... sort of like the Open Source process. Only instead of a few million Windows computers getting botted, our very economy is at stake from the "warmers" and their political machinations.
Or even more likely, confound the rich nobleman with a taste for shiny objects. Take a couple of months to whip up something that looks like a rare lost book, then offer it for sale and get years worth of money. Though admittedly, even if it was totally made up, it is still an amazingly beautiful work of art.
I think it's technically possible. Just multi-host your servers with different IP addresses going through different providers. Then make the "deadbeats" connect to the IP address that goes through Cogent.
The client would automatically know which one to connect, and the server can refuse the connection if you try to hack it otherwise.
So if you're going to send a message, you have to choose one. What did he choose? The DNA sequence for an enzyme.
We used Apple's "Speak" option to vocalize the phonetic code which I then recorded on my iPhone. Here is a fragment of the total message, the whole of which can be decoded unambiguously into the gene for RuBisCo:
Tell me how, exactly, the recipient is going to decode a DNA sequence, even if the basic message can be identified as strings of 2-bit numbers? Not only is DNA specific (as far as we know) to Earth chemistry, but the meanings of the codons, and even the choice to interpret them in triplets is the result of chance evolution on this planet. It's like sending a message in Navajo to Paris, with the assumption that it can be "decoded unambigiously"... because the sender knew what it meant. The meanings of DNA codons are absolutely not a universal constant like binary math is.
<facepalm> Not that the choice of words would mean anything to them, but this shows the touchy-feely-ness that goes along with the lack of foresight that was already demonstrated.
Say what you will about Sagan's message, but at least they put some thought into making a message that gave hints as to how to decode it, rather than just sending some unframed binary mish-mash.
Yes, I get very annoyed at glib Lunar He3 mining stories. We don't know if or when He3 fusion reactors will be technically and economically feasible, regardless of the price of He3. It certainly will be several decades AT LEAST. And there are many unknowns about lunar He3 mining.
The problem is an epidemic with most CSS specifying a smaller than 100% size for body text, rather than specifying a greater than 100% size for headline text. Also, rendering it in less than 100% black reduces readability for no good reason.
I have a computer hooked up to the DVI input of a 4:3 CRT TV set. This set only supports 640x480 resolution with a 4:3 signal.
ATI's display configuration window is about 500 pixels high. If I ever need to change the settings, I have to blindly tab/shift-tab to press the OK button.
Well, you know, it would help if every web site in the world didn't set their CSS to render main body text size at 66%, often at less than 100% black. Just to look "cool" and "web two-point-ohey".
I set my browser font size for the default text size, not for the headline size. So stop using it as the headline size.
Mega Blahs (aka Ritvik) use cheap plastic, though they do have some nice pieces in their Dragons sets, especially the 2x4 and smaller "stone" bricks, which I scoop up when I find them at the Goodwill salvage store. Tyco used good plastic and had lots of pastel colors, but they only made plates 1/2 brick thick. And they were long enough ago that they got scared off by Lego's lawyers. BTR seems to have Lego's ABS precision and strength, but they make mostly POOPs.
The only other brand I am aware of that fits with Lego is Better Blocks, which are absolutely horrible, only two block types (1x1 and 1x2 double-pitch, both rounded) and made soft plastic. I only ever remember them advertising on AM talk radio (where you can't see how crappy they are), with parent-targeted ads. But Lego really should make 1x2 and 2x4 blocks with curved ends to allow flexible walls. Perhaps they don't because they would be too weak for Lego's standards.
Touch Typing does mean not looking at the keyboard, so I guess you've never wanted to type something in from a printed page. But the home row is only where you set your fingers as a reference so that you don't have to look. I type on a laptop most of the time, and rest my palms such that my hands stay in the right position. (because it just happens to be in the right place) I rest my fingers on the home row (particularly F and J nubs) when idle, but my fingers stay in the air while actually typing. If you're hunting and pecking, guess what, you wouldn't be able to rest your palms like I can.
Typing speed is measured in "words per minute" based on 5 letters per word plus the blank in between. If you're counting individual keystrokes, that would be "characters per minute" (cpm). By that measurement, 80wpm (the typical "fast" touch-typing speed) would become 480cpm. So 300 with dictionary completion isn't so great.
Now if you want fast, those stenotype keyboards (which use dictionary completion, usually with the operator having a personalized dictionary) go at 225-375 wpm. That's what they use for court recording and live closed captioning. However it's phonetic-based and rather lacking in punctuation, so you wouldn't want to use one to write C code.
I've seen people play World of Warcraft. I've never played it. I'm not sure exactly what it is. I think that there are some kind of weapons and enemies displayed on a monitor and you try to use the weapons to kill them. Allow me to suggest an alternative. Buy a real sword and practice on a pell. Buy a selection of swords, and practice until you're good. When you feel good and up to it, consider joining the Crusades so you can kill real life people in the middle east.
I've seen people play Pac-Man. I've never played it. I'm not sure exactly what it is. I think that there are some kind of dots and enemies displayed on a monitor and you try to eat the dots before you get killed. Allow me to suggest an alternative. Buy real pills and eat them until you're good. When you feel good and up to it, consider becoming a hypochondriac.
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue...who will be hungry again in an hour.
...and camped by grue farmers looking for the Grue Goo that it drops. (grue spaws once per hour, has 1.5% chance of dropping Goo... at least that's the way it would work in FFXI)
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That's why we need to act NOW to return the glaciers to the same state they were in 30,000 years ago.
Science is not done by consensus. Science is done by showing your work so that others can see it and confirm that your data and methods make sense... sort of like the Open Source process. Only instead of a few million Windows computers getting botted, our very economy is at stake from the "warmers" and their political machinations.
Or even more likely, confound the rich nobleman with a taste for shiny objects. Take a couple of months to whip up something that looks like a rare lost book, then offer it for sale and get years worth of money. Though admittedly, even if it was totally made up, it is still an amazingly beautiful work of art.
I think it's technically possible. Just multi-host your servers with different IP addresses going through different providers. Then make the "deadbeats" connect to the IP address that goes through Cogent.
The client would automatically know which one to connect, and the server can refuse the connection if you try to hack it otherwise.
And of course Kansas is part of Congress. Oh, wait, never mind.
I personally don't like the idea of states pushing a creationism agenda, but I think the tenth amendment gets ignored way too much.
Yeah, it's a shame that there isn't some level of government between local school boards and the billion-pound gorilla that is the federal government.
So if you're going to send a message, you have to choose one. What did he choose? The DNA sequence for an enzyme.
We used Apple's "Speak" option to vocalize the phonetic code which I then recorded on my iPhone. Here is a fragment of the total message, the whole of which can be decoded unambiguously into the gene for RuBisCo:
Tell me how, exactly, the recipient is going to decode a DNA sequence, even if the basic message can be identified as strings of 2-bit numbers? Not only is DNA specific (as far as we know) to Earth chemistry, but the meanings of the codons, and even the choice to interpret them in triplets is the result of chance evolution on this planet. It's like sending a message in Navajo to Paris, with the assumption that it can be "decoded unambigiously"... because the sender knew what it meant. The meanings of DNA codons are absolutely not a universal constant like binary math is.
knowyourself riddleoflife amthe riddleoflife amthe amthe riddleoflife riddleoflife
<facepalm> Not that the choice of words would mean anything to them, but this shows the touchy-feely-ness that goes along with the lack of foresight that was already demonstrated.
Say what you will about Sagan's message, but at least they put some thought into making a message that gave hints as to how to decode it, rather than just sending some unframed binary mish-mash.
I'ma let you finish, but we already got a reply to the original message!
Especially this bit:
Yes, I get very annoyed at glib Lunar He3 mining stories. We don't know if or when He3 fusion reactors will be technically and economically feasible, regardless of the price of He3. It certainly will be several decades AT LEAST. And there are many unknowns about lunar He3 mining.
I think the real problem here is that the software is rendering text way too small.
It's not just software, it's also web pages. From the CSS used by slashdot: (//a.fsdn.com/sd/core-tidied.css?T_2_5_0_279)
body{min-width:680px;padding-bottom:15px;color:#111;font:82%/150% sans-serif;
(I hope I got that right.)
The problem is an epidemic with most CSS specifying a smaller than 100% size for body text, rather than specifying a greater than 100% size for headline text. Also, rendering it in less than 100% black reduces readability for no good reason.
I have a computer hooked up to the DVI input of a 4:3 CRT TV set. This set only supports 640x480 resolution with a 4:3 signal.
ATI's display configuration window is about 500 pixels high. If I ever need to change the settings, I have to blindly tab/shift-tab to press the OK button.
Well, you know, it would help if every web site in the world didn't set their CSS to render main body text size at 66%, often at less than 100% black. Just to look "cool" and "web two-point-ohey".
I set my browser font size for the default text size, not for the headline size. So stop using it as the headline size.
"Why would a little girl in Yorkshire think Jesus was born in an egg?"
Maybe she heard about Raptor Jesus?
Or worse: "99% of any genre is trash"-Isaac Asimov
Actually, that's Sturgeon's Law, "Ninety percent of everything is crud".
Someone misspelled "accurate"? RAAAAAAAAGE!
Or, for that matter, APL. But that one's all Greek to me.
Mega Blahs (aka Ritvik) use cheap plastic, though they do have some nice pieces in their Dragons sets, especially the 2x4 and smaller "stone" bricks, which I scoop up when I find them at the Goodwill salvage store. Tyco used good plastic and had lots of pastel colors, but they only made plates 1/2 brick thick. And they were long enough ago that they got scared off by Lego's lawyers. BTR seems to have Lego's ABS precision and strength, but they make mostly POOPs.
The only other brand I am aware of that fits with Lego is Better Blocks, which are absolutely horrible, only two block types (1x1 and 1x2 double-pitch, both rounded) and made soft plastic. I only ever remember them advertising on AM talk radio (where you can't see how crappy they are), with parent-targeted ads. But Lego really should make 1x2 and 2x4 blocks with curved ends to allow flexible walls. Perhaps they don't because they would be too weak for Lego's standards.
</facepalm>
Touch Typing does mean not looking at the keyboard, so I guess you've never wanted to type something in from a printed page. But the home row is only where you set your fingers as a reference so that you don't have to look. I type on a laptop most of the time, and rest my palms such that my hands stay in the right position. (because it just happens to be in the right place) I rest my fingers on the home row (particularly F and J nubs) when idle, but my fingers stay in the air while actually typing. If you're hunting and pecking, guess what, you wouldn't be able to rest your palms like I can.
Typing speed is measured in "words per minute" based on 5 letters per word plus the blank in between. If you're counting individual keystrokes, that would be "characters per minute" (cpm). By that measurement, 80wpm (the typical "fast" touch-typing speed) would become 480cpm. So 300 with dictionary completion isn't so great.
Now if you want fast, those stenotype keyboards (which use dictionary completion, usually with the operator having a personalized dictionary) go at 225-375 wpm. That's what they use for court recording and live closed captioning. However it's phonetic-based and rather lacking in punctuation, so you wouldn't want to use one to write C code.
I've seen people play World of Warcraft. I've never played it. I'm not sure exactly what it is. I think that there are some kind of weapons and enemies displayed on a monitor and you try to use the weapons to kill them. Allow me to suggest an alternative. Buy a real sword and practice on a pell. Buy a selection of swords, and practice until you're good. When you feel good and up to it, consider joining the Crusades so you can kill real life people in the middle east.
I've seen people play Pac-Man. I've never played it. I'm not sure exactly what it is. I think that there are some kind of dots and enemies displayed on a monitor and you try to eat the dots before you get killed. Allow me to suggest an alternative. Buy real pills and eat them until you're good. When you feel good and up to it, consider becoming a hypochondriac.
Would Hank Hill feel better about it if the rocket used propane?
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue...who will be hungry again in an hour.
...and camped by grue farmers looking for the Grue Goo that it drops. (grue spaws once per hour, has 1.5% chance of dropping Goo... at least that's the way it would work in FFXI)
It's a really crappy metaphor.
True, putting the lab underground should prevent any problems.
Yes, especially in Missouri.
That got modded Flamebait? I think we have a Wildfire going on here.