You use 3 significant figures in the imperial system when you say 7'11".
Since the inches are only on a scale of 12, it only counts as 1.08 digits. Using three digits in metric gives significantly greater precision than the 2.08 digits in feet/inches. (Unfortunately, the first height digit in metric is pretty much a bust, since it is normally a '1'.)
Actually, someone could come in and purchase SCO with the intentions of keeping the lawsuit alive.
They should allow open-source supporters to make donations to them. Someone should start an organized "Adopt a lawsuit" campaign. It is in our best interest to keep SCO's doors open until it gets trounced in court.
3) They want to stop the suffering humans with diseases that stem cell research promises to cure, and they don't know that stem cells can come from other sources.
4) They want to stop the suffering humans with diseases that stem cell research promises to cure, and they don't care if stem cells can come from other sources since they don't consider a clump of undifferentiated embryonic cells to be any more significant that the billions of skin cells we shed every day.
Diesel locomotives have been "hybrids" for decades. So has "super-sized" construction equipment, like those gigantic dump trucks. They all use piston engines. If turbines were practical in a vehicle, they'd already be in use.
I remember watching a Discovery-channel segment about a model of locomotive that uses a gas-turbine engine to power its electric generator. This probably wouldn't be practical in a dirty environment like a mining pit, though.
So they can build fission bombs and bioweapons...but...can't feed their own people? What gives?
Psychotic genocidal dictators aren't the cute little cuddlebunnies everybody thinks they are. They value the appearance of military strength over feeding their own citizens. Apparently, though, his generals are even worse. This is one reason that simply assassinating Kim Jong Ill might not work out so well.
S. Korea is basically a hostage (well within missle range), and Seoul with its ten million or so citizens will likely face annihilation should hostilities begin in the region.
Seoul is within *artillery* range of NK and NK has the capacity to bombard it with hundreds of thousands of rounds of artillery *per hour* until that capacity is destroyed. On the first day of fighting, there would probably be more than a million SK casualties. And these would be *first-world citizen* casualties, not third-world casualties taht nobody cares about. This is why there has not been and will not be an invasion of NK. The costs would be too high, even if NK didn't have nukes or bio-chems.
"My hands were shaking after reading this letter," said Kofi Anan. "I mean, this is a REALLY harsh letter. I think North Korea will disarm by the end of the year. My only concern is that it is too strong. We only want North Korea to disarm. This letter might cause them to surrender their entire country to France. The letter is really that strongly worded. I'm shaking even now just thinking about it." -- Jerhad!com (2006-10-13)
At the time Microsoft was hedging their bets as everyone ranted about the next generation of RISC chips storming the market. Endlessly we'd hear about how the x86 line was dead, and the only improvements would be to move to the next generation (Intel themselves was heavily focusing on RISC as well -- think of the i860).
Not to worry, RISC won the day. x86 chips these days are RISC chips with a thin veneer of x86ness.
Theology is no less valid than reading the plays of Shakespeare to determine the political situation in late 15th century England, or studying Star Trek scripts to determine the possibility and nature of extraterrestrial life.
Theology is pretending that the contents of Star Trek scripts describes events which actually happened.
While most people have flaws, I wouldn't say that scientists are "ruled" by emotion. I would suggest that those who are drawn to science would tend to be less afflicted with emotion than the general population. The INTJ personality type is disproportionately represented in the sciences, and this type of person definitely is not ruled by emotion. Most people are put off by how impassive they are.
The bulk of your post reads a lot like a straw man: all scientists aren't absolutely perfect; therefore, you all suck and everything you say is wrong. I would suggest that as a group, scientists suck less than the general population.
Good scientists* don't want to be celebrities, or rock-stars. They don't want people to follow everything they do. They don't want hoards of groupies or worshipers.
Oh, and trust me, as a proud Roman Catholic, you will have children. Lots and lots of children...
And some people probably even think that this policy is about the sanctity of life. It's really about the need of the church to recruit new members. Especially young, defenseless ones.
I surely don't. Throughout history, science has replaced faith many times and in many things. However, faith is usually purveyed as being eternal and absolute, so every time science knocks down some tenant of faith, it is understandable that the true believers will disbelieve.
I can't say that I really understand your notion that religious people should just "roll with the punches" every time science encroaches on areas of faith. While this is the only sensible course of action, since rationality is the ultimate bully, how can religious people abandon their previous absolute faith about a subject and claim that their remaining faith is still absolute and correct? The cognitive dissonance ought to be rather dizzying. This is why religious people tend to cling to beliefs that are scientifically demonstrated to be incorrect. Because letting go would make the illusion of faith all too uncomfortably obvious.
Why yes, they should have been feeding live sheep to cows...
It occurs to me that all of the animals we commonly eat are herbivores. I guess this is good for disease prevention (in addition to the animals being easier to handle).
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Since the inches are only on a scale of 12, it only counts as 1.08 digits. Using three digits in metric gives significantly greater precision than the 2.08 digits in feet/inches. (Unfortunately, the first height digit in metric is pretty much a bust, since it is normally a '1'.)
They should allow open-source supporters to make donations to them. Someone should start an organized "Adopt a lawsuit" campaign. It is in our best interest to keep SCO's doors open until it gets trounced in court.
The odds would need to be infinity:1 for me to lay money on a dead horse.
I think the 'fluid ounce' system was so screwed up that they were desperate for any alternative.
You should probably look into ion propulsion. It is several orders of magnitude more efficient.
Reminds me of a quotation:
"Ever notice that even the busiest people are never too busy to tell you just how busy they are."
Dr. House, you've tanned!
4) They want to stop the suffering humans with diseases that stem cell research promises to cure, and they don't care if stem cells can come from other sources since they don't consider a clump of undifferentiated embryonic cells to be any more significant that the billions of skin cells we shed every day.
... an exercise exclusively in the purview of religious people.
I remember watching a Discovery-channel segment about a model of locomotive that uses a gas-turbine engine to power its electric generator. This probably wouldn't be practical in a dirty environment like a mining pit, though.
NK is the reason the US should have perfected the Neutron Bomb.
Psychotic genocidal dictators aren't the cute little cuddlebunnies everybody thinks they are. They value the appearance of military strength over feeding their own citizens. Apparently, though, his generals are even worse. This is one reason that simply assassinating Kim Jong Ill might not work out so well.
Seoul is within *artillery* range of NK and NK has the capacity to bombard it with hundreds of thousands of rounds of artillery *per hour* until that capacity is destroyed. On the first day of fighting, there would probably be more than a million SK casualties. And these would be *first-world citizen* casualties, not third-world casualties taht nobody cares about. This is why there has not been and will not be an invasion of NK. The costs would be too high, even if NK didn't have nukes or bio-chems.
"My hands were shaking after reading this letter," said Kofi Anan. "I mean, this is a REALLY harsh letter. I think North Korea will disarm by the end of the year. My only concern is that it is too strong. We only want North Korea to disarm. This letter might cause them to surrender their entire country to France. The letter is really that strongly worded. I'm shaking even now just thinking about it." -- Jerhad!com (2006-10-13)
Not to worry, RISC won the day. x86 chips these days are RISC chips with a thin veneer of x86ness.
Theology is pretending that the contents of Star Trek scripts describes events which actually happened.
While most people have flaws, I wouldn't say that scientists are "ruled" by emotion. I would suggest that those who are drawn to science would tend to be less afflicted with emotion than the general population. The INTJ personality type is disproportionately represented in the sciences, and this type of person definitely is not ruled by emotion. Most people are put off by how impassive they are.
The bulk of your post reads a lot like a straw man: all scientists aren't absolutely perfect; therefore, you all suck and everything you say is wrong. I would suggest that as a group, scientists suck less than the general population.
A few groupies might be okay.
And some people probably even think that this policy is about the sanctity of life. It's really about the need of the church to recruit new members. Especially young, defenseless ones.
I surely don't. Throughout history, science has replaced faith many times and in many things. However, faith is usually purveyed as being eternal and absolute, so every time science knocks down some tenant of faith, it is understandable that the true believers will disbelieve.
I can't say that I really understand your notion that religious people should just "roll with the punches" every time science encroaches on areas of faith. While this is the only sensible course of action, since rationality is the ultimate bully, how can religious people abandon their previous absolute faith about a subject and claim that their remaining faith is still absolute and correct? The cognitive dissonance ought to be rather dizzying. This is why religious people tend to cling to beliefs that are scientifically demonstrated to be incorrect. Because letting go would make the illusion of faith all too uncomfortably obvious.
Would an eraser work better if it read the original contents and then adjusted what it wrote to leave misleading levels of magnetism behind?
Whereas the rest of the employees lied and stayed behind.
It's not "plagiarism"; it's "free culture"!
It occurs to me that all of the animals we commonly eat are herbivores. I guess this is good for disease prevention (in addition to the animals being easier to handle).