Re:really scraping the bottom of the barrel
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makes more sense, except when calculating area. or volume. should we have separate constants, that are integer-ratio-multiples-of-pi, for each of those?
for a circle:
circumference=2*pi*Radius=tau*radius
area=pi*radius^2=0.5*tau*radius^2
for a sphere:
surface area=4*pi*Radius^2=2*tau*radius^2
volume=(4/3)*pi*radius^3= fuck it, why are you messing with pi?
do these people not realize that pi has applications beyond what they remember from basic geometry?
But you see, security devices aren't regulated. Medical devices are regulated, but security devices aren't medical devices. Says so right on the label. Just take our word for it that this is safe.
Good points. But silting up is potentially worse than you describe because when "the bottom of the river bed is well above the floodplain" the river can change its course. Perhaps mere miles. Perhaps dozens or hundreds of miles. Often permanently.
And often we take it upon ourselves to decide that the current course is the one to maintain, even if it would be less stable than allowing it to revert to historic courses.
Open-access, online-only journal with anonymous commenting to be subverted by right wing evangelical Young Earth Creationists and global cooling supporters in 5.... 4.....
There are lots of reports from the American civil war of battles being heard ridiculous distances from where any fighting was actually going on, and in other cases being stumbled upon by people who nearly walked into the middle of them without hearing any fighting going on.
If this was done "professionally and according to proper procedure," that tells me procedure needs changing.
I would argue that it may be the procedure, but clearly it is not the correct procedure.
All of these xrays and pat-downs aren't nearly as effective as actual bomb-detecting would be.
Or think smaller. Let your great-grandkids find your yeti hunting kit in a trunk in the attic. Complete with diary of your successful (yet secret) yeti hunts.
Make sure you orient them correctly with acceleration vector. Turtles hate when "down" isn't ventral to them. Especially when you are using them to violate the 1st law of thermodynamics.
We might not be able to destroy it, but deflecting something even slightly, with far enough warning, might be all it takes to make the difference between "watching it pass" and "counting down to impact."
Why does everyone assume we have to destroy the thing or we've failed?
You left out the best part - the silting often collects high concentrations of heavy metals from natural and man-made sources, and chemical pollution. When channels get scoured by annual floods concentrations remain low, but when the sediment builds up, heavy metal concentrations build up. A lot of dams that could be torn down are left up just because of the problem of disposing of thousands of tons of heavy-metal contaminated sludge above them.
How exceptional? Most cities will flood if they get more than 1" rain per hour. Should all stormwater systems be built to handle 2" per hour? How many?
No, but when heavy metals build up in the sediment behind the dam (because of no annual flood-scouring of the channel,) everybody wins. And by "wins," I mean "their children lose IQ points."
More likely the big factory farm companies will grow bigger, producing more and buying up bigger blocks of land, forcing out even more of the little-guy family farmers. Industrialization of farming means fewer types of crops being grown, more GM foods, and more Monsanto.
Of course, studies show again and again that the best way to slow down population growth is education. Education and financial prosperity.
The way to success is through progress, not eugenics.
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makes more sense, except when calculating area. or volume. should we have separate constants, that are integer-ratio-multiples-of-pi, for each of those?
for a circle:
circumference=2*pi*Radius=tau*radius
area=pi*radius^2=0.5*tau*radius^2
for a sphere:
surface area=4*pi*Radius^2=2*tau*radius^2
volume=(4/3)*pi*radius^3= fuck it, why are you messing with pi?
do these people not realize that pi has applications beyond what they remember from basic geometry?
and smiling more. just putting on a friendly/happy/confident appearance does wonders for most people's attractiveness.
Somebody needs to mod this funny. Or insightful. Whatever.
Schedule 1 is political.
And they don't even want to include a printed manual. Remember when computers came with manuals?
But you see, security devices aren't regulated. Medical devices are regulated, but security devices aren't medical devices. Says so right on the label. Just take our word for it that this is safe.
Good points. But silting up is potentially worse than you describe because when "the bottom of the river bed is well above the floodplain" the river can change its course. Perhaps mere miles. Perhaps dozens or hundreds of miles. Often permanently.
And often we take it upon ourselves to decide that the current course is the one to maintain, even if it would be less stable than allowing it to revert to historic courses.
Open-access, online-only journal with anonymous commenting to be subverted by right wing evangelical Young Earth Creationists and global cooling supporters in 5.... 4.....
There are lots of reports from the American civil war of battles being heard ridiculous distances from where any fighting was actually going on, and in other cases being stumbled upon by people who nearly walked into the middle of them without hearing any fighting going on.
If this was done "professionally and according to proper procedure," that tells me procedure needs changing. I would argue that it may be the procedure, but clearly it is not the correct procedure. All of these xrays and pat-downs aren't nearly as effective as actual bomb-detecting would be.
Or think smaller. Let your great-grandkids find your yeti hunting kit in a trunk in the attic. Complete with diary of your successful (yet secret) yeti hunts.
Isn't that the opposite of normal knowledge-to-wikipedia relations?
Make sure you orient them correctly with acceleration vector. Turtles hate when "down" isn't ventral to them. Especially when you are using them to violate the 1st law of thermodynamics.
We might not be able to destroy it, but deflecting something even slightly, with far enough warning, might be all it takes to make the difference between "watching it pass" and "counting down to impact."
Why does everyone assume we have to destroy the thing or we've failed?
Right. The earth might not care much, but the insignificant organic beings living at the impact site might not enjoy it.
You left out the best part - the silting often collects high concentrations of heavy metals from natural and man-made sources, and chemical pollution. When channels get scoured by annual floods concentrations remain low, but when the sediment builds up, heavy metal concentrations build up. A lot of dams that could be torn down are left up just because of the problem of disposing of thousands of tons of heavy-metal contaminated sludge above them.
How exceptional? Most cities will flood if they get more than 1" rain per hour. Should all stormwater systems be built to handle 2" per hour? How many?
No, but when heavy metals build up in the sediment behind the dam (because of no annual flood-scouring of the channel,) everybody wins. And by "wins," I mean "their children lose IQ points."
More likely the big factory farm companies will grow bigger, producing more and buying up bigger blocks of land, forcing out even more of the little-guy family farmers. Industrialization of farming means fewer types of crops being grown, more GM foods, and more Monsanto.
Of course, studies show again and again that the best way to slow down population growth is education. Education and financial prosperity. The way to success is through progress, not eugenics.
I'm sure the mandatory reporting form detailing the contents of improperly transferred ballast went and blew some bureaucrat's mind.
Gradual change? You must be one of those unholy evolutionists.
And with chatroulette, it could be. You never know what they'll use your hands for....
Of course cell phones aren't covered by the 4th amendment. Only Post-it notes would be.
I wasn't disagreeing, just elaborating.