The viscous drag of air or water becomes stronger as the creature becomes smaller.
I believe this is backwards. On a long thin object such as a micro-organism, the drag is proportional to (length)*(velocity), assuming that the object is small enough so that we are in a low-Reynolds number regime. This holds even in water, and very possibly air too, both of which are typically associated with high-Reynolds fluid flow.
In any case, I suspect that a swarm behaves differently than an individual element. Does anyone know about the dynamics of swarms (birds, fish, microorganisms)?
In atmospheric science everyone worships something called "baroclinic instability" and every paper on the subject dutifully references the two papers by Eady and Charney that started it all.
But for the Eady paper, I've seen it referenced as "E. T. Eady (1949)", "E. J. Eady (1949)", "E. A. Eady (1947)", etc. And since the journal's so old, it took me a while to figure out the guy's real name. I guess very few people have read the actual paper.
Hey, just because something's better doesn't mean they didn't rip off the idea:). I guess when that happens, it transcends to "derivative work" status.
Star Control 2 always felt a little like a ripoff of Starflight and Starflight 2 to me. If only the similar projects behind those games would be as successful!
Re:Congratulations, Phoenix. I'll never buy again.
on
Phoenix To Change Name
·
· Score: 1
Yeah, maybe they should just go ahead and change the name. I'm getting confused!
So why is the National Academy of Science in "disagreement" about global warming? The story I hear is because of a guy named Richard Lindzen, and goes something like this. Every scientist on the NAS believes that global warming is a threat, except Dr. Lindzen. His "iris" effect claims that rate of heating is exaggerated and that there's a restoring effect to slow it down. But because of his conclusion, politicans can declare disagreement among the NAS and "nobody knows", so it's better to do nothing.
The man's brilliant, and if you see him give a talk then the guy's very convincing, but I wouldn't want the fate of the world on my shoulders.
(If anyone can corroborate this, then I'd be interested.)
Wow, it almost sounds like a physics degree from anywhere but Stanford, etc. is nothing but toilet paper. It makes me wonder why such departments can even offer degree programs with a clear conscience.
I was under the impression that physics professorships were so hard to get that having two or three post-doc positions before an appointment was routine. I figured that maybe if you didn't get your PhD from a five-star university then it took a little longer to establish yourself. But I really don't know the situation. Your thoughts would be interesting to me.
Nature is probably the most highly respected jounal in all of American science, across every discipline. This is even more ridiculous than your previous claims.
I can't even find my page on google anymore. I don't know if it's just because my site's unpopular, or because it has the same name as an online retailer. In any case, it's not searchable anymore, and my guess is that it was removed as "dead".
Every so often I see Prof. Hawking in the CMS building while running between classes or eating lunch, always with a nurse or "graduate assistant" (more of a student nurse) nearby. Some days I tell myself that he doesn't look so bad, but other days I just can't bring myself to look at him. It's hard to read interviews with him where he seems so vibrant, with his grinning photograph usually nearby, and then jump to seeing him in person - immutable and motionless, and almost falling apart. It's almost like he's a completely different person.
Stupid idea. Just make the sysadmins liable for updating, in a "lose your job" sense, not "let's sue them" sense. Those who do the hiring and firing need to be up to date on whether the software's up to date (Ha ha). Naturally, the supervisor only checks when something bad happens, and then heads roll. But I guess that's the way business is.
Slashdot Mirror
Thank you, thinking in terms of pressure helped.
The viscous drag of air or water becomes stronger as the creature becomes smaller.
I believe this is backwards. On a long thin object such as a micro-organism, the drag is proportional to (length)*(velocity), assuming that the object is small enough so that we are in a low-Reynolds number regime. This holds even in water, and very possibly air too, both of which are typically associated with high-Reynolds fluid flow.
In any case, I suspect that a swarm behaves differently than an individual element. Does anyone know about the dynamics of swarms (birds, fish, microorganisms)?
If scientists are having heated debates about the existence of aliens, and not about more likely problems of the world, then I'd be a little worried.
In atmospheric science everyone worships something called "baroclinic instability" and every paper on the subject dutifully references the two papers by Eady and Charney that started it all.
But for the Eady paper, I've seen it referenced as "E. T. Eady (1949)", "E. J. Eady (1949)", "E. A. Eady (1947)", etc. And since the journal's so old, it took me a while to figure out the guy's real name. I guess very few people have read the actual paper.
I wonder if this is how Robert Stack feels about his portrayal of Ultra Magnus in the Transformers movie.
Hey, just because something's better doesn't mean they didn't rip off the idea :). I guess when that happens, it transcends to "derivative work" status.
Chrono Trigger and SC2 are probably my #1 and #2 games too. Great minds think alike! Or whatever that famous person said.
Star Control 2 always felt a little like a ripoff of Starflight and Starflight 2 to me. If only the similar projects behind those games would be as successful!
Yeah, maybe they should just go ahead and change the name. I'm getting confused!
So why is the National Academy of Science in "disagreement" about global warming? The story I hear is because of a guy named Richard Lindzen, and goes something like this. Every scientist on the NAS believes that global warming is a threat, except Dr. Lindzen. His "iris" effect claims that rate of heating is exaggerated and that there's a restoring effect to slow it down. But because of his conclusion, politicans can declare disagreement among the NAS and "nobody knows", so it's better to do nothing.
The man's brilliant, and if you see him give a talk then the guy's very convincing, but I wouldn't want the fate of the world on my shoulders.
(If anyone can corroborate this, then I'd be interested.)
In case anyone is interested, "gravity waves" also refer to the buoyantly driven waves in the atmosphere and ocean.
Wow, it almost sounds like a physics degree from anywhere but Stanford, etc. is nothing but toilet paper. It makes me wonder why such departments can even offer degree programs with a clear conscience.
Oopsie, hehehe.
I was under the impression that physics professorships were so hard to get that having two or three post-doc positions before an appointment was routine. I figured that maybe if you didn't get your PhD from a five-star university then it took a little longer to establish yourself. But I really don't know the situation. Your thoughts would be interesting to me.
Nature is probably the most highly respected jounal in all of American science, across every discipline. This is even more ridiculous than your previous claims.
Maybe they could add a clause that says only Microsoft and Oracle have to be liable.
It ain't the quality of pages served, it's the quantity.
Dear Lord, did Slashdot really link a Geocities site?
This is old news, but it's been updated recently, and it might bring back that BBS feel: Star Wars in ASCII.
I can't even find my page on google anymore. I don't know if it's just because my site's unpopular, or because it has the same name as an online retailer. In any case, it's not searchable anymore, and my guess is that it was removed as "dead".
Every so often I see Prof. Hawking in the CMS building while running between classes or eating lunch, always with a nurse or "graduate assistant" (more of a student nurse) nearby. Some days I tell myself that he doesn't look so bad, but other days I just can't bring myself to look at him. It's hard to read interviews with him where he seems so vibrant, with his grinning photograph usually nearby, and then jump to seeing him in person - immutable and motionless, and almost falling apart. It's almost like he's a completely different person.
Attention michael: Celine Dion will never read Slashdot!
Stupid idea. Just make the sysadmins liable for updating, in a "lose your job" sense, not "let's sue them" sense. Those who do the hiring and firing need to be up to date on whether the software's up to date (Ha ha). Naturally, the supervisor only checks when something bad happens, and then heads roll. But I guess that's the way business is.
I can't believe it! The main character looks just like every other main Squaresoft game character! Such clever people.
Anyone else think the business world looks like a game of Pac Man?
Yeah, remember when Slashdot got gobbled up by VA Linux?