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Yeah, that's a crappy damn interface to something that should happen automatically, but it works.
But can't you measure whether the particle is in a distributed state or is in a single state? For instance, with diffraction, you can get a particle's distribution to interfere with itself, but that interference doesn't happen if you collapse the distribution by observation. If something similar could be done with spin, then you could test whether or not the other entangled particle has been collapsed, thereby passing information.
Not that I'm convinced that logic is right, just that I don't understand why it's wrong.
You make a good point, but it's not possible to show the West's system to be superior if all evidence is censored. That's precisely what this article is about.
If enough states pass such laws that Iowa's law comes into effect, the result will be: the winner of the popular vote will become president. It's true that'll happen through some intermediary system of electors, but what does it matter? The result of the election is *exactly* the same as if people voted directly for the president.
Yes, but we could do away with the electors, and make it so you're actually voting for the president. That's what the Iowa bill would do, once other states join in.
Surely I'm not the only one who thinks this'll be useless without open-source drivers, so you can actually make your fancy cluster use these vector-processing units.
Patents, dude. That's the reason they're around: so you can tell people how you did it, and still be the only one to do it. Some patents are evil, but I hope *someone* is using the system as it's intended.
That extra area doesn't get you anything, since it doesn't get any more sunlight. The needed area is the amount of flat ground, so sloped roofs are actually less efficient, since they need more solar panels per area of ground.
I swear The Mote in God's Eye is the only thing I thought of when I read "Crazy Eddie". In fact, the only reason I read the comments on this story was to see if anyone else was on the same wavelength. But apparently there was another Crazy Eddie. Who knew?!
Dude, this is not the problem of sci-fi authors. The sci-fi that I read includes plenty of non-humanoid creatures. The problem isn't the writing, it's the video--it's hard to make a good-looking alien that isn't roughly human-shaped, and frankly it's hard to get people to accept non-humanoid creatures as intelligent.
Precisely. Because of things like the Ken Thompson hack to infect compilers invisibly, we know that even open source systems can be hijacked. We need physical records that cannot be modified as verifiable evidence that your vote was cast as you thought, and we need random checks to make sure that the voting machines aren't bad.
You talk about "significantly... increasing the gravity." Are you really suggesting that we move planet-sized chunks of mass around the solar system? In order to increase the gravity of Mars by 10%, we'd have to move something on the order of the size of the moon. Do you have any idea how much energy that would require? It's completely infeasible for the foreseeable future; if you can manipulate the solar system on that level, you might as well just build a Dyson sphere or ringworld and have done with it.
Photons have momentum, but not mass. Yes, it's weird, but it moves solar sails.
Those spinny things that are black on one side don't actually work via light pressure. (If so, then the shiny side would get more pressure than the black side, since it's not only stopping photons, but also sending them back the other way; so the spinny thing would turn in the other direction.) Instead, the light heats the black bit, which heats the air nearby, expanding it and pushing on the black bit, making the whole thing spin.
I had one as a kid, and I was wildly disappointed. I followed the directions in the manual, and made circuits that did things, but I had no idea how anything worked. All the circuits used op-amps and similar crap; even after taking a college electronics class for physics students, I still don't understand how an op-amp works. I know more or less what it's supposed to do, but its guts are a mystery to me.
My wedding photographer in St. Louis did the same thing. She even gave us signed forms saying she turned over all the rights to us. It was exactly what we wanted--we even got all the digital originals, which we now proudly display online. I'm not sure this comment has any value other than: Good for you! I appreciate the service you provide.
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Wait, there are companies in *other countries*?
Extensions -> Modify Path -> Color Markers to Match Stroke Yeah, that's a crappy damn interface to something that should happen automatically, but it works.
Plus, it takes 3 days to reboot!
But can't you measure whether the particle is in a distributed state or is in a single state? For instance, with diffraction, you can get a particle's distribution to interfere with itself, but that interference doesn't happen if you collapse the distribution by observation. If something similar could be done with spin, then you could test whether or not the other entangled particle has been collapsed, thereby passing information. Not that I'm convinced that logic is right, just that I don't understand why it's wrong.
You make a good point, but it's not possible to show the West's system to be superior if all evidence is censored. That's precisely what this article is about.
What they want is cheaper insurance, without danger to the ship, cargo, or crew. Marines don't really give that, but deterrents might.
Also, free cellular internet. http://xkcd.com/548/
Same here. Works for me, never seen this bug.
I find that Project VoteSmart makes it very easy to look up all sorts of information about your representatives, including their contact information.
If enough states pass such laws that Iowa's law comes into effect, the result will be: the winner of the popular vote will become president. It's true that'll happen through some intermediary system of electors, but what does it matter? The result of the election is *exactly* the same as if people voted directly for the president.
Yes, but we could do away with the electors, and make it so you're actually voting for the president. That's what the Iowa bill would do, once other states join in.
Surely I'm not the only one who thinks this'll be useless without open-source drivers, so you can actually make your fancy cluster use these vector-processing units.
Patents, dude. That's the reason they're around: so you can tell people how you did it, and still be the only one to do it. Some patents are evil, but I hope *someone* is using the system as it's intended.
That extra area doesn't get you anything, since it doesn't get any more sunlight. The needed area is the amount of flat ground, so sloped roofs are actually less efficient, since they need more solar panels per area of ground.
Am I the only one who can't help but think: he is the very model of a modern major general?
My god I wish I had mod points. That's the funniest thing I've read all day.
I swear The Mote in God's Eye is the only thing I thought of when I read "Crazy Eddie". In fact, the only reason I read the comments on this story was to see if anyone else was on the same wavelength. But apparently there was another Crazy Eddie. Who knew?!
Dude, this is not the problem of sci-fi authors. The sci-fi that I read includes plenty of non-humanoid creatures. The problem isn't the writing, it's the video--it's hard to make a good-looking alien that isn't roughly human-shaped, and frankly it's hard to get people to accept non-humanoid creatures as intelligent.
Precisely. Because of things like the Ken Thompson hack to infect compilers invisibly, we know that even open source systems can be hijacked. We need physical records that cannot be modified as verifiable evidence that your vote was cast as you thought, and we need random checks to make sure that the voting machines aren't bad.
Sure, it's a human life. But is it a person? The two are not synonymous. Ending a human life doesn't matter much if it's a brainless, unfeeling lump.
You talk about "significantly ... increasing the gravity." Are you really suggesting that we move planet-sized chunks of mass around the solar system? In order to increase the gravity of Mars by 10%, we'd have to move something on the order of the size of the moon. Do you have any idea how much energy that would require? It's completely infeasible for the foreseeable future; if you can manipulate the solar system on that level, you might as well just build a Dyson sphere or ringworld and have done with it.
Photons have momentum, but not mass. Yes, it's weird, but it moves solar sails.
Those spinny things that are black on one side don't actually work via light pressure. (If so, then the shiny side would get more pressure than the black side, since it's not only stopping photons, but also sending them back the other way; so the spinny thing would turn in the other direction.) Instead, the light heats the black bit, which heats the air nearby, expanding it and pushing on the black bit, making the whole thing spin.
I had one as a kid, and I was wildly disappointed. I followed the directions in the manual, and made circuits that did things, but I had no idea how anything worked. All the circuits used op-amps and similar crap; even after taking a college electronics class for physics students, I still don't understand how an op-amp works. I know more or less what it's supposed to do, but its guts are a mystery to me.
Um... he actually said, "I never have a NON-OBSOLETE computer". That's the exact opposite.
My wedding photographer in St. Louis did the same thing. She even gave us signed forms saying she turned over all the rights to us. It was exactly what we wanted--we even got all the digital originals, which we now proudly display online. I'm not sure this comment has any value other than: Good for you! I appreciate the service you provide.