And my conjecture is that you can never prove that "a set of presumably random numbers" is trully random, you can only prove that it is not random (by running it long enough that you can find a pattern)
[monkeys, typewriters, complete works of Shakespeare]
To replace motor fuel taxes the governents will have ti tax the vehicles on miles driven and the weight class of the vehicle. Some countries already do this for heavy commencial vehicles.
Of course electricity generating companies shoulg be taxed on CO2 emissions - that will be passed on to the consumer - that should put coal out6 of business
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Reusable dining ware isn't really environment friendly.
In order to properly clean and sterilize stuff these days you have to use a lot of energy ( hotter than boiling water) and chemicals.
And paper straws that don't bend are not going to work for residents in bed.
In AOC Temuera Morrison played Jenga Fett, Boba's 'Father' (and clones)
Will he be in this new movie?
These satellites are in geosync orbit - 25000 miles up
SpaceX hasn't got anything that can lift a crew up that high and bring them back to earth
So if they catch one, thwy will be able to identify it.
I think he's got a better chance of winning lotto
>It's France that uses AZERTY.
I thought that was Germany
But in Britain they do use French letters.
In France, not so much (more of them are Catholic.)
> It makes as little sense as teaching math,
In England, Scotland and other Commonwealth countries they teach maths
Mathematics is plural, you know.
"The IAU needs to sit down with all the exo-planet astronomers, and planetologists"
I don't think the IAU has any jurisdiction outside our solar system.
or a decimal point
or a dot
The period is the inverse of (as in one divided by) the frequency
As a male I don't have to worry about the biological definition of period
(I was born in an English speaking country)
and while we're at it
# is a hash (the pound sign is a curly L)
@ is an at
And element number 13 is Aluminium
Call The Doctor
>It's the British English spelling
Perhaps Commonwealth English - its what I learned in school and I was born and raised in New Zealand
> I guess we could squabble about whether maths or math is more appropriate, but they're both contractions of mathematics.
Mathematics is plural (since there are many fields of that science) so trhe correct shortened form is maths.
of modern films - you wouldnt want to watch them more than once
We nearly made bison extunct, but these days we are farming them, and bison burgers do taste good...
It should be 16:10
golden ratio is about 1.61803
So its just for the 1% then
Trident SLBM s use star maps to improve their accuracy
since they could be launched from anywhere
>Perhaps they mean "randomly generate numbers"?
And my conjecture is that you can never prove that "a set of presumably random numbers" is trully random, you can only prove that it is not random (by running it long enough that you can find a pattern)
[monkeys, typewriters, complete works of Shakespeare]
Asimov rolls in his grave
I guess from the summary it is concave - and only in the length, not in the width.
Is it cuved at the back too? (convex)
If so when you lay it on a desk it would rock
BTW I gave up Apple products in 1988
on microSD cards
Fortunately modern tablets support 128GB or more
Only that from Republicans and Democrats
"Especially when fired from a Smith&Wesson"
I think Colt would be way ahead, even if we are only talking about handguns.
To replace motor fuel taxes the governents will have ti tax the vehicles on miles driven and the weight class of the vehicle.
Some countries already do this for heavy commencial vehicles.
Of course electricity generating companies shoulg be taxed on CO2 emissions - that will be passed on to the consumer - that should put coal out6 of business
"I thought the weather in New Zealand was fairly benign,"
It will be interesting to see if they work in Wellington. (its like Pittsburgh but with strong winds)
The 50th anniversary of the Wahine is next month.
(Yeah i know TFS said The South Island)
Also what happens if it hits a bird. Seagulls are common in NZ
Thats just stupid, I am sure a lot of people won't be able to sleep when its daylight outside...
"I've been using Directory Opus since the days of the Commodore Amiga."
Yep DOpus has been around since the days of Workbench 1.3
30 years ago