If she's looking for a job where dealing with administrators (the boss, supervisors, whatever) is not far more challenging that actually doing the work, I think she's going to be disappointed. This is not a problem unique to school teachers.
I'm going senile. I read this far down before I realized we're talking about those phone cards (SIMs), not memory modules (SIMMs), and then, upon a moment's reflection, that people don't use SIMMs anymore anyhow, wtf was I thinking?
SpaceX is commercializing technology that we've been hammering out since Project Mercury in the late 1950s. Rutan's working on developing something much newer.
Is anyone else disturbed that such an incredibly major change happened only 20,000 years ago?
This could be worse than an ice age.
No. If, 20,000 years ago, it was much more active, it proves living in a galaxy with an active nucleus is not a problem. What it means is, if it becomes more active again, we don't really have anything to worry about -- we've been living with the "problem" for most of five billion years and gotten along just fine...
Well he hasn't made money for a bit to be honest, and has made some seriously bad blue-chip gambles that fell flat on their face too. Which has a lot of people wondering if he's simply hit the senile point and he's out of touch with the markets. I remember reading hmm was it zerohedge or somewhere else, that he hasn't made money in over 3 years on any investments he's done.
If your time-horizon is three years, you're not even playing the same game as Mr. Buffet. And you're far less likely to make money at whatever it is you are doing...
...you can't start a raging inferno with nothing but a spark and plastic.
This statement is false. Granted, it's far more difficult/less likely than dropping a match onto a puddle of gasoline, but that match can just go out, and that spark can ignite the plastic. Dramatically different odds, but it's a likely/not likely difference, not a can/can't difference here.
Sorry, second time I've seen this. Driving me nuts. It's "ads". It's short for "advertisements". Count how many 'd's you see in "advertisement". You see "adds" when a new group of mobs attack you during a fight. You see "ads" in a newspaper. Well, you used to, back when people still read newspapers...
KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) is a principle that applies to more than just computer programming. Russian engineers understand this principle, NASA often appears not to. Hence, Russia has an affordable space program, NASA, not so much...
Considering how much more capable even an average person's brain is than any computer we can build today, this is a bit silly. Enhancing the brain by waking some of the ~90% which is unused...
Anyone who ever even believed that myth for a minute isn't qualified to judge what is or isn't silly with regards to cognition. (For the record, you use 100% of your brain. You use 30% alone for the initial processing of the image coming in from your eye, and that's not counting anything like recognizing shapes or the like, that's simply forming the picture.
Everything orbits the Earth. Heliocentrism is a fraud, brought to use by the same "scientists" as evolution, global warming, and that dubious round-earth theory.:p
Apparently the USPS is subject to "international regulations". If they don't comply, they risk being fined by the "international government", and if they piss of the "international attorney general", they might end up in "international jail".
See how fucking silly all this sounds?
Indeed. Makes you wonder how anyone could be deluded enough to mistake that hyperbole for reality...
Lithium batteries, which power many personal electronic devices, can explode or catch fire in certain conditions. In order to get around this, consumer electronic manufacturers such as Apple or Amazon ship their products with a minimal charge--which mitigates the safety risk. Fully charged, improperly stored, or improperly packed lithium batteries do pose a risk of explosion, however. Lithium batteries have been implicated in at least two fatal cargo plane crashes since 2006, including a UPS jet in Dubai.
The news is way too full of all these studies etc that just seem to distract from the simple truth that you just plain must exercise...vigorously, and regularly...period.
Yes, you must exercise. All these other studies, however, are additional information, and not distractions, and leave you better informed, not worse, unless you're simply too simpleminded to comprehend the idea that there might be more than a couple factors involved. Saying your schedule plays a factor does not in any way contradict or detract from the fact that exercise is the biggest factor. Useful information, not distraction...
It's classed as Sci Fi, but is more of a novel set in an alternative history.
Replace "but" with "and". Most alternative history stories are science fiction, and this one is no exception. Neither the word "science" nor "fiction" imply that a story is necessarily set in the future, it's just merely the most common case. Not only is The Difference Engine science fiction, it's arguably hard-SF.
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If she's looking for a job where dealing with administrators (the boss, supervisors, whatever) is not far more challenging that actually doing the work, I think she's going to be disappointed. This is not a problem unique to school teachers.
I'm going senile. I read this far down before I realized we're talking about those phone cards (SIMs), not memory modules (SIMMs), and then, upon a moment's reflection, that people don't use SIMMs anymore anyhow, wtf was I thinking?
How do we know what the author's intentions are, especially for works whose author has been dead for at least 70 years?
If the author's intentions are not obvious from the text, then you're no better off reading it in the original Russian.
Let's not wanger off-topic...
When I'm paying top dollar for a product, I'd like some attempt at quality control....
Heh. Believe it or not, some people actually still buy the myth that free markets encourage this.
SpaceX is commercializing technology that we've been hammering out since Project Mercury in the late 1950s. Rutan's working on developing something much newer.
Is anyone else disturbed that such an incredibly major change happened only 20,000 years ago?
This could be worse than an ice age.
No. If, 20,000 years ago, it was much more active, it proves living in a galaxy with an active nucleus is not a problem. What it means is, if it becomes more active again, we don't really have anything to worry about -- we've been living with the "problem" for most of five billion years and gotten along just fine...
> The singularity itself? A teaspoon of singularities would have infinite weight.
No, it wouldn't. Black holes have a finite weight.
Right, but an infinite number of singularities will fit in a teaspoon (or any volume, for that matter).
Well he hasn't made money for a bit to be honest, and has made some seriously bad blue-chip gambles that fell flat on their face too. Which has a lot of people wondering if he's simply hit the senile point and he's out of touch with the markets. I remember reading hmm was it zerohedge or somewhere else, that he hasn't made money in over 3 years on any investments he's done.
If your time-horizon is three years, you're not even playing the same game as Mr. Buffet. And you're far less likely to make money at whatever it is you are doing...
This just in: having someone collect facts, check them, and then present them takes time and money.
This is why no one has done it for years... :p
...you can't start a raging inferno with nothing but a spark and plastic.
This statement is false. Granted, it's far more difficult/less likely than dropping a match onto a puddle of gasoline, but that match can just go out, and that spark can ignite the plastic. Dramatically different odds, but it's a likely/not likely difference, not a can/can't difference here.
Honestly, at this point I would not be terribly surprised if they discovered life extends all the way to the core.
Targeted adds...
ARGH!
Sorry, second time I've seen this. Driving me nuts. It's "ads". It's short for "advertisements". Count how many 'd's you see in "advertisement". You see "adds" when a new group of mobs attack you during a fight. You see "ads" in a newspaper. Well, you used to, back when people still read newspapers...
All that science and technology and there's still a priest blessing Soyouz with a cross in his hand like he was facing the devil?
"Godspeed, John Glenn."
(And let's not forget NASA astronauts reading the book of Genesis over the radio...)
KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) is a principle that applies to more than just computer programming. Russian engineers understand this principle, NASA often appears not to. Hence, Russia has an affordable space program, NASA, not so much...
Considering how much more capable even an average person's brain is than any computer we can build today, this is a bit silly. Enhancing the brain by waking some of the ~90% which is unused...
Anyone who ever even believed that myth for a minute isn't qualified to judge what is or isn't silly with regards to cognition. (For the record, you use 100% of your brain. You use 30% alone for the initial processing of the image coming in from your eye, and that's not counting anything like recognizing shapes or the like, that's simply forming the picture.
Wait, Pluto orbits the Earth now?
Everything orbits the Earth. Heliocentrism is a fraud, brought to use by the same "scientists" as evolution, global warming, and that dubious round-earth theory. :p
MFC really simplifies Windows use interface coding...
Pull the other one, it's got bells on it!
Lord... Whats a qubit?
How long can you tread water? :p
Apparently the USPS is subject to "international regulations". If they don't comply, they risk being fined by the "international government", and if they piss of the "international attorney general", they might end up in "international jail". See how fucking silly all this sounds?
Indeed. Makes you wonder how anyone could be deluded enough to mistake that hyperbole for reality...
why?
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Lithium batteries, which power many personal electronic devices, can explode or catch fire in certain conditions. In order to get around this, consumer electronic manufacturers such as Apple or Amazon ship their products with a minimal charge--which mitigates the safety risk. Fully charged, improperly stored, or improperly packed lithium batteries do pose a risk of explosion, however. Lithium batteries have been implicated in at least two fatal cargo plane crashes since 2006, including a UPS jet in Dubai.
I know... reading is hard... :p
The news is way too full of all these studies etc that just seem to distract from the simple truth that you just plain must exercise...vigorously, and regularly...period.
Yes, you must exercise. All these other studies, however, are additional information, and not distractions, and leave you better informed, not worse, unless you're simply too simpleminded to comprehend the idea that there might be more than a couple factors involved. Saying your schedule plays a factor does not in any way contradict or detract from the fact that exercise is the biggest factor. Useful information, not distraction...
How is a water droplet different from an ocean?
The material is the same, but it's a matter of scale. A single star ripped apart in a singular event does not a quasar make...
...Nature shapes YOU!
Sorry, had to be said...
It's classed as Sci Fi, but is more of a novel set in an alternative history.
Replace "but" with "and". Most alternative history stories are science fiction, and this one is no exception. Neither the word "science" nor "fiction" imply that a story is necessarily set in the future, it's just merely the most common case. Not only is The Difference Engine science fiction, it's arguably hard-SF.