The implication that the proton doesnt have three radial symmetries is pretty sweet - we now _know_ that the proton can support two axes of rotation, meaning that they can store rotational energy, that we could only assume if protons were perfectly radially symmetric (and therefore completely indistinguishable from their non-rotating kin). This has thermodynamic implications, the degrees of freedom are increased if the proton can store rotational quanta, and possibly increasing our understanding of plasmas. How can any right-thinking geek find this banal?
Quarks have yet to be directly observed - the strong forces involved in quark coupling will actually creat new quarks inbetween the two before they are seperated. While tons of physicists have tons of projects attempting to directly observe quarks, none is accepted as having succeeded yet.
That being said, when we smash protons together to get other hadrons, we observe that integral properties are conserved, and the patterns of these conservations are very well documented in hundreds of labs for decades. Quarks are not 'theoretical' in the popular sense or being a cocamamy idea someone came up with - they are theoretical because while everyone gets the same results since the '50s, and can predict their behavior reliably. Hell, despite directly observing evolution everyday, its still called a 'theory'.
A true geek knows he should spread his spending out and keep good investments. @10% interest, i=pe^rt=$274k per day, off interest. Top Secret documents go for $20k to $100k, so Non-disclosure source code would probably sell on the order of unity. Two commercially viable programs a day...
Or, if you've played Jagged Alliance, you know the worlds best mercenaries go for $10k a day - a 100 man strike force, including adequate h4x0rs, with $1 million in gear, in a town named Redmond, and a CD pirating factory in Tiajuana ($1 million) and more mass mailed cds than AOL. A few million can go a long way.
Since you bought a Cayman Island, when the Federales come kicking down your door, you can revert to banging models and counting your off-shore assets.
Ah - You forget the beauty of two economically important issues - interest and buying in bulk. At a conservative 8%, one BILLION dollars gives you i=pe^rt=$219,000 per diem. Plus, you could always save up for a year and buy a pair of gorgeous twins for $83 million. Replace every 5 years (buy at 18-23, sell at 23-28. even gorgeous twins get old). Lifetime (60 yrs) cost: a paltry $1 billion. Paltry because 1E9e^.08*60=$12.15 billion.
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The implication that the proton doesnt have three radial symmetries is pretty sweet - we now _know_ that the proton can support two axes of rotation, meaning that they can store rotational energy, that we could only assume if protons were perfectly radially symmetric (and therefore completely indistinguishable from their non-rotating kin). This has thermodynamic implications, the degrees of freedom are increased if the proton can store rotational quanta, and possibly increasing our understanding of plasmas. How can any right-thinking geek find this banal?
Thanks for saving me the litany on that one :)
Quarks have yet to be directly observed - the strong forces involved in quark coupling will actually creat new quarks inbetween the two before they are seperated. While tons of physicists have tons of projects attempting to directly observe quarks, none is accepted as having succeeded yet.
That being said, when we smash protons together to get other hadrons, we observe that integral properties are conserved, and the patterns of these conservations are very well documented in hundreds of labs for decades. Quarks are not 'theoretical' in the popular sense or being a cocamamy idea someone came up with - they are theoretical because while everyone gets the same results since the '50s, and can predict their behavior reliably. Hell, despite directly observing evolution everyday, its still called a 'theory'.
Speaking of, Billy had a little girl the other day - only 18 years until I have a billion dollars!
A true geek knows he should spread his spending out and keep good investments. @10% interest, i=pe^rt=$274k per day, off interest. Top Secret documents go for $20k to $100k, so Non-disclosure source code would probably sell on the order of unity. Two commercially viable programs a day...
Or, if you've played Jagged Alliance, you know the worlds best mercenaries go for $10k a day - a 100 man strike force, including adequate h4x0rs, with $1 million in gear, in a town named Redmond, and a CD pirating factory in Tiajuana ($1 million) and more mass mailed cds than AOL. A few million can go a long way.
Since you bought a Cayman Island, when the Federales come kicking down your door, you can revert to banging models and counting your off-shore assets.
Ah - You forget the beauty of two economically important issues - interest and buying in bulk. At a conservative 8%, one BILLION dollars gives you i=pe^rt=$219,000 per diem. Plus, you could always save up for a year and buy a pair of gorgeous twins for $83 million. Replace every 5 years (buy at 18-23, sell at 23-28. even gorgeous twins get old). Lifetime (60 yrs) cost: a paltry $1 billion. Paltry because 1E9e^.08*60=$12.15 billion.