a) You repeated part of what I said, which is just really bad form, and
b) I expressed myself quite succinctly. Your infantile desire to see your own name on the screen is what fueld that pithy and pointless comment. Next time, go make your own thread.
We live in a world where something can be true, but it can't be a fact if it's not popular. Years ago a doctor did a book called "The Bell Curve" in which his research noted that intelligence tended to fall on a bell curve, with asians being in the largest group, followed by whites, hispanics, and then blacks. He did not say blacks were stupid, mind you, or that asians were smart, he merely gave the scientific fact that a large number of asians scored well and a large number of blacks scored poorly.
The man got raped. His name was drug through the media muck, and his book was blacklisted at universities nationwide. But everything his said was scientifically accurate, and most importantly, did not make value judgements of the individuals based on their race, but on their individual performance.
This poor Sumners bastard is going to have NOW all over his ass simply for stating what is well know, and is evident to any moron. Women don't do as well in mathematics as men. Women are wired to assess different qualities in evaluating a situation than men. This natural wiring state has to be unlearned, and unfortunately girls are not encouraged to unlearn non-math evaluative skills, and then learn math ones. Does anyone remember the "Math is hard" talking Barbie doll?
The result is that if you look in on any higher level mathematics course (Trig, Calc I, II, II) you'll find about a 60/40 split of men and women. Check back on the same class at the end of the term, and it'll be more like 70/30. And look in on any Linear Algebra, Differential Equation, Topology, and so on, and you'll see it closer to 90/10.
The impact of this is that women are in the extreme minority of fields like chemistry, engineering, and mathematics.
Note: It is not that women CANNOT do these things, its that they are discouraged from doing it.
I'm going to say Enterprise sucked. That's just moronic. Enterprise had some solid actors, outstanding sets and special effects, and good character development. It also departed from previous ST franchises by being grittier, more visceral, and closer to the values and ethics of the 21st century, which is refreshing.
Unfortunately, Enterprise failed to inspire. Except for season 3, the crew of Enterprise did what ST crews have always done - wandered aimlessly about the alpha quadrant bumping hap-hazardly into one situation after the next. What was missing was quality writing, and a long term story arc. IMHO, season three had an arc, which bottomed out real fast, but the other three seasons - with the exception of a few episodes - has been highly forgetful.
Lets assume social security was solvent - that modern payees were putting more money into it than beneficiaries were taking out. Now answer this: Is it just?
Social Security, were it attempted by any entity other than the Federal Government, would be considered an illegal pyramid scheme, in which expected growth depended not upon the merchantability of a tangible item, but on the number of people who can be convinced to pay into the system. Nobody with any reasonable intelligence would consder involving themselves in a multilevel marketing business because of their justly deserved shady reputation, and because the numbers prove that all they do is redistribute wealth from a large number of people to a small number of people.
Social Security is a shell game folks. It's a redistribution scheme which takes away from workers and gives to the idle classes with no regard as to who deserves what. The worst part is that it preys on the poor - it assures them that they will be cared for in their old age, when in fact they'll merely be subsidized. The middle class and wealthy? They put their money into 401(k) and IRA programs, and with good choices and discipline they can retire young and life well for years. Most of all, they do it without having to take money out of their childrens paychecks.
There is gobs of room in the portable MP3 player market that iPod isn't exploiting. Targeting iPod's market share simply means you'll be going after a limited market and needlessly competing for it. Meanwhile, there are people who still yearn for an easy to use music player with quality sound, long battery life, and that can play multiple formats. I've seen very few portable players that can do this at a reasonable price.
Perhaps 'flop' is too strong of a word, by Airbus is being too ambitious by half by going after the passenger carrying market. This plane is only suitable for long-haul flights, like New York to Tokyo or Paris to Rio de Janiero Which means the total global market for this aircraft as a passenger ferry is on the order of a few hundred - nowhere close to the break even point.
Also, most airlines have considerable risk sensitivity. The idea of one plane carrying as many as 800 passengers could crash and generate 800 multi-million dollar lawsuits will probably wave off quite a few passengers. Lastly, this plane is limited to a scant few airports worldwide that will be able to service it. Airbus was very saavy in making the A380 so that it could pull up to modern day terminals. However, they can't assure that it will fit between modern day terminals, particularly at already crowded ports like Phoenix or Atlanta.
Luckily for airbus investors, they won't lose their shirts. The A380 will have an illustrious career as a cargo hauler what with all that internal volume. It's also the logical choice in modified form to carry large rocket parts and transport other aircraft.
The A380 is taking the tack the 747 took, in that much of the room is generously allocated. Large amounts of seating room per seat, even in coach, and things like minibars and waterfountains occupy space that airlines will likely turn over to single-seat 24ft^3 passenger spaces. If reconfigured, you can stuff 800 souls onto one of these planes.
So yeah. There's a good explanation. And it does ignore modern physics. Because, you know, it's got nothing to do with physics. It's got to do with storytelling, something that's far more relevant to science fiction than the number of light-seconds in a hyper-light jump.
I'll ignore the condescension and simply make this point: Are you at all entertained when you watch a science fiction movie from the 50's? When a writer tries to sell you on the notion of a jetplane flying in space, and aliens who walk around with exposed brains sticking out of the top of their head, don't you think it loses something?
The first part of science fiction is 'science'. Good science fiction uses technology as a backdrop to the larger story, but it does not ignore it. It doesn't matter how well developed characters are, or how evolved the story line gets, at some point when technology is involved, it becomes the weak point to the story if the writers do not pay close attention to science fact. And that is why these questions come up among the fans, because shows like BG attract a more scientifically oriented audience, and because that audience is more attuned to the minutae Willfully avoiding such details as "why 33 minutes" may be convenient in a drama, but Battlestar Galactica is a science fiction program, and the writers do need to pay attention to details like that. That is good storytelling you arrogant ass.
The terrorists didn't suddenly start coming over the border after 9/11 you dolt. Homeland security was an issue with the US border guards in that area long before it was a buzzword. Their plane was retrieved 20 miles from the ferry where the Millenium Bomber was intercepted by US customs with a trunk full of explosives headed towards Seattle.
On their first flight, their craft landed about six km inside US territory, which mean they had to deal with US Customs. Being Canadian, and therefore unaccustomed to homeland security paranoia, they were honest with the border guards, which resulted in an extensive questioning and search before being allowed into the US. They found their ship, and headed back, at which point they had to deal with draconian entrance procedure at the Canadian Border:
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The border crossing back into Canada consisted of a big red sign at the end of a deserted marina slip, with a 1-800 number. We called the number from a cell and they "let us back in" over the phone. Oh, Canada."
...perhaps 33 minutes is the charge time for the Cylons FTL drives. Some of the colonial ships are having trouble keeping up for that same reason, and the two do not appear to have vastly dissimilar technology. I'm guessing that the Cylons are tracking the fleet through the spyware programmed into Balthazar's navigation program, specifically through the Olympic Carrier.
...so...it's about time. I've posted some pretty vile and defamatory accusations against michael in the past, and the worst has been an instantaenous mod-bomb. I guarantee the arrogant bastard googles himself five times a day.
michael is the most vile partisan nutjob on this entire site. He's worse than just about any of the trolls. You shouldn't be suprised at all, not at his editorial license, not at his inserting his two cents in to the point that it exceeds the length of your own submission, and lastly, that he should engage in this kind of editorial dishonestly while blasting right wing media for the exact same thing. But of course, he pardons KOS because it came clean.
This pretty much prove how completely unhinged the left has become.
It's far easier to bioengineer crops than it is to say, write software. More geeks would do it if it didn't require patience. The only hurdle would be getting FDA approval, and open source efforts probably wouldn't get the red carpet treatment the way Monsanto or Archer Daniels Midland would, but it could have a huge impact. I suggest you target soy, an already hearty crop with myriad uses in both food and fuel (as biodiesel).
It's already pointed out that yes, in fact, during an attack every crewman has a station. It's not just people shooting guns, but fire and damage control medical, and people moving ammo around the ship.
It's also necessary to note that the Galactica was running a minimal crew in anticipation of being retired when the Cylons attacked. That's why they were flying Mark I Vipers, which were museum display pieces.
Sunbathers account for between 1% and 12% of total sunbathing cases. In Mexico, only the super rich and tourists sunbathe, but skin cancer is approaching US rates.
I'm thinking about this, and 33 minutes is 1,980 seconds. (No, the original BG premiered in 1978, so no coincidences). Now, if you take the speed of light - 299,792,458 m / s, and multiply that by 1,980, and you get 593 million kilometers (368 million miles). That is the distance transited by any transmission signalling the Galactica's position in 33 minutes (assuming the Cylons don't lag on their decision to pursue).
Is that all they've got? That is just over twice the distance of the Earth to the Sun at aphelion. I'd think that FTL would get me further that 2 AU in a jump.
Obviously there's a good explanation (which conveniently ignores modern physics).
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Indeed, incidences of skin cancer and accelerated aging due to sun exposure have increase manifold over the years.
From the blog you linked to; " The discussion here is restricted to scientific topics and will not get involved in any political or economic implications of the science."
Then the very first blog post on the site starts with "...Every now and again, the myth that "we shouldn't believe global warming predictions now, because in the 1970's they were predicting an ice age and/or cooling" surfaces."
So I'm supposed to trust the credibility when the very first post immediately violates the sites stated policy by presupposing a conclusion. Sorry pal, but scientists are like everybody else - looking to pad their own wallets by capitalizing on the publics inability to grok a subject.
The only scientists I've found with absolute credibility on the subject (i.e., not having their research funded) say "global warming" is bunk, as is global cooling.
The only way to secure windows is to install firewall software, antivirus software, and do regular scans of your system with spyware removal tools. This is all very time consuming and expensive. With a new $500 Mac available users can get a user friendly operating system on a powerful machine that comes preloaded with oodles of apps. Or, for the absolute no-money solution, switch to one of the very friendly linux distros like Ubuntu or Linspire.
Mental Note: Buy stock in apple. They way undervalued, and about to start gobbling up market share like a champ.
You've got to be kidding me. THIS HAS BEEN KNOWN AND WELL DOCUMENTED FOR YEARS! It's been common advice from Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig for years to sleep until you're rested. My aunt was even prescribed a mattress, and she lost weight like a champ. Sleep minimizes the effects of stress. Lack of sleep actually increases levels of stress hormones. Stress both slows the metabolism and alters eating/excercise habits.
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a) You repeated part of what I said, which is just really bad form, and
b) I expressed myself quite succinctly. Your infantile desire to see your own name on the screen is what fueld that pithy and pointless comment. Next time, go make your own thread.
We live in a world where something can be true, but it can't be a fact if it's not popular. Years ago a doctor did a book called "The Bell Curve" in which his research noted that intelligence tended to fall on a bell curve, with asians being in the largest group, followed by whites, hispanics, and then blacks. He did not say blacks were stupid, mind you, or that asians were smart, he merely gave the scientific fact that a large number of asians scored well and a large number of blacks scored poorly.
The man got raped. His name was drug through the media muck, and his book was blacklisted at universities nationwide. But everything his said was scientifically accurate, and most importantly, did not make value judgements of the individuals based on their race, but on their individual performance.
This poor Sumners bastard is going to have NOW all over his ass simply for stating what is well know, and is evident to any moron. Women don't do as well in mathematics as men. Women are wired to assess different qualities in evaluating a situation than men. This natural wiring state has to be unlearned, and unfortunately girls are not encouraged to unlearn non-math evaluative skills, and then learn math ones. Does anyone remember the "Math is hard" talking Barbie doll?
The result is that if you look in on any higher level mathematics course (Trig, Calc I, II, II) you'll find about a 60/40 split of men and women. Check back on the same class at the end of the term, and it'll be more like 70/30. And look in on any Linear Algebra, Differential Equation, Topology, and so on, and you'll see it closer to 90/10.
The impact of this is that women are in the extreme minority of fields like chemistry, engineering, and mathematics.
Note: It is not that women CANNOT do these things, its that they are discouraged from doing it.
I'm going to say Enterprise sucked. That's just moronic. Enterprise had some solid actors, outstanding sets and special effects, and good character development. It also departed from previous ST franchises by being grittier, more visceral, and closer to the values and ethics of the 21st century, which is refreshing.
Unfortunately, Enterprise failed to inspire. Except for season 3, the crew of Enterprise did what ST crews have always done - wandered aimlessly about the alpha quadrant bumping hap-hazardly into one situation after the next. What was missing was quality writing, and a long term story arc. IMHO, season three had an arc, which bottomed out real fast, but the other three seasons - with the exception of a few episodes - has been highly forgetful.
Lets assume social security was solvent - that modern payees were putting more money into it than beneficiaries were taking out. Now answer this: Is it just?
Social Security, were it attempted by any entity other than the Federal Government, would be considered an illegal pyramid scheme, in which expected growth depended not upon the merchantability of a tangible item, but on the number of people who can be convinced to pay into the system. Nobody with any reasonable intelligence would consder involving themselves in a multilevel marketing business because of their justly deserved shady reputation, and because the numbers prove that all they do is redistribute wealth from a large number of people to a small number of people.
Social Security is a shell game folks. It's a redistribution scheme which takes away from workers and gives to the idle classes with no regard as to who deserves what. The worst part is that it preys on the poor - it assures them that they will be cared for in their old age, when in fact they'll merely be subsidized. The middle class and wealthy? They put their money into 401(k) and IRA programs, and with good choices and discipline they can retire young and life well for years. Most of all, they do it without having to take money out of their childrens paychecks.
...didn't....read....what....I....wrote...
I could talk really slowly, or I could just ignore you. I think the latter will get me to my bedtime faster.
You are barely even 23 hours behind the last moron who said the same thing, which leads me to question: do you need a hobby?
There is gobs of room in the portable MP3 player market that iPod isn't exploiting. Targeting iPod's market share simply means you'll be going after a limited market and needlessly competing for it. Meanwhile, there are people who still yearn for an easy to use music player with quality sound, long battery life, and that can play multiple formats. I've seen very few portable players that can do this at a reasonable price.
Perhaps 'flop' is too strong of a word, by Airbus is being too ambitious by half by going after the passenger carrying market. This plane is only suitable for long-haul flights, like New York to Tokyo or Paris to Rio de Janiero Which means the total global market for this aircraft as a passenger ferry is on the order of a few hundred - nowhere close to the break even point.
Also, most airlines have considerable risk sensitivity. The idea of one plane carrying as many as 800 passengers could crash and generate 800 multi-million dollar lawsuits will probably wave off quite a few passengers. Lastly, this plane is limited to a scant few airports worldwide that will be able to service it. Airbus was very saavy in making the A380 so that it could pull up to modern day terminals. However, they can't assure that it will fit between modern day terminals, particularly at already crowded ports like Phoenix or Atlanta.
Luckily for airbus investors, they won't lose their shirts. The A380 will have an illustrious career as a cargo hauler what with all that internal volume. It's also the logical choice in modified form to carry large rocket parts and transport other aircraft.
The A380 is taking the tack the 747 took, in that much of the room is generously allocated. Large amounts of seating room per seat, even in coach, and things like minibars and waterfountains occupy space that airlines will likely turn over to single-seat 24ft^3 passenger spaces. If reconfigured, you can stuff 800 souls onto one of these planes.
Technology, aerospace, things that fly...looks like /. material to me.
I'll ignore the condescension and simply make this point: Are you at all entertained when you watch a science fiction movie from the 50's? When a writer tries to sell you on the notion of a jetplane flying in space, and aliens who walk around with exposed brains sticking out of the top of their head, don't you think it loses something?
The first part of science fiction is 'science'. Good science fiction uses technology as a backdrop to the larger story, but it does not ignore it. It doesn't matter how well developed characters are, or how evolved the story line gets, at some point when technology is involved, it becomes the weak point to the story if the writers do not pay close attention to science fact. And that is why these questions come up among the fans, because shows like BG attract a more scientifically oriented audience, and because that audience is more attuned to the minutae Willfully avoiding such details as "why 33 minutes" may be convenient in a drama, but Battlestar Galactica is a science fiction program, and the writers do need to pay attention to details like that. That is good storytelling you arrogant ass.
The terrorists didn't suddenly start coming over the border after 9/11 you dolt. Homeland security was an issue with the US border guards in that area long before it was a buzzword. Their plane was retrieved 20 miles from the ferry where the Millenium Bomber was intercepted by US customs with a trunk full of explosives headed towards Seattle.
...perhaps 33 minutes is the charge time for the Cylons FTL drives. Some of the colonial ships are having trouble keeping up for that same reason, and the two do not appear to have vastly dissimilar technology. I'm guessing that the Cylons are tracking the fleet through the spyware programmed into Balthazar's navigation program, specifically through the Olympic Carrier.
...so...it's about time. I've posted some pretty vile and defamatory accusations against michael in the past, and the worst has been an instantaenous mod-bomb. I guarantee the arrogant bastard googles himself five times a day.
michael is the most vile partisan nutjob on this entire site. He's worse than just about any of the trolls. You shouldn't be suprised at all, not at his editorial license, not at his inserting his two cents in to the point that it exceeds the length of your own submission, and lastly, that he should engage in this kind of editorial dishonestly while blasting right wing media for the exact same thing. But of course, he pardons KOS because it came clean.
This pretty much prove how completely unhinged the left has become.
It's far easier to bioengineer crops than it is to say, write software. More geeks would do it if it didn't require patience. The only hurdle would be getting FDA approval, and open source efforts probably wouldn't get the red carpet treatment the way Monsanto or Archer Daniels Midland would, but it could have a huge impact. I suggest you target soy, an already hearty crop with myriad uses in both food and fuel (as biodiesel).
But the original series sucked balls. It lacked the bravado of the original Star Trek, the technical accuracy of Space 1999.
I mean, c'mon...Starbuck was FACE from the A-Team.
It's already pointed out that yes, in fact, during an attack every crewman has a station. It's not just people shooting guns, but fire and damage control medical, and people moving ammo around the ship.
It's also necessary to note that the Galactica was running a minimal crew in anticipation of being retired when the Cylons attacked. That's why they were flying Mark I Vipers, which were museum display pieces.
Sunbathers account for between 1% and 12% of total sunbathing cases. In Mexico, only the super rich and tourists sunbathe, but skin cancer is approaching US rates.
I'm thinking about this, and 33 minutes is 1,980 seconds. (No, the original BG premiered in 1978, so no coincidences). Now, if you take the speed of light - 299,792,458 m / s, and multiply that by 1,980, and you get 593 million kilometers (368 million miles). That is the distance transited by any transmission signalling the Galactica's position in 33 minutes (assuming the Cylons don't lag on their decision to pursue).
Is that all they've got? That is just over twice the distance of the Earth to the Sun at aphelion. I'd think that FTL would get me further that 2 AU in a jump.
Obviously there's a good explanation (which conveniently ignores modern physics).
Indeed, incidences of skin cancer and accelerated aging due to sun exposure have increase manifold over the years.
From the blog you linked to; " The discussion here is restricted to scientific topics and will not get involved in any political or economic implications of the science."
Then the very first blog post on the site starts with "...Every now and again, the myth that "we shouldn't believe global warming predictions now, because in the 1970's they were predicting an ice age and/or cooling" surfaces."
So I'm supposed to trust the credibility when the very first post immediately violates the sites stated policy by presupposing a conclusion. Sorry pal, but scientists are like everybody else - looking to pad their own wallets by capitalizing on the publics inability to grok a subject.
The only scientists I've found with absolute credibility on the subject (i.e., not having their research funded) say "global warming" is bunk, as is global cooling.
The only way to secure windows is to install firewall software, antivirus software, and do regular scans of your system with spyware removal tools. This is all very time consuming and expensive. With a new $500 Mac available users can get a user friendly operating system on a powerful machine that comes preloaded with oodles of apps. Or, for the absolute no-money solution, switch to one of the very friendly linux distros like Ubuntu or Linspire.
Mental Note: Buy stock in apple. They way undervalued, and about to start gobbling up market share like a champ.
You've got to be kidding me. THIS HAS BEEN KNOWN AND WELL DOCUMENTED FOR YEARS! It's been common advice from Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig for years to sleep until you're rested. My aunt was even prescribed a mattress, and she lost weight like a champ. Sleep minimizes the effects of stress. Lack of sleep actually increases levels of stress hormones. Stress both slows the metabolism and alters eating/excercise habits.