Since the South Houses are being rennovated this year, the cannon was reportedly moved to the lawn of an administration building, not more than 15 ft from a road. I don't think it was locked, just heavy.
I always wondered why pyramid schemes were "illegal" when they are also the norm.
It's no coincidence that the dollar has a pyramid with an eye on the top on it.
Your calculation is only correct if the bug is the same density as thee mosquito. Fortunately, matter made up of atoms is mostly empty space. Atom size is roughly an Angstrom (10^-10 m), proton size is roughly a Fermi (10^-15 m), so volume (and hence density, since electrons are light) difference is about (10^5)^3 or 10^15, fixing your factor, roughly. Really what is meant by 'area' of the proton is the center of mass cross-section for the proton-proton collision.
A mosquito with nuclear density would be a heavy bug indeed.
And yes, IAAPhysicist.
You are agreeing to believe that there are logical, natural explanations for repeated observations. Natural selection is not readily observable. What is observable is the evidence of natural selection. If we then use that evidence to postulate a theory, then we can interpret future observations within the framework of that theory. There is a preponderance of evidence for amino acid buildup, so we theorize that that is the origin of life, and observations can be interpreted to reinforce or refute this hypothesis.
You do not have to believe anything. It is without this logical framework that some will ask you to agree to believe things. The debate over teaching ID in schools is that the ID people are trying to push Supernatural explanations and only consider data that supports their argument. That is not Science and should not be taught in Science class. Leave it for church.
"and Atlas Shrugged is supposedly in pre-production."
State your source. Casting/Crew/Studio?
At least the marketing would be easy. "Who is John Galt?" in 30-foot capitals on billboards across America. Enough to make Greenspan weep with joy.
Unfortunately I'm not sure the message of atheist individualist terrorists would sell well in our current sociopolitical climate.
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Steve: Oh, because it's got naked women in it! Look, I like naked women! I'm a bloke! I'm supposed to like them! We're born like that. We like naked women as soon as we're pulled out of one. Halfway down the birth canal we're already enjoying the view. Look, it's the four pillars of the male heterosexual psyche. We like: naked women, stockings, lesbians, and Sean Connery best as James Bond. Because that is what being a bloke is. And if you don't like it, darling, join a film collective. I want to spend the rest of my life with the woman at the end of the table here. But that does not stop me wanting to see several thousand more naked bottoms before I die. Because that's what being a bloke is. When Man invented fire, he didn't say "Hey, let's cook!" He said: "Great! Now we can see naked bottoms in the dark!" As soon as Caxton invented the printing press we were using it to make pictures of - hey! - naked bottoms. We've turned the Internet into an enormous international database of... naked bottoms. So, you see, the story of male achievement through the ages, feeble though it may have been, has been the story of our struggle to get a better look at your bottoms. Frankly, girls, I'm not so sure how insulted you really ought to be.
Stephenson has always been about politics and doom-and-gloom. Try "Interface" and "The Cobweb" (written under the nom de plume Stephen Bury, both political/sci-fi thrillers (Interface is one of my favorite NS books- a modern Manchurian Candidate). Or "Zodiac". Or "The Big U." It's all in there. In fact, I would go as far as saying that most great scifi/fantasy always has some political/historical overtones.
As to your hope in Gen-Y, well I would hope that too. But don't estimate the power of self centeredness and the need for instant gratification. If you want your faith shaken, try teaching HS or college for a bit....
They screened Jaws a couple years ago on Lake Austin, with the audience in innertubes. I think they had divers swimming around and grabbing at peoples ankles during the scary bits.
You don't want to know what they did during the screening of Deliverance.....
No. The whole point of relativity is that light travels THE SAME SPEED IN ALL FRAMES. If you have a steady state light source, things will become stretched, but nothing will darken due to 'slower photon rate'. What will happen is that there will be a doppler shift. If you are a human, eventually the things in front of you will be blueshifted out of the visible spectrum, and the back will be redshifted, so everything will go 'dark' (light non visible).
There will never be a 'boom' because of this, though what you see might lead you to believe that some of the builiding s overlap. In answer to how fast the buildings would go by (in parent), I believe that the exhibit just sets the 'speed of light' to be a reasonable bike speed (same as rescaling the buildings to be very big), and then just using the same mathematics with the slower 'light' speed.
don't rainstorm-rainbows separate out the other frequencies also (except for the frequences that water absorms)?
Water vapor is rather opaque to most a lot of ultraviolet light (that's why we can live here, since the atmosphere filters it out). IR is also pretty well absorbed (warmth). The whole reason we see visible light is that that was what mattered for evolution - it's what was there for the most part.
Actually, this statement was made at the same time as the decision for the US to rejoin ITER. THE DOESSP lists ITER as the #1 'big science' project for the next 20 years, ahead of things like CERN. It does seem ironic, but Bush really is a supporter of fusion research. I don't venture a guess why.
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It is well documented that Newton had a very contentious mannerism when it came to ideas. See the perpetual attacks on both Leibniz and Hooke. I think that if newton did post to slashdot (which would be rare since he was at times a bit of a recluse as well), he would be modded troll and flamebait.
The papers listed are all given with full citations, including year. Go to your local library, or anywhere that has a subscription to PROLA (prola.aps.org) (you can also get one if you join APS, but it can be expensive). There, you can get full text of all of the articles listed in this paper, and many many more. Though most will likely be beyond the grasp of someone without at least some treaining in physics, the early seminal papers are illuminating, EPR being an excellent example.
Good luck studying, and just because you're not a physics major now doesn't mean you can't become one with a little hard work if you want to!
Steven Weinberg, Nobel prize winning cosmologist, published this article a few months ago, detailing his reasons for not agreeing with the president's call for manned missions to the moon and mars. Basically, the argument is that science can be done cheaper and more safely by robots, and that people are clumsy and expensive. An interesting read to compare to the parent story, if for nothing else than to see what happens when scientists get old and opinionated.
WiFi suffers from the Free Rider problem. Why don't the businesses adopt an advertisement model, as in radio and online newspapers, e.g.:
Free WiFi hotspots, but you have to see an add every 3 or so pages you browse to, or sideboard model like Google. The ads could be for internet companies, or for local shops and restaurants. With the latter, local companies can reach travellers better.
Then you have the option of paying to not view the adds.
3.) Profit!
As it happens I am a super-Copenhagen believer, that is, our function, as conscious entities, is to observe the many possible universes and 'select' the real one.
Um, no. The Copenhagen interpretation is one of strict Logical Positivism. It states that QM is a complete description of probabalistic outcomes of the experiments only, not of the objective reality of the 'objects'. The main problem that people have interpreting QM is they try to treat the 'objects' (e.g. an electron) like a macroscopic object (e.g. an apple).
The Concious Observer framework was championed by Wigner, who although although he was a brilliant scientist, went a bit loony toward the end of his life. That happens to a lot of Quantum Physicists. I wonder why.....;-)
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Since the South Houses are being rennovated this year, the cannon was reportedly moved to the lawn of an administration building, not more than 15 ft from a road. I don't think it was locked, just heavy.
I always wondered why pyramid schemes were "illegal" when they are also the norm.
It's no coincidence that the dollar has a pyramid with an eye on the top on it.
Your calculation is only correct if the bug is the same density as thee mosquito. Fortunately, matter made up of atoms is mostly empty space. Atom size is roughly an Angstrom (10^-10 m), proton size is roughly a Fermi (10^-15 m), so volume (and hence density, since electrons are light) difference is about (10^5)^3 or 10^15, fixing your factor, roughly. Really what is meant by 'area' of the proton is the center of mass cross-section for the proton-proton collision.
A mosquito with nuclear density would be a heavy bug indeed. And yes, IAAPhysicist.
You are agreeing to believe that there are logical, natural explanations for repeated observations. Natural selection is not readily observable. What is observable is the evidence of natural selection. If we then use that evidence to postulate a theory, then we can interpret future observations within the framework of that theory. There is a preponderance of evidence for amino acid buildup, so we theorize that that is the origin of life, and observations can be interpreted to reinforce or refute this hypothesis.
You do not have to believe anything. It is without this logical framework that some will ask you to agree to believe things. The debate over teaching ID in schools is that the ID people are trying to push Supernatural explanations and only consider data that supports their argument. That is not Science and should not be taught in Science class. Leave it for church.
(I'd really like to find a way to surf the 'net and sew at the same time) ZK- http://www-306.ibm.com/software/voice/viavoice/ http://www.footmouse.com/
"and Atlas Shrugged is supposedly in pre-production." State your source. Casting/Crew/Studio? At least the marketing would be easy. "Who is John Galt?" in 30-foot capitals on billboards across America. Enough to make Greenspan weep with joy. Unfortunately I'm not sure the message of atheist individualist terrorists would sell well in our current sociopolitical climate.
Steve: Oh, because it's got naked women in it! Look, I like naked women! I'm a bloke! I'm supposed to like them! We're born like that. We like naked women as soon as we're pulled out of one. Halfway down the birth canal we're already enjoying the view. Look, it's the four pillars of the male heterosexual psyche. We like: naked women, stockings, lesbians, and Sean Connery best as James Bond. Because that is what being a bloke is. And if you don't like it, darling, join a film collective. I want to spend the rest of my life with the woman at the end of the table here. But that does not stop me wanting to see several thousand more naked bottoms before I die. Because that's what being a bloke is. When Man invented fire, he didn't say "Hey, let's cook!" He said: "Great! Now we can see naked bottoms in the dark!" As soon as Caxton invented the printing press we were using it to make pictures of - hey! - naked bottoms. We've turned the Internet into an enormous international database of... naked bottoms. So, you see, the story of male achievement through the ages, feeble though it may have been, has been the story of our struggle to get a better look at your bottoms. Frankly, girls, I'm not so sure how insulted you really ought to be.
That's Lord Kelvin to you! (Or Mr. Thomson)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Kelvin
Stephenson has always been about politics and doom-and-gloom. Try "Interface" and "The Cobweb" (written under the nom de plume Stephen Bury, both political/sci-fi thrillers (Interface is one of my favorite NS books- a modern Manchurian Candidate). Or "Zodiac". Or "The Big U." It's all in there. In fact, I would go as far as saying that most great scifi/fantasy always has some political/historical overtones. As to your hope in Gen-Y, well I would hope that too. But don't estimate the power of self centeredness and the need for instant gratification. If you want your faith shaken, try teaching HS or college for a bit....
They screened Jaws a couple years ago on Lake Austin, with the audience in innertubes. I think they had divers swimming around and grabbing at peoples ankles during the scary bits. You don't want to know what they did during the screening of Deliverance.....
No. The whole point of relativity is that light travels THE SAME SPEED IN ALL FRAMES. If you have a steady state light source, things will become stretched, but nothing will darken due to 'slower photon rate'. What will happen is that there will be a doppler shift. If you are a human, eventually the things in front of you will be blueshifted out of the visible spectrum, and the back will be redshifted, so everything will go 'dark' (light non visible).
There will never be a 'boom' because of this, though what you see might lead you to believe that some of the builiding s overlap. In answer to how fast the buildings would go by (in parent), I believe that the exhibit just sets the 'speed of light' to be a reasonable bike speed (same as rescaling the buildings to be very big), and then just using the same mathematics with the slower 'light' speed.
I'm sure DNA and Graham have had some great times in the great big pub in the sky...
don't rainstorm-rainbows separate out the other frequencies also (except for the frequences that water absorms)?
Water vapor is rather opaque to most a lot of ultraviolet light (that's why we can live here, since the atmosphere filters it out). IR is also pretty well absorbed (warmth). The whole reason we see visible light is that that was what mattered for evolution - it's what was there for the most part.
Is there a way to get browser statistics from akamai.net? wouldn't that be truly universal?
Actually, this statement was made at the same time as the decision for the US to rejoin ITER. THE DOESSP lists ITER as the #1 'big science' project for the next 20 years, ahead of things like CERN.
It does seem ironic, but Bush really is a supporter of fusion research. I don't venture a guess why.
It is well documented that Newton had a very contentious mannerism when it came to ideas. See the perpetual attacks on both Leibniz and Hooke. I think that if newton did post to slashdot (which would be rare since he was at times a bit of a recluse as well), he would be modded troll and flamebait.
Yeah, really. I mean how much space can you take up with 16 wonderous colors?
The papers listed are all given with full citations, including year. Go to your local library, or anywhere that has a subscription to PROLA (prola.aps.org) (you can also get one if you join APS, but it can be expensive). There, you can get full text of all of the articles listed in this paper, and many many more. Though most will likely be beyond the grasp of someone without at least some treaining in physics, the early seminal papers are illuminating, EPR being an excellent example.
Good luck studying, and just because you're not a physics major now doesn't mean you can't become one with a little hard work if you want to!
Just blame it on Arthur.
Now if only they made a Tick movie....
Shouldn't that be iPox on both their houses?
*ducks*
Steven Weinberg, Nobel prize winning cosmologist, published this article a few months ago, detailing his reasons for not agreeing with the president's call for manned missions to the moon and mars. Basically, the argument is that science can be done cheaper and more safely by robots, and that people are clumsy and expensive. An interesting read to compare to the parent story, if for nothing else than to see what happens when scientists get old and opinionated.
Nothing is not worth knowing.
Well, except for what happens after you die. Of course, if the atheists are right, the statement is still true.
WiFi suffers from the Free Rider problem. Why don't the businesses adopt an advertisement model, as in radio and online newspapers, e.g.: Free WiFi hotspots, but you have to see an add every 3 or so pages you browse to, or sideboard model like Google. The ads could be for internet companies, or for local shops and restaurants. With the latter, local companies can reach travellers better. Then you have the option of paying to not view the adds. 3.) Profit!
As it happens I am a super-Copenhagen believer, that is, our function, as conscious entities, is to observe the many possible universes and 'select' the real one. Um, no. The Copenhagen interpretation is one of strict Logical Positivism. It states that QM is a complete description of probabalistic outcomes of the experiments only, not of the objective reality of the 'objects'. The main problem that people have interpreting QM is they try to treat the 'objects' (e.g. an electron) like a macroscopic object (e.g. an apple). The Concious Observer framework was championed by Wigner, who although although he was a brilliant scientist, went a bit loony toward the end of his life. That happens to a lot of Quantum Physicists. I wonder why ..... ;-)
In NY, this is the Carmel Taxi service, nice thought though.