First of all, it is an ANALOGY not a METAPHOR. If I had said, "The possible legal case against the RIAA is a big, beautiful ship sailing headlong into a sea of litigious icebergs," that would have been a metaphor.
Secondly, you do not have to read our posts.
Lastly, if you cannot see the similarities between the process of contructing a large ship and building a legal case against a large organization then nothing I can say here will help you. Please move along.
I would much prefer getting my advice as to whether I have a case from the person who spends their time finding ways to get cases thrown out of court than from a prosecutor.
Just watch...next week they will announce that they interpreted the data in reverse.
How do I know this?
Because 99% of the really smart people I've met in my life are big, fat, dope-smoking UNIX guys who think a treadmill is a place where corn is ground up to make tires.
"Our galaxy might be teeming with life, it may have even attempted to communicate with us many many times, but with our present ability to observe the universe around us, we very likely wouldn't have noticed."
Hmmm...
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
The link in the sig chronicles a fun day indeed. We had a blast (pardon the pun). We have plans to do this again with the main goal being the night-time filming of a 3 litre bottle of tannerite that has been encased in glow sticks and duct tape. It should produce some nice images.
It is also why humans pass around so many damn virii. And how much junk mail do YOU get each week? We could go on and on, but I think it is fairly obvious that All Our DNA are Belong to Billy G.
Using bankruptcy laws to reorganize your business has been going on for many years, it is just recently that companies have been using these laws to get out of paying for agreements they made in the past. However, I doubt that getting out of paying pensions is what SGI is doing.
c is the speed of light in a vacuum, which is fairly common knowledge. It is also common knowledge that when light travels through a medium such as glass, water, etc., it travels slower than c. Many experiments have been done that prove light can travel slower than c. So let's examine what we humans define as a vacuum. The dictionary defines a vacuum as:
1.
- a. Absence of matter.
- b. A space empty of matter.
- c. A space relatively empty of matter.
- d. A space in which the pressure is significantly lower than atmospheric pressure.
2. A state of emptiness; a void.
3. A state of being sealed off from external or environmental influences; isolation.
4. pl. vacuums A vacuum cleaner.
A quick prerusal of the definitions allows us to throw out number 4 (that definition sucks anyway), so let's take a closer look at number 1, Absence of matter. This definition is incomplete for the average person as they really don't have a good grasp on what comprises "matter." This leave us with definitions 2 and 3, which, when taken together, gives the average person a pretty good idea of what we mean by a vacuum: a void sealed off from external influences.
This void or volume of "nothingness" is a human construct and as such is actually only devoid of any material or medium that is able to be perceived by humans. We experience the space as "empty" only because we are unable to detect what the space actually contains. This brings us to the "what if" portion of this post.
What if there exists a humanly imperceptible medium through which light travels? Since we know that we can alter the speed of light by forcing it to interact with "matter" that we can detect or perceive, would it not follow that were we able to manipulate this unseen medium we could also alter c? And if that is the case, could we possibly fashion this medium to allow - or force as the case may be - light to travel faster through the medium than we currently believe to be possible?
This is pure conjecture on my part, so can someone who is better educated on the subject please shed some light on this hypothesis? (pun intended:) )
I agree with your statements and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Seriously, though, I have been trying to make these very points to colleagues for years to no avail. It is a sad fact that many people have an entitlement mentality in regards to employment. I think Chris Rock said it best:
"You go to a restaurant, you accustomed to eatin'. You leave, you ain't eatin' no more. They don't owe you a steak!"
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Wouldn't "greater then 53%" constitute "most?"
My sensitivity is a big, beautiful car driving headlong on a bypass that simply had to be built...ah, you get the picture.
Secondly, you do not have to read our posts.
Lastly, if you cannot see the similarities between the process of contructing a large ship and building a legal case against a large organization then nothing I can say here will help you. Please move along.
True, but one still would not need knowledge of the entire design to exploit a flaw.
So, in your opinion would you say it is easier to build the entire ship, or to poke a hole just big enough to sink it?
I would much prefer getting my advice as to whether I have a case from the person who spends their time finding ways to get cases thrown out of court than from a prosecutor.
We build a large, wooden Jedi...
Of course you can. I mean, somebody has to finish last in the class, right?
How do I know this?
Because 99% of the really smart people I've met in my life are big, fat, dope-smoking UNIX guys who think a treadmill is a place where corn is ground up to make tires.
"Our galaxy might be teeming with life, it may have even attempted to communicate with us many many times, but with our present ability to observe the universe around us, we very likely wouldn't have noticed." Hmmm... So long, and thanks for all the fish.
I wasn't there, but I heard they had a pretty good setup.
The link in the sig chronicles a fun day indeed. We had a blast (pardon the pun). We have plans to do this again with the main goal being the night-time filming of a 3 litre bottle of tannerite that has been encased in glow sticks and duct tape. It should produce some nice images.
PPFFFFFFTTTT!!!!! THAT was funny. You owe me one keyboard.
So by that rationale, if I am a personal injury attorney I should start ramming my car into random vehicles?
Also Wik.
It is also why humans pass around so many damn virii. And how much junk mail do YOU get each week? We could go on and on, but I think it is fairly obvious that All Our DNA are Belong to Billy G.
I'll bet it is controlled by an Active Directory installation.
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It's VGER and it will join with the creator.
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Alright, Strathmore, we've heard enough from you.
"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog [stomp stomp] SIR!"
c is the speed of light in a vacuum, which is fairly common knowledge. It is also common knowledge that when light travels through a medium such as glass, water, etc., it travels slower than c. Many experiments have been done that prove light can travel slower than c. So let's examine what we humans define as a vacuum. The dictionary defines a vacuum as:
1.
- a. Absence of matter.
- b. A space empty of matter.
- c. A space relatively empty of matter.
- d. A space in which the pressure is significantly lower than atmospheric pressure.
2. A state of emptiness; a void.
3. A state of being sealed off from external or environmental influences; isolation.
4. pl. vacuums A vacuum cleaner.
A quick prerusal of the definitions allows us to throw out number 4 (that definition sucks anyway), so let's take a closer look at number 1, Absence of matter. This definition is incomplete for the average person as they really don't have a good grasp on what comprises "matter." This leave us with definitions 2 and 3, which, when taken together, gives the average person a pretty good idea of what we mean by a vacuum: a void sealed off from external influences.
This void or volume of "nothingness" is a human construct and as such is actually only devoid of any material or medium that is able to be perceived by humans. We experience the space as "empty" only because we are unable to detect what the space actually contains. This brings us to the "what if" portion of this post.
What if there exists a humanly imperceptible medium through which light travels? Since we know that we can alter the speed of light by forcing it to interact with "matter" that we can detect or perceive, would it not follow that were we able to manipulate this unseen medium we could also alter c? And if that is the case, could we possibly fashion this medium to allow - or force as the case may be - light to travel faster through the medium than we currently believe to be possible?
This is pure conjecture on my part, so can someone who is better educated on the subject please shed some light on this hypothesis? (pun intended :) )
Seriously, though, I have been trying to make these very points to colleagues for years to no avail. It is a sad fact that many people have an entitlement mentality in regards to employment. I think Chris Rock said it best:
"You go to a restaurant, you accustomed to eatin'. You leave, you ain't eatin' no more. They don't owe you a steak!"
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