Ask it "In the case where a woodchuck possessed the ability to throw wood, how much wood, hypothetically, could be thrown?"
The answer would depend on how much the woodchuck enjoyed chucking wood. If the woodchuck enjoys chucking wood, then the woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. If the woodchuck does not enjoy chucking wood, then the woodchuck would not chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood. So the amount of wood is somewhere inbetween zero and the maximum amount of wood a woodchuck could chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
I cant tell from TFA, but when you shoot a person to death, does the tracking system support Double Tap mode so you can put two bullets into a persons brain?
Or does the system detect that the majority of the skull and brains are splattered against the wall/floor so you can save ammunition for the next person you want to shoot to death?
Please, for all that is good in this world, for the sake of us all, please, can we finally end the recurring nightmare of the Shark Laser Head Meme.
Do the right thing, and let it die.
Think of the children, think of the humanity, think of all that is right and good and sacred in this world. Do the right thing for the sake of humanity itself, do the right thing because you care and want to do something significant that will add just a little bit more Good in this world.
This world is a terribly shitty place, but each and every one of us can really do something that will make it just a little bit more bearable.
"Solar System" in this case would be a specific noun, and as such warrants the capitalization. Sol, our Star, is also a specific noun, hence its warrant of capitalization, just as we would capitalize a person's name. If one is referring to "a solar system" in a generic sense rather than an unknown but implied specific Star and it's surrounding Planets, then lower case is appropriate.
Can you please explain to me why this actually matters?
Since somebody spent the time to write out a detailed explanation about capitalisation of the phrase "solar system", this must be of some importance.
Why is it illegal for a car company to sell....cars...to people? Isnt that kinda like it being illegal for HP to sell printers to people? Or it being illegal for an orchard to sell apples to people?
If its illegal, there must be some moral wrong going on, but after much thinking, I simply cannot think of any possible thing that is wrong with a car company selling cars to people. Why is this so?
Is it to do with religion? Like, is it against somebodys religion that a car company sells cars to people? Is it a union or labor thing? Or is it due to the lobbying(bribery) that happens in the US Govt?
Well, of course he did. He used them to part the red sea! Just, zzzap!, and now there's a huge hole big enough for everyone to run to the other side through!
Thats the great thing about Magic. The skys the limit. Laser beams from the eyes? Sure, why not. Parting the seas? yeah go for it.
Pity the magic tricks ended a few thousand years ago. If whatever God that turns out to exist could just go and prove its existance beyond all doubt today, we can finally end this constant argument as to whos God is the real one, and all the violence that ensues.
Mars has an atmosphere. Barely - atmospheric pressure is 0.006 earth-atmospheres. Maybe 0.01 if the weather is right and at a low enough point. You'd get bugger-all lift from a 'copter, quad or otherwise. Even in the nice one-third G, that thing isn't flying. It's hard enough getting something down by parachute - those rovers have to be built to take a nasty impact, because even with a huge parachute and low gravity they still hit the ground hard.
The R&D is towards the guidance and landing system, the copter part is just a platform.
When Curiosity landed, Skycrake used rocket engines, theres no reason why rockets couldnt be used instead of rotors.
omg...come on guys, seriously now. This lack of a functioning sarcasm detector is disturbing to find on a geek news website.
Has it not occured to you, after reading that poast, that it was obvious sarcasm? ( do you not also see it in this poast? do I need to spell it out?)
Or do you really, truly, think that somebody intelligent enough to write a coherent sentence on a computer is so *stupid* to take the name South China Sea so literally?
Come on Slashdot, dont get lazy, we need to up our game here...this is getting embarrassing.
Why would a plant evolve a method that cleans the under-side of its leaves?
Come on, man, THINK for a second. What *else* might stick to leaves that the plant might not want? What about fungal spores? You know, organisms that might *eat* you if you were a tree? If you thought about it for a second, deciduousness in itself is a scheme to battle fungi too.
This really is "missing the forest for the trees" or in this case, leaves.
-- BMO
Your poast is relying wholly on the assumption that water repelling abilities work the same way on microscopic spores as on macroscopic water droplets. You may need to revisit this assumption.
There are only two things in life that you should ever be completely certain about: 1 - You are NOT allowed to talk about it. 2 - You are not permitted in any way to ever talk or communicate in any other method, about it.
You do not need to know what new features the iPhone 6 has, you simply need to know that you need to buy it. If you dont buy it, you should feel very, very bad about yourself. You will then be required to spend a considerable amount of time internally reflecting upon your deficiencies and coming up with new methods and pedagogies to address the unfortunate situation you find yourself in.
Satellites assisting in machine to machine communications, could this be the start of Skynet?
No.
- My toast fell on the ground butter side up this morning, could this be the start of a new iceberg breaking off the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica?
- Yesterday afternoon, my sister drank half a bottle of lemon water, could this be the start of the Facebook bubble burst?
- 3 hours ago, I went to the toilet, could this be the start of a new print job on the third xerox printer in the Parliament building in Canberra, Australia?
One problem of fuel cells is the fuel. How do you make it, how do you store it?
We will either get the hydrogen from hydrocarbons ( 95% of todays hydrogen comes from fossil fuels), or we can split water with electrolysis which uses a large amount of energy.
If splitting water, the hydrogen just becomes a method of transporting the energy used to make it. How do you scale this and still be sustainable? If you are steam reforming oil into hydrogen, you are still dependent on oil, and what do you do with all the CO2 that the process creates?
Another problem of fuel cells is the expensive catalyst required for a fuel cell, usually Platinum. How can you scale this up and still be affordable?
Slashdot Mirror
"How can I get in her pants?" - That should be interesting.
Considering the size of your mom, I think the answer would be "overflow error".
So...P vs. NP....which would win in a fight?
Ask it "In the case where a woodchuck possessed the ability to throw wood, how much wood, hypothetically, could be thrown?"
The answer would depend on how much the woodchuck enjoyed chucking wood. If the woodchuck enjoys chucking wood, then the woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. If the woodchuck does not enjoy chucking wood, then the woodchuck would not chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood. So the amount of wood is somewhere inbetween zero and the maximum amount of wood a woodchuck could chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
I cant tell from TFA, but when you shoot a person to death, does the tracking system support Double Tap mode so you can put two bullets into a persons brain?
Or does the system detect that the majority of the skull and brains are splattered against the wall/floor so you can save ammunition for the next person you want to shoot to death?
God Bless Murica.
ooo a laser article...hehe put it on a Sharks head...hurr hurr, herp herp...hey look, my shark laser joke (hurr hurr hurrr) now is +5 Funny...
Fucking sick of that pathetic joke
Please, for all that is good in this world, for the sake of us all, please, can we finally end the recurring nightmare of the Shark Laser Head Meme.
Do the right thing, and let it die.
Think of the children, think of the humanity, think of all that is right and good and sacred in this world. Do the right thing for the sake of humanity itself, do the right thing because you care and want to do something significant that will add just a little bit more Good in this world.
This world is a terribly shitty place, but each and every one of us can really do something that will make it just a little bit more bearable.
Let the Shark Laser Head Meme DIE!
PLEASE!
Why do they hate America so much?
According to the US government, apparently the terrorists hate America so much because of all the Freedoms that American citizens have.
Ill admit, it took some work, but I actually said that out loud without falling off the chair in laughter at the delicious irony.
On top of a shark's head.
Why is this moderated funny?
Is this sad, tired old meme actually still genuinely funny in this day and age?
really?
Uh, it's spelled "solder" in the US, too.
Yes, but how do US people pronounce it?
Sodder
Why? who knows...maybe just to be different? Your guess is as good as mine.
I tried this with two North American friends a few years ago....
Me: "Pronounce this word"
*writes on paper....'old'*
Them: "old"
Me: "and this word"
*writes down 'sold'*
Them: "sold"
Me: "pronounce this word"
*writes down 'older'*
Them: "older"
Me: "And now say this word"
*writes down 'solder'*
Them: "sodder"
I facepalmed.
From TFA:
"...soldering the loose ends of the genome back together..."
I sure hope they used RoHS solder (aka sodder for the US people). Lead is toxic to cells.
"Solar System" in this case would be a specific noun, and as such warrants the capitalization. Sol, our Star, is also a specific noun, hence its warrant of capitalization, just as we would capitalize a person's name. If one is referring to "a solar system" in a generic sense rather than an unknown but implied specific Star and it's surrounding Planets, then lower case is appropriate.
Can you please explain to me why this actually matters?
Since somebody spent the time to write out a detailed explanation about capitalisation of the phrase "solar system", this must be of some importance.
Again, why does this matter?
You cannot future proof Jobs. Hes dead.
This article leaves me very, very confused.
FYI, I am not American.
Why is it illegal for a car company to sell....cars...to people?
Isnt that kinda like it being illegal for HP to sell printers to people? Or it being illegal for an orchard to sell apples to people?
If its illegal, there must be some moral wrong going on, but after much thinking, I simply cannot think of any possible thing that is wrong with a car company selling cars to people. Why is this so?
Is it to do with religion? Like, is it against somebodys religion that a car company sells cars to people?
Is it a union or labor thing? Or is it due to the lobbying(bribery) that happens in the US Govt?
Im at a loss here, can anybody please explain?
Well, of course he did. He used them to part the red sea! Just, zzzap!, and now there's a huge hole big enough for everyone to run to the other side through!
Thats the great thing about Magic. The skys the limit. Laser beams from the eyes? Sure, why not. Parting the seas? yeah go for it.
Pity the magic tricks ended a few thousand years ago. If whatever God that turns out to exist could just go and prove its existance beyond all doubt today, we can finally end this constant argument as to whos God is the real one, and all the violence that ensues.
Why can't it BE the rover?
Fuel.
The final system would use rocket engines. Mars's atmosphere is only 1% of Earth's, propellers wouldnt work so well.
Mars has an atmosphere. Barely - atmospheric pressure is 0.006 earth-atmospheres. Maybe 0.01 if the weather is right and at a low enough point. You'd get bugger-all lift from a 'copter, quad or otherwise. Even in the nice one-third G, that thing isn't flying. It's hard enough getting something down by parachute - those rovers have to be built to take a nasty impact, because even with a huge parachute and low gravity they still hit the ground hard.
The R&D is towards the guidance and landing system, the copter part is just a platform.
When Curiosity landed, Skycrake used rocket engines, theres no reason why rockets couldnt be used instead of rotors.
omg...come on guys, seriously now. This lack of a functioning sarcasm detector is disturbing to find on a geek news website.
Has it not occured to you, after reading that poast, that it was obvious sarcasm? ( do you not also see it in this poast? do I need to spell it out?)
Or do you really, truly, think that somebody intelligent enough to write a coherent sentence on a computer is so *stupid* to take the name South China Sea so literally?
Come on Slashdot, dont get lazy, we need to up our game here...this is getting embarrassing.
Good call.
This aint tiddlywinks kids, this is Rocket Science.
Shit gets real. Real quick.
Isnt it kinda obvious that the islands in the South China Sea belong to (south) China?
I mean, thats why its called the South China Sea, and not the Philippines Malaysia Vietnam Taiwan Brunei Sea.
Or am I missing something here....
FTFA:
Why would a plant evolve a method that cleans the under-side of its leaves?
Come on, man, THINK for a second. What *else* might stick to leaves that the plant might not want? What about fungal spores? You know, organisms that might *eat* you if you were a tree? If you thought about it for a second, deciduousness in itself is a scheme to battle fungi too.
This really is "missing the forest for the trees" or in this case, leaves.
--
BMO
Your poast is relying wholly on the assumption that water repelling abilities work the same way on microscopic spores as on macroscopic water droplets.
You may need to revisit this assumption.
No you are NOT allowed to talk about it.
There are only two things in life that you should ever be completely certain about:
1 - You are NOT allowed to talk about it.
2 - You are not permitted in any way to ever talk or communicate in any other method, about it.
You do not need to know what new features the iPhone 6 has, you simply need to know that you need to buy it. If you dont buy it, you should feel very, very bad about yourself. You will then be required to spend a considerable amount of time internally reflecting upon your deficiencies and coming up with new methods and pedagogies to address the unfortunate situation you find yourself in.
TLDR; You are NOT allowed to talk about it.
Hmm,
Satellites assisting in machine to machine communications, could this be the start of Skynet?
No.
- My toast fell on the ground butter side up this morning, could this be the start of a new iceberg breaking off the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica?
- Yesterday afternoon, my sister drank half a bottle of lemon water, could this be the start of the Facebook bubble burst?
- 3 hours ago, I went to the toilet, could this be the start of a new print job on the third xerox printer in the Parliament building in Canberra, Australia?
Can you see where where this is going?
One problem of fuel cells is the fuel. How do you make it, how do you store it?
We will either get the hydrogen from hydrocarbons ( 95% of todays hydrogen comes from fossil fuels), or we can split water with electrolysis which uses a large amount of energy.
If splitting water, the hydrogen just becomes a method of transporting the energy used to make it. How do you scale this and still be sustainable?
If you are steam reforming oil into hydrogen, you are still dependent on oil, and what do you do with all the CO2 that the process creates?
Another problem of fuel cells is the expensive catalyst required for a fuel cell, usually Platinum. How can you scale this up and still be affordable?
Now weigh all that up against a Tesla Model S.
Could someone explain to me why further refinement of fabrication process is the only way to progress? With a car analogy?
Its like Peak Oil, but in this case its Peak Transistor Density.
....skill and knowledge must be developed over time...
I see what you did there! I see it oh so clearly!