I don't know if it would be possible to write DECSS in COBOL, but if you could, that would be the nearest thing as dammit to having it in english and still be machine readable
If you don't need to wear your suits anywhere other than work, do what I do. Keep em at work. Ties and belt and shoes stay at the office as well. Each weekend I take in 5 clean shirts, socks and jocks. 15km ride takes longer to drive than to ride. If it rains, I get wet. Big deal.
12 by 30 day months, each of 5 by 6 day weeks (4 days on 2 days off), with a 5 day (6 days on leap years) 'Bacchanalia' at the change over between years
This seems to ignore the fact that the 'information' stored in the brain is the result of interconnections between neurons, so that to 'download' information to the brain would mean recreating all of the interneural connections of the original brain. Probably a process analagous to rewiring the the global telecommunications network all at once.
Probably just a poor choice of words. Note the original poster said that the *binary* spins. Both the members of the binary system are (probably) orbiting each other(or, more correctly, the mid point of their two masses - I forget the technical term), so from one perspective, you could say that the *system* 'spins'.
Whilst this is an amusing analogy (and yes, I did read the article it comes from), the means of deciding sporting contests are generally arbitrary - why is a tennis match decided the way it is, or why don't they have a 'best of seven' for the NFL/AFL? How about a 'penalty shootout' on the whitehouse lawns to decide the presidency? Somehow, I think making sure that a representative democracy truly represents the wishes of all (or most of) the populace should be a task undertaken with a bit more deliberation and care than coming up with some way of working out who is the winner of the World Series (and why isn't it just aggregate scores anyway?)
I remember seeing a 'TV ad' version of this where the voice over said 'Designed on computers, built by robots, driven by Italians' and the vision that accompanied the last part was of all these cars crashing.
Yes, The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a reliable paper. It is in the same stable as The Age, and The Australian Financial Review, Australia's 'Wall Street Journal'.
IRV (or Preferential voting) is the method used in Australia for Lower House (Representative) elections. Whilst it guarentees that the winner is the person most preferred by the electorate, the downside is that, except for exceptional circumstances or candidates, you do not end up with a legislature that is representative of the overall proportion of votes cast ie minor party representation is usually nil, depite getting significant overall first preferences.
Not to mention being able to code in the decision making process so that it knows when to accidentally crash into the main opposition driver for the world championship, so that said opposition driver cant get enough points to beat you for said world championship.
But then how does this translate into electoral college votes and do the candidates have to have >50% of electoral college votes to become president and , if they do, what happens if no candidate gets more than 50% of the college votes?
Remember, you are not voting to 'guess' the winner, you are voting to have your say. A vote for the losing candidate is not a wasted vote, because it tells the population at large, and the politicians in particular, that the candidate, and the issues the candidate stands for, has a certain level of support in the community, and should not be ignored.
There is no prize for choosing the winner with your ballot paper.
Just out of interest, not being a citizen of the USA, what is the story if none of the candidates peceive a majority of the electoral college votes?
I hope they don't use the same engineers that stuffed up the calculations for the Mars Climate Orbiter last year, otherwise Mars could end up being like Venus instead.
Do a search in google for "hindenburg addison bain" and read for yourself. Addison Bain is the name of the NASA engineer who did the research.
Re the leaking hydrogen, the skin of the bags containing the hydrogen was not completely impermeable, especially to hydrogen being the smallest molecule, and there was always going to be leakage, which needed to be dispersed from inside the main skin of the ship. In addition, hydrogen would also vented to maintain trim.
The sad part is that there have been people who believed this kook and died of starvation. She has been challenged to prove her claims under controlled conditions, but has yet to take up the challenge.
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COBOL
I don't know if it would be possible to write DECSS in COBOL, but if you could, that would be the nearest thing as dammit to having it in english and still be machine readable
If you don't need to wear your suits anywhere other than work, do what I do. Keep em at work. Ties and belt and shoes stay at the office as well. Each weekend I take in 5 clean shirts, socks and jocks. 15km ride takes longer to drive than to ride. If it rains, I get wet. Big deal.
'Women are like trams*. There is no point chasing them as there will always be another one along in about 15 minutes'
* I'm from Melbourne, Aus. Insert appropriate local public transport reference
12 by 30 day months, each of 5 by 6 day weeks (4 days on 2 days off), with a 5 day (6 days on leap years) 'Bacchanalia' at the change over between years
Here is an article on a similar theme
This seems to ignore the fact that the 'information' stored in the brain is the result of interconnections between neurons, so that to 'download' information to the brain would mean recreating all of the interneural connections of the original brain. Probably a process analagous to rewiring the the global telecommunications network all at once.
look in an atlas
Probably just a poor choice of words. Note the original poster said that the *binary* spins. Both the members of the binary system are (probably) orbiting each other(or, more correctly, the mid point of their two masses - I forget the technical term), so from one perspective, you could say that the *system* 'spins'.
FWIW, IANAA.
Whilst this is an amusing analogy (and yes, I did read the article it comes from), the means of deciding sporting contests are generally arbitrary - why is a tennis match decided the way it is, or why don't they have a 'best of seven' for the NFL/AFL? How about a 'penalty shootout' on the whitehouse lawns to decide the presidency? Somehow, I think making sure that a representative democracy truly represents the wishes of all (or most of) the populace should be a task undertaken with a bit more deliberation and care than coming up with some way of working out who is the winner of the World Series (and why isn't it just aggregate scores anyway?)
bull shit artists
I remember seeing a 'TV ad' version of this where the voice over said 'Designed on computers, built by robots, driven by Italians' and the vision that accompanied the last part was of all these cars crashing.
I wonder how many people would give a false indication of how they voted to someone conducting an exit poll?
But then what if the cat has butter on its back - does it land feet first, or does it land buttered side down?????
Yes, The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a reliable paper. It is in the same stable as The Age, and The Australian Financial Review, Australia's 'Wall Street Journal'.
I thought that's what the primaries are for. As an outsider, this is one aspect of the American electoral system I have never understood.
IRV (or Preferential voting) is the method used in Australia for Lower House (Representative) elections. Whilst it guarentees that the winner is the person most preferred by the electorate, the downside is that, except for exceptional circumstances or candidates, you do not end up with a legislature that is representative of the overall proportion of votes cast ie minor party representation is usually nil, depite getting significant overall first preferences.
Not to mention being able to code in the decision making process so that it knows when to accidentally crash into the main opposition driver for the world championship, so that said opposition driver cant get enough points to beat you for said world championship.
But then how does this translate into electoral college votes and do the candidates have to have >50% of electoral college votes to become president and , if they do, what happens if no candidate gets more than 50% of the college votes?
The other thing most sims don't prepare you for is the fact that the other guy is shooting back.
Doh!
s/peceive/receive
That'll teach me to preview first.
Remember, you are not voting to 'guess' the winner, you are voting to have your say. A vote for the losing candidate is not a wasted vote, because it tells the population at large, and the politicians in particular, that the candidate, and the issues the candidate stands for, has a certain level of support in the community, and should not be ignored.
There is no prize for choosing the winner with your ballot paper.
Just out of interest, not being a citizen of the USA, what is the story if none of the candidates peceive a majority of the electoral college votes?
I hope they don't use the same engineers that stuffed up the calculations for the Mars Climate Orbiter last year, otherwise Mars could end up being like Venus instead.
Do a search in google for "hindenburg addison bain" and read for yourself. Addison Bain is the name of the NASA engineer who did the research.
Re the leaking hydrogen, the skin of the bags containing the hydrogen was not completely impermeable, especially to hydrogen being the smallest molecule, and there was always going to be leakage, which needed to be dispersed from inside the main skin of the ship. In addition, hydrogen would also vented to maintain trim.
The sad part is that there have been people who believed this kook and died of starvation. She has been challenged to prove her claims under controlled conditions, but has yet to take up the challenge.
Hey, my BREAK key just broke....