Anyone use Line2? Using it you can make and receive calls and SMSs over WiFi on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad (http://www.line2.com/ipod_ipad.aspx) Supposedly they're working on an Android version, too.
Not to metion that the friggin American Association of Petroleum Geologists gave them their 2005 Journalism Award for "serious efforts... to take current scientific knowledge and put it into an entertaining and stimulating format." Ack! Gag!
Perhaps this is part of a campaign to instill fear in the hearts of the "guilty" by first stringing up a few obviously innocent people.
This is excactly how the government works. In a recent op-ed piece for the NY Times, an Oregon DA wrote concerning death penalty cases:
So, let's give [Samuel Gross of the University of Michigan] the benefit of the doubt: let's assume that he understated the number of innocents by roughly a factor of 10, that instead of 340 there were 4,000 people in prison who weren't involved in the crime in any way. During that same 15 years, there were more than 15 million felony convictions across the country. That would make the error rate.027 percent -- or, to put it another way, a success rate of 99.973 percent.
Most industries would like to claim such a record of efficiency. And while, of course, people's lives are far more important than widgets, we have an entire appeals court system intended to intervene in those few cases where the innocent are in jeopardy...
Americans should be far more worried about the wrongfully freed than the wrongfully convicted.
One of them, at any rate. A few years ago, I was up in the Berkshires (U.S., not U.K.) and I noticed a really bright object close to the Moon. "Hey! That must be Jupiter!" I thought. Ran in, got a pair of binoculars, and tried to get it in view, using the chimney to block out the Moon. As soon as I found it, I noticed three bright pinpricks of light. Wow! Three of the Galilean satellites! I tried to get other people in the house to come out and look, but no one seemed all that interested. Losers.
Hey! Just found out yesterday was the 396th anniversary of their discovery. Not bad timing for a/. post.
The article is wrong. We have samples of the mantle. Lots of samples of the mantle. There are several sitting here on my desk as I type. Not a lot, grant you, since the majority comes up as xenoliths in igneous rocks or as inclusions in other minerals (anyone ever heard of, say, diamonds?) or in tectonically uplifted terrains. Moreover, we (the geoscience community, that is) has recoverd mantle samples via drilling. During ODP Leg 209 in 2003, for example.
It is intersting to note that the stock market is a chaotic system too. That's why you don't see any models predicting the price of Gold or any other stock on January 12, 2005 at 1:43 PM to within ten cents per ounce... or even a dollar per ounce. He who can do that rules the market. If these people truely had the ability to create models which accurately predict the dynamics of chaotic systems they'd test them first in the stock market. That they don't says volumes.
Well, actually, someone there is applying this stuff to the stock market.
BTW, that's exactly what I said when I sprained my ankle hiking on it during a field excursion. A mile and a half from the damn truck. Ah, my old ig-pet days...
If Microsoft appeals to the Supreme Court, they can only do so if they have some sort of Constitutional argument.
Uh, no. The Supremes can take any damn case they want (and it only takes four votes to do so). They get to decide what the
"compelling reasons" are. Granted, most cases people know about (and that have a big impact) are constitutional in nature, but you can easily find examples of cases that are not, such as
United States v. Cleveland Indians Baseball Co.
About ten years ago, when I was still in grad school, I had a break-in at my apartment and my backpack, containing my 11C, was stolen. Fortunately, I had insurance with replacement value. When I reported it to my agent, he asked for a receipt (didn't have any more; I bought way back in college) or the manual (not just the cover, but the whole thing). (He was probably also wondering why the hell I wanted $90 for a calculator.) When he received it, he called me up and asked, "What do you do?!" Wound up with a 48G. I still miss my 11C, though...
I did manage to fall asleep in a calc class during my first year in college. It was in an over-heated room in the middle of winter (I don't remember what time the class was). I do remember, however, waking up, looking around, and thinking to myself, "These are *not* my classmates. And who is that professor?" I don't recall anyone saying anything, but there were a lot of smiles as got up and left.
Two or three years later, I was at the weekly seminar given by my department. I, of course, fell asleep (as I still occassionally do). Some time later, I jerked awake, looked up, and saw the speaker looking right at me. He paused for a sec, and then said, "Well, hellooooooooooo!"
Well, they are heading back to Mercury, with a launch date of 10 March 2004. This is something the scientific community has been waiting for for long time (the only previous visit were 3 fly-by by Mariner 10 in 1974-1975). As far as I'm concerned, the space probes have been much more exciting profitable (in a scientific sense) than the manned missions (and I do think the Apollo landings were boffo cool), especially the shuttle missions and the space station.
Nope. "Their" was commonly used in English to refer to a singular noun until the late 18th century. There's also a more strict linguistic argument that "their" really isn't a pronouin in this instance. See
The Word Detective for details (about a third of the way down the page).
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Anyone use Line2? Using it you can make and receive calls and SMSs over WiFi on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad (http://www.line2.com/ipod_ipad.aspx) Supposedly they're working on an Android version, too.
Not to metion that the friggin American Association of Petroleum Geologists gave them their 2005 Journalism Award for "serious efforts... to take current scientific knowledge and put it into an entertaining and stimulating format." Ack! Gag!
This is excactly how the government works. In a recent op-ed piece for the NY Times, an Oregon DA wrote concerning death penalty cases:
I'm glad he's not my DA!
> "These edits range from benificial and informative to libelous and childish."
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That pretty much sums up Wikipedia
Substitute "posts" for "edits" and that pretty much sums up
What's the big deal? Q*berts have been sround since 1982!
One of them, at any rate. A few years ago, I was up in the Berkshires (U.S., not U.K.) and I noticed a really bright object close to the Moon. "Hey! That must be Jupiter!" I thought. Ran in, got a pair of binoculars, and tried to get it in view, using the chimney to block out the Moon. As soon as I found it, I noticed three bright pinpricks of light. Wow! Three of the Galilean satellites! I tried to get other people in the house to come out and look, but no one seemed all that interested. Losers.
/. post.
Hey! Just found out yesterday was the 396th anniversary of their discovery. Not bad timing for a
The article is wrong. We have samples of the mantle. Lots of samples of the mantle. There are several sitting here on my desk as I type. Not a lot, grant you, since the majority comes up as xenoliths in igneous rocks or as inclusions in other minerals (anyone ever heard of, say, diamonds?) or in tectonically uplifted terrains. Moreover, we (the geoscience community, that is) has recoverd mantle samples via drilling. During ODP Leg 209 in 2003, for example.
I have no idea where your 600 million year number comes from.
He's probably thinking of the Cambrian Explosion which took place about 540 Ma.
What font did they use for the memo?
Slightly different account from Cecil.
It is intersting to note that the stock market is a chaotic system too. That's why you don't see any models predicting the price of Gold or any other stock on January 12, 2005 at 1:43 PM to within ten cents per ounce... or even a dollar per ounce. He who can do that rules the market. If these people truely had the ability to create models which accurately predict the dynamics of chaotic systems they'd test them first in the stock market. That they don't says volumes.
Well, actually, someone there is applying this stuff to the stock market.
Thank you very much. I'll be here all Epoch.
BTW, that's exactly what I said when I sprained my ankle hiking on it during a field excursion. A mile and a half from the damn truck. Ah, my old ig-pet days...
BTW. if you ever get a chance to go to Mammoth Mountain, Long Valley and the Inyo Craters, do take it - the landscape is simply awe-inspiring.
Yes, but is it a`a-inspiring?
If Microsoft appeals to the Supreme Court, they can only do so if they have some sort of Constitutional argument.
Uh, no. The Supremes can take any damn case they want (and it only takes four votes to do so). They get to decide what the "compelling reasons" are. Granted, most cases people know about (and that have a big impact) are constitutional in nature, but you can easily find examples of cases that are not, such as United States v. Cleveland Indians Baseball Co.
I was hopping my daughter would give me a "Mod Parent Up" shirt next Father's Day.
About ten years ago, when I was still in grad school, I had a break-in at my apartment and my backpack, containing my 11C, was stolen. Fortunately, I had insurance with replacement value. When I reported it to my agent, he asked for a receipt (didn't have any more; I bought way back in college) or the manual (not just the cover, but the whole thing). (He was probably also wondering why the hell I wanted $90 for a calculator.) When he received it, he called me up and asked, "What do you do?!" Wound up with a 48G. I still miss my 11C, though...
I did manage to fall asleep in a calc class during my first year in college. It was in an over-heated room in the middle of winter (I don't remember what time the class was). I do remember, however, waking up, looking around, and thinking to myself, "These are *not* my classmates. And who is that professor?" I don't recall anyone saying anything, but there were a lot of smiles as got up and left.
Two or three years later, I was at the weekly seminar given by my department. I, of course, fell asleep (as I still occassionally do). Some time later, I jerked awake, looked up, and saw the speaker looking right at me. He paused for a sec, and then said, "Well, hellooooooooooo!"
Well, they are heading back to Mercury, with a launch date of 10 March 2004. This is something the scientific community has been waiting for for long time (the only previous visit were 3 fly-by by Mariner 10 in 1974-1975). As far as I'm concerned, the space probes have been much more exciting profitable (in a scientific sense) than the manned missions (and I do think the Apollo landings were boffo cool), especially the shuttle missions and the space station.
Nope. "Their" was commonly used in English to refer to a singular noun until the late 18th century. There's also a more strict linguistic argument that "their" really isn't a pronouin in this instance. See The Word Detective for details (about a third of the way down the page).