That wasn't editors, that was just people sick of "this site sucks I don't know what I am doing here" posts. It adds nothing useful, so should be voted down.
I've owned two Apple phones and a Samsung, and I've never used the headphone jack on any of them. So from my perspective, I was forced into having a feature that I never asked for.
If there's life there, what are the chances that the microbes that we send there will be better at living on their world than the nativre stuff is? Sure, some of the native life might die out, like when an invasive slug or fish or plant drives out an indiginous one, but ALL life? No way. Grey squirrels may have driven out the red squirrels here in the UK, but they aren't threatening any other life. Most likely the Earth life will cause some damage, and then crash and die out, and the native life will be back to normal in a few hundred thousand years.
I'm thinking, ff there's life there already, it's probably better suited to its environment than anything we could export there. And if it isn't, if it's so primitive and fragile that a few Earth bugs can wipe it out, well maybe that's tough. It played the game of life and it lost, like a quintillion species did on this planet. Now what would be a real shame is if Earth bugs wiped out the indigenous stuff, and then crashed and died out itself. But I guess there will always be something left behind that's still close enough to life to bootstrap itself.
I put in semicolons, curly braces, line breaks, and indentation if they make the code more maintainable and clearer to the human reader. For example Microsoft T/SQL doesn't need semicolons at the end of SQL statements, but I put them in anyway.
No, he (a "leave" supporter) asked it back in March. Nigel Farrage, one of the prominent "leave" campaigners, said in an interview that a 52/48 vote to remain would be "unfinished business" and would require a second vote.
Hear, hear. I'm not surprised that Consider Phlebas is the Banks book on two of the three lists (shame, jameswallaceharris.com, shame), since it's the first, but in my opinion it's not the best. Player of Games and Use of Weapons are better. Likewise, the only Niven listed is Ringworld (plus Mote, co-authored), rather than Protector which in my opinion is his best.
A system of a given size and complexity cannot contain a system of equal size and complexity.
Therefore the universe in which this simulation is running must be larger and/or more complex than the universe that is being simulated.
Therefore we have no way of saying one way or another what is likely in whatever kind of outside universe might possibly create a universe like the one we observe. So to say something is more or less likely is pure speculation ab nihilo. So why bother?
This seems to hang on whether it's possible to simulate a universe to the same detail that we observe (or think we are observing), and whether the universe is long-lived enough for such sophisticated simulations to be built and run for long enough to simulate what we observe.
I don't think our universe qualifies for such.
But if we are in a simulation, then we know nothing about the real universe. All bets are off. So it's pure speculation to say that such a simulation is possible in whatever the real universe is. If we are in a simulation, then yes it is possible. If we are not, then this notional "real" universe that we are being simulated in does not exist.
So, it's pure guesswork and speculation with no hope of ever giving an answer. Therefore to say it is likely is pure nonsense. NdGT is brilliant, and I respect him hugely, but on this one I think he's let his mouth flap without properly engaging his brain.
This "plainly" here is difficult to judge. How can we be sure any unbelievable religious text wasn't some sort of "pointed political statement" or "satire"?
If judging was easy, anyone could be a judge. It's difficult, so we have specialists who are qualified to do it. That's what this judge did. He judged.
A lecturer was saying, "...and in about a billion years, the sun will expand and engulf the Earth..." when a student stood up and raised his hand. "Excuse me sir, what did you just say?" The lecturer repeated, "about a billion years." "Phew", said the student, sitting down, "I thought you said million."
Absolutely. If Apple can modify a device in order to help crack the encryption, then anyone with the right knowledge can do it,and so those measures that they are being asked to circumvent are, in the long run, of no value.
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That wasn't editors, that was just people sick of "this site sucks I don't know what I am doing here" posts. It adds nothing useful, so should be voted down.
I've owned two Apple phones and a Samsung, and I've never used the headphone jack on any of them. So from my perspective, I was forced into having a feature that I never asked for.
I've had an iPhone 3Gs, an iPhone 4, and currently a Samsung Galaxy S4 Active. I have never used the headphone port on any of them. Good riddance!
If there's life there, what are the chances that the microbes that we send there will be better at living on their world than the nativre stuff is? Sure, some of the native life might die out, like when an invasive slug or fish or plant drives out an indiginous one, but ALL life? No way. Grey squirrels may have driven out the red squirrels here in the UK, but they aren't threatening any other life. Most likely the Earth life will cause some damage, and then crash and die out, and the native life will be back to normal in a few hundred thousand years.
I'm thinking, ff there's life there already, it's probably better suited to its environment than anything we could export there. And if it isn't, if it's so primitive and fragile that a few Earth bugs can wipe it out, well maybe that's tough. It played the game of life and it lost, like a quintillion species did on this planet. Now what would be a real shame is if Earth bugs wiped out the indigenous stuff, and then crashed and died out itself. But I guess there will always be something left behind that's still close enough to life to bootstrap itself.
Obviously this is off topic for a story on comments in code.
I put in semicolons, curly braces, line breaks, and indentation if they make the code more maintainable and clearer to the human reader. For example Microsoft T/SQL doesn't need semicolons at the end of SQL statements, but I put them in anyway.
Assuming we do actually pull out, the referendum proves that we did have our sovereignty all along.
It's just a petition to get a parliamentary committee to discuss it. That's all. The petition system is not meant to achieve anything tangible.
No, only a simple majority was required.
No, he (a "leave" supporter) asked it back in March. Nigel Farrage, one of the prominent "leave" campaigners, said in an interview that a 52/48 vote to remain would be "unfinished business" and would require a second vote.
Censorship *****.
Right.
Hear, hear. I'm not surprised that Consider Phlebas is the Banks book on two of the three lists (shame, jameswallaceharris.com, shame), since it's the first, but in my opinion it's not the best. Player of Games and Use of Weapons are better. Likewise, the only Niven listed is Ringworld (plus Mote, co-authored), rather than Protector which in my opinion is his best.
Put another way...
A system of a given size and complexity cannot contain a system of equal size and complexity.
Therefore the universe in which this simulation is running must be larger and/or more complex than the universe that is being simulated.
Therefore we have no way of saying one way or another what is likely in whatever kind of outside universe might possibly create a universe like the one we observe. So to say something is more or less likely is pure speculation ab nihilo. So why bother?
This seems to hang on whether it's possible to simulate a universe to the same detail that we observe (or think we are observing), and whether the universe is long-lived enough for such sophisticated simulations to be built and run for long enough to simulate what we observe.
I don't think our universe qualifies for such.
But if we are in a simulation, then we know nothing about the real universe. All bets are off. So it's pure speculation to say that such a simulation is possible in whatever the real universe is. If we are in a simulation, then yes it is possible. If we are not, then this notional "real" universe that we are being simulated in does not exist.
So, it's pure guesswork and speculation with no hope of ever giving an answer. Therefore to say it is likely is pure nonsense. NdGT is brilliant, and I respect him hugely, but on this one I think he's let his mouth flap without properly engaging his brain.
So are you allowed to wear a merkin?
This "plainly" here is difficult to judge. How can we be sure any unbelievable religious text wasn't some sort of "pointed political statement" or "satire"?
If judging was easy, anyone could be a judge. It's difficult, so we have specialists who are qualified to do it. That's what this judge did. He judged.
A lecturer was saying, "...and in about a billion years, the sun will expand and engulf the Earth..." when a student stood up and raised his hand. "Excuse me sir, what did you just say?" The lecturer repeated, "about a billion years." "Phew", said the student, sitting down, "I thought you said million."
We should switch over to skipping one leap day every 128 years, which is much closer to fixing the discrepancy than the not-by-100-unless-by-400 rule.
Ah, the "No True Scotsman" argument.
Absolutely. If Apple can modify a device in order to help crack the encryption, then anyone with the right knowledge can do it,and so those measures that they are being asked to circumvent are, in the long run, of no value.
It's news that is relevant to nerds, and it is stuff that matters, regardless of which side of the debate you sit.
And they probably believe/deny* AGW. *Delete as appropriate.
Also, beta carotine is converted into Vitamin A which is good for eye health... ;)