Somebody in the 'establishment' did take Thomas Gold's hypothisis seriously in the 80's. They spent $60m drilling holes in a granite crater selected by Gold and recovered eight barrels of oily sludge. The sludge was thought to be lubricant used in the drilling process but later was conclusively shown to be seepage from nearby sedimentry rocks, cranks (including Gold) still belive otherwise.
In other words - Gold's hypothisis has been falsified.
Even though your UID starts with 666 you make a lousy devil's advocate.
1. A paper is not physical property so the whitehouse analogy is just plain silly.
2. Just because YOU don't value quality above authority does not imply the same intellectual weakness is prevalent amoungst scientists. It does however hint at the kind of sour grapes often expressed by those who lack the insight and/or work ethic required to perform quality research.
3. Allowing anyone with an internet connection to read quality research first hand will do far more for education than the 'charity' of special interest groups.
4. Havard is big enough that it does not have to give it's copyright to anyone in order to be taken seriously. Cambridge - "[N]ot just a leading British publisher, it is the oldest printer and publisher in the world and one of the largest academic publishers globally".
"and has been forced to incur extra costs to monitor all of her accounts for suspicious activity"
How dumb do you have to be to 'monitor' your accounts instead of simply notfiying your bank? Will her bank be next in line for not reading slashdot to find out she needed new account numbers?
If anyone is doing the buying it will be China. They just plonked down $14B for 9% of Rio Tinto to scuttle a merger with BHP. Communists promoting competition via the stockmarket, what next? - cats sleeping with dogs?
I never learnt to touch type at all. At my sexualy segregated HS in the early seventies, boys were not allowed to attend typing or home economics classes. I learnt to two finger type in the 80's messing around with an Apple IIE. In the 90's I studied for a BSc in computer science and by the time I finished I could do about 35wpm with 3-4 fingers. And yes, I do need to keep glancing at the keyboard.
I have sat down several times to try and learn touch typing but I have no real need to type at 70wpm. After so many years doing it the wrong way, it's just plain hard work with little reward. As for the metric thing I was at HS when Australia changed over and know both system and can flip between them with ease (although I still convert L/100km into mpg in my head to make sense of it).
The main reason people are resistant to a particular change is that they can't see the value in the mental or physical effort that the change demands.
BTW: I have driven all over the UK and figure only a native can make sense of the road signs in Wales.
JustSomGuy is right. I was aiming for funny but 9/10 I don't hit what I aim at. One thing that I changed my mind about before posting was changing the word 'yours' to 'ones' as it takes the flame out of the flamebait. Anyway thanks for being the straight man, even if you didn't have any choice.
A GUI is used to communicate between man and machine. Communication involving humans is quirky to say the least - just look at the 'rules' of English. However once you have learnt the quirky rules then alternative sets of rules just look like hard work.
The general tendency of humans to avoid overdosing on hard work also explains diverse conundrums such as why I am still a two finger typist and why the US hasn't gone metric.
It was great TV. The best part was when the car stalled, although the cow on the roof was a close second. Last week they launched a Robin Reliant 3000ft straight up. The launch site was the town where I was born in England, having spent the last 45yrs in Oz I don't get to see much of it.:)
BTW: They are opening a 'franchise' here in Australia, they have been advertising during the show that they want to audition Aussie hosts from the general public.
The statement "There have been numerous instances of fraud, harassment and other virtual crimes" is compelling evidence that the owners of RL have greased the wheels of government in an attempt to use the authorities to track down hackers. Let's face it these anonomous hackers have been terrorising their bussiness model since day one!
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"Having said that, I would never implant myself with a foreign object."
Pacemaker, skull plate, bionic ear, bone pins,...?
"[The obscenely rich] can do anything they want with their lives"
Including playing god with yours.
Somebody in the 'establishment' did take Thomas Gold's hypothisis seriously in the 80's. They spent $60m drilling holes in a granite crater selected by Gold and recovered eight barrels of oily sludge. The sludge was thought to be lubricant used in the drilling process but later was conclusively shown to be seepage from nearby sedimentry rocks, cranks (including Gold) still belive otherwise.
In other words - Gold's hypothisis has been falsified.
Even though your UID starts with 666 you make a lousy devil's advocate.
1. A paper is not physical property so the whitehouse analogy is just plain silly.
2. Just because YOU don't value quality above authority does not imply the same intellectual weakness is prevalent amoungst scientists. It does however hint at the kind of sour grapes often expressed by those who lack the insight and/or work ethic required to perform quality research.
3. Allowing anyone with an internet connection to read quality research first hand will do far more for education than the 'charity' of special interest groups.
4. Havard is big enough that it does not have to give it's copyright to anyone in order to be taken seriously. Cambridge - "[N]ot just a leading British publisher, it is the oldest printer and publisher in the world and one of the largest academic publishers globally".
"and has been forced to incur extra costs to monitor all of her accounts for suspicious activity"
How dumb do you have to be to 'monitor' your accounts instead of simply notfiying your bank? Will her bank be next in line for not reading slashdot to find out she needed new account numbers?
Yes, instead of encouraging creative thinking the teacher crushed it by humiliating the student - SNAFU.
They claim to have invented a 21st century hammer, they are guessing what it might be used for.
If anyone is doing the buying it will be China. They just plonked down $14B for 9% of Rio Tinto to scuttle a merger with BHP. Communists promoting competition via the stockmarket, what next? - cats sleeping with dogs?
Who gives a shit about karma? If I'm interested in funny I can use the settings page to up the score of funny mods and ignore under/over rated.
The problem is - People try to game the mod system because they (ironically) belive karma is a competion, if you think it's funny mod it as funny.
You are not free and never can be unless you....
A. Do not interact with other humans.
B. Deny the freedom of other humans.
Prohibition is an attempt to stop me putting whetever I want into my body - a restriction of my personal freedom.
Speed limits are an attempt to stop me putting my car into someone else's body - a defense of someone else's personal freedom.
Neither are even tangentially related to p2p systems - freedom of association and trade.
You insesitive clod, a compliment may be overrated but it's never redundant.
I never learnt to touch type at all. At my sexualy segregated HS in the early seventies, boys were not allowed to attend typing or home economics classes. I learnt to two finger type in the 80's messing around with an Apple IIE. In the 90's I studied for a BSc in computer science and by the time I finished I could do about 35wpm with 3-4 fingers. And yes, I do need to keep glancing at the keyboard.
I have sat down several times to try and learn touch typing but I have no real need to type at 70wpm. After so many years doing it the wrong way, it's just plain hard work with little reward. As for the metric thing I was at HS when Australia changed over and know both system and can flip between them with ease (although I still convert L/100km into mpg in my head to make sense of it).
The main reason people are resistant to a particular change is that they can't see the value in the mental or physical effort that the change demands.
BTW: I have driven all over the UK and figure only a native can make sense of the road signs in Wales.
Thanks for the numbers. More than I thought, and yet the sound of a large food hall is the same the world over. :)
"A spike in the data means the data needs to be looked at, that's all I'm saying."
That's what the OP is also saying, his point however is that a genuine skeptic is willing to attack their own assumptions.
JustSomGuy is right. I was aiming for funny but 9/10 I don't hit what I aim at. One thing that I changed my mind about before posting was changing the word 'yours' to 'ones' as it takes the flame out of the flamebait. Anyway thanks for being the straight man, even if you didn't have any choice.
A GUI is used to communicate between man and machine. Communication involving humans is quirky to say the least - just look at the 'rules' of English. However once you have learnt the quirky rules then alternative sets of rules just look like hard work.
The general tendency of humans to avoid overdosing on hard work also explains diverse conundrums such as why I am still a two finger typist and why the US hasn't gone metric.
Stop horsing around, you know what I mean!
It was great TV. The best part was when the car stalled, although the cow on the roof was a close second. Last week they launched a Robin Reliant 3000ft straight up. The launch site was the town where I was born in England, having spent the last 45yrs in Oz I don't get to see much of it. :)
BTW: They are opening a 'franchise' here in Australia, they have been advertising during the show that they want to audition Aussie hosts from the general public.
"That is the most interesting and informative description I've seen..."
Actually the settings page is far more informative, but I agree it's kinda dull.
"...to be modded down (soul crushing as it was)"
Makes me wonder what a '+1 whinny' would do to ones soul?
...and if I had them I'd mod you funny.
Red shift! Of course.
Many thanks to you and the others for the informative replies
The statement "There have been numerous instances of fraud, harassment and other virtual crimes" is compelling evidence that the owners of RL have greased the wheels of government in an attempt to use the authorities to track down hackers. Let's face it these anonomous hackers have been terrorising their bussiness model since day one!
You seem to have some clue as to what you are talking about so maybe you could help me out with something that has me puzzled for a while now.
How do astronomers measure the rotation of a galaxy as a whole?
this incident