ok these books aren't U.S. centric though. for starters, Tolkien was british, and the story has become quite popular all over the world through the past 50 years. I have several friends in Holland, and I know for a fact that they went to a showing at 12:01 last night. Just because you weren't aware of a literary classic, does not mean that the americans are assuming it has a broader appeal than it really does
There's a perfectly legitimate reason that the family should be compensated for this, somebody is out there selling these to the cancer researchers either at exorbinant costs or (more likely) in extremely high quantities.
seems to me that that her heirs should be getting some share of that.
From the article:
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In what has become a billion-dollar industry, HeLa cells have traveled around the world and been shot into space."
Just be sure you detect it from multiple points at once.
problem with that is, if the source is many light-years away, if you get those multiple readings from points that are relatively close together, you'll be seeing it at the same point. so even if we could see this light from Earth AND from a sensor on Mars or even a probe on the edge of our solar system, we wouldn't be able to triangulate anything more about the position. sure we'd have the direction, but no measure of distance unless it could be observed over a length of time.
guess you'll have to find some other use for those missiles.
MUCH more than 123 full cds actually
a 128Kb/sec MP3 file is roughly 1MB/min.... so we assume a cd has a full 74 minutes on it, do the math and you get 1081 full length CD's
>To the rest of us, how long before Microsoft buy your DNA? Will you have to sign a EULA before conceiving a child?
not that i approve of such actions, but SOMETHING could be done to prevent some people i know from reproducing untcontrolled....
story posted.... 01:58AM
it is now almost 6:00 AM and there are almost a hundred comments....
looks like a healthy nights sleep at slashdot to me....::disclaimer:: i work 3rd shift, and dont always sleep during the day, or afternoon for that matter, and i may have a highly distorted view of reality
ok but here's the thing.... they are saying its 100 times faster than a jet travelling at the speed of sound.... not 100 times the speed sound would travel in space ( which it doesn't because sound requires vibration of air particles or something similar.... doesnt work in a vaccuum, just think of all the sci-fi movies where they point out in space no one can hear you scream..... ) so anyway my numbers for relative speed are still relevant because they're comparing it to speeds achieved on earth
(CNN) -- What's as big as Manhattan Island, 10 trillion times denser than steel and 100 times faster than a supersonic jet?
100 times the speed of sound. using YOUR rates for the speed of sound, which sound reasonably accurate the speed is 74181.729miles/hour Where did you get your result from?
my result: 741.81729 * 100 = 74181.729
this has nothing to do with pornography, the problem is the irresponsible idiots that make these fascist censorware lists find a few pages they don't like ( maybe porn, maybe political, ect.. ) and they block every website put up by any user of the whole friggin ISP!! What kind of stupidity is that. I don't see how anyone can defend this blocking software unless the authors become more responsible.
i heard about it on the radio this morning on the way to work, they did a guess which story is bogus thing, i sure thought that was the one they made up, it sounds kinda ridiculous. This must be a pretty smart 6 year old to reconnect the wires, i wonder if he reads slashdot?:) anyway does anyone have any more details on this?
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ok these books aren't U.S. centric though. for starters, Tolkien was british, and the story has become quite popular all over the world through the past 50 years. I have several friends in Holland, and I know for a fact that they went to a showing at 12:01 last night. Just because you weren't aware of a literary classic, does not mean that the americans are assuming it has a broader appeal than it really does
MUCH more than 123 full cds actually a 128Kb/sec MP3 file is roughly 1MB/min.... so we assume a cd has a full 74 minutes on it, do the math and you get 1081 full length CD's
>To the rest of us, how long before Microsoft buy your DNA? Will you have to sign a EULA before conceiving a child? not that i approve of such actions, but SOMETHING could be done to prevent some people i know from reproducing untcontrolled....
story posted.... 01:58AM it is now almost 6:00 AM and there are almost a hundred comments.... looks like a healthy nights sleep at slashdot to me.... ::disclaimer:: i work 3rd shift, and dont always sleep during the day, or afternoon for that matter, and i may have a highly distorted view of reality
ok but here's the thing.... they are saying its 100 times faster than a jet travelling at the speed of sound.... not 100 times the speed sound would travel in space ( which it doesn't because sound requires vibration of air particles or something similar.... doesnt work in a vaccuum, just think of all the sci-fi movies where they point out in space no one can hear you scream..... ) so anyway my numbers for relative speed are still relevant because they're comparing it to speeds achieved on earth
(CNN) -- What's as big as Manhattan Island, 10 trillion times denser than steel and 100 times faster than a supersonic jet? 100 times the speed of sound. using YOUR rates for the speed of sound, which sound reasonably accurate the speed is 74181.729miles/hour Where did you get your result from? my result: 741.81729 * 100 = 74181.729
Now that's a print magazine that's worth buying
this has nothing to do with pornography, the problem is the irresponsible idiots that make these fascist censorware lists find a few pages they don't like ( maybe porn, maybe political, ect.. ) and they block every website put up by any user of the whole friggin ISP!! What kind of stupidity is that. I don't see how anyone can defend this blocking software unless the authors become more responsible.
Joe
i heard about it on the radio this morning on the way to work, they did a guess which story is bogus thing, i sure thought that was the one they made up, it sounds kinda ridiculous. This must be a pretty smart 6 year old to reconnect the wires, i wonder if he reads slashdot? :) anyway does anyone have any more details on this?
if only the damn pricetag was lower
That's exactly what we need to do. Overthrow microsoft!! Assassinate Gates!!