Unfortunately, evidence is beginning to suggest that very little DVD media will make it past the 15 year mark, which is pretty sad for people building movie collections.
The ears are connected to nose/mouth on some people, on others the passages 'close'. There are a small number of people around who can breathe through their ears in the right conditions (I can do it at high elevations, but only briefly because I can't really get enough air in that way). I put 'close' in quotes since at some level our atoms are pretty sparse, so its hard to define which passages fit the mathematical definitions.
Yes. I understand mathematics well enough to be confident that no one has but the tiniest fraction of a grasp on the whole. There are a tiny, tiny number of people (probably less than a million worldwide) who know math perhaps one thousand times better than I do at most, and even that doesn't begin to touch true understanding. It's a 'the more you know, the more you realize you don't know' situation. Seriously, ask any mathematics PHD if they feel like they are even aware (much less understand) half of what has been proven in mathematics.
I think you're grossly overestimating how many people truly understand mathematics. I'll venture 'no one' as the true answer to that, and ask for any counter examples.
The problem is that there are ways to spend that money that would protect our interests more effectively than the military currently does, ie:
Border control. Subsidizing foreign education (ie avoid having kids in other countries grow up hating us and wanting to blow us up). AIDS research (make some attempt to avoid the looming conflicts that are already breaking out in africa, and will likely include india and the former soviet union as well). Other disease control measures. Fusion/Fission research to reduce our dependence on foreign resources. Fissile materials control (ie don't let the terrorists get access to nuclear materials out of the former soviet union).
We spend piddling quantities on these things compared to the military, yet all of these things are more likely to protect us from physical harm than the current way we spend money on the military. If you don't believe this, read more.
You should help your mom set up some good gopher traps in the garden. Those things will go right through most work boots if you go tromping around on them.
The whole point of civil disobedience is really to get arrested and:
a) clog up the jails with people to the point that economic collapse is threatened by the burden of supporting the jails (forcing a change in the laws).
b) get lots of press so that people are enraged sufficiently to vote for change.
You don't need good legal counsel for either purpose.
Of course, the problem is the alien's got to the aluminum foil manufacturers a long time ago, and that stuff isn't made out of aluminum anymore, so it doesn't really offer any protection anymore.
The sad part is, by buying a dual-cpu system, he slowed himself down about 30% on anything that doesn't run on 2 processors. The athlons are really, really bad running a single thread on dual-cpus.
You've got to be kidding, right? Wealthy/famous people get bail on major crimes all the time. They even get away unconvicted thanks to superior lawyers. Try reading the news.
Consider the fate of OJ vs the fate of a homeless person found drunk in public. A lot of local papers have weekly listings of police and court proceedings. I'm sure you can see the pattern if you read that section for a couple of weeks.
If you think the justice system is remotely just or fair in this country, you aren't paying attention.
Anyone who made a claim like that must not have kept up with the news. The 'friend' made up the claim to try to cash in on JK's success. Go read the court transcripts, they're very informative.
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In most states it's illegal to own an alligator.
Your first statement is right on. CAS shouldn't affect _bandwidth_.
Memory performance affects applications in basically 2 ways. Bandwidth and latency. He measured bandwidth. CAS changes latency.
CAS 2 is better in many benchmarks than CAS 2.5, but almost certainly not in one that only measures bandwidth, since CAS primarily alters latency.
Look at the real application benchmarks out there, rather than something synthetic, and you can see as much as 25% increase going from CAS 3 to CAS 2.
Ah, but the challenge here is to spray your lighter fluid onto a single charcoal molecule, and then ignite it.
Then the double challenge is to make a good barbeque out the result.
Unfortunately, evidence is beginning to suggest that very little DVD media will make it past the 15 year mark, which is pretty sad for people building movie collections.
The ears are connected to nose/mouth on some people, on others the passages 'close'. There are a small number of people around who can breathe through their ears in the right conditions (I can do it at high elevations, but only briefly because I can't really get enough air in that way). I put 'close' in quotes since at some level our atoms are pretty sparse, so its hard to define which passages fit the mathematical definitions.
It's a great pen, by the way. I loved mine when I could afford them.
Yes. I understand mathematics well enough to be confident that no one has but the tiniest fraction of a grasp on the whole. There are a tiny, tiny number of people (probably less than a million worldwide) who know math perhaps one thousand times better than I do at most, and even that doesn't begin to touch true understanding. It's a 'the more you know, the more you realize you don't know' situation. Seriously, ask any mathematics PHD if they feel like they are even aware (much less understand) half of what has been proven in mathematics.
I think you're grossly overestimating how many people truly understand mathematics. I'll venture 'no one' as the true answer to that, and ask for any counter examples.
Bah, bad moderator, bad. This post was clearly on topic.
I'm apparently blind today and can't figure out how to post at the top level, so i'll ask this here:
Does anyone know how the top players on Yahoo's JTBlocks are cheating?
I'm cheating, and I can barely manage 50% of a top players score.
The problem is that there are ways to spend that money that would protect our interests more effectively than the military currently does, ie:
Border control.
Subsidizing foreign education (ie avoid having kids in other countries grow up hating us and wanting to blow us up).
AIDS research (make some attempt to avoid the looming conflicts that are already breaking out in africa, and will likely include india and the former soviet union as well).
Other disease control measures.
Fusion/Fission research to reduce our dependence on foreign resources.
Fissile materials control (ie don't let the terrorists get access to nuclear materials out of the former soviet union).
We spend piddling quantities on these things compared to the military, yet all of these things are more likely to protect us from physical harm than the current way we spend money on the military. If you don't believe this, read more.
Well duh. You'd have to be a pretty dumb conspirator not to think that people might try to use telescopes to see stuff on the surface of the moon.
You should help your mom set up some good gopher traps in the garden. Those things will go right through most work boots if you go tromping around on them.
Is there any other slashdot page more appropriate for it to get?
Victory over the church hardly seems relevant to the question of god's existence.
Yeah! I'm tired of hearing just about every week about how some Israeli blew up a bunch of palestinian civilians.
Wait, is that what happened?
The whole point of civil disobedience is really to get arrested and:
a) clog up the jails with people to the point that economic collapse is threatened by the burden of supporting the jails (forcing a change in the laws).
b) get lots of press so that people are enraged sufficiently to vote for change.
You don't need good legal counsel for either purpose.
Of course, the problem is the alien's got to the aluminum foil manufacturers a long time ago, and that stuff isn't made out of aluminum anymore, so it doesn't really offer any protection anymore.
Remember people, you can avoid situations like this in life by being nice to those around you. Life lesson for Tom I think.
A few of us were fortunate enough to have parents and teachers who encouraged us to question the system.
Of course that's just another specific way to tell us how to think, but the practical outcomes are different.
The sad part is, by buying a dual-cpu system, he slowed himself down about 30% on anything that doesn't run on 2 processors. The athlons are really, really bad running a single thread on dual-cpus.
The problem is they try to force a license change on you after you pay during the course of a month, with no provision to refund that month's fee.
The force involved is that they already have your money, and aren't willing to return your money if you don't agree to the EULA.
Since you can't negotiate the return of your funds for the return of all services, the EULA is void as a contract.
You've got to be kidding, right? Wealthy/famous people get bail on major crimes all the time. They even get away unconvicted thanks to superior lawyers. Try reading the news.
Consider the fate of OJ vs the fate of a homeless person found drunk in public. A lot of local papers have weekly listings of police and court proceedings. I'm sure you can see the pattern if you read that section for a couple of weeks.
If you think the justice system is remotely just or fair in this country, you aren't paying attention.
Anyone who made a claim like that must not have kept up with the news. The 'friend' made up the claim to try to cash in on JK's success. Go read the court transcripts, they're very informative.