With all these asymmetries appearing in the particle zoo, I just have to wonder, is it possible that the proximity of normal matter and the strength of the gravitational field be affecting these experimental outcomes? Is there any way to experimentally eliminate these kinds of effects?
It seems to me the jury is out until we run all these tests in a particle accelerator way outside of the galaxy.
Earthworm Jim has a point. Plasma has some amazing properties that marry electricity, magnetism, and quantum effects. We can study some of these things in the lab, but the real fun doesn't begin until you have something as big as this proto-star. It will be interesting to see what can be learned!
I mean, doesn't it imply something having been buried deliberately in order to dig it up again? I hereby reject 'cache' in favor of 'deposit' - oh that isn't much better.
...Microsoft spends significantly more than Apple on R&D...
Wait, I thought Apple was Microsoft's R&D department.
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FlashForward was canceled? Okay, well I'm not surprised. There's really no character anyone with red blood could possibly relate to on that show, and the central mystery isn't even compelling. The lead character Mark Benford is an all-out idiot, and if you loved Joe Fiennes in Shakespeare In Love you'll find none of his pathos here. Unfortunately his performance - like everyone else's - is steeped in cliche. The writers have made every character so 2-dimensional and singleminded, well you can see why there's nothing for the actors to hook onto. It'll be interesting to see if the writers can muster a little extra something in their efforts to wrap it up.
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Oh I dunno. The show was a great vehicle for exploring big questions, philosophical, scientific, and interpersonal. And it had a lot of emotional truth in it. The show may have pulled people in with its mysteries, but its truer value lies in the conflicts, resolutions, and journeys of the characters. Every episode is A-ffective if not always E-ffective, and as a whole it has a lot to say about the human condition. That said, the show has so many repeat phrases and in-jokes that it comes off with a very tongue-in-cheek feel as well. Add to that the "Official LOST Podcast" and Jorge Garcia's "Geronimo Jack's Beard" podcast, and the show formed an unprecedented level of dialogue and interaction with the audience. Perhaps because the central theme of the show is "letting go" I'm relieved to be able now to let go and be satisfied that I had some years of being thoroughly engrossed in a reflective and creative work.
Thanks! You saved me the effort of having to post exactly your point. There's so much willful distraction and misinformation going on unchecked, people everywhere are suckered into paranoid fantasy.
You seem to imply there's an easy answer to the origins of this universe which "science" is just too stupid to conclude. What might that answer be? If your assertion is that it had to be created from "outside" then the latest physics is tending to agree with you. It has begun to see this universe as only one small bubble in a continuum which is much larger...
Science is nothing more than our closest and most carefully-recorded observations of the cosmos, and a set of methods for direct inquiry regarding the questions arising from our observations. The questions opened up by science extend into the philosophical, the ethical, and demonstrate the limits of inquiry by sensory observation.
Science may not be able to tell us how absolutely everything began, or why anything exists at all. By all appearances, it looks like the multiverse has always existed, and creating little finite universes like ours is just what it does by nature. Furthermore, science has proven that "things" don't really exist (per se) at all. Things seem to dissolve into merely potential things until they interact. To all appearances, it seems as though the substance of the universe is nothing more than pure information.
Science does nothing to preclude serious inquiry into the nature of the self and one's relationship to the eternal. And in fact, it strongly supports the psychological and social benefit of rituals, rites, and practices. Humans are socially wired to share stories, to teach wisdom, and to explore the dissolution of the personality.
Immanuel Kant and other philosophers perceived the limits of external experience as a way of knowing in regard to metaphysics or questions of self. Our knowledge about the interactions and relationships of composite things only puffs up our sense of world mastery and involves us in the requirements of survival. Inquiry into questions of selfhood, identity, the nature of the eternal, and so on, requires contemplation, meditation, and other methods inherent to the mind.
In the modern age, people increasingly reject the literal interpretation of ancient writings intended to instruct and guide. It is clear that there are no gods creating, intervening, or punishing. Our superstitions concerning demons, deities, and messiahs evolved from the mythology and imagery of tribal teaching. But in modern times we no longer need them. We are fully aware of what is beneficial or non-beneficial to us, and it is wholly in our own hands to choose the future we want. The way has been prepared.
Science doesn't exalt mankind, it's true. But it exalts creation and it exalts life. The mathematics show us how truly precious we are. The physics and biology shows us how truly blessed we are to be able to live in and explore this universe. Appending an "amen" does nothing to enhance the sentiment. Nature itself is luminous, energetic, and aware. Everything the sincere and serious seeker is looking for is right here, right now.
None of my code editors show nested parentheses in progressively larger sizes, but wouldn't that be nice? Or if the editor drew boxes around the nested groups (similar to XCode's cool code-block highlighting), that would be pretty excellent.
I'm going to have to vote for Bradium because The Brady Bunch ran for 117 episodes. Moreover, they've made 6 actual particles, so they knew that it was much more than a hunch... that this group would somehow form a family...
Buddhism uses the word "illusion" in English, it's true, but not in the sense we usually mean it. In the Buddhist sense a spiritual high - or any other experience - is not so much an "illusion" as it is just another conditioned sensory phenomenon, and it's the qualities of sensory phenomena that are risky to get attached to.
Closer to what you're talking about is what Zen refers to as "makyo" that arise in meditation practice. These are considered hallucinations that should not be pursued.
Actually, we now know that homosexuality is attributable to differences in the amygdala, and that those differences are developed while in the womb. Homosexual men tend to have amygdalas that resemble those of straight women, while homosexual women tend to have amygdalas that resemble those of straight men.
True, strictly speaking he's a corporate apologist, and it just happens that he and the Repubs tend to work the same angles of obfuscation and the same banal talking-points.
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With all these asymmetries appearing in the particle zoo, I just have to wonder, is it possible that the proximity of normal matter and the strength of the gravitational field be affecting these experimental outcomes? Is there any way to experimentally eliminate these kinds of effects?
It seems to me the jury is out until we run all these tests in a particle accelerator way outside of the galaxy.
Earthworm Jim has a point. Plasma has some amazing properties that marry electricity, magnetism, and quantum effects. We can study some of these things in the lab, but the real fun doesn't begin until you have something as big as this proto-star. It will be interesting to see what can be learned!
I mean, doesn't it imply something having been buried deliberately in order to dig it up again? I hereby reject 'cache' in favor of 'deposit' - oh that isn't much better.
Oh, c'mon. You just need to be more discerning. Half of the music you like sucks, you just haven't realized it yet. ;-)
AT&T will never allow it
Uh, you do realize the future extends into infinity, don't you?
...Microsoft spends significantly more than Apple on R&D...
Wait, I thought Apple was Microsoft's R&D department.
FlashForward was canceled? Okay, well I'm not surprised. There's really no character anyone with red blood could possibly relate to on that show, and the central mystery isn't even compelling. The lead character Mark Benford is an all-out idiot, and if you loved Joe Fiennes in Shakespeare In Love you'll find none of his pathos here. Unfortunately his performance - like everyone else's - is steeped in cliche. The writers have made every character so 2-dimensional and singleminded, well you can see why there's nothing for the actors to hook onto. It'll be interesting to see if the writers can muster a little extra something in their efforts to wrap it up.
Oh I dunno. The show was a great vehicle for exploring big questions, philosophical, scientific, and interpersonal. And it had a lot of emotional truth in it. The show may have pulled people in with its mysteries, but its truer value lies in the conflicts, resolutions, and journeys of the characters. Every episode is A-ffective if not always E-ffective, and as a whole it has a lot to say about the human condition. That said, the show has so many repeat phrases and in-jokes that it comes off with a very tongue-in-cheek feel as well. Add to that the "Official LOST Podcast" and Jorge Garcia's "Geronimo Jack's Beard" podcast, and the show formed an unprecedented level of dialogue and interaction with the audience. Perhaps because the central theme of the show is "letting go" I'm relieved to be able now to let go and be satisfied that I had some years of being thoroughly engrossed in a reflective and creative work.
At this point probably the best we can say is we're made of "not exactly nothing but damn close to it."
Fudge? Butts? I think you're thinking of a different kind of particle collider.
Thanks! You saved me the effort of having to post exactly your point. There's so much willful distraction and misinformation going on unchecked, people everywhere are suckered into paranoid fantasy.
But I happily ignore propaganda and make art.
Ha! Now we can just make our own school textbooks on any subject we want. Take that Texas school board!
The Less-than is missing, but pretend it's there...
Okay, maybe I oversimplify, but this seems fine to me:
function NearlyEqual(a,b) { // what could go wrong?
epsilon = 0.00001;
return (Math.abs(a-b) epsilon);
}
You seem to imply there's an easy answer to the origins of this universe which "science" is just too stupid to conclude. What might that answer be? If your assertion is that it had to be created from "outside" then the latest physics is tending to agree with you. It has begun to see this universe as only one small bubble in a continuum which is much larger...
Science is nothing more than our closest and most carefully-recorded observations of the cosmos, and a set of methods for direct inquiry regarding the questions arising from our observations. The questions opened up by science extend into the philosophical, the ethical, and demonstrate the limits of inquiry by sensory observation.
Science may not be able to tell us how absolutely everything began, or why anything exists at all. By all appearances, it looks like the multiverse has always existed, and creating little finite universes like ours is just what it does by nature. Furthermore, science has proven that "things" don't really exist (per se) at all. Things seem to dissolve into merely potential things until they interact. To all appearances, it seems as though the substance of the universe is nothing more than pure information.
Science does nothing to preclude serious inquiry into the nature of the self and one's relationship to the eternal. And in fact, it strongly supports the psychological and social benefit of rituals, rites, and practices. Humans are socially wired to share stories, to teach wisdom, and to explore the dissolution of the personality.
Immanuel Kant and other philosophers perceived the limits of external experience as a way of knowing in regard to metaphysics or questions of self. Our knowledge about the interactions and relationships of composite things only puffs up our sense of world mastery and involves us in the requirements of survival. Inquiry into questions of selfhood, identity, the nature of the eternal, and so on, requires contemplation, meditation, and other methods inherent to the mind.
In the modern age, people increasingly reject the literal interpretation of ancient writings intended to instruct and guide. It is clear that there are no gods creating, intervening, or punishing. Our superstitions concerning demons, deities, and messiahs evolved from the mythology and imagery of tribal teaching. But in modern times we no longer need them. We are fully aware of what is beneficial or non-beneficial to us, and it is wholly in our own hands to choose the future we want. The way has been prepared.
Science doesn't exalt mankind, it's true. But it exalts creation and it exalts life. The mathematics show us how truly precious we are. The physics and biology shows us how truly blessed we are to be able to live in and explore this universe. Appending an "amen" does nothing to enhance the sentiment. Nature itself is luminous, energetic, and aware. Everything the sincere and serious seeker is looking for is right here, right now.
Amusingly enough, the interpreters/compilers for all those languages were originally developed in C and/or C++.
The index is 0, but the string at that index in the array is "1".
None of my code editors show nested parentheses in progressively larger sizes, but wouldn't that be nice? Or if the editor drew boxes around the nested groups (similar to XCode's cool code-block highlighting), that would be pretty excellent.
I'm going to have to vote for Bradium because The Brady Bunch ran for 117 episodes. Moreover, they've made 6 actual particles, so they knew that it was much more than a hunch ... that this group would somehow form a family ...
Please describe in nontechnical terms how to set up file-sharing on Linux.
...but you didn't here. It from me.
There, fixed that for you.
Buddhism uses the word "illusion" in English, it's true, but not in the sense we usually mean it. In the Buddhist sense a spiritual high - or any other experience - is not so much an "illusion" as it is just another conditioned sensory phenomenon, and it's the qualities of sensory phenomena that are risky to get attached to.
Closer to what you're talking about is what Zen refers to as "makyo" that arise in meditation practice. These are considered hallucinations that should not be pursued.
Actually, we now know that homosexuality is attributable to differences in the amygdala, and that those differences are developed while in the womb. Homosexual men tend to have amygdalas that resemble those of straight women, while homosexual women tend to have amygdalas that resemble those of straight men.
I concur!
True, strictly speaking he's a corporate apologist, and it just happens that he and the Repubs tend to work the same angles of obfuscation and the same banal talking-points.