I think the idea is that you can take a small amount of heat energy and turn it into a larger amount of electrical or mechanical energy
There's still a law of conservation of energy, even on cold Mars.
And there's still a pesky 2nd law that says you get less mechanical energy per unit of heat energy input to a heat engine. Gotta make that entropy, even on cold Mars!
Thanks for the reply, good thoughts. The same issues affect other detection tests - if they aren't looking for the right chemical or chemicals they might miss it entirely.
So if they haven't even accounted for a significant fraction of our own galaxy, what does that mean about dark matter?
If they can't account for or properly locate the visible mass in the universe, dark matter could be largely a cosmic fudge factor that accounts for ordinary mass that hasn't been observed or located precisely.
Why don't they use 10 dogs and run the sample by each? If 9 out of 10 dogs agree that the sample indicates cancer, wouldn't that reduce the potential for missed diagnoses or false positives? No risk of adverse affects unlike biopsies (unless you're allergic to dogs).
Now, I'm an engineer, and sometimes you do have to pull a number out of your ass to make useful estimates in the absence of data. It happens.
But damn, President Obama, we at least try to get the order of magnitude correct!
A half-million IT jobs sitting wide open? I am not an IT professional, but I'd say if there was this much demand for IT, we would need to genuflect at the desk of our IT guy every day at work and thank him for showing up, drunk or otherwise.
Our IT guy actually packs a bag lunch and drives a beater car, and he's actually helpful and knows his shit, so I'll go out on a limb and say that this 545,000 number is (in the words of the late, great Tom Magliozzi) "B-O-O-O-G-U-S!"
It would encourage other whistleblowers to come forth - something the government wants just about as much as they want to take power away from themselves.
So no, a presidential pardon for Snowden will never happen and if he returns he will be crucified.
Maybe, if the presidency stays with the Dems in 2016. But if there is a party change in the next election, this would be a great way for Obama to poison the well for the other party. But I think in that case that Obama would be doing it just to stick it to the other party, not out of any high-minded sentiments of liberty and privacy rights. He clearly doesn't care about that.
Whether you think Snowden is a hero or a traitor, I'd say the best political move Obama could make would be to pardon Snowden for any crimes he is accused of committing to date.
It would effectively silence Snowden as he could come home with the pardon in his pocket, assuming he keeps his mouth shut forever after. If Snowden continued leaks, then Snowden would be easy to turn into the bad guy
It would avoid a public trial (which would be awkward, assuming the government would even grant one).
It would avoid accusations of injustice (in case the trial was a secret one in Gitmo, or an unfortunate 'accident' occurred on his flight home).
Obama should do this after the 2016 election before he leaves office, as the hubbub will settle out and be forgotten by the 2018 midterm election. It would not satisfy Snowden's supporters (who think he should get a ticker tape parade) or his detractors (who think he should be imprisoned forever), but it would effectively halt the leaks and put the problem to bed with a minimum of fuss.
She was handed the wheel 10 years after the ship hit the iceberg, and they are still marginally afloat. Anybody who thinks that Yahoo should be kicking Apple to the curb right now is high.
Is there any way in the world to verify beyond doubt that these devices haven't been pwned by some TLA hard-baking some spyware into it?
If not, what's the point?
This satellite blew up at 1715 UTC, and since it was in a sun-synchronous polar orbit, local noon would have put that over the Americas (North, Central, or South).
This satellite was sitting under the direct sun for 20 years. If the radiator cooling system failed, things could heat up and fail very quickly (there is no wind up there, remember).
I think hog tying him and dumping him at the U.S. Embassy might work too. You don't think there might be a Russian or two who wouldn't mind $3M US, do you?
Having the ability to touch any word on the screen and have definitions, translations, and wikipedia entries pop up as you read (which is great for many of the older books) is a fantastic benefit over and beyond the simple fact that so many of the world's classics are available free of charge wherever you have internet access is a bonus that can't be overlooked. Honestly, in terms of studying books such as Gibbon's Fall of the Roman Empire, I find myself eternally grateful for such capabilities.
Maybe. For certain books, perhaps ones with lots of foreign words or jargon, this could be an advantage, but sometimes there is such a thing as too much information. Maybe a literature student reads a word with which they are unfamiliar in a text. They *could* get the definition instantaneously through a link and move on, but is that actually learning? Did they lose track of the narrative by this distraction? What if the student struggled a bit but worked out the meaning from the context instead, and then later verified the definition?
Instant web access can supplement, but it also can be an overused crutch that inhibits critical thinking and learning skills. I'd be interested to know the breakdown by degree for the data presented.
Looking at the images, it seems that the discrepancies are mostly related to lack of skin complexion details (exact color, texture, sheen), all the sorts of "minor" details that kick many CGI rendered human images into Uncanny Valley. The object rendered looks human-like but our minds scream NOT HUMAN when we don't detect these minor details and cues.
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I think the idea is that you can take a small amount of heat energy and turn it into a larger amount of electrical or mechanical energy
There's still a law of conservation of energy, even on cold Mars.
And there's still a pesky 2nd law that says you get less mechanical energy per unit of heat energy input to a heat engine. Gotta make that entropy, even on cold Mars!
Thanks for the reply, good thoughts. The same issues affect other detection tests - if they aren't looking for the right chemical or chemicals they might miss it entirely.
So if they haven't even accounted for a significant fraction of our own galaxy, what does that mean about dark matter?
If they can't account for or properly locate the visible mass in the universe, dark matter could be largely a cosmic fudge factor that accounts for ordinary mass that hasn't been observed or located precisely.
Why just one dog (and why Frankie)?
Why don't they use 10 dogs and run the sample by each? If 9 out of 10 dogs agree that the sample indicates cancer, wouldn't that reduce the potential for missed diagnoses or false positives? No risk of adverse affects unlike biopsies (unless you're allergic to dogs).
Why do you hate dogs?
Now, I'm an engineer, and sometimes you do have to pull a number out of your ass to make useful estimates in the absence of data. It happens.
But damn, President Obama, we at least try to get the order of magnitude correct!
A half-million IT jobs sitting wide open? I am not an IT professional, but I'd say if there was this much demand for IT, we would need to genuflect at the desk of our IT guy every day at work and thank him for showing up, drunk or otherwise.
Our IT guy actually packs a bag lunch and drives a beater car, and he's actually helpful and knows his shit, so I'll go out on a limb and say that this 545,000 number is (in the words of the late, great Tom Magliozzi) "B-O-O-O-G-U-S!"
I bet the Nazis would have loved a way to turn brown eyes blue.
Just before the crash, Sean Connory popped up in the back seat and tapped Ford on the shoulder, pointing to the tail and saying "Sorry, they got us".
It was indeed found at rest 1 km below where it sank.
They did it with the Yamato:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9fUryAT8Sw
The 2010 live action reboot soundtrack was pretty badass:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2DEvTKWyfg
Maybe if they keep farking it up, maybe it will be "The Year of the Last Microsoft Desktop".
That might actually be "The Year of Linux on the Desktop" as well (maybe).
It would encourage other whistleblowers to come forth - something the government wants just about as much as they want to take power away from themselves.
So no, a presidential pardon for Snowden will never happen and if he returns he will be crucified.
Maybe, if the presidency stays with the Dems in 2016. But if there is a party change in the next election, this would be a great way for Obama to poison the well for the other party. But I think in that case that Obama would be doing it just to stick it to the other party, not out of any high-minded sentiments of liberty and privacy rights. He clearly doesn't care about that.
What would be awkward about a public trial?
The fact that Snowden's disclosures have revealed the NSA basically has burned the Constitution and enjoys a daily constitutional on its ashes?
But if no one cares about that, by all means, have a trial.
Whether you think Snowden is a hero or a traitor, I'd say the best political move Obama could make would be to pardon Snowden for any crimes he is accused of committing to date.
It would effectively silence Snowden as he could come home with the pardon in his pocket, assuming he keeps his mouth shut forever after. If Snowden continued leaks, then Snowden would be easy to turn into the bad guy
It would avoid a public trial (which would be awkward, assuming the government would even grant one).
It would avoid accusations of injustice (in case the trial was a secret one in Gitmo, or an unfortunate 'accident' occurred on his flight home).
Obama should do this after the 2016 election before he leaves office, as the hubbub will settle out and be forgotten by the 2018 midterm election. It would not satisfy Snowden's supporters (who think he should get a ticker tape parade) or his detractors (who think he should be imprisoned forever), but it would effectively halt the leaks and put the problem to bed with a minimum of fuss.
Burn her!
She was handed the wheel 10 years after the ship hit the iceberg, and they are still marginally afloat. Anybody who thinks that Yahoo should be kicking Apple to the curb right now is high.
Is there any way in the world to verify beyond doubt that these devices haven't been pwned by some TLA hard-baking some spyware into it? If not, what's the point?
This satellite blew up at 1715 UTC, and since it was in a sun-synchronous polar orbit, local noon would have put that over the Americas (North, Central, or South). This satellite was sitting under the direct sun for 20 years. If the radiator cooling system failed, things could heat up and fail very quickly (there is no wind up there, remember).
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I think hog tying him and dumping him at the U.S. Embassy might work too. You don't think there might be a Russian or two who wouldn't mind $3M US, do you?
Having the ability to touch any word on the screen and have definitions, translations, and wikipedia entries pop up as you read (which is great for many of the older books) is a fantastic benefit over and beyond the simple fact that so many of the world's classics are available free of charge wherever you have internet access is a bonus that can't be overlooked. Honestly, in terms of studying books such as Gibbon's Fall of the Roman Empire, I find myself eternally grateful for such capabilities.
Maybe. For certain books, perhaps ones with lots of foreign words or jargon, this could be an advantage, but sometimes there is such a thing as too much information. Maybe a literature student reads a word with which they are unfamiliar in a text. They *could* get the definition instantaneously through a link and move on, but is that actually learning? Did they lose track of the narrative by this distraction? What if the student struggled a bit but worked out the meaning from the context instead, and then later verified the definition?
Instant web access can supplement, but it also can be an overused crutch that inhibits critical thinking and learning skills. I'd be interested to know the breakdown by degree for the data presented.
Looking at the images, it seems that the discrepancies are mostly related to lack of skin complexion details (exact color, texture, sheen), all the sorts of "minor" details that kick many CGI rendered human images into Uncanny Valley. The object rendered looks human-like but our minds scream NOT HUMAN when we don't detect these minor details and cues.
You will be mandated to run ROT13 on all your email communications twice. That's double security folks!
What doesn't outright kill you does make you stronger!