At many of the top research universities in America (such as MIT, Caltech, UM Rolla, and NJIT), I have seen from personal experience that this is not the case. The spirit of academic cooperation and mutual assistance is alive an well.
Any breathing female would certainly be able to find countless opportunities to recieve "genetic information" on any of these campuses.
I thought it was going to tell us how Mr. Peabody's wayback machine worked. You know, like the flux capacitor diagrams that made everything clear . . .
Harrison Ford's right hand man, traditionally played by Sean Connery, will be played by Sean Combs. Indiana must fight off a ring of drug smugglers who kidnap his sexy girlfriend (Mariah Carey). Complications ensue when Indiana uncovers a secrete relic that allows him to "outgrove" any of the other cats in LA. Soundtrack by John - ahem - Vanessa Williams. Running Time: 2 groovetastic hours
Indiana Jones IV: The Temple of Jung
Indiana thinks he has finally settled down to a nice retirement until an old foe resurfaces. His childhood friend, with whom he has shared every intimate secret, returns to their hometown. All appears well until our hero discovers that his friend has been converted Freudianism. The ensuing verbal sparring will dizzy the audience with its acerbic wit and attention to theory. Annotated notes will be provided with every purchased ticket. Good for three hours of credit at University of Indiana. Running Time: 5 hours
Indiana Jones IV: Writers of the South Park
Indiana Jones embarks on a new quest to find the secret of power, as revealed to him by Chef. Sought for men for ages, his only guide on his quest is Cartman, who despite his ignorance, manages to defeat a contingent of Nazis by feeding them poisoned sausage. Rumors are flying about the Robot Hitler / Kenny scene. Running Time: [expletive deleted] hours
like any ultra-rugged mode of transportation, suburban drones will snap these up. I can imagine getting stepped on by a Ford Gargantua (TM) with Firestone boots as I'm walking along the street.
Of course, all of these available at local dealerships will still have the turrets, armour, and awesome destructive power (TM) of the editions made for the army.
If you really want to get scared, think about one of these things with a cellular phone (emitting tons of microwaves next to the control circuits) clutched in its stainless steel fists yammering in the mall. The wearer's inane conversation would, of course, be amplified to 140db.
The as the poster is thinking of has a first name, it's O-S-C-A-R. The advertisment has a second name, it's M-A-Y-E-R:
Principal Skinner: We can buy real periodic tables, instead of these promotional ones from Oscar Mayer.
Ms. Krabapple: Now, who can tell me the atomic weight of bolonium?
Martin: Ohhh... delicious?
Karbapple: Correct. I would also accept snacktacular.
Hawking probably never even said anything like this, and it's been blown out of proportion.
What Hawking said to the Cambridge flunky that delivered his new laptop:
This is four times more powerful than the one I just got three years ago. Too bad I'm not.
What Nature quoted:
Lucasian chair ponders the asymmetrical development of technology and biology in conference at Cambridge. Will computer's growth outpace that of humanity? For complete proceedings, send a check for five thousand pounds to . . .
What the London Times reported:
World's Smartest Man: Computers obey Moore's law - soon we'll obey computers.
What the Weekly World News claimed:
Mad Scientist in England has Designed Computer that will Enslave Humanity: Hawking 666
Apart from my desire to help mad scientists everywhere achieve their dreams, one of the major reasons I've taken the unpopular stance of encouraging genetic engineering is that, without artificial correction, we have stopped natural selection from working.
I agree with the need for society to provide safety nets for those who are less fortunate, but in our altruistic desire not to let people die, we have prevented less effective genotypes from leaving the gene pool. Moreover, those who are most well adapted, at least by our capitalistic socio-economic principles, tend to reproduce less often to prevent dilution of their money via inheritance - the true arbiter of success today (rather than genes).
In short, genetic engineering would allow the human race to progress much faster than it would normally - we don't have lines of women waiting to mate with the smartest and successful men (talking about the intersection, not the union - rich and stupid people breed enough). This is not a war against humans versus machines or morloks vs. eloi, but merely a reasonable means to continue "improving" the human race.
If people walking into the store have acne and are wearing glasses, they'll be ushered by special "support personel" to special air tight rooms where all the sci-fi and computer books are kept so that they won't annoy the yuppie patrons with their poor grooming and odor.
The lack of a recent Blizzard release has crippled the traditional college LAN party. While you can depend on a Blizzard RTS game to get off the ground quickly and finish within a couple of hours, most other strategy games either are twitch fests that finish before you can get comfortable with your laptop teetering on somebody's mini-fridge or Sim Base extravaganzas that take all night to resolve.
Starcraft can only last so long, and people are already going back to Warcraft II . . . good, balanced RTS games that don't require everyone to have a copy of the CD are quickly running out, and we're left playing dusty games, crappy RTS games, or ughh . . . first person shooters.
I want a quality Blizzard release as much as the next person, but the sooner the better . . .
Exactly . . .
I chose the proof to show that in order to demonstrate something as a unique property (say, the way the moon was formed), you need to not only show that it has the property but also show that it is the only one that has the property (no other formation model is valid).
I'm no astrophysics guru, but this simulation seems to merely confirm the possible a theory rather than put forward a valid creation model as a contender for cannon. Wouldn't the same sort of thing have to be done for every other possible creation scenario before we could get anything approaching conclusive confirmation?
Showing that something works is inconclusive . . . showing that everything else doesn't work is better.
Example: Two is the only even prime number.
Proof: Two can be divided by one and two. Viola!
Berke's belief that he is less relevant today could possibly be justified, but I think that comes from his being so ahead of the times. Outland expressed the kind of self-referential humor that we take for granted after shows about nothing and the Simpsons. The denizens of Bloom County were far ahead of their time, and reading the strips today isn't the same as during the supply-side days of Regan. He helped create the ironic, self-immolating humor that we have today.
While it is true that children can gain access to information at an earlier age, the tilt of this story seems to ignore that anyone at any age can do the same. If we are to bemoan the fact that 15 year old punks can find out how to throw up a crappy webpage to rave about the latest NSync single, we should also remember that the same resources allow a dissident living in Nigeria to let the world know about the grave injustices being done.
The Internet is about equalizing opportunity, and if children take advantage of that, so much the better. But it also alows those outside of traditional conduits of society and education to level the playing field. A reactionary discussion of tots using the Internet to learn about finance, programming, and web design is ultimately myopic.
Public newspapers are barely at a 10th grade reading level and have been falling steadily (can anyone say USA Today). While many newspapers do have a "Science" section, half of all of the articles are spent explaining the concepts for a neophyte to understand (as they should).
Scientific publishing is meant to be reviewed by peers. Such publications need to have all of the nitty gritty experimental details like which integration technique they used on their NMR data. I'm sure Joe Blow doesn't care, and his parrot will probably get more out of such information by urinating on it that will the average reader.
Newspaper publication would either require so much explanation for the general public as to make it bloated and unreadable, or it would leave papers in their current form - undreadable to the general public. I'm sure this would go over well with advertisers.
Even at major research centers, it is often impossible to get the journal you want. Add this to annoying people referencing arguments through proofs of obscurity. The other 768 cases fall simply from the results of the Slovenian Philosophical Society's 1879 proceedings.
A central repository for such information (although it seems like this would just be bio publications - correct me if I'm wrong) would be exceedingly useful to those doing research on the peripheries. Even those at the University of Arkansas at Hooterville could get the same acess as someone at Caltech (albeit with a delay of six months or so). As it is, the artificially high costs of publishing and reading journals keeps research striated - only places with money can do real research.
This would level the playing field, and probably have less turnaround time from research to publication.
Slashdot Mirror
At many of the top research universities in America (such as MIT, Caltech, UM Rolla, and NJIT), I have seen from personal experience that this is not the case. The spirit of academic cooperation and mutual assistance is alive an well.
Any breathing female would certainly be able to find countless opportunities to recieve "genetic information" on any of these campuses.
I thought it was going to tell us how Mr. Peabody's wayback machine worked. You know, like the flux capacitor diagrams that made everything clear . . .
Indiana Jones IV: Keepin' it up with Jonesie
Harrison Ford's right hand man, traditionally played by Sean Connery, will be played by Sean Combs. Indiana must fight off a ring of drug smugglers who kidnap his sexy girlfriend (Mariah Carey). Complications ensue when Indiana uncovers a secrete relic that allows him to "outgrove" any of the other cats in LA. Soundtrack by John - ahem - Vanessa Williams. Running Time: 2 groovetastic hours
Indiana Jones IV: The Temple of Jung
Indiana thinks he has finally settled down to a nice retirement until an old foe resurfaces. His childhood friend, with whom he has shared every intimate secret, returns to their hometown. All appears well until our hero discovers that his friend has been converted Freudianism. The ensuing verbal sparring will dizzy the audience with its acerbic wit and attention to theory. Annotated notes will be provided with every purchased ticket. Good for three hours of credit at University of Indiana. Running Time: 5 hours
Indiana Jones IV: Writers of the South Park
Indiana Jones embarks on a new quest to find the secret of power, as revealed to him by Chef. Sought for men for ages, his only guide on his quest is Cartman, who despite his ignorance, manages to defeat a contingent of Nazis by feeding them poisoned sausage. Rumors are flying about the Robot Hitler / Kenny scene. Running Time: [expletive deleted] hours
like any ultra-rugged mode of transportation, suburban drones will snap these up. I can imagine getting stepped on by a Ford Gargantua (TM) with Firestone boots as I'm walking along the street.
Of course, all of these available at local dealerships will still have the turrets, armour, and awesome destructive power (TM) of the editions made for the army.
If you really want to get scared, think about one of these things with a cellular phone (emitting tons of microwaves next to the control circuits) clutched in its stainless steel fists yammering in the mall. The wearer's inane conversation would, of course, be amplified to 140db.
North Korea doesn't have computers, let alone MS Word. Heck, they're still probably still using carrier birds.
Given these trends, however, perhaps S. Korea might be miffed that their friends in the North are using pidgeons instead of penguins.
> Lots of interesting hacking ideas here for
> people who prefer to spend more time in their
> cars than me.
It should be "than I." It's an understood clause with the pronoun acting as the subject of "than I do." So it would have to be nominative case.
Let he who is without sin . . . [ouch]. Where did that stone come from?
Just what we need. Ten million more Jerry Lewis fanpages.
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Now maybe NASA can tell whether their probes are 100 meters or 100 feet away from smacking into Mars.
The as the poster is thinking of has a first name, it's O-S-C-A-R. The advertisment has a second name, it's M-A-Y-E-R:
Principal Skinner: We can buy real periodic tables, instead of these promotional ones from Oscar Mayer.
Ms. Krabapple: Now, who can tell me the atomic weight of bolonium?
Martin: Ohhh... delicious?
Karbapple: Correct. I would also accept snacktacular.
Hawking probably never even said anything like this, and it's been blown out of proportion.
What Hawking said to the Cambridge flunky that delivered his new laptop:
This is four times more powerful than the one I just got three years ago. Too bad I'm not.
What Nature quoted:
Lucasian chair ponders the asymmetrical development of technology and biology in conference at Cambridge. Will computer's growth outpace that of humanity? For complete proceedings, send a check for five thousand pounds to . . .
What the London Times reported:
World's Smartest Man: Computers obey Moore's law - soon we'll obey computers.
What the Weekly World News claimed:
Mad Scientist in England has Designed Computer that will Enslave Humanity: Hawking 666
What the Onion published.
Now Slashdot will find the truth . . . thank God for legitimate journalism!
Apart from my desire to help mad scientists everywhere achieve their dreams, one of the major reasons I've taken the unpopular stance of encouraging genetic engineering is that, without artificial correction, we have stopped natural selection from working.
I agree with the need for society to provide safety nets for those who are less fortunate, but in our altruistic desire not to let people die, we have prevented less effective genotypes from leaving the gene pool. Moreover, those who are most well adapted, at least by our capitalistic socio-economic principles, tend to reproduce less often to prevent dilution of their money via inheritance - the true arbiter of success today (rather than genes).
In short, genetic engineering would allow the human race to progress much faster than it would normally - we don't have lines of women waiting to mate with the smartest and successful men (talking about the intersection, not the union - rich and stupid people breed enough). This is not a war against humans versus machines or morloks vs. eloi, but merely a reasonable means to continue "improving" the human race.
If people walking into the store have acne and are wearing glasses, they'll be ushered by special "support personel" to special air tight rooms where all the sci-fi and computer books are kept so that they won't annoy the yuppie patrons with their poor grooming and odor.
because there's a musical note hanging in the air.
The lack of a recent Blizzard release has crippled the traditional college LAN party. While you can depend on a Blizzard RTS game to get off the ground quickly and finish within a couple of hours, most other strategy games either are twitch fests that finish before you can get comfortable with your laptop teetering on somebody's mini-fridge or Sim Base extravaganzas that take all night to resolve.
Starcraft can only last so long, and people are already going back to Warcraft II . . . good, balanced RTS games that don't require everyone to have a copy of the CD are quickly running out, and we're left playing dusty games, crappy RTS games, or ughh . . . first person shooters.
I want a quality Blizzard release as much as the next person, but the sooner the better . . .
Exactly . . . I chose the proof to show that in order to demonstrate something as a unique property (say, the way the moon was formed), you need to not only show that it has the property but also show that it is the only one that has the property (no other formation model is valid).
Showing that something works is inconclusive . . . showing that everything else doesn't work is better.
Example: Two is the only even prime number. Proof: Two can be divided by one and two. Viola!
Bloom County Zone
Berke's belief that he is less relevant today could possibly be justified, but I think that comes from his being so ahead of the times. Outland expressed the kind of self-referential humor that we take for granted after shows about nothing and the Simpsons. The denizens of Bloom County were far ahead of their time, and reading the strips today isn't the same as during the supply-side days of Regan. He helped create the ironic, self-immolating humor that we have today.
The Internet is about equalizing opportunity, and if children take advantage of that, so much the better. But it also alows those outside of traditional conduits of society and education to level the playing field. A reactionary discussion of tots using the Internet to learn about finance, programming, and web design is ultimately myopic.
---------------Public newspapers are barely at a 10th grade reading level and have been falling steadily (can anyone say USA Today). While many newspapers do have a "Science" section, half of all of the articles are spent explaining the concepts for a neophyte to understand (as they should).
Scientific publishing is meant to be reviewed by peers. Such publications need to have all of the nitty gritty experimental details like which integration technique they used on their NMR data. I'm sure Joe Blow doesn't care, and his parrot will probably get more out of such information by urinating on it that will the average reader.
Newspaper publication would either require so much explanation for the general public as to make it bloated and unreadable, or it would leave papers in their current form - undreadable to the general public. I'm sure this would go over well with advertisers.
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A central repository for such information (although it seems like this would just be bio publications - correct me if I'm wrong) would be exceedingly useful to those doing research on the peripheries. Even those at the University of Arkansas at Hooterville could get the same acess as someone at Caltech (albeit with a delay of six months or so). As it is, the artificially high costs of publishing and reading journals keeps research striated - only places with money can do real research.
This would level the playing field, and probably have less turnaround time from research to publication.
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