The source of Titan's methane remains a mystery because methane in the atmosphere is broken down over relatively short time scales by sunlight
Hang on a minute: wasn't free methane being used as an indicator of life on Mars? So where does this methane come from?
Kind of. Methane could be generated on Mars either by biological means, or by geological means.
If its geological, then the sub-surface of Mars is more active than we thought. If its biological in origin, well there's the biggest discovery in human history right there.
Many a gun proponent has been turned by having a spouse or child killed. The rest just don't believe it can ever happen to them.
Many gun opponents have been turned by having a spouse or child killed, while they watched, defenseless. The rest just don't believe it can ever happen to them.
The street - she runs both ways.
Yes, because as the gun lobby has always said, the only solution to guns is...moar guns!
And yet America still has the highest gun murder rates. These school shootings happen every year. Nothing changes.
You Americans have an unhealthy obsession with guns and shooting people to death, which i believe is the actual root of the problem. Look to the rest of the world. We dont have the obscenely high gun murder rates you do, yet many countries have higher gun ownership rates than you, but stricter ownership laws and an order of magnitude less gun murder rates.
Im sorry Americans, but the whole cat is already out of the bag argument doesnt fly anymore.
Your laws and attitudes need to change before you can get a grip on your gun problems. What exactly will it take before you take things seriously and start applying common sense? 100 deaths in one spree? 10 sprees a month? How bad does it have to get before you pull your heads out of the sand and actually sort this shit out?
White object radiate less enery but also absorb less. Black objects radiate more energy, but also absorb more.
No, for a given surface temperature, they radiate the same.
Then why does a hot black object, at the same temperate as a hot white object, cool down significantly faster if they are both radiating the same amount of energy?
Your interjections of common-sense based reasoning and mildly optimistic outlook are not wanted here.
Paranoia exists here because *they* really are out to get us. The world really is only a finger width away from total annihilation and the zombie apocalypse is not only plausible, but inevitable and about to happen at any minute.
As every single reader of Slashdot is an American, we all have our fully automatic firearms ready and loaded ( and concealed ) , waiting for the signal to start a shootin' at the government. Yeehaw.
But we have all been taught from an early age that it is wrong to feel guilt for killing bad guys. If you feel guilty, then you are *for* the bad guys, and therefore one of *them*. ( remember, its a binary good/evil world we live in, amiright?)
Killing bad guys is doing your country a service, we are taught. We are making the world a better place, a safer place, when we kill our enemies.
This we are taught. If any one disagrees with that, then they are unpatriotic, and aiding and abetting the enemy.
Trying to ban killer robots is a waste of time, and wont work. There is also little desire to ban them overall, in the interests of health and safety.
Its safer to kill people using a robot than going out and risking your own skin with guns and/or explosives. Remember, in this day and age, safety is paramount. You want to be able to kill people from a distance, safely and easily. Why run the risk of getting injured, or even worse, getting killed, when you can kill people using safer methods? Using a robot to kill people just makes sense.
Even worse, you could get sued for endangering the safety of others and breaking health and safety regulations. Killing other people can be a dangerous business, so reducing potential hazards and minimizing harm is a very prudent and right thing to do. You need to be able to kill people safely and efficiently. If you can kill people at a lower cost, then that is even better.
Thats why drones are so popular nowadays. All the benefits of killing people, without all the personal risk. Its a win-win all round.
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The source of Titan's methane remains a mystery because methane in the atmosphere is broken down over relatively short time scales by sunlight
Hang on a minute: wasn't free methane being used as an indicator of life on Mars? So where does this methane come from?
Kind of. Methane could be generated on Mars either by biological means, or by geological means.
If its geological, then the sub-surface of Mars is more active than we thought.
If its biological in origin, well there's the biggest discovery in human history right there.
For the record, im guessing geological.
How do you know* this?
* Please note that I am using the word "know", not "think".
You think you're the only guy in the world who suddenly has identified this fatal floor in the boat?
You hypocrite. Its a DECK not a floor.
Ignorant people indeed. /s
Of COURSE the children are sterile, they havent even reached puberty yet!
Idiots!
kill me dead..... erm...isn't "it will kill you" enough? the added "you dead" seems utterly extraneous
Greetings Pedant!
Welcome to Slashdot. You will fit in here quite nicely!
Enjoy your prolonged stay.
OK, How many of you misread the title as Stupid Parents?
It wasn't until I read the line "...patent litigation..." that I clicked.
Strangely, it seemed a fantastic idea when read both ways.
And where, exactly, do you get paid money to buy a Chromebook?
MacBook Air starts at $999 for the 11" version, so in order to save 1200 bucks, you'd have to be given $201 when getting the Chromebook.
Sounds like a really bad deal for the manufacturer to be honest.
Hi there, you must be very pedantic and love to point out how utterly moronic everybody else is compared to you.
Welcome to Slashdot!
You will fit in quite nicely here.
"27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting"
Slashdot. News for nerds. Stuff that matters.
Many a gun proponent has been turned by having a spouse or child killed. The rest just don't believe it can ever happen to them.
Many gun opponents have been turned by having a spouse or child killed, while they watched, defenseless. The rest just don't believe it can ever happen to them.
The street - she runs both ways.
Yes, because as the gun lobby has always said, the only solution to guns is...moar guns!
Fucking retarded idiots.
And yet America still has the highest gun murder rates. These school shootings happen every year. Nothing changes.
You Americans have an unhealthy obsession with guns and shooting people to death, which i believe is the actual root of the problem.
Look to the rest of the world. We dont have the obscenely high gun murder rates you do, yet many countries have higher gun ownership rates than you, but stricter ownership laws and an order of magnitude less gun murder rates.
Im sorry Americans, but the whole cat is already out of the bag argument doesnt fly anymore.
Your laws and attitudes need to change before you can get a grip on your gun problems. What exactly will it take before you take things seriously and start applying common sense? 100 deaths in one spree? 10 sprees a month? How bad does it have to get before you pull your heads out of the sand and actually sort this shit out?
White object radiate less enery but also absorb less. Black objects radiate more energy, but also absorb more.
No, for a given surface temperature, they radiate the same.
Then why does a hot black object, at the same temperate as a hot white object, cool down significantly faster if they are both radiating the same amount of energy?
The main reason SMS is still widely used today is because there is no alternative that works on every cellphone out there.
All phones can txt. But all the other services run on certain types of phone.
Yes cell phones often are.
Which is one reason why we use filtering algorithms from a large number of sensors to remove these artefacts from the data.
I havent seen any Android phone that has an ambient temperature sensor. All current ones just have a battery temp sensor.
And an ambient sensor would mostly show the temperature of ones pocket.
How do you measure different degrees of tempura?
Is it a 10-1 like-dislike scale?
And in case you really are new here, the above post was actual sarcasm.
Did you realise you are reading Slashdot?
Your interjections of common-sense based reasoning and mildly optimistic outlook are not wanted here.
Paranoia exists here because *they* really are out to get us. The world really is only a finger width away from total annihilation and the zombie apocalypse is not only plausible, but inevitable and about to happen at any minute.
As every single reader of Slashdot is an American, we all have our fully automatic firearms ready and loaded ( and concealed ) , waiting for the signal to start a shootin' at the government. Yeehaw.
Facebook is not stressing me out.
I dont use facebook.
If there is two things "Enthusiasts" share in common, its lots of cash, and the desire to have the latest and greatest.
All this decision would mean is having to buy a new motherboard when they want to upgrade their CPU, or vice versa.
Which most of them pretty much do anyway. And even if not, then they will have to spend a bit more of what they already have lots of.
No big deal.
... does it run emacs?
Yes. Yes it does.
Oh grow up and stop the whining hyperbole.
I ordered mine a month ago ( on a whim no less) and i got it in 3 days of ordering.
And thats the new rev 2.0 board with 512MB RAM. Ordered from Element14.
Supply issue my ass.
This must be an American thing, but, why would you want to deep fry a turkey in the first place?
Instead of complaining about this and that, ill do as the summary asks and actually list the games I currently cant do without:
- EVE Online
- Most of the DCS series ( A-10 Warthog, Black Shark )
- MS Flight Sim X
- Civilization V
- ARMA II
- PKR
But we have all been taught from an early age that it is wrong to feel guilt for killing bad guys. If you feel guilty, then you are *for* the bad guys, and therefore one of *them*. ( remember, its a binary good/evil world we live in, amiright?)
Killing bad guys is doing your country a service, we are taught. We are making the world a better place, a safer place, when we kill our enemies.
This we are taught. If any one disagrees with that, then they are unpatriotic, and aiding and abetting the enemy.
This we are taught, so it must be true.
Trying to ban killer robots is a waste of time, and wont work. There is also little desire to ban them overall, in the interests of health and safety.
Its safer to kill people using a robot than going out and risking your own skin with guns and/or explosives.
Remember, in this day and age, safety is paramount. You want to be able to kill people from a distance, safely and easily. Why run the risk of getting injured, or even worse, getting killed, when you can kill people using safer methods? Using a robot to kill people just makes sense.
Even worse, you could get sued for endangering the safety of others and breaking health and safety regulations. Killing other people can be a dangerous business, so reducing potential hazards and minimizing harm is a very prudent and right thing to do. You need to be able to kill people safely and efficiently. If you can kill people at a lower cost, then that is even better.
Thats why drones are so popular nowadays. All the benefits of killing people, without all the personal risk. Its a win-win all round.
Makes sense doesn't it?