I think we should all get asteroids/transneptunian objects/oort cloud objects named after us. Several each, in fact. There's gajillions of them, aren't there?
How about the mass of a hydrogen atom (a regular single-electron, single-proton one) times some massive number? Wouldn't that work as well as the cesium-wavelength-times-a-massive-number standard for length?
...and quantum physics taketh away. Looks like it'll be a race between quantum computing and quantum cryptography to see whether we're all left with a gap where everyone's vulnerable...
I think it is possible to be prepared for something like media onslaught. When I was a kid — I forget exactly when, but it could very well have been in that 10-12 window you mention, maybe a little later — I saw some kind of film in school that pointed out the simple fact that talk show appearances by celebrities are little more than highly-couched advertising (for whatever book/movie/TV show/album the celebrity is there to plug), and that you should be on your toes to notice when an agenda is being pushed on you generally. Just that simple thought, I believe (together with some related material on what propaganda is and how it works), has made me immune to the ill effects everyone puts down to TV. I think TV would lose all the evil powers it is assigned if only kids were prepared to deal with it — and it doesn't take that much.
She seems to be saying "I don't see why anyone should ask a question like this, therefore everyone should stop". That's not acerbic, that's obscurantist.
So the cell phone network does broadcast the time? I knew it! Frickin' Motorola...or frickin' Cingular...er, I mean, AT&T. Why do I have to set mine up? Grr.
Imagine that, a magazine columnist attempting to stir up controversy and readership instead of making consistently-insightful, argument-ending observations of incontrovertible truth.
How is this a troll? It's exactly the problem with these creationist dumbasses -- they think they know better than the entire body of scientific knowledge and method.
I believe the point here is not to get rich off the RIAA, but to take the bastards down a few notches. Please readjust expectation parameters accordingly.
The biggest thing that stops people from copying movies, or stopped them while it was still an interesting thing to do [before you could go out and get hard drives at a lower cost-per-MB]
Please tell me where you're buying your hard drives! The best I can find is 19.19 cents per GB, and my usual top-of-the-line DVD+Rs go for 8.936 cents per GB.
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I think we should all get asteroids/transneptunian objects/oort cloud objects named after us. Several each, in fact. There's gajillions of them, aren't there?
They should rename Israel "Semitia". Then no one could ever object to calling feelings against that country "antisemitism".
Gum is safe to swallow.
But, being a scientist, I bet he learns from the experience. Like: when trying to burn out, keep that front brake pulled, dammit.
2000? Gore vs. Bush? Anyone?
How about the mass of a hydrogen atom (a regular single-electron, single-proton one) times some massive number? Wouldn't that work as well as the cesium-wavelength-times-a-massive-number standard for length?
It's the same reason people continue to spam.
Even if it only works a vanishingly small percentage of the time, applying a tiny effort to loads of people still results in a net gain.
(Except, of course, when you factor in the damage to reputation, but that never stopped the unscrupulous before...)
...and quantum physics taketh away. Looks like it'll be a race between quantum computing and quantum cryptography to see whether we're all left with a gap where everyone's vulnerable...
"Awful science"? How so? Care to point out the flaws in the study?
Hmmmmmm?
I think it is possible to be prepared for something like media onslaught. When I was a kid — I forget exactly when, but it could very well have been in that 10-12 window you mention, maybe a little later — I saw some kind of film in school that pointed out the simple fact that talk show appearances by celebrities are little more than highly-couched advertising (for whatever book/movie/TV show/album the celebrity is there to plug), and that you should be on your toes to notice when an agenda is being pushed on you generally. Just that simple thought, I believe (together with some related material on what propaganda is and how it works), has made me immune to the ill effects everyone puts down to TV. I think TV would lose all the evil powers it is assigned if only kids were prepared to deal with it — and it doesn't take that much.
She seems to be saying "I don't see why anyone should ask a question like this, therefore everyone should stop". That's not acerbic, that's obscurantist.
I really wasn't trying for a +5, Funny (especially with a side of -N, Overrated :( ...thanks, point-free Funny rating. Ya bastard).
...if we figure out you're defying this order, we'll slaughter you in your crib.
Imagine that, a magazine columnist attempting to stir up controversy and readership instead of making consistently-insightful, argument-ending observations of incontrovertible truth.
Who'd-a thunk it?
Sometimes I don't get the moderation.
How is this a troll? It's exactly the problem with these creationist dumbasses -- they think they know better than the entire body of scientific knowledge and method.
Ask 'em!
Works for all three.
Also works for climate-change deniers.
Also, how dare you channel-surf during the commercials!
What?? "DVR"?? You HELL DEMON!
I believe the point here is not to get rich off the RIAA, but to take the bastards down a few notches. Please readjust expectation parameters accordingly.
I should. Then I'd never have to read your asinine nonsense again.