This way they con the rest of the world and make lots of money doing it. Is not Hawking a believer in time travel and is not time travel crackpot stuff?
In Universe in the Nutshell, Hawking puts the odds at macroscopic time travel being possible at less than 10^(10^60) to one against.
And no, time travel is not crackpot stuff. Time travel is fun stuff!:-)
In some cases, yes, this would work great. We all know how many textbooks sell for WAAAY more than they're worth.
But let's see what the actual cost is going to be. Assume the book has 300 pages, and the library charges 15 cents per page (which is the cheapest I've seen). That's $45 just for the printing costs, before you even look at the author's compensation. I didn't see anything in the article about the actual printing costs, but how much cheaper do you think the libraries will make it?
Now, if you knew exactly which page/chapter you needed and could print out just that...
The Iranians also; they seem to have hundreds of people on their friend lists and I keep getting mails sent to "friends of friends" that I can't read:-p
Given the choice between paying for a regular class or paying for this, I'd prefer the regular class; I hate to say it, but I never really cared for online classes all that much.
Plus, my school charges more for online classes:-)
Really, I would care less about credit, especially if I was taking it for free. Isn't it enough to receive course material for free? Personally, I love college, and not just the "college" aspect of it (though that's great too) but the learning aspect of it.
Well, I like the learning, but the thing is that I get a raise when I complete another degree, so getting credit is good;-)
Learning on its own is great, but learning and getting money for it...even better!;-)
That's what I'm looking for also...right now I have 25 science credits and I need to get another 5 to get a science endorsement. If this would let me pick up a few of them for free (and at my convenience) it would be a great help..
hmm...so does your university have to pick this up before you can get credit for it? I supposed it would be too much to hope for to be able to take classes for credit, for free..
Recently upgraded to a new OS to go with my new hard drive (120 GB Western Digital, $40...gotta love rebates:-)) Forgot I needed to reinstall the software for my digital camera. Plugged it in a corrupted the memory stick...had to reformat it and I lost a couple dozen photos:-(
One would have to have the capability of precision impact points on the target to do massive damage - say, like the munition storage spaces or fuel storage, to do critical damage to a surface ship - and that wouldn't be easy with moving targets on the ocean.
Will they hit that situation very often, though? Remember, this is the US military getting this; it's unlikely that anybody we're going to be using this one is going to have a navy that has a chance of standing up to ours anyway. IMO it's more likely it'll be used to soften up targets prior to an invasion, such as in Iraq, or making quick strikes when we have an elusive target in view (again, see Iraq)
I can also imagine some of these aimed at any nuclear launch sites we know about around the world, such that if worse comes to worst we can take those out as quickly as possible. Is there anything that moves faster than these things?
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Yeah, last semester my computer graphics professor was talking about 4th dimensional spheres. I couldn't even figure out how to try to imagine it :-p
And Universe has good pictures, too! ;-)
This way they con the rest of the world and make lots of money doing it. Is not Hawking a believer in time travel and is not time travel crackpot stuff?
:-)
In Universe in the Nutshell, Hawking puts the odds at macroscopic time travel being possible at less than 10^(10^60) to one against.
And no, time travel is not crackpot stuff. Time travel is fun stuff!
Surprised they didn't mention "Universe in a Nutshell"; it's not so technical like the others, but it's pretty good.
I seem to recall that one involved singularities as well..
There have been a lot of boobs enrolled in some of my classes..
In some cases, yes, this would work great. We all know how many textbooks sell for WAAAY more than they're worth.
But let's see what the actual cost is going to be. Assume the book has 300 pages, and the library charges 15 cents per page (which is the cheapest I've seen). That's $45 just for the printing costs, before you even look at the author's compensation. I didn't see anything in the article about the actual printing costs, but how much cheaper do you think the libraries will make it?
Now, if you knew exactly which page/chapter you needed and could print out just that...
I remember the story now. Thanx!
This is OT, sorry, but I was just wondering the origin of your sig?
The Iranians also; they seem to have hundreds of people on their friend lists and I keep getting mails sent to "friends of friends" that I can't read :-p
For the most part, though, they speak English.
Does it matter?
Even if it only makes enough to cover their costs, they've still given people yet another reason to come there, making it basically free advertising.
I see .com and .org are taken, although there's not actually anything there.
.edu domain. I do work for a school, so I kinda have an excuse.. ;-)
hmm...I wonder what kind of requirements they have to get an
Given the choice between paying for a regular class or paying for this, I'd prefer the regular class; I hate to say it, but I never really cared for online classes all that much.
:-)
Plus, my school charges more for online classes
Really, I would care less about credit, especially if I was taking it for free. Isn't it enough to receive course material for free? Personally, I love college, and not just the "college" aspect of it (though that's great too) but the learning aspect of it.
;-)
;-)
Well, I like the learning, but the thing is that I get a raise when I complete another degree, so getting credit is good
Learning on its own is great, but learning and getting money for it...even better!
That's what I'm looking for also...right now I have 25 science credits and I need to get another 5 to get a science endorsement. If this would let me pick up a few of them for free (and at my convenience) it would be a great help..
hmm...so does your university have to pick this up before you can get credit for it? I supposed it would be too much to hope for to be able to take classes for credit, for free..
They tend to give out a few at once. I signed up not more than month ago and I've given out at least a dozen, and I have another half dozen now.
Recently upgraded to a new OS to go with my new hard drive (120 GB Western Digital, $40...gotta love rebates :-)) Forgot I needed to reinstall the software for my digital camera. Plugged it in a corrupted the memory stick...had to reformat it and I lost a couple dozen photos :-(
Apparently, yes.
Yes, in which case, you release the information or whatever else it was you threatened to do if you didn't get paid.
I was thinking we were probably about to find out what kind of technical equipment is female..
I knew the guy, but I couldn't think of his last name. Not sure WHERE I learned that, though :-)
Heh...funny this pops up just now, when I'd just finished a short review of the Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide for my website :-)
But then, that seems about par for the course for this book..
One thing I'm actually not totally clear on is whether or not this should be in the science fiction section..
One would have to have the capability of precision impact points on the target to do massive damage - say, like the munition storage spaces or fuel storage, to do critical damage to a surface ship - and that wouldn't be easy with moving targets on the ocean.
Will they hit that situation very often, though? Remember, this is the US military getting this; it's unlikely that anybody we're going to be using this one is going to have a navy that has a chance of standing up to ours anyway. IMO it's more likely it'll be used to soften up targets prior to an invasion, such as in Iraq, or making quick strikes when we have an elusive target in view (again, see Iraq)
I can also imagine some of these aimed at any nuclear launch sites we know about around the world, such that if worse comes to worst we can take those out as quickly as possible. Is there anything that moves faster than these things?
uh, that's 2.5 km/SEC...