So 111/106 isn't accurate enough for you? How accurate do you want it to be?
Incidentally, the website I mentioned (ldolphin.org) never claims to be the inerrant truth of the universe. It is not pseudoscientific bilge, and if anything is proven to be wrong, it won't disprove Christianity. These are theories, by scientists. If you discredit a scientist because he is Christian, then you are the irrational one. Because they don't subscribe to the myth of evolution (a theory growing weaker and weaker by "conventional" science), doesn't make it crack-pot science on the scale of Alex Chiu.
I invite you to disprove anything on ldolphin.org. I won't be offended. It's science, the search for truth. We all want to know the truth. Because Christian scientists have a different angle on the world, doesn't make them wrong, or non-scientists.
This is a common "error" in the Bible, made by simple-minded people who don't bother to research the language used. As this page explains, Hebrew letters have alphanumeric value. The normal spelling for the word that means circumference is qav, which has a value of 106. The word used here, qaveh, has value of 111, since the added heh means 5. The ratio of the word used to the normal word is 111/106 which yields 3.141509433962. This value gives the circumference of the bowl within 15 thousanths of an inch, which is more accurate than values of pi that are only hundreds of years old.
I don't think the above post should have been mod-ed "funny." I would mod it -1, Pathetic Misuse of Biblical Text
according to this article, Plutonium-239 has a half-life of 24,110 years, but it says nothing about how long it remains "weapons-grade." Interesting article, though.
It's not the DVD. In fact, if it were used for missile guidance, the DVD would have to be stripped since it probably wouldn't be usable during launch. Can you imagine a missile saying "Please insert Launch Disc 1..."
This computer is small, self contained, hackable, and CHEAP. What could be better?
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i was merely paraphrasing.
So 111/106 isn't accurate enough for you? How accurate do you want it to be?
Incidentally, the website I mentioned (ldolphin.org) never claims to be the inerrant truth of the universe. It is not pseudoscientific bilge, and if anything is proven to be wrong, it won't disprove Christianity. These are theories, by scientists. If you discredit a scientist because he is Christian, then you are the irrational one. Because they don't subscribe to the myth of evolution (a theory growing weaker and weaker by "conventional" science), doesn't make it crack-pot science on the scale of Alex Chiu.
I invite you to disprove anything on ldolphin.org. I won't be offended. It's science, the search for truth. We all want to know the truth. Because Christian scientists have a different angle on the world, doesn't make them wrong, or non-scientists.
I'm sorry you were offended by my post.
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This is a common "error" in the Bible, made by simple-minded people who don't bother to research the language used. As this page explains, Hebrew letters have alphanumeric value. The normal spelling for the word that means circumference is qav, which has a value of 106. The word used here, qaveh, has value of 111, since the added heh means 5. The ratio of the word used to the normal word is 111/106 which yields 3.141509433962. This value gives the circumference of the bowl within 15 thousanths of an inch, which is more accurate than values of pi that are only hundreds of years old.
I don't think the above post should have been mod-ed "funny." I would mod it -1, Pathetic Misuse of Biblical Text
Right now, just pretty pictures.. maybe someday they'll make some earth-shattering (hah) discovery that brings about some useful technology.
I think it's a law of software (most likely something stated in There is No Silver Bullet) that bad design will never yield good software.
according to this rather cheezy article, the energy from the plasma would be used to heat water->turbine->electricity.
Can someone confirm this? Has electricity generation technology really stagnated?
according to this article, Plutonium-239 has a half-life of 24,110 years, but it says nothing about how long it remains "weapons-grade." Interesting article, though.
Well alot of things are open source. PGP is open source. does that mean everyone can just go in and read your messages? no.
open source does not mean open data.
It's not the DVD. In fact, if it were used for missile guidance, the DVD would have to be stripped since it probably wouldn't be usable during launch. Can you imagine a missile saying "Please insert Launch Disc 1..." This computer is small, self contained, hackable, and CHEAP. What could be better?