13And the evening and the morning were the third day.
14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19And God said, Let the lesser light of the night be composed of green cheese.
Sure, you can get through your everyday life without ever worrying about the difference between Pluto and an asteroid, or between a Type Ia and a Type 1b supernova. But for scientists, it's an entirely different situation.
Does it really matter though? Planet, to my understanding, had historically been used to distinguish between observable objects in the night sky that move (planets) and don't move (stars).
I don't think that a planet is something that needs a precise definition. If there were some property that planets took on once they passed a certain threshold, and those properties or behaviors or whatever did not exist until that threshold was reached, then I might agree.
American Football -- Two teams blitz, bomb, and violently tackle each other.
The playing time of a regulation American football game is 1 hour.
The delta between start and finish of an American football game is usually about 3 hours.
Additionally, not every moment of playing time actually involves any players making physical contact (in fact, an absurdly large percentage is spent with all players on the field standing very still trying not to flinch).
If you take the total time vs. the amount of time where something violent is happening, it's probably less than 20%.
Pacman makes American football look like a bunch of guys singing Kumbaya.
And they all suck. I've stopped trying to get useful traffic info from radio stations for a long time. It's either information that's about everywhere in the area except where you need to know about, or worse, information that's 1/2 hour or more out of date.
I clicked submit, and then spotted that right away. I wish I could claim I did it on purpose, but I guess it's just that rule about grammar/spelling corrections having a goof of their own.
But pretending I'm all knowing and stuff and that I make no mistakes:
I'm 18, so still technically a child by some crazy countries' definitions.
I too was once 18. I didn't think I was a child anymore when I was 18. But nowadays I certainly think I was still a child at 18. Doesn't mean that it applies to you, but I'd wonder what your take will be 10 years from now.
And for a topical comment: I have a 5 year old and a 2 year old, and any number of tech-ish toys in the house. The 2 year old loves nothing more than playing laundry baskets and large cardboard boxes, and can usually wrangle her older sister into playing with them too.
it has been a nice way to track down "that song" that you heard on the radio by just typing a few of the lyrics you heard into Google. Well I guess that's dead.
It won't be dead, it just won't be legal to display them unless you've paid the liscensing fees. It means the site you go to after you've entered the lyrics will have coughed up their fees and now they're just trying to make money off of the ads you've got to wade through to see the lyrics.
read it again the BPI sent 17 notices, but 16 were lacking evidence. That means the 17th had enough evidence for the ISP lawyers to allow it to be "processed" in whatever the normal way is.
Actually, they said 16 completely lacked evidence, and one had crappy evidence. They responded with a no for all 17.
Nah, none of ours were that... sophisticated. They were pretty much all random phrases that could be taken be some kind of sexual innuendo but we could just as easily claim were harmless if we had to.
They booted me after my first year (I hadn't grown up enough yet to actually bother doing enough work to pass most of my classes), so anything I wrote would have been fall 96 / spring 97.
But Clan Unconnected kicked some serious ass in Quake. At least I picked up *some* useful skills.
When I was at RPI, about every couple of weeks we'd go to the walkway above the football field at like 2:00 AM and rearrange the tiles to spell out whatever remarkably immature yet clever pun we'd come up with. It might be worth spelling out RUCKUS SUCKS (or maybe RUCKUS IS WORTHLESS - IIRC you have just about enough space for the second one).
BTW, just for fair warning we did it like 7 or 8 times before campus security made us stop, though we basically got a "don't do this anymore". We were ticked off because we had to stop due to another group that was sloppy about moving the tiles and made it somewhat hazardous to go through. We took pride in our work and made sure all the bricks were level.
How much actually talking occurs out of all the driving makes a difference too though.
Let's say I get into 5 accidents. 4 of them were not on a phone, and 1 was. If I only talk on the phone 5% of the time, then I'm still much more dangerous on the phone.
Just for some made up numbers: 100 total minutes driving 5 total accidents 95 no phone minutes 4 no phone accidents 5 phone minutes 1 phone accident
no phone accident frequency == 4 / 95 or 0.042 accidents per minute phone accident frequency == 1 / 5 or 0.2 accidents per minute
These are obviously just fabricated numbers, but the point being that it doesn't have to be a frequent cause of accidents to still have a large effect on accident likelihood.
The city in question where this is happening, Vancouver, is well-known as having pretty much the skinniest population in North America. So it would seem there isn't much to your asserted correlation between coinless meters and getting fat.
That's true right now, sure. But the program has only just started. Wait till you see what a bunch of fatsos crop up in Vancouver a year from now.
Sometimes I look at the roads in NYC and LI, and I think that engineers and planners must come to look at how we've done it. If it matches what they were planning, they rip it up and start from scratch.
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13And the evening and the morning were the third day.
14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19And God said, Let the lesser light of the night be composed of green cheese.
Sure, you can get through your everyday life without ever worrying about the difference between Pluto and an asteroid, or between a Type Ia and a Type 1b supernova. But for scientists, it's an entirely different situation.
Does it really matter though? Planet, to my understanding, had historically been used to distinguish between observable objects in the night sky that move (planets) and don't move (stars).
I don't think that a planet is something that needs a precise definition. If there were some property that planets took on once they passed a certain threshold, and those properties or behaviors or whatever did not exist until that threshold was reached, then I might agree.
American Football -- Two teams blitz, bomb, and violently tackle each other.
The playing time of a regulation American football game is 1 hour.
The delta between start and finish of an American football game is usually about 3 hours.
Additionally, not every moment of playing time actually involves any players making physical contact (in fact, an absurdly large percentage is spent with all players on the field standing very still trying not to flinch).
If you take the total time vs. the amount of time where something violent is happening, it's probably less than 20%.
Pacman makes American football look like a bunch of guys singing Kumbaya.
Proud to say that's been my sig for a month or two now.
5. linvir got on /. and flamed everyone, showing what a big sexy stud he is
Seriously.
Try and tell me with a straight face that you don't want to do him RIGHT NOW.
Actually, a number of states have laws that state that the elector *must* vote for the candidate who won the state.
And they all suck. I've stopped trying to get useful traffic info from radio stations for a long time. It's either information that's about everywhere in the area except where you need to know about, or worse, information that's 1/2 hour or more out of date.
This service is something badly needed.
And according to others, there were no dinosaurs. They could not have existed, else they would have been in the Bible somewhere.
I clicked submit, and then spotted that right away. I wish I could claim I did it on purpose, but I guess it's just that rule about grammar/spelling corrections having a goof of their own.
But pretending I'm all knowing and stuff and that I make no mistakes:
Just replace the ellipsis with "much beer"
Your being too kind.
Usually it's not worth the effort, but given this thread I just had too...
That should be:
You're being too kind.
I'm 18, so still technically a child by some crazy countries' definitions.
I too was once 18. I didn't think I was a child anymore when I was 18. But nowadays I certainly think I was still a child at 18. Doesn't mean that it applies to you, but I'd wonder what your take will be 10 years from now.
And for a topical comment:
I have a 5 year old and a 2 year old, and any number of tech-ish toys in the house. The 2 year old loves nothing more than playing laundry baskets and large cardboard boxes, and can usually wrangle her older sister into playing with them too.
it has been a nice way to track down "that song" that you heard on the radio by just typing a few of the lyrics you heard into Google. Well I guess that's dead.
It won't be dead, it just won't be legal to display them unless you've paid the liscensing fees. It means the site you go to after you've entered the lyrics will have coughed up their fees and now they're just trying to make money off of the ads you've got to wade through to see the lyrics.
read it again the BPI sent 17 notices, but 16 were lacking evidence. That means the 17th had enough evidence for the ISP lawyers to allow it to be "processed" in whatever the normal way is.
Actually, they said 16 completely lacked evidence, and one had crappy evidence. They responded with a no for all 17.
121 Nason Hall freshman dorm room. I used to have the numbers on the door covered with pennies attached via fun-tac.
"The end of the world is nigh".
Sounds like we just need to stay away from nigh.
Nah, none of ours were that... sophisticated. They were pretty much all random phrases that could be taken be some kind of sexual innuendo but we could just as easily claim were harmless if we had to.
They booted me after my first year (I hadn't grown up enough yet to actually bother doing enough work to pass most of my classes), so anything I wrote would have been fall 96 / spring 97.
But Clan Unconnected kicked some serious ass in Quake. At least I picked up *some* useful skills.
I gave it the good ole 'jokefodder' tag.
I'm trying for the life of me to remember ANY of the things we spelled out on those tiles... it was soooo long ago.
When I was at RPI, about every couple of weeks we'd go to the walkway above the football field at like 2:00 AM and rearrange the tiles to spell out whatever remarkably immature yet clever pun we'd come up with. It might be worth spelling out RUCKUS SUCKS (or maybe RUCKUS IS WORTHLESS - IIRC you have just about enough space for the second one).
BTW, just for fair warning we did it like 7 or 8 times before campus security made us stop, though we basically got a "don't do this anymore". We were ticked off because we had to stop due to another group that was sloppy about moving the tiles and made it somewhat hazardous to go through. We took pride in our work and made sure all the bricks were level.
But then you'll have to deal with cockroaches evolving opposable thumbs.
I think they have some lawyers in rural areas too.
How much actually talking occurs out of all the driving makes a difference too though.
Let's say I get into 5 accidents. 4 of them were not on a phone, and 1 was. If I only talk on the phone 5% of the time, then I'm still much more dangerous on the phone.
Just for some made up numbers:
100 total minutes driving
5 total accidents
95 no phone minutes
4 no phone accidents
5 phone minutes
1 phone accident
no phone accident frequency == 4 / 95 or 0.042 accidents per minute
phone accident frequency == 1 / 5 or 0.2 accidents per minute
These are obviously just fabricated numbers, but the point being that it doesn't have to be a frequent cause of accidents to still have a large effect on accident likelihood.
Who exactly stole coffee from Sauron?
I think it worked just fine.
The city in question where this is happening, Vancouver, is well-known as having pretty much the skinniest population in North America. So it would seem there isn't much to your asserted correlation between coinless meters and getting fat.
That's true right now, sure. But the program has only just started. Wait till you see what a bunch of fatsos crop up in Vancouver a year from now.
Sometimes I look at the roads in NYC and LI, and I think that engineers and planners must come to look at how we've done it. If it matches what they were planning, they rip it up and start from scratch.
Strangely enough, when the Aibo language was deciphered it was found to greatly resemble Perl.
I'm confused... it looks like Perl, AND it's decipherable?