I'll admit am not very knowledgeable about the intricacies of this particular law, but helping people get education is not so much "spending" as investing into the future. Not only this, we know investment in education and knowledge is one place where the gubmint has legitimate role, as the market tends to fail to allocate enough for education.
Given how they botched the testing of the primary mirror, I would not put it past them. But we were discussing the hypothetical situation in which sunlight actually enters the telescope.
Also, what is a computer scientist if not a bit and byte accountant? A virtual bean counter, so to speak. And considering the mess that is the tax law, the algorithms an accountant knows and uses may be more complex than anything Knuth can teach you.
You got it, the important information has to be first, and emphasized. So, the headlines will read "England Victorious over Terrorists, Olympics Remain in Stable Condition".
Not according to the government, they have not. I hear they plan to release some Al-Qaeda documents, purportedly from the liar of the beast himself, that definitely prove Al-Qaeda is gone and no longer a threat. Maybe we will get back some of the freedoms then.
Or maybe we'll get em back after the elections. Or maybe we should consider the elevated threat post-Arab spring and keep all security measures anyway. They've done such a good job already, I'm sure keeping them in place is not a bad idea after all.
I'm all mixed up now, I am off to watch a movie, have a drink and leave thinking about terrorists to the pros.
I don't know about you, but I find the ass-groping, crevice-penetrating symbol of the TSA much more unpleasant. I can ignore a phallus in the sky, but a finger in my ass is a completely different matter.
Frankly, I don't know what happens in neighboring buildings in the US when the president visits as I've never seen such an event first hand, but I doubt you can just tell the secret service to go fuck themselves. In my case, the local police cooperate too well, and while you can probably sue and win afterwards, you risk a broken door or a bone if you're in the way in an obstinate way. So, it ain't worth it.
It doesn't use either. But it has acid for blood, it is very fast and aggressive and requires a host for breeding. Also, its DNA is shaped like a pyramid in a fashion that resembles the pyramids of all known civilizations.
Oh, they DO target us from the conference center. The first time I was looking at them from my 15x80 binoculars they even sent someone to my door to tell me they don't like it.
You wouldn't be. I have the misfortune to own a place with a great view over a convention center often used for various government meetings. Since two of my balconies overlook their terraces and hall windows from above, every fucking time they have some diminutive French, Italian or Russian head of state I have to remove my flowers and my telescope tripods from the balcony, keep the windows closed, get a badge from the security scum that infests the stairwell, endure their cheap cigarette smoke, bad breath, awful manners, atrocious looks and general incompetence.
The worst was when the wife of the first black president came over a few months ago, they even ordered us to remove our cars from the parking lot in front of the place. I don't get it, I heard she was really brave dodging bullets in Bosnia back in her days with the military.
So far we have been lucky not to have an expensive weapon system mounted on the rooftop, but I don't even want to contemplate what that would mean. And they never, ever compensate you for the trouble.
To sum it up, having to deal with a security implement in your building sucks major ass, and should be avoided at all costs and complained against loudly at every opportunity.
Sounds cool, too bad your article finishes in mid-sentence. Does this rocket work well against someone on a motorcycle with a backpack full of explosives?
None of these has anything to do with the topic of _colonization_ by the scary, advanced aliens, which we're discussing. And I'm still not seeing what can justify the expense of a colonization attempt at a distance of 200 l.y.
All body parts are now standard edition, even the foreskin and the facial hair. You have to circumcise it and teach it to shave if you prefer them that way.
What would be the incentive to organize such an expedition? Even if they are way ahead of us, it will be an enormous enterprise. I'm sure if they are so advanced, they would have to compare it with much better alternatives.
The people in TFA have not presented any evidence that supports their idea that life is rare, they just purport to show that the 'real' probability of life and our guesstimate of it are not correlated. Which is a truism, not an insight.
Then they proceed to conclude 'therefore our estimates are too high', but they do so basically based on nothing.
That is, their conclusion is, err... philosophical, not scientific. I.e. my analysis of it in the context of all other such statements is about 100% relevant and correct, as is my statistical conclusion that it is not likely to hold.
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It goes boom at 24 hours in every timezone simultaneously, obviously.
I'll admit am not very knowledgeable about the intricacies of this particular law, but helping people get education is not so much "spending" as investing into the future. Not only this, we know investment in education and knowledge is one place where the gubmint has legitimate role, as the market tends to fail to allocate enough for education.
Given how they botched the testing of the primary mirror, I would not put it past them. But we were discussing the hypothetical situation in which sunlight actually enters the telescope.
Don't need the robot Slim Pickens either, just build the damned Doomsday device in Ohio already. Hasn't the dear Herr Doktor left some plans?
Also, it is a good way to test indirect measurement methods. Next up: spectroscopy of reflections from invisible planets far away.
Actually, the optics may survive, but the sensors will not.
Forgive them, the light from these bacteria is really bad. They could not read the news scrolls well, and had to touch-type.
Also, what is a computer scientist if not a bit and byte accountant? A virtual bean counter, so to speak. And considering the mess that is the tax law, the algorithms an accountant knows and uses may be more complex than anything Knuth can teach you.
This definition has now been reinvented and now magically includes flatulence from Apple employees.
You got it, the important information has to be first, and emphasized. So, the headlines will read "England Victorious over Terrorists, Olympics Remain in Stable Condition".
Not according to the government, they have not. I hear they plan to release some Al-Qaeda documents, purportedly from the liar of the beast himself, that definitely prove Al-Qaeda is gone and no longer a threat. Maybe we will get back some of the freedoms then.
Or maybe we'll get em back after the elections. Or maybe we should consider the elevated threat post-Arab spring and keep all security measures anyway. They've done such a good job already, I'm sure keeping them in place is not a bad idea after all.
I'm all mixed up now, I am off to watch a movie, have a drink and leave thinking about terrorists to the pros.
I don't know about you, but I find the ass-groping, crevice-penetrating symbol of the TSA much more unpleasant. I can ignore a phallus in the sky, but a finger in my ass is a completely different matter.
No, you do: http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/clinton/morrison.html
Frankly, I don't know what happens in neighboring buildings in the US when the president visits as I've never seen such an event first hand, but I doubt you can just tell the secret service to go fuck themselves. In my case, the local police cooperate too well, and while you can probably sue and win afterwards, you risk a broken door or a bone if you're in the way in an obstinate way. So, it ain't worth it.
I never.
It doesn't use either. But it has acid for blood, it is very fast and aggressive and requires a host for breeding. Also, its DNA is shaped like a pyramid in a fashion that resembles the pyramids of all known civilizations.
Oh, they DO target us from the conference center. The first time I was looking at them from my 15x80 binoculars they even sent someone to my door to tell me they don't like it.
You wouldn't be. I have the misfortune to own a place with a great view over a convention center often used for various government meetings. Since two of my balconies overlook their terraces and hall windows from above, every fucking time they have some diminutive French, Italian or Russian head of state I have to remove my flowers and my telescope tripods from the balcony, keep the windows closed, get a badge from the security scum that infests the stairwell, endure their cheap cigarette smoke, bad breath, awful manners, atrocious looks and general incompetence.
The worst was when the wife of the first black president came over a few months ago, they even ordered us to remove our cars from the parking lot in front of the place. I don't get it, I heard she was really brave dodging bullets in Bosnia back in her days with the military.
So far we have been lucky not to have an expensive weapon system mounted on the rooftop, but I don't even want to contemplate what that would mean. And they never, ever compensate you for the trouble.
To sum it up, having to deal with a security implement in your building sucks major ass, and should be avoided at all costs and complained against loudly at every opportunity.
Sounds cool, too bad your article finishes in mid-sentence. Does this rocket work well against someone on a motorcycle with a backpack full of explosives?
None of these has anything to do with the topic of _colonization_ by the scary, advanced aliens, which we're discussing. And I'm still not seeing what can justify the expense of a colonization attempt at a distance of 200 l.y.
All body parts are now standard edition, even the foreskin and the facial hair. You have to circumcise it and teach it to shave if you prefer them that way.
You can have the prototype model, but don't ask why we left the teeth out.
What would be the incentive to organize such an expedition? Even if they are way ahead of us, it will be an enormous enterprise. I'm sure if they are so advanced, they would have to compare it with much better alternatives.
Wrong, then it makes a good colonization target. Fill the barges with androids and seeds NOW!!1
The people in TFA have not presented any evidence that supports their idea that life is rare, they just purport to show that the 'real' probability of life and our guesstimate of it are not correlated. Which is a truism, not an insight.
Then they proceed to conclude 'therefore our estimates are too high', but they do so basically based on nothing.
That is, their conclusion is, err... philosophical, not scientific. I.e. my analysis of it in the context of all other such statements is about 100% relevant and correct, as is my statistical conclusion that it is not likely to hold.