It's also a supposition that the laws of motion apply to planetary bodies without direct experimentation upon them; however it's a reasonable and effective model, and consistent with the principle that the universe is consistent regardless of space, time, and reference frame.
I'd say that an irreversible cessation of consciousness is actually a pretty solid definition of death, myself. Of course being conscious or not is not a measure of being alive in and of itself, or we'd all be dead every time we went to sleep.
I don't think the Vedas are all that vague about the age, beginning and end of the universe, unless you choose to ignore the parts that explicitly contradict what we do know from observation.
Yet different parts of the brain communicate with one another when we're unconscious; in this study, the connectedness metric only dropped to one half its normal value when a person was knocked out. So while that's a necessary condition it is not sufficient.
To summarise what you're saying: not only do we not know how the phenomenology of consciousness maps onto the physical substrate, we haven't even properly pinned down the phenomenology itself.
It's like we're trying to figure out a five-dimensional-chess computer without actually knowing the rules of chess.
It was a film reference, but in all seriousness any firearms situation in which you need to stop and reload is probably one you shouldn't be getting into. It's meant to be a deterrent, not a way to blast your way out of a confrontation with a cartel.
It matters because it's interesting and implies new applications. Why is it that every time there's a new idea presented on Slashdot, the slightest connection to existing technology makes it completely worthless?
Now I feel like a smartass. Anyway, my point is that it's not necessarily obvious what you'd want to take to have a nutritious yet varied diet while minimising load.
Actually, earnings reports do have a legal obligation to accuracy and deliberately omitting certain kinds of currently-available information is actionable. If you know that your company's sole manufacturing sites got hit by meteors you can't just leave that out of the earnings report. Now, you might disagree with the idea of legally regulated reporting, but that doesn't mean it's not true.
I don't know if this is a regional thing or what but I absolutely devour beans, cheese and the like and don't seem to encounter the sort of apocalyptic digestive consequences that I see cited on where whenever someone brings up sturdy food.
What causes some people to have such weaponised digestive tracts?
The proposal isn't actually about literature; it's explicitly about textbooks. I dare say it'd have a really hard time with literature because important contextual information is unlikely to be held in the text snippet that it's supposed to visualise. For example it would be pretty trivial to put together an illustration of "1000 men storm the river whatevs" given that it's an abstract, but "What light through yonder window breaks?" takes a lot more foreknowledge.
I suspect the original intention was for them to be able to programatically generate those little illustrative videos you used to see on Encarta articles. Most of the claims are trashed so whatever the original patent was, it was quite a bit more substantial.
In the second Revelation Space novel, the idea you're describing is mooted under that name. I forget the details (even though I just read it) because it was shortly followed by a discussion of realistic relativistic space combat and just, wow. Anyway, I think the name was Alistair Reynolds' own coinage, using "Dyson" in this instance as an adjective synonymous with "megastructural".
I'd Google up the relevant passage but I'm still knee deep in the last act of the book and, y'know, spoilers.
When the government decides not to pay for it you go private. Even in the UK we have BUPA providing treatments the NHS doesn't view as effective. (E.g. cancer drugs that extend life for a decade, but cost millions per survivor over that time period; you get better survival by putting that money into a few hundred cancer surgeons).
That looks exactly like a tiny clutch purse. I don't mean that as a criticism in and of itself but given that the device is meant to be the solution to carrying something that looks like a ladies' accessory I'm not sure they've hit their design goals.
Satchel, bag, messager bag, whatever. Some sort of sack that goes over your shoulder and things go into. It's the twenty-first century, your options aren't restricted to "pockets, backpack, bum bag, or purse" any more.
That said, for something the size of a Kindle many suit jackets have appropriately sized inside pockets. Discreet, tasteful, comfortable. And probably fairly unique, unless you work in a horrible suits-based office building.
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It's also a supposition that the laws of motion apply to planetary bodies without direct experimentation upon them; however it's a reasonable and effective model, and consistent with the principle that the universe is consistent regardless of space, time, and reference frame.
I'd say that an irreversible cessation of consciousness is actually a pretty solid definition of death, myself. Of course being conscious or not is not a measure of being alive in and of itself, or we'd all be dead every time we went to sleep.
Enlighten us with your secret knowledge of Samsung's manufacturing processes, upon which your whole argument is predicated.
I don't think the Vedas are all that vague about the age, beginning and end of the universe, unless you choose to ignore the parts that explicitly contradict what we do know from observation.
Yet different parts of the brain communicate with one another when we're unconscious; in this study, the connectedness metric only dropped to one half its normal value when a person was knocked out. So while that's a necessary condition it is not sufficient.
To summarise what you're saying: not only do we not know how the phenomenology of consciousness maps onto the physical substrate, we haven't even properly pinned down the phenomenology itself.
It's like we're trying to figure out a five-dimensional-chess computer without actually knowing the rules of chess.
It was a film reference, but in all seriousness any firearms situation in which you need to stop and reload is probably one you shouldn't be getting into. It's meant to be a deterrent, not a way to blast your way out of a confrontation with a cartel.
It matters because it's interesting and implies new applications. Why is it that every time there's a new idea presented on Slashdot, the slightest connection to existing technology makes it completely worthless?
Now I feel like a smartass. Anyway, my point is that it's not necessarily obvious what you'd want to take to have a nutritious yet varied diet while minimising load.
Day N^2. Redshirts.
I'll note that they didn't disclaim the existence of lawsuits, only their outcomes.
Actually, earnings reports do have a legal obligation to accuracy and deliberately omitting certain kinds of currently-available information is actionable. If you know that your company's sole manufacturing sites got hit by meteors you can't just leave that out of the earnings report. Now, you might disagree with the idea of legally regulated reporting, but that doesn't mean it's not true.
You normally go camping for four months at a time, and do all your shopping before you leave, smartass?
The second place winner in main dishes deserves praise, I think.
http://hi-seas.org/?p=2204
I don't know if this is a regional thing or what but I absolutely devour beans, cheese and the like and don't seem to encounter the sort of apocalyptic digestive consequences that I see cited on where whenever someone brings up sturdy food.
What causes some people to have such weaponised digestive tracts?
I caved. The relevant passage. Tread lightly.
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QIcSojmQT4UC&lpg=PT614&ots=4d7HfdrA1J&dq=%22dyson%20motor%22%20revelation%20space&pg=PT614#v=onepage&q=%22dyson%20motor%22%20revelation%20space&f=false
Nope, no it isn't, this is what I get for reading the claims first.
The proposal isn't actually about literature; it's explicitly about textbooks. I dare say it'd have a really hard time with literature because important contextual information is unlikely to be held in the text snippet that it's supposed to visualise. For example it would be pretty trivial to put together an illustration of "1000 men storm the river whatevs" given that it's an abstract, but "What light through yonder window breaks?" takes a lot more foreknowledge.
I suspect the original intention was for them to be able to programatically generate those little illustrative videos you used to see on Encarta articles. Most of the claims are trashed so whatever the original patent was, it was quite a bit more substantial.
In the second Revelation Space novel, the idea you're describing is mooted under that name. I forget the details (even though I just read it) because it was shortly followed by a discussion of realistic relativistic space combat and just, wow. Anyway, I think the name was Alistair Reynolds' own coinage, using "Dyson" in this instance as an adjective synonymous with "megastructural".
I'd Google up the relevant passage but I'm still knee deep in the last act of the book and, y'know, spoilers.
Except that in Pluto's case it was a side effect, not the objective.
When the government decides not to pay for it you go private. Even in the UK we have BUPA providing treatments the NHS doesn't view as effective. (E.g. cancer drugs that extend life for a decade, but cost millions per survivor over that time period; you get better survival by putting that money into a few hundred cancer surgeons).
It sounds like you've spent more time thinking about this than anyone here has spent worrying about holsters or mechanical pencils.
That looks exactly like a tiny clutch purse. I don't mean that as a criticism in and of itself but given that the device is meant to be the solution to carrying something that looks like a ladies' accessory I'm not sure they've hit their design goals.
Extra magazines? Are you worried about getting into a shootout with, zhe Ghermans?
Satchel, bag, messager bag, whatever. Some sort of sack that goes over your shoulder and things go into. It's the twenty-first century, your options aren't restricted to "pockets, backpack, bum bag, or purse" any more.
That said, for something the size of a Kindle many suit jackets have appropriately sized inside pockets. Discreet, tasteful, comfortable. And probably fairly unique, unless you work in a horrible suits-based office building.