The problem I see with current GW research is that it is currently pointing the finger at CO(2), which is a normal byproduct of respiration for many life forms, and CO, which is a byproduct of incomplete combustion. But that's just it - that's all they are saying is out there.
That being said, why not take the money you have and fund your own research? What else is out there causing the problem? Is it really a problem? That sort of thing.
"A friend of mine told me..." oh, screw it, it's an old joke.
I will grant that AOHell has made a better variant of an instant messaging system, but you realize that one can just accomplish the same thing using IRC, email, and a biff utility?
This may come as a surprise, but ballet works very well for keeping in shape, with some of the same principles of martial arts. One is required to stretch and exercise high precision motor skills, jump, land, etc., and will come out of it feeling either exhausted (if you are new or haven't done it in a while) or feeling pretty good.
And no, men, you are not required to wear pink leotards and tights. Men doing so is actually discouraged in a dance course for fear of distracting others. =^_^=
The people on newsfroup alt.arts.ballet is good people, ask 'em questions if this is an idea.`
Mind you, this is some 28 YO random speaking. Or typing. You decide.
Anyway, when I was 18, I had goals set for myself. When my personal circumstances changed, that pretty much scuttled whatever goals I had. I had honestly expected to work for a radio station as a disk jockey, and probably doing voice overs for the extra income. I would be married after I turned 25 to a girl I met after high school. (I never really had a high school sweetheart.) At this point, I was to have been through college after a year off to make extra money. I would have long hair and would never cut it.
Silly, naive me. The only thing that is true today is that I have taken a trivial amount of college (some ballet, a Japanese 101 course, and a CIS 111 course that I dropped because the curriculum revolved around things such as "This is a mouse"), and that I am married, but not to that girl I met right after high school. Oh, and I have long hair, but I cut it back in 1998.
And I didn't expect to have that spare tire until I was at least 35.
In retrospect, my dreams of being some rock star, being some multimillionaire, and actually having developed a real working version of Luke Skywalker's land speeder from the first star wars movie that I had when I was 10 were probably more feasible, but I would probably have washed up with the likes of 98 degrees and just built some goofy looking car with nothing to show at the end of the game.
Based on this, I'll give my naive advice. Make plans, but be flexible, and be prepared to adjust as necessary. If you expect that you will be in a spot by the time ten years elapses, you are probably going to be terribly disappointed. On the other hand, consider yourself either lucky or blessed by your respective god if things line up the way you expect.
Or, there is the short version: make the plans, but don't expect anything. (Side effect of this approach: the surprise of having come across an unexpected Good Thing is much more enjoyable than the satisfaction of things going right.)
As unromantic as it sounds, my wife was generally happy with the symbolism of a silver ring with a cubic zirconium (ok, fine, glass) with the understanding that, when we were able to afford it, I would purchase a diamond.
My own thoughts. I'm not an entropy geek, but here's a variable anyway - take it for whatever it's worth.
It's been suggested by the author that a change in the state of entropy that is predictable (IE, to a neural network) would connote intelligence. FreeLinux countered that this doesn't apply, as the removal of a power source and the predictable result of your NN failure would not connote intelligence, it would merely connote a power interruption of some flavor. In short, it was gross oversimplification.
Now let's try something: apply the change directly to the entropy pool. (Consider that a power hit is pretty much indirect.) To oversimplify further, it would be not unlike adding a random frob to a Life field.
Perhaps the answer here is within the question (or in fact within the results), but I will leave that as an exercise to the reader.
I remember reading about this phenomenon, where inverting a sound wave would cancel the sound out at a given frequency. Would this work for the likes of sonic booms?
Something that would generate an aurora three apartments down on the 2nd level. Of course, the EMP might take out half the computers in the building...
First, I note the article uses as its evidence the lack of concrete scientific research to back it up. I've oft seen similar arguments in many a religious debate of any sort - and whether the presenting side is correct in that note is left as an exercise. But I digress.
(Disclaimer: I am not a doctor)
The whole 64 oz per day thing is a bit off, but here's why: water intake should actually be proportionate to body weight, but a surplus isn't necessarily a bad thing. Increase per caffeine intake (diuretic effect counteraction) and per physical activity increase (like Camelbak says, "hydrate or die").
For instance, if a 150 lb random were to drink 64 oz of water over the course of 1 day and spend the day sitting in front of his computer, they would be well hydrated and urinating fairly frequently as a side effect. (They would be lethargic due to caffeine withdrawal, but they would be very well hydrated.) If the same 150 lb random ran a marathon and only consumed said.5 gallons of water over the course of the run, they'd be cramping from heat exhaustion by mile 24. (Seen it.)
Now take a 300 lb random. If they spent the day in front of the computer and gave them 1/2 gallon of water to drink over the day, they'd be particularly thirsty to the point where they would feel dry. Increase the water intake and they'll feel better. And if your random is running a marathon, that 300 lbs better be muscle lest he wear himself out despite proper hydration.
Orbital cameras around Mars have revealed the whirlwind to have been generated by the ever famous Tasmanian Devil, as it went on a continuous chase after celebrity rabbit Bugs Bunny, apparently as a secret agent deployed by Marvin the Martian.
Quoth Mr. Bunny on conditions on Mars, "Eh, no decent atmosphere, but somebody has to stop that crazy martian character."
Neither Mr. Devil nor Mr. Martian were available for comment.
Welcome to the other side of GIGO: Garbage in, gospel out. I guess with the advent of mass computing as we now know it, people come to rely more and more on the data that is contained therein. What surprises me here, however, is that rather it being some droid (IE, a clerk at Fry's explaining why the computer is correct, despite the higher price than is tagged), I realize it's a scientist - presumably one with enough of a brain to be admitted to the Antarctica bases.
If America Online wanted to reinvent themselves, they could start by revamping the user interface. Make your users think! Get beyond the "Don't be a chicken!" and "I already have a computer!" id10cy! The reason a lot of AOLers are not liked is because there are just so many of them who come off as compleat idiots, so solve that problem and then come back and consider the popups!
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Just stick it on *nix. Problem solved. *shrug*
That being said, why not take the money you have and fund your own research? What else is out there causing the problem? Is it really a problem? That sort of thing.
I will grant that AOHell has made a better variant of an instant messaging system, but you realize that one can just accomplish the same thing using IRC, email, and a biff utility?
Man, shouldn't we be doing people like this a service and mirroring these sites on machines that can tolerate slashdot effect?
And no, men, you are not required to wear pink leotards and tights. Men doing so is actually discouraged in a dance course for fear of distracting others. =^_^=
The people on newsfroup alt.arts.ballet is good people, ask 'em questions if this is an idea.`
Anyway, when I was 18, I had goals set for myself. When my personal circumstances changed, that pretty much scuttled whatever goals I had. I had honestly expected to work for a radio station as a disk jockey, and probably doing voice overs for the extra income. I would be married after I turned 25 to a girl I met after high school. (I never really had a high school sweetheart.) At this point, I was to have been through college after a year off to make extra money. I would have long hair and would never cut it.
Silly, naive me. The only thing that is true today is that I have taken a trivial amount of college (some ballet, a Japanese 101 course, and a CIS 111 course that I dropped because the curriculum revolved around things such as "This is a mouse"), and that I am married, but not to that girl I met right after high school. Oh, and I have long hair, but I cut it back in 1998.
And I didn't expect to have that spare tire until I was at least 35.
In retrospect, my dreams of being some rock star, being some multimillionaire, and actually having developed a real working version of Luke Skywalker's land speeder from the first star wars movie that I had when I was 10 were probably more feasible, but I would probably have washed up with the likes of 98 degrees and just built some goofy looking car with nothing to show at the end of the game.
Based on this, I'll give my naive advice. Make plans, but be flexible, and be prepared to adjust as necessary. If you expect that you will be in a spot by the time ten years elapses, you are probably going to be terribly disappointed. On the other hand, consider yourself either lucky or blessed by your respective god if things line up the way you expect.
Or, there is the short version: make the plans, but don't expect anything. (Side effect of this approach: the surprise of having come across an unexpected Good Thing is much more enjoyable than the satisfaction of things going right.)
Only if one of them is inverted relative at the time of the collision.
For the future, I'll have to talk to her. =^_^=
It's been suggested by the author that a change in the state of entropy that is predictable (IE, to a neural network) would connote intelligence. FreeLinux countered that this doesn't apply, as the removal of a power source and the predictable result of your NN failure would not connote intelligence, it would merely connote a power interruption of some flavor. In short, it was gross oversimplification.
Now let's try something: apply the change directly to the entropy pool. (Consider that a power hit is pretty much indirect.) To oversimplify further, it would be not unlike adding a random frob to a Life field.
Perhaps the answer here is within the question (or in fact within the results), but I will leave that as an exercise to the reader.
I was always told that coffee will stunt my growth. Does this qualify our holy chemical, caffeine, as an endocrine disruptor?
I remember reading about this phenomenon, where inverting a sound wave would cancel the sound out at a given frequency. Would this work for the likes of sonic booms?
Me, I'll stick with my homebrew boxen, thankj00. =^^=
On the other hand... remember DIVX?
Something that would generate an aurora three apartments down on the 2nd level. Of course, the EMP might take out half the computers in the building...
Note the past tense.
(Disclaimer: I am not a doctor)
The whole 64 oz per day thing is a bit off, but here's why: water intake should actually be proportionate to body weight, but a surplus isn't necessarily a bad thing. Increase per caffeine intake (diuretic effect counteraction) and per physical activity increase (like Camelbak says, "hydrate or die").
For instance, if a 150 lb random were to drink 64 oz of water over the course of 1 day and spend the day sitting in front of his computer, they would be well hydrated and urinating fairly frequently as a side effect. (They would be lethargic due to caffeine withdrawal, but they would be very well hydrated.) If the same 150 lb random ran a marathon and only consumed said .5 gallons of water over the course of the run, they'd be cramping from heat exhaustion by mile 24. (Seen it.)
Now take a 300 lb random. If they spent the day in front of the computer and gave them 1/2 gallon of water to drink over the day, they'd be particularly thirsty to the point where they would feel dry. Increase the water intake and they'll feel better. And if your random is running a marathon, that 300 lbs better be muscle lest he wear himself out despite proper hydration.
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More data can be found by doing a google search, natch.
Star Trek whatever, of course, but not 5. God Forbid 5.
Hmm... well put, sir. Carry on. =^^=
Quoth Mr. Bunny on conditions on Mars, "Eh, no decent atmosphere, but somebody has to stop that crazy martian character."
Neither Mr. Devil nor Mr. Martian were available for comment.
Is that an invocation of Godwin's Law?
Ah, life.
I knew it was bad, but holy schnidt.... good thing I'm running Linux and OS/2. =^_^=
Admittedly, I stopped reading the article after a while. It was making my brain hurt.
You would think that the creators of Java would not speak so slightly of Linux. Pot/Kettle/Black, anybody?
But that's just my opinion.