Many thousands of years ago the first planets other than Earth were first recognized, and only hundreds of years ago were they seen for what they are. It was less than 15 years ago that the first extra-solar planet was discovered. That didn't tell us much by itself either--but it was the first. Likewise, this is the first outside of our galaxy.
I understand what your getting at, but teaching kids to "share" is different than teaching them to abandon the concept of property. Sharing in the adult world would be, e.g., letting someone hop on your computer to check their e-mail, or borrow your phone for a quick phone call.
...committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. The openness derived from Data.gov will strengthen the Nation's democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.
That sounds like it was written by the Ministry of Truth. No one should ever read something like that without huge warning bells going off.
That sounds like New Age BS to me. If we don't really know what all these useful vitamins and minerals are, why is it that specific deficiencies cause specific symptoms, can be chemically identified, and cured with administration of that specific deficiency? Oh yeah, it's because medical science knows what it's talking about.
Let's say there is some public corruption by a popular political figure. Should an organized group of partisan poll voters be able to spike the story just because they don't want to hear something bad?
No, that should be left up to the partisan editors of the media, such as in the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Now of course the media should be free to publish what they like, but don't fool yourself into thinking their only agenda is getting the truth out.
I completely agree that health care tied to one's employer is a huge problem, one that causes people not to see the true cost of their health insurance and health care, resulting in huge increases in cost to both.
Of course I must point out that the reason health care is tied to employment is government involvement in the private sector. Pretty good article on it here. Quote from it:
During World War II, federal wage controls barred employers from raising their workers' salaries, but said nothing about fringe benefits. So firms competing for employees at government-restricted wages began offering medical insurance to sweeten employment offers. Even sweeter was that employers could deduct those benefits as business expenses, yet employees didn't have to report them as taxable income.
It depends on the glass. Typical glass is something like BK7, with a transmission curve like this. You can also get types of glass specifically designed for UV optics, such as fused silica.
Actually L4 and L5 are local potential maxima (in a rotating reference frame, maybe? It's been a while since I took mechanics), but orbits around these points are kept stable by some combination of the Coriolis force and gravity.
Actually your eye is much less sensitive to damage at wavelengths over 1200 nm or so. I don't remember the source, but it's something 1000x less sensitive at 1550 than 1064...it's either the lens in your eye doesn't focus those wavelengths, or your retina doesn't absorb them, not sure which. So a 1550 laser could be used with no danger.
I don't think this really has anything to do with electromagnetism, rather something to do with the fact that the electrons in a superconductor are nonlocal. It just so happens they have a charge.
We could just kill everyone suffering from those diseases and would we would have the same result. In fact, we would be using the same method too (i.e., killing them).
What does that mean, "they don't have a licence to make the parts"? Are they not designing it from the ground up? Are chips typically made up of a bunch of simpler elements, designed by a third party?
What do you think they're going to do without gridlock? Balance the budget? Cut spending? HA! The only thing they would do is figure out a way to spend more by either borrowing more or taxing more. No thanks.
Well pretty much everything in the atmosphere has a stable nucleus (other than a few traces, e.g., carbon 14), but any combination of light nuclei releases energy, and nitrogen is the most common element in the atmosphere (and lighter than the second most common, oxygen).
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Many thousands of years ago the first planets other than Earth were first recognized, and only hundreds of years ago were they seen for what they are. It was less than 15 years ago that the first extra-solar planet was discovered. That didn't tell us much by itself either--but it was the first. Likewise, this is the first outside of our galaxy.
I understand what your getting at, but teaching kids to "share" is different than teaching them to abandon the concept of property. Sharing in the adult world would be, e.g., letting someone hop on your computer to check their e-mail, or borrow your phone for a quick phone call.
Cheers to that. Not everyone wants to live collectively.
...committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. The openness derived from Data.gov will strengthen the Nation's democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.
That sounds like it was written by the Ministry of Truth. No one should ever read something like that without huge warning bells going off.
That sounds like New Age BS to me. If we don't really know what all these useful vitamins and minerals are, why is it that specific deficiencies cause specific symptoms, can be chemically identified, and cured with administration of that specific deficiency? Oh yeah, it's because medical science knows what it's talking about.
Let's say there is some public corruption by a popular political figure. Should an organized group of partisan poll voters be able to spike the story just because they don't want to hear something bad?
No, that should be left up to the partisan editors of the media, such as in the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Now of course the media should be free to publish what they like, but don't fool yourself into thinking their only agenda is getting the truth out.
Of course I must point out that the reason health care is tied to employment is government involvement in the private sector. Pretty good article on it here. Quote from it:
During World War II, federal wage controls barred employers from raising their workers' salaries, but said nothing about fringe benefits. So firms competing for employees at government-restricted wages began offering medical insurance to sweeten employment offers. Even sweeter was that employers could deduct those benefits as business expenses, yet employees didn't have to report them as taxable income.
It depends on the glass. Typical glass is something like BK7, with a transmission curve like this. You can also get types of glass specifically designed for UV optics, such as fused silica.
Actually L4 and L5 are local potential maxima (in a rotating reference frame, maybe? It's been a while since I took mechanics), but orbits around these points are kept stable by some combination of the Coriolis force and gravity.
The point is, if you missed it, that successful investors are no more than stastical effects :)
You better tell that to Warren Buffet, before his luck runs out!
Actually your eye is much less sensitive to damage at wavelengths over 1200 nm or so. I don't remember the source, but it's something 1000x less sensitive at 1550 than 1064...it's either the lens in your eye doesn't focus those wavelengths, or your retina doesn't absorb them, not sure which. So a 1550 laser could be used with no danger.
If the Constitution has limited (or no) application to laws passed by Congress, why should we think it applies anywhere, much less everywhere?
I don't think this really has anything to do with electromagnetism, rather something to do with the fact that the electrons in a superconductor are nonlocal. It just so happens they have a charge.
I knew there was one in one of these, or something like it, and I think I got it: conscientious (wow I actually spelled it right the first try haha).
This is not about preventing those diseases. This is about preemptively killing people that might get those diseases.
We could just kill everyone suffering from those diseases and would we would have the same result. In fact, we would be using the same method too (i.e., killing them).
It's quite conceivable. If 1/(number of habitable planets) >> probability of life, we're it.
Photons have both intrinsic spin (or polarization) and orbital spin. This is the latter. I apologize for the imprecision.
Mod parent up. This is about orbital angular momentum, not spin, or what you would typically think of as polarization.
Yes. Except now it's done in hardware. So no.
What does that mean, "they don't have a licence to make the parts"? Are they not designing it from the ground up? Are chips typically made up of a bunch of simpler elements, designed by a third party?
What do you think they're going to do without gridlock? Balance the budget? Cut spending? HA! The only thing they would do is figure out a way to spend more by either borrowing more or taxing more. No thanks.
Your right to life ends when you have to pick my pocket to stay alive.
Congratulations, you have independently discovered quantum cryptography (or more accurately, quantum key distribution).
Well pretty much everything in the atmosphere has a stable nucleus (other than a few traces, e.g., carbon 14), but any combination of light nuclei releases energy, and nitrogen is the most common element in the atmosphere (and lighter than the second most common, oxygen).