Totally off topic, but my roommate in college got dumped by his girlfriend who attended the University of North Texas. He had a t-shirt made that said:
My ex-girlfriend is a Co-ed at the University of North Texas
He wore that to the club where they both hung out and had met. It was a hilarious night when she showed up.
Hmmm... option 1) Have your employer arrested. Consequences: Further more subtle harrasment at work, company profits tank, company may go bankrupt, sending you job hunting. Or... option 2) Take the thick wad of money on the table, introduce bills that make your employer more profitable, you get big bonuses and high job security.
The number of principled people who would take option 1 over option 2, and also be the type to 1) run in, and 2) be able to win an election is so vanishingly small as to be non-existant.
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Build out the biggest friggin nuclear reactor ever created, stick it a few hundred miles in space, microwave that power back to earth. What's wrong with this?
Umm....dude. It's like called the Sun, you know?
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What Hubbert, and so many of his followers fail to realize is the reason U.S. oil production peaked in the 70's. It had nothing to do with failing reserves, or empty oil fields. It had everything to do with rising costs for extracting oil in the U.S. My family has owned mineral rights in western Oklahoma for over 100 years (land rush in 1889). The first oil and gas wells were drilled on family land around 1940. From about 1978 untill 2002, those wells were pumping at "maintenance levels" only. This means they pumped just enough to keep the self lubrication working and fill the holding tanks as slowly as possible. This was because, the cost of maintenance and transport in the U.S. for that time meant that a barrel of oil cost the oil company $38 to deliver it to the refinery. During that same time avareage world oil prices were $20 - $35 per barrel. The royalty checks for the family, that used to run $4,000 a month or more during the 60's dropped to a couple hundred a month during the 80's and 90's. Most of the family sold thier share of the mineral rights during that time. Now, with higher oil prices those wells are being put back into pruduction and the royalty checks are looking better. Last estimate we received from the oil company surveyors was that we still have probably over 50 million barrels sitting under our land. But if the price per barrel drops again, our wells will be shut back down until they can be profitable.
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Damn straight. Once I get you harnessed into one of these babies, I'll be all set. Not to mention I'll still be able to read the paper and talk on my cell phone on my way to work while you do all the peddling.
But the pill is so much easier, not to mention cheaper at $1,000 per year. Fresh produce, lean meat, and the time and effort to properly prepare it are much more expensive and time consuming than driving through McDonald's. I like a well prepared meal out of high quality foodstuffs as much or more than most people, but most mealtimes I just want basic sustanance that will take the least amount of time and money to keep me going till I have time to sit and enjoy a real meal.
In addition, structured exercise sucks. Jogging, bicycling, lifting weights, racqeutball, I find all of them extremely boring. Most "sports" I like to participate in are very low in exercise value, sailing, motorbikes, flying, hang gliding.
For me, just give me the pill so I don't have to worry about it. Then I could spend much more time just enjoying life instead of worring about how to keep it longer.
You have a fundamental misunderstanding of what QM is. QM, or more accurately Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) is no more, and no less, than a series of equations and constants that predicts the results of any experiment you care to make to a higher precision than anyone has ever been able to measure. In other words, so far the equations predict everything exactly as it really happens. QED does not say that the universe will end in an unfortunate roll of the dice.
What QED does not do is say anything about why or how the experiment turns out the way it does. QED is not a Theory, it is a set of very precise natural laws. What we do have are all of these really odd Theories like Many Worlds, Strings, and others that try to explain why QED works. And absolutely none of the theories has yet produced any experiment that can actually be performed where the results can only be explained if things work the precise way the theory states. QED will tell you exactly what will happen, but as you pointed out you can come up with dozens of explanations of why it worked out that way.
People need to realize that any public (in the U.S. meaning of public) education system can never stay devoted to teaching kids to reach thier highest potential in intelligence and critical thinking. With the politicians in charge of determining what the abilities of the future generations are, you have to look at motivations.
It is not in the best interest of the sheperd to raise smarter sheep.
Another good source for suggestions on best hardware for your price range is the buyer's guides at Sharky Extreme. Monthly (approximately) they put together the best gamer box they can for $1,000, $2,500, and $4,000.
But that is the great thing about OSS, both sides can get (and give) what they want. The resource-hog, include-every-last-imaginable-feature crew can program what they want, and the I-only-have-this-solar-powered-TRS-80 can take the parts they need and recompile.
The ones that really do not want to hear from these people are the closed source, make-a-buck-from-every-line-of-code companies.
Not exactly an un-biased source, but thier claims should be relatively easily verified for anyone who wants to wade through the congressional testimony. For whatever that is worth.
Actually most modern elevator installations, especially those in tall buildings are almost totally software controlled.
In one of my 3rd year software engineering classes we spent the entire year programming, each module a seperate assignment, a software control system for a bank of 4 elevators in a 20 story building. The idea was to optimise utilization to minimize wait time for every floor. So when somebody pushed the button on the 20th floor, there should be an elevator less than 30 seconds away. As each elevator moved according to passenger requests the others would automatically adjust thier "wait" locations to minimize delay.
Through the whole class we joked about real people personalities, and switching majors to psych so we could counsel depressed elevators...
You are making the assumption that New York City is worth a crap. Personally, I think the indians had a pretty good fortune teller in the tribe, saw what would happen and got the better of the deal.;-)
Because, if they had designed it to be robotically repaired, they would have had to make the design for robotic capabilities of 14 years ago. At that time robotics were so bulky/heavy/difficult to precisely control that sending a robot to repair such a delicate instrument in such a hostile environment was, literally, unthinkable.
Conversely, in another 20 years after the next-gen telescope has been in orbit for 15 years, someone on slashdot will inevitable ask why didn't we design it today to be able to be serviced by the super high power remote laser dohicky from the front lawn of the White House.
Of course this question will immediately be followed by does it run Linux, and In Soviet Russia...
RTF CnX. This device will only load books in a proprietary Sony format. The files are only available from a Sony run eBook company. To make matters far worse, this one-and-only source for content only lets you "check out" books for 2 months. At the end of that time, you can no longer read the documents you paid for.
I.e. an expensive POS till somebody hacks it and gets rid of Sony's DRM BS. Even then, You're still stuck with MemoryStick for transfer though:-(.
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I used to own an 89 Chevy Caprice that actully looked exactly like this case.
Thus imeediately proving to them that there is no intelligent life on this planet.
Totally off topic, but my roommate in college got dumped by his girlfriend who attended the University of North Texas. He had a t-shirt made that said:
My ex-girlfriend is a
Co-ed at the
University of
North
Texas
He wore that to the club where they both hung out and had met. It was a hilarious night when she showed up.
Hmmm... option 1) Have your employer arrested. Consequences: Further more subtle harrasment at work, company profits tank, company may go bankrupt, sending you job hunting. Or... option 2) Take the thick wad of money on the table, introduce bills that make your employer more profitable, you get big bonuses and high job security.
The number of principled people who would take option 1 over option 2, and also be the type to 1) run in, and 2) be able to win an election is so vanishingly small as to be non-existant.
Umm....dude. It's like called the Sun, you know?
What Hubbert, and so many of his followers fail to realize is the reason U.S. oil production peaked in the 70's. It had nothing to do with failing reserves, or empty oil fields. It had everything to do with rising costs for extracting oil in the U.S. My family has owned mineral rights in western Oklahoma for over 100 years (land rush in 1889). The first oil and gas wells were drilled on family land around 1940. From about 1978 untill 2002, those wells were pumping at "maintenance levels" only. This means they pumped just enough to keep the self lubrication working and fill the holding tanks as slowly as possible. This was because, the cost of maintenance and transport in the U.S. for that time meant that a barrel of oil cost the oil company $38 to deliver it to the refinery. During that same time avareage world oil prices were $20 - $35 per barrel. The royalty checks for the family, that used to run $4,000 a month or more during the 60's dropped to a couple hundred a month during the 80's and 90's. Most of the family sold thier share of the mineral rights during that time. Now, with higher oil prices those wells are being put back into pruduction and the royalty checks are looking better. Last estimate we received from the oil company surveyors was that we still have probably over 50 million barrels sitting under our land. But if the price per barrel drops again, our wells will be shut back down until they can be profitable.
Damn straight. Once I get you harnessed into one of these babies, I'll be all set. Not to mention I'll still be able to read the paper and talk on my cell phone on my way to work while you do all the peddling.
But the pill is so much easier, not to mention cheaper at $1,000 per year. Fresh produce, lean meat, and the time and effort to properly prepare it are much more expensive and time consuming than driving through McDonald's. I like a well prepared meal out of high quality foodstuffs as much or more than most people, but most mealtimes I just want basic sustanance that will take the least amount of time and money to keep me going till I have time to sit and enjoy a real meal.
In addition, structured exercise sucks. Jogging, bicycling, lifting weights, racqeutball, I find all of them extremely boring. Most "sports" I like to participate in are very low in exercise value, sailing, motorbikes, flying, hang gliding.
For me, just give me the pill so I don't have to worry about it. Then I could spend much more time just enjoying life instead of worring about how to keep it longer.
As I have said before on
"It is not in the best interest of the sheperd to breed smarter sheep."
Apply as needed to all posts regarding government controlled or sponsored education.
You have a fundamental misunderstanding of what QM is. QM, or more accurately Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) is no more, and no less, than a series of equations and constants that predicts the results of any experiment you care to make to a higher precision than anyone has ever been able to measure. In other words, so far the equations predict everything exactly as it really happens. QED does not say that the universe will end in an unfortunate roll of the dice.
What QED does not do is say anything about why or how the experiment turns out the way it does. QED is not a Theory, it is a set of very precise natural laws. What we do have are all of these really odd Theories like Many Worlds, Strings, and others that try to explain why QED works. And absolutely none of the theories has yet produced any experiment that can actually be performed where the results can only be explained if things work the precise way the theory states. QED will tell you exactly what will happen, but as you pointed out you can come up with dozens of explanations of why it worked out that way.
Actually, the news is reporting that several brought thier golf clubs...
People need to realize that any public (in the U.S. meaning of public) education system can never stay devoted to teaching kids to reach thier highest potential in intelligence and critical thinking. With the politicians in charge of determining what the abilities of the future generations are, you have to look at motivations.
It is not in the best interest of the sheperd to raise smarter sheep.
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Another good source for suggestions on best hardware for your price range is the buyer's guides at Sharky Extreme. Monthly (approximately) they put together the best gamer box they can for $1,000, $2,500, and $4,000.
But that is the great thing about OSS, both sides can get (and give) what they want. The resource-hog, include-every-last-imaginable-feature crew can program what they want, and the I-only-have-this-solar-powered-TRS-80 can take the parts they need and recompile.
The ones that really do not want to hear from these people are the closed source, make-a-buck-from-every-line-of-code companies.
Funny, I first immediately thought about The Librarian in The Time Machine.
Not exactly an un-biased source, but thier claims should be relatively easily verified for anyone who wants to wade through the congressional testimony. For whatever that is worth.
Actually most modern elevator installations, especially those in tall buildings are almost totally software controlled. In one of my 3rd year software engineering classes we spent the entire year programming, each module a seperate assignment, a software control system for a bank of 4 elevators in a 20 story building. The idea was to optimise utilization to minimize wait time for every floor. So when somebody pushed the button on the 20th floor, there should be an elevator less than 30 seconds away. As each elevator moved according to passenger requests the others would automatically adjust thier "wait" locations to minimize delay.
Through the whole class we joked about real people personalities, and switching majors to psych so we could counsel depressed elevators...
You are making the assumption that New York City is worth a crap. Personally, I think the indians had a pretty good fortune teller in the tribe, saw what would happen and got the better of the deal.
Not to mention that a bot is far more likely to submit a story without spelling errors.
Somebody's been watching too much Harry Potter and the moving staircases.
Because, if they had designed it to be robotically repaired, they would have had to make the design for robotic capabilities of 14 years ago. At that time robotics were so bulky/heavy/difficult to precisely control that sending a robot to repair such a delicate instrument in such a hostile environment was, literally, unthinkable.
Conversely, in another 20 years after the next-gen telescope has been in orbit for 15 years, someone on slashdot will inevitable ask why didn't we design it today to be able to be serviced by the super high power remote laser dohicky from the front lawn of the White House.
Of course this question will immediately be followed by does it run Linux, and In Soviet Russia...
I think many plastic surgeons have prior art for that.
"Never ascribe to malice, what can adequately be explained by incompetence."
RTF CnX. This device will only load books in a proprietary Sony format. The files are only available from a Sony run eBook company. To make matters far worse, this one-and-only source for content only lets you "check out" books for 2 months. At the end of that time, you can no longer read the documents you paid for.
I.e. an expensive POS till somebody hacks it and gets rid of Sony's DRM BS. Even then, You're still stuck with MemoryStick for transfer though