The definition of scientist is being soiled by these kinds of finds.
I think what they mean to say is... "At least that we think it might be"
It would get kinda tedious for scientists to end every sentence that way. Better to simply educate people in school about what science is, and thus they understand that every single statement any scientist makes (or for that matter, any statement any intellectually honest person makes) has that implied.
Carl Sagan once said that it's impossible to actually write out all the names of his children, as this would require more space than the universe provides.
It seems to me that William Shatner the person always seems to speak the mind of 'William Shatner' the public persona, while being very clear that the two aren't necessarily the same.
We are who we pretend to be. Our interactions with others define the kind of person we are. The "real you" that no one ever sees is an idealized fantasy...
Good thing he never did that then. When both sides in a war are committing atrocities, pointing out that both sides are doing so is not defending either, no matter how many people on the one side insist you must be "defending" the other when you attack them. Also, if you tell a lie about someone, and I point out it's a lie, I'm not defending that person, I'm defending the truth. It's easier to dismiss criticism against someone if large amounts of it are untrue. Those who exaggerate the case against someone are doing their own cause a disservice far more than those who point out their errors.
Does grub have any more reason to be there these other companies?
It does if I put it there. Nothing should be automatically written into partitioned space. Partitioning defines what areas of the disk I want to be automatically written to using whatever scheme I define by setting the partition type. Anything outside that, I'm free to manage any way I please. I can put a block-oriented FORTH program there if I like, individually managing "screen" loads and saves in the FORTH code. Or whatever. The point is, they're my blocks to do with as a like, and nothing should be written there except what I explicitly write there.
Among other things, it does mean that if I choose to write GRUB data there, it should be perfectly safe there. If it isn't, that's a serious bug in whatever program overwrote the unpartitioned block(s).
Strikes me as extremely stupid, then. What stops them to buy an eReader and ask the magazine be delivered in electronic format, with all the multimedia ads they want?
Well, he was talking about farmers. The farmers are smart. Magazine publishers, on the other hand...
It would be helpful if you learned what "cognitive dissonance" means before using the term. It would also be helpful if you pointed out what you find impractical, or where you get the misimpression that only one of the two men has a grasp of the industrial-sized energy needs of this nation (and oddly, seem to attribute this to the man who doesn't seem to grasp it quite as well as the other).
The differences in the environment between Africa and South America are not big. For that matter, the differences between the environment in Africa and Antarctica are not that big relative to the differences between the environment between Earth and Mars. When African honey bees take over Antarctica, we'll consider your argument not entirely silly... but still flawed.
True, but your analogy is deeply flawed. The question is not whether genomes would contain the same number of particular molecules, the question is whether they would contain the same arrangement. In your biology class, did any two produce the exact same *sequence* of heads & tails, e.g. group 1: HHTHTHHTHTTHTT group 2: THTHHTTHHHTHTT -- both of these groups produced the same number of heads and tails, but very different sequences. The odds that they would get at least close to the same totals is very good. The odds they would get the exact same sequence is 1 in 16384 (given I used a sequence of 14 flips). The odds get much more lopsided the longer the sequence. The odds of a native martian genome matching a terran genome are economically remote. (I'd say astronomically remote, but astronomy doesn't deal with numbers that big. Hat tip: Dr. Feynman)
That's a poor analogy. A better one is this: if your plane takes off for Australia, but they haven't figured out how to land it yet and they just crash on landing, killing you and everyone else on board, does this really count as a successful flight?
This would reduce the increase in rotation, but to preserve angular momentum it would also have to increase the orbital period - meaning the moon would move to a lower orbit with both its period of orbit and its period of rotation slightly reduced.
You were right before the dash: it will increase the orbital period, not reduce it as you said (contradicting yourself) after the dash. This will push the moon into a higher orbit, not a lower one. And indeed, the moon is moving 38mm further away every year, although this is primarily due to the same effect slowing the Earth's rotation rather than the Moon's.
The first. At least there's a chance I can convince my elected representatives to make changes to public policy. I have no way to affect the behavior of the ISPs. "Vote with your dollars" doesn't work when you simply don't get internet access at all if you refuse to pay them for it, and you need it to do your job.
I didn't really count that as part of the benefit, since I have a general distaste for "random guy starts up popular blogspot page and turns it into a book!" stuff. Imagine how much that must piss off a real author with something they're having a hard time publishing? Damn.
I assure you, people who write books based on a blogs do exist!
(Note: "real" does not mean "something that aligns with my personal preferences".)
NPR really needs to learn the difference between a typo (i.e. a slip of the finger) and bad spelling and grammar.
As long as they correctly note that the one is a subset of the other, rather than (as some mistakenly believe) disjoint sets, I agree. Typos result in spelling or grammar errors, but not all spelling and grammar errors are typos.
If they're doing this to host pirated content, then this is a really stupid idea, becuae it's easier for authorties to get to them. A land-side agency like the FBI needs a warrant to search a premises and seize stuff. The Coast Guard has much more leeway to board and search ships than the FBI could ever dream of having over some server farm.
Also US Customs officials can search on whim without even suspicion, and convict you for whatever they find regardless of what they may have been searching for (if anything). See here.
"This changes everything" is always false. It nevertheless gets repeated endlessly, and people go "yeah" rather than recognizing the warning signs of stratospheric hype and self-delusion.
Is it bad I thought you said FTL? Is it worse that I still thought you were serious?
Maybe, but probably no worse than the fact that this headline grabbed my attention far more quickly and urgently than anything else I've seen this year. Yes, there've been wars, massive oil leaks, major political uphevals, yada yada, but this is real news!
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The definition of scientist is being soiled by these kinds of finds.
I think what they mean to say is... "At least that we think it might be"
It would get kinda tedious for scientists to end every sentence that way. Better to simply educate people in school about what science is, and thus they understand that every single statement any scientist makes (or for that matter, any statement any intellectually honest person makes) has that implied.
Carl Sagan once said that it's impossible to actually write out all the names of his children, as this would require more space than the universe provides.
Was this before or after smokin' a doobie?
I think what's being implied is that it shredded the plate at the surface...
Why do you think that? That sounds like the opposite of what the article says. Sounds more like you misread what it said...
It seems to me that William Shatner the person always seems to speak the mind of 'William Shatner' the public persona, while being very clear that the two aren't necessarily the same.
We are who we pretend to be. Our interactions with others define the kind of person we are. The "real you" that no one ever sees is an idealized fantasy...
I would expect this will be at least 6 months off.
The amount of QA for this game will be enormous.
Okay. Are you factoring into this the fact that they've been working on it since late 2009?
Next you'll be telling me string theory is testable...
Pull the other one, it's got bells on it!
So is defending the Khmer Rouge.
Good thing he never did that then. When both sides in a war are committing atrocities, pointing out that both sides are doing so is not defending either, no matter how many people on the one side insist you must be "defending" the other when you attack them. Also, if you tell a lie about someone, and I point out it's a lie, I'm not defending that person, I'm defending the truth. It's easier to dismiss criticism against someone if large amounts of it are untrue. Those who exaggerate the case against someone are doing their own cause a disservice far more than those who point out their errors.
Nothing should be automatically written into partitioned space.
Gah! UNpartitioned. Nothing should be automatically written into unpartitioned space.
Does grub have any more reason to be there these other companies?
It does if I put it there. Nothing should be automatically written into partitioned space. Partitioning defines what areas of the disk I want to be automatically written to using whatever scheme I define by setting the partition type. Anything outside that, I'm free to manage any way I please. I can put a block-oriented FORTH program there if I like, individually managing "screen" loads and saves in the FORTH code. Or whatever. The point is, they're my blocks to do with as a like, and nothing should be written there except what I explicitly write there.
Among other things, it does mean that if I choose to write GRUB data there, it should be perfectly safe there. If it isn't, that's a serious bug in whatever program overwrote the unpartitioned block(s).
WTFV (Watch The Friendly Video)
(It's the Sintel trailer...)
Strikes me as extremely stupid, then. What stops them to buy an eReader and ask the magazine be delivered in electronic format, with all the multimedia ads they want?
Well, he was talking about farmers. The farmers are smart. Magazine publishers, on the other hand...
How easy is it for an immigrant to earn Canadian citizenship? :)
It would be helpful if you learned what "cognitive dissonance" means before using the term. It would also be helpful if you pointed out what you find impractical, or where you get the misimpression that only one of the two men has a grasp of the industrial-sized energy needs of this nation (and oddly, seem to attribute this to the man who doesn't seem to grasp it quite as well as the other).
How well to African honey bees do in Antarctica?
The differences in the environment between Africa and South America are not big. For that matter, the differences between the environment in Africa and Antarctica are not that big relative to the differences between the environment between Earth and Mars. When African honey bees take over Antarctica, we'll consider your argument not entirely silly... but still flawed.
True, but your analogy is deeply flawed. The question is not whether genomes would contain the same number of particular molecules, the question is whether they would contain the same arrangement. In your biology class, did any two produce the exact same *sequence* of heads & tails, e.g. group 1: HHTHTHHTHTTHTT group 2: THTHHTTHHHTHTT -- both of these groups produced the same number of heads and tails, but very different sequences. The odds that they would get at least close to the same totals is very good. The odds they would get the exact same sequence is 1 in 16384 (given I used a sequence of 14 flips). The odds get much more lopsided the longer the sequence. The odds of a native martian genome matching a terran genome are economically remote. (I'd say astronomically remote, but astronomy doesn't deal with numbers that big. Hat tip: Dr. Feynman)
That's a poor analogy. A better one is this: if your plane takes off for Australia, but they haven't figured out how to land it yet and they just crash on landing, killing you and everyone else on board, does this really count as a successful flight?
Getting people home safely is part of the cost of getting them into space, unless you're planning for strictly one-way trips.
This would reduce the increase in rotation, but to preserve angular momentum it would also have to increase the orbital period - meaning the moon would move to a lower orbit with both its period of orbit and its period of rotation slightly reduced.
You were right before the dash: it will increase the orbital period, not reduce it as you said (contradicting yourself) after the dash. This will push the moon into a higher orbit, not a lower one. And indeed, the moon is moving 38mm further away every year, although this is primarily due to the same effect slowing the Earth's rotation rather than the Moon's.
So which model sounds better to you?
The first. At least there's a chance I can convince my elected representatives to make changes to public policy. I have no way to affect the behavior of the ISPs. "Vote with your dollars" doesn't work when you simply don't get internet access at all if you refuse to pay them for it, and you need it to do your job.
I didn't really count that as part of the benefit, since I have a general distaste for "random guy starts up popular blogspot page and turns it into a book!" stuff. Imagine how much that must piss off a real author with something they're having a hard time publishing? Damn.
I assure you, people who write books based on a blogs do exist!
(Note: "real" does not mean "something that aligns with my personal preferences".)
NPR really needs to learn the difference between a typo (i.e. a slip of the finger) and bad spelling and grammar.
As long as they correctly note that the one is a subset of the other, rather than (as some mistakenly believe) disjoint sets, I agree. Typos result in spelling or grammar errors, but not all spelling and grammar errors are typos.
If they're doing this to host pirated content, then this is a really stupid idea, becuae it's easier for authorties to get to them. A land-side agency like the FBI needs a warrant to search a premises and seize stuff. The Coast Guard has much more leeway to board and search ships than the FBI could ever dream of having over some server farm.
Also US Customs officials can search on whim without even suspicion, and convict you for whatever they find regardless of what they may have been searching for (if anything). See here.
Perhaps he's expecting the Kraken to pick them up and hurl them...
"This changes everything" is always false. It nevertheless gets repeated endlessly, and people go "yeah" rather than recognizing the warning signs of stratospheric hype and self-delusion.
Is it bad I thought you said FTL? Is it worse that I still thought you were serious?
Maybe, but probably no worse than the fact that this headline grabbed my attention far more quickly and urgently than anything else I've seen this year. Yes, there've been wars, massive oil leaks, major political uphevals, yada yada, but this is real news!