there is a 50% chance of the wheel landing on black, thus there is a.5^13 chance of 13 consecutive all coming up black. You would be just as surprised if they where all red, so thats 2*.5^13 chance of something that surprising happening.
Now lets say each spin takes 1 minute and the table is open for 4 hours a night: 240spins per night. Choose the first spin of 13 black in a row: 240-13+1. Then choose the other colors 2^(240-13) Divide that by total possibilitys:(240-13+1)*2^(240-13)/2^240. Thats a 2.7% chance a roulette wheel open for 4 hours will produce at least one string of 13 blacks in a row, or a 5.5% chance that there will be a string of all the same color. Lets say there are 100 roulette wheels in Vegas. You should expect this event to occur about 5.6 times per night.
Correct me if I am wrong, but when Einstein said "there is no overall coordinate system that will be superior to all other coordinate systems." (assuming they are inertial and not accelerating) this was an axiom that he used to formulate special relativity and not a consequence of that formulation?
The main reason aviation is so expensive is not the inherent costs of building and maintaining aircraft. It's lawyers. Most of the cost of a new aircraft is insurance the aircraft manufacturer pays. The manufacturer is liable for any break downs of the aircraft. That's why kit planes are so cheap compared to new aircraf. I'm not saying that lax insurance laws would let everyone have a helicopter to commute to work. But it might make aviation as popular a hobby as boating.
you would land with the same velocity as you had at the beginning of the jump. The amount of force you experience upon landing is determined by how well you use your legs as shock absorbers.
You are right, I had not accounted for earths gravity. This means the elevator would only have to be 38200km from the moons surface. You are correct in that dockets are really inefficent. I was comparing a space elevator to a mass driver. I suppose If you can fit all the materials for a space elevator in one DeltaIV then it would probably be more cost effective than a mass driver.
The moon is a terrible place to build a space elevator. The top of a space elevator must larger than the hight of geostationary orbit, 42164 km from the center of the earth or 35768 km from sea level. The moon has a mass of.0123 earths and a rotational rate 1/27th that of earth. Thus the lunarstationary altitude is (.0123*27^2)^.3333 that of earth's or about twice that of earth (87590km from the center of the moon or 85852km from the surface of the moon)
The main reason for building a space elevator in the first place is to avoid the irreversabilitys due to atmospheric drag. The moon has no atmosphere so this is not a problem.
I am dissapointed in slashdot that the parent was modded up to four.
"For compressive strength, it means collapsing" Not quite accurate. Materials don't really collapse under compression they buckle. And buckling depends on the type of structure you apply the load to. "compressive strength" isn't a material property. A material property is, tensile strength and shear strength.
Can we please stop bringing up intellegent design in every artice pertaining to evolution. This is slashdot for jeebus sake. Your preaching to the choir.
A politicians objective is to get re-elected and leave a good legacy. A company's objective is to make money. A coreration would kill people if it made them more money and a politician would if it got him re-elected. Fourtunatly we have laws that make killing people unprofitable(in most cases) and we have a general populace that does not support a killing people agenda. Both government and corperations are better at doing certain things. A corperatin can figure out a way to manufacture a microwave for less than $50. I'd like to see a government manage a factory that effectivly. But try and find me a corperation that cand make a profit from feeding poor people.
It dosent matter. If the aircraft carrier can be in range of hitting a target on land then the aircraft is in range of surface to surface cruse missiles. Wouldent you think that an aircraft can travel on a two way trip to drop bombs someone could design a surface skiming cruse missile with enough fuel capacity to reach the aircraft carrier on a one way trip. And the phalanx cannon wont work if the missle is progamed with a random trajectory because there is no way to predict the target in order to lead the target.
I remember reading a 'suprising' study that said people were more interested in the acessability of information on a website than the actual information itself. Well this is obvious, if you cant easily find the information you are looking for than the information is useless. Its not an issue of ugly or pretty its an issue of functionality. A buisness will spend all this money on a website designer and he will add all these useless features. I have a school website that tells me the weather for example. So now my page has to load some flash program that updates the temperature in real time. If i wanted to know the wetatehr i would go to a godamn weather site, or better yet look out my fucking window.
um... you can turn off a mule. Haven't you ever seen the end of Apocalypse Now. Well it was a bull not a mule, but that should still give you some idea of where the off switch is. You do run into some problems getting it to boot up again.
The submitter should be modded down for being off topic.
It is like a pastor starting the sermon with.
"Todays sermon is going to be about the good sumaritan parable and the lesson of helping others. This is especially improtant today since there is a controversy over whether or not you should convert to bhuddism."
Wikipedia is one of the most usefull resources out there. I couldent remember the name of Versachis killer. I went to wikipedia and looked up fashon, then went to a list of designers(i forgot how to spell versachi), then to a biography of versachi, and then to an article on his murderer. this took me about two minutes. It would have taken alot longer using google or a lybrarian. Wikipedia is one of the best systems of organising information. Its like yahoo on crack.
I've asked creationists this question, and they've actually replied that they were placed here by God to test our faith.
I have heared this argument before. I simply reply that science does not investigate the way the universe is. Sience investigates the way the universe appeares to be.
This thread is about ID. ID is not a religious theory. It is a scientific theory, albiet one with a wholesale lack of evidence. School boards should simply be informed that there is no experimental evidence for ID and it shouldent be taught untill some is found. They did not teach special relativity in grade school in 1905. They waited untill there was experimental verification. Similarly they should wait for experimental verification of ID until it is taught in school(which they will probably never find since it is a pece of crap theory).
Another reason to send humans to mars instead of the moon is, the moon is only a couple of light seconds away, Mars about 40 light minutes away. This makes teleoperation difficult on mars. We could probably have a completly automated base on the moon.
"Skipping" the moon is sheer lunacy (pardon the pun). Once established, the Moon Base will py for itself countless times over.
If the goal is to go to mars than stopping at the moon is a waste of money. The moon is alot closer than mars but distance dosent matter when figuring out how much feul you need. Its all about the change in velocity. It only takes about 30% more feul to get to mars than the moon. I doubt it would be economical to ship mining equipment to the moon just to generate rocket feul.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Direct/
The problem with computers in school/work seems to be a software problem. Just the fact that people at work play solitare beggs the question: why the hell is solitare installed on work computers? If i where an employer educator i would want a setup where the teacher/manager had complete controll over the software run on a computer and the ability to see what is on everyones screen.
Similar software could be given to parents so if the kid is at home the parent can only allaw the kid to use appropriate software for studying or visit appropriate websites for studying that are approved by the teacher. Of course this only needs to be implemented during study time. And preventing wasting time at home is just as hard as preventing any procrastination.
the only way i get through school is by leaving my laptop back in my hometown and not bringing any magazenes, interesting books or a television to my dorm. it sucks when i have to type a paper like i should be doing right now.
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I believe the prescription my doctor gave me was to "man up."
Can I buy an aircraft carrier and use it as a nucleus for a giant raft city filled with refugees.
This does not defy the laws of physics. Poisson's ratio varys between .5 and -1. Outside of those bounds and you violate conservation of energy.
http://silver.neep.wisc.edu/~lakes/PoissonIntro.html
there is a 50% chance of the wheel landing on black, thus there is a .5^13 chance of 13 consecutive all coming up black. You would be just as surprised if they where all red, so thats 2*.5^13 chance of something that surprising happening.
Now lets say each spin takes 1 minute and the table is open for 4 hours a night: 240spins per night. Choose the first spin of 13 black in a row: 240-13+1. Then choose the other colors 2^(240-13) Divide that by total possibilitys:(240-13+1)*2^(240-13)/2^240. Thats a 2.7% chance a roulette wheel open for 4 hours will produce at least one string of 13 blacks in a row, or a 5.5% chance that there will be a string of all the same color. Lets say there are 100 roulette wheels in Vegas. You should expect this event to occur about 5.6 times per night.
Correct me if I am wrong, but when Einstein said "there is no overall coordinate system that will be superior to all other coordinate systems." (assuming they are inertial and not accelerating) this was an axiom that he used to formulate special relativity and not a consequence of that formulation?
The main reason aviation is so expensive is not the inherent costs of building and maintaining aircraft. It's lawyers. Most of the cost of a new aircraft is insurance the aircraft manufacturer pays. The manufacturer is liable for any break downs of the aircraft. That's why kit planes are so cheap compared to new aircraf.
I'm not saying that lax insurance laws would let everyone have a helicopter to commute to work. But it might make aviation as popular a hobby as boating.
'Quantum Random Bit Generator' that relies on the unpredictable quantum process of photon emission.
um... do you mean a webcam with the lense cap on.
you would land with the same velocity as you had at the beginning of the jump. The amount of force you experience upon landing is determined by how well you use your legs as shock absorbers.
You are right, I had not accounted for earths gravity. This means the elevator would only have to be 38200km from the moons surface. You are correct in that dockets are really inefficent. I was comparing a space elevator to a mass driver. I suppose If you can fit all the materials for a space elevator in one DeltaIV then it would probably be more cost effective than a mass driver.
The moon is a terrible place to build a space elevator. The top of a space elevator must larger than the hight of geostationary orbit, 42164 km from the center of the earth or 35768 km from sea level. The moon has a mass of .0123 earths and a rotational rate 1/27th that of earth. Thus the lunarstationary altitude is (.0123*27^2)^.3333 that of earth's or about twice that of earth (87590km from the center of the moon or 85852km from the surface of the moon)
The main reason for building a space elevator in the first place is to avoid the irreversabilitys due to atmospheric drag. The moon has no atmosphere so this is not a problem.
I am dissapointed in slashdot that the parent was modded up to four.
"For compressive strength, it means collapsing" Not quite accurate. Materials don't really collapse under compression they buckle. And buckling depends on the type of structure you apply the load to. "compressive strength" isn't a material property. A material property is, tensile strength and shear strength.
The other best industrys in america: music movies delivering pizza
Can we please stop bringing up intellegent design in every artice pertaining to evolution. This is slashdot for jeebus sake. Your preaching to the choir.
A politicians objective is to get re-elected and leave a good legacy. A company's objective is to make money. A coreration would kill people if it made them more money and a politician would if it got him re-elected. Fourtunatly we have laws that make killing people unprofitable(in most cases) and we have a general populace that does not support a killing people agenda. Both government and corperations are better at doing certain things. A corperatin can figure out a way to manufacture a microwave for less than $50. I'd like to see a government manage a factory that effectivly. But try and find me a corperation that cand make a profit from feeding poor people.
It dosent matter. If the aircraft carrier can be in range of hitting a target on land then the aircraft is in range of surface to surface cruse missiles. Wouldent you think that an aircraft can travel on a two way trip to drop bombs someone could design a surface skiming cruse missile with enough fuel capacity to reach the aircraft carrier on a one way trip. And the phalanx cannon wont work if the missle is progamed with a random trajectory because there is no way to predict the target in order to lead the target.
Its obvious that aircraft carriers of the future will be attached to giant rafts and used to transport refugees across the pacific.
I remember reading a 'suprising' study that said people were more interested in the acessability of information on a website than the actual information itself. Well this is obvious, if you cant easily find the information you are looking for than the information is useless. Its not an issue of ugly or pretty its an issue of functionality. A buisness will spend all this money on a website designer and he will add all these useless features. I have a school website that tells me the weather for example. So now my page has to load some flash program that updates the temperature in real time. If i wanted to know the wetatehr i would go to a godamn weather site, or better yet look out my fucking window.
um... you can turn off a mule. Haven't you ever seen the end of Apocalypse Now. Well it was a bull not a mule, but that should still give you some idea of where the off switch is. You do run into some problems getting it to boot up again.
The submitter should be modded down for being off topic. It is like a pastor starting the sermon with. "Todays sermon is going to be about the good sumaritan parable and the lesson of helping others. This is especially improtant today since there is a controversy over whether or not you should convert to bhuddism."
Wikipedia is one of the most usefull resources out there. I couldent remember the name of Versachis killer. I went to wikipedia and looked up fashon, then went to a list of designers(i forgot how to spell versachi), then to a biography of versachi, and then to an article on his murderer. this took me about two minutes. It would have taken alot longer using google or a lybrarian. Wikipedia is one of the best systems of organising information. Its like yahoo on crack.
I've asked creationists this question, and they've actually replied that they were placed here by God to test our faith.
I have heared this argument before. I simply reply that science does not investigate the way the universe is. Sience investigates the way the universe appeares to be.
This thread is about ID. ID is not a religious theory. It is a scientific theory, albiet one with a wholesale lack of evidence. School boards should simply be informed that there is no experimental evidence for ID and it shouldent be taught untill some is found. They did not teach special relativity in grade school in 1905. They waited untill there was experimental verification. Similarly they should wait for experimental verification of ID until it is taught in school(which they will probably never find since it is a pece of crap theory).
Another reason to send humans to mars instead of the moon is, the moon is only a couple of light seconds away, Mars about 40 light minutes away. This makes teleoperation difficult on mars. We could probably have a completly automated base on the moon.
"Skipping" the moon is sheer lunacy (pardon the pun). Once established, the Moon Base will py for itself countless times over. If the goal is to go to mars than stopping at the moon is a waste of money. The moon is alot closer than mars but distance dosent matter when figuring out how much feul you need. Its all about the change in velocity. It only takes about 30% more feul to get to mars than the moon. I doubt it would be economical to ship mining equipment to the moon just to generate rocket feul. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Direct/
I have never learned anything usefull in a math class that required calculators.
The problem with computers in school/work seems to be a software problem. Just the fact that people at work play solitare beggs the question: why the hell is solitare installed on work computers? If i where an employer educator i would want a setup where the teacher/manager had complete controll over the software run on a computer and the ability to see what is on everyones screen. Similar software could be given to parents so if the kid is at home the parent can only allaw the kid to use appropriate software for studying or visit appropriate websites for studying that are approved by the teacher. Of course this only needs to be implemented during study time. And preventing wasting time at home is just as hard as preventing any procrastination. the only way i get through school is by leaving my laptop back in my hometown and not bringing any magazenes, interesting books or a television to my dorm. it sucks when i have to type a paper like i should be doing right now. http://thomer.com/lockout/