So not a typo but illiteracy? You heard other people say "cue" as in prompt, and thought they meant "line up"? Whom did you imagine is arranging the queue of hackers? And do they really wait in line? Think about it.
Nope, read the article again. You were making fun of Stan as if it was all so simple, but you got it wrong. His question was legitimate.
"11 billion light years away" is nowhere near the same as "11 billion years ago" due to cosmic expansion. I think TFA got it wrong too. The galaxy is *not* 11Gly away.
Though I'm also tempted to make fun of Stan, given his terrible spelling and grammar, I know if I did I'd a mistake make too.
Too soon.... You joke, but it may well have wiped out one or many advanced lifeforms. Perhaps regular events like these sterilised planets and prevented complex live from developing for the first 10 billion years of so of the universe's history, and only now are a few of us getting lucky enough to make it this far.
Europe gets Canada and Northern America gets the UK.
Sorry, the Americas, UK, S.Africa and Australia form a new trade bloc, while Russia joins EU to become EU-rasia, leaving China off by itself in East Asia,
The telephone book analogy is close. As in other modern societies, the electoral roll is a public record. It contains no secrets. But we still don't want telemarketers getting hold of it.
There is nothing "lightweight" about Chrome. It can consume gigabytes of RAM and run full offline office documents and spreadsheets. Makes EMACS look like a DOS bootloader.
Yes, but this is Slashdot, a site for people who know at least the fundamentals of the IT industry.
You can spend years working in engineering and network management, and be unaware of that side of the industry. I thought SAS was the sort of software that possibly lived on with COBOL and mainframes in cold basements of banks and insurance companies. Did not know it was still a thing.
SAS is one of the largest software companies on earth.
Hardly a household name. Sure I have heard of them, but the Special Air Service and Scandinavian Airlines are much better known and thought of first. A quick check with google returns results in the same order.
A real European wouldn't be able to insult anyone,
I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty-headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
"about a third of the land mass of the Earth is used in raising livestock"
I'm not sure about the rest of the world, but in Australia it would be less misleading to say that a third of the landmass is used for grazing because it is too dry and infertile to be used for any other sort of agriculture. So we let sheep or cattle wander around looking for grass.
There is no point comparing it to grain or vegetables because you simply cannot grow that on grazing land without spending a fortune on irrigation and fertiliser.
OK then, next stop the Facebook model: Just a thumbs up button, no down.
Who cares? The better way to choose Netflix shows is to use your PC/tablet browser with Nenhancer plugin. It will add IMDB and Rotton Tomatoes ratings and links for all shows. Add the interesting-looking ones to "my list" and go watch.
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So not a typo but illiteracy? You heard other people say "cue" as in prompt, and thought they meant "line up"?
Whom did you imagine is arranging the queue of hackers? And do they really wait in line? Think about it.
Cue the spelling police ...
Nope, read the article again. You were making fun of Stan as if it was all so simple, but you got it wrong. His question was legitimate.
"11 billion light years away" is nowhere near the same as "11 billion years ago" due to cosmic expansion.
I think TFA got it wrong too. The galaxy is *not* 11Gly away.
Though I'm also tempted to make fun of Stan, given his terrible spelling and grammar, I know if I did I'd a mistake make too.
Too soon. ... You joke, but it may well have wiped out one or many advanced lifeforms.
Perhaps regular events like these sterilised planets and prevented complex live from developing for the first 10 billion years of so of the universe's history, and only now are a few of us getting lucky enough to make it this far.
So how far away is the source now? I'd guess a lot more than 11Gly.
GN-z11 is 32 billion light years away, but 13.4 billion years old as observed.
Yeah, no shit, Sherlock.
I wonder how long it takes light to travel 11 billion light years.
Hey Sherlock! Did you remember to account for the expansion of the universe since the event?
Didn't think so.
Sincerely, Mycroft.
Scotland just voted to have a post-Brexit independence referendum.
By then, the PIGS-shit will be hitting the fan, and they might change their mind.
Europe gets Canada and Northern America gets the UK.
Sorry, the Americas, UK, S.Africa and Australia form a new trade bloc, while Russia joins EU to become EU-rasia, leaving China off by itself in East Asia,
I think we already know that God writes Spaghetti Code beyond our worst nightmares.
Number one lie:
"Yes, this program/module/milestone will be completed on schedule. "
The telephone book analogy is close.
As in other modern societies, the electoral roll is a public record. It contains no secrets. But we still don't want telemarketers getting hold of it.
So Prof. Goodenough not only predates the Chuck Berry song, he also predates Chuck Berry (by four years.)
So there was nothing wrong with that name until he was 36 years old and that no-talent assclown Chuck Berry started winning Grammys?
There is nothing "lightweight" about Chrome.
It can consume gigabytes of RAM and run full offline office documents and spreadsheets.
Makes EMACS look like a DOS bootloader.
I use Mint too. But the ultimate Easy Linux would have to be Chrome OS .
Yes, but this is Slashdot, a site for people who know at least the fundamentals of the IT industry.
You can spend years working in engineering and network management, and be unaware of that side of the industry.
I thought SAS was the sort of software that possibly lived on with COBOL and mainframes in cold basements of banks and insurance companies.
Did not know it was still a thing.
Might as well switch from animals to vegetables.
Anoxic artichoke, blushing beetroot, cross-dressing cabbage, ...
SAS is one of the largest software companies on earth.
Hardly a household name. Sure I have heard of them, but the Special Air Service and Scandinavian Airlines are much better known and thought of first.
A quick check with google returns results in the same order.
A real European wouldn't be able to insult anyone,
I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty-headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
there was one guy who managed to make Soviet central bank to wire close to usd $500m to his personal account
I imagine he had a very impressive funeral.
And you still have not heard the best part: The Martians are going to pay for it!
"about a third of the land mass of the Earth is used in raising livestock"
I'm not sure about the rest of the world, but in Australia it would be less misleading to say that a third of the landmass is used for grazing because it is too dry and infertile to be used for any other sort of agriculture. So we let sheep or cattle wander around looking for grass.
There is no point comparing it to grain or vegetables because you simply cannot grow that on grazing land without spending a fortune on irrigation and fertiliser.
OK then, next stop the Facebook model: Just a thumbs up button, no down.
Who cares? The better way to choose Netflix shows is to use your PC/tablet browser with Nenhancer plugin.
It will add IMDB and Rotton Tomatoes ratings and links for all shows. Add the interesting-looking ones to "my list" and go watch.
Yes. Well spotted.
Weighs can also mean considers the importance of different parts of a decision.. IE. Weighs the factors in a decision.
In Ouagadougou, it is a bit more literal. They weigh the scientist on a beam balance to see if he is heavier than a mosquito. Or a duck.
Slang getting an alternate spelling
Surely you mean "alternative" :-) Alternate used to be a perfectly good word with its own meaning - alternating current, alternate Tuesdays, etc.
(including the abominable "bae").
I had to google that one.