Supreme Court Justice: You assert that this bill has no religious mandate? Laywer for the State of Florida: Yes, we do. It's all about good science teaching. SCJ: Then why is the bill about biological evolution specifically? Why not allow the alternate teaching of mathematical theories? LftSoF: er um er... SCJ: Yeah, that's what we thought.
There is a theory of Evolution just like there is a theory of Gravity, each explaining the factual phenomena for which they are named.
Actually, there is no theory of gravity yet. There is a law of gravity. There are hypotheses about how gravity exists or is propagated. None of these hypotheses have sufficient observations in their favor to promote one to the rank of theory.
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Why are the same people who rant and foam when companies apply for silly patents for some known thing with "on a computer" appended perfectly happy to consider ethics with "on a computer" appended? Ethical behavior is ethical behavior.
This from the guy who was surprised by the Internet? Sorry. I'll look for my transformative suggestions from someone with a slightly higher visionary IQ.
Anyone employed by the RIAA has his or her degree(s) annulled. Let's see how many lawsuits are accepted by the courts from a bunch of laypersons with only high school diplomas.
Gates is hardly visionary himself. The first edition of The Road Ahead , his view of the future, infamously lacked mention of the Internet. Once the Internet exploded in the mid-1990s, Gates and his ghostwriter had to hastily put out a second edition.
I remember seeing stacks of this book. There was actually a sticker on the front that read: "Now revised to include the Internet". I recall thinking that this was a probably inadvertent admission that the author could not really see the road ahead.
One might be able to come up with a "TOE" in physics, But it should be recognized that this is highly limited. It does not for example explain why aging occurs, something which also effects each of us.
While it is highly interesting to understand how the universe works -- it would be equally interesting to understand precisely what kills each and every one of us -- so perhaps we could engineer solutions to it.
So here are two questions in life -- "How is the Universe constructed?" and "Why does aging occur (and how can I stop it)"? I believe the importance of answers to the second far far outweigh answers to the first.
The amount of energy and attention devoted to the first question seems to me to be far in excess of the amount of attention which should be devoted to the second.
Robert
Just a guess, but if you were to total up all the money - public and private - spent on cosmology vs. that spent on biology, biology wins by a wide margin.
If I'm Microsoft and I think I have patents that Linux infringes upon, why would I want to specify which ones? I would keep mentioning them to try and scare corporations away from using Linux. If that does not work to my satisfaction and Linux does someday become an actual threat, I can sue then and claim damages for all the time that Linux was being used and was infringing. If I tell now which patents I think are being infringed, then both of my options might be less effective.
My favorite site is one that posts noninsightful stories with titles designed to grab maximum nerd traffic and also lacks a print link to let said nerds bypass the ten pages of ads.
I just noticed that all the shows on my DVR (Rescue Me, The Riches, Burn Notice, Psych, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia) are not major network shows. How come FX, USA and the like have better-written shows than the big networks? I can't remember the last time I watched a show on NBC.
So complex biomolecules wanted to self-organize and replicate bathed in the warm glow of cosmic rays and accelerated protons and electrons, cooled gently to 3 deg Kelvin on some comet rather than in a musty old pool of water covered with deadly oxygen and unbreathable nitrogen here on boring old Earth?
I had a question about one of the Wiley journals we receive hard copy. We were supposed to be able to access the online version as well. I called Wiley to ask about it. Left a message. No reply. Repeat ten times over a couple of months. Never did get the information. Screw them.
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are a "major" publication's weblackies worse than most amateur bloggers?
"in vein"?
The end game:
Supreme Court Justice: You assert that this bill has no religious mandate?
Laywer for the State of Florida: Yes, we do. It's all about good science teaching.
SCJ: Then why is the bill about biological evolution specifically? Why not allow the alternate teaching of mathematical theories?
LftSoF: er um er...
SCJ: Yeah, that's what we thought.
Actually, there is no theory of gravity yet.
Yes, there is. It is called General Relativity.
You are advised not to post about things you lack the basics of.
Sorry, Professor. I should have said that there is no quantum theory of gravity yet.
There is a theory of Evolution just like there is a theory of Gravity, each explaining the factual phenomena for which they are named.
Actually, there is no theory of gravity yet. There is a law of gravity. There are hypotheses about how gravity exists or is propagated. None of these hypotheses have sufficient observations in their favor to promote one to the rank of theory.
Why are the same people who rant and foam when companies apply for silly patents for some known thing with "on a computer" appended perfectly happy to consider ethics with "on a computer" appended? Ethical behavior is ethical behavior.
The New York Times, in the meantime, has accused Google of a Microsoft fixation.
Is that the Soviet Russia New York Times?
This from the guy who was surprised by the Internet? Sorry. I'll look for my transformative suggestions from someone with a slightly higher visionary IQ.
Anyone employed by the RIAA has his or her degree(s) annulled. Let's see how many lawsuits are accepted by the courts from a bunch of laypersons with only high school diplomas.
Because the French have no word in their language for entrepreneur, they are not capable of understanding the American concept of laissez-faire.
On the subject of pilots keeping their cool under stress, I came across this blog entry
http://urbanparamedic.blogspot.com/search?q=helipad/
Gates is hardly visionary himself. The first edition of The Road Ahead , his view of the future, infamously lacked mention of the Internet. Once the Internet exploded in the mid-1990s, Gates and his ghostwriter had to hastily put out a second edition.
I remember seeing stacks of this book. There was actually a sticker on the front that read: "Now revised to include the Internet". I recall thinking that this was a probably inadvertent admission that the author could not really see the road ahead.
One might be able to come up with a "TOE" in physics, But it should be recognized that this is highly limited. It does not for example explain why aging occurs, something which also effects each of us.
While it is highly interesting to understand how the universe works -- it would be equally interesting to understand precisely what kills each and every one of us -- so perhaps we could engineer solutions to it.
So here are two questions in life -- "How is the Universe constructed?" and "Why does aging occur (and how can I stop it)"? I believe the importance of answers to the second far far outweigh answers to the first.
The amount of energy and attention devoted to the first question seems to me to be far in excess of the amount of attention which should be devoted to the second.
Robert
Just a guess, but if you were to total up all the money - public and private - spent on cosmology vs. that spent on biology, biology wins by a wide margin.
When someone is paid to sit at work and comment on their web log about the competition, it is no longer a 'blog but a paid web log, or 'plog.
Cue up the "I would buy OSX for my PC if they would only offer it" posts.
This is why you are not running a major corporation, son.
If I'm Microsoft and I think I have patents that Linux infringes upon, why would I want to specify which ones? I would keep mentioning them to try and scare corporations away from using Linux. If that does not work to my satisfaction and Linux does someday become an actual threat, I can sue then and claim damages for all the time that Linux was being used and was infringing. If I tell now which patents I think are being infringed, then both of my options might be less effective.
It's about good citizenship, not an extra two cents profit per device.
Actually, business are run by MBAs. It is about the extra two cents profit per device.
Drop the Advanced and replace with Bottom-Line Driven Quarterly Report-Oriented.
Is the information from all these various probes being shared or is each nation building up its own little pool of data?
My favorite site is one that posts noninsightful stories with titles designed to grab maximum nerd traffic and also lacks a print link to let said nerds bypass the ten pages of ads.
I just noticed that all the shows on my DVR (Rescue Me, The Riches, Burn Notice, Psych, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia) are not major network shows. How come FX, USA and the like have better-written shows than the big networks? I can't remember the last time I watched a show on NBC.
So complex biomolecules wanted to self-organize and replicate bathed in the warm glow of cosmic rays and accelerated protons and electrons, cooled gently to 3 deg Kelvin on some comet rather than in a musty old pool of water covered with deadly oxygen and unbreathable nitrogen here on boring old Earth?
"We found the Holy Grail"
it blends
"Cure for cancer"
blend it
"Kids, in this cage is the last living mouse lemur on Earth."
where's that outlet?
The most important question is why we should give credence to someone with a 7 figure ID.
Either he has been in a tech coma for some time.
Or he is 12 years old.
Start here:
http://pipeline.corante.com/
I had a question about one of the Wiley journals we receive hard copy. We were supposed to be able to access the online version as well. I called Wiley to ask about it. Left a message. No reply. Repeat ten times over a couple of months. Never did get the information. Screw them.