And while 400 planets sounds like a lot, in the milky way it isn't much at all, especially if you consider the short timespan that humans have been capable of even seeing into deep space let alone make their presence known. And there are countless disasters that can wipe out a civilization.
It's not 400 planets in the galaxy. It's 400 out of 700 planets they've looked at. That implies 4/7ths of the planets in the galaxy are "Earth sized."
Interestingly, this matches up with what we have in our own Solar System, where 4/8ths of the planets are just so sized. Does Mercury count? Maybe it's 3/8ths here. Dunno. Still close enough for statistics.
I've been running noscript for years and have never seen this problem more than a couple times. You allow the site, and a couple of the sites it runs scripts from, and you're good. Maybe try to mix-and-match so that it works for you while keeping the rest blocked, and then after that you never have to think about it again.
This is more important for me than for most, as I do a fair bit of browsing while tethered to my cell phone, so the connection is slower than most. I also used to use dialup a lot and noscript is a massive benefit there.
They have the right to quell the discussion on their own website. That is their right as they own the site.
We have the right to point out that it's dumb on this (or any other public) website, to make sure as many people as possible know what they're rightfully doing on their own website, so those people can make informed decisions next time they buy an expensive cell phone.
He's not suing them for making a tube that emits light.
He's not suing them for making something that could be mistaken for a glowing sword.
He's suing them because they molded their laser pointer like a lightsaber handle. You could use that thing in your fan film (except it would double your budget) and people would praise the prop. If you left it on your desk or work bench, anybody who has seen the movies would ask you where you got your lightsaber laser pointer.
It doesn't vaguely resemble a lightsaber handle. It IS a lightsaber handle. I hate to say it but I'm on Lucas' side here.
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a) "Decent" laptops are way too heavy to carry around. Once you've tried a netbook there's no going back.
I never understood this argument. My laptop is 7.5 pounds and it's got a 17" widescreen and a full keyboard + number pad. I've brought it to work with me most every day for the past 3 years and have never suffered a hernia or exhaustion or even noticed it. And it's in a bag that adds several more pounds when I'm transporting it. At home, I move it around constantly (a couple times a day, easy) and it's no problem there either.
I've tried a netbook. I went back. Tiny keyboard. No number pad. dinky screen. No thanks.
While Obvious Troll is being obvious, I'm still going to say that I'm a male sports fan and while I enjoy looking at the ladies in various sports, while I'm watching men play those same sports I'm do not get sexually aroused.
I think more critically now than I ever did before the Internet.
In fact, I'd posit that critical thinking is more important now than ever before. If you are incapable of it, the Internet is a constant stream of kidney-stealing Nigerian princes who will give you $1000 if you forward this email.
I don't have kids, but if I did I'd teach them first to question everything they're told. By anybody. Including me. And they should start with trying to think up a reason they shouldn't.
A lot of traffic signals are on a fixed cycle because the sensors buried in the street often fail to reliably detect a bicycle waiting to turn left (US; mirror in UK/AU/JP), even when the bicycle's wheels are directly over the edge of the loop.
Is there some reason I can't think of why they can't do both?
U-Turns aren't legal here, but I frequently turn right, then turn around in a driveway or parking lot, and still get back to the intersection in plenty of time to beat the light change.
However, this is the driving equivalent of a programming kludge and doesn't fix the actual problem that the lights are set up stupidly.
Did I just make a computer analogy to better explain something about cars?
To me the big problem is that he has to create a site that people will feel compelled to leave open while they go off and do something else. That will probably be the most difficult part.
Not at all. I frequently open a dozen or so tabs from a Google search, or news aggregator, or other such link-heavy site. Then I go through them one by one reading, disregarding, following more links, etc. Each goes into its own tab. Frequently, I get tired of a topic before the I make it though the tabs, but leave them open in case I feel like revisiting.
I am not even compelled to leave these tabs open while doing something else. I am never on them in the first place. Tabs open in the background.
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And while 400 planets sounds like a lot, in the milky way it isn't much at all, especially if you consider the short timespan that humans have been capable of even seeing into deep space let alone make their presence known. And there are countless disasters that can wipe out a civilization.
It's not 400 planets in the galaxy. It's 400 out of 700 planets they've looked at. That implies 4/7ths of the planets in the galaxy are "Earth sized."
Interestingly, this matches up with what we have in our own Solar System, where 4/8ths of the planets are just so sized. Does Mercury count? Maybe it's 3/8ths here. Dunno. Still close enough for statistics.
I've been running noscript for years and have never seen this problem more than a couple times. You allow the site, and a couple of the sites it runs scripts from, and you're good. Maybe try to mix-and-match so that it works for you while keeping the rest blocked, and then after that you never have to think about it again.
This is more important for me than for most, as I do a fair bit of browsing while tethered to my cell phone, so the connection is slower than most. I also used to use dialup a lot and noscript is a massive benefit there.
They have the right to quell the discussion on their own website. That is their right as they own the site.
We have the right to point out that it's dumb on this (or any other public) website, to make sure as many people as possible know what they're rightfully doing on their own website, so those people can make informed decisions next time they buy an expensive cell phone.
Yes. The current US dollar is "guaranteed."
If it loses its value, you get your money back.
In US dollars.
He's not suing them for making a tube that emits light.
He's not suing them for making something that could be mistaken for a glowing sword.
He's suing them because they molded their laser pointer like a lightsaber handle. You could use that thing in your fan film (except it would double your budget) and people would praise the prop. If you left it on your desk or work bench, anybody who has seen the movies would ask you where you got your lightsaber laser pointer.
It doesn't vaguely resemble a lightsaber handle. It IS a lightsaber handle. I hate to say it but I'm on Lucas' side here.
So you're saying we can't synthesize vitamin A *OR* vitamin D?
Unicyclepedia seems like a very tightly themed site. I don't know if there are enough topics to justify its existence.
I'd choose to not use a smart phone until I could get something acceptable from my provider.
And yet people still use their service...
a) "Decent" laptops are way too heavy to carry around. Once you've tried a netbook there's no going back.
I never understood this argument. My laptop is 7.5 pounds and it's got a 17" widescreen and a full keyboard + number pad. I've brought it to work with me most every day for the past 3 years and have never suffered a hernia or exhaustion or even noticed it. And it's in a bag that adds several more pounds when I'm transporting it. At home, I move it around constantly (a couple times a day, easy) and it's no problem there either.
I've tried a netbook. I went back. Tiny keyboard. No number pad. dinky screen. No thanks.
While Obvious Troll is being obvious, I'm still going to say that I'm a male sports fan and while I enjoy looking at the ladies in various sports, while I'm watching men play those same sports I'm do not get sexually aroused.
Your life must be so horrible if you waste no time, at all, ever.
Actually a "Generation" is typically 20-25 years. However, today's electronics are a pretty big advance from those of the late 80s.
I just had a thought, wouldn't it be odd if the only space ships that weathered the space storm were the Shuttles? :o
Assuming you mount it...
I sadly did not take a screencap this morning, but I saw with my own eyes the BP site as the #1 result when I typed "oil spill."
It was not an ad. It was not a "sponsored link." It was a search term. too have AdBlock installed and don't see those links.
I am also now seeing what you are all seeing. Google changed their mind, apparently, and shied away from being evil again.
I think more critically now than I ever did before the Internet.
In fact, I'd posit that critical thinking is more important now than ever before. If you are incapable of it, the Internet is a constant stream of kidney-stealing Nigerian princes who will give you $1000 if you forward this email.
I don't have kids, but if I did I'd teach them first to question everything they're told. By anybody. Including me. And they should start with trying to think up a reason they shouldn't.
A lot of traffic signals are on a fixed cycle because the sensors buried in the street often fail to reliably detect a bicycle waiting to turn left (US; mirror in UK/AU/JP), even when the bicycle's wheels are directly over the edge of the loop.
Is there some reason I can't think of why they can't do both?
U-Turns aren't legal here, but I frequently turn right, then turn around in a driveway or parking lot, and still get back to the intersection in plenty of time to beat the light change.
However, this is the driving equivalent of a programming kludge and doesn't fix the actual problem that the lights are set up stupidly.
Did I just make a computer analogy to better explain something about cars?
You better watch out. If you scream too much you'll get sued.
Yup. With these guys it's not about providing good government, it's about staying in power and doing whatever it takes to consolidate political power.
I don't know much about Canadian politics specifically, but in politics in general, you just described everybody involved.
To me the big problem is that he has to create a site that people will feel compelled to leave open while they go off and do something else. That will probably be the most difficult part.
Not at all. I frequently open a dozen or so tabs from a Google search, or news aggregator, or other such link-heavy site. Then I go through them one by one reading, disregarding, following more links, etc. Each goes into its own tab. Frequently, I get tired of a topic before the I make it though the tabs, but leave them open in case I feel like revisiting.
I am not even compelled to leave these tabs open while doing something else. I am never on them in the first place. Tabs open in the background.
They left out the word "ever" for a reason.
Who's the tallest person in the world? Is it the person who is the tallest right now, or the tallest person who ever lived at any time in history?
Obama wrote that he was addicted to marijuana in his autobiography and wrote "ha" after it?
They'd have more luck if they'd implemented Tolkien's Dwarven Runes.
At least some people are already conversant in THAT language.
We'd blow up white people too if they were the ones shouting "Jihad!" and strapping C4 to their children.
So watch out, Teabaggers.