This looks like an interesting explanation. However, do you know it to be true, or is it something you made up that sounds convincing? If you had included some links that cite the facts it would be much more believable.
Even more than that, the story is nonsense. Human error is the greatest threat to the shuttle, and always has been. The two crashes so far were caused by human error and we've never seen the shuttle get hit by space debris.
In fact not just neurons, we are all multi-cellular organisms. Every single cell of our bodies is a kind of minimalist robot. Amazingly each cell has the same instruction code (its DNA).
There is a lot of research being done looking at how individual cells can form interesting collective behaviour. I am looking at slime mold. This organism normally lives as individual amoebae, but when food gets sparse they form a slug which moves to new location. Interestingly some of the amoeba (about 20%) then give up their lives to make a stalk so that the other 80% at the top can be blown by the wind to a new location where there is likely to be more food.
Yes, it is. Anyone who's interested in this should find Mitch Resnick's book "Turtles, Termites and Traffic Jams" very informative and thought provoking.
Personally I am doing a PhD in the evolution of emergent behaviour. So if anyone wants to talk more about this stuff, message me!
Yes, some people have actually argued that spraying candy or other sugary products over soem targets may well be a good way of shutting them down due to the stickyness of the sugar.
The company was struggling financially when on August 6, 1997 Microsoft bought a $150 million non-voting share of company as a result of a court settlement between themselves and Apple. (Microsoft has since sold all Apple stock holdings.)
Agreed, I wasn't aware that Apple had sold their stock.
The hardest body part to replace if damaged, would be the brain I guess (embedded memories, brain cells not multiplying/growing much, killed by alcohol, and some minor problems like that).
Just to put this into context, a typical brain has 100,000,000,000 neurons. A few thousand are killed by alcohol. Furthermore it has more links between neurons than there are stars in the universe. A staggering number. Replacing a brain just ain't gonna happen.
Why should the "little investor" lose out? To put a bid in all you do is name your maximum price. Name a price lower than $130 if you don't think the shares are worth that. You won't get the shares if there are enough people who think the shares are worth $130, but you won't lose out.
Insteadm wait a few months for the price to come down to the $70 you originally quoted!
For once the market is allowed to drive IPO prices as opposed to some Wall Street Corporation.
Unfortunately a lot of people get off on porn because they know that they are watching two people really doing it.
If two people simulate it and are then replaced by digital models (by using the technology they used to make gollum) that actually penetrate each other then this would have the benefit of looking good and being much safer - but would run into the above problem. I think it would stimulate an important debate about sex though.
The thought of being able to watch Gollum being penetrated by Dobby is appealling;o). (british humour)
The whole reason why news works is because people trust newspapers. I know it's stupid, but there are people out there that trust FOX!
P2P news doesn't really seem to have that same trust value. Personally I am happy with the Guardian newspaper in the UK to generally get things right. It is their job to go out and read stories from around the world and present the facts to me in a way that I feel is relatively objective. I know they like (think it's their job) to screw the british government so I take that into account.
I can't see how p2p would be any better. I would just get a massive influx of information that I don't have time to sift through. News syndicates not only do the sifting job for us, but they hopefully do it in a trustworthy fashion.
This coin has 7 sides so you wouldn't expect it to roll smoothly.
However, they are cleverly made so that the diameter is equal right the way around the coin. Therefore, since the center of mass doesn't move, the coin will roll smoothly in slot machines etc. Try it!
I'm not sure whether the 50p is the same or not. I don't have one in my wallet to test as I used it to buy a packet of wine gums...
b. In weakened use, esp. contemptuously: one who is uncoordinated or incompetent; a fool. Cf. SPAZ. slang.
Although current for some fifteen years or more, it is generally condemned as a tasteless expression, and is not common in print.{em}R.W.B.
I wasn't impressed to see slashdot's editors letting this through. Using a medical condition as a derogatory term is not cool.
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This looks like an interesting explanation. However, do you know it to be true, or is it something you made up that sounds convincing? If you had included some links that cite the facts it would be much more believable.
time passes
I don't understand what www.math.utah.edu has to do with microbiology or fungi? It's a maths department.
Even more than that, the story is nonsense. Human error is the greatest threat to the shuttle, and always has been. The two crashes so far were caused by human error and we've never seen the shuttle get hit by space debris.
In fact not just neurons, we are all multi-cellular organisms. Every single cell of our bodies is a kind of minimalist robot. Amazingly each cell has the same instruction code (its DNA).
There is a lot of research being done looking at how individual cells can form interesting collective behaviour. I am looking at slime mold. This organism normally lives as individual amoebae, but when food gets sparse they form a slug which moves to new location. Interestingly some of the amoeba (about 20%) then give up their lives to make a stalk so that the other 80% at the top can be blown by the wind to a new location where there is likely to be more food.
Yes, it is. Anyone who's interested in this should find Mitch Resnick's book "Turtles, Termites and Traffic Jams" very informative and thought provoking.
Personally I am doing a PhD in the evolution of emergent behaviour. So if anyone wants to talk more about this stuff, message me!
Yes, some people have actually argued that spraying candy or other sugary products over soem targets may well be a good way of shutting them down due to the stickyness of the sugar.
Watch out for the candy bomb!
there are chances of mutations but when the virus is so weak, its like 0.001%.
What does that mean? 0.001% it will mutate into a killer virus per patient? Per hour? Ever?
If it's per patient then that doesn't seem like an acceptable risk to me - we don't want any new weird strains of HIV around?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer
The company was struggling financially when on August 6, 1997 Microsoft bought a $150 million non-voting share of company as a result of a court settlement between themselves and Apple. (Microsoft has since sold all Apple stock holdings.)
Agreed, I wasn't aware that Apple had sold their stock.
Errr I think you'll find that Microsoft own a significant percentage of shares in Apple.
The only real alternative to M$ is Linux...
The hardest body part to replace if damaged, would be the brain I guess (embedded memories, brain cells not multiplying/growing much, killed by alcohol, and some minor problems like that).
Just to put this into context, a typical brain has 100,000,000,000 neurons. A few thousand are killed by alcohol. Furthermore it has more links between neurons than there are stars in the universe. A staggering number. Replacing a brain just ain't gonna happen.
Why should the "little investor" lose out? To put a bid in all you do is name your maximum price. Name a price lower than $130 if you don't think the shares are worth that. You won't get the shares if there are enough people who think the shares are worth $130, but you won't lose out.
Insteadm wait a few months for the price to come down to the $70 you originally quoted!
For once the market is allowed to drive IPO prices as opposed to some Wall Street Corporation.
People cost money, not frigates.
c++ is almost twice as quick. Running his code!
./methcall 1000000000 ./methcall 1000000000
cslin185% g++ methcall.cpp -o methcall
cslin185% time
true
false
31.640u 0.000s 0:31.63 100.0% 0+0k 0+0io 200pf+0w
cslin185% javac methcall.java
cslin185% time java methcall 1000000000
true
false
31.420u 0.000s 0:31.46 99.8% 0+0k 0+0io 1384pf+0w
cslin185% g++ -O3 methcall.cpp -o methcall
cslin185% time
true
false
17.710u 0.000s 0:17.71 100.0% 0+0k 0+0io 199pf+0w
Yeh agreed, and obviously there is a market for it. But I think the fact that it won`t take over until it`s ultra realistic is an interesting one.
It will raise some interesting questions.
;o). (british humour)
Unfortunately a lot of people get off on porn because they know that they are watching two people really doing it.
If two people simulate it and are then replaced by digital models (by using the technology they used to make gollum) that actually penetrate each other then this would have the benefit of looking good and being much safer - but would run into the above problem. I think it would stimulate an important debate about sex though.
The thought of being able to watch Gollum being penetrated by Dobby is appealling
I have visions of robotic looking people staring gormlessly at their PDAs on busses. Carry around your personal passifier!
The whole reason why news works is because people trust newspapers. I know it's stupid, but there are people out there that trust FOX!
P2P news doesn't really seem to have that same trust value. Personally I am happy with the Guardian newspaper in the UK to generally get things right. It is their job to go out and read stories from around the world and present the facts to me in a way that I feel is relatively objective. I know they like (think it's their job) to screw the british government so I take that into account.
I can't see how p2p would be any better. I would just get a massive influx of information that I don't have time to sift through. News syndicates not only do the sifting job for us, but they hopefully do it in a trustworthy fashion.
Think about it again...
The diameter is the same, all the way around.
So, how can the centre of mass move up and down?
It's the same point as the bicycle... The centre of mass of the bicycle doesn't move up or down either.
When the coin reaches a bump, the opposite side is shorter (because the diameter is the same). Therefore the centre of mass does not move.
Picture here
and they do say it allows it to roll smoothly, but not quite how. Anyone want to find a more informative site?
God???
Argggghhhhh!!!
(sudden 'lightning bolt' comes from the sky setting my testicles on fire)
This coin has 7 sides so you wouldn't expect it to roll smoothly.
However, they are cleverly made so that the diameter is equal right the way around the coin. Therefore, since the center of mass doesn't move, the coin will roll smoothly in slot machines etc. Try it!
I'm not sure whether the 50p is the same or not. I don't have one in my wallet to test as I used it to buy a packet of wine gums...
MMmmmm wine gums...
OED.com (the oxford english dictionary) says
Spastic:
b. In weakened use, esp. contemptuously: one who is uncoordinated or incompetent; a fool. Cf. SPAZ. slang.
Although current for some fifteen years or more, it is generally condemned as a tasteless expression, and is not common in print.{em}R.W.B.
I wasn't impressed to see slashdot's editors letting this through. Using a medical condition as a derogatory term is not cool.
are you Ralph Wiggum?
For gods sake, it's not rocket science!!!!
Let's have some faith in the developers, they undoubtedly thought of all these obvious things.
Personally I believe Mars has a new scrap of rubble sitting on it. Damn shame, being a brit I always like us to beat the yanks.
We are generally more famous for plucky failure. Still, it will make it all the better if it does start working.
Who knows....
Isn't a reservoir/dam a massive ecological upset?