Look, I've nothing against peaceful use of nuclear weapons. My grandfather, while he was at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, worked on the Plowshares Project, which studied that very subject. One use would be to break up natural gas deposits using underground nuclear detonations, and in general underground nuclear blasts are quite useful for shaking things up with little chance of radiation exposure. (Even in the natural gas case: radiation, if it seeped into the gas deposits, would be at levels no more than the naturally occurring radon.)
It's the surface use of nukes that wouldn't be feasible. Yes, the post mentioned nuclear fallout, but I figure they weren't very serious. "...the fallout from the Nukes mutates the fishies and shellfish to adapt to the carbonic acid oceans"? Seriously?
I'm certain that people believe it when a spacecraft launches, or their new TV is even thinner.
Thing is, do they even realise that is science?
Precisely. No sane person doubts gravity. It's too easily demonstrated. When some doubts quantum theory, you just point to a tv set and say, "Here's what quantum theory led us."
The same will one day be true for evolution. It will also, sadly, be true for climate science. (i.e. if the effectiveness of climate science is concretely demonstrated, we're screwed)
So, if bacteria reproduce before self-destruction, there will be no environmental pressure to select against this feature.
Not so. Even if bacteria reproduce before self-destruction, if a bacteria that does not self destruct is more fit (even if the fact that it does not self destruct does not contribute to it's fitness) then the "don't self destruct" variant will become dominant.
I was briefly involved with a project proposal in Dallas back in late 2001 that involved installing meters that recorded electricity use at 6 second intervals to implement finer grained billing. Various "features" of the electricity monitoring discussed were data mining for exactly the patterns discussed in the article, in addition to detection of illegal activity. The proposal never got off the ground, so I never had to decide whether I wanted to be involved in such a project.
It does depend on the recording, though. It's in the small details, like the sound of the singer breathing. You can also hear the frequency extremes better, but you need the right speakers for that.
Disclaimer: the second link goes to my uncle's blog. My grandfather worked on the original liquid fluoride thorium reactor at ORNL, and my uncle has advocated the technology for quite some time.
Actually, I'm hoping she turns out to be more of an asshole. Strategic application of assholery is something I have yet to master, somewhat to my detriment.
At one time I thought the internet might open up the world.
It did open the world. It just didn't open up people.
Sometimes people just open up. Natural causes. Give it time. Yes, the internet has allowed people to self segregate, but that was already happening. What the internet has done is introduce the possibility that those who don't want to self segregate don't have to. You don't have to physically move out of your community to freely get exposed to new ideas. And when people open up and become educated that they can in turn educate those around them. (Though it's of course also possible that they'll become shunned by their ideologically insular community. It's a sloooooooow process.)
If someone doesn't interview (or worse, complete an interview) because of a test I don't care how smart they are. They're too much of a prima donna. I've been in situations where an interview had tests that were way beneath my skill level, and in those cases I've either known immediately that the job I was interviewing for wasn't for me, asked the interviewer if there were more high level jobs available, or helped them fix their test. (In one case the test had questions that helped answer previous questions, so I helped them fix it.) In all cases I impressed the interviewer enough to get the job.
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...selling to both sides in a war.
That line only exists in your head. Get over it.
I'm still laughing at your use of bate.
No. Evolution is not accidental.
He's got a fucking point.
Yep, it's blatantly obvious.
Look, I've nothing against peaceful use of nuclear weapons. My grandfather, while he was at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, worked on the Plowshares Project, which studied that very subject. One use would be to break up natural gas deposits using underground nuclear detonations, and in general underground nuclear blasts are quite useful for shaking things up with little chance of radiation exposure. (Even in the natural gas case: radiation, if it seeped into the gas deposits, would be at levels no more than the naturally occurring radon.)
It's the surface use of nukes that wouldn't be feasible. Yes, the post mentioned nuclear fallout, but I figure they weren't very serious. "...the fallout from the Nukes mutates the fishies and shellfish to adapt to the carbonic acid oceans"? Seriously?
All of that earth has got to go somewhere. Where? Nukes->explosions->vaporized dirt->clouds of dirt->nuclear winter.
No, it's not a good thing.
The East Antarctic ice sheet disagrees with you.
Precisely. No sane person doubts gravity. It's too easily demonstrated. When some doubts quantum theory, you just point to a tv set and say, "Here's what quantum theory led us."
The same will one day be true for evolution. It will also, sadly, be true for climate science. (i.e. if the effectiveness of climate science is concretely demonstrated, we're screwed)
Not so. Even if bacteria reproduce before self-destruction, if a bacteria that does not self destruct is more fit (even if the fact that it does not self destruct does not contribute to it's fitness) then the "don't self destruct" variant will become dominant.
The Martian rovers are operating years past their 90 day expected lifetime. Why no "zombie" smear against them?
Yes you are.
Get off my lawn.
I was briefly involved with a project proposal in Dallas back in late 2001 that involved installing meters that recorded electricity use at 6 second intervals to implement finer grained billing. Various "features" of the electricity monitoring discussed were data mining for exactly the patterns discussed in the article, in addition to detection of illegal activity. The proposal never got off the ground, so I never had to decide whether I wanted to be involved in such a project.
It does depend on the recording, though. It's in the small details, like the sound of the singer breathing. You can also hear the frequency extremes better, but you need the right speakers for that.
Man, I should read before I post. My uncle wrote the article behind the 3rd link of the story. :)
Just to silence the "citation please" trolls who can't use google:
Energy from Thorium
Nuclear Green
Disclaimer: the second link goes to my uncle's blog. My grandfather worked on the original liquid fluoride thorium reactor at ORNL, and my uncle has advocated the technology for quite some time.
You are now my personal hero.
Yeah, nobody falls for fake doctors!
Actually, I'm hoping she turns out to be more of an asshole. Strategic application of assholery is something I have yet to master, somewhat to my detriment.
Glad you don't want to have kids. Now I don't want you to have them either.
It did open the world. It just didn't open up people.
Sometimes people just open up. Natural causes. Give it time. Yes, the internet has allowed people to self segregate, but that was already happening. What the internet has done is introduce the possibility that those who don't want to self segregate don't have to. You don't have to physically move out of your community to freely get exposed to new ideas. And when people open up and become educated that they can in turn educate those around them. (Though it's of course also possible that they'll become shunned by their ideologically insular community. It's a sloooooooow process.)
"I used to be an Apple genius, but I SWITCHED!"
...almost continuously for two years. No problems.
Best band name...ever!
If someone doesn't interview (or worse, complete an interview) because of a test I don't care how smart they are. They're too much of a prima donna. I've been in situations where an interview had tests that were way beneath my skill level, and in those cases I've either known immediately that the job I was interviewing for wasn't for me, asked the interviewer if there were more high level jobs available, or helped them fix their test. (In one case the test had questions that helped answer previous questions, so I helped them fix it.) In all cases I impressed the interviewer enough to get the job.