I'm not claiming this is in any way representative of Who viewers as a whole, but my university has a Who fan club (we call ourselves the Society of Gallifreyan Scholars) and the membership is ~75% female.
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To be fair, the summary doesn't say he'd be the first, only that he'd break the barrier, and the article is clear on the point that he'll only be the first to break the sound barrier by free fall.
Deliberate decisions I've taken to break laws which are there to ensure the safety of others? Absolutely I do, yes. Thus far I've somehow managed to avoid every single one of these millions of mis-configured lights, so the other situation hasn't arisen.
Why the scare quotes? It is illegal. I'm not saying the system's perfect, but moaning about it on Slashdot (or inciting others to vandalism) isn't going to make things any better.
Let people run whatever red lights they want to and that "zero" will skyrocket.
Perhaps (and this is just a guess) itself. Take two clocks, set them going and see how far apart they drift. Repeat and apply statistics!
Or repeatedly time the transit of a photon over a set distance?
You're not to there to hold the justice system to account, you're there to apply it, imperfect as it is. If it was illegal to whistle on a Sunday, the stupidity of the law in question is not, legally (morally is an entirely separate issue), enough for you to find not guilty.
Now, if there was such a law, then I'd be all for using that tactic to bring an end to it - but I also wouldn't expect or ask the court to start deciding who's in contempt and who isn't based on stupidity of law, because that's a slippery slope in and of itself. You would be guilty of jury poisoning, and should expect to be punished.
There's a dilemma there for me. Those who truly show remorse should, in an ideal world, be treated more leniently - they are more likely (again, in a ideal world) to go on to become productive members of society. But should we further punish those who maintain their innocence simply for doing so, even if it it is in the face of overwhelming evidence?
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I guess it all boils down to it still being possible - not to suggest justice is inherently flawed, just imperfect - to be convicted of a crime one did not commit.
And, a center and a diameter can define other shapes (namely curves of constant width) - a radius and a center can only define a circle. That said, I find it simpler to #define TAU when I'm programming trig.
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I'm not claiming this is in any way representative of Who viewers as a whole, but my university has a Who fan club (we call ourselves the Society of Gallifreyan Scholars) and the membership is ~75% female.
I am interested in your society and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Yes, it is going to take a female Doctor. It's a male/female dynamic.
Oh good grief, what the hell am I talking about? Sorry, it is slower - but still not as slow as 614mph.
The speed of sound is slower at 70k+ feet, so he still couldn't have broken the sound barrier.
To be fair, the summary doesn't say he'd be the first, only that he'd break the barrier, and the article is clear on the point that he'll only be the first to break the sound barrier by free fall.
he fell for four minutes and 36 seconds, reaching a maximum speed of 614 miles per hour (988 km/h)
the speed of sound ... is 1,236 kilometres per hour (768 mph)
the phrase was translated as "wiped off the map" by Ahmadinejad's official website and Iranian state run media.
That's a fucking atrocity.
Rape. Murder. Torture. The collected works of Justin Bieber.
Let's have a little perspective here.
Don't worry, the machines will start seeing through us before too long. Oh, wait - do worry.
Time to get Butlerian Jihad on Peal's ass. Seriously though, "thinking machines"? Are we really anywhere near there yet?
Deliberate decisions I've taken to break laws which are there to ensure the safety of others? Absolutely I do, yes. Thus far I've somehow managed to avoid every single one of these millions of mis-configured lights, so the other situation hasn't arisen.
I never knew there were people out there who gave printers their own internet IPs.
Shoulda called it Coldth. Am I right? I'm right.
Why the scare quotes? It is illegal. I'm not saying the system's perfect, but moaning about it on Slashdot (or inciting others to vandalism) isn't going to make things any better.
Let people run whatever red lights they want to and that "zero" will skyrocket.
Or you could just not run red lights, then you wouldn't have to bother with the petty vandalism and you'd be two fewer illegal things.
Perhaps (and this is just a guess) itself. Take two clocks, set them going and see how far apart they drift. Repeat and apply statistics! Or repeatedly time the transit of a photon over a set distance?
Sadly? Rightly.
You're not to there to hold the justice system to account, you're there to apply it, imperfect as it is. If it was illegal to whistle on a Sunday, the stupidity of the law in question is not, legally (morally is an entirely separate issue), enough for you to find not guilty.
Now, if there was such a law, then I'd be all for using that tactic to bring an end to it - but I also wouldn't expect or ask the court to start deciding who's in contempt and who isn't based on stupidity of law, because that's a slippery slope in and of itself. You would be guilty of jury poisoning, and should expect to be punished.
Runaway Jury was a pretty good movie though.
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I guess it all boils down to it still being possible - not to suggest justice is inherently flawed, just imperfect - to be convicted of a crime one did not commit.
And, a center and a diameter can define other shapes (namely curves of constant width) - a radius and a center can only define a circle. That said, I find it simpler to #define TAU when I'm programming trig. ~wm