So how much would it cost to put it on the dark side of the moon?
Does Normalcy apply to functions?
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(Don't laugh at me! I can still kick your butt in chemistry!)
I recall a method for detecting falsified data that relied on the fact that certain functions (those that followed a log pattern, I think) produce results with the last digit's frequency skewed toward smaller numbers (1, 2, 3,...) and AWAY from larger numbers (9, 8, 7,...).
So my question is, does Normalcy apply to functions (in the way I described), as well as numbers?
I don't want to go off on a tangent about proofs... but I'm curious - what happens when a rule of mathematics is challenged? For example, some defenitions seem so arbitrary to me. 1 is not considered a prime number because it has only itself as a factor... I don't like that reason and I don't kow why. Years of work would be invalidated should such rules be thrown out, right?
Well said. I'm in Worcester/Framingham area, I would have gone if I'd heard about it. Marlboro is sort of a run-down town but like you said it's right on rt 20 off of 495. Oh well, all I have to do is go down in my basement and I could find some historic computers - open my own museum!
My email name happens to be one of the 17,576 that are possible using 3 characters from the english alphabet. Almost daily I'll get 1 or 2 (out of 20+ total) spams that cover my name, along with the alphabetically ordered names that are close to mine, all listed in the "To:" field.
This is a little dumb of me, but I think it's still valid.
Reading the title, I thought "The Safety of Sound"... I was hoping that Slashdot had finally touched on the subject of whether the loud bass we feel at a concert or club is damaging at the cellular level (ie giving us cancer by shaking our DNA apart!)
Any comments? Please keep it within this thread, as it is a bit offtopic.
Ban all substances that aren't safe to consume in huge amounts
Ban all products small enough to fit in your mouth (kids could choke!)
Helmuts must be worn at all times. Don't you read studies? Helmust save lives - statistics prove that!
No mature ideas should be expressed that might reach a child (through a deviant 3rd party)
Child-proof every appliance and tool in your home, including kitchen knives and office supplies that could be used as weapons. Weapons are bad, remember, not the person who misuses them.
We need "Education Camps" where children go to be brain washed by feel-good communist propaganda... (Oh wait we have that - they're called schools)
The future holds even more promise. Someday you'll be able to read your childs' thoughts. Any contempt or wrongful thinking can then be smack out of them! That'll be great for keeping them moral and clean until you let them go. Hell, who says you have to let them go at all? Keep them in perpetual fear of sin their whole lives, hating their own feelings, demeaning any bad thoughts or ideas they might get from somewhere other than you. Guilt is the best tool of all - make them feel guilty for existing.
Be patronizing. Be condescending. Be feared, not loved.
Not to break our sense of humor but... let's consider some REAL ides:
hidden background scripts that run at random times and "phone home", so you get the theif's IP address.
GPS type devices installed somewhere in the computer... connected to the United States' secret orbital bombing platform. You don't get your computer back, but you get revenge.
self-destruct mechanisms... if the computer password is typed incorrectly, the entire computer is designed to destroy its own key components.
I have to tell you all that you do not understand the situation here in China. Do not say that I am not a free person here.
China is a nation of one billion people. We are as free as you or me. Would I write that which I cannot condone? Would the person who pays me one million dollars ever disagree with such a thing? Of course not.
We should not discuss this matter. I must leave now.
Notice the prototype picture has the wheel on the incorrect, right side of the dash-board... so you can bet it's all British humor. That'll put you to sleep if anything, or even prompt you to drive off the road on purpose and kill yourself.
Why don't they just play sound from a porno clip or something. That'll keep you up.
Can someone explain to me if, how, and why we use different rockets for manned vs. unmanned missions? Why not just use the most reliable types? Is it a cost issue? Are the manned rockets really safer?
I thought Red Bull was a fictional product when I saw their ad in Wipe-Out XL for Sony PlayStation. Then when I saw it in stores I thought they had made the drink AFTER the game, you know.. to take advantage of the name-recognition.
If you can't rely on state workers like me, then who can you trust?
Look and feel matters as much as content
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"Classical" literature is much more enjoyable when read from those pretty leather-bound pages than the cheap newspaper-like books that they make you read in high school.
Any kind of textbook should be in quality print. Using the "^" to signify "raised to the power of" is one sign of a tedious lesson.
Study guides - for example the chemistry Problem Solvers series are so bug ugly, who'd want to study from them?
On the other hand if you have a cheap book, you feel better about using a highlighter or writing notes in the margin.
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So how much would it cost to put it on the dark side of the moon?
(Don't laugh at me! I can still kick your butt in chemistry!)
I recall a method for detecting falsified data that relied on the fact that certain functions (those that followed a log pattern, I think) produce results with the last digit's frequency skewed toward smaller numbers (1, 2, 3,...) and AWAY from larger numbers (9, 8, 7,...).
So my question is, does Normalcy apply to functions (in the way I described), as well as numbers?
I don't want to go off on a tangent about proofs... but I'm curious - what happens when a rule of mathematics is challenged? For example, some defenitions seem so arbitrary to me. 1 is not considered a prime number because it has only itself as a factor... I don't like that reason and I don't kow why. Years of work would be invalidated should such rules be thrown out, right?
Well said. I'm in Worcester/Framingham area, I would have gone if I'd heard about it. Marlboro is sort of a run-down town but like you said it's right on rt 20 off of 495. Oh well, all I have to do is go down in my basement and I could find some historic computers - open my own museum!
I don't want Lucy Lawless. I want Lucy Topless!
My email name happens to be one of the 17,576 that are possible using 3 characters from the english alphabet. Almost daily I'll get 1 or 2 (out of 20+ total) spams that cover my name, along with the alphabetically ordered names that are close to mine, all listed in the "To:" field.
And his last words were...
"Run away! Run away! Run away!"
(yes, that's Monty Python for all you jocks who don't get it.)
This is a little dumb of me, but I think it's still valid.
Reading the title, I thought "The Safety of Sound"... I was hoping that Slashdot had finally touched on the subject of whether the loud bass we feel at a concert or club is damaging at the cellular level (ie giving us cancer by shaking our DNA apart!)
Any comments? Please keep it within this thread, as it is a bit offtopic.
So scientists may be able to control their own work - while artists have yet to solve the problem for themselves.
I have a hunch they're going to succeed. Fred Durst would be proud.
I know, I know... I was being a demagogue. Not a troll, just a demagogue. Unfortunately Slashdot doesn't allow you to edit mistakes.
Ban all substances that aren't safe to consume in huge amounts
Ban all products small enough to fit in your mouth (kids could choke!)
Helmuts must be worn at all times. Don't you read studies? Helmust save lives - statistics prove that!
No mature ideas should be expressed that might reach a child (through a deviant 3rd party)
Child-proof every appliance and tool in your home, including kitchen knives and office supplies that could be used as weapons. Weapons are bad, remember, not the person who misuses them.
We need "Education Camps" where children go to be brain washed by feel-good communist propaganda... (Oh wait we have that - they're called schools)
The future holds even more promise. Someday you'll be able to read your childs' thoughts. Any contempt or wrongful thinking can then be smack out of them! That'll be great for keeping them moral and clean until you let them go. Hell, who says you have to let them go at all? Keep them in perpetual fear of sin their whole lives, hating their own feelings, demeaning any bad thoughts or ideas they might get from somewhere other than you. Guilt is the best tool of all - make them feel guilty for existing.
Be patronizing. Be condescending. Be feared, not loved.
Only then will you be a good parent.
hidden background scripts that run at random times and "phone home", so you get the theif's IP address.
GPS type devices installed somewhere in the computer... connected to the United States' secret orbital bombing platform. You don't get your computer back, but you get revenge.
self-destruct mechanisms... if the computer password is typed incorrectly, the entire computer is designed to destroy its own key components.
Other suggestions?
I have to tell you all that you do not understand the situation here in China. Do not say that I am not a free person here.
China is a nation of one billion people. We are as free as you or me. Would I write that which I cannot condone? Would the person who pays me one million dollars ever disagree with such a thing? Of course not.
We should not discuss this matter. I must leave now.
Notice the prototype picture has the wheel on the incorrect, right side of the dash-board... so you can bet it's all British humor. That'll put you to sleep if anything, or even prompt you to drive off the road on purpose and kill yourself.
Why don't they just play sound from a porno clip or something. That'll keep you up.
Can someone explain to me if, how, and why we use different rockets for manned vs. unmanned missions? Why not just use the most reliable types? Is it a cost issue? Are the manned rockets really safer?
... the particle believed to be the source of mass and weight.
That's beer for guys, and chocolate for women.
They want your spam at: uce@ftc.gov
Don't mess with the Feds. Now if only they had a place to report pop-up ads...
I've left that out to make it harder for script kiddies.
If you don't open source the problem then nobody can help fix it!
Afghanistan... anagram for: "A FAT SHAG INN"
What a repressed nation!
I thought Red Bull was a fictional product when I saw their ad in Wipe-Out XL for Sony PlayStation. Then when I saw it in stores I thought they had made the drink AFTER the game, you know.. to take advantage of the name-recognition.
Vote for me in 2004.
Yeah sure, and that's not a penis on the Little Mermaid promo poster... you work for Disney, don't you!
If you can't rely on state workers like me, then who can you trust?
"Classical" literature is much more enjoyable when read from those pretty leather-bound pages than the cheap newspaper-like books that they make you read in high school.
Any kind of textbook should be in quality print. Using the "^" to signify "raised to the power of" is one sign of a tedious lesson.
Study guides - for example the chemistry Problem Solvers series are so bug ugly, who'd want to study from them?
On the other hand if you have a cheap book, you feel better about using a highlighter or writing notes in the margin.
The US spends about 1 billion dollars per day on the military. That's what some drunk guy in a bar once told me, and that's a pretty good source.
Any programmer should be cautious about making "micro payments". 5 cents times an infinite loop = lots of money.
Me: "Uhhhhhh. Hi customer service... I don't remember how many times I accessed Persian Kitty last month, but I don't think it was over a thousand."
PK: Our records say you did, pervert. Pay the bill in full, or a collection agency will be chasing you...