It's a bit like the "Emperor's nose fallacy." By averaging people's opinion when they have no clue, you don't get any closer to what the best solution might be. But you drown out the experts. See Feynman's chapter on "Judging a book by it's cover"(http://www.textbookleague.org/103feyn.htm)
"IMO the gaps between the rationals are small enough that it doesn't matter if you can prove this for irrationals"
Excuse me, but your opinion is wrong. Rational numbers are said to be sparse in the real number space. For the argument see "Lebesgue Measure." As for why there are more irrational numbers than rational numbers see "Cantor's diagonal argument".
Your reasoning is however correct. If P(HEADS) = p, P(TAILS) = (1-p). The probability for coin tosses are: HH = p*p HT = p(1-p) TH = (1-p)p TT = (1-p)(1-p)
Eliminating HH and TT leaves HT and TH at p(1-p) probability. There's no assumption on p being rational or not. However the further you are from p=0.5, the longer it takes to get a "valid" flip.
I studied physics at UFRGS and I met him a couple of times. He was also a heavy weight lifter. That's not fat in his belly. Don't know him well, though.
Same here. We do automation for its consistency, costs, etc.
There's talk about an automation tax, which would make labor a more attractive alternative again. The use of the tax would go towards basic income/unemployment benefits. This is, as far as I know, only at philosophical level, not any country's policy.
They claim it appeared. Resetting IE settings to factory default makes it reappear. It is not immediate, but it shows up after a quick test. They claim the software is not very clever either: ads are shown to PCs not able to run windows 10.
Thank you for the "TL;RD" comment. The article is really full of fluff, which is interesting for the layman. The facts you pointed out would have sufficed for me. Lesson learned again: DRTFA.
Out of my head the full moon has apparent magnitude of -13, Venus is about -4.3 at its brightest. So the full moon would makes a better comparison, it would easily be visible during daytime. Nobody would have to be told it's there to notice it.
The "Hawking radiation" is a mechanism, by which a black hole would not be completely black. Hawking proposed that two particles created outside the black hole with opposite velocities (to conserve momentum), one of these particles could escape the black hole if it's velocity was high enough (the other one would be captured). The energy for creating the two particles would be from the black hole itself.
He calculated that the probability of this happening is inverse to the mass of the black hole (don't ask me how), thus leading to a high probability for smaller black holes, in which case tiny (planck-sized) black holes would quickly evaporate. This was the argument put forward to defend the LHC when the black hole argument came up.
What the parent suggested was "foreign" mass (not created by the black hole) falling into the black hole never reaches the black hole. This is what an outside observer would see, because information takes ever more time to reach as you approach the event horizon. This is standard textbook physics.
Not impressed by a 1-2 MP camera? Well: it was tested and developed for about 5 years before getting on the rover, which means it didn't get further in the chip development road.
Industry graded cameras are still in the VGA-5 MP range. Check out companies like ISVI, AVT, PointGrey, Basler. Only specialized companies offer sensors like 29MP full frame chips. The grunt work is done in low megapixels.
In Germany you can't undo a transfer order you placed, neither can the bank. If you were doing business with someone, you call them up and ask them to wire it back to you (you need to inform your account information, too, because these are not visible to the receiving end). This is the case here. The guy should have called the cops right away. Bank transactions leave paper trails.
BTW: I still use throw-away passwords for transactions (Commerzbank). I just don't enter many passwords in a single form that looks a lot like my home banking site. It works fine or am I missing something here?
A different ruling in Germany holds owners of open wifis accountable for any illegal action undertaken by its users. You're required to keep intruders off with authentication and encryption (unless you're a cafe or so). Now people could use closed wifis for illegal activities and the courts would have to hold the wifi manufacturer accountable.
I think you already answered your own question: western society has only one solid policy which was pushed over the last 30 years: growth. All our problems will be solved with more growth. Attached to it comes consumerism. Lots of people, especially in large cities, have no interest whatsoever in their neighbors and their community.
Whereas people in the past would debate publicly, people now happily go about buying shit to craft their identities (which is what marketing is all about).
If we don't teach children some values, the values die.
Growth Fetish by Clive Hamilton discusses this problem.
Couple of things come to mind from my superconductivity research work:
- Helium 4 is harvested from natural gas, mostly in the US (80% of world's annual production) and Algeria. It is quite expensive, so most people who work lots of it use recovery lines.
- Helium 3 is several times more expensive than Helium 4, since it is a very rare gas and must be obtained via neutron bombardment of a low-atomic-weight target (usually Lithium).
- A major application of both gases are as cooling agents. With liquid helium 4 you can reach temperatures as low as 4.2 K (with low pressure even smaller temperatures). Superconducting magnets are usually cooled with liquid helium and the quest for high(er) temperature superconductors is motivated by the possible replacement of the coolant (liquid nitrogen, 77 K).
- With a helium 3 cryostat (low pressure helium 3) you get about 300 mK.
Yes, there is a shortage of *quality* porn on the web. When are these people going to learn that pigtails don't necessarily make you look young.
Have you already seen DOMAI? (NSFW)
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It's a bit like the "Emperor's nose fallacy." By averaging people's opinion when they have no clue, you don't get any closer to what the best solution might be. But you drown out the experts. See Feynman's chapter on "Judging a book by it's cover"(http://www.textbookleague.org/103feyn.htm)
"IMO the gaps between the rationals are small enough that it doesn't matter if you can prove this for irrationals"
Excuse me, but your opinion is wrong. Rational numbers are said to be sparse in the real number space. For the argument see "Lebesgue Measure." As for why there are more irrational numbers than rational numbers see "Cantor's diagonal argument".
Your reasoning is however correct. If P(HEADS) = p, P(TAILS) = (1-p). The probability for coin tosses are:
HH = p*p
HT = p(1-p)
TH = (1-p)p
TT = (1-p)(1-p)
Eliminating HH and TT leaves HT and TH at p(1-p) probability. There's no assumption on p being rational or not. However the further you are from p=0.5, the longer it takes to get a "valid" flip.
I studied physics at UFRGS and I met him a couple of times. He was also a heavy weight lifter. That's not fat in his belly. Don't know him well, though.
LINE Is Not an Emulator
I'll wager that you use immersion VR in public space at your own risk. Pickpockets will love it.
Why not the astronauts themselves? :-)
I know they have some more stuff on their mind prior to flying a mission, but it's their ass on the line.
Same here. We do automation for its consistency, costs, etc.
There's talk about an automation tax, which would make labor a more attractive alternative again. The use of the tax would go towards basic income/unemployment benefits. This is, as far as I know, only at philosophical level, not any country's policy.
The people over at c't, a well respected computer magazine from Germany, checked. Their article includes a screen shot, which I expect is their own.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker...
They claim it appeared. Resetting IE settings to factory default makes it reappear. It is not immediate, but it shows up after a quick test. They claim the software is not very clever either: ads are shown to PCs not able to run windows 10.
My brazilian chat channels are very active right now. So I can confirm that WhatsApp is working again in Brazil.
Besides the flaws you cite, molten salt has been previously used e.g. in the Andasol solar (thermal) power plant in Spain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Sure they're still running, but just because java takes forever to execute.
Knock knock. Who's there? (long pause) Java
Thank you for the "TL;RD" comment. The article is really full of fluff, which is interesting for the layman. The facts you pointed out would have sufficed for me. Lesson learned again: DRTFA.
Out of my head the full moon has apparent magnitude of -13, Venus is about -4.3 at its brightest. So the full moon would makes a better comparison, it would easily be visible during daytime. Nobody would have to be told it's there to notice it.
No, these are different things.
The "Hawking radiation" is a mechanism, by which a black hole would not be completely black. Hawking proposed that two particles created outside the black hole with opposite velocities (to conserve momentum), one of these particles could escape the black hole if it's velocity was high enough (the other one would be captured). The energy for creating the two particles would be from the black hole itself.
He calculated that the probability of this happening is inverse to the mass of the black hole (don't ask me how), thus leading to a high probability for smaller black holes, in which case tiny (planck-sized) black holes would quickly evaporate. This was the argument put forward to defend the LHC when the black hole argument came up.
What the parent suggested was "foreign" mass (not created by the black hole) falling into the black hole never reaches the black hole. This is what an outside observer would see, because information takes ever more time to reach as you approach the event horizon. This is standard textbook physics.
Not impressed by a 1-2 MP camera? Well: it was tested and developed for about 5 years before getting on the rover, which means it didn't get further in the chip development road.
Industry graded cameras are still in the VGA-5 MP range. Check out companies like ISVI, AVT, PointGrey, Basler. Only specialized companies offer sensors like 29MP full frame chips. The grunt work is done in low megapixels.
This. With an exception to #2: I'm still using one-time codes as of now (Commerzbank), though they offered to change it. I've refused so far.
In Germany you can't undo a transfer order you placed, neither can the bank. If you were doing business with someone, you call them up and ask them to wire it back to you (you need to inform your account information, too, because these are not visible to the receiving end). This is the case here. The guy should have called the cops right away. Bank transactions leave paper trails.
BTW: I still use throw-away passwords for transactions (Commerzbank). I just don't enter many passwords in a single form that looks a lot like my home banking site. It works fine or am I missing something here?
A different ruling in Germany holds owners of open wifis accountable for any illegal action undertaken by its users. You're required to keep intruders off with authentication and encryption (unless you're a cafe or so). Now people could use closed wifis for illegal activities and the courts would have to hold the wifi manufacturer accountable.
who is going to pilot our starships?
They won't. They'll go "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish"
I think you already answered your own question: western society has only one solid policy which was pushed over the last 30 years: growth. All our problems will be solved with more growth. Attached to it comes consumerism. Lots of people, especially in large cities, have no interest whatsoever in their neighbors and their community.
Whereas people in the past would debate publicly, people now happily go about buying shit to craft their identities (which is what marketing is all about).
If we don't teach children some values, the values die.
Growth Fetish by Clive Hamilton discusses this problem.
Couple of things come to mind from my superconductivity research work:
- Helium 4 is harvested from natural gas, mostly in the US (80% of world's annual production) and Algeria. It is quite expensive, so most people who work lots of it use recovery lines.
- Helium 3 is several times more expensive than Helium 4, since it is a very rare gas and must be obtained via neutron bombardment of a low-atomic-weight target (usually Lithium).
- A major application of both gases are as cooling agents. With liquid helium 4 you can reach temperatures as low as 4.2 K (with low pressure even smaller temperatures). Superconducting magnets are usually cooled with liquid helium and the quest for high(er) temperature superconductors is motivated by the possible replacement of the coolant (liquid nitrogen, 77 K).
- With a helium 3 cryostat (low pressure helium 3) you get about 300 mK.
Check out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium_3
God isn't dead! He just got the hell out of here!!
Everyone wins.
No, the video store owner looses.
I see a conflict between people trying to get middle men out of business and complaining of lack of work.
I wonder why nobody mentioned this little sourceforge project...
http://sourceforge.net/projects/yahoopops
Very useful litlle app. I let it start when thunderbird would and download my mail.
Yes, there is a shortage of *quality* porn on the web. When are these people going to learn that pigtails don't necessarily make you look young.
Have you already seen DOMAI? (NSFW)
Or the question should have read:
"What's the integral of 4 pi r squared?"