Planet hunters don't assume that life can only exist on earth-like planets. However they do assume that life might be more likely to be found on earth-like planets. hence it's worth looking for them.
The AU is actually a useful unit if you're talking about planetary systems in general and are interested in making comparisons with our own. Giving orbital distances in AU means you can convert directly to orbital periods in years for Solar mass stars:
er, no it's not. you seem to think everything in real time happens at a manic rate. real battles and real troop movements usually last hours or days - or weeks in the case of a siege.
that's why most of these games suck. make thew right troops in the right order, drag a box around them and send them in the direction of the enemy. that's not strategy - it's not even tactics. plus the need to continue mess around with villagers and farms. who the fuck wants to play a farming simulation?
No such thing as pints of 'local ale' in Ireland - a) because people don't drink ale there, mainly stout, and b) because there are pretty much no small breweries or 'brew pubs'. With very few exceptions, all the beer you'll find is brewed in Dublin or Cork.
Parties are entitled to hijack serious issues if they do so openly. What is pernicious is when peole do so while claiming to be politically neutral.
I suspect that right-wingers may be more likely to do this because they seem to regard 'politics' as something bad that left-wingers do. They often seem to be convinced that nobody could honestly hold a contrary opinion to their own!
Surely you cannot mean that being a member of a political party other than the one in power means that you sacrifice your right to justice
No-one sacrifices their right to justice. However you do sacrifice your right to occupy the moral high ground when you start slinging mud, even if you have survived a train crash.
In this instance, no-one questioned the motivation of the Paddington Survivors Group until they started joining in with opposition party calls for the resignation of the government minister on a matter not related to rail safety. That's politics, plain and simple, and when you get into politics, people have a right to know where you're coming from.
And of course every government, and every political party, has a history of 'spin'; it's part of what politics is about.
Tony Blair's government attempts to discredit critics [bbc.co.uk] (in this case, the survivor of a train disaster who criticised his governments handling of rail safety)
That wasn't an attempt to discredit critics, it was a perfectly legitimate enquiry within the government as to whether the supposedly politically neutral group was in fact composed of people with definite political agendas.
Call it cynical perhaps - but you'd be surprised how often it is the case that people present themselves as being motivated by some non-political cause but are actually long-time supporters or even members of the opposition party.
There's nothing wrong with checking old newspaper cuttings to see what someone has said previously, and there was no indication whatsoever that the UK govt intended to bug phones or read emails in this case. Of course if given those powers, no doubt they will..
Attacks on civilian populations have always part of warfare, and the twentieth century brought that to its ultimate logical conclusion with, for example, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
Everybody kills or injures civilians and 'sows terror', justifying it either because they are deperate and feel they have no other options, or by calling it 'collateral damage'.
Tell me, for example, were the ANC terrorists in the 1980s? The South African government said they were, and they did target civilians.
A terrorist, apparently, is someone fighting for something you disagree with and doesn't have the resources to buy a long-range bomber or a nuclear submarine.
wow, I guess that does explain the acting then. Even more kudos to chekov and sulu, who both managed to appear more wooden than the set. I reckon chekov must take the prize - the sliding door at the back usually managed to convey more emotion - but its a tough call.
It may have not have been a win for us but it sure as hell wasn't a win for them.
er, yes it was.
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The problem is, some of it is very illegal. Your average user may just be surfing for cheerleaders or whatever, but a small minority of people are looking for exploitative or paedophile sites. This isn't necessarily an argument for keeping everyone under observation at all times, but if it becomes impossible to watch what's coming in and out even on those rare occasions when you want to, then there is a legitimate concern.
yeah - if the content is all distributed evenly then presumably most those 'encrypyted fragments' on your disk will be someone else's p0rn. although the article did mention the fact that ISOS must respect limitations that owners may impose..
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why on earth would you want a tv with the sound down?
No actually I think you just made it funny..
Britannica beats them both. Subscription service though - worth it in my opinion.
Sarcasm is an attempt at humour. Therefore it stands to reason that all attempts at humour are sarcasm.
er, no. Thank you for playing.
Do you read them while driving or is that when your mom drives?
So now I guess you need to (4) criminalize censorware?
Er.. no they aren't. Try again.
And I'm not sure where you got England + Wales = Britain from either - presumably the same orifice.
Planet hunters don't assume that life can only exist on earth-like planets. However they do assume that life might be more likely to be found on earth-like planets. hence it's worth looking for them.
I agree with you. I don't understand what these idiots are on about. Nobody's forcing anything on anyone.
Yep, I guess it does.
period(yrs) = distance(AU)^(3/2).
That said, many astronomers give distances in cm!
Well, I like Unix for aesthetic reasons. Are true Unix gurus are so l33t they can't spell either?
er, no it's not. you seem to think everything in real time happens at a manic rate. real battles and real troop movements usually last hours or days - or weeks in the case of a siege. that's why most of these games suck. make thew right troops in the right order, drag a box around them and send them in the direction of the enemy. that's not strategy - it's not even tactics. plus the need to continue mess around with villagers and farms. who the fuck wants to play a farming simulation?
care to explain those acronyms? or did you make them up?
No, just unusual.
No such thing as pints of 'local ale' in Ireland - a) because people don't drink ale there, mainly stout, and b) because there are pretty much no small breweries or 'brew pubs'. With very few exceptions, all the beer you'll find is brewed in Dublin or Cork.
Pints of local ale are drunk in England.
Parties are entitled to hijack serious issues if they do so openly. What is pernicious is when peole do so while claiming to be politically neutral.
I suspect that right-wingers may be more likely to do this because they seem to regard 'politics' as something bad that left-wingers do. They often seem to be convinced that nobody could honestly hold a contrary opinion to their own!
No-one sacrifices their right to justice. However you do sacrifice your right to occupy the moral high ground when you start slinging mud, even if you have survived a train crash.
In this instance, no-one questioned the motivation of the Paddington Survivors Group until they started joining in with opposition party calls for the resignation of the government minister on a matter not related to rail safety. That's politics, plain and simple, and when you get into politics, people have a right to know where you're coming from.
And of course every government, and every political party, has a history of 'spin'; it's part of what politics is about.
That wasn't an attempt to discredit critics, it was a perfectly legitimate enquiry within the government as to whether the supposedly politically neutral group was in fact composed of people with definite political agendas.
Call it cynical perhaps - but you'd be surprised how often it is the case that people present themselves as being motivated by some non-political cause but are actually long-time supporters or even members of the opposition party.
There's nothing wrong with checking old newspaper cuttings to see what someone has said previously, and there was no indication whatsoever that the UK govt intended to bug phones or read emails in this case. Of course if given those powers, no doubt they will..
Attacks on civilian populations have always part of warfare, and the twentieth century brought that to its ultimate logical conclusion with, for example, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
Everybody kills or injures civilians and 'sows terror', justifying it either because they are deperate and feel they have no other options, or by calling it 'collateral damage'.
Tell me, for example, were the ANC terrorists in the 1980s? The South African government said they were, and they did target civilians.
A terrorist, apparently, is someone fighting for something you disagree with and doesn't have the resources to buy a long-range bomber or a nuclear submarine.
wow, I guess that does explain the acting then. Even more kudos to chekov and sulu, who both managed to appear more wooden than the set. I reckon chekov must take the prize - the sliding door at the back usually managed to convey more emotion - but its a tough call.
er, yes it was.
The problem is, some of it is very illegal. Your average user may just be surfing for cheerleaders or whatever, but a small minority of people are looking for exploitative or paedophile sites. This isn't necessarily an argument for keeping everyone under observation at all times, but if it becomes impossible to watch what's coming in and out even on those rare occasions when you want to, then there is a legitimate concern.
yeah - if the content is all distributed evenly then presumably most those 'encrypyted fragments' on your disk will be someone else's p0rn. although the article did mention the fact that ISOS must respect limitations that owners may impose..