The current size of the human head is limited by the pelvic size of women
This is incorrect, the reason human babies aren't more developed at birth is because the energy required to continue development is larger than the energy the mother's body can produce. Unfortunately, my google-fu seems to be faulty; I can't find the BBC documentary where this was shown...
Finally, and China got in before India! The government - if that is the word - of the middle Northern American country, colloquially known as the Americas [sic?], has decided to refrain from participating in any so-called "Moon race" because it "reminds them too much of the novel 'The Stand'", and any reference to 'The Trash-Can Man' does NOT refer to "the National Aero-Spatial Agent... - What do you mean that's not what it's.. Turn off that micr."
_So anyone expecting any of the benefits of a free market aren't going to find it._ You mean, you have to pay a premium to call it _free_? That's the most popular one I've seen... besides lowering costs for manufacturers by lowering wages. That one's a favourite!
Just thought of this: Hot vents can melt (some) metals, which may eventually lead to the discovery of metallurgy, which may then lead to fireless blacksmiths with better (non-oxidized) iron... Just a thought. Hope one of my favourite SF authors sees it and runs off with it.
(1) A "planet" [1] is a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (c) has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit. Does this mean that Neptune is not a planet, since Pluto, Charon et al are still bothering it!?
...for decades with the Sea Harrier; using thrust to land on an aircraft carrier! First use, from a quick glance: Before Apollo 11 (April 1, 1969) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H... .
Google is just Googol (10^100) for dyslexics, even though I see that someone's edited Wikipedia to claim it was intentional... To my knowledge, no-one claimed, on or about y2k, that it was anything but a misspelling.
I was under the impression that it used to be measured as B-W-B (or W-B-W), and only when quality of displays increased, they switched to measuring GTG (since it was the lower number).
I think I have a "Feature Phone"... it's an LG Optimus 3D, the 'feature' being 3D camera and 3D display (I don't use either feature; I might've used the 3D Camera if I had a proper 3D TV...).
Almost, but not quite, true.
In Norway, you get your sentence of e.g. 21 years imprisonment, then there's forvaring (translates to something like custodial sentence), which means you cannot be released until a board deems you to be rehabilitated. This can mean that you may get out of jail after 2/3rds of the sentence, i.e. 14 years (unless there's a different minimum specified), if the board thinks you've understood the seriousness of the crime and are remorseful; if they don't think so, you're stuck.
Oh, it may be easy, but it's not cheap, in either time or in money... if you want a good book to be the result of your efforts.
Charles Stross, http://www.antipope.org/charli... , had a series of posts about this a couple years ago (can't find the specific posts, sorry).
First, there's proofreading - you're unlikely to spot your own errors in a 40,000-word novel, because you know what you meant and will be blind to typos.
Then there's editoring, checking for continuity errors and/or anachronisms? Same as above.
Both of could be done by crowdsourcing, but then your book would be in the wild before it's released and would be torrented or on IRC (I know, right? But it's still very much alive!) within hours.
Getting those tasks (and others) done is what publishing houses are for, and those tasks are not cheap to get done well by freelancers.
When it's clear that there are some legitimate religions that are vehemently opposed to all abortions on religious grounds?
Hang on, there are legitimate religions?!
Besides, I don't see why your superstitions should rule over my (or my girlfriend's) body.
The only way you can support that is if you don't think freedom of religion is a right.
I think freedom from religion is a basic human right.
Hell, forcing someone who's anti-abortion on religious grounds to pay for abortifacients would be akin to forcing someone opposed to capital punishment on religious grounds to pay for a private execution.
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The current size of the human head is limited by the pelvic size of women
This is incorrect, the reason human babies aren't more developed at birth is because the energy required to continue development is larger than the energy the mother's body can produce. Unfortunately, my google-fu seems to be faulty; I can't find the BBC documentary where this was shown...
And you think that #2, "star traveller", is a better word than #1, "space traveller"? Why?
Finally, and China got in before India!
The government - if that is the word - of the middle Northern American country, colloquially known as the Americas [sic?], has decided to refrain from participating in any so-called "Moon race" because it "reminds them too much of the novel 'The Stand'", and any reference to 'The Trash-Can Man' does NOT refer to "the National Aero-Spatial Agent... - What do you mean that's not what it's.. Turn off that micr."
_So anyone expecting any of the benefits of a free market aren't going to find it._
You mean, you have to pay a premium to call it _free_? That's the most popular one I've seen... besides lowering costs for manufacturers by lowering wages. That one's a favourite!
What's that? The feared E. Coli bacterium crossed with the Ebola virus?
That definition applies only to our star in particular.
FTFY.
Just thought of this:
Hot vents can melt (some) metals, which may eventually lead to the discovery of metallurgy, which may then lead to fireless blacksmiths with better (non-oxidized) iron...
Just a thought. Hope one of my favourite SF authors sees it and runs off with it.
(1) A "planet" [1] is a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (c) has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit.
Does this mean that Neptune is not a planet, since Pluto, Charon et al are still bothering it!?
Oh for mod pointz!
+1 funny!
Restrict freedom, that'll make them stop trying to take it all away...
Or tags? Of which the only valid use is: Schroedinger's cat is not alive.
What, they're spinning off their malware component from their malware-detector? That could actually result in one usable product...
Bah... http://static.fjcdn.com/pictur... Just Say No!
Sure... He's the asshole... http://www.buzzhunt.co.uk/wp-c...
...for decades with the Sea Harrier; using thrust to land on an aircraft carrier! First use, from a quick glance: Before Apollo 11 (April 1, 1969) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H... .
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the latter." - Albert Einstein.
FTFY.
Google is just Googol (10^100) for dyslexics, even though I see that someone's edited Wikipedia to claim it was intentional... To my knowledge, no-one claimed, on or about y2k, that it was anything but a misspelling.
"IBM Research has published a new paper to the journal, Science, in which the describe...
I was under the impression that it used to be measured as B-W-B (or W-B-W), and only when quality of displays increased, they switched to measuring GTG (since it was the lower number).
Ummm... The speed increase might (just might) have something to do with the SSD upgrade. Just a thought...
I think I have a "Feature Phone"... it's an LG Optimus 3D, the 'feature' being 3D camera and 3D display (I don't use either feature; I might've used the 3D Camera if I had a proper 3D TV...).
Almost, but not quite, true. In Norway, you get your sentence of e.g. 21 years imprisonment, then there's forvaring (translates to something like custodial sentence), which means you cannot be released until a board deems you to be rehabilitated. This can mean that you may get out of jail after 2/3rds of the sentence, i.e. 14 years (unless there's a different minimum specified), if the board thinks you've understood the seriousness of the crime and are remorseful; if they don't think so, you're stuck.
Oh, it may be easy, but it's not cheap, in either time or in money... if you want a good book to be the result of your efforts. Charles Stross, http://www.antipope.org/charli... , had a series of posts about this a couple years ago (can't find the specific posts, sorry). First, there's proofreading - you're unlikely to spot your own errors in a 40,000-word novel, because you know what you meant and will be blind to typos. Then there's editoring, checking for continuity errors and/or anachronisms? Same as above. Both of could be done by crowdsourcing, but then your book would be in the wild before it's released and would be torrented or on IRC (I know, right? But it's still very much alive!) within hours. Getting those tasks (and others) done is what publishing houses are for, and those tasks are not cheap to get done well by freelancers.
When it's clear that there are some legitimate religions that are vehemently opposed to all abortions on religious grounds?
Hang on, there are legitimate religions?! Besides, I don't see why your superstitions should rule over my (or my girlfriend's) body.
The only way you can support that is if you don't think freedom of religion is a right.
I think freedom from religion is a basic human right.
Hell, forcing someone who's anti-abortion on religious grounds to pay for abortifacients would be akin to forcing someone opposed to capital punishment on religious grounds to pay for a private execution.
FTFY.
Technically, you're there, since the "first inch of expansion" contains the entire universe... literally.