"Supreme executive power arises from a mandate of the masses . .." I agree that questioning the government is itself a "Western" notion. If by "Western" we mean 'a nation-state with frequent, meaningful plebiscites of an educated population.' I have lived in countries with other viewpoints and find them considerably less-productive economies and certainly less-conducive to free thought.
As a contract employee, I seldom find myself hanging out with the regular employees. I keep in touch with and socialize with fellow contract people fairly regularly. When in the same city we'll do something about every week. I choose my friends among contracters, I have to work with the employees.
Should the Saudi government be allowed to do this? Absolutely, there is no inalienable right to Internet access. On the other hand, I think it about as dumb an idea as there is to do it. Denying anyone free access to other peoples ideas is not beneficial to your citizens. At least if you are hoping they develop into thinking people. Of course, both the Saudi and Chinese governments seem not to have that in mind.
. . . is plain old cost. Because the two biggest factors raising the cost of putting things in space are 1) overcoming Earth's gravity and 2) overcoming the friction from Earth's atmosphere. If mining the moon, the costs 1) is a lot less and 2) non-existent. There is some set up cost and an overhead but one doesn't have to go for just the rarest of minerals to make a profit (or save money/resources). As in all real estate, the rules are a) location, b) location and c) location.
Beer is good for you. Besides being protective against cardiovascular disease, it aids your digestion and was the primary means of imparting medicinal herbs for most of human civilization. Of course, Asimo would probably know the difference between mass-produced garbage labeled beer and real beer. It would not however, bring you your smokes.
Actually, I think that was more due to the fact that you were thinking autumn with shorter days than spring. When I lived in NZ in 97/98 (south end of the Mainland) I found no difference.
I agree with your major point that a majority are students or recent graduates. Certainly there are a significant number of people with significant experience. Unfortunately there is no way to separate the two and a poll would be clouded. It'd be good to see one though.
IMHO, celebrating the ideas of a contender for "World's Smartest Human, Ever" is worth whatever this bridge cost. Besides, it looks like a really cool bridge.
Actually, you made the mistake, as did the moderator who raised your score. You see, astronomical events aren't randomly distributed, they are cyclical. Don't apply statistics when you understand the system.
Actually, I said a Oort cloud, not the Oort cloud. The Nemesis theory which I mentioned gave rise to similiar clouds being proposed for several locations about the solar system. Giving rise to several periodic bombardments of the inner solar system. The 1000 year one would have to be much closer than the Oort Cloud. Also much less dense and much smaller objects. That we can see any members comes from my favorite quote on the topic "We have a snowballs chance in . . . well, . . . you know."
Actually, I'm just on here for this abuse. The fact that I actually studied with someone who came up with the Nemesis theory and had to work out the kinetic energy equations to demonstrate why such events aren't random, but much closer to periodic has nothing to do with this. Not only do I have six people jumping on to correct me, but they're wrong and I have the opportunity to show them why.
Actually, I am perfectly aware of the gambler's fallacy, but am also aware of the dynamics better than that. Because a Tunguska snowball is almost certainly a discharge from a meta-stable Oort Cloud, the kinetic energy lost must be restored to allow another discharge. This means that if you have one discharge every 1000 years and you had one 100 years ago, the chances of a discharge are less than 1/1000. Astronomical events are not random as your refutation would require.
Actually, that such an event happened in the past century indicates that we have a bit more time than otherwise. If one Tunguska-size event happens every 1000 years or so, then we've got a few years before we can expect another one. As opposed to if it had happened in 1400 in which case we'd be approaching due or if around 1000 we'd be coming up due.
Keep in mind, this happened in very remote Siberia. No one who saw it had ever seen an airplane or likely even a baloon. Although several observers did report a turn, the number of smaller particles was inconsistently reported (either two or three.)
Prison systems should offer some education. Many do right now. The ones in my state all have GED programs and thats a good start. I do think community college level stuff should certainly be offerred in prison, more so than now. The public already pays for that. I think motivation is very important for prisoners. If sentences routinely included educational components (no B&E can be released until they can read) or if education counted towards good behavior that would help. I don't think the fact that many prisoners simply have to be punished and warehoused can be ignored either though.
Okay folks, keep in mind we are celebrating the arrival in orbit of basically a relay transmitter. Putting up inteinfrastructure is nice (and yes, I know there are a few instruments on it) but this is mostly just for future probes, so they can have very low power transmitters and still get thru.
The date of the origin of modern humans (aka humans with language) also has implications for academic linguistics. The current dominant school, Chomskyan, depends upon a long history. Even the 92 Ka mentioned in the article being on the short side for the innateness hypothesis.
Great!!! A car with the full spectrum of Japanese emotions. I've been married to two different Japanese women and take my word on this, nobody deserves to have a car like this.
And now . . . someone has to come up with a way to generate hydrogen en masse and deliver it to your nearest filling station. Not to mention store it and dispense it there.
I can see I wasn't clear enough in my post. Perhaps the word "replicating" instead of "rebuilding" would have been appropriate. In order to build the SSC in Texas, you had to replicate Fermilab to acclerate the particles to entry velocity. If you build the SSC in Illinois, then you've got Fermilab (as in, a 25% head start) and you just build the bigger ring.
. . . that killed the SCC was that it required rebuilding Fermilab first. (It's a step up system, you need the smaller one to inject particles into the bigger.) This was 25% or more of the budget. When killed it was at 40% completed. Add the two, and you get 65%, enough that few politicians will kill the project.
Alas, DNA decays at a slow but perceptible rate. Although using several copies (as in a whole cell worth) allows small errors to be dealt with there are two problems with cloning T. rex. First, the DNA is millions of years old so the errors are huge. Second, whole cells are unlikely to be found. The Tasmanian wolf is a more likely candidate for back from extinction. Several pups are available in formaldhyde.
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"Supreme executive power arises from a mandate of the masses . . ." I agree that questioning the government is itself a "Western" notion. If by "Western" we mean 'a nation-state with frequent, meaningful plebiscites of an educated population.' I have lived in countries with other viewpoints and find them considerably less-productive economies and certainly less-conducive to free thought.
As a contract employee, I seldom find myself hanging out with the regular employees. I keep in touch with and socialize with fellow contract people fairly regularly. When in the same city we'll do something about every week. I choose my friends among contracters, I have to work with the employees.
Should the Saudi government be allowed to do this? Absolutely, there is no inalienable right to Internet access. On the other hand, I think it about as dumb an idea as there is to do it. Denying anyone free access to other peoples ideas is not beneficial to your citizens. At least if you are hoping they develop into thinking people. Of course, both the Saudi and Chinese governments seem not to have that in mind.
. . . is plain old cost. Because the two biggest factors raising the cost of putting things in space are 1) overcoming Earth's gravity and 2) overcoming the friction from Earth's atmosphere. If mining the moon, the costs 1) is a lot less and 2) non-existent. There is some set up cost and an overhead but one doesn't have to go for just the rarest of minerals to make a profit (or save money/resources). As in all real estate, the rules are a) location, b) location and c) location.
Beer is good for you. Besides being protective against cardiovascular disease, it aids your digestion and was the primary means of imparting medicinal herbs for most of human civilization. Of course, Asimo would probably know the difference between mass-produced garbage labeled beer and real beer. It would not however, bring you your smokes.
Actually, I think that was more due to the fact that you were thinking autumn with shorter days than spring. When I lived in NZ in 97/98 (south end of the Mainland) I found no difference.
I agree with your major point that a majority are students or recent graduates. Certainly there are a significant number of people with significant experience. Unfortunately there is no way to separate the two and a poll would be clouded. It'd be good to see one though.
IMHO, celebrating the ideas of a contender for "World's Smartest Human, Ever" is worth whatever this bridge cost. Besides, it looks like a really cool bridge.
Actually, you made the mistake, as did the moderator who raised your score. You see, astronomical events aren't randomly distributed, they are cyclical. Don't apply statistics when you understand the system.
Actually, I said a Oort cloud, not the Oort cloud. The Nemesis theory which I mentioned gave rise to similiar clouds being proposed for several locations about the solar system. Giving rise to several periodic bombardments of the inner solar system. The 1000 year one would have to be much closer than the Oort Cloud. Also much less dense and much smaller objects. That we can see any members comes from my favorite quote on the topic "We have a snowballs chance in . . . well, . . . you know."
Actually, I'm just on here for this abuse. The fact that I actually studied with someone who came up with the Nemesis theory and had to work out the kinetic energy equations to demonstrate why such events aren't random, but much closer to periodic has nothing to do with this. Not only do I have six people jumping on to correct me, but they're wrong and I have the opportunity to show them why.
Actually, I am perfectly aware of the gambler's fallacy, but am also aware of the dynamics better than that. Because a Tunguska snowball is almost certainly a discharge from a meta-stable Oort Cloud, the kinetic energy lost must be restored to allow another discharge. This means that if you have one discharge every 1000 years and you had one 100 years ago, the chances of a discharge are less than 1/1000. Astronomical events are not random as your refutation would require.
Actually, that such an event happened in the past century indicates that we have a bit more time than otherwise. If one Tunguska-size event happens every 1000 years or so, then we've got a few years before we can expect another one. As opposed to if it had happened in 1400 in which case we'd be approaching due or if around 1000 we'd be coming up due.
Keep in mind, this happened in very remote Siberia. No one who saw it had ever seen an airplane or likely even a baloon. Although several observers did report a turn, the number of smaller particles was inconsistently reported (either two or three.)
Prison systems should offer some education. Many do right now. The ones in my state all have GED programs and thats a good start. I do think community college level stuff should certainly be offerred in prison, more so than now. The public already pays for that. I think motivation is very important for prisoners. If sentences routinely included educational components (no B&E can be released until they can read) or if education counted towards good behavior that would help. I don't think the fact that many prisoners simply have to be punished and warehoused can be ignored either though.
Okay folks, keep in mind we are celebrating the arrival in orbit of basically a relay transmitter. Putting up inteinfrastructure is nice (and yes, I know there are a few instruments on it) but this is mostly just for future probes, so they can have very low power transmitters and still get thru.
In Japan, corporations like sony etc have plans that take in the next 20 years!
Yes, but the Sony Plan 2001, which was developed 20 years ago (1981) had us all using Beta and VHS totally phased out.
Good managers plan in advance and have a long term view. AT & T was built by good management. Unfortunately, they do not have good management now.
The date of the origin of modern humans (aka humans with language) also has implications for academic linguistics. The current dominant school, Chomskyan, depends upon a long history. Even the 92 Ka mentioned in the article being on the short side for the innateness hypothesis.
I think that would be more appropriate as a full "Mission abort!" or "Disconnect." command.
Great!!! A car with the full spectrum of Japanese emotions. I've been married to two different Japanese women and take my word on this, nobody deserves to have a car like this.
And now . . . someone has to come up with a way to generate hydrogen en masse and deliver it to your nearest filling station. Not to mention store it and dispense it there.
What is the political future of the internet sales tax exemption?
I can see I wasn't clear enough in my post. Perhaps the word "replicating" instead of "rebuilding" would have been appropriate. In order to build the SSC in Texas, you had to replicate Fermilab to acclerate the particles to entry velocity. If you build the SSC in Illinois, then you've got Fermilab (as in, a 25% head start) and you just build the bigger ring.
. . . that killed the SCC was that it required rebuilding Fermilab first. (It's a step up system, you need the smaller one to inject particles into the bigger.) This was 25% or more of the budget. When killed it was at 40% completed. Add the two, and you get 65%, enough that few politicians will kill the project.
Alas, DNA decays at a slow but perceptible rate. Although using several copies (as in a whole cell worth) allows small errors to be dealt with there are two problems with cloning T. rex. First, the DNA is millions of years old so the errors are huge. Second, whole cells are unlikely to be found. The Tasmanian wolf is a more likely candidate for back from extinction. Several pups are available in formaldhyde.