Sadly, the internship program isn't as exciting as it used to be. I hear that in previous administrations you could do a job right in the Oval Office -- working under the President even!
More likely, they used a technique called oversampling -- where several images of the object are taken, wit the object centered on slightly different portions of the CCD camera. Each pixel is then subsampled (prob broken into a 2x2 square), the collection of images are shifted so that they are aligned, and added together.
This is probably why they claim it's 1.5 px; what they mean is more than 1 and less than 2, rather than 1.5 vs 1.4 or 1.6.
Balderdash. Religion has a parallel development system:
1. Religious guy has an idea.
2. Religious guy checks out that idea with oratory.
3. Inquisition refutes religious guy's idea.
4. Religious guy loses head and says, "You'll burn in hell, sinne--".
This pattern happens over and over and over again, until a scientist shows up that they can all persecute.
They have only themselves to blame. I wrote several songs for the musical and they were rejected. I can only ascribe
such actions to BLATANT FAVORITISM.
Imagine it. The play opens with Gandalf approaching Bag-End, and the chorus sings...
Gandalf the White was in demand
By sages, kings, and men of might
But he preferred the hobbitts, since
Their mouths are at a useful height.
&c.
Then, after some filler crap from some book or other, comes a song called "Brokeback Mount Doom"
Samwise Gamgee had a thought
And out deployed his 2-inch pole
And off he went to find his friend
To shove it in his hobbitt hole.
At this point, the first act ends with a rousing ballad sung by Frodo and Sam, called "Der Smeagol":
That creature there is Gollum
He cries out for 'My Precious'
If we don't give him back this ring
He'll probably deflesh us.
(Bombadil solo)
The movie tunes were Howard Shore's
But we had to use John Tesh's
When our show's shut down we'll pout and frown
And eat a whole tres leches.
(reprise)
That thing there is Gollum
He cries out for 'My Precious
His rantings, though they're quite bizarre
Make more sense than Anne Heche's
That's as far as I got before they sent a Balrog over to teach me a lesson.
More likely, they are trying to improve the chances of those people who GET to try out. In my day (c. 1992) I had to send in a postcard and be randomly selected to take the test. I guess I was smart enough to send in 40, but I don't think a rudimentary knowledge of probablility is what they are going for.
And on your other note, they would LOVE to have another Ken Jennings -- their ratings shot up by about a third. Which is why they held that
Ultimate Tournament of Champions last year to get him back on the show.
Which, at the risk of horn-tooting, is also why I had the money to buy this new computer to type this response on. (But no, my real name is not Brad Rutter.)
Bemopolis
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Before someone quotes E.T.: E.T. was credible for the simple reason that it was a "real" drama movie with an alien element. Not a "real" science fiction movie. There were no laser beams and no robots.
And, after Spielberg got done "reimagining" it, no guns.
This is all moot -- all governmental opposition to stem-cell research will go out the window when they find out that scientists can grow boobies in the lab!
I don't know that much about physiology or medicine, but based on what I know about King Tut I'd say that what killed him was shoveling his guts into clay pots, wrapping him in bandages, and burying his ass in the middle of the desert.
Based on observation of current-day politicians I cannot say for certain whether sucking his brains out through his nose was a contributing factor.
You must be crackers; any one can see that this is a slippery slope. And being sued for your racist talk doesn't spook you -- well, you must have a lot of guineas saved up.
You would do well to keep your language spic and span.
I'm in -- on two conditions:
1. On every show there is a character named "Brannon Braga" who is horribly mutilated in the first five minutes
of the show.
2. On every show there is a machine capable of raising the dead, so we can revive "Brannon Braga" for the
next episode.
There's a mania these days about privacy issues, that's going to look as silly as the McCarthy witch hunts or Political Correctness in years to come.
The McCarthy witch hunts were a lot of things, but "silly" is not one of them. Careers were ruined and lives were lost -- and not just among a few
Hollywood liberals. Fortunately for us, Tailgunner Joe's reach exceed his grasp and it ended. It did, however, help make the career of Richard Nixon,
but I think he learned his lesson about relying on fearmongering, spying, and political chicanery before he reached the White House.
Mind you, a few more years of neo-con warrantless spying, anti-dissent tactics, and vague warmongering and the McCarthy era will not only look
silly but nostalgia-inducing.
Computers should not be in the hands of users, nor on their desktops. Ever.
A terminal is all any user needs, or should have. Sure we are talking fancy quick graphical termnals and not VT100s, but a terminal just the same.
Giving the first average user his own computer was the worst day in IT history.
Or, put more succinctly by a better writer than you or I...
"These unhappy agents found what had already been found in abundance on Earth - a nightmare of meaninglessness without end. The bounties of space, of infinite outwardness, were three: empty heroics, low comedy, and pointless death."
--Kurt Vonnegut, "The Sirens of Titan"
No reason not to try, nor expect (figurativevly) the moon and stars...
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Sadly, the internship program isn't as exciting as it used to be. I hear that in previous administrations you could do a job right in the Oval Office -- working under the President even!
Bemopolis
More likely, they used a technique called oversampling -- where several images of the object are taken, wit the object centered on slightly different portions of the CCD camera. Each pixel is then subsampled (prob broken into a 2x2 square), the collection of images are shifted so that they are aligned, and added together.
This is probably why they claim it's 1.5 px; what they mean is more than 1 and less than 2, rather than 1.5 vs 1.4 or 1.6.
Oh shit, I just used my degree for something.
Bemopolis
Balderdash. Religion has a parallel development system:
1. Religious guy has an idea.
2. Religious guy checks out that idea with oratory.
3. Inquisition refutes religious guy's idea.
4. Religious guy loses head and says, "You'll burn in hell, sinne--".
This pattern happens over and over and over again, until a scientist shows up that they can all persecute.
Bemopolis
You are correct. The ozone hole catastrophe has nothing in common with the global warming catastrophe.
The American government acknowleged the problem and joined the world in reducing CFC emission.
Bemopolis
In other news, SCO sues Netflix for copying their business plan of rolling the lawsuit dice...
Bemopolis
*coughcough*New Orleans*coughcough*
Bemopolis
And here.
Bemopolis
Your complaints were addressed here.
Bemopolis
Jesus, watch the friggin movies!! You forgot the midichlorians -- ASS!
Or should I say, m'lady?
Bemopolis
It's called "grading on a curve".
Bemopolis
They have only themselves to blame. I wrote several songs for the musical and they were rejected. I can only ascribe such actions to BLATANT FAVORITISM.
Imagine it. The play opens with Gandalf approaching Bag-End, and the chorus sings...
Gandalf the White was in demand
By sages, kings, and men of might
But he preferred the hobbitts, since
Their mouths are at a useful height.
&c.
Then, after some filler crap from some book or other, comes a song called "Brokeback Mount Doom"
Samwise Gamgee had a thought
And out deployed his 2-inch pole
And off he went to find his friend
To shove it in his hobbitt hole.
At this point, the first act ends with a rousing ballad sung by Frodo and Sam, called "Der Smeagol":
That creature there is Gollum
He cries out for 'My Precious'
If we don't give him back this ring
He'll probably deflesh us.
(Bombadil solo) The movie tunes were Howard Shore's
But we had to use John Tesh's
When our show's shut down we'll pout and frown
And eat a whole tres leches.
(reprise)
That thing there is Gollum
He cries out for 'My Precious
His rantings, though they're quite bizarre
Make more sense than Anne Heche's
That's as far as I got before they sent a Balrog over to teach me a lesson.
Bemopolis
More likely, they are trying to improve the chances of those people who GET to try out. In my day (c. 1992) I had to send in a postcard and be randomly selected to take the test. I guess I was smart enough to send in 40, but I don't think a rudimentary knowledge of probablility is what they are going for.
And on your other note, they would LOVE to have another Ken Jennings -- their ratings shot up by about a third. Which is why they held that Ultimate Tournament of Champions last year to get him back on the show.
Which, at the risk of horn-tooting, is also why I had the money to buy this new computer to type this response on. (But no, my real name is not Brad Rutter.)
Bemopolis
And, after Spielberg got done "reimagining" it, no guns.
Bemopolis
This is all moot -- all governmental opposition to stem-cell research will go out the window when they find out that scientists can grow boobies in the lab!
BOOBIES, MAN -- BOOOBIESSSSSS!!!!!
Bemopolis
I will explain how wrong this is just as soon as my head stops hurting.
OK, screw that. This is just wrong. OW. OW. OW.
Bemopolis
Because that's how God would have designed it! Also, we have Adam's description of it. It's a science story, man -- read your Bible! Sheesh!
Bemopolis
Feh. Another crackpot theory.
I don't know that much about physiology or medicine, but based on what I know about King Tut I'd say that what killed him was shoveling his guts into clay pots, wrapping him in bandages, and burying his ass in the middle of the desert.
Based on observation of current-day politicians I cannot say for certain whether sucking his brains out through his nose was a contributing factor.
Bemopolis
You must be crackers; any one can see that this is a slippery slope. And being sued for your racist talk doesn't spook you -- well, you must have a lot of guineas saved up.
You would do well to keep your language spic and span.
Bemopolis, a lousy mick
No, it'll be fine -- just have Scotty re-engineer the deflector dish. Sheesh, don't be such a Yeoman Rand.
Of course, he'll be contributing to the problem soon when they launch his ashes into space...chunky guy, our Montgomery Scott.
Bemopolis
I'm in -- on two conditions:
1. On every show there is a character named "Brannon Braga" who is horribly mutilated in the first five minutes of the show.
2. On every show there is a machine capable of raising the dead, so we can revive "Brannon Braga" for the next episode.
Bemopolis
There's a mania these days about privacy issues, that's going to look as silly as the McCarthy witch hunts or Political Correctness in years to come.
The McCarthy witch hunts were a lot of things, but "silly" is not one of them. Careers were ruined and lives were lost -- and not just among a few Hollywood liberals. Fortunately for us, Tailgunner Joe's reach exceed his grasp and it ended. It did, however, help make the career of Richard Nixon, but I think he learned his lesson about relying on fearmongering, spying, and political chicanery before he reached the White House.
Mind you, a few more years of neo-con warrantless spying, anti-dissent tactics, and vague warmongering and the McCarthy era will not only look silly but nostalgia-inducing.
Bemopolis
Computers should not be in the hands of users, nor on their desktops. Ever. A terminal is all any user needs, or should have. Sure we are talking fancy quick graphical termnals and not VT100s, but a terminal just the same. Giving the first average user his own computer was the worst day in IT history.
Um, what?
---- Booth was a patriot ----
Oh I get it -- It's Opposite Day!
Bemopolis
Will Harlan Ellison be there?
Bemopolis
Nah -- That just makes the printer flash "PC - Load Liver"
Bemopolis
Or, put more succinctly by a better writer than you or I...
"These unhappy agents found what had already been found in abundance on Earth - a nightmare of meaninglessness without end. The bounties of space, of infinite outwardness, were three: empty heroics, low comedy, and pointless death."
--Kurt Vonnegut, "The Sirens of Titan"
No reason not to try, nor expect (figurativevly) the moon and stars...
Bemo