...in effect for at least 72 hours since Saturday, February 7. (Looks at calendar, sees today is Monday February 8.) For 25 points, this happened to 4chan in WHICH YEAR?
The real question is, how do I secure my PC? And don't give me those Policy Groups buzzwords -- how many PC owners know what they mean? Criminy, tell us which files to rename, which registry keys to change, or which services to turn off -- give us something simple and effective.
Lenovo has boffins? What the heck are they, creatures from Lord of the Rings? Some kind of exotic bird? Wait, the dictionary says it's BRITISH SLANG. Well, you can just keep your esoteric BRITISH SLANG over there on your little island, buster, because we don't need no stinking BRITISH SLANG over here in America, or the rest of the world for that matter. If you can't write in standard English so English speakers around the world can understand it, just press your DELETE key (no matter what size it is) and go do something else. *grumble* damned Recoats *grumble*
"Men of Mathematics," by Eric Temple Bell, presents short biographies of over two dozen well-known, mainstream mathematicians down through history. According to Wikipedia, "To keep the interest of readers, the book typically focuses on unusual or dramatic aspects of its subjects' lives. While Men of Mathematics has inspired many young people, including a young John Forbes Nash Jr., to become mathematicians, it is not known for the accuracy of its historical scholarship." But that wouldn't keep interested students from reading it!
Seconding "The World of Mathematics" by James R. Newman. If you have any students who are bright and curious, these four volumes provide endless opportunities to explore. They are well written and are still in print as paperbacks, but kinda pricey. For your classroom, I'd suggest a used set of the hardback printing, available used in good condition for cheap.
The OP and TFA talk about "All Koreans... in Korea the entire country... the Korean economy." I guess I missed the news that South Korea and North Korea had laid aside their differences and united. Damn, why didn't Slashdot carry that news?
From the article:...humans have an ability to see through their skin...human skin can "see" colors and shapes...controversial ancient instinct...skin vision could lead to new therapies for helping the blind regain sight and even read...future devices with practical applications...special sensors for detecting radiation at sea and in airports to indentify terrorist threats...360-degree field of view....
You can't simply go out and buy a good chair for your hubby. The definition of "a good chair" is fuzzy, because everybody is different, and different people like different chairs. SO... give your hubby a nice card that says you'll buy him the chair of his choice. He gets to go out and try chairs until he finds the one HE wants, and you pay for it.
Oh, come on. Learn the difference between a mathematical model and reality itself. One is a human construct, a product of human intelligence. The other just is. I prefer the latter.
Very interesting. IAAPM (I am a physics major) and wonder how you can get 6 significant figures from a pendulum. Can you describe the experiment? Was it a simple pendulum, a weight at the end of a wire? Or can you point to a web page with some details? Thanks.
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This reminds me of articles in Popular Science during the 70's touting columnist (and notable mechanic) Smokey Yunick.
Smokey appeared in Popular Mechanix, not Popular Science, which featured the fictional mechanic Gus Wilson.
The current administration cuts have affected this program. They realize the expense of sending a probe to the sun is costly and a one-way trip.
To reduce these costs and to be able to retrieve their probe, the current administration has decided we'll just put it in earth orbit instead.
...in effect for at least 72 hours since Saturday, February 7.
(Looks at calendar, sees today is Monday February 8.)
For 25 points, this happened to 4chan in WHICH YEAR?
So... your friends in junior high gestated in their mommy's belly for... um... 15 months????
The logic clock is based on a single aluminum ion ... vibrating at ultraviolet light frequencies....
Vibrating? Heh. Aluminum ions don't vibrate. Silly science reporters.
The real question is, how do I secure my PC? And don't give me those Policy Groups buzzwords -- how many PC owners know what they mean? Criminy, tell us which files to rename, which registry keys to change, or which services to turn off -- give us something simple and effective.
Slashdot headline: Girls Wired To Fear Dangerous Animals
Article: girls are not wired to fear spiders
WTF? Is it time to replace employees with droids?
Lenovo has boffins? What the heck are they, creatures from Lord of the Rings? Some kind of exotic bird? Wait, the dictionary says it's BRITISH SLANG. Well, you can just keep your esoteric BRITISH SLANG over there on your little island, buster, because we don't need no stinking BRITISH SLANG over here in America, or the rest of the world for that matter. If you can't write in standard English so English speakers around the world can understand it, just press your DELETE key (no matter what size it is) and go do something else. *grumble* damned Recoats *grumble*
Sir Rodney: The peasants are revolting!
King: You can say that again.
--Very old Wizard of Id comic strip
"Men of Mathematics," by Eric Temple Bell, presents short biographies of over two dozen well-known, mainstream mathematicians down through history. According to Wikipedia, "To keep the interest of readers, the book typically focuses on unusual or dramatic aspects of its subjects' lives. While Men of Mathematics has inspired many young people, including a young John Forbes Nash Jr., to become mathematicians, it is not known for the accuracy of its historical scholarship." But that wouldn't keep interested students from reading it!
Seconding "The World of Mathematics" by James R. Newman. If you have any students who are bright and curious, these four volumes provide endless opportunities to explore. They are well written and are still in print as paperbacks, but kinda pricey. For your classroom, I'd suggest a used set of the hardback printing, available used in good condition for cheap.
The OP and TFA talk about "All Koreans... in Korea the entire country... the Korean economy."
I guess I missed the news that South Korea and North Korea had laid aside their differences and united. Damn, why didn't Slashdot carry that news?
...published in a respected economics journal...
Economists, meh. Who trusts them now? Look at the mess they got us into.
From the article: ...humans have an ability to see through their skin...human skin can "see" colors and shapes...controversial ancient instinct...skin vision could lead to new therapies for helping the blind regain sight and even read...future devices with practical applications...special sensors for detecting radiation at sea and in airports to indentify terrorist threats...360-degree field of view....
Verdict: Science fiction.
You can't simply go out and buy a good chair for your hubby. The definition of "a good chair" is fuzzy, because everybody is different, and different people like different chairs. SO... give your hubby a nice card that says you'll buy him the chair of his choice. He gets to go out and try chairs until he finds the one HE wants, and you pay for it.
Anybody got a mirror? The Coral Cache is no use, it says "Success! Apache is working..."
The main spacecraft would stay a few dozen kilometers away, perhaps nudging the probes towards the asteroid using springs.
WTF? How would the mother ship use springs to "nudge" the probe if it's dozens of kilometers away? Does this make any sense at all?
If the Sun were ever to produce such an outburst, it would almost certainly cause a mass extinction on Earth...
...if it was pointed TOWARD the Earth, and not AWAY from the Earth.
So we would have a 50% chance of survival. (c:)
Clearly, they belong on the Axis of Evil!
TFA totally neglects telling us what the orbital/rotational changes were, or what caused them. Bad science reporting!
Hellloooo? Any astrophysicists out there who can tell us what really happened?
http://www.studiodaily.com/main/technique/tproject s/6850.html
Oh, come on. Learn the difference between a mathematical model and reality itself. One is a human construct, a product of human intelligence. The other just is. I prefer the latter.
Very interesting. IAAPM (I am a physics major) and wonder how you can get 6 significant figures from a pendulum. Can you describe the experiment? Was it a simple pendulum, a weight at the end of a wire? Or can you point to a web page with some details? Thanks.
"...NYU Information Systems Professor Alexander Tuzhilin (a Professor of Information Systems at NYU)..."
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"Plan 9 from Bell Labs" is the proper name of the OS.
To distinguish it from Plan 9 from Outer Space