The potential is not hyper-realistic physics. It's hyper-accurate fake physics. Just because you have a PPU doesn't mean it has to model real life physics. For instance, you may not want the strength of your character to be realistic -- but I bet you want the physics of the car you just tossed at the building to be realistic. See the potential now?
Has nobody considered that a chandalier, or some other overhead object, may have fallen and broken the pinata? Pinata-based reporting has a record of inaccuracy.
The thing is, university campuses tend to almost have their own legal systems. At least, on the campuses I've been on, certain things are more legal than in the real world, and others are less legal. In general, unless it gets out of hand, problems on campus are handled by the university administration. For instance, plagiarism is given a grade of 0, or might even result in expusion -- but how often do you see it reported to any kind of legal authority?
That's why this surprised me. In the real world, sure they would be rightfully prosecuted. But with the entire event being isolated to a university campus...
Of course, in this case they were researching for an article for the university paper. Honestly, as long as no damage was caused, I'm not sure why they are being punished as opposed to given awards for excellent investigative journalism.
I mentioned the former. As for the latter -- depends on the investor. Many would like to see just that -- those are the get-rich-quick stocks which dreams are made of. Mutual funds and larger investors like steady growth, of course.
Yes. Almost everybody knows about the game, at least. Apparently you live under a rock, or a large, rock-like object.
Another item for your rock-belabored self: the reason you haven't seen a Sega in a while is because they dropped out of the hardware business. They are now solely a game developer and publisher for other consoles.
If you really wanna get crazy and unrocklike, you could research the recent rumor that Sega may announce a new console at E3. Which, if the rock has been heavy on you recently, starts in the next few days. However, as you might find, this rumor is highly unlikely.
Shareholders invest in a company because they want to turn a profit. In business, that's pretty much the definition of "properly manage the company". Of course, RAMBUS still failed it by using deceptive, illegal methods. Hell, I'd even have still bought it -- if the latency hadn't sucked so bad.
More likely, people will enjoy the moblogs of others and possibly be inspired to get out and take some pictures of their own. Is something which increases observation and enjoyment of the world around us really so terrible?
Um, yeah. I think that's why their building has, well, voice and face recognition. I guess you just assumed it used a clumsy remote? And that they were going to issue, uh, remotes to their faculty and staff?
I was responding to someone who was implying that WMP is not free because Microsoft profits from it through sales of Windows. I pointed out that since it is also available for an OS which Microsoft does not profit from (unless you want to really stretch), they are in fact giving it away for free.
The fact that Mac OS costs some amount of money is irrelevent. You may as well say GNU/Linux is not free, because you need a computer to run it.
Only religious zealots are after 'the big ultimate one really big greatest bestest truth ever'.
I agree that good scientists won't say that the Theory of Evolution is anything more than a theory -- of course, plenty poorer scientists do anyway, but that is beside the point.
I do take issue with the above quote, however -- that is precisesly what scientists are also trying to find. It's casually referred to as the TOE (Theory Of Everything), and currently Superstring Theory is a favorite contender. But yeah, science is pretty much about finding the ultimate truth...
This is really the key point. I know a LOT of school projects that have silly and/or unprofessional looking mascots. Not just software projects, but just about anything associated with lower education. It's an extreme pity that this somehow slipped by the submitter and editor -- this violent first reaction will be hard to take back, even now that the facts are known.
My experience with MSDS sheets is that if it doesn't say it will rot your arm off, it's probably pretty damn safe. They try to cover all the bases, and relatively everyday materials wind up sounding alarmingly dangerous... Of course, you ought to check a MSDS before handling any material you're unfamiliar with -- but with a large enough grain of salt that you don't wind up paranoid of toching sand, or something. Seriously, look sand up -- dangerous stuff.:)
"But from a frame of reference on a rocket ship experiencing time dilation, you can most certainly accelerate to a speed that would *appear* faster than light."
Nothing you've argued backs that up. I've read a lot about this recently, and everything I've read contradicts that statement. I see you're familiar with the book, and I understand everything you're saying -- but what you're saying doesn't lead to your conclusion.
I will point helplessly back to my quote. Dr. Greene wouldn't have made that absolute statement in the last sentence if he didn't mean it (his writing style is very careful not to use superlatives carelessly). I don't claim to be an expert on these subjects, but I've read some well-informed opinions. Maybe my understanding is lacking somehow, but I don't believe it is.
Sorry we can't seem to resolve this. You've been a great sport though, and I appreciate the dialogue. I'll keep an open mind. I'm continuing my attempts to learn this stuff, so I'll keep my eyes open for this kind of thing, for sure.
He still cannot accelerate to or past the speed of light. If he were enclosed in a box traveling at a constant velocity => lightspeed, then yes everything would appear normal to him, and it's only the stationary observer who would notice anything odd. However, assume that same box is ACCELERATING to lightspeed, and suddenly the man in the box is exposed to all of the effects that entails. Namely, mass going to infinity, and energy required to continue acceleration going to infinity.
Let me dig up a reference...
The Elegant Universe, by Brian Greene, PhD (from Oxford)
Page 52
"You may have wondered, for instance, why6 we can't take some object, a muon say, that an accelerator has boosted up to 667 million miles per hour -- 99.5 percent of light speed -- and "push it a bit harder," getting it to 99.9 percent of light speed, and then "really push it harder" impelling it to cross the light speed barrier. Einstein's formula explains why such efforts will never succeed. The faster something moves the more energy it has and from Einstein's formula we see that the more energy something has the more massive it becomes. Muons traveling at 99.9 percent of light speed, for example, weigh a lot more than their stationary cousins. In fact, they are about 22 times as heavy -- literally..... But the more massive an object is, the harder it is to increase its speed..... Since a the mass of a muon increases without limit as its speed approaches that of light, it would require a push with an infinite amount of energy to reach or to cross the light barrier. This, of course, is impossible and hence absolutely nothing can travel faster than the speed of light."
Hm, you're wrong there. As your speed approaches infinity, your mass also approaches infinity. Thus, the energy required to accelerate you ALSO approaches infinity. Therefore, it would take an infinite amount of energy -- more energy than you could get, even if you converted the entire universe to pure energy.
So, you'd have to already be traveling at, or greater than, the speed of light. It is impossible to accelerate past it. However, you're right that, even then, you would measure the speed of light as being exactly c faster than you.:)
That's a cool idea, but let me expand it a little. I'm not usually listening to the radio when I'm on my computer -- I'm listening to my iTunes library. I listen to the radio (sometimes) in the car.
I think it would be more useful if you could have AT&T identify the song, and then something like "Press one to cue this song for purchase in the iTunes Music Store." When you press one, AT&T sends the information to your iTunes account (you've opted into this by linking phone numbers to your iTunes account via they're account management page).
That way, you could review the songs when you got home, and place the order if you still wanted them.
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The potential is not hyper-realistic physics. It's hyper-accurate fake physics. Just because you have a PPU doesn't mean it has to model real life physics. For instance, you may not want the strength of your character to be realistic -- but I bet you want the physics of the car you just tossed at the building to be realistic. See the potential now?
Or he could devise a hoax, hoodwink the local and national media, get tons of traffic to his site, and make a killing off of Google ads...
Oh wait, he already did.
Honestly! I'm predicting the next story: U.S. Military Impressed With Success of the Highway System, Researching Versions For Own Use.
Has nobody considered that a chandalier, or some other overhead object, may have fallen and broken the pinata? Pinata-based reporting has a record of inaccuracy.
Translation: that's not scary at all. Leet is stupidly easy to decode.
Try 10,000 feet. Yeah, in a controlled environment that would be awesome!
Technically, that's only one bit of pron at the speed of light.
The thing is, university campuses tend to almost have their own legal systems. At least, on the campuses I've been on, certain things are more legal than in the real world, and others are less legal. In general, unless it gets out of hand, problems on campus are handled by the university administration. For instance, plagiarism is given a grade of 0, or might even result in expusion -- but how often do you see it reported to any kind of legal authority?
That's why this surprised me. In the real world, sure they would be rightfully prosecuted. But with the entire event being isolated to a university campus...
Of course, in this case they were researching for an article for the university paper. Honestly, as long as no damage was caused, I'm not sure why they are being punished as opposed to given awards for excellent investigative journalism.
I mentioned the former. As for the latter -- depends on the investor. Many would like to see just that -- those are the get-rich-quick stocks which dreams are made of. Mutual funds and larger investors like steady growth, of course.
According to e3expo.com, it is May 12-14.
Yes. Almost everybody knows about the game, at least. Apparently you live under a rock, or a large, rock-like object.
Another item for your rock-belabored self: the reason you haven't seen a Sega in a while is because they dropped out of the hardware business. They are now solely a game developer and publisher for other consoles.
If you really wanna get crazy and unrocklike, you could research the recent rumor that Sega may announce a new console at E3. Which, if the rock has been heavy on you recently, starts in the next few days. However, as you might find, this rumor is highly unlikely.
Shareholders invest in a company because they want to turn a profit. In business, that's pretty much the definition of "properly manage the company". Of course, RAMBUS still failed it by using deceptive, illegal methods. Hell, I'd even have still bought it -- if the latency hadn't sucked so bad.
More likely, people will enjoy the moblogs of others and possibly be inspired to get out and take some pictures of their own. Is something which increases observation and enjoyment of the world around us really so terrible?
Um, yeah. I think that's why their building has, well, voice and face recognition. I guess you just assumed it used a clumsy remote? And that they were going to issue, uh, remotes to their faculty and staff?
I was responding to someone who was implying that WMP is not free because Microsoft profits from it through sales of Windows. I pointed out that since it is also available for an OS which Microsoft does not profit from (unless you want to really stretch), they are in fact giving it away for free.
The fact that Mac OS costs some amount of money is irrelevent. You may as well say GNU/Linux is not free, because you need a computer to run it.
On the contrary, you can also run it on Mac OS -- free. So, you're wrong.
I agree that good scientists won't say that the Theory of Evolution is anything more than a theory -- of course, plenty poorer scientists do anyway, but that is beside the point.
I do take issue with the above quote, however -- that is precisesly what scientists are also trying to find. It's casually referred to as the TOE (Theory Of Everything), and currently Superstring Theory is a favorite contender. But yeah, science is pretty much about finding the ultimate truth...
Fargo is the one decent writer GameSpy has. ;)
This is really the key point. I know a LOT of school projects that have silly and/or unprofessional looking mascots. Not just software projects, but just about anything associated with lower education. It's an extreme pity that this somehow slipped by the submitter and editor -- this violent first reaction will be hard to take back, even now that the facts are known.
My experience with MSDS sheets is that if it doesn't say it will rot your arm off, it's probably pretty damn safe. They try to cover all the bases, and relatively everyday materials wind up sounding alarmingly dangerous... Of course, you ought to check a MSDS before handling any material you're unfamiliar with -- but with a large enough grain of salt that you don't wind up paranoid of toching sand, or something. Seriously, look sand up -- dangerous stuff. :)
Yes, everything you say is true. Except this:
"But from a frame of reference on a rocket ship experiencing time dilation, you can most certainly accelerate to a speed that would *appear* faster than light."
Nothing you've argued backs that up. I've read a lot about this recently, and everything I've read contradicts that statement. I see you're familiar with the book, and I understand everything you're saying -- but what you're saying doesn't lead to your conclusion.
I will point helplessly back to my quote. Dr. Greene wouldn't have made that absolute statement in the last sentence if he didn't mean it (his writing style is very careful not to use superlatives carelessly). I don't claim to be an expert on these subjects, but I've read some well-informed opinions. Maybe my understanding is lacking somehow, but I don't believe it is.
Sorry we can't seem to resolve this. You've been a great sport though, and I appreciate the dialogue. I'll keep an open mind. I'm continuing my attempts to learn this stuff, so I'll keep my eyes open for this kind of thing, for sure.
He still cannot accelerate to or past the speed of light. If he were enclosed in a box traveling at a constant velocity => lightspeed, then yes everything would appear normal to him, and it's only the stationary observer who would notice anything odd. However, assume that same box is ACCELERATING to lightspeed, and suddenly the man in the box is exposed to all of the effects that entails. Namely, mass going to infinity, and energy required to continue acceleration going to infinity.
.... But the more massive an object is, the harder it is to increase its speed. .... Since a the mass of a muon increases without limit as its speed approaches that of light, it would require a push with an infinite amount of energy to reach or to cross the light barrier. This, of course, is impossible and hence absolutely nothing can travel faster than the speed of light."
Let me dig up a reference...
The Elegant Universe, by Brian Greene, PhD (from Oxford)
Page 52
"You may have wondered, for instance, why6 we can't take some object, a muon say, that an accelerator has boosted up to 667 million miles per hour -- 99.5 percent of light speed -- and "push it a bit harder," getting it to 99.9 percent of light speed, and then "really push it harder" impelling it to cross the light speed barrier. Einstein's formula explains why such efforts will never succeed. The faster something moves the more energy it has and from Einstein's formula we see that the more energy something has the more massive it becomes. Muons traveling at 99.9 percent of light speed, for example, weigh a lot more than their stationary cousins. In fact, they are about 22 times as heavy -- literally.
Hm, you're wrong there. As your speed approaches infinity, your mass also approaches infinity. Thus, the energy required to accelerate you ALSO approaches infinity. Therefore, it would take an infinite amount of energy -- more energy than you could get, even if you converted the entire universe to pure energy.
:)
So, you'd have to already be traveling at, or greater than, the speed of light. It is impossible to accelerate past it. However, you're right that, even then, you would measure the speed of light as being exactly c faster than you.
That's a cool idea, but let me expand it a little. I'm not usually listening to the radio when I'm on my computer -- I'm listening to my iTunes library. I listen to the radio (sometimes) in the car.
I think it would be more useful if you could have AT&T identify the song, and then something like "Press one to cue this song for purchase in the iTunes Music Store." When you press one, AT&T sends the information to your iTunes account (you've opted into this by linking phone numbers to your iTunes account via they're account management page).
That way, you could review the songs when you got home, and place the order if you still wanted them.