You're right, it's not a "(rare earth) element". Unfortunately, journalists and other Muggles tend to use the term as "rare (earth element)", applying it to any element that's not abundant.
The original text said
But the isotope, helium-3, like many rare Earth elements, has been in high demand with only limited supply.
badly worded, yes, but plausably trying to draw a link to the recently reported shortage of rare earth elements
actually the article says of the metorites that "they lay in the icy desert for thousands of years" - so it sounds like everyone was being slack about not nipping down there and picking them up:P
for all of those complaining about the publication of this, you're about 30 years behind the times.
In a high-profile First Ammendment case Howard Morland and the Progressive tried to publish Fusion-bomb (aka "Hydrogen bomb") design details in 1979. The government eventually dropped its case
the mechanical turk item pointed to has a pointer to the KML file http://s3.amazonaws.com/fossett/geo-eye.kml which has updated data (B&W vs the usual google earth colour) and presumably the origin is the same as the other shots ie - they have new data
yup, about a decade ago I worked somewhere where this was an issue - they had a RAID configuration of somekind (I'm a nerd, but not a hardware one) and they had bearing failures in sufficiently close succession that the third failure occurred before all of the swapping from the second failure hadn't been completed.
supposedly it was traced to a common fault in the bearings
as other posters have pointed out becoming an actuary is one career choice - its quite a big committment in terms of working your way through the exams (lots of people are quite pleased to see the end of them when they finish university) My experience is that the math in the exams will probably start at about what you could comfortably do at 18 (but may have forgotten since;) and in some specific cases extend from there a little bit. But its by no means hard abstract math - more applied specific math. The key requirement for the job (aside from passsing the exams) is IMHO enjoying working with numbers all day
if the exams put you off, consider "quant" work in the finance field http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0471 394203?v=glance I think traditionally they've picked up people with PhD's in Math and Physics who didn't want to continue in those fields (or wanted to multiply their earnings subsatntially). Hedge funds, investment banks, etc are the potential employers.
maybe what is needed is the musical equivalent of the GPL - artists can release collections of notes, chords, sounds, whole songs, etc under this and make them available for sampling.
this would be especially useful for someone eanting to program their keyboard with a range of sounds from >
yeah, downunder we're more more used to the French blowing things up than the Arabs. Besides who needs strike aircraft once we start churning out $5,000 cruise missiles by the truck-load. All we need to do now is figure out how to make the body out of corrogated iron
okay, so maybe it was just me, but the side-on view of the case cut-out just *screamed* pendulum to me - you know like the glass panel in the front of a grandfather clock.
Of course carrying it to LAN parties is another matter
Slashdot Mirror
I for one vote for "peer review by Slashdot" on this one
How long until the drones spot that they're not wearing life jackets and start demanding them
Yes, what is an outfall?
traditionally what sewerage comes out of - may be appropriate for use in describing journalism standards
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Outfall
Helium is not a rare earth element
You're right, it's not a "(rare earth) element". Unfortunately, journalists and other Muggles tend to use the term as "rare (earth element)", applying it to any element that's not abundant.
The original text said
But the isotope, helium-3, like many rare Earth elements, has been in high demand with only limited supply.
badly worded, yes, but plausably trying to draw a link to the recently reported shortage of rare earth elements
Given humans are a subset of animals, what you're basically saying some humans are more equal than others.
Yep - "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
houses with fireplaces have a much lower incidence of kids starting fires.
That'd be "starting fires outside the fireplaces" peter xyz
actually the article says of the metorites that "they lay in the icy desert for thousands of years" - so it sounds like everyone was being slack about not nipping down there and picking them up :P
yeah, that's why I always sort by "price + P&P" on eBay
weeds out those sleezeballs who lowball the price, but inflate the shipping
If you're doing geeks on tour, consider going to Bletchley Park
http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/
It would be a daytrip on the train from London (it is easy walking distance (5mins?) from Bletchley Park train station
peter xyz
In a high-profile First Ammendment case Howard Morland and the Progressive tried to publish Fusion-bomb (aka "Hydrogen bomb") design details in 1979. The government eventually dropped its case
Here's the book; http://www.amazon.com/Secret-That-Exploded-Howard-Morland/dp/0394512979
and a background artcile by Howard on his deductions and something of the legal case http://www.fas.org/sgp/eprint/cardozo.html
oh yeah - even Greenpeace seem to have pretty pictures - wouldn't trust those guys to assemble one though http://archive.greenpeace.org/comms/nukes/fig05.gif
peter xyz
Its called Diplomacy.
Just don't could on having any friends at the end
the mechanical turk item pointed to has a pointer to the KML file
http://s3.amazonaws.com/fossett/geo-eye.kml
which has updated data (B&W vs the usual google earth colour) and presumably the origin is the same as the other shots
ie - they have new data
yup, about a decade ago I worked somewhere where this was an issue - they had a RAID configuration of somekind (I'm a nerd, but not a hardware one) and they had bearing failures in sufficiently close succession that the third failure occurred before all of the swapping from the second failure hadn't been completed.
supposedly it was traced to a common fault in the bearings
as other posters have pointed out becoming an actuary is one career choice - its quite a big committment in terms of working your way through the exams (lots of people are quite pleased to see the end of them when they finish university) ;) and in some specific cases extend from there a little bit. But its by no means hard abstract math - more applied specific math.
1 394203?v=glance
My experience is that the math in the exams will probably start at about what you could comfortably do at 18 (but may have forgotten since
The key requirement for the job (aside from passsing the exams) is IMHO enjoying working with numbers all day
if the exams put you off, consider "quant" work in the finance field
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/047
I think traditionally they've picked up people with PhD's in Math and Physics who didn't want to continue in those fields (or wanted to multiply their earnings subsatntially). Hedge funds, investment banks, etc are the potential employers.
am I the only one who on first reading thought that it read ...
"I'd like to see a FPS incorporate light discipline and sound bondage"
maybe what is needed is the musical equivalent of the GPL - artists can release collections of notes, chords, sounds, whole songs, etc under this and make them available for sampling.
this would be especially useful for someone eanting to program their keyboard with a range of sounds from >
"What, do they think we're nutty enough to have a desktop system that needs to dissipate 200+ watts of heat?"
It sounds like a great idea - combined CPU and espresso machine.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/
its all about the calories man
yeah, downunder we're more more used to the French blowing things up than the Arabs. Besides who needs strike aircraft once we start churning out $5,000 cruise missiles by the truck-load. All we need to do now is figure out how to make the body out of corrogated iron
okay, so maybe it was just me, but the side-on view of the case cut-out just *screamed* pendulum to me - you know like the glass panel in the front of a grandfather clock.
Of course carrying it to LAN parties is another matter