we don't. we think it's valuable to our security to get rid of saddam hussein and democratize iraq. is that right? is it wrong? certainly, it could be the stupidest thing the usa has ever done
No no no, you've got it all wrong. After Bush read this book, it all became clear to him: he must follow the words of the prophet.
Some people disagree with the Slashdot system that "funny" mods don't contribute to karma. So some people choose a different positive mod to use when something's funny.
I tend to agree. If I find something worthy of using a mod point for any reason, then I think it should be reflected in that user's karma. Why discriminate against humor?
Totally. Clever puns (as seen in GP) should defenetly be included as positive karma. Puns are an intellectual form of humor and deserve to be modded higher on an intellectual site suck as slashdot.
So, in essence, I would like it if we stopped modding up the cliches and started modding up original thought provoking humor. IMHO, of course.
whether or not Churchill said it, "Democracy is the worst form of government imaginable. Except all the others."
One could easily apply this to economic systems as well. The only thing I could think of that would be better would be some Deus Ex-type computer-AI directing or at least regulating human activities. Self regulation seems to be one of our biggest difficulties.
I get it! Its like an e-harmony compatibility profile where instead of dimensions of compatibility you have dimensions of particle properties!
But I see something weird here (from wikipedia): "In conjunction with the 258-question relationship questionnaire, this is how all of the matches are delivered. One significant scoring factor is what may be called the honesty factor. Subtract the proposed divorce rate Dr. Warren wants in the US (10%) from the number of questions and...and...
Oh noes, we can't has the proles makin' stuff that isn't pre-approved! For you, my good friend, I have the following quote:
"Doctors have been caught using poisons, and those who falsely assume the name of philosopher have occasionally been detected in the gravest crimes. Let us give up eating, it often makes us ill; let us never go inside houses, for sometimes they collapse on their occupants; let never a sword be forged for a soldier, since it might be used by a robber." - ancient Roman educator Marcus Fabius Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, II, xvi
and I didn't use the standard Ben Franklin security/liberty quote (but I probably got the former from/. Whats a dude to do...)
Don't forget Thomas Kuhn. If you haven't read it, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions"* (or at least excerpts from it) was required reading in my major (geology) at my school. Geology experienced a heck of a revolution in the 1950's with the advent of plate tectonics.
And my time as an engineer has taught me, whenever possible (and this goes for scientific theories as well, aka Occam's Razor), KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid.)
-Jeremy
*sometimes Kuhn is used to support truly outlandish theories (hollow earth, timecube, creationism) so his writing is like a gun. Not able to be used or abused without human intervention. Baby, bathwater, et.al.
I am planning on buying the book you spoke to me about earlier, "The Electric Sky" by Don Scott.
The coolest thing I have found regarding ES theory is the idea that information can travel faster than light on gravity waves. I remember concocting an idea based on reading some of the mainstream astrophysicists that gravitational waves might be felt instantaneously across the universe, and this is not even difficult to visualize (yes, I know, I can imagine and so can anyone else, doesn't make it correct...;-) with Ed Witton's M-theory.
Anyway, I plan on getting the book. If you want to stay in touch, my/. email is posted.
Thanks for the info and your time. I need to learn more for intelligent discussion.
Yes, I realize that's a legit medical concern, but maybe we could work on other things besides another depression pill, or another drug for impotence, or another of whatever cash crop drug is currently popular with the medical industry. In the tech industry they don't leave things behind like that... We don't have 25GHz PC's with 32MB of RAM and 512KB graphics cards.
They make money, thats why. At minimal risk of litigation.
Not that I agree with that, I myself would LOVE better neuro/psychiatric/physiological medications for myself and my family. The sad truth of the matter is given the industry environment it is more profitable for said pharmaceutical company to manufacture drugs with lower risk:net profit ratios than those with a
1)smaller user base;
2)more difficult research;
3)increased chance of litigation.
Given the current business/political environment, this is the reality of Big Pharma.
plasma is the state of matter where electrons are stripped from nuclei, no? Most commonly by heat, yes? I suppose it could be done with monopole magnets, but since none exist outside of gedankenexperiment...
man, you are good at baiting (no offense, please:-) but where does electric astrophysical theory create a better (aka: better predictability) GUT than the standard model and Einsteinian relativity coupled into string theory? This is what you are getting at, yes?
Me need links and math. I'm a sucker for new ideas.
I'm guessing that physicists running experiments at orders of magnitude above your proposed energy levels have not seen radioactive decay (the weak nuclear force equations) being affected.
We would all like to change the paradigm (and get famous), but you gotta learn the basics of quantum mechanics before you propose something so radical as electromagnetic/gravitational inputs changing the nature of the weak nuclear force.
Propose a methodology, and I am more than game to examine it. I don't want to just poke holes in theories because that is destructive. I want to propose new theories [hypothesis] and then test them.
Hmmm, that one is pretty interesting, especially the semi-circular concentric ridges in the bay.
However (of course, sorry) this http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=56.583692,-79.672852&spn=10.630137,27.597656&z=6&om=1 also looks kinda funny, and there is no evidence of an impact site. Current theory is a standing wave pattern related to ocean currents and tides. No shocked quartz, no tektites. Bummer, because that is in my neck of the woods and I am a geo-nerd.
Only way to find out is to ground truth it. My wish list:
electron scanning microscope, some climbing rope, a sea kayak, probably some warm clothes, and some slaves, um, I mean grad students.
the rocks we are talking about are NOT dated with radiocarbon methods (too young), nor are they typically dated with U-U decay methods (too old). They use a method called K-Ar dating http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_argon_dating.
you are not addressing the proper dating technique. radiocarbon dating != K-Ar dating.
In fact, you are attacking the entire concept of radioactive decay. Better have some good data to back that one up, buddy.
Typically long time scale geologic events use potassium argon dating (which is especially useful in igneous rocks)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_argon_dating and not the more familiar Carbon Carbon dating. Carbon carbon dating only has a useful span of around 12,000 years, but can be used up to 60,000 years (though resolution drops sharply)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dating
On the issue of "was it a volcano or was it an asteroid" the question is rather silly because an asteroid impact can easily cause widespread earthquakes and volcanism. Now can it work the other way around? I highly doubt it...
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No problem. I love being right, for a change... ;-)
Naw, it was by Arthur C. Clarke. The 9 Billion Names of God
So some dumbass used the device incorrectly once or twice and now everyone has to suffer.
I blame Bush.
No no no, you've got it all wrong. After Bush read this book, it all became clear to him: he must follow the words of the prophet.
without present danger, of course...
Now THAT was funny...
Totally. Clever puns (as seen in GP) should defenetly be included as positive karma. Puns are an intellectual form of humor and deserve to be modded higher on an intellectual site suck as slashdot.
So, in essence, I would like it if we stopped modding up the cliches and started modding up original thought provoking humor. IMHO, of course.
Vonage, I'ma lookin' at you, bub...
Who the hell modded this "insightful"? Oh hell, I'm off to meta-moderate, get these fools the heck out of MY slashdot.
One could easily apply this to economic systems as well. The only thing I could think of that would be better would be some Deus Ex-type computer-AI directing or at least regulating human activities. Self regulation seems to be one of our biggest difficulties.
But I see something weird here (from wikipedia): "In conjunction with the 258-question relationship questionnaire, this is how all of the matches are delivered. One significant scoring factor is what may be called the honesty factor. Subtract the proposed divorce rate Dr. Warren wants in the US (10%) from the number of questions and...and...
HOLY CRAP!!!!
Your analysis is quite succinct, -OJ
"Doctors have been caught using poisons, and those who falsely assume the name of philosopher have occasionally been detected in the gravest crimes. Let us give up eating, it often makes us ill; let us never go inside houses, for sometimes they collapse on their occupants; let never a sword be forged for a soldier, since it might be used by a robber." - ancient Roman educator Marcus Fabius Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, II, xvi
and I didn't use the standard Ben Franklin security/liberty quote (but I probably got the former from /. Whats a dude to do...)
And my time as an engineer has taught me, whenever possible (and this goes for scientific theories as well, aka Occam's Razor), KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid.)
-Jeremy
*sometimes Kuhn is used to support truly outlandish theories (hollow earth, timecube, creationism) so his writing is like a gun. Not able to be used or abused without human intervention. Baby, bathwater, et.al.
The coolest thing I have found regarding ES theory is the idea that information can travel faster than light on gravity waves. I remember concocting an idea based on reading some of the mainstream astrophysicists that gravitational waves might be felt instantaneously across the universe, and this is not even difficult to visualize (yes, I know, I can imagine and so can anyone else, doesn't make it correct...;-) with Ed Witton's M-theory.
Anyway, I plan on getting the book. If you want to stay in touch, my /. email is posted.
Thanks for the info and your time. I need to learn more for intelligent discussion.
-Jeremy
They make money, thats why. At minimal risk of litigation.
Not that I agree with that, I myself would LOVE better neuro/psychiatric/physiological medications for myself and my family. The sad truth of the matter is given the industry environment it is more profitable for said pharmaceutical company to manufacture drugs with lower risk:net profit ratios than those with a
1)smaller user base;
2)more difficult research;
3)increased chance of litigation.
Given the current business/political environment, this is the reality of Big Pharma.
man, you are good at baiting (no offense, please :-) but where does electric astrophysical theory create a better (aka: better predictability) GUT than the standard model and Einsteinian relativity coupled into string theory? This is what you are getting at, yes?
Me need links and math. I'm a sucker for new ideas.
has no bearing on radioisotopic dating.
bored with you. you can't stay on topic.
We would all like to change the paradigm (and get famous), but you gotta learn the basics of quantum mechanics before you propose something so radical as electromagnetic/gravitational inputs changing the nature of the weak nuclear force.
Propose a methodology, and I am more than game to examine it. I don't want to just poke holes in theories because that is destructive. I want to propose new theories [hypothesis] and then test them.
This is the scientific method.
my pizza is done, gotta go.
onion_joe
However (of course, sorry) this http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=56.583692,-79.672852&spn=10.630137,27.597656&z=6&om=1 also looks kinda funny, and there is no evidence of an impact site. Current theory is a standing wave pattern related to ocean currents and tides. No shocked quartz, no tektites. Bummer, because that is in my neck of the woods and I am a geo-nerd.
Only way to find out is to ground truth it. My wish list:
electron scanning microscope, some climbing rope, a sea kayak, probably some warm clothes, and some slaves, um, I mean grad students.
you are not addressing the proper dating technique. radiocarbon dating != K-Ar dating.
In fact, you are attacking the entire concept of radioactive decay. Better have some good data to back that one up, buddy.
You want a "reason"? How about WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT RADIOCARBON DATING. Christ, how the hell did this tripe get modded informative?
check out this map: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chixulub for size reference and location information. Its actually not so obvious...
Typically long time scale geologic events use potassium argon dating (which is especially useful in igneous rocks)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_argon_dating and not the more familiar Carbon Carbon dating. Carbon carbon dating only has a useful span of around 12,000 years, but can be used up to 60,000 years (though resolution drops sharply)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dating
On the issue of "was it a volcano or was it an asteroid" the question is rather silly because an asteroid impact can easily cause widespread earthquakes and volcanism. Now can it work the other way around? I highly doubt it...
is the price of pudding.