For reference, the fusion works the other way: hydrogen is fused to produce helium. I'm also pretty certain that the sun fuses a LOT more than 7 tons of hydrogen every second. Wikipedia claims it's 3.6e38 protons a second, which my back of the envelope calculation (3.6e38 / 6.02e23) says is basically 6e14 grams, or six hundred million metric tonnes per second, most of which becomes helium... there's some other fusion reactions that make traces of heavier elements, and some of that mass is converted into energy.
My favorite stat is that 99% of the mass of the solar system is the Sun, with the other 1% being Jupiter. Our wonderful planet, with all it's enormity and majesty, and all most of us will ever know personally, is lost in the underflow of the total mass.:-)
In Safari 2.0.4 on the Mac, it seems to work, but I closed it because it seems insistent that it, rather than I, am the best judge of the dimensions of my web browser.
Does the same damn thing in Firefox.
This was a game for which I actually considered breaking down and getting a 360 because it looked completely bitchin'. Fuck 'em. I'll wait for Halo 3.
Some places you have to be very careful with this because the upstream network provider's agreement may not allow it. That was the case at my University back in the day.
"You need a computer program to post? How amateurish! I'm posting this by waving a magnet next to a phone cable;)"
Well, I needed a program because I wasn't connected to the internet at the time. I just transported those packets through sheer strength of will.:-)
How you doin', Ayman? You need to put up a JE whenever you post to your blog 'cause I always forget to read it. Or, I suppose I could just get the RSS feed.:-D
Stock options... the glass beads and trinkets of the 21st century.[1]
If I ever get offered stock options again, I'll ask for glass beads and trinkets instead. My wife can actually make something with those.
[1] - Yes, I know many people have made a fortune with them. Many, many more are like me, however, who got options for companies that eventually ceased to exist.
Odd, I did a stint as a juror, too, believing it to be my duty and take it seriously, only to find that 2 other jurors felt that it was guilty until proven innocent, and the nine others were sheep. I stood up to the bullies and said "We will look at this evidence from the point of view of assuming his innocence, or I can just simply say 'not guilty' until the cows come home." I know the bullies didn't like it, but by God, I made sure that guy got a fair trial. By the way, we did find him guilty on all counts (a carjacking). But he was truly innocent until proven guilty.
That pretty much convinced me that if I were to be tried for a crime, I'd waive my rights to jury and take my chances with a panel of judges.
You gotta love Google's sense of humor about the non-supported browsers though:
"If you are working to fix problems with a specific browser and would like to bypass this check, just add &browserok=true to the end of the Google Docs & Spreadsheets url.
"Please note that it is a violation of intergalactic law to use this parameter under false pretenses, so don't let us catch you at it.
"And, it won't work very well -- really."
Alternatively, they might not have a sense of humor at all, but instead know some very important things the rest of us do not...
I think I played this one and it's really sort of anti-climactic. You fight your way through vast hordes of defenders to get to the final stage only to find that instead of fighting Bush you're facing an empty F-102 sitting on a tarmac in Texas.
I loved the first two Spooks (They call it MI-5 here in the States) series enough to own them, but series three just eliminated virtually everyone I gave a damn about, and I've not even bothered to find out if they produced a series four, much less whether it will come out on DVD.
Slashdot Mirror
True. It was late, and I was lucky to even be able to do the math. :-)
For reference, the fusion works the other way: hydrogen is fused to produce helium. I'm also pretty certain that the sun fuses a LOT more than 7 tons of hydrogen every second. Wikipedia claims it's 3.6e38 protons a second, which my back of the envelope calculation (3.6e38 / 6.02e23) says is basically 6e14 grams, or six hundred million metric tonnes per second, most of which becomes helium... there's some other fusion reactions that make traces of heavier elements, and some of that mass is converted into energy.
My favorite stat is that 99% of the mass of the solar system is the Sun, with the other 1% being Jupiter. Our wonderful planet, with all it's enormity and majesty, and all most of us will ever know personally, is lost in the underflow of the total mass. :-)
"Two things: first off, there's no such race. This is a race which will first appear in 2008 when the expansion is released."
Did you know that WoW is based on previous Blizzard RTS games?
Blood Elves in all their glory... introduced in Warcraft III, way back in 2003.
Nobody gives a damn about history anymore, even in made-up worlds.
In Safari 2.0.4 on the Mac, it seems to work, but I closed it because it seems insistent that it, rather than I, am the best judge of the dimensions of my web browser.
Does the same damn thing in Firefox.
This was a game for which I actually considered breaking down and getting a 360 because it looked completely bitchin'. Fuck 'em. I'll wait for Halo 3.
"O how many of us have gotten this one in their email box?"
Never. In any 419 I've received, the typography is never that good.
Some places you have to be very careful with this because the upstream network provider's agreement may not allow it. That was the case at my University back in the day.
Maybe they should get Marty DiBergi to direct. He was the one who made those commercials where the little dog chases the covered wagon under the sink.
I think he made a documentary about some old heavy metal band, too.
"You need a computer program to post? How amateurish! I'm posting this by waving a magnet next to a phone cable ;)"
Well, I needed a program because I wasn't connected to the internet at the time. I just transported those packets through sheer strength of will. :-)
How you doin', Ayman? You need to put up a JE whenever you post to your blog 'cause I always forget to read it. Or, I suppose I could just get the RSS feed. :-D
Links? Lynx? You're all wimps.
I posted this by hand using "telnet slashdot.org 80".
I have refined your calculations and computed it to 10 significant figures: 2.7182818285.
Stock options... the glass beads and trinkets of the 21st century.[1]
If I ever get offered stock options again, I'll ask for glass beads and trinkets instead. My wife can actually make something with those.
[1] - Yes, I know many people have made a fortune with them. Many, many more are like me, however, who got options for companies that eventually ceased to exist.
Yes, I know. :-D
"What do they call them in India?"
our stolen intellectual property.
for those who find the level of social interaction in cardboard trading games too taxing.
And if you take a job with Google, you can still live in Seattle
. Google has a big operation in Kirkland.Odd, I did a stint as a juror, too, believing it to be my duty and take it seriously, only to find that 2 other jurors felt that it was guilty until proven innocent, and the nine others were sheep. I stood up to the bullies and said "We will look at this evidence from the point of view of assuming his innocence, or I can just simply say 'not guilty' until the cows come home." I know the bullies didn't like it, but by God, I made sure that guy got a fair trial. By the way, we did find him guilty on all counts (a carjacking). But he was truly innocent until proven guilty.
That pretty much convinced me that if I were to be tried for a crime, I'd waive my rights to jury and take my chances with a panel of judges.
Yes, the plural of anecdote is not data.
You gotta love Google's sense of humor about the non-supported browsers though:
"If you are working to fix problems with a specific browser and would like to bypass this check, just add &browserok=true to the end of the Google Docs & Spreadsheets url.
"Please note that it is a violation of intergalactic law to use this parameter under false pretenses, so don't let us catch you at it.
"And, it won't work very well -- really."
Alternatively, they might not have a sense of humor at all, but instead know some very important things the rest of us do not...
I thought there'd be a quiz later:
you are not expected to understand this.Wait... people actually think a 4-digit ID has MONETARY value?
Uh, how much?
"Sometimes the principal that I hold so dear, that lawyers are the worst of all humans is tested by a group of legislators."
I wouldn't worry about trading this principle, given the percentage of the latter that are also the former.
"In the final stage, you fight Bush."
I think I played this one and it's really sort of anti-climactic. You fight your way through vast hordes of defenders to get to the final stage only to find that instead of fighting Bush you're facing an empty F-102 sitting on a tarmac in Texas.
*rimshot*
Refresh my memory. Was Laura Ingalls or Nellie Olsen the hooker?
*rk gestures in kimvette's general direction*
"There are only three Star Wars movies... and there wasn't a Holiday special either." :-)
I loved the first two Spooks (They call it MI-5 here in the States) series enough to own them, but series three just eliminated virtually everyone I gave a damn about, and I've not even bothered to find out if they produced a series four, much less whether it will come out on DVD.
"That got me a magna cum laude degree in the honors program at Ohio state.
Well, yeah, but it's not like that's all that hard anyway ;-D
rk, Miami University '94, who can't really talk because he dropped out of grad school (TWICE!) at Arizona State.