Must have been a few days ago, I don't usually bother to look at every plane that goes by, but if I want I'll see a commercial propeller plane go by within the hour, I just have to go out and point my nose up.
(c) For purposes of this joint resolution, the term "introduction of United States Armed Forces" includes the assignment of member of such armed forces to command, coordinate, participate in the movement of, or accompany the regular or irregular military forces of any foreign country or government when such military forces are engaged, or there exists an imminent threat that such forces will become engaged, in hostilities.
The law clearly states that it applies to situations where people from other countries are helped by US military personnel. So the Obama administration's claims that it only applies when US troops are being shot at is obviously bullshit. "It wasn't me, it was my remote-controlled device" is not a valid excuse.
when someone comes along and says "hey food poisoning kills more people than have ever died of nuclear material" they sidestep the point that the nuclear menace is overblown
Compare the death tolls by number of kitchens VS number of nuclear reactors if you don't want to sidestep the point.
Third, you only take a picture of the resulting pattern with a camera, having a long exposure time.You record where it hit, but you don't know which one hit there.
Oh? I thought they were using a video camera to measure the changes the interference pattern over time:S
You're wrong. There is a pattern even in the single-shot experiment.
There CANNOT be a pattern if you shoot just one particle. If you shoot many particles, one at a time, there will be a pattern.
You're gonna have to go look for your source on that mistake. And to learn not to tell people they're wrong when you're talking obvious shit like that. One-dot pattern... you sound like an idiot.
as I understand it, the uncertainty principle tells us that in order to determine the position of a particle, we'd have to make a photograph of it
Oh boy... a photograph? Of a subatomic particle?
we'd have to make a photograph of it using a sufficiently high frequency of light, otherwise we'd get a severe interference pattern.
I don't even...
thus knocking the original particle out of its path
This is the only part that made any sense.
If you're detecting a particle, you have to use another particle to do it, 'cause otherwise... how would you? So it's like finding out information about a car by blindly throwing other cars at it and measuring the collision: you're gonna affect the thing you're measuring by the act of measuring it.
obviously particles because of the impressions they made on the photo-sensitive paper
No, that's got nothing to do with being a particle or not. The fun of this experiment is that it shows light to be a wave (because of the interference pattern) unless you measure photons going through the slits, in which case there is no interference pattern. Also works with electrons, btw.
Germany also has an issue with their nuclear waste. They've discovered that their clever "metal barrels in a salt mine" scheme wasn't as water-tight as they thought.
It's not just the reactor that's a threat, there's also the toxic garbage.
Most of Google's users are clueless about these things, and so demanding that they opt-out is the wrong approach; rather, they should opt-in if they want their results filtered
DOES NOT COMPUTE
It is because users are clueless that the customization options have to be activated without their input.
How could someone know to activate an option when they have no clue to its existence? They can't opt-in, they don't know how, and they don't know that they can.
this really isn't a problem. The reactor is housed inside of a containment vessel, which means that the melted material should be contained. There has been some evidence that there were minor cracks in the vessel, but as far I understand it, they were sealed weeks ago.
We have to take it on faith that those were the only cracks, and that they were sealed completely and permanently.
I don't have to "manage" anything. Every year or so I wipe the drive with a fresh XP-CD install, and need to reinstall my favorite programs, but that would be true of any OS
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Man, being ignorant is kinda cool.
You're so close to being self aware. Close, but no cigar.
If you want an employee that can play the game, you want a tester, not a developer.
If the pilot wants to commit a terrorist act, i.e. crashing into a building, then "point nose up herp derp" isn't going to work
I wonder what you think the bombings of airplanes were, if not terrorism.
This is the kind of disclaimer that should be right at the top.
Modern windows already block UV light, it's just a question of time before we start harvesting it, and IR.
the story here is that snowfalls happen every 20 years there?
Evidence suggests that the Atacama may not have had any significant rainfall from 1570 to 1971.
last time you saw a commercial plane with them?
Must have been a few days ago, I don't usually bother to look at every plane that goes by, but if I want I'll see a commercial propeller plane go by within the hour, I just have to go out and point my nose up.
>Any toddler can tell the difference between real and "cartoon" violence
That is not true.
accompany the regular or irregular military forces of any foreign country or government when such military forces are engaged
In a military context "engaged" actually does mean getting shot at;
Yes, the Libyan guys getting shot at are engaged, and are accompanied by US air support, logistical + supply aid, strategic advice, etc.
(c) For purposes of this joint resolution, the term "introduction of United States Armed Forces" includes the assignment of member of such armed forces to command, coordinate, participate in the movement of, or accompany the regular or irregular military forces of any foreign country or government when such military forces are engaged, or there exists an imminent threat that such forces will become engaged, in hostilities.
The law clearly states that it applies to situations where people from other countries are helped by US military personnel. So the Obama administration's claims that it only applies when US troops are being shot at is obviously bullshit. "It wasn't me, it was my remote-controlled device" is not a valid excuse.
when someone comes along and says "hey food poisoning kills more people than have ever died of nuclear material" they sidestep the point that the nuclear menace is overblown
Compare the death tolls by number of kitchens VS number of nuclear reactors if you don't want to sidestep the point.
Third, you only take a picture of the resulting pattern with a camera, having a long exposure time.You record where it hit, but you don't know which one hit there.
Oh? I thought they were using a video camera to measure the changes the interference pattern over time :S
You're wrong. There is a pattern even in the single-shot experiment.
There CANNOT be a pattern if you shoot just one particle. If you shoot many particles, one at a time, there will be a pattern.
You're gonna have to go look for your source on that mistake. And to learn not to tell people they're wrong when you're talking obvious shit like that. One-dot pattern... you sound like an idiot.
The point was that you could detect the position of the car by using much lighter objects (or objects with less energy), e.g. ping pong balls
Ok, re-substitute "car" back to photon. Your ping-pong ball is a substitution for what, and how are you measuring that?
as I understand it, the uncertainty principle tells us that in order to determine the position of a particle, we'd have to make a photograph of it
Oh boy... a photograph? Of a subatomic particle?
we'd have to make a photograph of it using a sufficiently high frequency of light, otherwise we'd get a severe interference pattern.
I don't even...
thus knocking the original particle out of its path
This is the only part that made any sense.
If you're detecting a particle, you have to use another particle to do it, 'cause otherwise... how would you? So it's like finding out information about a car by blindly throwing other cars at it and measuring the collision: you're gonna affect the thing you're measuring by the act of measuring it.
obviously particles because of the impressions they made on the photo-sensitive paper
No, that's got nothing to do with being a particle or not. The fun of this experiment is that it shows light to be a wave (because of the interference pattern) unless you measure photons going through the slits, in which case there is no interference pattern. Also works with electrons, btw.
In this experiment, they can know which slit the photons when through
They infer through a study of averages.
Germany also has an issue with their nuclear waste. They've discovered that their clever "metal barrels in a salt mine" scheme wasn't as water-tight as they thought.
It's not just the reactor that's a threat, there's also the toxic garbage.
whether in the resemblance of coins of the United States or of foreign countries, or of original design
the coins were clearly attempting to pass off a resemblance to US coins.
Which is irrelevant, they could be of original design and it would apply just as well,
Most of Google's users are clueless about these things, and so demanding that they opt-out is the wrong approach; rather, they should opt-in if they want their results filtered
DOES NOT COMPUTE
It is because users are clueless that the customization options have to be activated without their input.
How could someone know to activate an option when they have no clue to its existence? They can't opt-in, they don't know how, and they don't know that they can.
I was expecting something cool, like he started standing on one side of the canyon
You should expect less from the guy using half a model airplane as a back pack. His thing is cool, I want one and all, but it's consistently oversold.
this really isn't a problem. The reactor is housed inside of a containment vessel, which means that the melted material should be contained. There has been some evidence that there were minor cracks in the vessel, but as far I understand it, they were sealed weeks ago.
We have to take it on faith that those were the only cracks, and that they were sealed completely and permanently.
I don't have to "manage" anything. Every year or so I wipe the drive with a fresh XP-CD install, and need to reinstall my favorite programs, but that would be true of any OS
Wow, that level of denial is quite impressive.
makes it impossible for anybody to ever do recorded music as their day job.
The same thing was said about cassette recorders, the same thing was said about wax cylinder phonograms, and it's as true now as it was then.
However, "too much brain" ... WTF?
Easily fixed with a routine lobotomy...