Nope. Sarcasm assumes irony. Check the definition. Calling someone a sniveling twit is only sarcastic if you have a high opinion of them, but they prefer that you didn't, which is a farly rare situation, I would guess.
This combined with the spin of the planet will generate as(sic) rotating mass of metal
But doesn't this presuppose a given proportion of metal in the planet's core? What I'm asking is
1)Is it common or rare for an earth-sized planet to have a high enough proportion of metal in its core (and whatever other contributing factors there might be) to produce a strong magnetic field?
and
2)Is a strong magnetic field necessary for life to take hold?
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There's another option both of you are overlooking:
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How about the magnetic field of the earth? Is it known yet whether most other earth-like planets have as intense a magnetic field, or is this property rare as well? I understand that the surface of our planet is shielded from a lot of bad radiation by the magnetic field.
No, you tell her not to because you're an uptight astronaut who can't think of anything more creative to do with an all-powerful, charmingly compliant, and uber-hot Barbara Eden than have her whip up some pork chops from scratch.
Well, in hot countries near the equator where you have no cold winter, you could build a house entirely out of those block without the need for insulation.
Yeah, If you enjoy being hot or spending a lot on electricity for an AC. In any case, the blocks are all you need, since the ratio of the thickness of the plastic they're made out of to the overall volume of the blocks is much lower than with regular legos, you have room in the block to create a vacuated cavity inside it, which would act as an insulator. And rearranging the house on a whim is definitely a big benefit. You could build temporary guest rooms and such. You wouldn't have to paint, either. I'm not sure about the structural integrity of the blocks, though, not being an engineer...
Attn: humorless one. The parent was referring to a running joke in the film Blazing Saddles (notice the subject line?). Hedly Lamarr, played by Harvey Corman, is constantly correcting people who refer to him as Hedy.
You know, I have been thinking about this for a while. People make houses out of straw bales, so why not Legos? Obviously, real Legos are far too small to bother with, it would take forever, but why not make giant Legos, around 3' x 3' x 5', with evacuated cavaties inside them for insulation? Certain Legos would have ports running through them for pipes and conduit.
Some friends of mine and I once bought a big tin can of rations from the Korean War. We opened up the can, there was a woosh as air filled the vacuated space inside, and pulled out a few of the rations. They were like graham crackers. We ate them driving home. This was about 10 years ago, so the rations were almost 40 years old at the time. Not great eating, pretty bland, but edible.
I'd think that the geek that appreciates higher-quality audio would go the sensible route and get a good, dedicated audio CD player
Then what would seperate the geek from most people? And what if she wants to have access to hundreds of songs wherever she goes without having to bring a bunch of cds with her? Huh? How about that, smarty?
Oh, well if you read about it... shucks, why didn't you say so? Those of us who have a preference based on merely hearing the difference for ourselves are definitely a bunch of chumps. Thanks for setting us straight.
Too bad the submitter/editor didn't catch the distinction before writing the story. Why can't readers mod stories on slashdot, so we can get rid of misleading crap like this one? This kind of sensationalist recontextualizing really undermines the integrity of the site, imo.
Would you want a company in, ohhh, say some third world county, with extremely lax laws, sell, ummm, explosives, smallpox virus, or various other things to consumers in the US?
Yup, I sure would, and that goes for guns, drugs, and all sorts of other 'contraband'. If I buy a bushel of pot from somewhere where it is legal to sell (is there such a place?) over the web, and stupidly have it delivered to my home, then I'm the one who should be held exclusively liable for breaking US law. If the person who sold it to me subsequently visits the US, they should be free from prosecution, having not violated the law here.
I dunno, debian was the first linux distro I ever installed (potato). It took me a few tries, and maybe 2 days, but I got a pretty stable system going with no linux experience whatsoever. Granted, it's not as easy as RedHat, but I like having the option of selecting exactly which packages I want to install rather than having to accept a bunch of redundant crap that I have to spend even more time removing later.
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Nope. Sarcasm assumes irony. Check the definition. Calling someone a sniveling twit is only sarcastic if you have a high opinion of them, but they prefer that you didn't, which is a farly rare situation, I would guess.
This combined with the spin of the planet will generate as(sic) rotating mass of metal
But doesn't this presuppose a given proportion of metal in the planet's core? What I'm asking is
1)Is it common or rare for an earth-sized planet to have a high enough proportion of metal in its core (and whatever other contributing factors there might be) to produce a strong magnetic field?
and
2)Is a strong magnetic field necessary for life to take hold?
There's another option both of you are overlooking:
d)Not only have they visited us, but they are us!
How about the magnetic field of the earth? Is it known yet whether most other earth-like planets have as intense a magnetic field, or is this property rare as well? I understand that the surface of our planet is shielded from a lot of bad radiation by the magnetic field.
No, you tell her not to because you're an uptight astronaut who can't think of anything more creative to do with an all-powerful, charmingly compliant, and uber-hot Barbara Eden than have her whip up some pork chops from scratch.
Was 25 years too early. What a shame.
But the lazy and cheap thing still applies?
You know, it's funny how people's generalizations of others seem to reflect themselves.
Uh oh, I feel a strange loop coming on...
Attn: humorless one. The parent was referring to a running joke in the film Blazing Saddles (notice the subject line?). Hedly Lamarr, played by Harvey Corman, is constantly correcting people who refer to him as Hedy.
You know, I have been thinking about this for a while. People make houses out of straw bales, so why not Legos? Obviously, real Legos are far too small to bother with, it would take forever, but why not make giant Legos, around 3' x 3' x 5', with evacuated cavaties inside them for insulation? Certain Legos would have ports running through them for pipes and conduit.
It's been cached in google.
Some friends of mine and I once bought a big tin can of rations from the Korean War. We opened up the can, there was a woosh as air filled the vacuated space inside, and pulled out a few of the rations. They were like graham crackers. We ate them driving home. This was about 10 years ago, so the rations were almost 40 years old at the time. Not great eating, pretty bland, but edible.
There is no excuse for watching, let alone owning, Top Gun ;)
I propose we publish the human genome, and store it at the LoC.
Say hi to the gnomes for me! Or won't you be taking the tunnel from Zürich?
I'd think that the geek that appreciates higher-quality audio would go the sensible route and get a good, dedicated audio CD player
Then what would seperate the geek from most people? And what if she wants to have access to hundreds of songs wherever she goes without having to bring a bunch of cds with her? Huh? How about that, smarty?
Oh, well if you read about it... shucks, why didn't you say so? Those of us who have a preference based on merely hearing the difference for ourselves are definitely a bunch of chumps. Thanks for setting us straight.
Too bad the submitter/editor didn't catch the distinction before writing the story. Why can't readers mod stories on slashdot, so we can get rid of misleading crap like this one? This kind of sensationalist recontextualizing really undermines the integrity of the site, imo.
Would you want a company in, ohhh, say some third world county, with extremely lax laws, sell, ummm, explosives, smallpox virus, or various other things to consumers in the US?
Yup, I sure would, and that goes for guns, drugs, and all sorts of other 'contraband'. If I buy a bushel of pot from somewhere where it is legal to sell (is there such a place?) over the web, and stupidly have it delivered to my home, then I'm the one who should be held exclusively liable for breaking US law. If the person who sold it to me subsequently visits the US, they should be free from prosecution, having not violated the law here.
I'll get right to work on that ;)
I wonder if my brain qualifies as a "digital device"?
Did you put a "2 Port" sticker on it? How about a big "Epitroichoid Power" decal across the top of the windshield? That would be bad ass!
I was referring to your sig :)
Wait.. so do you agree with me or not? ;^)
I dunno, debian was the first linux distro I ever installed (potato). It took me a few tries, and maybe 2 days, but I got a pretty stable system going with no linux experience whatsoever. Granted, it's not as easy as RedHat, but I like having the option of selecting exactly which packages I want to install rather than having to accept a bunch of redundant crap that I have to spend even more time removing later.