THey say they can make screens better by having only 2 elements per pixel, since this serves the function of two.....but if they have the same element making either red or green, depending on current direction, how do they make yellow, which is a combination of red and green light?
Yeah, so they blatantly ripped off the picture. But! Ray Lai ripped off the name of the book from MIT, which is where the Radix Sort Algorithm was originally developed, so really there is this nice little circular action we have going here.....
The most beautiful experiement in physics has got to be the detonation of the first implosion-type atomic bomb. Sure, it may have led to some horrors and paranoia later, but in that instant it was nothing but the pure conversion of mass into energy, all according to the most famous physics equation ever: E = mc^2, and the biggest dang man-made BANG in history. An incredible number of theories were utilized and then proven in that one device, and all worked together to create a SUN, right here on Earth! What could be more beautiful than that? And that surreal mushroom cloud...amazing.
"Is your game playing a hobby or a pathological behavior pattern? Computer Addiction Services at Harvard University-affiliated McLean Hospital says psychological and physical symptoms of addiction include the following:
Inability to stop the activity
Neglect of family and friends
Lying to employers and family about activities
Problems with school or job
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Dry eyes
Failure to attend to personal hygiene
Sleep disturbances or changes in sleep patterns"
And exactly HOW are these symptoms different from my brief episode of masturbation addiction? or any other addiction, really. Or, say, a hard day at work? But who am I to question them? They ARE the experts.
I propose that intelligent beings in other solar systems are not anthropomorphic, do not have ten fingers, do not count in base ten, and probably do not even share this concept of "numbers" anyway.
Why would the author assume anything else about alien life forms, when we would most likely not be able to communicate with, or recognize that we were communicating at all, if they were any other kind?
You are making the exact same assumption, and have just as little support, as the author. We have no evidence one way or another, so we must look for only those civilizations that we are capable of communicating with.
Now some speculation: As of now, we know of exactly one "intelligent" species, and they have exactly 10 fingers, use numbers in base ten, and are rather anthropomorphic. That's a 100% success rate so far. Why not use that as a precedent?
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THey say they can make screens better by having only 2 elements per pixel, since this serves the function of two.....but if they have the same element making either red or green, depending on current direction, how do they make yellow, which is a combination of red and green light?
Yeah, so they blatantly ripped off the picture. But! Ray Lai ripped off the name of the book from MIT, which is where the Radix Sort Algorithm was originally developed, so really there is this nice little circular action we have going here.....
Inability to stop the activity
Neglect of family and friends
Lying to employers and family about activities
Problems with school or job
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Dry eyes
Failure to attend to personal hygiene
Sleep disturbances or changes in sleep patterns"
And exactly HOW are these symptoms different from my brief episode of masturbation addiction? or any other addiction, really. Or, say, a hard day at work? But who am I to question them? They ARE the experts.
I propose that intelligent beings in other solar systems are not anthropomorphic, do not have ten fingers, do not count in base ten, and probably do not even share this concept of "numbers" anyway.
Why would the author assume anything else about alien life forms, when we would most likely not be able to communicate with, or recognize that we were communicating at all, if they were any other kind?
You are making the exact same assumption, and have just as little support, as the author. We have no evidence one way or another, so we must look for only those civilizations that we are capable of communicating with.
Now some speculation: As of now, we know of exactly one "intelligent" species, and they have exactly 10 fingers, use numbers in base ten, and are rather anthropomorphic. That's a 100% success rate so far. Why not use that as a precedent?