Actually another solution to Fermi's Paradox is that intelligent life forms are very very far apart on average, like one per 1000 galaxies, wich would still allow for a lot ( the Universe is really rather large, after all. Cosmologists think that inflation never stopped and the entire visible universe is a very tiny subsection.), just make the possiblity of interacting with them rather remote.
Well, thats a rather sad rate of penetration there. 50000000/1,065,070,607= 4.7 percent. So he may have been exagerating but he wasn't really trolling.
You know, this is gonna sound horribly insensitive of me, but it always seems that the poorest countires in the world have the most diversity of language. I always wondered if there was a link, that the babel of languages impedes commerce and development?
Because the longer the half-life the less radioactive the substance is. The most radioactive isotopes have the shortest halflives. DU is so minorly radioactive its laughable that people are actually worried about it, especcially the same people who gladly puff away on a cig. Its much more dangerous as a toxic heavy meatal like lead than as a source of radiation.
I know that NK has been very succseful at indoctrinating its population, but I really can't say that the results of that indoctrination has been very succsesful. I mean it doesn't matter how much North Koreans believe that their country is richer and more powerful than South Korea, it doesn't make it so.
You can't say that. Computers (and specifically the whole Linux/OSS movement) are RELIGION for way to many athiest/agnostic geeks out there. I am always struck by that every time I read a post by some zealot who refuses to run any software that isn't open source. Always makes me chuckle.
I read a LOT about the Korean issue and find it endlessly fascinating, so please give me the sources. The only thing I've read about Kim Jong-Il's status was a very confused report of his picture possibly being taken down from some places but it was contradicted by other reports. And I saw a picture of the "North Korean Space Shuttle" from someone's tour diary. Very sad. It's amazeing to see what a governemnt will say when no one else can contradict them. Thats something I always wondered about Communist governments is why they place so little, well esentially no value on truth and act like reality conforms to what they say rather than the other way around. Any system that has denial of reality at its very core is doomed from the start.
Iraq is hardly a point of pride, but I can honestly say that the initial ivasion wasn't so bad, and it's really not the US who is makeing the situation so bad. The completely phsychotic element of the insurgency is doing that all on its own. Honestly getting beat by the US worked out pretty damn good for Japan and West Germany, theres no reason it can't do the same for Iraq.
And so in the interests of border security 20 million people have suffered what could quite possibly be the worst government in history for 50 years. I hate humanity.
Heres a link:http://www.morningsun.net/stories/092901/hea_ 0929010029.shtml
And the best line "The metal cylinder was pulled by the machine's powerful magnet from the arms of a doctor entering the room." And this is a link to a stroy about a man whos pacemaker malfunctioned while getting and MRI scan: http://www.users.on.net/~vision/misc/pacemaker-dea th.html
Some show I saw about MRIs had the host hold a scissors to feel the magnet's streangth. The guy said that if he let go the scissors would be moving at about 40mph when it hit the machine. Also on a sad note a boy was killed when the turned the machine on with a oxygen cylinder still in the room. It smashed into his head.
Well, DUH. NK's hermetic isolation is the only real reason (well, along with China) its government is still in power, and don't think they don't know it. NK TVs and Radios are hardwired to only recieve government frequencies, and getting caught possesing a modified one will get you executed. I've seen on the net some people who want to air drop a bunch of radios over the country in hopes of causing a mass uprising.
You know, I really don't think that would be such a bad thing. I can promise you that whenever the odious NK regime is finally overturned and the North Koreans see just how bad they were isolated and decived they are gonna wanna know WHY the world left them like that for so long, and I don't really have a good answer.
Korea is still very much divided into two completely different countrys. South korea is rich, modern, and the most wired country on earth. North Korea is very poor, essentially unchanged in the last 50 years, and the Internet is illegal, along with cell phones. Pyongyang tried an experimental rollout of cell phone service but it was stopped, probbably because the authorities couldn't keep adequate control over it. I've oftened wondered what it would be like if the North actually invaded the South. It would be almost like time travel for the poor Northern soldiers.
I love that joke and think it applies perfectly to those moronic faith-healers who refuse proven cures while they watch there children die. "God, why did you let my child die?" "YOU let your child die, you refused proven medical care just to prove how devoted you were to me."
Thats at standard pressure. The boiling point of water is entirely dependant on the ambient pressure. Some recipies even need to be modified for use at high altitudes because the water will boil at a tempurature significantly less than 100. Nuclear reactors have coolant water at about 700 degrees F, which is fine until the pipe cracks and boils the three guys in the room at the time.(This really happend and is the only known deaths directly reated to nuclear energy production in this country! What a way to go though. Wonder how fast it was?)
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Things like an overpass support pillar, for example. I'm thinking a human body would simply burst in a situation like that.
Actually another solution to Fermi's Paradox is that intelligent life forms are very very far apart on average, like one per 1000 galaxies, wich would still allow for a lot ( the Universe is really rather large, after all. Cosmologists think that inflation never stopped and the entire visible universe is a very tiny subsection.), just make the possiblity of interacting with them rather remote.
Well, thats a rather sad rate of penetration there. 50000000/1,065,070,607= 4.7 percent. So he may have been exagerating but he wasn't really trolling.
I really want to know! Or does it only exist due to RMS's ego?
You know, this is gonna sound horribly insensitive of me, but it always seems that the poorest countires in the world have the most diversity of language. I always wondered if there was a link, that the babel of languages impedes commerce and development?
Well gee, I guess that makes it all OK then.
I want to know why there hasn't been a new starcraft game. A new one using the sage engine would be a wonderfull thing.
Then why the hell should I feel so bad about the epidemic then? Sounds like they are merely reaping what they so ignorantly sow.
Because the longer the half-life the less radioactive the substance is. The most radioactive isotopes have the shortest halflives. DU is so minorly radioactive its laughable that people are actually worried about it, especcially the same people who gladly puff away on a cig. Its much more dangerous as a toxic heavy meatal like lead than as a source of radiation.
Actually the worst game of all had to be the Wayne's World game. Shudder.
I know that NK has been very succseful at indoctrinating its population, but I really can't say that the results of that indoctrination has been very succsesful. I mean it doesn't matter how much North Koreans believe that their country is richer and more powerful than South Korea, it doesn't make it so.
You can't say that. Computers (and specifically the whole Linux/OSS movement) are RELIGION for way to many athiest/agnostic geeks out there. I am always struck by that every time I read a post by some zealot who refuses to run any software that isn't open source. Always makes me chuckle.
I read a LOT about the Korean issue and find it endlessly fascinating, so please give me the sources. The only thing I've read about Kim Jong-Il's status was a very confused report of his picture possibly being taken down from some places but it was contradicted by other reports. And I saw a picture of the "North Korean Space Shuttle" from someone's tour diary. Very sad. It's amazeing to see what a governemnt will say when no one else can contradict them. Thats something I always wondered about Communist governments is why they place so little, well esentially no value on truth and act like reality conforms to what they say rather than the other way around. Any system that has denial of reality at its very core is doomed from the start.
Iraq is hardly a point of pride, but I can honestly say that the initial ivasion wasn't so bad, and it's really not the US who is makeing the situation so bad. The completely phsychotic element of the insurgency is doing that all on its own. Honestly getting beat by the US worked out pretty damn good for Japan and West Germany, theres no reason it can't do the same for Iraq.
And so in the interests of border security 20 million people have suffered what could quite possibly be the worst government in history for 50 years. I hate humanity.
Heres a link:http://www.morningsun.net/stories/092901/hea_ 0929010029.shtml
And the best line "The metal cylinder was pulled by the machine's powerful magnet from the arms of a doctor entering the room." And this is a link to a stroy about a man whos pacemaker malfunctioned while getting and MRI scan: http://www.users.on.net/~vision/misc/pacemaker-dea th.html
Some show I saw about MRIs had the host hold a scissors to feel the magnet's streangth. The guy said that if he let go the scissors would be moving at about 40mph when it hit the machine. Also on a sad note a boy was killed when the turned the machine on with a oxygen cylinder still in the room. It smashed into his head.
Well, DUH. NK's hermetic isolation is the only real reason (well, along with China) its government is still in power, and don't think they don't know it. NK TVs and Radios are hardwired to only recieve government frequencies, and getting caught possesing a modified one will get you executed. I've seen on the net some people who want to air drop a bunch of radios over the country in hopes of causing a mass uprising.
You know, I really don't think that would be such a bad thing. I can promise you that whenever the odious NK regime is finally overturned and the North Koreans see just how bad they were isolated and decived they are gonna wanna know WHY the world left them like that for so long, and I don't really have a good answer.
Why not?
Korea is still very much divided into two completely different countrys. South korea is rich, modern, and the most wired country on earth. North Korea is very poor, essentially unchanged in the last 50 years, and the Internet is illegal, along with cell phones. Pyongyang tried an experimental rollout of cell phone service but it was stopped, probbably because the authorities couldn't keep adequate control over it. I've oftened wondered what it would be like if the North actually invaded the South. It would be almost like time travel for the poor Northern soldiers.
Offtopic, but I really want to try one of those Cintiqs with a FPS like Counterstrike. Hehe, just tap the enemy and he's dead. Would that be cheating?
Very well said. I'm gonna use that 'factual' comment. Its a gem.
I love that joke and think it applies perfectly to those moronic faith-healers who refuse proven cures while they watch there children die. "God, why did you let my child die?" "YOU let your child die, you refused proven medical care just to prove how devoted you were to me."
Thats at standard pressure. The boiling point of water is entirely dependant on the ambient pressure. Some recipies even need to be modified for use at high altitudes because the water will boil at a tempurature significantly less than 100. Nuclear reactors have coolant water at about 700 degrees F, which is fine until the pipe cracks and boils the three guys in the room at the time.(This really happend and is the only known deaths directly reated to nuclear energy production in this country! What a way to go though. Wonder how fast it was?)