A hectare is 2.5 acres, so there are 40 ares in an acre.
An american pint is.475 L, very close to.5 L.
A German pound is 500 g, whereas american is 454 g.
Blockbuster's offer is also by mail, and according to others the turnaround isn't as fast as netflix'. You do get two free in-store rentals, but only two per month.
Even if you don't do it yourself, having an easily accessible plug allows you to hire the neighbor's kid or the local shop instead of having to take the car to the manufacturer-approved dealer. There's more competition and it's cheaper in the long run.
That's a different kind of lie, called a white lie, which is inconsequential in subject and is told to avoid unpleasantness (such as a multimillion dollar congressional inquiry).
I would like to draw your attention to the following footnote in your link: "This quote and this source--like all the quotes and sources in this essay--are, of course, fictitious. One may argue that this to some extent negates the arguments that the essay makes, but since actual sources supporting those arguments don't exist, all I can say is that it seemed necessary."
Hoo boy. 80 million copies of Ulysses? Your BS-meter should explode.
Today's the day. It now appears that a judge and jury will ultimately decide whether and how artists will be allowed to work with the materials that scientists are trusted with daily inside biotech laboratories.
Examples of materials scientists are trusted with include pencils, test tubes and calculators. A "suspect biological and chemical laboratory" could as easily describe "40+ Experiments You Can Do in Your Own Kitchen" as anything else. Look at the specifics: there is nothing in those articles to indicate that anything he was using was dangerous.
"Even harmless bacteria can become harmful under certain, but extremely rare, circumstances, said Richard Roberts, a leading DNA researcher." This is really stretching it. The world is filled with both harmful and harmless bacteria, and sometimes the one becomes the other. What of it? It may not be the world's safest art project, to work with bacteria, but neither is using power tools (in, of course, extremely rare circumstances).
While I haven't done the necessary research, it seems to me that in this age of harsh penalties for copyright violations, it should be possible to launch a very effective campaign against it by pointing out that the penalties are more harsh than many crimes of a greater magnitude.
For example,
"Thinking of copying your friend's CD? Think again. According to the policies of [insert pol's name], copying without permission is worse than [manslaugter | embezzlement | whatever fits].
[2.190] And fight in the way of Allah with those who fight with you, and do not exceed the limits, surely Allah does not love those who exceed the limits.
[2.191] And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from whence they drove you out, and persecution is severer than slaughter, and do not fight with them at the Sacred Mosque until they fight with you in it, but if they do fight you, then slay them; such is the recompense of the unbelievers.
[2.192] But if they desist, then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[2.193] And fight with them until there is no persecution, and religion should be only for Allah, but if they desist, then there should be no hostility except against the oppressors.
I read this as: fight and kill those who attack/persecute you, but once they stop, so should you. Also, don't exceed "the limits" (which I can only assume are elaborated elsewhere).
Now, I imagine many people have interpreted this in ways which allow them to carry out bombings of civilians and such ("they oppress us by their mere existance") but it seems pretty clear that that requires twisting the words.
Well, it's not the metric system's fault. Still, base 60 would be best, I suppose, and though I don't see it happening any time soon, it wouldn't be impossible. It would be an interesting experiment, a la esperanto. It would require new symbols and new spoken forms. One advantage would be that the time of day would be represented as a number with two digits after the "decimal" point. Hmmm, I wonder if there are Babylonian-style digital watches for sale?
Eh, I have a ti-89 and it's served me well for years. Simple to use, but the entry does get a bit annoying sometimes, especially if I forget to put the right number of open parentheses at the beginning. If I ever replace it, I'll definitely look at HP.
I don't know the buttons on an HP, but on my TI I find it convenient to enter E3 (i.e. 10^3)-- fewer keystrokes, and you're also less likely to accidentally hit E4.
3: It's not hard if you've grown up with it. Sorry, but I can do division of inches and parts of inchees( I do woodworking. I do things like 'divide 12' 5/8" into 4 equal parts" in my head all the time. (answer 3' 5/32").
How about five parts?
(Sorry, don't mean to start anything, just had to point that out.)
No smog, for one thing. By concentrating emissions at a few locations (power plants), you increase the air quality in cities and you make it easier to implement further cleaning mechanisms (one smokestack vs. 10000 cars). Also, you allow for the possibility of cars being (ultimately) powered by solar, wind, nuclear and other forms of non-fossil fuel power.
"In any case, if Joe is not given a service or promise or anything or less than he wants in exchange for his service, then he is getting used."
Well, that's the crux of it, then, isn't it? Of course Joe is getting various things in return (police, roads, retirement benefits etc.). He might not choose to do it if he had the choice, but given the nature of roads, police, and such, we make it mandatory.
It is fair in some sense to call it forced servitude, but it's not without reward, and it's what "we" have deemed neccesary to keep society running.
The article is written from the perspective of someone who knows how to use the library. Finding a book in a "card catalog" (computerized of course) generally takes 20-30 seconds at most, and is not even neccesary if you're heading to the reference section, or other known source. Finding a book on the shelf is no more difficult than walking to it for anyone somewhat familiar with the sorting system, especially if you've been in that library before. Finding the page, well, most books have tables of contents. And if you find the book unsuitable, books are grouped by subject, so it's a simple matter of picking up the book next to it.
It's not the author's fault you never go to the library. Many people, especially those for whom information is a profession, spend a lot of time there.
Anyway, in this case, you can have your cake and eat it too: Google is conveniently available in most libraries.
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A hectare is 2.5 acres, so there are 40 ares in an acre. An american pint is .475 L, very close to .5 L.
A German pound is 500 g, whereas american is 454 g.
Blockbuster's offer is also by mail, and according to others the turnaround isn't as fast as netflix'. You do get two free in-store rentals, but only two per month.
Even if you don't do it yourself, having an easily accessible plug allows you to hire the neighbor's kid or the local shop instead of having to take the car to the manufacturer-approved dealer. There's more competition and it's cheaper in the long run.
There's no light pollution anywhere in space. It's a strictly atmospheric effect.
Sorry for nitpicking, but that title's just begging for it: no k in 'nit.'
That's a different kind of lie, called a white lie, which is inconsequential in subject and is told to avoid unpleasantness (such as a multimillion dollar congressional inquiry).
Generally speaking, people who molest little boys are not openly gay men.
I would like to draw your attention to the following footnote in your link: "This quote and this source--like all the quotes and sources in this essay--are, of course, fictitious. One may argue that this to some extent negates the arguments that the essay makes, but since actual sources supporting those arguments don't exist, all I can say is that it seemed necessary."
Hoo boy. 80 million copies of Ulysses? Your BS-meter should explode.
I do wish Apple had respected windows' interface consistency with quicktime...
OK. Multi-billion-dollar corporations can afford not to use P2P. Everyone else, however...
True, but the lawyers always make sure their half is in the form of cash.
Examples of materials scientists are trusted with include pencils, test tubes and calculators. A "suspect biological and chemical laboratory" could as easily describe "40+ Experiments You Can Do in Your Own Kitchen" as anything else. Look at the specifics: there is nothing in those articles to indicate that anything he was using was dangerous.
"Even harmless bacteria can become harmful under certain, but extremely rare, circumstances, said Richard Roberts, a leading DNA researcher." This is really stretching it. The world is filled with both harmful and harmless bacteria, and sometimes the one becomes the other. What of it? It may not be the world's safest art project, to work with bacteria, but neither is using power tools (in, of course, extremely rare circumstances).
UC Berkeley gives out BAs in both Math and Physics, and those departments are no slouches.
While I haven't done the necessary research, it seems to me that in this age of harsh penalties for copyright violations, it should be possible to launch a very effective campaign against it by pointing out that the penalties are more harsh than many crimes of a greater magnitude.
For example,
"Thinking of copying your friend's CD? Think again. According to the policies of [insert pol's name], copying without permission is worse than [manslaugter | embezzlement | whatever fits].
[2.191] And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from whence they drove you out, and persecution is severer than slaughter, and do not fight with them at the Sacred Mosque until they fight with you in it, but if they do fight you, then slay them; such is the recompense of the unbelievers.
[2.192] But if they desist, then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[2.193] And fight with them until there is no persecution, and religion should be only for Allah, but if they desist, then there should be no hostility except against the oppressors.
I read this as: fight and kill those who attack/persecute you, but once they stop, so should you. Also, don't exceed "the limits" (which I can only assume are elaborated elsewhere).
Now, I imagine many people have interpreted this in ways which allow them to carry out bombings of civilians and such ("they oppress us by their mere existance") but it seems pretty clear that that requires twisting the words.
Well, it's not the metric system's fault. Still, base 60 would be best, I suppose, and though I don't see it happening any time soon, it wouldn't be impossible. It would be an interesting experiment, a la esperanto. It would require new symbols and new spoken forms. One advantage would be that the time of day would be represented as a number with two digits after the "decimal" point. Hmmm, I wonder if there are Babylonian-style digital watches for sale?
Hmmm.... Your math is off. let's see... 12'5/8"
= 2'+(2'5/8")/5
= 2'4"+(4 5/8")/5
= 2'(4 + 7/8)" with 1/4" remaining.
End result = complicated calculation and easy to make a mistake. Case in point, really.
Eh, I have a ti-89 and it's served me well for years. Simple to use, but the entry does get a bit annoying sometimes, especially if I forget to put the right number of open parentheses at the beginning. If I ever replace it, I'll definitely look at HP.
I don't know the buttons on an HP, but on my TI I find it convenient to enter E3 (i.e. 10^3)-- fewer keystrokes, and you're also less likely to accidentally hit E4.
3: It's not hard if you've grown up with it. Sorry, but I can do division of inches and parts of inchees( I do woodworking. I do things like 'divide 12' 5/8" into 4 equal parts" in my head all the time. (answer 3' 5/32").
How about five parts?
(Sorry, don't mean to start anything, just had to point that out.)
One would hope not, seeing as how Sweden's -in- the EU.
No smog, for one thing. By concentrating emissions at a few locations (power plants), you increase the air quality in cities and you make it easier to implement further cleaning mechanisms (one smokestack vs. 10000 cars). Also, you allow for the possibility of cars being (ultimately) powered by solar, wind, nuclear and other forms of non-fossil fuel power.
Nice job.
"In any case, if Joe is not given a service or promise or anything or less than he wants in exchange for his service, then he is getting used."
Well, that's the crux of it, then, isn't it? Of course Joe is getting various things in return (police, roads, retirement benefits etc.). He might not choose to do it if he had the choice, but given the nature of roads, police, and such, we make it mandatory.
It is fair in some sense to call it forced servitude, but it's not without reward, and it's what "we" have deemed neccesary to keep society running.
The article is written from the perspective of someone who knows how to use the library. Finding a book in a "card catalog" (computerized of course) generally takes 20-30 seconds at most, and is not even neccesary if you're heading to the reference section, or other known source. Finding a book on the shelf is no more difficult than walking to it for anyone somewhat familiar with the sorting system, especially if you've been in that library before. Finding the page, well, most books have tables of contents. And if you find the book unsuitable, books are grouped by subject, so it's a simple matter of picking up the book next to it.
It's not the author's fault you never go to the library. Many people, especially those for whom information is a profession, spend a lot of time there.
Anyway, in this case, you can have your cake and eat it too: Google is conveniently available in most libraries.