How about just a shirt with a target on the front and back to make it easier for the cops to accidentally shoot you. It'll definitely add to the realism of your experience.
Well, see, if it wobbles to the left, that means there's oxygen. If it wobbles to the right, that means there's carbon dioxide. And if it wobbles allllll over the place, that means there's lots and lots of methane.
While I'm sure compressed air is a superior method of rapidly accelerating an object compared to chemical explosives as far as safety and perhaps cost is concerned, what's preventing them from using something similar to a Gauss rifle to launch their fireworks? It seems to me that magnetic acceleration would be safer and cheaper than either the of former methods mentioned. Surely there is some sort of metal component to the payload that would make this possible.
Bah. Try sorting through your e-mail while sitting in rush-hour traffic. And do it with a rabid wolverine in your underwear. Then talk to me about stressful.
A photon cannot travel faster than light, because it is light. All massless particles that traval at c are called luxons; these include photons, gluons, W and Z particles, and hypothetical gravitons. Anything that travels slower than c (basically all ordinary matter) is a tardyon, and has positive mass. Hypothetical particles that travel faster than light and have negative mass are tachyons. As tardyons accellerate, they gain mass and time slows down for them. As you approach c, mass increases and time slows exponentially, until, at c, mass becomes infinite and time stops. This is why nothing that travels slower than light can reach it.
It's been theorized that space itself is expanding along a fourth, hyperspatial dimension. This would mean there is no "center" of the universe. Think of the galaxies as dots on the surface of a balloon, and the balloon being blown up. Everything moves away from everything else, but there is no real center you can point to.
As far as studies of dark matter and energy go, I think the most important thing is to determine if the universe is, as has been recently found, expanding at an accellerating rate, and if it is, how to stop it. If space expands infinitely, it will eventually lead to the heat death of the universe, in which everything is the same temperature, and no more work can be done, leaving all of existence a barren soup of quarks and photons for all eternity.
Either that, or we need to find out how to create a new universe and then find a way to travel inside it to start over.
"Virii" is a perfectly cromulent word.
It should be noted that "virus" is not a Latin word, it is an English word. Latin is dead, and English had appropriated many of its words. It isn't unreasonable to expect variations of pluralizations to take place.
That being said, "virii" is usually used to refer to computer programs, not biological organisms.
It's seeming more unlikely as the arguments drag on, but if a Hafnium bomb could be built, it is thought that a golf ball sized chunk could produce the energy equivalent of 10 tons of conventional explosives.
I'm assuming they'll not be using this material to make golf balls...
If you recall, they ended up calling the organism a "microbrain", which was also a nickname lovingly bestowed upon Worf by Q. So, Ugly Bags -> Microbrain -> Worf -> Klingons. Ta da!
Oh, and I realize that while it has absolutely nothing to do with the electronic or online realm, since we're talking about things like basic human freedoms and rights to privacy, NORML is another fine organization working to secure all Americans the right to pursue happiness as they choose.
Thank God for the American Civil Liberties Union. For everyone who hasn't done so yet, I recommend visiting the ACLU website as well as the Electronic Frontier Foundation and donating, even if it's just a small amount. Help keep America free.
You: Please do not eat my leg.
Eliza: Why do you say your leg?
You: Because I need it to walk on.
Eliza: Do any other reasons not come to mind?
You: It would hurt to have my leg eaten.
Eliza: Why do you say your leg eaten?
You: Because that's what we were talking about.
Eliza: Do any other reasons not come to mind?
You: You're gonna go ahead and eat it, aren't you?
Eliza: How long have you been gonna go ahead and eat it arent i?
You: Holy fuck, you're deranged.
Eliza: How long have you been deranged?
You: Since I was four.
Eliza: Why do you tell me you were four just now?
You: Aaaargh!!
Eliza: Please go on.
You: No.
Eliza: You are being a bit negative.
I agree. I also think that Jesus, a long-haired, sandal-wearing, money-changer table-flipping kinda guy, would be able to appreciate The Life Of Brian. Too many people take too many things too seriously.
Of course, I can guess what Jesus' response to The Passion Of The Christ would be:
"No no, go past this part. In fact, never play this again..."
That is a pretty impressive feature list, though. Back when I first got Internet access, the total net functionality on the system probably was less than what's in a single trojan nowadays. No wonder a 40 gig hard drive isn't enough.
The next step in worms and trojans: asking the user to upgrade their hardware so they can function properly.
If you try installing it on a '486, the trojan will become downright offended.
Damn right. There's nothing quite as fun as cruising around your hometown, beating pedestrians with a baseball bat, racing through the streets with the cops on your tail, and then flipping cars and watching them explode. Huh, wha? What is this "video game" of which you speak?
I played The Sims when it first came out, and enjoyed it thoroughly at first. It was fun, and kept me entertained for the better part of a week. After the house- and family-building aspect got old, though, I discovered that there are only a certain number of times you can remove someone's pool ladder or stick a guy in a small, doorless room with a lit fireplace and loads of wicker furniture before it ceases being amusing.
I also enjoy games such as Quake III and Unreal Tournament. I like them because I'm good at them, and can whip just about any of my male friends. They're the perfect games for a LAN party, when you've got ten people in a room, working as teams, shouting orders, laughing, and having a good time. For me, though, first-person shooters sorta lose their appeal without the group dynamic.
Even more entertaining are games like Warcraft and Starcraft, mainly because they involve thought and planning, and aren't just a wild frag-fest (although those are fun as well). Unlike FPSs, I'm equally entertained playing a RTS with someone in the same room as I am with someone online, or even against the computer. When my internet connection is out and I have the urge to play a game, chances are I'll be loading up Brood Wars for a three-hour game against the Protoss and Zerg.
These days, though, my main vise is EverQuest. Yes, I'm an Evercrack junkie. But, unlike what seems to be the majority of the players, I'm not terribly concerned about level advancement. I don't have the uberest gear, I'm not in a raiding guild, and I'm not flagged for the Plane of Time. I do, however, have a wide circle of close friends I enjoy hanging out with, and am part of a close-knit guild that's more like a family. Most of the female players I associate with feel the same way as I do, so I suppose it's the social interaction that we find most important.
Anyways, those are just my thoughts on the subject... *shrug*
I think it's fairly certain (and has been for a long time) that black holes exist. We can mathematically calculate the escape velocity for neutron stars based upon their mass and volume. Any neutron star with a mass large enough or volume small enough that the escape velocity exceeds the speed of light must, according to all current knowledge of physics, become a black hole.
I, for one, hope that the data we have regarding the expansion rate of the universe is wrong. Otherwise, the universe will eventually undergo heat death, at which point things will begin to suck for the rest of eternity.
Slashdot Mirror
How about just a shirt with a target on the front and back to make it easier for the cops to accidentally shoot you. It'll definitely add to the realism of your experience.
Well, see, if it wobbles to the left, that means there's oxygen. If it wobbles to the right, that means there's carbon dioxide. And if it wobbles allllll over the place, that means there's lots and lots of methane.
While I'm sure compressed air is a superior method of rapidly accelerating an object compared to chemical explosives as far as safety and perhaps cost is concerned, what's preventing them from using something similar to a Gauss rifle to launch their fireworks? It seems to me that magnetic acceleration would be safer and cheaper than either the of former methods mentioned. Surely there is some sort of metal component to the payload that would make this possible.
Bah. Try sorting through your e-mail while sitting in rush-hour traffic. And do it with a rabid wolverine in your underwear. Then talk to me about stressful.
A photon cannot travel faster than light, because it is light. All massless particles that traval at c are called luxons; these include photons, gluons, W and Z particles, and hypothetical gravitons. Anything that travels slower than c (basically all ordinary matter) is a tardyon, and has positive mass. Hypothetical particles that travel faster than light and have negative mass are tachyons. As tardyons accellerate, they gain mass and time slows down for them. As you approach c, mass increases and time slows exponentially, until, at c, mass becomes infinite and time stops. This is why nothing that travels slower than light can reach it.
It's been theorized that space itself is expanding along a fourth, hyperspatial dimension. This would mean there is no "center" of the universe. Think of the galaxies as dots on the surface of a balloon, and the balloon being blown up. Everything moves away from everything else, but there is no real center you can point to.
As far as studies of dark matter and energy go, I think the most important thing is to determine if the universe is, as has been recently found, expanding at an accellerating rate, and if it is, how to stop it. If space expands infinitely, it will eventually lead to the heat death of the universe, in which everything is the same temperature, and no more work can be done, leaving all of existence a barren soup of quarks and photons for all eternity.
Either that, or we need to find out how to create a new universe and then find a way to travel inside it to start over.
"Virii" is a perfectly cromulent word. It should be noted that "virus" is not a Latin word, it is an English word. Latin is dead, and English had appropriated many of its words. It isn't unreasonable to expect variations of pluralizations to take place. That being said, "virii" is usually used to refer to computer programs, not biological organisms.
Well, these batteries might smell bad, but atleast they won't be depressed about it.
It's seeming more unlikely as the arguments drag on, but if a Hafnium bomb could be built, it is thought that a golf ball sized chunk could produce the energy equivalent of 10 tons of conventional explosives.
I'm assuming they'll not be using this material to make golf balls...
This IRC thing sounds pretty bad. I can't wait for the New York Times to do a report on the 1995 documentary "Hackers".
If you recall, they ended up calling the organism a "microbrain", which was also a nickname lovingly bestowed upon Worf by Q. So, Ugly Bags -> Microbrain -> Worf -> Klingons. Ta da!
Oh, and I realize that while it has absolutely nothing to do with the electronic or online realm, since we're talking about things like basic human freedoms and rights to privacy, NORML is another fine organization working to secure all Americans the right to pursue happiness as they choose.
Thank God for the American Civil Liberties Union. For everyone who hasn't done so yet, I recommend visiting the ACLU website as well as the Electronic Frontier Foundation and donating, even if it's just a small amount. Help keep America free.
I think Eliza needs a bit more training:
You: Please do not eat my leg.
Eliza: Why do you say your leg?
You: Because I need it to walk on.
Eliza: Do any other reasons not come to mind?
You: It would hurt to have my leg eaten.
Eliza: Why do you say your leg eaten?
You: Because that's what we were talking about.
Eliza: Do any other reasons not come to mind?
You: You're gonna go ahead and eat it, aren't you?
Eliza: How long have you been gonna go ahead and eat it arent i?
You: Holy fuck, you're deranged.
Eliza: How long have you been deranged?
You: Since I was four.
Eliza: Why do you tell me you were four just now?
You: Aaaargh!!
Eliza: Please go on.
You: No.
Eliza: You are being a bit negative.
Great... now when someone wants me to copy something for them, I'm gonna have to ask, "Paper or plastic?"
Animal behaviour experts at ZSL are asking volunteers to 'talk chimp' in everyday life...
You can't be on the Internet for more than five minutes without seeing this.
OMG! Lik can u beleev teh chimps r talkin now? ROFLOLOKOL!!1!1!
The chimps is here, and they is us.
I realize it's kind of a depressing, existential observation, but... what really is the difference?
I agree. I also think that Jesus, a long-haired, sandal-wearing, money-changer table-flipping kinda guy, would be able to appreciate The Life Of Brian. Too many people take too many things too seriously.
Of course, I can guess what Jesus' response to The Passion Of The Christ would be:
"No no, go past this part. In fact, never play this again..."
That is a pretty impressive feature list, though. Back when I first got Internet access, the total net functionality on the system probably was less than what's in a single trojan nowadays. No wonder a 40 gig hard drive isn't enough.
The next step in worms and trojans: asking the user to upgrade their hardware so they can function properly.
If you try installing it on a '486, the trojan will become downright offended.
I suppose you could write them a short note of appreciation for providing a free mirror and saving you a bit of money on your bandwidth?
Europe's a pretty big place... if they lose it there, they might never see it again.
Damn right. There's nothing quite as fun as cruising around your hometown, beating pedestrians with a baseball bat, racing through the streets with the cops on your tail, and then flipping cars and watching them explode. Huh, wha? What is this "video game" of which you speak?
As a female gamer, I can say the following:
I played The Sims when it first came out, and enjoyed it thoroughly at first. It was fun, and kept me entertained for the better part of a week. After the house- and family-building aspect got old, though, I discovered that there are only a certain number of times you can remove someone's pool ladder or stick a guy in a small, doorless room with a lit fireplace and loads of wicker furniture before it ceases being amusing.
I also enjoy games such as Quake III and Unreal Tournament. I like them because I'm good at them, and can whip just about any of my male friends. They're the perfect games for a LAN party, when you've got ten people in a room, working as teams, shouting orders, laughing, and having a good time. For me, though, first-person shooters sorta lose their appeal without the group dynamic.
Even more entertaining are games like Warcraft and Starcraft, mainly because they involve thought and planning, and aren't just a wild frag-fest (although those are fun as well). Unlike FPSs, I'm equally entertained playing a RTS with someone in the same room as I am with someone online, or even against the computer. When my internet connection is out and I have the urge to play a game, chances are I'll be loading up Brood Wars for a three-hour game against the Protoss and Zerg.
These days, though, my main vise is EverQuest. Yes, I'm an Evercrack junkie. But, unlike what seems to be the majority of the players, I'm not terribly concerned about level advancement. I don't have the uberest gear, I'm not in a raiding guild, and I'm not flagged for the Plane of Time. I do, however, have a wide circle of close friends I enjoy hanging out with, and am part of a close-knit guild that's more like a family. Most of the female players I associate with feel the same way as I do, so I suppose it's the social interaction that we find most important.
Anyways, those are just my thoughts on the subject... *shrug*
I think it's fairly certain (and has been for a long time) that black holes exist. We can mathematically calculate the escape velocity for neutron stars based upon their mass and volume. Any neutron star with a mass large enough or volume small enough that the escape velocity exceeds the speed of light must, according to all current knowledge of physics, become a black hole.
I, for one, hope that the data we have regarding the expansion rate of the universe is wrong. Otherwise, the universe will eventually undergo heat death, at which point things will begin to suck for the rest of eternity.