Last night, my MP3 player suddenly got stuck on the song 4'33" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%E2%80%B233%E2%80%B3). It keeps playing the haunting melody over and over, and nothing I can do will make it stop!
Besides having that tune running through my head all day, how much am I going to have to pay the RIAA for this? I never purchased this song, so it is distresssing that I am stuck paying for it. Is there a virus that loads such things onto MP3 players?
I am the son of the President of the United states, and I have acquired the sum of 40,000,000,000 (Forty Billion Dollars) through various nefarious deals, and would like your assistance in transferring this sum to a foreign country...
I've only been able to come up with 796 versions of viagra. I'm sure there must be many more. Can I download the list? It would help in my work^h^h^hhobby...
I've watched this thing all the way through three times, but I don't understand what the big deal is. It's a real pain since there are no bathroom breaks built into the show.
Getthe GW crowd to help builkd a model. They'll be able to prove that the bulge was caused by SUV's, with an explination that sounds like it came from Star Trek. "It's caused by an isoplaner resonance caused by the molecular disturbance of the tachyon field."
Just don't ask them for their data or their code. It works like quantum physics: You can either have the results, or you can have the code, but not both.
How can they tell that they are "Super" Earths? Are they wearing a big "S"?
I would assume that they are 3/4 covered with water, and have a large diversity of living creatures wandering about. Otherwise, how can you compare these planets to Earth? Thats like saying a toilet is just like a box of cookies, except that they're made from different materials, are different sizes, used for a different purposes, and look nothing alike.
This sounds like a good idea for transferring content securely. The contents of the memory will degrade in a short time, making it ideal for carrying sensitive data.
So, how is that different from the currently available floppy disks?
Legally change your name to John Doe, or something similiar. Then break into all the databases used for the name change, and delete the information. Just to make sure, kill everyone who knows you changed your name. Burn down your house, your parents house, all the schools you went to, all the places you worked, your classmates houses, the auto license bureau, the Social Security Administration, and anyplace that may have you old name on record or any photos of you.
If anyone finds this after that, you'll just have to say "that must have been another xxxx".
By the way, instead of doing it on a computer, wouldn't a table in an empty office have been better?
The lay public gets their knowledge of science from such shows as CSI.
You know, where they can enlarge a single pixel from a digital photo to read the license plate off a car reflected in a window from someones eye from 200 feet away.
I have this climate data that fits on a floppy disk. It's the only proof I have about what my entire department is working on. Alas, I have no room available in the entire campus to store this floppy worth of data that everyone wants a copy of, so I'll throw it away.
The answer is no. The good thing about science is that it is open source. For mathematics, you can go through all of the proofs from your text books. For physics you would need a bit of gear to reproduce some of the experiments, but again, that is just a question of money and interest.
The basic point is that the scientific method don't expect you to accept anything without proof. If you can falsify any of the theories by experiment, people will pay attention to you, regardless of politics.
As talking barbie says, "math is hard".
Your average person doesn't understand algebra, let alone mathematical proofs. They want someone on TV to do it for them. That is why Global Warming and Creationists are so wildly believed without having any real proof. Whoever has the best dog-and-pony show for the reporters is the one getting air time.
I'm certain that people believe it when a spacecraft launches,
Capricorn 1. There is a significent percentage of the prople that believe the Earth is flat, and that the moon landings were faked on a soundstage.
or their new TV is even thinner.
TV's are like computers. They run on magic, the data flows through tubes, and you can catch a computers virus.
Thing is, do they even realise that is science?
They believe that psychics are real, and those that are caught cheating were just covering for a bad day. Scientists are just geeks who use funny words. Psychics solve crimes and save people in trouble, and scientists read books while wearing coke-bottle glasses.
In their mind science is a term for the fuzzy stuff that they read about in the papers - like is a glass of wine good or bad for you? Are potatoes/fish/eggs/etc good or bad for you? And all the U-turns since. Science is the word they associate with anything that goes wrong or seems to be a stupid waste of money to research.
The media have no clue about how science is supposed to work. If a group of clueless busybodies get together to condemn all our favorite foods just to get in the spotlight, the media will happily follow them, since it fills air time and makes them seem more important when they report the horrors of our food supply.
The media has propagated this view of science, because journalists could never hack the subjects themselves, and they just want to get their own back on those people who could do it.
The media doesn't understand technology, and they follow whoever gives them the most impressive show. They're interested in getting an audience and winning awards, they aren't interested in the truth which gets them neither.
In my experience, >90% of Windows systems that I am asked to look at are packed full of virus, adware, and other malware. I've only seen one Linux system infected with anything, and that was a long time ago.
The "inexistant desktop" meme doesn't matter to me. Besides being nonsense, the fact that Linux machines don't melt into a malware pile of crap 30 seconds after connecting to the internet, is what makes me prefer them. I don't think Windows machines could be more malware acceptable if Microsoft actually tried to design it to be so.
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I detected some dark matter, but five minutes with a plunger cleared it up.
Last night, my MP3 player suddenly got stuck on the song 4'33" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%E2%80%B233%E2%80%B3). It keeps playing the haunting melody over and over, and nothing I can do will make it stop!
Besides having that tune running through my head all day, how much am I going to have to pay the RIAA for this? I never purchased this song, so it is distresssing that I am stuck paying for it. Is there a virus that loads such things onto MP3 players?
They are stored in the safest place the Democrats have found so far. Sandy Burgers underpants.
You know, that's just what one of those conspirators would say...
Most of them started
I am the son of the President of the United states, and I have acquired the sum of 40,000,000,000 (Forty Billion Dollars) through various nefarious deals, and would like your assistance in transferring this sum to a foreign country...
Dad Delivers Baby Using Wiki
Did he, at least, wash it off when he was done using it?
I've only been able to come up with 796 versions of viagra. I'm sure there must be many more. Can I download the list? It would help in my work^h^h^hhobby...
I've watched this thing all the way through three times, but I don't understand what the big deal is. It's a real pain since there are no bathroom breaks built into the show.
Maybe a fourth time will bring enlightenment.
Getthe GW crowd to help builkd a model. They'll be able to prove that the bulge was caused by SUV's, with an explination that sounds like it came from Star Trek. "It's caused by an isoplaner resonance caused by the molecular disturbance of the tachyon field."
Just don't ask them for their data or their code. It works like quantum physics: You can either have the results, or you can have the code, but not both.
I'd prefer to be one of the snack-food czars. Maybe the potato chips, or pizza czar. As long as it pays well, or I get a lot of free snacks.
How can they tell that they are "Super" Earths? Are they wearing a big "S"?
I would assume that they are 3/4 covered with water, and have a large diversity of living creatures wandering about. Otherwise, how can you compare these planets to Earth? Thats like saying a toilet is just like a box of cookies, except that they're made from different materials, are different sizes, used for a different purposes, and look nothing alike.
I get them all the time! (-1 Troll)
comment quality on here hasn't gone the way of most social new sites
All I can say about that is:
1. Hot grits down Natile Portmans pants.
2. In Soviet Russia, the social news sites comment you.
3. Imagine a beowulf cluster of these.
4. Profit?
If you strip out the duplicates, it's about half that.
This sounds like a good idea for transferring content securely. The contents of the memory will degrade in a short time, making it ideal for carrying sensitive data.
So, how is that different from the currently available floppy disks?
Anime is definately the place to go if you want to understand theoretical physics. Oh, that and giant robots.
Legally change your name to John Doe, or something similiar. Then break into all the databases used for the name change, and delete the information. Just to make sure, kill everyone who knows you changed your name. Burn down your house, your parents house, all the schools you went to, all the places you worked, your classmates houses, the auto license bureau, the Social Security Administration, and anyplace that may have you old name on record or any photos of you.
If anyone finds this after that, you'll just have to say "that must have been another xxxx".
By the way, instead of doing it on a computer, wouldn't a table in an empty office have been better?
The lay public gets their knowledge of science from such shows as CSI.
You know, where they can enlarge a single pixel from a digital photo to read the license plate off a car reflected in a window from someones eye from 200 feet away.
If people reserved nearly as much skepticism for religion as they did for science, we would live in a much more sensible world.
What, you don't believe in the flying spaghetti monster! For that, I'll kill you!
There's belief, then there's self preservation.
I have this climate data that fits on a floppy disk. It's the only proof I have about what my entire department is working on. Alas, I have no room available in the entire campus to store this floppy worth of data that everyone wants a copy of, so I'll throw it away.
The answer is no. The good thing about science is that it is open source. For mathematics, you can go through all of the proofs from your text books. For physics you would need a bit of gear to reproduce some of the experiments, but again, that is just a question of money and interest.
The basic point is that the scientific method don't expect you to accept anything without proof. If you can falsify any of the theories by experiment, people will pay attention to you, regardless of politics.
As talking barbie says, "math is hard".
Your average person doesn't understand algebra, let alone mathematical proofs. They want someone on TV to do it for them. That is why Global Warming and Creationists are so wildly believed without having any real proof. Whoever has the best dog-and-pony show for the reporters is the one getting air time.
I'm certain that people believe it when a spacecraft launches,
Capricorn 1. There is a significent percentage of the prople that believe the Earth is flat, and that the moon landings were faked on a soundstage.
or their new TV is even thinner.
TV's are like computers. They run on magic, the data flows through tubes, and you can catch a computers virus.
Thing is, do they even realise that is science?
They believe that psychics are real, and those that are caught cheating were just covering for a bad day. Scientists are just geeks who use funny words. Psychics solve crimes and save people in trouble, and scientists read books while wearing coke-bottle glasses.
In their mind science is a term for the fuzzy stuff that they read about in the papers - like is a glass of wine good or bad for you? Are potatoes/fish/eggs/etc good or bad for you? And all the U-turns since. Science is the word they associate with anything that goes wrong or seems to be a stupid waste of money to research.
The media have no clue about how science is supposed to work. If a group of clueless busybodies get together to condemn all our favorite foods just to get in the spotlight, the media will happily follow them, since it fills air time and makes them seem more important when they report the horrors of our food supply.
The media has propagated this view of science, because journalists could never hack the subjects themselves, and they just want to get their own back on those people who could do it.
The media doesn't understand technology, and they follow whoever gives them the most impressive show. They're interested in getting an audience and winning awards, they aren't interested in the truth which gets them neither.
In my experience, >90% of Windows systems that I am asked to look at are packed full of virus, adware, and other malware. I've only seen one Linux system infected with anything, and that was a long time ago.
The "inexistant desktop" meme doesn't matter to me. Besides being nonsense, the fact that Linux machines don't melt into a malware pile of crap 30 seconds after connecting to the internet, is what makes me prefer them. I don't think Windows machines could be more malware acceptable if Microsoft actually tried to design it to be so.
Looking close, you can see a dish shaped object flanked by two cigar shped ones.
In other news, there was reports of a strange russion looking for nulcear wessels.
The inside writing?
"Imaging a Beowulf cluster of these"