My favorite airport questions are "Did you pack your bags yourself?" and "Have your bags been out of your control?" But the all time favorite one I got from British Airways was "Have you accepted any gifts from strangers?"
Are there any kids who went to a public school in the 70's who remember the Redlight-Greenlight movies? I know I must have seen one every friday in the cafetorium from K through 4th grade. I won't even look at strangers after seeing those movies. Nevermind accepting presents from them.
Given my limited background in financial services I'm really surprised someone isn't selling policies with this kind of premium rider. I mean robots are showing up in the home. Wouldn't you want to limit your liability in case of tragic robot accident.
Saturday Night Live was hilarious especially getting Sam Waterston to narrate. But still with robot lawnmowers selling in the surbaban marketplace I know I'd feel more comfortable about buying one if I knew I was protected from liability if the thing strays into my neighbors yard and takes out a 2 year old playing in her sandbox.
It's only a matter of time before this kind of thing shows up in the newspapers. And if it doesn't happen to me I'll piss myself laughing at every headline.
If the momentum of the particle nature of light is true then it's mass must be infinate if velocity is zero. But that doesn't say anything about it's wave nature. Since the light is stopped we know it's momentum. So we can't know it's position. Since the light is contained in an area we know it's approximate position but not it's certain position. Therefore the light is not actually stopped as position has some wiggle room. Which ipmlies a change in position over time.
Not according to the formal rules of Lewis bonding structures. You are correct only when talking about excited energy levels but Lewis structures don't take that into account. That would be Molecular Orbital Theory.
I remember a commercial where Homer gets smart and lectures at some prestegious university on the quantum super donut. In the background there are Lewis formulas drawn on the chalk board. After careful scrutiny of a paused tape I can say that the structures would never exist in nature or otherwise. Carbon cannot have 5 bonds. Oxygen must have 2 bonds.
If I remember the story correctly... The Pope wanted Michelangelo to send his portfolio for consideration before giving him the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo drew a circle freehand on a slip of paper and sent it off with a courier. The pope was insulted and sent the courier back with an admonition to send a real portfolio. Michelangelo sent the circle back. The pope then traveled to confront Michelangelo. Michelangelo's response was something on the order of the circle is perfect. If he could do better freehand he should do the whole ceiling his own damn self.
What this has to do with software is sometimes the customer doesn't know what they want. Sometimes management has to trust the artist. And sometimes the amount of work is less important than the quality of work.
The original poster complains that chemists don't understand physics and then uses a math trick to illustrate his point. All the sciences stem from some mathematical model or another. I do agree with you that not all the mathematical models are needed for good chemistry.
It comes down to Physics gets diddly, Chemistry gets some but don't forget that hands down Biology is where the grant money is. As for money it seems the further away from math you get the more the grant money.
That's exactly my point. The current system does skew things. Who actually watches Americas Funniest Home Videos? I don't know a single person who watches it and I know like hundreds of people. Yet under the Neilson system it wins it's time slot.
Replay TV could be a better neilson box than the peice of trash they use now.
Who buys the PVR's? Geeks and early adopters ie the people with money or desire to get the coolest gadgets. But then the average household is left out of ratings system. So instead of Americas Funniest Home Videos taking the ratings Cowboy Bebop takes the ratings. (I know they don't run opposite each other it's just an example of the two different kinds of viewers.) Eithor way the outcome is skewed.
When the average viewer can afford a PVR or has no choice but get one cause the video cassette makers went the way of the Vinyl Recordplayer, then maybe Replay TV or Tivo could be a better Neilson Box.
Until then TV is pretty much going to suck 90% no matter what they put on it. The scam is that the ratings system today only pleases those who volunteer to be watched. And those sheep enjoy 'Touched by an Angel'
I wish we had symbiotic bacteria that would live in me and feed me with all sorts of cool drugs. Immagine if athletes foot fungus could produce psilocibin and put it directly into the blood stream. Or if the flu got you high. It would be like a man having big breasts. I'd never leave the house.
It would also make antidrug laws a moot point. No honest officer I swear I got high by accident. I picked up this jock itch that causes ergotamine poisoning. Look at all the colors.
If you can afford them I've always thought Breitling watches were the ultimate in geek appeal. I mean Astronauts wore them to the moon. It doesn't get any geekier.
Is there a hack to keep it from ratting out my preferences to replay Brittney Spears commercials. That would be a truly useful hack. Until then I think I'll stick with my 1/2 inch tape VCR. Upgrading the storage capacity is easy with it's modular cartridge accaptance port. And programming what I want to watch costs me nothing.
Yes exactly my point. Some of the marine radar setups are based on the same technology that caused all those state troopers to go sterile. Now on a sailboat 30 feet up the mast these pose no threat but on the roof a Nissan truck it's about 2 feet from the guys head. I'm not big on power boats but I think the rule of thumb is to put them on a tower at least 6 feet high.
I live in Salem, MA. The place is constantly bathed in Electromagnetic waves. And what most people don't realize is we have a substantial pleasure boating industry. So at any given moment we get radar from boaters that would just KILL the folks in Mendocino outright. We're also the home of several toxic waste dumps from the ammunition dump at the Winter Island Seaplane Base to several abandonned tanneries.
Doesn't cold ruin electronics? I love all these new gadgets but what happens if my car freezes in a snow drift before I can dig it out? Will I have to plug my car into a heater when I come home every night?
Good. That's how the net should have been in the first place. Kind of like Tesla's idea of delivering free electricity through the air to anyone who wanted it. When wireless bandwidth becomes broad enough for all who want it then voice over IP will replace the cellphone. Let the peons pay for AOL, us clever folk will build our own net and only other clever folk will be allowed on it.
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Are there any kids who went to a public school in the 70's who remember the Redlight-Greenlight movies? I know I must have seen one every friday in the cafetorium from K through 4th grade. I won't even look at strangers after seeing those movies. Nevermind accepting presents from them.
But seriously I'm with you in spirit.
Wasn't there a controversy over a test on Viking?
Saturday Night Live was hilarious especially getting Sam Waterston to narrate. But still with robot lawnmowers selling in the surbaban marketplace I know I'd feel more comfortable about buying one if I knew I was protected from liability if the thing strays into my neighbors yard and takes out a 2 year old playing in her sandbox.
It's only a matter of time before this kind of thing shows up in the newspapers. And if it doesn't happen to me I'll piss myself laughing at every headline.
I just don't believe they stopped the light.
Not according to the formal rules of Lewis bonding structures. You are correct only when talking about excited energy levels but Lewis structures don't take that into account. That would be Molecular Orbital Theory.
That is brilliant. Thank you for sharing it.
I remember a commercial where Homer gets smart and lectures at some prestegious university on the quantum super donut. In the background there are Lewis formulas drawn on the chalk board. After careful scrutiny of a paused tape I can say that the structures would never exist in nature or otherwise. Carbon cannot have 5 bonds. Oxygen must have 2 bonds.
Derivitive of R cubed. rdrr. I think it was in episode 2.
What this has to do with software is sometimes the customer doesn't know what they want. Sometimes management has to trust the artist. And sometimes the amount of work is less important than the quality of work.
If I buy an Mp3 do I have the right to sell it if I don't want it any more?
It comes down to Physics gets diddly, Chemistry gets some but don't forget that hands down Biology is where the grant money is. As for money it seems the further away from math you get the more the grant money.
That's exactly my point. The current system does skew things. Who actually watches Americas Funniest Home Videos? I don't know a single person who watches it and I know like hundreds of people. Yet under the Neilson system it wins it's time slot.
Who buys the PVR's? Geeks and early adopters ie the people with money or desire to get the coolest gadgets. But then the average household is left out of ratings system. So instead of Americas Funniest Home Videos taking the ratings Cowboy Bebop takes the ratings. (I know they don't run opposite each other it's just an example of the two different kinds of viewers.) Eithor way the outcome is skewed.
When the average viewer can afford a PVR or has no choice but get one cause the video cassette makers went the way of the Vinyl Recordplayer, then maybe Replay TV or Tivo could be a better Neilson Box.
Until then TV is pretty much going to suck 90% no matter what they put on it. The scam is that the ratings system today only pleases those who volunteer to be watched. And those sheep enjoy 'Touched by an Angel'
It would also make antidrug laws a moot point. No honest officer I swear I got high by accident. I picked up this jock itch that causes ergotamine poisoning. Look at all the colors.
If you can afford them I've always thought Breitling watches were the ultimate in geek appeal. I mean Astronauts wore them to the moon. It doesn't get any geekier.
Is there a hack to keep it from ratting out my preferences to replay Brittney Spears commercials. That would be a truly useful hack. Until then I think I'll stick with my 1/2 inch tape VCR. Upgrading the storage capacity is easy with it's modular cartridge accaptance port. And programming what I want to watch costs me nothing.
Didn't the US Navy just admit to killing some whales with ultra low frequency sonar?
Yes exactly my point. Some of the marine radar setups are based on the same technology that caused all those state troopers to go sterile. Now on a sailboat 30 feet up the mast these pose no threat but on the roof a Nissan truck it's about 2 feet from the guys head. I'm not big on power boats but I think the rule of thumb is to put them on a tower at least 6 feet high.
I live in Salem, MA. The place is constantly bathed in Electromagnetic waves. And what most people don't realize is we have a substantial pleasure boating industry. So at any given moment we get radar from boaters that would just KILL the folks in Mendocino outright. We're also the home of several toxic waste dumps from the ammunition dump at the Winter Island Seaplane Base to several abandonned tanneries.
Doesn't cold ruin electronics? I love all these new gadgets but what happens if my car freezes in a snow drift before I can dig it out? Will I have to plug my car into a heater when I come home every night?
Or perhaps I'm just thinking of a crappy movie.
I loved this when it was called MIDI.
Is this as easy to crack as changing the date on your computer to a month where you're all paid up?
Good. That's how the net should have been in the first place. Kind of like Tesla's idea of delivering free electricity through the air to anyone who wanted it. When wireless bandwidth becomes broad enough for all who want it then voice over IP will replace the cellphone. Let the peons pay for AOL, us clever folk will build our own net and only other clever folk will be allowed on it.