Actually, if you look at the orbits of the KBOs in comparison to Sedna's orbit, even its perihelion is somewhat outside what is theorized to the be outer limit of the Kuiper belt (of the non-scattered KBOs). I looks like there's only one other object, 2000 OO67, that is remotely similar in its distance at aphelion, which is an SKBO; 2003 VB12 is half as far away at aphelion.
1. Morph is not greek, morphos is. 2. They're looking specifically for the sf uses of those words, not the first occurrence of the word with any definition. The way the OED works is that it tries to find the earliest printed occurrences of each definition of a word. "Avatar" in the sense of "a representative face/person/attribute of a god," the Sanskrit meaning, is different from the sf sense of "an electronic representation of a person which is not visually mimetic" or however you want to define these: so the OED would want the first *English* use of the first meaning (probably in the 18th or 19th century, whenever Sanskrit studies was just starting out) and the first English use of the second meaning (probably when the first muds and moos came out, 70s or 80s).
More precisely, they're looking for first *science-fiction* uses of words whose *science-fiction* uses have since migrated to general use. Otherwise they would not have included "avatar," which has a more general meaning in Sanskrit that was borrowed into English before it developed its non-mythological uses.
If they've named it Sedna, which follows the KBO naming convention, that means they're going to define it as "not a planet." Otherwise they would have named it after a Greek god (they might go with Persephone rather than Proserpina, as Persephone is the better known version, and is I think sometimes found in Latin). This (Sedna) is much bigger than the largest non-planet (Ceres) that's not a satellite (but smaller than the Moon, the four Galileans, Titan, or Triton), so it's pretty important, but probably still a bit smaller (by a few hundred kilometers diameter) than Pluto and half the size of Mercury.
If they're drafting you for 'special skills' you're pretty unlikely to get stuck out someplace where you have a high chance of catching a bullet (or some high explosive.) This is probably far less true in the case of people with language skills, however.
"No, sir, those aren't languages on my resume. They're linguines. I'm an expert in several linguines."
Pismos are 14" screens, right? Bigger than the 12" white iBook, so less portable. Also, for a complete computer newbie, I don't know whether it is worth it to pay $500 for a used computer on Ebay (that might have who knows what problems) versus a new one from a store that provides support, etc. for $300 more. And I can't say I understand what makes a Pismo easier to use than an iBook. But still a good thought.
Only problem with Orbiter is that these kids are using Macs, and Orbiter runs on Windows. It's the thought that counts, though... and I can't criticize anybody who starts a good posting like that off with Celestia (which is available for, and look terrific on, a Mac; on an iBook, it might not be very high res, and might be a little glitchy, but it's open source). Another terrific, high-reality simulation for Mac and Windows is the X-Plane flight sim.
Not worth it. Get a little laptop. I have a Tungsten C, and now I mostly use it for the same things I used my Handspring for. Better to put the money toward a 12-in. iBook - most of the Apple stores have an older G3-based one available for something on the order of $800, and the Apple web store has them for that under "special deals." They're not the latest and greatest, but they're a lot faster and more usable than a handheld.
in reality, they can of course by not using closed source software, but for some it seems percieved convenience is more important than freedom, but I digress)
What this does is allow developers of standards-based sites, which they have under their own control, to provide a stopgap for users who don't understand the issue of standards and so haven't themselves chosen freedom. So your digression doesn't quite match the facts. As a developer, I can choose to make my site work in Mozilla and KHTML - and will - but I can't choose to force my audience to use them. With this, if it works as advertised, I can choose to follow standards and still provide some means for those who have, for whatever reasons, chosen to use a non-free browser to use my content.
Because they're planning on moving Enterprise to Neptunday night? I.e., right off the schedule. Yeah, I know, they're saying they'll renew it, but they put it up not only against Angel, but West Wing. The Slot'o'death.
But those people will be called 'tourists' and they'll be paying their own way on transports far cheaper and more sophisticated than anything NASA is going to come up with in the next few decades.
Progress does not happen on its own. It'll cost us the billions we're spending today to come up with those "cheaper and more sophisticated transports."
Apple and Pixar have had the same CEO since 1997. And Jobs was CEO of Pixar pretty much the whole time he was in the NeXT wilderness. So why would things change now???
A more interesting question is this: is announcing that they have license agreements with CA and Leggett at about the same time they're making their financial conference call when they do not in fact have such licenses misleading investors in a way that will get SEC after them?
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Actually, if you look at the orbits of the KBOs in comparison to Sedna's orbit, even its perihelion is somewhat outside what is theorized to the be outer limit of the Kuiper belt (of the non-scattered KBOs). I looks like there's only one other object, 2000 OO67, that is remotely similar in its distance at aphelion, which is an SKBO; 2003 VB12 is half as far away at aphelion.
1. Morph is not greek, morphos is. 2. They're looking specifically for the sf uses of those words, not the first occurrence of the word with any definition. The way the OED works is that it tries to find the earliest printed occurrences of each definition of a word. "Avatar" in the sense of "a representative face/person/attribute of a god," the Sanskrit meaning, is different from the sf sense of "an electronic representation of a person which is not visually mimetic" or however you want to define these: so the OED would want the first *English* use of the first meaning (probably in the 18th or 19th century, whenever Sanskrit studies was just starting out) and the first English use of the second meaning (probably when the first muds and moos came out, 70s or 80s).
Or show them a transcript of the teleplay. Or a copy of it. It's *Balance of Terror*, and I'm pretty sure it is 1968.
More precisely, they're looking for first *science-fiction* uses of words whose *science-fiction* uses have since migrated to general use. Otherwise they would not have included "avatar," which has a more general meaning in Sanskrit that was borrowed into English before it developed its non-mythological uses.
Sorry, I meant "Roman god." Not that there's very much difference.
If they've named it Sedna, which follows the KBO naming convention, that means they're going to define it as "not a planet." Otherwise they would have named it after a Greek god (they might go with Persephone rather than Proserpina, as Persephone is the better known version, and is I think sometimes found in Latin). This (Sedna) is much bigger than the largest non-planet (Ceres) that's not a satellite (but smaller than the Moon, the four Galileans, Titan, or Triton), so it's pretty important, but probably still a bit smaller (by a few hundred kilometers diameter) than Pluto and half the size of Mercury.
It means that the orbit of the moon is ALWAYS concave to the sun. I believe this is unique among satellites. But IANAA.
I've got news for you: public sentiment fled when the WMDs turned out to be mythical.
Knowing military intelligence, Antarctica. [Sorry, oldie but goodie. Hope she stays safe!]
If they're drafting you for 'special skills' you're pretty unlikely to get stuck out someplace where you have a high chance of catching a bullet (or some high explosive.) This is probably far less true in the case of people with language skills, however.
"No, sir, those aren't languages on my resume. They're linguines. I'm an expert in several linguines."
Pismos are 14" screens, right? Bigger than the 12" white iBook, so less portable. Also, for a complete computer newbie, I don't know whether it is worth it to pay $500 for a used computer on Ebay (that might have who knows what problems) versus a new one from a store that provides support, etc. for $300 more. And I can't say I understand what makes a Pismo easier to use than an iBook. But still a good thought.
Only problem with Orbiter is that these kids are using Macs, and Orbiter runs on Windows. It's the thought that counts, though ... and I can't criticize anybody who starts a good posting like that off with Celestia (which is available for, and look terrific on, a Mac; on an iBook, it might not be very high res, and might be a little glitchy, but it's open source). Another terrific, high-reality simulation for Mac and Windows is the X-Plane flight sim.
Not worth it. Get a little laptop. I have a Tungsten C, and now I mostly use it for the same things I used my Handspring for. Better to put the money toward a 12-in. iBook - most of the Apple stores have an older G3-based one available for something on the order of $800, and the Apple web store has them for that under "special deals." They're not the latest and greatest, but they're a lot faster and more usable than a handheld.
in reality, they can of course by not using closed source software, but for some it seems percieved convenience is more important than freedom, but I digress)
What this does is allow developers of standards-based sites, which they have under their own control, to provide a stopgap for users who don't understand the issue of standards and so haven't themselves chosen freedom. So your digression doesn't quite match the facts. As a developer, I can choose to make my site work in Mozilla and KHTML - and will - but I can't choose to force my audience to use them. With this, if it works as advertised, I can choose to follow standards and still provide some means for those who have, for whatever reasons, chosen to use a non-free browser to use my content.
Because they're planning on moving Enterprise to Neptunday night? I.e., right off the schedule. Yeah, I know, they're saying they'll renew it, but they put it up not only against Angel, but West Wing. The Slot'o'death.
It wasn't as bad as I expected it to be. The characters were pretty good, and the CG was good. I'd give it 2.5 stars out of 4.
But those people will be called 'tourists' and they'll be paying their own way on transports far cheaper and more sophisticated than anything NASA is going to come up with in the next few decades.
Progress does not happen on its own. It'll cost us the billions we're spending today to come up with those "cheaper and more sophisticated transports."
What happens when someone gets smart and creates one that looks for other Symbiot boxes and basicly has them fighting each other?
Don't worry, by that point we'll be reduced to using pen and paper anyway because of all the spam we're recieving.
Apple and Pixar have had the same CEO since 1997. And Jobs was CEO of Pixar pretty much the whole time he was in the NeXT wilderness. So why would things change now???
That's what swordboy meant by "wallpaper" - specifically I'm guessing he's thinking of Vinge, rather than Bradbury.
The difference is that a good Encyclopedia is actually vetted. Not so the Net of Lies.
Actually, you can't get much better than Babel Fish with current tech. Human languages are VERY hard - are an AI problem.
The average buy was $155, which exceeds the average of $114 that opt-in e-mail generated.
What matters is not the average amount spent per transaction, but the average amount spent per email.
A more interesting question is this: is announcing that they have license agreements with CA and Leggett at about the same time they're making their financial conference call when they do not in fact have such licenses misleading investors in a way that will get SEC after them?
Funny thing is, a Republican senator did it first. And he wasn't an experienced astronaut.