Just to point out something that might be obvious if you look around the website you linked a bit more, that particular guy doesn't know what he's talking about.
For instance, witness this "debunking" of curved space, also from his site:
Curved Space: The concept of a 'curved space', which is essential for present cosmological models, is logically flawed because space can only be defined by the distance between two objects, which is however by definition always given by a straight line. Mathematicians frequently try to illustrate the properties of 'curved space' through the example of a spherical (or otherwise curved) surface and the associated geometrical relationships. However, a surface is only a mathematical abstraction within the actual (3-dimensional) space and one can in fact connect any two points on the surface of a physical object through a straight line by drilling through it. Strictly speaking, one can not assign any properties at all to space (or time) as these are the outer forms of existence and it makes as much sense to speak of a 'curved space' as of a 'blue space'. Any such properties must be restricted to objects existing within space and time. The concept of a distorted space around massive physical objects for instance, as promoted by General Relativity, is therefore also inconsistent and should be replaced by appropriate physical theories describing the trajectories of particles and/or light near these objects.
Myself, I realized about 5 years ago that I had no use for a landline after I ditched dial up. Plus cellphones are a lot more portable, and cheaper in my case.
Speaking of sponsorship, the USAF should get involved in this. What the world needs now is modern day equivalent to Forrest Gump at that ping pong tournament.
I can't give you a deterministic algorithm, but I could give you a probabalistic one. Stats are made up as I'd have to have real data, but these are ballpark figures based on my own experience.
prob_goatse = ((post_score * -2) + (sum(prev_20_post_scores)* -5))/100
Yeah, but now if they asked you to do that you'd be commiting a felony, and your teacher would be guilty of soliciting criminal activity.
YAY circumvention!
if the source of the heat turned out to be a natural nuclear reactor, like Oklo. I doubt that's a possibility, since I would think it'd put off a lot more heat if it were.
Of course people aren't chained to their television sets. Most people turn to their television to get away from the constant horror of their lives. Their boring low paying jobs, their horrible marriages, and their horrible kids. This has been going on for a while, and each generation picks up the habit from the previous generation. Meanwhile, since it leaves only a few people who actualy are trying to make a difference, the sitiuation for every keeps getting worse.
And no, you can't vote with the power button on your remote unless you live in a Neilson home. You could always cancel your cable, but how many techies do you know that are going to do that?
Well, obviously since something bad can happen we should shut down all the channels. No, it really doesn't make sense to just shut down the dangerous channels. While we are at it, you know I hear pedophiles drive around in vans trying to lure kids into their van with candy. I say we put an immediate BAN on vans and candy.
As a side, the true predators out there only use the chat rooms to locate their prey (something that can be done without the chat rooms, for example: All those livejournal kids with their aim names on their pages). After that, the bastards go in for the kill in PMs, something I doubt very much that AOL is going to ban on AIM.
There is the official hierarchy of chat rooms, and then parallel to that are the user created rooms.
As for people "asking" to become moderators, I wouldn't have responded either. In my experience, people who ask for power rarely deserve it.
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For instance, witness this "debunking" of curved space, also from his site: Curved Space: The concept of a 'curved space', which is essential for present cosmological models, is logically flawed because space can only be defined by the distance between two objects, which is however by definition always given by a straight line. Mathematicians frequently try to illustrate the properties of 'curved space' through the example of a spherical (or otherwise curved) surface and the associated geometrical relationships. However, a surface is only a mathematical abstraction within the actual (3-dimensional) space and one can in fact connect any two points on the surface of a physical object through a straight line by drilling through it.
Strictly speaking, one can not assign any properties at all to space (or time) as these are the outer forms of existence and it makes as much sense to speak of a 'curved space' as of a 'blue space'. Any such properties must be restricted to objects existing within space and time.
The concept of a distorted space around massive physical objects for instance, as promoted by General Relativity, is therefore also inconsistent and should be replaced by appropriate physical theories describing the trajectories of particles and/or light near these objects.
Myself, I realized about 5 years ago that I had no use for a landline after I ditched dial up. Plus cellphones are a lot more portable, and cheaper in my case.
I can see most of the points in #1, but why would it open the gate to accepting digital books?
There needs to be a Linux window. Keeps the bad Linuxes out, lets the good ones in.
Speaking of sponsorship, the USAF should get involved in this. What the world needs now is modern day equivalent to Forrest Gump at that ping pong tournament.
That kid from Wizard rules over all of you.
Why bother with hurricans when you have shock and awe?
Yeah, video can add one thing that gives it an advantage over pure text. Boobs.
Your mother was a toaster.
Uh, may be because they are friggin' video game charachters?
Guy: What sign are you? Girl: Excess-N, you?
RAmen
Yeah, didn't they think that the impect would relase a large amount of electricity or something and destroy the solar system?
I can't give you a deterministic algorithm, but I could give you a probabalistic one. Stats are made up as I'd have to have real data, but these are ballpark figures based on my own experience. prob_goatse = ((post_score * -2) + (sum(prev_20_post_scores)* -5))/100
Good. Goatse performs a valuable public service on the net, teaching people to think before they open a link.
Yeah, but now if they asked you to do that you'd be commiting a felony, and your teacher would be guilty of soliciting criminal activity. YAY circumvention!
Going to need a bigger boat.
if the source of the heat turned out to be a natural nuclear reactor, like Oklo. I doubt that's a possibility, since I would think it'd put off a lot more heat if it were.
The GP is obviously an hounor student.
Of course people aren't chained to their television sets. Most people turn to their television to get away from the constant horror of their lives. Their boring low paying jobs, their horrible marriages, and their horrible kids. This has been going on for a while, and each generation picks up the habit from the previous generation. Meanwhile, since it leaves only a few people who actualy are trying to make a difference, the sitiuation for every keeps getting worse.
And no, you can't vote with the power button on your remote unless you live in a Neilson home. You could always cancel your cable, but how many techies do you know that are going to do that?
Uh, have you LOOKED at channel listing for any major IRC network lately?
(And yeah, I know they aren't shuting down their own channels. It's called hyperbole, and in the context which I was using it it's justifiable.)
Yeah, because you know that AIM is the only network that provides chat rooms.
Well, obviously since something bad can happen we should shut down all the channels. No, it really doesn't make sense to just shut down the dangerous channels. While we are at it, you know I hear pedophiles drive around in vans trying to lure kids into their van with candy. I say we put an immediate BAN on vans and candy. As a side, the true predators out there only use the chat rooms to locate their prey (something that can be done without the chat rooms, for example: All those livejournal kids with their aim names on their pages). After that, the bastards go in for the kill in PMs, something I doubt very much that AOL is going to ban on AIM.
There is the official hierarchy of chat rooms, and then parallel to that are the user created rooms. As for people "asking" to become moderators, I wouldn't have responded either. In my experience, people who ask for power rarely deserve it.
At the end of the world, all clocks will read 6:66. Didn't you see End of Days? It was the best effect in that damn movie.