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IIRC, Australia's Qantas Airways was until very recently the only major airline without a crash. So, either they are good at what they do, or Australia's not a popular tourist attraction.
William Sidis could read at 18 months, and taught himself Latin at 3, Greek at 4, and had written a treatise on anatomy at 5. He had written 4 books and knew 8 languages by age 8, and when he entered Harvard at 11, he was lecturing auditoriums of mathematicians.
But surely it's better to watch Barney, Sesame Street, and Blue's Clues until you're at least 14, so as to grow up to become a well-rounded American.
15 seconds is an eternity for Google. I got a lot of practice back from Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and could usually come up with an answer in about 8-10 seconds.
Everyone knows that true knowledge is measured by how many names of people/places/things you know. I doubt Einstein would've come up with his theories of relativity without knowing the names of his predecessors.
Hmm... I think Slashdotters are taking this post to mean "the US government sucks" instead of my original intent, "Slashdot is so extremely US-biased, that its members get confused when a story isn't about the US." Either way works, I guess:)
"If you study the cosmic background radiation one side of the sky is blue-shifted, the other red-shifted. So this lets you find the proper motion of any object. The Earth and Sun move at a certain velocity relative to the Universe, not at a very relativistic speed, The guy on the rocket is moving at a high fraction of the speed of light. So the twin on the Earth will age more slowly than someone not moving in the Universe, but the twin on the rocket has a much higher speed and will age even slower."
"Yes, but if the person traveling away from the earth turns around and comes back, then suddenly there is a prefered frame of reference (all that intertial stuff, you know), and so it really works. The twins paradox."
Yes I know, but that's not what was stated in the submitted comment. The person who turns around and comes back breaks the symmetry of the situation. Also, "the twins paradox" is just a phrase. "Flux capacitor" and "warp drive" are other examples of phrases.
"The author clearly meant that from the perspective of the article, the artificial aging counteracts the results of relativity. Isn't nitpicking like this just a distraction from an actual discussion?"
Not when it is presented as if there is some mathematical connection between living cells being damaged by high energy radiation, and the special theory of relativity.
"The Theory of Relativity tells us that the faster a person travels the slower time passes for that person relative to someone left on Earth. This means that traveling at high velocities in a spacecraft should reduce one's aging."
For a limited time, we will offer you the ultimate in longevity treatments. You'll fly off at ultra high velocities in one of our specially-designed rocket ships, which use certified Space Technology®. You'll be the envy of your friends, as they watch you age 50 or 100 times more slowly than them. It works better than any anti-aging cream on the market today. Call now!
Unfortunately, since there is no preferred frame of reference, the person travelling at a high velocity away from Earth will also see the people on Earth aging slower than him/her. But they'll be light years away by the time they realize that.
"Warmer sea leads to more viscous water, containing more energy. I don't see why it's any suprise..."
Warmer doesn't always mean more vicious storms. Uranus and Jupiter have constant winds over 300 mph (500 km/hr), because they have less energy--there is nothing to slow the winds down or dissipate the storms.
"These results strengthen and extend an earlier case-control study which found odds ratios above 5 for the stomach cancer association with capsaicin pepper... Thoughts?"
Well, given the choice between not being able to have sex and not being able to eat solid foods, I think most men would pick the better of two evils.
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IIRC, Australia's Qantas Airways was until very recently the only major airline without a crash. So, either they are good at what they do, or Australia's not a popular tourist attraction.
"Macguyver is dead. Chuck Norris killed him."
That wasn't really MacGyver; it was a body double made from toilet paper rolls and pipe cleaners.
What does that say about your precious Chuck Norris?
"If only someone had MacGuyver's cell phone number...."
...hello?"
Ring, Ring
"What do you need?"
"A lunar base to support 50-100 people for 6-8 months."
"What do you got?"
"The cover from an old FORTRAN manual, some rubber tubing, and a chewing gum wrapper...
"Yeah, I'm sending the blueprints overnight FedEx, along with a working model made out of the contents of an ashtray outside the Post Office."
"Thanks!"
"It's what I do." Click.
NASA is calling for help from the public in designing and building a lunar base entirely out of popsicle sticks and paper clips.
I got it down to 23ms by turning up my headphones a bit.
It must be all the loud music I've listened to over the years.
"Or, more sadly, they lock themselves in for four years of a degree, then realize it wasn't what they wanted."
Alright, you've identified my situation exactly. Now, what the hell do I do about it?!
"I don't think a prodigy and one of the brightest minds of the century is a good example of a typical child."
Yes, but is that more the fault of the parents of the prodigy or the parents of the typical child?
William Sidis could read at 18 months, and taught himself Latin at 3, Greek at 4, and had written a treatise on anatomy at 5. He had written 4 books and knew 8 languages by age 8, and when he entered Harvard at 11, he was lecturing auditoriums of mathematicians.
But surely it's better to watch Barney, Sesame Street, and Blue's Clues until you're at least 14, so as to grow up to become a well-rounded American.
15 seconds is an eternity for Google. I got a lot of practice back from Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and could usually come up with an answer in about 8-10 seconds.
Everyone knows that true knowledge is measured by how many names of people/places/things you know. I doubt Einstein would've come up with his theories of relativity without knowing the names of his predecessors.
Hmm... I think Slashdotters are taking this post to mean "the US government sucks" instead of my original intent, "Slashdot is so extremely US-biased, that its members get confused when a story isn't about the US." Either way works, I guess :)
"If you study the cosmic background radiation one side of the sky is blue-shifted, the other red-shifted. So this lets you find the proper motion of any object. The Earth and Sun move at a certain velocity relative to the Universe, not at a very relativistic speed, The guy on the rocket is moving at a high fraction of the speed of light. So the twin on the Earth will age more slowly than someone not moving in the Universe, but the twin on the rocket has a much higher speed and will age even slower."
Just... no.
"Yes, but if the person traveling away from the earth turns around and comes back, then suddenly there is a prefered frame of reference (all that intertial stuff, you know), and so it really works. The twins paradox."
Yes I know, but that's not what was stated in the submitted comment. The person who turns around and comes back breaks the symmetry of the situation. Also, "the twins paradox" is just a phrase. "Flux capacitor" and "warp drive" are other examples of phrases.
I hate to be the grammar nazi, but the submitter misspelled "US" and "Congress"...
I'll laugh my ass off if this gets modded insightful. Although I've seen it happen before...
"The author clearly meant that from the perspective of the article, the artificial aging counteracts the results of relativity. Isn't nitpicking like this just a distraction from an actual discussion?"
Not when it is presented as if there is some mathematical connection between living cells being damaged by high energy radiation, and the special theory of relativity.
... bullshit. They're basically saying that radiation is not good for you. Big surprise there.
"The Theory of Relativity tells us that the faster a person travels the slower time passes for that person relative to someone left on Earth. This means that traveling at high velocities in a spacecraft should reduce one's aging."
For a limited time, we will offer you the ultimate in longevity treatments. You'll fly off at ultra high velocities in one of our specially-designed rocket ships, which use certified Space Technology®. You'll be the envy of your friends, as they watch you age 50 or 100 times more slowly than them. It works better than any anti-aging cream on the market today. Call now!
Unfortunately, since there is no preferred frame of reference, the person travelling at a high velocity away from Earth will also see the people on Earth aging slower than him/her. But they'll be light years away by the time they realize that.
If that's her last name, then, well, I've lowered to the depths of Jimmy Kimmel-type jokes. I apologize.
"Both expressed interest in hiring Kluttz, but at the 11th hour went with someone else."
I wonder if it had something to do with her name choice...
"Warmer sea leads to more viscous water, containing more energy. I don't see why it's any suprise..."
Warmer doesn't always mean more vicious storms. Uranus and Jupiter have constant winds over 300 mph (500 km/hr), because they have less energy--there is nothing to slow the winds down or dissipate the storms.
"These results strengthen and extend an earlier case-control study which found odds ratios above 5 for the stomach cancer association with capsaicin pepper... Thoughts?"
Well, given the choice between not being able to have sex and not being able to eat solid foods, I think most men would pick the better of two evils.
Then again, this is Slashdot.
They were pretty much identical in appearance before the semi made them 2D, give or take a big fuzzy tail.
"What does the fish think when he is jerked up by the mouth through the silver limits of existence and into a new universe"
I guess that's why flying fish return to the water, they fear the unknown... Call it intelligent falling.