Why waste ink on this almost useless fact (other than it perhaps leading to the circumstances of his death) when there's a lot more worth saying about the guy.
Perhaps because Turing was driven to suicide by an establishment which hounded and bullied him for being gay? By no stretch of the imagination is that a useless fact.
AFAIK, current solar models suggest that sun slowly grows hotter and hotter through it's normal life.
In fact, the sun will get cooler, but at the same time more luminous (due to radial expansion). The net effect is the same, however: a higher solar irradiation per square metre on Earth.
It's also worth mentioning that changes in solar activity can have an indirect effect on the Earth's climate. For instance, changes in the interaction between the solar and terrestrial magnetic fields can influence how many cosmic rays penetrate the upper atmosphere. Since these rays play an important role in seeding clouds, a link is forged between solar activity levels and cloud cover.
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Will the priests be able to virtually molest the alter boys?
That should read '...be able virtually to molest the altar boys?'. You shouldn't split an inifinitive, it's just bad grammar.
My School, WEttown School, a large Private school in East PA is there too. They are the team that one the "Best Rookie Team" Award at the Anapolis Reagionals and placed 15th there too! WE are all really syked about their success.
meaning the MoBo is actually siamese twins sharing non-critical chips (err.. organs).
I predict, in the very near future, a blockbuster Hollywood buddy movie about one of these conjoined mobos: Stuck on BSOD.. Starring Matt Damon as the Chipset and Greg Kinnear as the Floppy Drive. Bound to make a mint, no chance that it will bomb...
cue : 1. A signal, such as a word or action, used to prompt another event in a performance, such as an actor's speech or entrance, a change in lighting, or a sound effect.
Sometimes, it is wrong-headed to judge ROI in purely financial terms. Both the Lincoln and Washington monuments were funded using public money; yet I don't think you will find many arguing that this money was wasted. There are areas where public funding can meet a need, for which there is no private-enterprise motivation to address.
Oh, and before accusing someone of talking out of one's arse, you should be very, very certain you're not the one actually doing it.
I am certain, and you are talking out of your arse. Energy cannot be extracted from the quantum zero point, merely borrowed. And the Casimir effect is only tangentially related to the zero point; in fact, it was first observed between ships which lie parallel to one another, a decidedly non-quantum system.
Let's look at the case of the solar system, which you claimed could be condensed out of the zero point energy contained in a single cubic centimeter. Assume the solar system is made from just the Sun; then, with a mass m = 2e30 kg, we have a rest-mass energy E = m c^2 of 1.8e47 J.
If we want to borrow this much energy from the vacumm, the uncertainty principle indicates that we have to give it back after a time t = h/(4 pi E), where h = 6.64e-34 J s is Planck's constant.
Solving for t, we find that we can borrow a solar system's worth of energy for t = 4.42e-83 s. This is around forty orders of magnitude shorter than the Planck time, the shortest timescale of the universe. Therefore, your original claim about condensing the solar system is ridiculous. As are similar claims made by crackpots who want to tap the 'limitless' energy of the vacuum.
It's a known fact that within a single cubic centimeter of volume resides sufficient instantaneous energy to condense out the entire rest-mass of the solar system and then some.
It's a known fact that anybody using the words 'known fact' is almost always talking out of their arse. The one and only exception to this rule is the sentence which preceeds this one.
The Cisco advisory points out that there are no workarounds. This would suggest that the problem cannot be remedied.
However, the advisory also discusses how to obtain new software for their equipment. So it appears that there is a fix to the problem, via a software upgrade. In light of this, the 'no workarounds' stuff is rather misleading -- and when I first read it, it made my draw drop.
Look, they aren't charging for the service, nor are they forcing you to use it.
Whether its free or not is irrelevant. In the UK, there is legislation (the so-called Data Protection Act) which places tight constraints on how personal data is archived and managed. If the Google mail service falls foul of this act, then it does not matter whether or not the service is free; it is still breaking the law.
This reminds me of the scene in the movie, where Ed Norton's character explains that if it is cheaper for a company to pay fines, than to recall a potentially-deadly product, then they will opt for the former.
This is one rather unfortunate downside of capitalism; it only works when government has enough regulatory power to compell companies not to harm its citizens. Once a government is in the pockets of business, the citizens are in big trouble.
That's a misdefinition of "racism". Only skin colour is reasonably tied to racism- relgion and culture are non-racial things that can also become objects of discrimination.
So the Nazi extermination of Ashkenazi Jews and the Roma, who are both 'white' peoples, wasn't racism?
Authors already do pay to publish in scientific journals. In my own field the biggest journal (Astrophysical Journal, or as we called it ApJ) can cost up to $165 a page.
...which is why I almost-universally publish in Monthly Notices. They don't have page charges, unless a paper needs colour; and even in that case, the expense is pretty low (400 pounds sterling for the whole paper). The fact that both ApJ and A&A have page charges is a major offputting factor for me.
If the research is funded in whole or in part by the taxpayers, then ALL research results must be published and made freely available to ALL taxpayers. I can see no room for argument there.
You've totally missed the distinction between making research freely accessible to the taxpayer, and publishing the research in a paid-subscription journal. All of my taxpayer-funded research papers are available from my website; however, in order to ensure that my research is widely disseminated, I also choose to have my papers published in a peer-reviewed journal. Since journals are private enterprises who don't receive state funds, I see no problem with them charging money for subscriptions, in order to cover their overheads etc. The fact that my papers appear in such a non-free (as in beer) journal does not change the fact that my research is freely available (as in beer and speech).
Regards the signature... Just so you know it. Racism against Indians does not consist of telling the bad deeds of the Indian Government or those of various Indian Companies or of the US Government.
Of course not. Likewise, criticism of Bush and the US government, or of Sharon and the Israeli government, has nothing to do with being anti-American or anti-Semitic. But the right gets quite a bit of mileage branding its critics with these epithets.
By 'racism against Indians', I mean the assumption that Indians are less intelligent, or less capable of producing good code, because of their skin colour or religion or culture. In many of the/. debates on outsourcing, look at the way the 'inferiority' of Indian code is waved around with gay abandon. I'm certain that some code produced by Indian companies is indeed substandard; the same could be said of companies situated in any country. However, to suggest that outsourcing is bad because of this, is to make the tacit assumption that no Indian company can ever produce code which is up to scratch. Look at the basis of such an assumption, and very frequently you will find its roots have a racist, or ultranationalist, agenda. The same dogma was used for years to keep Japanese goods out of America.
Sure, Microsoft and the BSA aren't the bosom buddies of most Slashdot readers. And for good reason. However, a quick look through the 3-page summary document revealed what seemed to be a reasonable plan of action, rather than a scheme for total world domination.
Of course, if it turns out that the outcome of the regulation process is Microsoft-controlled security protocols and procedures, then there's something to beef about. However, at this early stage I see nothing more than an attempt to codify a national stance on computer security. Accordingly, I'm going to leave my tinfoil hat in its box for the moment.
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Why waste ink on this almost useless fact (other than it perhaps leading to the circumstances of his death) when there's a lot more worth saying about the guy.
Perhaps because Turing was driven to suicide by an establishment which hounded and bullied him for being gay? By no stretch of the imagination is that a useless fact.
AFAIK, current solar models suggest that sun slowly grows hotter and hotter through it's normal life.
In fact, the sun will get cooler, but at the same time more luminous (due to radial expansion). The net effect is the same, however: a higher solar irradiation per square metre on Earth.
It's also worth mentioning that changes in solar activity can have an indirect effect on the Earth's climate. For instance, changes in the interaction between the solar and terrestrial magnetic fields can influence how many cosmic rays penetrate the upper atmosphere. Since these rays play an important role in seeding clouds, a link is forged between solar activity levels and cloud cover.
Will the priests be able to virtually molest the alter boys?
That should read '...be able virtually to molest the altar boys?'. You shouldn't split an inifinitive, it's just bad grammar.
...to the best Church site on the net: Landover Baptist Church. Praise the Lord!
You mean being totally evil because you resent your salary dropping by three-quarters due to unfair competition from third-world programmers?
Unfair competition? LOL, come back when you've found your arse with both hands.
My School, WEttown School, a large Private school in East PA is there too. They are the team that one the "Best Rookie Team" Award at the Anapolis Reagionals and placed 15th there too! WE are all really syked about their success.
A Special Needs school, then?
meaning the MoBo is actually siamese twins sharing non-critical chips (err.. organs).
I predict, in the very near future, a blockbuster Hollywood buddy movie about one of these conjoined mobos: Stuck on BSOD.. Starring Matt Damon as the Chipset and Greg Kinnear as the Floppy Drive. Bound to make a mint, no chance that it will bomb...
No, he means (and you meant) "queue".
From the American Heritage Dictionary:
cue : 1. A signal, such as a word or action, used to prompt another event in a performance, such as an actor's speech or entrance, a change in lighting, or a sound effect.
That's what I meant. What did you mean?
...could someone write one please; I want to see whether the review is worth reading.
Que all SCO thinks jokes
I think you mean 'cue'.
Vote for new mod!!! Score:-2,Imbecile
Pardon my impertinence, but that's a dangerous sig to be putting on a post like yours.
I've yet to see a good ROI for my tax money.
Sometimes, it is wrong-headed to judge ROI in purely financial terms. Both the Lincoln and Washington monuments were funded using public money; yet I don't think you will find many arguing that this money was wasted. There are areas where public funding can meet a need, for which there is no private-enterprise motivation to address.
...AT&T can arrange for any copyright violations to be reported directly to the RIAA, including full details of your name and address.
Oh, and before accusing someone of talking out of one's arse, you should be very, very certain you're not the one actually doing it.
I am certain, and you are talking out of your arse. Energy cannot be extracted from the quantum zero point, merely borrowed. And the Casimir effect is only tangentially related to the zero point; in fact, it was first observed between ships which lie parallel to one another, a decidedly non-quantum system.
Let's look at the case of the solar system, which you claimed could be condensed out of the zero point energy contained in a single cubic centimeter. Assume the solar system is made from just the Sun; then, with a mass m = 2e30 kg, we have a rest-mass energy E = m c^2 of 1.8e47 J.
If we want to borrow this much energy from the vacumm, the uncertainty principle indicates that we have to give it back after a time t = h/(4 pi E), where h = 6.64e-34 J s is Planck's constant.
Solving for t, we find that we can borrow a solar system's worth of energy for t = 4.42e-83 s. This is around forty orders of magnitude shorter than the Planck time, the shortest timescale of the universe. Therefore, your original claim about condensing the solar system is ridiculous. As are similar claims made by crackpots who want to tap the 'limitless' energy of the vacuum.
Finally, someone showing the math that proves this was bogus.
And there was I, thinking that math was all tensors and contour integrals. But no, it's really easy -- just sums!
It's a known fact that within a single cubic centimeter of volume resides sufficient instantaneous energy to condense out the entire rest-mass of the solar system and then some.
It's a known fact that anybody using the words 'known fact' is almost always talking out of their arse. The one and only exception to this rule is the sentence which preceeds this one.
Now, there's hope for geeks with math and statistics degrees who want to break into baseball.
Let's face it, however, they still won't get laid.
I cought myself in the middle of a very interesting discussion last Friday over Krispy Kreme donuts and coffee.
I take it your English professor wasn't involved in the discussion?
The Cisco advisory points out that there are no workarounds. This would suggest that the problem cannot be remedied.
However, the advisory also discusses how to obtain new software for their equipment. So it appears that there is a fix to the problem, via a software upgrade. In light of this, the 'no workarounds' stuff is rather misleading -- and when I first read it, it made my draw drop.
Look, they aren't charging for the service, nor are they forcing you to use it.
Whether its free or not is irrelevant. In the UK, there is legislation (the so-called Data Protection Act ) which places tight constraints on how personal data is archived and managed. If the Google mail service falls foul of this act, then it does not matter whether or not the service is free; it is still breaking the law.
This reminds me of the scene in the movie, where Ed Norton's character explains that if it is cheaper for a company to pay fines, than to recall a potentially-deadly product, then they will opt for the former.
This is one rather unfortunate downside of capitalism; it only works when government has enough regulatory power to compell companies not to harm its citizens. Once a government is in the pockets of business, the citizens are in big trouble.
That's a misdefinition of "racism". Only skin colour is reasonably tied to racism- relgion and culture are non-racial things that can also become objects of discrimination.
So the Nazi extermination of Ashkenazi Jews and the Roma, who are both 'white' peoples, wasn't racism?
Authors already do pay to publish in scientific journals. In my own field the biggest journal (Astrophysical Journal, or as we called it ApJ) can cost up to $165 a page.
...which is why I almost-universally publish in Monthly Notices. They don't have page charges, unless a paper needs colour; and even in that case, the expense is pretty low (400 pounds sterling for the whole paper). The fact that both ApJ and A&A have page charges is a major offputting factor for me.
If the research is funded in whole or in part by the taxpayers, then ALL research results must be published and made freely available to ALL taxpayers. I can see no room for argument there.
You've totally missed the distinction between making research freely accessible to the taxpayer, and publishing the research in a paid-subscription journal. All of my taxpayer-funded research papers are available from my website; however, in order to ensure that my research is widely disseminated, I also choose to have my papers published in a peer-reviewed journal. Since journals are private enterprises who don't receive state funds, I see no problem with them charging money for subscriptions, in order to cover their overheads etc. The fact that my papers appear in such a non-free (as in beer) journal does not change the fact that my research is freely available (as in beer and speech).
Regards the signature... Just so you know it. Racism against Indians does not consist of telling the bad deeds of the Indian Government or those of various Indian Companies or of the US Government.
Of course not. Likewise, criticism of Bush and the US government, or of Sharon and the Israeli government, has nothing to do with being anti-American or anti-Semitic. But the right gets quite a bit of mileage branding its critics with these epithets.
By 'racism against Indians', I mean the assumption that Indians are less intelligent, or less capable of producing good code, because of their skin colour or religion or culture. In many of the /. debates on outsourcing, look at the way the 'inferiority' of Indian code is waved around with gay abandon. I'm certain that some code produced by Indian companies is indeed substandard; the same could be said of companies situated in any country. However, to suggest that outsourcing is bad because of this, is to make the tacit assumption that no Indian company can ever produce code which is up to scratch. Look at the basis of such an assumption, and very frequently you will find its roots have a racist, or ultranationalist, agenda. The same dogma was used for years to keep Japanese goods out of America.
Sure, Microsoft and the BSA aren't the bosom buddies of most Slashdot readers. And for good reason. However, a quick look through the 3-page summary document revealed what seemed to be a reasonable plan of action, rather than a scheme for total world domination.
Of course, if it turns out that the outcome of the regulation process is Microsoft-controlled security protocols and procedures, then there's something to beef about. However, at this early stage I see nothing more than an attempt to codify a national stance on computer security. Accordingly, I'm going to leave my tinfoil hat in its box for the moment.