Dropping said feather and rock on the earth (in a vaccuum of course, otherwise obviously the feather would take longer due to air resistance) does accelerate faster, yes (9.81m/s2 if i recall). That's because the total mass of the system (earth + feather) is greater, so there is more gravitational force.
Let's say you cut the earth in half and drop the 2 halves towards eachother. they will accelerate towards eachother at the exact same speed (9.81m/s2).
But housing prices have fallen in the last year. I don't imagine that has had a sudden impact on the # of graduating teachers. We're discussing a problem that has been occuring since (according to the summary) the beginning of the 90s.
You've got gravitation wrong I'm afraid. The feather and the moon pull on each other and both accelerate towards the common center of mass (which obviously is almost exactly the center of the moon, since it is far more massive). The force of the moon's pull on the feather is small, but since the feather is also not very massive, it accelerates at 1.62 m/s2 towards the moon. A dropped rock will experience many times more FORCE, since the gravitational attraction between the moon and rock are (comparatively) larger. However, this force has to overcome the rock's equally greater inertia, meaning that the rock also accelerates at 1.62 m/s2 towards the moon. The only real difference is that the rock-moon gravitational center is slightly closer to the rock, than to the feather.
Nope. in fact one of the first experiments they did on the moon was test this out by dropping a feather and a (rock? can't remember). Both hit the ground at the same time. This isn't relativity, by the way, this is Newtonian stuff.
I think what they mean by "most liberal" is actually "most intellectual". Even the above poster indicated that Gore was very liberal because he popularized a scientific issue... a regular ol' conservative boy or girl like Clinton or Bush would never use big words or facts when talking to people.
Funny, i hate it when people mis-quote things too:)
Under "assumptions" I listed "technology will continue to improve exponentially" and said "see Moore's law" (as in, right now computer chips are improving exponentially via Moore's law). Don't jump down MY throat just because it's referred to as a law. I know it's not a law! I said ASSUMING that moore's law holds.
I suppose i should additionally pose the assumption that:
* Integrated circuits, or a derived but related future technology, will bring about said singularity.
I don't think it is poorly reasoned, but it does definitely have a religious feel to it - in a good way! It gives us God-is-dead scientific-types something to strive for (enlightenment, immortality) with an actual basis in fact.
If you assume that:
* Technology will continue to improve exponentially (it is right now - see Moore's law) * The brain is a fully deterministic computer.
Then it is a fair assumption that we will eventually design a superbrain. The superbrain will design a super-duper brain, and the chain reaction (singularity) will be upon us. I can't wait!
Just think, when The Time comes, AIs will compete over first posts within picoseconds of eachother. New memes will be invented, spread and forgotten in milliseconds, and dupes will (hopefully) finally be a thing of the past.
Really? I thought it was far more primitive (and thus eye-irritating) in Waking Life. On top of that, Waking life played out like an extremely pretentious introduction to philosophy 101. I fast-forwarded through large portions of it.
The style worked perfectly when you consider the people in Scanner were all psychedelic drug users. They got drug use down 100%, even going so far as to hire only drug-using A-list actors. Maybe you have to have done them to appreciate...
I hope it ends up more along the lines of the "A Scanner Darkly" adaptation (or Blade Runner, of course), rather than yet another dumbed-down effort like "Total Recall" or "Minority Report".
As a Canadian watching from the sidelines, I have a question: Is this going to lead to a sweep by the Republicans in these two states? As in, are people there upset with the DNC enough on this issue, to vote Republican in the general election?
THE Church of England? The one that executed more than a few Catholics back in the day for refusing to convert? I'd call the threat of death a form of coersion...
Actors are NOT overpaid (ever met an Actor?). I remember reading something a while back that said the average (Canadian) actor makes $20k/year. 0.0001% of actors (ie, the ones who've made it) are overpaid.
That's one weird definition of dust. So you breathe, eat and are composed primarily of dust too, I assume. Got it. When talking to omnichad, all small bits of matter = dust.
It's a good point. Those are also just about the only profitable PC games at the moment. I wasn't trolling, by the way. Posting something that won't go over well does not equal trolling.
And i'm glad the 360 is locked down. This means little or no cheating on multiplayer, plus it keeps it a profitable platform (yes, I DO believe the game developers when they say the PC is not profitable due to piracy; the same people informed enough to upgrade their video cards, are informed enough to crack games rather than buy them. Think about it for a moment: how many people do YOU know who PAY for PC games? The majority of my friends, nerds or otherwise, steal).
"scaling, portability" was probably the wrong thing to say. I really meant "scaling (as in resolution-independent scaling), and portability (as in internationalization).
My experience thus far has been with Java (fine unless you try to do some GUI work, then blech!) and.NET (much nicer, IMO -.NET 3.x and WPF go a long way to resolving Windows Forms issues like scaling, portability, and allows for easier implementation of the MVC design pattern.) Interop with win32 IS a pain, but you don't have to do it too often. If you consider modern Windows development as.NET development, I don't really see the big issue here. I do with win32 would go away for good, though.
You just said "if people want to hook up, they'll go where there is rock & roll". This can be logically be reduced to "if hookup, then rock and roll", not vice-versa.
Equal rights for women were an absolutely necessary first step towards sexual freedom for women. You really need references for that? Do women in the 3rd world (especially the middle-east) have sexual freedom? Are they even allowed access to birth control? Do they even know it exists, or are they prevented from attending school in the first place? Even in some patriarchal western societies (Catholicism comes to mind), women are subjugated first and formost by preventing their safe and easy access to birth control.
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Dropping said feather and rock on the earth (in a vaccuum of course, otherwise obviously the feather would take longer due to air resistance) does accelerate faster, yes (9.81m/s2 if i recall). That's because the total mass of the system (earth + feather) is greater, so there is more gravitational force.
Let's say you cut the earth in half and drop the 2 halves towards eachother. they will accelerate towards eachother at the exact same speed (9.81m/s2).
But housing prices have fallen in the last year. I don't imagine that has had a sudden impact on the # of graduating teachers. We're discussing a problem that has been occuring since (according to the summary) the beginning of the 90s.
It's been on Xbox Live for over a year now, FYI.
You've got gravitation wrong I'm afraid. The feather and the moon pull on each other and both accelerate towards the common center of mass (which obviously is almost exactly the center of the moon, since it is far more massive). The force of the moon's pull on the feather is small, but since the feather is also not very massive, it accelerates at 1.62 m/s2 towards the moon. A dropped rock will experience many times more FORCE, since the gravitational attraction between the moon and rock are (comparatively) larger. However, this force has to overcome the rock's equally greater inertia, meaning that the rock also accelerates at 1.62 m/s2 towards the moon. The only real difference is that the rock-moon gravitational center is slightly closer to the rock, than to the feather.
Make sense?
Nope. in fact one of the first experiments they did on the moon was test this out by dropping a feather and a (rock? can't remember). Both hit the ground at the same time. This isn't relativity, by the way, this is Newtonian stuff.
I think what they mean by "most liberal" is actually "most intellectual". Even the above poster indicated that Gore was very liberal because he popularized a scientific issue... a regular ol' conservative boy or girl like Clinton or Bush would never use big words or facts when talking to people.
Funny, i hate it when people mis-quote things too :)
Under "assumptions" I listed "technology will continue to improve exponentially" and said "see Moore's law" (as in, right now computer chips are improving exponentially via Moore's law). Don't jump down MY throat just because it's referred to as a law. I know it's not a law! I said ASSUMING that moore's law holds.
I suppose i should additionally pose the assumption that:
* Integrated circuits, or a derived but related future technology, will bring about said singularity.
I don't think it is poorly reasoned, but it does definitely have a religious feel to it - in a good way! It gives us God-is-dead scientific-types something to strive for (enlightenment, immortality) with an actual basis in fact.
If you assume that:
* Technology will continue to improve exponentially (it is right now - see Moore's law)
* The brain is a fully deterministic computer.
Then it is a fair assumption that we will eventually design a superbrain. The superbrain will design a super-duper brain, and the chain reaction (singularity) will be upon us. I can't wait!
Just think, when The Time comes, AIs will compete over first posts within picoseconds of eachother. New memes will be invented, spread and forgotten in milliseconds, and dupes will (hopefully) finally be a thing of the past.
Really? I thought it was far more primitive (and thus eye-irritating) in Waking Life. On top of that, Waking life played out like an extremely pretentious introduction to philosophy 101. I fast-forwarded through large portions of it.
The style worked perfectly when you consider the people in Scanner were all psychedelic drug users. They got drug use down 100%, even going so far as to hire only drug-using A-list actors. Maybe you have to have done them to appreciate...
I hope it ends up more along the lines of the "A Scanner Darkly" adaptation (or Blade Runner, of course), rather than yet another dumbed-down effort like "Total Recall" or "Minority Report".
As a Canadian watching from the sidelines, I have a question: Is this going to lead to a sweep by the Republicans in these two states? As in, are people there upset with the DNC enough on this issue, to vote Republican in the general election?
I'm much more likely to listen to a bunch of doctors about classifying disease, rather than adopt a random Slashdot poster's poorly-informed opinion.
I don't believe the AMA are experts in the field of dumbassery though, so i'll defer to you for that.
Before that: News Radio. Otherwise they're all shit.
So during the inquisition, you'd say that the Catholic Church could be classified as a cult? I bet you wouldn't...
THE Church of England? The one that executed more than a few Catholics back in the day for refusing to convert? I'd call the threat of death a form of coersion...
PM me. I need a biopsy of your brain for science. If it's alright, i'd like to remove the entire prefrontal lobe.
Actors are NOT overpaid (ever met an Actor?). I remember reading something a while back that said the average (Canadian) actor makes $20k/year. 0.0001% of actors (ie, the ones who've made it) are overpaid.
That's one weird definition of dust. So you breathe, eat and are composed primarily of dust too, I assume. Got it. When talking to omnichad, all small bits of matter = dust.
No, it says we've been missing ionized hydrogen and helium within a certain temperature range. How about reading the article before posting next time?
It's a good point. Those are also just about the only profitable PC games at the moment. I wasn't trolling, by the way. Posting something that won't go over well does not equal trolling.
And i'm glad the 360 is locked down. This means little or no cheating on multiplayer, plus it keeps it a profitable platform (yes, I DO believe the game developers when they say the PC is not profitable due to piracy; the same people informed enough to upgrade their video cards, are informed enough to crack games rather than buy them. Think about it for a moment: how many people do YOU know who PAY for PC games? The majority of my friends, nerds or otherwise, steal).
"scaling, portability" was probably the wrong thing to say. I really meant "scaling (as in resolution-independent scaling), and portability (as in internationalization).
My experience thus far has been with Java (fine unless you try to do some GUI work, then blech!) and .NET (much nicer, IMO - .NET 3.x and WPF go a long way to resolving Windows Forms issues like scaling, portability, and allows for easier implementation of the MVC design pattern.) Interop with win32 IS a pain, but you don't have to do it too often. If you consider modern Windows development as .NET development, I don't really see the big issue here. I do with win32 would go away for good, though.
You just said "if people want to hook up, they'll go where there is rock & roll". This can be logically be reduced to "if hookup, then rock and roll", not vice-versa.
Equal rights for women were an absolutely necessary first step towards sexual freedom for women. You really need references for that? Do women in the 3rd world (especially the middle-east) have sexual freedom? Are they even allowed access to birth control? Do they even know it exists, or are they prevented from attending school in the first place? Even in some patriarchal western societies (Catholicism comes to mind), women are subjugated first and formost by preventing their safe and easy access to birth control.