- strings terminated by a binary zero rather than their physical size. Who the hell thought that would be a good idea?
Zero termination is simpler, and more flexible. Also, it avoids having to choose the appropriate number of bytes for the size field. Besides, if you want strings with size field, it's simple enough to implement that yourself.
It may be more efficient to buy in bulk, but that doesn't necessarily mean the prices will be lower. The TI representative could bribe the person(s) responsible for purchasing to accept the higher prices, for example.
No, in that case, the question would have to have the words "statistically significant" in them. The word "significant" by itself means the same for scientists and laymen alike.
In addition to the answer being always no, it's also always yes, since the earth has been without any ice too. Without a time frame, the question is rather meaningless.
I don't know that I would expect a "waterfall", since that would imply a sudden edge. I would rather expect some sort of slope. And as long as there a source of new water flowing into the ocean, I would expect this slope to persist.
Is there anything we can do to prevent this from happening ? And if there's something we can do, do we need to start right now or would it be okay to wait a few million years ?
No, because in my logic we already know the amount of methane in the atmosphere, and this has already been entered into the models. Where exactly this methane is coming from doesn't really matter.
We have known about them in the past but recent discoveries have shown that more exist than was thought and with methane being 30x more potent of a green house gas than CO2 it throws the models and calculations off.
If the seeps are not growing in size or quantity, the atmospheric methane due to the seeps should remain constant, and the models should be unaffected.
2. The utility of radio waves for communication wouldn't hinge much on the physic form of an organism, just something much like sapience.
Radio waves don't reach very far before they are drowned out by natural sources of radiation. Beyond one light year, you already need powerful radio sources, combined with large antennas to detect them. And there's only a short time window. It took earth billions of years before we started emitting radio waves, and already we're reaching the end of the window with the increased use of wide spectrum digital transmissions that are much harder to detect from a distance.
Or maybe you meant "we" in a personal sense in which case yeah
You need quite a wide reaching definition of "we" if you want to include many different colonists, spread out over radically different planets, evolving over billions of years. Only a few dozen million years ago "we" were small furry rodents.
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- strings terminated by a binary zero rather than their physical size. Who the hell thought that would be a good idea?
Zero termination is simpler, and more flexible. Also, it avoids having to choose the appropriate number of bytes for the size field. Besides, if you want strings with size field, it's simple enough to implement that yourself.
Yeah, let's spend insane amounts of energy for no clear benefit.
It may be more efficient to buy in bulk, but that doesn't necessarily mean the prices will be lower. The TI representative could bribe the person(s) responsible for purchasing to accept the higher prices, for example.
Nobody claimed the scope was unlimited. It's a limited freedom, like most freedoms. Unlimited freedom usually doesn't work, because it hurts others.
And how about the freedom of people having a democratic vote on laws that restrict some freedoms in return for other things they may find important ?
Only if there's no competition between insurance companies. Otherwise, keeping the rates at a lower level will gain more market share.
No, in that case, the question would have to have the words "statistically significant" in them. The word "significant" by itself means the same for scientists and laymen alike.
Funny how you react to a comment about Arctic ice with a study of Antarctic ice.
Not "has an effect", but "is a significant contributing factor". There's a huge difference.
In addition to the answer being always no, it's also always yes, since the earth has been without any ice too. Without a time frame, the question is rather meaningless.
I don't know that I would expect a "waterfall", since that would imply a sudden edge. I would rather expect some sort of slope. And as long as there a source of new water flowing into the ocean, I would expect this slope to persist.
Is there anything we can do to prevent this from happening ? And if there's something we can do, do we need to start right now or would it be okay to wait a few million years ?
But if there's more ice, it's because of global warming.
citation needed.
Arctic ice is still in a downwards trend, despite some year to year fluctuations due to different weather patterns. http://psc.apl.washington.edu/...
Simple. The owner of the car will get the ticket.
Can you recommend a good smartphone with a DVD player ?
it's the afterlife predictions of the former that people actually experience when they die
If they can explain their afterlife experience, they weren't really dead, and what they experienced wasn't the afterlife.
And a self destruct sequence...
So why don't jet fighters use a wheel ?
No, because in my logic we already know the amount of methane in the atmosphere, and this has already been entered into the models. Where exactly this methane is coming from doesn't really matter.
The fact that the amount of seepage is higher than previously thought does not mean it is actually growing.
We have known about them in the past but recent discoveries have shown that more exist than was thought and with methane being 30x more potent of a green house gas than CO2 it throws the models and calculations off.
If the seeps are not growing in size or quantity, the atmospheric methane due to the seeps should remain constant, and the models should be unaffected.
2. The utility of radio waves for communication wouldn't hinge much on the physic form of an organism, just something much like sapience.
Radio waves don't reach very far before they are drowned out by natural sources of radiation. Beyond one light year, you already need powerful radio sources, combined with large antennas to detect them. And there's only a short time window. It took earth billions of years before we started emitting radio waves, and already we're reaching the end of the window with the increased use of wide spectrum digital transmissions that are much harder to detect from a distance.
Or maybe you meant "we" in a personal sense in which case yeah
You need quite a wide reaching definition of "we" if you want to include many different colonists, spread out over radically different planets, evolving over billions of years. Only a few dozen million years ago "we" were small furry rodents.
On the other hand, what price can we put on avoiding extinction?
The next extinction event is much more likely to come from human activities than from an asteroid.