That is, I suspect it would be too hard to distinguish between any such Allias Effect from the Earth and solar (and in this case, lunar) tides.
Good point! I didn't realize that the variation of the earth's gravitation field caused by the tides would probably obscure the blocking effect over the period of a day. Living as I do in the Midwest, I tend to overlook little things like entire oceans from time to time.
I was wondering about that after I posted I don't know if gravitational lenses would affect the gravity from a distant object in the same way it does with light. Maybe the moon focuses, even very slightly, the gravitation of the sun? Probably not, but it's a fun idea.
Fortunately, eclipses happen frequently enough, and our ability to sensitively measure mass is improving fast enough, that an answer, either yes or no, should be forthcoming pretty soon.
Although, despite all proposed conventional explanations fail to explain the observations either qualitatively or quantitatively, it is likely that the reported anomalies will turn out to be due to a combination of some of these effects and instrumental errors. The judgement of some of the experimental results is hampered by the lack of a statistical analysis and/or data of sufficient length. Nevertheless, there exist some strong data which cannot be easily explained away.
And here's a point not covered in the paper: if these experimental effects occur when the moon is between the pendulum and the sun, then shouldn't they also occur every time the earth is between the pendulum and the sun...say, every night? If this effect is due to a large mass's ability to block gravity, then surely someone should have detected this effect from the earth blocking the sun's gravity by now!
On the other hand, if the effect is because moon cheese acts as a form of Cavorite, well, then I can't help you with that.
The number of people that have ever been born is 106,456,367,669. Imagine only 1% dying of old age that came back. That would be about 1.000.000.000 people. If there is only place for 1% of that, who will decide who comes back and who not.
I don't think science can bring back the ones that have turned into skeletons. Maybe you could try a seance?
I just wonder what this thing would do with the masses of people who come in and say "Yeah, I'm looking for that big red book...You know, the one that was mentioned on the radio this morning...
You know, if there was some kind of online service that listed all the books that were mentioned on NPR, the NYTimes, and (bleh) Oprah, and included keyword searches on the plot and main characters, that would be pretty useful. It could provide a ranking, with the most likely hits at the top, so booksellers/librarians could help their customers find the books they want more quickly.
Now if some/.'er would provide the link to this already-existing service...
You mean [Emily Litella voice]. You should use your [Roseanne Roseannadanana voice] for when you're installing some of this new cow memory into a computer, and you get a itty-bitty glob of cow protein stuck on your fingers! So you try to flick it off the end of your finger, but it just stays there! So you keep flicking it and flicking it, and then you try rolling it around and around on your fingers, and it's just hanging there, and you're looking at this little fleck of cow guts on your finger, and you get so sick to your stomach, that you think you're gonna DIE!
Tiny cup logos will now be pasted on everything from cell phones to microwaves. But not on Space Invaders clones.
...and not on nuclear reactors, either!
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licensed, or intended for use in the design, construction,
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Risk Activities"). Sun disclaims any express or implied
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I like my Java hot, but not hot-as-in-glowing hot!
To generate the sequence, all the chromosomes were cut into fragments, cloned, then sequenced. Dogs have two copies of each chromosome (and either an XX or XY pair). The DNA sequence of a region of one chromosome may be different than same region of the other chromosome. In this example, one sequence had a cytosine at that position, while the other sequence had a thymine. To make it easier to decsribe that difference, or polymorphism, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) created a nomenclature for describing degenerate sequences. The symbol Y represents either a C or a T at that position. To answer your question, Y (C or T) pairs with R (G or A).
The story was "Dust Rag" by Hal Clement. I read it many years ago in an anthology, edited by Isaac Asimov, called "Where Do We Go From Here?" I highly recommend finding a copy if you can; it's loaded with great short Sci-Fi stories.
Now I'm afraid that freakishly muscular bull will come to my house and beat the living crap out of me if I so much as look at another hamburger again! Tofu and sprouts, it's what's for dinner...or else!
...remember that unlike Perl operators, you can't overload the chemical elements. Imagine if He meant helium, unless some chemist changed its definition to mean Mercury, or Ununtrium, or anything else!
Mmm, a bottle of good old H2O! Glug glug. What's this small print? "The oxygen in this molecule has been overloaded to be radioactive, caustic, and-" ack! Thud.
Slashdot Mirror
"It looks like you are asking for a drink! Would you like help with that?"
Maybe Spielberg should be the one to direct the new Star Wars?
And through the miracle of CGI, all the roles will be played by Tom Hanks.
Glass may flow, but it does so very very very slowly. As in "age of the entire universe" slowly.
That is, I suspect it would be too hard to distinguish between any such Allias Effect from the Earth and solar (and in this case, lunar) tides.
Good point! I didn't realize that the variation of the earth's gravitation field caused by the tides would probably obscure the blocking effect over the period of a day. Living as I do in the Midwest, I tend to overlook little things like entire oceans from time to time.
I was wondering about that after I posted I don't know if gravitational lenses would affect the gravity from a distant object in the same way it does with light. Maybe the moon focuses, even very slightly, the gravitation of the sun? Probably not, but it's a fun idea.
Fortunately, eclipses happen frequently enough, and our ability to sensitively measure mass is improving fast enough, that an answer, either yes or no, should be forthcoming pretty soon.
Although, despite all proposed conventional explanations fail to explain the observations either qualitatively or quantitatively, it is likely that the reported anomalies will turn out to be due to a combination of some of these effects and instrumental errors. The judgement of some of the experimental results is hampered by the lack of a statistical analysis and/or data of sufficient length. Nevertheless, there exist some strong data which cannot be easily explained away.
And here's a point not covered in the paper: if these experimental effects occur when the moon is between the pendulum and the sun, then shouldn't they also occur every time the earth is between the pendulum and the sun...say, every night? If this effect is due to a large mass's ability to block gravity, then surely someone should have detected this effect from the earth blocking the sun's gravity by now!
On the other hand, if the effect is because moon cheese acts as a form of Cavorite, well, then I can't help you with that.
I'm sorry, I must have omitted the "Humor" tags from my HTML.
I think /. needs a chess icon; I can't be the only one who saw the headline and thought two machines were playing each other in a Tetris tournament.
The number of people that have ever been born is 106,456,367,669. Imagine only 1% dying of old age that came back. That would be about 1.000.000.000 people. If there is only place for 1% of that, who will decide who comes back and who not.
I don't think science can bring back the ones that have turned into skeletons. Maybe you could try a seance?
But they're finding a grid's very strength -- its distributed nature -- makes it vulnerable, indeed.
This is more fun than the Soul Train Scramble Board!
I would hike there, but the path was already beaten, apparently into submission.
I just wonder what this thing would do with the masses of people who come in and say "Yeah, I'm looking for that big red book...You know, the one that was mentioned on the radio this morning...
/.'er would provide the link to this already-existing service...
You know, if there was some kind of online service that listed all the books that were mentioned on NPR, the NYTimes, and (bleh) Oprah, and included keyword searches on the plot and main characters, that would be pretty useful. It could provide a ranking, with the most likely hits at the top, so booksellers/librarians could help their customers find the books they want more quickly.
Now if some
[looks at napkin] One 18 inch replica of Stonehenge, coming up!
You mean [Emily Litella voice]. You should use your [Roseanne Roseannadanana voice] for when you're installing some of this new cow memory into a computer, and you get a itty-bitty glob of cow protein stuck on your fingers! So you try to flick it off the end of your finger, but it just stays there! So you keep flicking it and flicking it, and then you try rolling it around and around on your fingers, and it's just hanging there, and you're looking at this little fleck of cow guts on your finger, and you get so sick to your stomach, that you think you're gonna DIE!
Tiny cup logos will now be pasted on everything from cell phones to microwaves.
But not on Space Invaders clones.
...and not on nuclear reactors, either!
7.0 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY 7.1 Licensee acknowledges that Licensed Software may contain errors and is not designed, licensed, or intended for use in the design, construction, operation or maintenance of any nuclear facility ("High Risk Activities"). Sun disclaims any express or implied warranty of fitness for such uses. Licensee represents and warrants to Sun that it will not use, distribute or license the Licensed Software for High Risk Activities.
I like my Java hot, but not hot-as-in-glowing hot!
No, this is ludacris.
The idea that you'll pay a price directly reflective of the cost of goods is ludicrous.
To generate the sequence, all the chromosomes were cut into fragments, cloned, then sequenced. Dogs have two copies of each chromosome (and either an XX or XY pair). The DNA sequence of a region of one chromosome may be different than same region of the other chromosome. In this example, one sequence had a cytosine at that position, while the other sequence had a thymine. To make it easier to decsribe that difference, or polymorphism, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) created a nomenclature for describing degenerate sequences. The symbol Y represents either a C or a T at that position. To answer your question, Y (C or T) pairs with R (G or A).
A full listing of IUPAC codes may be found here.
The story was "Dust Rag" by Hal Clement. I read it many years ago in an anthology, edited by Isaac Asimov, called "Where Do We Go From Here?" I highly recommend finding a copy if you can; it's loaded with great short Sci-Fi stories.
Put an eye chart on a wall 15 feet away, and look at it every 15 minutes. Your eyesight WILL improve.
Either that, or your memory will.
Lieutenant Uhuru...adjust the pressure to 1.6 bars...surface temperature to -178C...atmospheric composition to a Nitrogen/Methane mix...
My god! It sounds like whales! Mister Sulu, lay in a course for Titan! Mister Chekov, break out the tartar sauce!
What they don't tell you is that XML = eXtreme Mood Lighting.
By dimming every light to a very sexy 15 watts, the building both saves electricity, and gets its groove on, oh yeah.
Now I'm afraid that freakishly muscular bull will come to my house and beat the living crap out of me if I so much as look at another hamburger again!
Tofu and sprouts, it's what's for dinner...or else!
Famine, disease, abject poverty, devistating wars, genocide.
In other words, the first world will have to live the same way the the third world is living right now.
...remember that unlike Perl operators, you can't overload the chemical elements. Imagine if He meant helium, unless some chemist changed its definition to mean Mercury, or Ununtrium, or anything else!
Mmm, a bottle of good old H2O! Glug glug. What's this small print? "The oxygen in this molecule has been overloaded to be radioactive, caustic, and-" ack!
Thud.
Space is big
Space is dark
It's hard to find
A place to park
Burma Shave