What? And would you prefer that they added false color to make it pretty for you? That would take about 30 seconds. The point is Pluto & Charon's surfaces are very very very hard to see and this is showing us some detail. I think it's actually a good thing that they aren't doing the false-color-so-it-looks-pretty-for-the-yokels-at-h ome thing. . . Astronomers do that too much. . .
I think that you do have quite a few good things to say and even though I am pretty fully convinced that evolution is the best theory out there, you have made me more seriously think about it (thanks:-) ) . . . I am a Catholic scientist, so I have my own problems;-) but I think that what they are doing in Kansas (taking evolution out of the curriculum, as I understand it) is pretty crazy.
The only problem that I have with your argument is when you say that evolution has given way to the Big Bang. What do you mean by that? The Big Bang and Evolution concern totally different things. The Big Bang is on a much larger time scale and concerns many different things. Admittedly, evolution couldn't have happened without the Big Bang (nothing could have, really) but I do not think that the Big Bang and evolution are mutually exclusive. It is possible that both happened (and I happen to think that they both did:-)
No no no. . . you seem to have forgotten. The seperation of church and state ended after Columbine when the government voted to post the 10 Commandments in schools. . .
Yes. Very true. Evolution is a theory. But when we say "theory" we mean the scientific definition of theory. There are thousands of "theories" out there that everyone accepts as true. All theory means is that it cannot be proven beyond the shadow of a doubt. But, the simple fact is, there is overwhelming evidence for evolution. . . more scientific evidence then any other theory. So, shouldn't we teach something that we beleive to be true and that we have a huge amount of evidence for?
There is _no_ way that a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse can occur on the same day. A solar eclipse only occurs when the moon is between the earth and the sun. A lunar eclipse only occurs when the earth is between the sun and the moon. So, no, there is not a lunar eclipse tonight. There was a lunar eclipse across Europe 14 days ago (it almost always happens that there is a lunar eclipse on the moon cycle before the solar eclipse). But the moon is new now, which means a lunar eclipse is impossible. BTW, there is a lunar eclipse coming up soon in the US. Mid-January of 2000, I believe.
Katz!?!?! "a good journalist"?!?!? Don't make me laugh. I actually am someone who agrees with Katz sometimes (although, not this time) and generally find that what he says has some merit. But he is most definately not a good journalist. Have you even taken the time to read what he writes? His writing style is dismal.
I disagree. While I think he has had other, better albums, what about "The Saga Begins" and "Polka Power!" . . . I'm a fan of both, and I think the whole album is not bad. . .
But what is porn? That's the big question. People have gotten into legal battles over and over again way before anyone had even conceived of anything like the Internet. The trouble is, when you start censoring things (or even regulating things) people don't know when to stop. Who decides which sites get the.xxx or.adu suffixes? In other words, who decides what is censored? And we're just back to the same argument again. It's what has been decided by the Supreme Court over and over again. Except under extreme circumstances, the First Amendment is absolute and you're right to free speech (however offensive to other people) is absolute.
Look. So he made one little mistake and everyone jumps down his throat. He just said they were disks and didn't say they were arrays. How many times have you posted something that ended up being a little wrong? I would guess more than once. And Rob posts (at least) half a dozen articles a day. . .
I completely agree. There are times when lawsuits make sense (although, IMO, Americans seem to sue even when they don't make sense). Accompanying this story on the front/. page is a story about Compaq, and I suspect some of the very same people who are saying "SUE THEM!!!!" here are complaining about frivolous law suits there.
I know it has become the "American Way" to sue, but if you change ISPs and let other people know why you're doing it, that is probably the best way to effect a change in your ISP's policy.
God. No kidding. . . I have never ever ever had the USPS lose any of my mail that I have sent. . . not that I send a huge amount, but I have sent probably an average amount. . .
What would have been the report on the anniversary of the moon landing?
"Ummm. . . Allright. . . so, 30 years ago, the US landed on the moon. . . well. . . that's all I've got to say"
Frankly, I'm quite glad that they had this story up. I had forgotten The Onion was coming back today, but heard quite enough about the moon landing. Don't get me wrong, I am a big fan of astronomy, etc. . . but it's not like the moon landing is anything new. . . Talk about the Shuttle mission, that we could use (Do you realize that they were less than half a second away from engine ignition?!?!? If that had happened, the mission could have been put off by up to a year) . . .
I disagree. Web sites can be pretty, but if you're trying to sell something, you want people to find the information that they need to in order to buy your product.
Some sites are really quite good at integrating the two (prettiness and usefulness), but it's impossible to find out what's what on the chair company's page.
Right. If it were just the black hole created with those two little particles, it would be no problem. What they are worried about, however, is a chain reaction where all sorts of strange quarks would be stripped off atoms to create a massive black hole. Not that I beleive anything like this could happen, but that's what they are saying, I think.
Right. Except for the fact that jokes are supposed to be funny. Maybe if one of the articles were like that it might have been mildly entertaining, but the fact that it's just one joke that's not really that funny doesn't really make it that good of a parody. . .
Aside from having a look like/. there was nothing at all like the type of material that/. has on it. If you're going to do a parody, you should make everyone beleive that it could actually be the sit that you're doing a parody of. (IMO)
Half the people in comments are talking about how hard it would be to accomplish this feat (i.e. "You'd have to get every dot and cherry and bonus") and the other half are talking about how easy it would be (i.e. "I reached a million in 1984") . . . I still think it might be a hoax, but this made me thing about it a little more. . .
I agree with the comment made already that Rob should _absolutely_ get paid for the service he provides. But, sadly, I think it's just something that X10 uses to track where orders are coming from. (if you come to the site via zdnet, it will have zdnet in the URL) . . . Correct me if I'm wrong. . .
So, here's my question? Does this mean the technical verson of Midnight (i.e. the time right after 11:59 pm on 6/23) or what every one and their mother means for midnight (the time right after 11:59 on 6/24)?
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What? And would you prefer that they added false color to make it pretty for you? That would take about 30 seconds. The point is Pluto & Charon's surfaces are very very very hard to see and this is showing us some detail. I think it's actually a good thing that they aren't doing the false-color-so-it-looks-pretty-for-the-yokels-at-h ome thing. . . Astronomers do that too much. . .
I think that you do have quite a few good things to say and even though I am pretty fully convinced that evolution is the best theory out there, you have made me more seriously think about it (thanks :-) ) . . . I am a Catholic scientist, so I have my own problems ;-) but I think that what they are doing in Kansas (taking evolution out of the curriculum, as I understand it) is pretty crazy.
:-)
The only problem that I have with your argument is when you say that evolution has given way to the Big Bang. What do you mean by that? The Big Bang and Evolution concern totally different things. The Big Bang is on a much larger time scale and concerns many different things. Admittedly, evolution couldn't have happened without the Big Bang (nothing could have, really) but I do not think that the Big Bang and evolution are mutually exclusive. It is possible that both happened (and I happen to think that they both did
No no no. . . you seem to have forgotten. The seperation of church and state ended after Columbine when the government voted to post the 10 Commandments in schools. . .
Yes. Very true. Evolution is a theory. But when we say "theory" we mean the scientific definition of theory. There are thousands of "theories" out there that everyone accepts as true. All theory means is that it cannot be proven beyond the shadow of a doubt. But, the simple fact is, there is overwhelming evidence for evolution. . . more scientific evidence then any other theory. So, shouldn't we teach something that we beleive to be true and that we have a huge amount of evidence for?
There is _no_ way that a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse can occur on the same day. A solar eclipse only occurs when the moon is between the earth and the sun. A lunar eclipse only occurs when the earth is between the sun and the moon. So, no, there is not a lunar eclipse tonight. There was a lunar eclipse across Europe 14 days ago (it almost always happens that there is a lunar eclipse on the moon cycle before the solar eclipse). But the moon is new now, which means a lunar eclipse is impossible. BTW, there is a lunar eclipse coming up soon in the US. Mid-January of 2000, I believe.
Katz!?!?! "a good journalist"?!?!? Don't make me laugh. I actually am someone who agrees with Katz sometimes (although, not this time) and generally find that what he says has some merit. But he is most definately not a good journalist. Have you even taken the time to read what he writes? His writing style is dismal.
5) Sorry about the slow server, we'll try to fix.
/. effect is pretty much unstoppable, after all. . . :-)
Do you think that anyone actually blames you for the slow server?!?!? The
I disagree. While I think he has had other, better albums, what about "The Saga Begins" and "Polka Power!" . . . I'm a fan of both, and I think the whole album is not bad. . .
But what is porn? That's the big question. People have gotten into legal battles over and over again way before anyone had even conceived of anything like the Internet. The trouble is, when you start censoring things (or even regulating things) people don't know when to stop. Who decides which sites get the .xxx or .adu suffixes? In other words, who decides what is censored? And we're just back to the same argument again. It's what has been decided by the Supreme Court over and over again. Except under extreme circumstances, the First Amendment is absolute and you're right to free speech (however offensive to other people) is absolute.
Look. So he made one little mistake and everyone jumps down his throat. He just said they were disks and didn't say they were arrays. How many times have you posted something that ended up being a little wrong? I would guess more than once. And Rob posts (at least) half a dozen articles a day. . .
All I'm saying is to cut him a little slack. . .
Is it just me, or has Slashdot been turning lame the past week or two?
It's just you.
I completely agree. There are times when lawsuits make sense (although, IMO, Americans seem to sue even when they don't make sense). Accompanying this story on the front /. page is a story about Compaq, and I suspect some of the very same people who are saying "SUE THEM!!!!" here are complaining about frivolous law suits there.
I know it has become the "American Way" to sue, but if you change ISPs and let other people know why you're doing it, that is probably the best way to effect a change in your ISP's policy.
Perhaps I just have extraordinarily bad luck
God. No kidding. . . I have never ever ever had the USPS lose any of my mail that I have sent. . . not that I send a huge amount, but I have sent probably an average amount. . .
All electronics has something like this for a bunch cheaper (the sony camera) . . .
What would have been the report on the anniversary of the moon landing?
"Ummm. . . Allright. . . so, 30 years ago, the US landed on the moon. . . well. . . that's all I've got to say"
Frankly, I'm quite glad that they had this story up. I had forgotten The Onion was coming back today, but heard quite enough about the moon landing. Don't get me wrong, I am a big fan of astronomy, etc. . . but it's not like the moon landing is anything new. . . Talk about the Shuttle mission, that we could use (Do you realize that they were less than half a second away from engine ignition?!?!? If that had happened, the mission could have been put off by up to a year) . . .
I disagree. Web sites can be pretty, but if you're trying to sell something, you want people to find the information that they need to in order to buy your product.
Some sites are really quite good at integrating the two (prettiness and usefulness), but it's impossible to find out what's what on the chair company's page.
Please explain what is wrong with his reasoning. I don't understand what the problem is.
Right. If it were just the black hole created with those two little particles, it would be no problem. What they are worried about, however, is a chain reaction where all sorts of strange quarks would be stripped off atoms to create a massive black hole. Not that I beleive anything like this could happen, but that's what they are saying, I think.
Right. Except for the fact that jokes are supposed to be funny. Maybe if one of the articles were like that it might have been mildly entertaining, but the fact that it's just one joke that's not really that funny doesn't really make it that good of a parody. . .
Aside from having a look like /. there was nothing at all like the type of material that /. has on it. If you're going to do a parody, you should make everyone beleive that it could actually be the sit that you're doing a parody of. (IMO)
Snot and penis humor can only go so far.
Half the people in comments are talking about how hard it would be to accomplish this feat (i.e. "You'd have to get every dot and cherry and bonus") and the other half are talking about how easy it would be (i.e. "I reached a million in 1984") . . . I still think it might be a hoax, but this made me thing about it a little more. . .
Is this implying that a laser is not visable light.
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I know what they mean, but it could have been stated _much_ better.
I agree with the comment made already that Rob should _absolutely_ get paid for the service he provides. But, sadly, I think it's just something that X10 uses to track where orders are coming from. (if you come to the site via zdnet, it will have zdnet in the URL) . . . Correct me if I'm wrong. . .
So, here's my question? Does this mean the technical verson of Midnight (i.e. the time right after 11:59 pm on 6/23) or what every one and their mother means for midnight (the time right after 11:59 on 6/24)?
Just wondering . . .
But the E-100 claims that it has:
"Anticipated Avg. Rechargeable Bat. Life 25 Hours"
Casio wouldn't exaggerate, would they?!?!?
:-)