While the electoral college provides a boost to the likes of Wyoming and Delaware, it it most benefits big states, due to the winner-take-all aspect. From this article in Slate:
In their book Electoral College Primer 2000 (which, alas, was not updated for 2004), Lawrence D. Longley and Neal Peirce calculated that the states enjoying higher-than-average voting power under the Electoral College were the following (in declining order):
California
Texas
New York
Florida
Pennsylvania
Illinois
The states with the least voting power under the Electoral College were the following (in ascending order):
Montana
Kansas
West Virginia
Maine
Arkansas
Utah
Nevada
I'm familiar with microwave waveguides, which have a critical frequency below which propagation isn't unsupported. Is this the case with optical waveguides, i.e. fiber?
All the "WAHT?!" posts are understandable, given that I'm a physics major and I still find the article unclear in not showing the interference pattern. Is this exhibited in the plot of energy vs. time? That'd make sense to me, given that they are canonically conjugate variables (like position and momentum.) However, the gist is that, analogous to the interference of spatially separated possible paths in the spatial double slit case, two possible paths separated in time are interfering here.
There was a discussion regarding this in the letters section of a recent _Physics Today_. You're right, according to Archimedes; but the concern is whether the temperature rise will be sufficient to melt the floating ice AND cause significant thermal expansion of seawater. This paper touches on the latter:
http://sedac.ciesin.org/mva/WR1987/WR1987.html
"FUTURE increases in the atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and chlorofluorocarbons) are expected to result in substantial global-scale warming in future decades. In response to this warming, global mean sea level should change owing to thermal expansion of the oceans and the melting (or accumulation) of land ice"
From the abstract:
For the period 1985-2025 the estimate of greenhouse-gas-induced warming is 0.6-1.0C. The concomitant oceanic thermal expansion would raise sea level by 4-8 cm.
After having heard a presentation given by a professor of intellectual property law, it's my understanding that filing a patent can take years, as it involves multiple rounds of revision of claims as the Patent Office accepts or rejects them.
Here's a question for libertarians supporting "right to work" laws: These laws, I guess, are supposed to protect freedom of contract. And yet a union contract requiring new workers to join the union -- put in effect at time t' -- results from contractual negotiation between the union (chosen representative of the set of workers at time t) and the company. Why is there not a contradiction here?
During the past year, on campus there have been three student attempts to tap the textbook market, of which two were textbook exchanges that involved commissions. (The other was an attempt in half.com arbitrage.) Only a textbook exchange has survived, though it had to change its name after the University threatened a lawsuit over copyrights. There are 641 books listed, but I'm not sure if any are actually moving.
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I'm familiar with microwave waveguides, which have a critical frequency below which propagation isn't unsupported. Is this the case with optical waveguides, i.e. fiber?
Anyone know of the status of the wifi connection in Oakland's now-under-construction Schenley Plaza?
All the "WAHT?!" posts are understandable, given that I'm a physics major and I still find the article unclear in not showing the interference pattern. Is this exhibited in the plot of energy vs. time? That'd make sense to me, given that they are canonically conjugate variables (like position and momentum.) However, the gist is that, analogous to the interference of spatially separated possible paths in the spatial double slit case, two possible paths separated in time are interfering here.
There was a discussion regarding this in the letters section of a recent _Physics Today_. You're right, according to Archimedes; but the concern is whether the temperature rise will be sufficient to melt the floating ice AND cause significant thermal expansion of seawater. This paper touches on the latter: http://sedac.ciesin.org/mva/WR1987/WR1987.html "FUTURE increases in the atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and chlorofluorocarbons) are expected to result in substantial global-scale warming in future decades. In response to this warming, global mean sea level should change owing to thermal expansion of the oceans and the melting (or accumulation) of land ice" From the abstract: For the period 1985-2025 the estimate of greenhouse-gas-induced warming is 0.6-1.0C. The concomitant oceanic thermal expansion would raise sea level by 4-8 cm.
Have you tried short selling?
After having heard a presentation given by a professor of intellectual property law, it's my understanding that filing a patent can take years, as it involves multiple rounds of revision of claims as the Patent Office accepts or rejects them.
You know, I read "PHD" as "pointy haired doctorates."
Here's a question for libertarians supporting "right to work" laws: These laws, I guess, are supposed to protect freedom of contract. And yet a union contract requiring new workers to join the union -- put in effect at time t' -- results from contractual negotiation between the union (chosen representative of the set of workers at time t) and the company. Why is there not a contradiction here?
During the past year, on campus there have been three student attempts to tap the textbook market, of which two were textbook exchanges that involved commissions. (The other was an attempt in half.com arbitrage.) Only a textbook exchange has survived, though it had to change its name after the University threatened a lawsuit over copyrights. There are 641 books listed, but I'm not sure if any are actually moving.
(Hmm.. I'm a long time lurker, second time poster, and my first attempt failed.)
"'Candy' Keynes"? Do you know anything of the history of economics?
>Quoting John "Candy" Keynes. Sheesh.anything of the history of economics?