Dear Sir, surely, you are not implying that kdawson is by any and all metrics known to man the worst/. editor ever? This is a dire assault on this fine gentleman's unique, if somewhat feeble, intellect!
They can be twins if one was born at 23:58 and the other at 00:02 or similar.
As you said, the basic problem is that "it's more a trick of English converting to statistics than it is a true puzzle". And that is why I don't accept any mathematical answer to the riddle as 100% correct. That being said, it's still fun, in a way.
>Well, if we have both particles we've ourselves made entangled, and then measure both (in whatever order, , we see that they indeed were entangled.
So I can prove that the _were_ entangled by a measurement which destroys said entaglement?
> I don't think anybody looked at the first huge proof-of concept transistor in a lab and said "hey, I know, people will use technology based on this to write on global discussion forums, while sitting on a beach at the back-end-of-nowhere".
Let's say I have a total of 1024 entangled pairs; well contained and stable. Now, I take the one half of those pairs and transport them somewhere else. Then, I proceed to measure the state of them _or not_. When checking the other half, shouldn't I get a total of 1024 "altered" and "unaltered" read-outs, resulting in the transmission of 128 bytes?
Granted, it's still hard to do all this, but afaik, what I just described is FTL transmission of actually useful data.
As I am sure there is some pitfall with which the quantum theories foil FTL plans (they seem to do that pretty reliably), I am eager to learn what trick those pesky laws of physics will pull out of their, admittedly tiny, hat, this time.
Carriers are forced to lower margins, can't cross-finance as much.
For everyone who can't calculate it themselves: It's pretty much always better for the customer to buy stuff and pay lower monthly fees instead of the other way round. Large one-time costs are better than medium long-term costs.
That being said, just get a Fritz! Box 7390 and be done with it.
2 * POTS 1 * ISDN with optional pass-through to a proper telco appliance 6 * DECT handsets 2 * USB; the mass storage can be exposed via SMB & UPNP-AV/DLNA 4 * Gigabit Ethernet 802.11 bgn IPv6
And a ton of other features. Plus, you can install freetz!, a free modifcation of the Linux that runs on the Fritz! boxes.
PS: I am aware of how bank credits work, but I am talking utility costs, not buying a house, here.
Otoh, afaik the context of said educators being thrown out was a concert. I can see why they would not want anyone trying to teach stuff during one of those.
The other moral? Don't rewrite your initial comment extensively, especially now that Slashcode has once again activated the 'tiny text input field' feature in the text mode of/. which makes reading more than half a sentence at once ackward.
If you do, grammar will suffer and you look like a moron.
OTOH, it's fun to appear as one in the context of this discussion:)
I have not listened to anything by ICP for years so dunno about current songs, but I distinctly remember several extremely well done social commentaries.
One common theme back then, and I presume today, was that they made fun of people by stating stuff as those people would state them. Guess you fell for that:)
Not knowing any other person who even heard of ICP (I live in Europe) I can't comment on how their fans might interpret these lyrics, though.
And in other songs, they directly refer to there being a total of six ICP albums(called cards/jokers), after which the world ends.
One album (I think it was #4 or #5) even has artwork depicting the coming of the six album/card.
While you interpret that literally and work up another nerd rage, I suggest listen to all their lyrics, some of which are quite direct and biting social commentaries.
The moral of the story? People don't always mean what they say.
In any case, this has motivated me to dig up my old ICP CDs. I had forgotten about them for _years_. Not being in the US I have not been exposed to what seems to be a veritable slapfest.
The fact that you are modded informative is just more proof of this weird trend to value armchair common sense more than hard science.
Let's look at what some obscure website named Wikipedia has to say:
Case control studies have shown effects such as tremors, impaired cognitive skills, and sleep disturbance in workers with chronic exposure to mercury vapor even at low concentrations in the range 0.742 g/m3. A study has shown that acute exposure (4 8 hours) to calculated elemental mercury levels of 1.1 to 44 mg/m3 resulted in chest pain, dyspnea, cough, hemoptysis, impairment of pulmonary function, and evidence of interstitial pneumonitis. Acute exposure to mercury vapor has been shown to result in profound central nervous system effects, including psychotic reactions characterized by delirium, hallucinations, and suicidal tendency. Occupational exposure has resulted in broad-ranging functional disturbance, including erethism, irritability, excitability, excessive shyness, and insomnia. With continuing exposure, a fine tremor develops and may escalate to violent muscular spasms. Tremor initially involves the hands and later spreads to the eyelids, lips, and tongue. Long-term, low-level exposure has been associated with more subtle symptoms of erethism, including fatigue, irritability, loss of memory, vivid dreams, and depression.
And now the kicker: Mercury constantly vaporizes at room temp. Just keep an open jar around and be eligble for all of the above. Alternatively, just spill a bit of this stuff to get the same long-term benefits. And not for a few weeks, only. We are talking about years and decades. And _that_ is why something as simple as a cleaning lady wiping up a broken thermometer with her rag and continuing to clean the rest of the building can result in 9 months of complete renovation.
As for your statement that the body somehow purges mercury? Not happening. Heavy metals are keepers. Which is why human bodies are considered toxic waste, at least in Germany.
I am the first to agree that this one doctor calling frankfurters a high-risk food because you can choke on them is ridiculous. But that does not mean you get to disregard every word of caution.
Because you want a lot of smaller mirrors as they can adapt to a lot more situations. Only one of these mirrors can be parallel (well, tangential, really) to the ground.
Slashdot Mirror
List needed.
Dear Sir, surely, you are not implying that kdawson is by any and all metrics known to man the worst /. editor ever? This is a dire assault on this fine gentleman's unique, if somewhat feeble, intellect!
You are right in what you say, but your second example is exactly the same as the first. Itym:
"I have two children, the first of which is a boy. What's the probability that my second child is a boy?"
They can be twins if one was born at 23:58 and the other at 00:02 or similar.
As you said, the basic problem is that "it's more a trick of English converting to statistics than it is a true puzzle". And that is why I don't accept any mathematical answer to the riddle as 100% correct. That being said, it's still fun, in a way.
So basically I create entangled pairs with probability X and hope they are entangled when I do stuff with them?
Question is: what are the [envisioned] uses?
>Well, if we have both particles we've ourselves made entangled, and then measure both (in whatever order, , we see that they indeed were entangled.
So I can prove that the _were_ entangled by a measurement which destroys said entaglement?
> I don't think anybody looked at the first huge proof-of concept transistor in a lab and said "hey, I know, people will use technology based on this to write on global discussion forums, while sitting on a beach at the back-end-of-nowhere".
Point well made & taken.
If that is the case why do we even know about entanglement in the first place? And why do we care about that fact?
One thing I always wondered:
Let's say I have a total of 1024 entangled pairs; well contained and stable. Now, I take the one half of those pairs and transport them somewhere else. Then, I proceed to measure the state of them _or not_. When checking the other half, shouldn't I get a total of 1024 "altered" and "unaltered" read-outs, resulting in the transmission of 128 bytes?
Granted, it's still hard to do all this, but afaik, what I just described is FTL transmission of actually useful data.
As I am sure there is some pitfall with which the quantum theories foil FTL plans (they seem to do that pretty reliably), I am eager to learn what trick those pesky laws of physics will pull out of their, admittedly tiny, hat, this time.
...you install them.
Long story short? Don't install stuff with access to the whole phone just because you want yet another Abducted!-clone.
Carriers are forced to lower margins, can't cross-finance as much.
For everyone who can't calculate it themselves: It's pretty much always better for the customer to buy stuff and pay lower monthly fees instead of the other way round. Large one-time costs are better than medium long-term costs.
That being said, just get a Fritz! Box 7390 and be done with it.
2 * POTS
1 * ISDN with optional pass-through to a proper telco appliance
6 * DECT handsets
2 * USB; the mass storage can be exposed via SMB & UPNP-AV/DLNA
4 * Gigabit Ethernet
802.11 bgn
IPv6
And a ton of other features. Plus, you can install freetz!, a free modifcation of the Linux that runs on the Fritz! boxes.
PS: I am aware of how bank credits work, but I am talking utility costs, not buying a house, here.
Maybe.
Otoh, afaik the context of said educators being thrown out was a concert. I can see why they would not want anyone trying to teach stuff during one of those.
The other moral? Don't rewrite your initial comment extensively, especially now that Slashcode has once again activated the 'tiny text input field' feature in the text mode of /. which makes reading more than half a sentence at once ackward.
If you do, grammar will suffer and you look like a moron.
OTOH, it's fun to appear as one in the context of this discussion :)
I have not listened to anything by ICP for years so dunno about current songs, but I distinctly remember several extremely well done social commentaries.
One common theme back then, and I presume today, was that they made fun of people by stating stuff as those people would state them. Guess you fell for that :)
Not knowing any other person who even heard of ICP (I live in Europe) I can't comment on how their fans might interpret these lyrics, though.
And in other songs, they directly refer to there being a total of six ICP albums(called cards/jokers), after which the world ends.
One album (I think it was #4 or #5) even has artwork depicting the coming of the six album/card.
While you interpret that literally and work up another nerd rage, I suggest listen to all their lyrics, some of which are quite direct and biting social commentaries.
The moral of the story? People don't always mean what they say.
In any case, this has motivated me to dig up my old ICP CDs. I had forgotten about them for _years_. Not being in the US I have not been exposed to what seems to be a veritable slapfest.
No problem. I might even have done that on purpose ;)
...specifically because I hate word prediction/correction and always turn it off.
And holy shit! This is awesome!
> Admittedly, though, I don't really know how you find that out. Heh.
STOP APPENDING USELESS CRAP STATEMENTS LIKE 'heh', 'lol' ETC. IT MAKES YOU SOUND JUST AS STUPID AS PEOPLE INTERJECTING 'like' ALL THE TIME. THANK YOU!
We are getting a new AC system in our DC in a few weeks and this sounds pretty much exactly like the things they do.
Can someone enlighten me, please?
Because it's fun to be outraged.
Yah, I used to have an alias which would clash, as well.
To be fair, they kind of have a claim to the name, though.
Just alias your google binary to gg. apt-file search tells me it's still free :)
> you're basically complaining about seeing a space where you pointlessly want a hyphen.
A lesson painfully learned by git.
> You said good. Lack of bash = not good.
Gee, it's so easy to tell people who never used zsh :)
Seems the wiki paste ate some chars. The most notable being that the constant exposure of mercury with which said workers experienced symptoms is
0.7-42 micrograms per m^3
More reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element)#Safety
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_poisoning
The fact that you are modded informative is just more proof of this weird trend to value armchair common sense more than hard science.
Let's look at what some obscure website named Wikipedia has to say:
Case control studies have shown effects such as tremors, impaired cognitive skills, and sleep disturbance in workers with chronic exposure to mercury vapor even at low concentrations in the range 0.742 g/m3. A study has shown that acute exposure (4 8 hours) to calculated elemental mercury levels of 1.1 to 44 mg/m3 resulted in chest pain, dyspnea, cough, hemoptysis, impairment of pulmonary function, and evidence of interstitial pneumonitis. Acute exposure to mercury vapor has been shown to result in profound central nervous system effects, including psychotic reactions characterized by delirium, hallucinations, and suicidal tendency. Occupational exposure has resulted in broad-ranging functional disturbance, including erethism, irritability, excitability, excessive shyness, and insomnia. With continuing exposure, a fine tremor develops and may escalate to violent muscular spasms. Tremor initially involves the hands and later spreads to the eyelids, lips, and tongue. Long-term, low-level exposure has been associated with more subtle symptoms of erethism, including fatigue, irritability, loss of memory, vivid dreams, and depression.
And now the kicker: Mercury constantly vaporizes at room temp. Just keep an open jar around and be eligble for all of the above. Alternatively, just spill a bit of this stuff to get the same long-term benefits. And not for a few weeks, only. We are talking about years and decades. And _that_ is why something as simple as a cleaning lady wiping up a broken thermometer with her rag and continuing to clean the rest of the building can result in 9 months of complete renovation.
As for your statement that the body somehow purges mercury? Not happening. Heavy metals are keepers. Which is why human bodies are considered toxic waste, at least in Germany.
I am the first to agree that this one doctor calling frankfurters a high-risk food because you can choke on them is ridiculous. But that does not mean you get to disregard every word of caution.
Because you want a lot of smaller mirrors as they can adapt to a lot more situations. Only one of these mirrors can be parallel (well, tangential, really) to the ground.