Slightly OT, but a question I'd like to know the answer to: Why does light slow down? I mean, there's pretty much nothing there under the standard model (vast goatse spaces between atoms), to be travelling they can't be being absorbed or anything by the atoms(nucleons(quarks)), what is it which slows it down?
Surely the evidence for this is a little sketchy....? If constants start changing maybe you should look at the theories which are telling you this, and work on the assumption they might be a little buggy, rather than that wierd shit is happening (hard to disprove wierd shit, which moves into the territory of philosophy)....
I think that there is a historical reason for that thingy.... when us british were running the place there was some kind of open warrant thing which meant they could do anything they wanted really, and you had to help them. Good to know that you aren't going down *that* route, that would be incredibly ironic after all....
Probably not cried with joy, but he'd have promoted the guy who wrote it, sure. I get the feeling that organising oppression ain't really an emotional business, but just a *business*.
I'd like to refer you to principles of democracy.... such events would take their power from the majority of people who are doing them i.e. the Slashdot effect. In a forum like the internet, no single corporation has the powers to shut down everyone, but the flip side is the case - if everyone wants to, they can shut down anyone. If you have problems with that, you'll probably not trust a democratic process to choose the right person for political office either....
Errr.... if you're american, that might be the case. Bad luck, democracy sucks:P
"Please give even one example of a war happening primarily because of defense contractors being able to profit off of it. I can't think of a single instance myself."
Well.... some would find it suspicious when a large company which a leading official in the administration owns a chunk of the company which gains huge, vast contracts for stuff like rebuilding without an open or indeed much of any bidding process for them.
I mean, that might not be "primarily", but its something to think about, eh?
Cost of energy ain't simple... unless we get cold fusion working soon, then free energy probably ain't happening. Also, you still need the raw materials to put in these things.... don't you think that getting things to a state where they can be used by this machine would be more expensive than just growing them?
Errr.... maths? Anyone? 22 minutes times 13 != 260 hours. It equals 286 minutes. That is 4 hours, 46 minutes. Who the hell modded this up, someone who couldn't add?
Dude.... the accounts of the EU haven't been signed off since 1994. Corruption is rife, they're scamming money every which way. The whole thing needs to be attacked by an army of accountants with flamethrowers to have a chance of not collapsing under its own weight.
Freedom is a virus? Where do you guys come up with this stuff....
I find it interesting that Bush has proven himself. I also find it interesting that an international network forcing the limiting of the freedom of the american people as an emergency measure, something which we can all agree is a pretty extreme measure, isn't striking twice a day.
It isn't hard to find explosives, 350 tons of them just went missing in Iraq. It isn't hard to *make* explosives, ask any chemist. Why aren't there attacks every day?
If this is a result of the anti-terrorist actions, where are the arrests? Where is the proof? Dammit, why haven't we found a single guy, the one damn guy with enough money on his head to make everyone after him. I'd turn him in if I were them. It beggars belief. If this is a proven candidate, then hell yeah, I'd go for the guy who says he can do better, because it'd be hard to do worse. Freeing Iraq, yeah its a good cause, but you *don't* want to tie down your military in an occupation when you're facing a mobile threat dammit, its pretty basic reasoning. Alienating a whole bunch of allies is also pretty dumb.
The terrorists aren't scared at another Bush admin, they're just incompetent, probably by nature of being terrorists. Doesn't encourage good tactical thinking y'know. Your reasoning scares me, as you should be able to understand that your freedom is worth more than safety or lives, and you you are giving it away and gaining neither of those (I think there is a quote from Jefferson on that).
Mind you, Kerry is a corporate whore too, but please, don't think that Bush is the best you can do.
This is a rant, but give some thought to your own premesis before attacking mine. I'm perfect after all, just like the patriot act is patriotic.
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Slightly OT, but a question I'd like to know the answer to: Why does light slow down? I mean, there's pretty much nothing there under the standard model (vast goatse spaces between atoms), to be travelling they can't be being absorbed or anything by the atoms(nucleons(quarks)), what is it which slows it down?
Nope, this is slashdot... you're the only one. *zing*
Surely the evidence for this is a little sketchy....? If constants start changing maybe you should look at the theories which are telling you this, and work on the assumption they might be a little buggy, rather than that wierd shit is happening (hard to disprove wierd shit, which moves into the territory of philosophy)....
How do you know that the force didn't act on the whole of the rest of the universe? 'Tis everything else which was accelerated!
Ah, I love relative frameworks. *goes looking for the ether wind again*
The fact there is a big wolf outside might be why they're doing all the shouting. Shooting the messenger won't help solve the problem.
Ah yes, but would that make the maths better? After all, the maths doesn't care how it's taught, it just gets done.
Dammit, I started calling Spiderman 2 that as well. He really was getting hurt every shot.
I think that there is a historical reason for that thingy.... when us british were running the place there was some kind of open warrant thing which meant they could do anything they wanted really, and you had to help them. Good to know that you aren't going down *that* route, that would be incredibly ironic after all....
~45% is unpopular? Wow, mass media has really won...
career oriented != better person That's all I have to say on that...
Methinks that some slashdotters are a little too gullivle...
We British took it with us when we left.
Probably not cried with joy, but he'd have promoted the guy who wrote it, sure. I get the feeling that organising oppression ain't really an emotional business, but just a *business*.
I'd like to refer you to principles of democracy.... such events would take their power from the majority of people who are doing them i.e. the Slashdot effect. In a forum like the internet, no single corporation has the powers to shut down everyone, but the flip side is the case - if everyone wants to, they can shut down anyone. If you have problems with that, you'll probably not trust a democratic process to choose the right person for political office either....
:P
Errr.... if you're american, that might be the case. Bad luck, democracy sucks
"Please give even one example of a war happening primarily because of defense contractors being able to profit off of it. I can't think of a single instance myself." Well.... some would find it suspicious when a large company which a leading official in the administration owns a chunk of the company which gains huge, vast contracts for stuff like rebuilding without an open or indeed much of any bidding process for them. I mean, that might not be "primarily", but its something to think about, eh?
You, sir, are a king amongst men. I would add you to my friends list, but I fear that I would be arrested shortly after your unfortunate demise.
Errr.... helium doesn't usually explode. Its pretty non-reactive really. You're probably thinking of hydrogen.
Cost of energy ain't simple... unless we get cold fusion working soon, then free energy probably ain't happening. Also, you still need the raw materials to put in these things.... don't you think that getting things to a state where they can be used by this machine would be more expensive than just growing them?
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Shutdown Every Desktop!
Errr.... maths? Anyone? 22 minutes times 13 != 260 hours. It equals 286 minutes. That is 4 hours, 46 minutes. Who the hell modded this up, someone who couldn't add?
Dude.... the accounts of the EU haven't been signed off since 1994. Corruption is rife, they're scamming money every which way. The whole thing needs to be attacked by an army of accountants with flamethrowers to have a chance of not collapsing under its own weight.
I can say all those three things! I don't write code, you insensitive clod!
You bastards!
Shatner! Is that you?
Damn, you gotta love this world....
Freedom is a virus? Where do you guys come up with this stuff....
I find it interesting that Bush has proven himself. I also find it interesting that an international network forcing the limiting of the freedom of the american people as an emergency measure, something which we can all agree is a pretty extreme measure, isn't striking twice a day.
It isn't hard to find explosives, 350 tons of them just went missing in Iraq. It isn't hard to *make* explosives, ask any chemist. Why aren't there attacks every day?
If this is a result of the anti-terrorist actions, where are the arrests? Where is the proof? Dammit, why haven't we found a single guy, the one damn guy with enough money on his head to make everyone after him. I'd turn him in if I were them. It beggars belief. If this is a proven candidate, then hell yeah, I'd go for the guy who says he can do better, because it'd be hard to do worse. Freeing Iraq, yeah its a good cause, but you *don't* want to tie down your military in an occupation when you're facing a mobile threat dammit, its pretty basic reasoning. Alienating a whole bunch of allies is also pretty dumb.
The terrorists aren't scared at another Bush admin, they're just incompetent, probably by nature of being terrorists. Doesn't encourage good tactical thinking y'know. Your reasoning scares me, as you should be able to understand that your freedom is worth more than safety or lives, and you you are giving it away and gaining neither of those (I think there is a quote from Jefferson on that).
Mind you, Kerry is a corporate whore too, but please, don't think that Bush is the best you can do.
This is a rant, but give some thought to your own premesis before attacking mine. I'm perfect after all, just like the patriot act is patriotic.