We are right back where we started. Your proof that motion in spacetime is impossible is predicated on writing four-velocities in a dimensionally inconsistant way. If you put the factor of c in there the entire argument falls apart.
Everyone is always complaining about how hardware companies don't release specs, so that drivers can be easily written. Yet ATI, which has released all of the necessary information, constantly takes a beating here compared to nVidia which only releases binary closed-source drivers. If people want ATI drivers so badly why doesn't somebody write one? That's the mantra for every other vendor, so why does ATI get special (mis)treatment?
That is a good book. When I went to the DPS conference in Columbus a couple of years ago Brian Greene gave a public lecture that was astonishly well-attended. Afterwards he took questions from the audience. My friends and I were amazed, I would never have the balls to walk the tightrope like that...
Well, I'm glad we agree that all components of a vector must have the same units. As for the bit about time travel, I am not sure what you are talking about. I too have often wondered why we have such a different mental experience of time compared to space when they appear to be mathematically equivalent, but I don't see how that invalidates the theory of relativity. It's equally difficult to picture the electron double-slit experiment in your mind but that doesn't mean that quantum mechanics doesn't apply. Perhaps people just aren't equipped to visualize these things? It's not like we are omnipotent. Anyway, it's good to ask questions, but it's unhealthy to heap such vitriol upon people because you disagree with (or don't understand) what they're saying.
Geez, not you again. Look, when you make a four-vector (t,x,y,z) there is an IMPLIED factor of c in the time component, otherwise the units are wrong. Your entire argument is predicated on not understanding the system of units commonly used in particle physics.
Yeah, just look at gcc. After all of these years it still gets its doors blown off by virtually every commerical compiler. How about a little reality instead of this endless dogma?
The X10 home control devices are not made by the same company that does the pop-up ads. X10 is just the name of the protocol, you buy the devices from Radio Shack or whatever.
I'm a physicist who uses PAW almost every day, and frankly I have no use for people like you. Do you know why we use histograms? Because the experiments are all really just counting! Spare me the lectures about abstraction and object orientation, and get the hell out of my way so I can get something done.
A few months ago I really trashed him over on MacSlash about complaining so much, and asked him why he didn't just end his misery and get an Intel notebook. He replied that he was indeed selling his iBook and doing just that. However, I still see him whining around from time to time, like bitching about OS X is some compulsion that he's powerless to resist. Now that I know he's mentally ill I go much easier on him.
Hal Plotkin is a pathetic simp who believes any sort of anti-establishment conspiracy theory someone tells him. Just flip through his past articles if you don't believe me. The guy knows absolutely nothing about anything.
To be fair, another reason we're so litigious is our vast array of companies willing to sell you defective products that can maim or kill you. We've got all the bases covered!
I get that one all the time too, but I can't really get that upset about it. The entire premise is so ludicrous that I can't believe anyone would actually fall for it. It's like something you would send out as a joke when you were baked out of your gourd.
I have a Mac now, but that doesn't mean I have to buy only Apple products for the rest of my life. If they start going a direction I don't like I'll buy something else the next time I get a new computer. For now, though, I definitely prefer OS X over anything else out there. If using my preferred OS makes me evil or stupid then so be it.
OS X probably is slower, but it does a lot more. All of those nice visual effects in Quartz+Aqua don't come for free, but I think it's worth it. I have a piddly 500 MHz 576MB iBook and I don't think it's slow at all. I guess we just have different expectations.
I believe he was talking about cheapo Packard-Bell-style nightmares that you might see at Walmart or something. These machines have been known to feature strange video, sound, and modem chipsets for which no Linux drivers are available. Certainly they do not include SCSI host adapters!:-)
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We are right back where we started. Your proof that motion in spacetime is impossible is predicated on writing four-velocities in a dimensionally inconsistant way. If you put the factor of c in there the entire argument falls apart.
Everyone is always complaining about how hardware companies don't release specs, so that drivers can be easily written. Yet ATI, which has released all of the necessary information, constantly takes a beating here compared to nVidia which only releases binary closed-source drivers. If people want ATI drivers so badly why doesn't somebody write one? That's the mantra for every other vendor, so why does ATI get special (mis)treatment?
I'm not sure you can describe an 8"x8"x3" piece of rock as a "huge stone door"...
That is a good book. When I went to the DPS conference in Columbus a couple of years ago Brian Greene gave a public lecture that was astonishly well-attended. Afterwards he took questions from the audience. My friends and I were amazed, I would never have the balls to walk the tightrope like that...
It feels like unix to me. If you are too lazy to install X and the dev tools then that is your own fault.
Well, I'm glad we agree that all components of a vector must have the same units. As for the bit about time travel, I am not sure what you are talking about. I too have often wondered why we have such a different mental experience of time compared to space when they appear to be mathematically equivalent, but I don't see how that invalidates the theory of relativity. It's equally difficult to picture the electron double-slit experiment in your mind but that doesn't mean that quantum mechanics doesn't apply. Perhaps people just aren't equipped to visualize these things? It's not like we are omnipotent. Anyway, it's good to ask questions, but it's unhealthy to heap such vitriol upon people because you disagree with (or don't understand) what they're saying.
Geez, not you again. Look, when you make a four-vector (t,x,y,z) there is an IMPLIED factor of c in the time component, otherwise the units are wrong. Your entire argument is predicated on not understanding the system of units commonly used in particle physics.
Yeah, just look at gcc. After all of these years it still gets its doors blown off by virtually every commerical compiler. How about a little reality instead of this endless dogma?
The title of the story is "Linux Worm Spreading".
You got that right, you dropout scrub. Now fetch me my coffee and be quick about it!
The X10 home control devices are not made by the same company that does the pop-up ads. X10 is just the name of the protocol, you buy the devices from Radio Shack or whatever.
I had to buy a separate 220W external power supply for my IRDA receiver just to support all of the necessary remotes! That's how slow it is!
I'm a physicist who uses PAW almost every day, and frankly I have no use for people like you. Do you know why we use histograms? Because the experiments are all really just counting! Spare me the lectures about abstraction and object orientation, and get the hell out of my way so I can get something done.
A few months ago I really trashed him over on MacSlash about complaining so much, and asked him why he didn't just end his misery and get an Intel notebook. He replied that he was indeed selling his iBook and doing just that. However, I still see him whining around from time to time, like bitching about OS X is some compulsion that he's powerless to resist. Now that I know he's mentally ill I go much easier on him.
Yeah, the "wireless technology" lab will be fully equipped with a crystal AM radio kit for each student!
Apple ships gcc as part of the developer tools, so the answer to your question is yes.
Hal Plotkin is a pathetic simp who believes any sort of anti-establishment conspiracy theory someone tells him. Just flip through his past articles if you don't believe me. The guy knows absolutely nothing about anything.
To be fair, another reason we're so litigious is our vast array of companies willing to sell you defective products that can maim or kill you. We've got all the bases covered!
I get that one all the time too, but I can't really get that upset about it. The entire premise is so ludicrous that I can't believe anyone would actually fall for it. It's like something you would send out as a joke when you were baked out of your gourd.
Don't you ever get tired of just hating everything, all the time?
Get down on your knees and "Bob", bitch.
Their product doesn't modify the iPod at all, as you would know if you had read the article.
I have a Mac now, but that doesn't mean I have to buy only Apple products for the rest of my life. If they start going a direction I don't like I'll buy something else the next time I get a new computer. For now, though, I definitely prefer OS X over anything else out there. If using my preferred OS makes me evil or stupid then so be it.
OS X probably is slower, but it does a lot more. All of those nice visual effects in Quartz+Aqua don't come for free, but I think it's worth it. I have a piddly 500 MHz 576MB iBook and I don't think it's slow at all. I guess we just have different expectations.
I believe he was talking about cheapo Packard-Bell-style nightmares that you might see at Walmart or something. These machines have been known to feature strange video, sound, and modem chipsets for which no Linux drivers are available. Certainly they do not include SCSI host adapters! :-)