Eh. Multi-multi-billionaires do stuff that millionaires can't do, like fund a charitable foundation focused on some mission. Unless your view is that sort of stuff should always be done by government, even "multi-multi-billionaires" serve a useful function in society.
When I was younger, I thought differently. But it does make things easier when there is a collective bargaining agreement. When the CBA says that an employee cannot be forced to work overtime, that has a force of contract, and this can actually free up other employees who want to work overtime to actually work overtime, without feeling like they are imposing on their coworkers with their "work ethic".
Yeah, I am fine with overtime (I myself worked about 70 hrs/week on average last year, not just "crunch time"). I was method-acting for those for whom overtime really reduces their quality of life.
Are bigger airliners made with stronger materials? I thought with weight considerations, all commercial jetliners (not military aircraft) would be similarly fragile—it's not like larger aircrafts could be made with steel airfoils.
You can't have it both ways. Either it is "provably false" (according to parent there), or "you can't prove a negative". If it's the latter (as you claim it), then it's not "provably false."
Either way, I'm in the happy place of being correct, which is the best thing in the world (being right on the Internet, that is).
Huh. What you are saying is Apple has a history of letting false stories stand without asking for a retraction. What's so special about this story? Does it contain an inconvenient truth?
Assuming it's false. And if it is false, why isn't Apple out there actually proving that it's false, rather than oh-so-gently asking for a retraction (pretty please)?
Alright, to be less glib, electron is a constituent-less particle (an elementary particle). It doesn't make technical sense to talk about any shape at all, because if it had shape, that would imply it's not an elementary particle (and with the exception of string theory—which I do not well know and am contemptuous of—all theories beyond the Standard Model treat the electron as being an elementary particle).
Even so, the electric dipole moment of an electron is a way to describe "non-roundness" to the electron. After all, the Coulomb field due to monopole charge is spherically symmetric, but the Coulomb field due to dipole distribution (which you still can have with zero charge separation; you just have to imagine ±q (the charge separation) going to infinity so that qd remains constant, as d goes to zero) is not spherically symmetric (and that's what my "Yes" was).
If your complaint is that science journalists should stop treating the public like a baby and stop talking baby-talking to them, with non-sensical phrases like "round", well, take it up with them. But there is a way to make sense of it, the way you can make sense of "rubber-sheet model" of gravity.
It is extremely despotic (but that would be very befitting of all you non-Americans) to impose on us of your little matters. If these non-American issues are so important, go make your own site. As long as Slashdot's servers are hosted on American soil, I am entitled to presume American laws and customs.
Make sure they agree to the plan to open source their part of the work too, and ahead of time, or at least give you full rights to it so you can if you choose to.
Unnecessary. See work for hire. If you paid to have it created, then, unless there is a contractual term that says otherwise, you own the copyright. So, all you have to do is, make sure you don't give away more than you should to your employee.
I don't know. I always wondered if open source developer teams should hire professional accountants. I mean, do tax laws really apply to open source developer teams?
I would much rather count net. Bilateral agreements are cheap and plentiful (the whole thing is symmetric; no real reason for restriction in a peaceful world). Whether your passport is powerful or not ought to be determined by how many countries can you get in without a visa while the citizens of that country cannot enter yours likewise?
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I'm more worried about inhaling dihydrogen monoxide than carbon nanotubes. I mean, these carbon nanotubes aren't around us now; dihydrogen monoxide is around us now, and fatal inhalation of dihydrogen monoxide kills millions of people per year!
Yap. But can you blame us Californians for thinking that Prop 13 exists for every state? I mean, c'mon!
Except we are not landlocked. As long as we are not under a naval blockade, we can still invade Oregon and Washington! (And Canada doesn't matter.)
Eh. Multi-multi-billionaires do stuff that millionaires can't do, like fund a charitable foundation focused on some mission. Unless your view is that sort of stuff should always be done by government, even "multi-multi-billionaires" serve a useful function in society.
Why? Weren't you already kicked out?
If not, what are you whinging about?
Maybe he spent too much time on Twitter.
When I was younger, I thought differently. But it does make things easier when there is a collective bargaining agreement. When the CBA says that an employee cannot be forced to work overtime, that has a force of contract, and this can actually free up other employees who want to work overtime to actually work overtime, without feeling like they are imposing on their coworkers with their "work ethic".
It works for my current phase of "life". I don't plan to work 70 hrs/week for the rest of my life (which makes it easier for my method-acting).
Yeah, I am fine with overtime (I myself worked about 70 hrs/week on average last year, not just "crunch time"). I was method-acting for those for whom overtime really reduces their quality of life.
And same in Korea: http://www.koreanlaborlaw.com/...
In the end, it's not the laws that will protect you. If you don't like overtime, quit and find a better career.
Are bigger airliners made with stronger materials? I thought with weight considerations, all commercial jetliners (not military aircraft) would be similarly fragile—it's not like larger aircrafts could be made with steel airfoils.
You can't have it both ways. Either it is "provably false" (according to parent there), or "you can't prove a negative". If it's the latter (as you claim it), then it's not "provably false."
Either way, I'm in the happy place of being correct, which is the best thing in the world (being right on the Internet, that is).
Huh. What you are saying is Apple has a history of letting false stories stand without asking for a retraction. What's so special about this story? Does it contain an inconvenient truth?
Assuming it's false. And if it is false, why isn't Apple out there actually proving that it's false, rather than oh-so-gently asking for a retraction (pretty please)?
Alright, to be less glib, electron is a constituent-less particle (an elementary particle). It doesn't make technical sense to talk about any shape at all, because if it had shape, that would imply it's not an elementary particle (and with the exception of string theory—which I do not well know and am contemptuous of—all theories beyond the Standard Model treat the electron as being an elementary particle).
Even so, the electric dipole moment of an electron is a way to describe "non-roundness" to the electron. After all, the Coulomb field due to monopole charge is spherically symmetric, but the Coulomb field due to dipole distribution (which you still can have with zero charge separation; you just have to imagine ±q (the charge separation) going to infinity so that qd remains constant, as d goes to zero) is not spherically symmetric (and that's what my "Yes" was).
If your complaint is that science journalists should stop treating the public like a baby and stop talking baby-talking to them, with non-sensical phrases like "round", well, take it up with them. But there is a way to make sense of it, the way you can make sense of "rubber-sheet model" of gravity.
Yes.
It is extremely despotic (but that would be very befitting of all you non-Americans) to impose on us of your little matters. If these non-American issues are so important, go make your own site. As long as Slashdot's servers are hosted on American soil, I am entitled to presume American laws and customs.
How foolish of me, assuming that, commenting in American on an American website, American law would apply. How American of me!
Unnecessary. See work for hire. If you paid to have it created, then, unless there is a contractual term that says otherwise, you own the copyright. So, all you have to do is, make sure you don't give away more than you should to your employee.
I don't know. I always wondered if open source developer teams should hire professional accountants. I mean, do tax laws really apply to open source developer teams?
Rather than what, MCP? That phrase means nothing, unless your "user" includes software developers.
What did you think I meant by "redundant"?
Given that this can be appended to any paragraph, that was redundant.
I would much rather count net. Bilateral agreements are cheap and plentiful (the whole thing is symmetric; no real reason for restriction in a peaceful world). Whether your passport is powerful or not ought to be determined by how many countries can you get in without a visa while the citizens of that country cannot enter yours likewise?
Why would you think "the other does not"? Do EU countries hate tourism pounds?