What I was taught is that a Scientific Fact is a Hypothesis that has been
it's hypothesis fits "all" observed "reality"
experimentally verified
and that the experiment has been repeated multiple times, giving the same results.
As for stars, supernovas, and black holes, the reason we say that their existence is Scientific Fact is that
the hypothesis that they are stars, supernovas, and black holes, instead of Angels in Aristotle's celestial spheres, fits "all" observed "reality", and is a simpler explanation than said spheres.
and that the experiment has been repeated multiple times, giving the same results. (everyone else since him taking observations, building bigger telescopes, radio telescopes, spectral analysis, etc)
Of course, when some new bit of "observed reality" comes along that doesn't fit into the theory underpinning a Scientific Fact, obviously the Fact must be challenged.
What is detection but observing something's effect on something else?
When you observe an apple falling off a tree, are you observing it's effects on the air molecules as it falls to the ground?
that's a valid observation
I say that it is a valid hypothesis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis "In common usage at present, a hypothesis is a provisional idea whose merit is to be evaluated. A hypothesis requires more work by the researcher in order to either confirm or disprove it."
Voodoo science here, I think.
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Recent advances in cosmology demonstrate that about 70 percent of our Universe currently consists of Dark Energy, a mysterious force field which is causing it to expand ever more rapidly. About one quarter apparently consists of Cold Dark Matter, a new kind of elementary particle not yet directly detected on Earth.
This is stated as fact, not theory, but how can it be a scietific fact if it can not be detected, measured, and independetely verified?
properly vectorized and vectorizable are 2 different items.
It would be nice, though, if the gtk/qt/GNOME/KDE libraries were vectorized, but since there are so many SIMD schemes, I think that would be impractical.
G5 will blow the doors off clean off Opteron if properly vectorized.
On the proper benchmarks/apps (GIMP?, audio/video transcoders, mathematical systems), of course.
OTOH, how much vectorizing is possible in servers (MySQL, PosgreSQL, Apache, Postfix, bind, etc) and most GUI code like Mozilla, Evolution, Konqueror, etc?
Thus, out of a sample of 29 people and with p=0.21 the standard deviation is 2.2.
This is where statistics lie, if not intentionally.
If everyone had the same DNA, and lived in the same environment, and had the same histories, then a test with 29 subjects might be conclusive.
But, since we don't all have the same DNA, live in the same environment, and had the same histories, oxytocin reacts slightly differently in all of us.
Still, this study is interesting enough to warrant a larger study.
Yeah... it show they passed the test... not that they understood the questions
Ain't that the truth. There were some really clueless people who got good grades in CompSci.
Still, I'm glad I got a CompSci degree, because there are a lot of things I just wouldn't have learned (or taken the time and effort to learn) anywhere else.
Straw man fallacy: I never used the word "guaranteed".
OP cares enough about his music to keep a reel-reel tape player in functioning service.
Organizations with data on 9-track tapes, punched cards, 8-inch floppies, and other such stuff who were too short-sighted to either (a) migrate the data, or (b) retain the capability to read the old media are now reaping what they've sowed.
There's lots of media that's advertised as long term, but how do you know that you can find inexpensive tech to play it back forty years from now?
Well, the OP is still able to play 40 year old tapes on his own (already paid for) equipment, so it's patently obvious that there is extant low-cost equipment that plays his 40 year old media.
Plus you can easily run into problems on a Unix system if you always run as root.
Linspire doesn't count as Unix.
But also, neither Mozilla/FF nor and Unix email app that I know of, does "automatic execution".
IOW, even if I a running as root, and read a bit of Unix-virus-carrying spam, or click on a spyware-propigating website, nothing bad will happen to my PC, since the apps I use aren't brain damaged like IE & Outlook.
If the only thing standing between malware and some kid's computer is a dialog asking the root password then I'm really not inclined to feel any safer.
It doesn't matter what operating system you have. If people didn't click on random links in spam and download the latest new files without thinking, we'd have far less spyware.
That's just wrong.
"Secure" OSs just won't/can't get viruses & spyware.
Of course, that's not to say that real OSs are perfect. Worms, rootkits and trojans still must be guarded against, but it's pretty easy for a "desktop user" to do.
Lingo going so far as to make it a mandatory part of the sign up, that 911 is not the same as that on a POT's line. I know what I have,
Which is why I decided not to go with VoIP. If the (young) kids or wife are in a panic or if a guest needs to use it, I want to make sure that my phone has 911 just like every other phone.
Having inadvertently swallowed a couple of mouths full of pretty strong solution of sodium hypochlorite and water (half water, half Chlorox)
Heh, same thing happened to me as a child.
A glass of milk, and a stern warning to my grandmother to not leave my bathroom cup in the bathroom while she's disinfecting it with Clorox, and all was well.
H2O2 is more commonly known as Hydrogen Peroxide, and IS commonly used as an antiseptic.
http://www.nurseminerva.co.uk/wound.htm#q1 "The problem with hydrogen peroxide and some other traditional debriding agents is that they also damage the healthy cells (keratinocytes and fibroblasts) that are needed for wound healing and inhibit their necessary migration into the damaged area (Tatnall, Leigh, and Gibson, 1990; Tatnall, Leigh, and Gibson, 1991; O'Toole, Goel, and Woodley, 1996)."
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As for stars, supernovas, and black holes, the reason we say that their existence is Scientific Fact is that
Of course, when some new bit of "observed reality" comes along that doesn't fit into the theory underpinning a Scientific Fact, obviously the Fact must be challenged.
What is detection but observing something's effect on something else?
When you observe an apple falling off a tree, are you observing it's effects on the air molecules as it falls to the ground?
that's a valid observation
I say that it is a valid hypothesis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis
"In common usage at present, a hypothesis is a provisional idea whose merit is to be evaluated. A hypothesis requires more work by the researcher in order to either confirm or disprove it."
Recent advances in cosmology demonstrate that about 70 percent of our Universe currently consists of Dark Energy, a mysterious force field which is causing it to expand ever more rapidly. About one quarter apparently consists of Cold Dark Matter, a new kind of elementary particle not yet directly detected on Earth.
This is stated as fact, not theory, but how can it be a scietific fact if it can not be detected, measured, and independetely verified?
Linus did most of his work on a 386 over a 14.4k dialup modem.
Yes, he did. Note the past-tense nature of the word "did".
I'm not still working on my old 1992 vintage 486DX33, why should Linus still be using a 1991 vintage 386?
properly vectorized and vectorizable are 2 different items.
It would be nice, though, if the gtk/qt/GNOME/KDE libraries were vectorized, but since there are so many SIMD schemes, I think that would be impractical.
G5 will blow the doors off clean off Opteron if properly vectorized.
On the proper benchmarks/apps (GIMP?, audio/video transcoders, mathematical systems), of course.
OTOH, how much vectorizing is possible in servers (MySQL, PosgreSQL, Apache, Postfix, bind, etc) and most GUI code like Mozilla, Evolution, Konqueror, etc?
1- Create kick ass top of the line technology
2- Hide it as best as possible from customers
3- ????
Sounds like DEC, in who's case it was
3 - Get bought out by a PC maker.
Thus, out of a sample of 29 people and with p=0.21 the standard deviation is 2.2.
This is where statistics lie, if not intentionally.
If everyone had the same DNA, and lived in the same environment, and had the same histories, then a test with 29 subjects might be conclusive.
But, since we don't all have the same DNA, live in the same environment, and had the same histories, oxytocin reacts slightly differently in all of us.
Still, this study is interesting enough to warrant a larger study.
Yeah... it show they passed the test... not that they understood the questions
Ain't that the truth. There were some really clueless people who got good grades in CompSci.
Still, I'm glad I got a CompSci degree, because there are a lot of things I just wouldn't have learned (or taken the time and effort to learn) anywhere else.
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Straw man fallacy: I never used the word "guaranteed".
OP cares enough about his music to keep a reel-reel tape player in functioning service.
Organizations with data on 9-track tapes, punched cards, 8-inch floppies, and other such stuff who were too short-sighted to either (a) migrate the data, or (b) retain the capability to read the old media are now reaping what they've sowed.
That whooshing noise is the sarcasm screaming by your feeble brain.
The US hasn't been using torture as a means of political repression, punishment and intimidation in Tibet for 3 years.
The whole question is based on false premise.
Bull.
There's lots of media that's advertised as long term, but how do you know that you can find inexpensive tech to play it back forty years from now?
Well, the OP is still able to play 40 year old tapes on his own (already paid for) equipment, so it's patently obvious that there is extant low-cost equipment that plays his 40 year old media.
Eriogonom = what the fuck does that mean.
Use the Google, Mr. Hydrocephalic.
Every hit on "Eriogonom truncatum" tells you what it is.
Plus you can easily run into problems on a Unix system if you always run as root.
Linspire doesn't count as Unix.
But also, neither Mozilla/FF nor and Unix email app that I know of, does "automatic execution".
IOW, even if I a running as root, and read a bit of Unix-virus-carrying spam, or click on a spyware-propigating website, nothing bad will happen to my PC, since the apps I use aren't brain damaged like IE & Outlook.
If the only thing standing between malware and some kid's computer is a dialog asking the root password then I'm really not inclined to feel any safer.
Unless he/she does not have the root password.
It doesn't matter what operating system you have. If people didn't click on random links in spam and download the latest new files without thinking, we'd have far less spyware.
That's just wrong.
"Secure" OSs just won't/can't get viruses & spyware.
Of course, that's not to say that real OSs are perfect. Worms, rootkits and trojans still must be guarded against, but it's pretty easy for a "desktop user" to do.
What the hell does that mean?
It means you're less than 35 years old. Probably less than 40.
doesn't it just lie there and rot
... ... complex communities of organisms that depend on decomposing material
Well, no
Last time I checked, rot and decompose mean pretty much the same thing in this context.
For example, we say, "That is a rotten tree trunk."
Well, how does it rot? Hmmm, maybe organisms like ants, termites, fungus, mold & bacteria do what they do best????
but OpenOffice.org can sometimes misinterpret the symbols.
I think OOo can do font substitution. Also, maybe you need to install another font? (Unless it's OOo/Windows, instead of OOo/Linux...)
Lingo going so far as to make it a mandatory part of the sign up, that 911 is not the same as that on a POT's line. I know what I have,
Which is why I decided not to go with VoIP. If the (young) kids or wife are in a panic or if a guest needs to use it, I want to make sure that my phone has 911 just like every other phone.
Having inadvertently swallowed a couple of mouths full of pretty strong solution of sodium hypochlorite and water (half water, half Chlorox)
Heh, same thing happened to me as a child.
A glass of milk, and a stern warning to my grandmother to not leave my bathroom cup in the bathroom while she's disinfecting it with Clorox, and all was well.
H2O2 is more commonly known as Hydrogen Peroxide, and IS commonly used as an antiseptic.
http://www.nurseminerva.co.uk/wound.htm#q1
"The problem with hydrogen peroxide and some other traditional debriding agents is that they also damage the healthy cells (keratinocytes and fibroblasts) that are needed for wound healing and inhibit their necessary migration into the damaged area (Tatnall, Leigh, and Gibson, 1990; Tatnall, Leigh, and Gibson, 1991; O'Toole, Goel, and Woodley, 1996)."
Name one thing you can do in C++ that you can't do in Object Pascal.
Royally hose the system?