But you can't force your particle to pick one of the two options for its own collapse, and thus force the other to pick a state of your choosing and send a bit of information faster than light. The PARTICLE gets to make the pick. You can't distinguish whether the particles communicate FTL, the pick was already made when they initially became entangled and carried by some "hidden variable" until the measurement (though there's reason to believe it's not a hidden variable), they were just predestined to act that way, or whatever.
The pattern just isn't in base 10. It's in base e. Why does anyone expect to see a numerical pattern in an arbitrary number base like 10? Just because we have 10 fingers doesn't make it the "correct" base for anything.
This sounds like the kind of project any computer engineering undergrad curriculum would cover. Myself, I have had to design/build 4 different processors of varying complexity (basic mips, pipelined, superscalar, etc) during my years as an undergrad. Its cool nonetheless and by no means "easy".
The parent makes a very good point, and I'd like to add- The excuse for underfunding fusion power research has for a long time been that fusion power is at least 30 years off. Seems like a great reason to start aggressively pursuing it _now_. After all, in 30 years we will need fusion power more desperately than ever. Researchers in the field have long pointed out that the problems with fusion as a source of energy are not theoretical, but technical hurtles. This _is_ the solution to our ongoing energy crisis.
this is going to cost me karma...
As a software developer myself I recognize the contribution that open source makes to our commercial products (directly or indirectly as part of our development environment). Commercial software makes a lot of sense in specialized applications- built for specific clients, games (file under work of art), etc.
Open source helps drive the software world- it doesn't stagnate it and it certainly is helping create more jobs in the field than it is taking away.
so, in short. SHUT UP.
How is Apple being forced to allow other hardware vendors ship OSX on their systems contributing to "fair competition"?
Apple designed an OS for their hardware, they "give it away" with their hardware. They sell "upgrades" for their hardware. Apple is under no obligation to make OSX explicitly compatible with other vendor's hardware platforms, nor should they be. Same goes for technical support.
Would you care to explain how a space weapon ban, signed by all space-faring nations, makes Obama's view of the world childish? Seems like a decidedly grown-up approach to avoid an extremely expensive and dangerous space weapons race. We currently have surface nuclear test bans, biological weapons bans (which both the US and Russia are working hard to meet, by destroying stockpiles). Both of those bans make the world a notably safer place. There is far more risk of an accident happening killing huge numbers of people (either directly or as a indirect consequence of) then the US or Russia consciously deciding to use some form of WMD.
Oh, and based on your signature alone I think its likely you are either a Republican ("Promote peace, kill more bad guys" -this is childish), or a Libertarian.
let me be the first to say: "mmm... sugar-coated drugs".
time to port gnome!
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Seriously though- Reasons to write applications for the gnome desktop environment are getting fewer every day. When QT4 became available under the GPL on all 4 major platforms- Windows/BSD/Linux/OSX the argument for GTK was weak. Now, I'd argue its virtually non-existent.
We are at a solar minimum and approaching the maximum distance the earth will be from the sun in the next 10,000 years. This is usually cause for an ice age, but global warming, due to human activity, has effectively masked the effect. Some NASA scientist wrote a 'warning' to the scientific community awhile back to to misread this temporary cooling period. While it may be cooler than the recent trend for the next 8-10 years, after that the trend we saw in the second half of the last century will continue. Global warming due to man made CO2 emissions are insignificant compared to natural sources-- BUT the natural sources have struck a balance (sources and sinks essentially cancel each other out) where as the man made sources throw off this balance leading to the increase in the mean atmospheric CO2 we've been seeing.
decrease the font size by a couple points. That'll decrease the amount of ink needed *and* won't be ugly. Or, just don't print it in the first place. Most text printed these days (especially around the office) never needed to be printed in the first place.
i have to agree-- i watched some show where some greenpeace moron thought that fusion power is just as dangerous and dirty as fission nuclear plants. Obviously he just doesn't get it. There is simply no risk of a core meltdown as the reaction would cease as soon as the reactor was shut off.
i'm pretty sure "silent" is *not* a relative term. The world you're looking for is "quiet".
just like "absolute zero" isn't a relative term, but cold is.
I use to live in Tempe, AZ, and they had crosswalk signs that beeped when it was ok to walk. Seems to make more sense to me than fitting otherwise silent cars w/ noise makers. imagine how annoying sitting at a stoplight w/ a bunch of beeping cars would be.
lets clear this up-- antimatter is _not_ theoretical. It is real, as real as normal matter.
I heard it referred to as a theoretical substance as recently as this year to TV.
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Yeah, I did, except instead of god my name was there.
People manage to input text fairly well on touchscreens without feedback. And have been for a while now.
Bullshit.
Posting from my PHONE WITH A KEYBOARD while waiting in line to use the TOUCH SCREEN grocery store self-checkout and then the ATM.
Looks like your "phone with a keyboard" has a sticky caps-lock key. That wouldn't have happened with a soft keyboard.
1. The magic mouse does click
2. One big touch area seems to be pretty easy to clean vs a mouse with a scroll wheel and two buttons
I believe "spaceworms" is inaccurate. They are earth worms... "In spppaccee!!"
If the "unlimited" plan is indeed limited to 5Gb, that is only 640MB/mo! I could easily surpass that any given month with my iPhone.
myst, tomtom gps, i'm sure there are tons of others.
But you can't force your particle to pick one of the two options for its own collapse, and thus force the other to pick a state of your choosing and send a bit of information faster than light. The PARTICLE gets to make the pick. You can't distinguish whether the particles communicate FTL, the pick was already made when they initially became entangled and carried by some "hidden variable" until the measurement (though there's reason to believe it's not a hidden variable), they were just predestined to act that way, or whatever.
...and therefore, free will is an illusion.
The pattern just isn't in base 10. It's in base e. Why does anyone expect to see a numerical pattern in an arbitrary number base like 10? Just because we have 10 fingers doesn't make it the "correct" base for anything.
"Russia launches Anti-" at that point I perked up a bit.
This sounds like the kind of project any computer engineering undergrad curriculum would cover. Myself, I have had to design/build 4 different processors of varying complexity (basic mips, pipelined, superscalar, etc) during my years as an undergrad. Its cool nonetheless and by no means "easy".
The parent makes a very good point, and I'd like to add- The excuse for underfunding fusion power research has for a long time been that fusion power is at least 30 years off. Seems like a great reason to start aggressively pursuing it _now_. After all, in 30 years we will need fusion power more desperately than ever. Researchers in the field have long pointed out that the problems with fusion as a source of energy are not theoretical, but technical hurtles. This _is_ the solution to our ongoing energy crisis.
Why hello doctor! Glad to see they're giving you a bit of exposure outside of our mid-coding help sessions.
this is going to cost me karma... As a software developer myself I recognize the contribution that open source makes to our commercial products (directly or indirectly as part of our development environment). Commercial software makes a lot of sense in specialized applications- built for specific clients, games (file under work of art), etc. Open source helps drive the software world- it doesn't stagnate it and it certainly is helping create more jobs in the field than it is taking away. so, in short. SHUT UP.
How is Apple being forced to allow other hardware vendors ship OSX on their systems contributing to "fair competition"? Apple designed an OS for their hardware, they "give it away" with their hardware. They sell "upgrades" for their hardware. Apple is under no obligation to make OSX explicitly compatible with other vendor's hardware platforms, nor should they be. Same goes for technical support.
Would you care to explain how a space weapon ban, signed by all space-faring nations, makes Obama's view of the world childish? Seems like a decidedly grown-up approach to avoid an extremely expensive and dangerous space weapons race. We currently have surface nuclear test bans, biological weapons bans (which both the US and Russia are working hard to meet, by destroying stockpiles). Both of those bans make the world a notably safer place. There is far more risk of an accident happening killing huge numbers of people (either directly or as a indirect consequence of) then the US or Russia consciously deciding to use some form of WMD. Oh, and based on your signature alone I think its likely you are either a Republican ("Promote peace, kill more bad guys" -this is childish), or a Libertarian.
let me be the first to say: "mmm... sugar-coated drugs".
Seriously though- Reasons to write applications for the gnome desktop environment are getting fewer every day. When QT4 became available under the GPL on all 4 major platforms- Windows/BSD/Linux/OSX the argument for GTK was weak. Now, I'd argue its virtually non-existent.
when it comes to scientific discoveries its more likely the US government would find it inappropriate.
yes, that was the joke. :)
We are at a solar minimum and approaching the maximum distance the earth will be from the sun in the next 10,000 years. This is usually cause for an ice age, but global warming, due to human activity, has effectively masked the effect. Some NASA scientist wrote a 'warning' to the scientific community awhile back to to misread this temporary cooling period. While it may be cooler than the recent trend for the next 8-10 years, after that the trend we saw in the second half of the last century will continue. Global warming due to man made CO2 emissions are insignificant compared to natural sources-- BUT the natural sources have struck a balance (sources and sinks essentially cancel each other out) where as the man made sources throw off this balance leading to the increase in the mean atmospheric CO2 we've been seeing.
decrease the font size by a couple points. That'll decrease the amount of ink needed *and* won't be ugly. Or, just don't print it in the first place. Most text printed these days (especially around the office) never needed to be printed in the first place.
i have to agree-- i watched some show where some greenpeace moron thought that fusion power is just as dangerous and dirty as fission nuclear plants. Obviously he just doesn't get it. There is simply no risk of a core meltdown as the reaction would cease as soon as the reactor was shut off.
i'm pretty sure "silent" is *not* a relative term. The world you're looking for is "quiet". just like "absolute zero" isn't a relative term, but cold is.
I use to live in Tempe, AZ, and they had crosswalk signs that beeped when it was ok to walk. Seems to make more sense to me than fitting otherwise silent cars w/ noise makers. imagine how annoying sitting at a stoplight w/ a bunch of beeping cars would be.
lets clear this up-- antimatter is _not_ theoretical. It is real, as real as normal matter. I heard it referred to as a theoretical substance as recently as this year to TV.