erm. wasn't battlestar galactica cancelled in part due to legal troubles? It would seem that ST is the microsoft of Sci Fi. A lot of good shows are relegated to the fringes (Stargate, Farscape, Bab5) because ST is eating up all the Scifi mindshare. At least it must in the minds of the network execs. They seem to have a formula: something% sci fi, 40% cynical lawyer/cop show, 30% sappy sitcom, 5% unwatchable spy show, etc. It changes a little, but most of the scifi offerings on major networks seem laughably poorly done. (Knight rider 2000? Cleopatra 2525?) Why were these shows even on the air? Even your vaunted ST:TNG was really The Young and the Restless in Space. (TNG was absolutely the worst ST ever. Despite the concentration of full episodes to some whining loser with feeelings, the characters were surprisingly static and remarkeably incompetant at:35 past the hour.)
Wow paypal seriously? I'm just the opposite. If the site supports paypal, I run like [something that runs fast].
I always thought paypal was either a scam or at the very least, sketchy. Let's look at what they do:
They enable you to make purchases from companies/people who are not large enough or trustworthy enough to obtain a CC point of sale account from a real bank.
If it's a company, the it's obviously point 2. not trustworthy enough. If it's a person, you can't tell, but either way refunds are going to be a hassle. CC has a legal limit of $50 liability on stolen card info. (assuming you act in good faith) They also allow you to stop payment on certain charges while you work out the issues. AFAIK, paypal does not offer these guarantees, nor is it legaly required to offer anything similar, but it does have access to either your credit card numbers (dangerous) or bank account (really dangerous)
Yeah I gave up on ebay a couple of years ago too when I noticed that I could get the same items *new* for lower than the average ending bid price. (everything seems to end within a dollar or two of the MSRP. It's very weird)
erm. what's wrong with hybrids in rallies? As i understand it, there's lots of breaking and accelerating around corners and such.. that would seem ideal for hybrid cars?
didn't it work the other way around though? The government project had had billions of dollars sunk into it and over fifteen years to completion when this private company came along and looked like it was going to finish in only a couple.. both projects finished ahead of schedule if I recall.
Just figure out the probability of producing an infinite improbability drive and plug that into your handy finite improbability drive. Jeez even a janitor could figure that out...
Forgot to add that Acela (when it's working) is Boston to Washington. Also, the last time I rode on it (and the ride is much smoother than the regular regional train - i don't know why) (Penn station - Providence) the ticket was more than a commuter flight would've been had i thought to buy the ticket a couple of months in advance. (And the express cost twice as much)
They really need to rethink their pricing schedule (esp. since amtrak seems to get more public subsidy than medicare)
As long as it's going to be publicly funded like it is, lets make them try out some much lower prices and see what that does to ridership and revinue.
What did you get bored halfway through and forget to read the rest?
In this circumstance, the best solution would seem to be to present as many theories and explanations as is possible in the time alloted for cosmology. This means that creation should be discussed (although the non-falsifiability should of course also be mentioned) as it is a leading non-evolution...
If these people are so dangerous that we need "Megan's Law" to let people know when they're moving in nearby, and now this to keep track of them, then why let them out of prison at all?
Seriously. Prison isn't rehab (though it tries to be sometimes) It's punishment. or maybe warehousing. If these people are that dangerous and unrehabilible that they need to be tracked like this for ever, we should really rethink the prison terms they are recieving.
I don't think Lysenkoism means what you think it means. The quick google search yeilds several articles, including a wikipedia article, in which lysenko is said to be a russian biologist? who favored a theory in which aquired traits are passed on to succeeding generations. This theory is easily disproved in the practice of cropping the tails or ears of showdogs. Succeeding generations must also have their tails cropped to conform to the standard, therefore the trait of a cropped tail is not passed on. This 'theory' is as related to evolution as astrology is to astronomy.
Are there any other convenient web sources documenting the testing of 3 and 4? I'd rather not spend months sifting through biology abstracts if a quick source is avail. I may be a little rusty since HS bio. I was posting on general knowledge and tried to stay as general as possible
True, but taking advantage of PRB-1, which is designed to facilitate your amateur access to the spectrum, in order to build a tower which is designed primarily to make commercial use of the spectrum is a bit sketchy as far as the spirit of the law goes. Though it certainly appears to be well within the letter of it. I would suggest that what is needed is to enact a similar law to PRB-1, specifically mentioning commercial stations. this would clear everything up.
Design an experiment capable of falsifying the theory of evolution.
Remember that proving that evolution is possible is different than proving that we evolved from apes.
Design an experiment capable of falsifying the corollary to the theory of evolution that suggests that we are evolved from apes.
I propose that those experiments cannot yet be designed. The proof of evolution is therefore in the future. Unfortunately, the possibility of Creation cannot be excluded by experiment. At least not by any experiment I can imagine.
The problem with teaching any cosmology at all in primary schools is that none of it is currently proved or proveable. In this circumstance, the best solution would seem to be to present as many theories and explanations as is possible in the time alloted for cosmology. This means that creation should be discussed (although the non-falsifiability should of course also be mentioned) as it is a leading non-evolution explanation of how we are here.
I do have a bone to pic with you about one point however: Science is Philosophy.
Philosophers bring us new ways of thinking about the world around us. Scientists do the same by introducing new theories about 'how stuff works.' In fact, the highest recognized level of mastery for a scientist is Ph.D: Doctor of Philosophy.
The oil companies would say differenly. The recently reported slow replenishment of oil fields suggests that this may not be the case. Regardless, it proves that our current models concerning the formation of oil deposits is incorrect and need to be revised.
If the ham is leasing the tower, I'm sure that it would in some way violate the non-commercial clause of his license, especially since the primary purpose of the tower is commercial (or the ham would've ALREADY have built it right?) in either case it definatly violates the spirit of amateur radio licensing.
Sad to say, you're only partially right. The ionizing radiation is generally above the visible, but a single-shot ionization is not the only way. Think of how a laser works. You can pump electrons into higher states, and some states do not decay into the ground state instantaneously. So at high enough power levels, it is conceiveable that you could pump electrons into a state that IS capable of being ionized by photons at lower than 'ionizing' levels. This is further complicated by the increase in number of possible staes afforded by molecular configurations. And any heating that has occured would tend to increase the available energy for ionization.
But you're still right of course: At some power level, the average time between consectuive interractions to pump electrons to higher states would be so much longer than the time the pumped electrons remain at that state that there would be no statistically significant effect. The analogy of 5 minutes boiling water still holds.
(very much like the saccarin case if memory serves)
I remember reading somewhere (perhaps ARRL magazine) a few years ago about a HAM who convinced the phone company not only to put a tower up on his property, but also to allow him to put some of his own gear on the tower. (I don't know if they let him put up a beam, but their tower was higher than anything he would've put up.)
Also.. to you people who insist that radio causes health problems, the ideal study to perform is to examine the health of amateur radio operators. Since radio has been around for almost a century and ham's sit closer to the antenna than bystanders, (controlled environment vs. uncontrolled environment) they make the ideal group to study: higher exposure than the rest of the public over a long time-base.
To miss a tower painted sky blue while looking down? The background would be the ground! So the question remains: why are you flying so low that you must look UP to see the disguised tower.
According to the WP article, the future hates us. If he really was from the future, you'd think he'd have a little more tact. There are few bullies that can affect the people of the future more profoundly than the directed anger of six billion forbears.
My descendents hate me? pshaw. i'll show them. I won't have any. mwa hah ahha haha.
Acela needs new track to reach its maximum speed. Currently it must share track with commuter rail and freight. It cannot average significantly higher speed than the train in front of it. (but if they time it right, it can go a little faster...)
Until the delta IV heavy, there was no American launch system that could match the Shuttle for payload. (30,000 lbs) Unless you count the discontinued Saturn line. In fact, I haven't heard of many Proton launches lately...
Since the only RLV in existence is also the undisputed heavy lifter for something like two decades, I'd say the lack of demand for real heavy lifters is the reason they all seem to top out at 30klbs to LEO.
Of course I say this grudgingly as I'd like to see either new RLV's to prove the concept really is cheaper or abandment of the idea for the forseable future.
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erm. wasn't battlestar galactica cancelled in part due to legal troubles? It would seem that ST is the microsoft of Sci Fi. A lot of good shows are relegated to the fringes (Stargate, Farscape, Bab5) because ST is eating up all the Scifi mindshare. At least it must in the minds of the network execs. They seem to have a formula: something% sci fi, 40% cynical lawyer/cop show, 30% sappy sitcom, 5% unwatchable spy show, etc. It changes a little, but most of the scifi offerings on major networks seem laughably poorly done. (Knight rider 2000? Cleopatra 2525?) Why were these shows even on the air? Even your vaunted ST:TNG was really The Young and the Restless in Space. (TNG was absolutely the worst ST ever. Despite the concentration of full episodes to some whining loser with feeelings, the characters were surprisingly static and remarkeably incompetant at :35 past the hour.)
Wow paypal seriously? I'm just the opposite. If the site supports paypal, I run like [something that runs fast].
I always thought paypal was either a scam or at the very least, sketchy. Let's look at what they do:
They enable you to make purchases from companies/people who are not large enough or trustworthy enough to obtain a CC point of sale account from a real bank.
If it's a company, the it's obviously point 2. not trustworthy enough. If it's a person, you can't tell, but either way refunds are going to be a hassle. CC has a legal limit of $50 liability on stolen card info. (assuming you act in good faith) They also allow you to stop payment on certain charges while you work out the issues. AFAIK, paypal does not offer these guarantees, nor is it legaly required to offer anything similar, but it does have access to either your credit card numbers (dangerous) or bank account (really dangerous)
Yeah I gave up on ebay a couple of years ago too when I noticed that I could get the same items *new* for lower than the average ending bid price. (everything seems to end within a dollar or two of the MSRP. It's very weird)
nope, Delta IV heavy launched in December of last year. You can watch rollout videos on Boeing's website. It's um.. very big.
e avy/flash.html
A quick google reveals:
http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bls/d4h
(warning: there's a lot of flash on "flash.html")
erm. what's wrong with hybrids in rallies? As i understand it, there's lots of breaking and accelerating around corners and such.. that would seem ideal for hybrid cars?
didn't it work the other way around though? The government project had had billions of dollars sunk into it and over fifteen years to completion when this private company came along and looked like it was going to finish in only a couple.. both projects finished ahead of schedule if I recall.
nowhere in that string was gattaca to be found. (why wasn't it spelled gataca?)
Just figure out the probability of producing an infinite improbability drive and plug that into your handy finite improbability drive. Jeez even a janitor could figure that out...
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Forgot to add that Acela (when it's working) is Boston to Washington. Also, the last time I rode on it (and the ride is much smoother than the regular regional train - i don't know why) (Penn station - Providence) the ticket was more than a commuter flight would've been had i thought to buy the ticket a couple of months in advance. (And the express cost twice as much)
They really need to rethink their pricing schedule (esp. since amtrak seems to get more public subsidy than medicare)
As long as it's going to be publicly funded like it is, lets make them try out some much lower prices and see what that does to ridership and revinue.
What did you get bored halfway through and forget to read the rest?
In this circumstance, the best solution would seem to be to present as many theories and explanations as is possible in the time alloted for cosmology. This means that creation should be discussed (although the non-falsifiability should of course also be mentioned) as it is a leading non-evolution...
If these people are so dangerous that we need "Megan's Law" to let people know when they're moving in nearby, and now this to keep track of them, then why let them out of prison at all?
Seriously. Prison isn't rehab (though it tries to be sometimes) It's punishment. or maybe warehousing. If these people are that dangerous and unrehabilible that they need to be tracked like this for ever, we should really rethink the prison terms they are recieving.
I don't think Lysenkoism means what you think it means. The quick google search yeilds several articles, including a wikipedia article, in which lysenko is said to be a russian biologist? who favored a theory in which aquired traits are passed on to succeeding generations. This theory is easily disproved in the practice of cropping the tails or ears of showdogs. Succeeding generations must also have their tails cropped to conform to the standard, therefore the trait of a cropped tail is not passed on. This 'theory' is as related to evolution as astrology is to astronomy.
Are there any other convenient web sources documenting the testing of 3 and 4? I'd rather not spend months sifting through biology abstracts if a quick source is avail. I may be a little rusty since HS bio. I was posting on general knowledge and tried to stay as general as possible
True, but taking advantage of PRB-1, which is designed to facilitate your amateur access to the spectrum, in order to build a tower which is designed primarily to make commercial use of the spectrum is a bit sketchy as far as the spirit of the law goes. Though it certainly appears to be well within the letter of it. I would suggest that what is needed is to enact a similar law to PRB-1, specifically mentioning commercial stations. this would clear everything up.
Design an experiment capable of falsifying the theory of evolution.
Remember that proving that evolution is possible is different than proving that we evolved from apes.
Design an experiment capable of falsifying the corollary to the theory of evolution that suggests that we are evolved from apes.
I propose that those experiments cannot yet be designed. The proof of evolution is therefore in the future. Unfortunately, the possibility of Creation cannot be excluded by experiment. At least not by any experiment I can imagine.
The problem with teaching any cosmology at all in primary schools is that none of it is currently proved or proveable. In this circumstance, the best solution would seem to be to present as many theories and explanations as is possible in the time alloted for cosmology. This means that creation should be discussed (although the non-falsifiability should of course also be mentioned) as it is a leading non-evolution explanation of how we are here.
I do have a bone to pic with you about one point however: Science is Philosophy.
Philosophers bring us new ways of thinking about the world around us. Scientists do the same by introducing new theories about 'how stuff works.' In fact, the highest recognized level of mastery for a scientist is Ph.D: Doctor of Philosophy.
The oil companies would say differenly. The recently reported slow replenishment of oil fields suggests that this may not be the case. Regardless, it proves that our current models concerning the formation of oil deposits is incorrect and need to be revised.
If the ham is leasing the tower, I'm sure that it would in some way violate the non-commercial clause of his license, especially since the primary purpose of the tower is commercial (or the ham would've ALREADY have built it right?) in either case it definatly violates the spirit of amateur radio licensing.
Which is very sad, because more towers is better.
Sad to say, you're only partially right. The ionizing radiation is generally above the visible, but a single-shot ionization is not the only way. Think of how a laser works. You can pump electrons into higher states, and some states do not decay into the ground state instantaneously. So at high enough power levels, it is conceiveable that you could pump electrons into a state that IS capable of being ionized by photons at lower than 'ionizing' levels. This is further complicated by the increase in number of possible staes afforded by molecular configurations. And any heating that has occured would tend to increase the available energy for ionization.
But you're still right of course: At some power level, the average time between consectuive interractions to pump electrons to higher states would be so much longer than the time the pumped electrons remain at that state that there would be no statistically significant effect. The analogy of 5 minutes boiling water still holds.
(very much like the saccarin case if memory serves)
I remember reading somewhere (perhaps ARRL magazine) a few years ago about a HAM who convinced the phone company not only to put a tower up on his property, but also to allow him to put some of his own gear on the tower. (I don't know if they let him put up a beam, but their tower was higher than anything he would've put up.)
Also.. to you people who insist that radio causes health problems, the ideal study to perform is to examine the health of amateur radio operators. Since radio has been around for almost a century and ham's sit closer to the antenna than bystanders, (controlled environment vs. uncontrolled environment) they make the ideal group to study: higher exposure than the rest of the public over a long time-base.
To miss a tower painted sky blue while looking down? The background would be the ground! So the question remains: why are you flying so low that you must look UP to see the disguised tower.
Do not define "altitude" Instead, define radial distance from center of mass. Surely your mass-o-meters on your hot-rod-o-time can figure that out?
According to the WP article, the future hates us. If he really was from the future, you'd think he'd have a little more tact. There are few bullies that can affect the people of the future more profoundly than the directed anger of six billion forbears.
My descendents hate me? pshaw. i'll show them. I won't have any. mwa hah ahha haha.
Acela needs new track to reach its maximum speed. Currently it must share track with commuter rail and freight. It cannot average significantly higher speed than the train in front of it. (but if they time it right, it can go a little faster...)
Until the delta IV heavy, there was no American launch system that could match the Shuttle for payload. (30,000 lbs) Unless you count the discontinued Saturn line. In fact, I haven't heard of many Proton launches lately...
Since the only RLV in existence is also the undisputed heavy lifter for something like two decades, I'd say the lack of demand for real heavy lifters is the reason they all seem to top out at 30klbs to LEO.
Of course I say this grudgingly as I'd like to see either new RLV's to prove the concept really is cheaper or abandment of the idea for the forseable future.
Will have lanuched. Time travel is going to have already ruined verb tenses.
What's wrong with Cas[tle]tran or camptran or bastilletran?