Fuck that noise. Fahrenheit (which roughly corresponds to human body temperature) is a more sensible unit.
Fahrenheit has its limit of 96 (not 100) set at body temperature (or what people believed it was before more accurate measurements), and 32 at the freezing point of water (i.e. an ice bath) for simple calibration of thermometers when they were being hand manufactured, since you can just split the difference between marks by eye in half to get to the single-degree markers.
Why on earth is this a system that you think makes more sense than Celcius? At best it makes as much sense (both being completely arbitrary).
Its odd, how in your gun toting utopia, the USA, which has regular gun massacres, I'm aware of very few - if *any* instances of one of the concealed carry heroes actually stopping a massacres by shooting the nutter.
The term you're looking for is observation bias. You don't read about the massacres that didn't happen because the bad guy got shot at.
Erm.... wouldn't we hear about potential massacres that were stopped? Seriously, I imagine the NRA (and probably Fox) would be letting us know.
Interesting. FYI, I don't think anyone can really take notes and listen at the same time, what happens for me is that I keep half-listening to a lecture while I'm writing. There is definitely some context-switching that goes on, and lots of what is said is lost, but I tend to "trigger" listening when something interesting or unusual is said.
Good explanation! I feel though that it should be noted that his neighbors reported Pozsgai because THEIR PROPERTIES WERE FLOODING as a result of him filling in the wetlands: http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/facts/fact15.html
No, that's not why the hammer cost $600, basically that's just how the government does its accounting. And the government isn't INHERENTLY less efficient than private industry; once you get to a certain size, EVERYONE is inefficient. Government just happens to be much larger.
This links to a Krugman article from 2005 (notably pre-Schiff) when he not only called out the housing bubble, but assumed that it had been known about for some time.
Sure, CERTAIN economists have been wrong about things, but no school has a monopoly on predicting the bubble.
"Common Sense" ain't so common when everyone you talk to in the housing industry, and everyone on TV, and everywhere, is saying that housing values only go up, and making a killing on it.
People do not consistently act in their self interest. In fact, most of the time they don't: smoking cigarettes and using heroin are obvious examples of serving someone else's interests.
Note that nowhere was it stated that people acted in their LONG TERM self-interest. Getting high and/or feeling good right now may be short-term self-interest, but they're nonetheless self-interest.
Face it, most sports don't qualify as "acting in your own self-interest" if you define "self-interest" as "long term self-interest"...
Well yeah, but at what point does this observation just become rationalization? You can answer ANY question of why someone did something with "because it was in their self interest", because otherwise why would they have done it? It's a bit of a circular definition, no?
...and as someone who contributed to the shipping software on it, I'd like to be the first to say THANK GOD FINALLY! It was a long, hard road to completion, but I think the plane's going to do really well.
Okay, so you're trying to say that "save the people" is not a worthy goal? I, for one, would consider the extinction of the human race to be a Very Bad Thing.
True, one testable, repeatable result is all that is necessary to falsify something. What would you propose? Your definition of science is really really narrow. Is astronomy not science, because we can't perform experiments on black holes at the center of the galaxy? No, because we observe natural phenomena, make theories as to whether they would happen, and then test the implications of those theories by other observations. Just like with AGW.
jmorris: Okay, you falsify AGW by pulling out and sequestering all of the CO2 in the atmosphere that was put there by burning fossil fuels. If the earth does not cool, it's falsified.
Difficulty in falsification does not mean it's not science.
I disagree, taking religion out of the equation WOULD change things. If it is harder to muster up the excuse to oppress or attack people, it will happen less frequently. Removal of religion wouldn't be a CURE, but it would have a nonzero effect.
Uh... what? Are you sure? If the asteroid were going to hit the surface of the planet, all its kinetic energy would have been converted to heat anyway, right? Why would it be worse to do that primarily in the upper atmosphere instead? And wouldn't it be worse if a huge dust cloud were raised that plunged us into a several-year winter?
Who blames Carly because she was rude? From all accounts I've heard, the Compaq merger was a huge mistake, as was the spin-off of Agilent and the iPod cross-licensing with Apple. You think that the party thrown when she left was just because she was rude? Why did HP's market cap raise by $8 BILLION when she left? Surely market traders on Wall street wouldn't care whether she was gruff with her employees.
Nope, not even close to 40 man-years, which is good, because think about the prices here.
40 man-years == 40 man crew working for a solid year. Even without ANY materials to build with, that means that you'd be paying 40 people a year's salary to build the house. Even a REALLY CHEAP salary (say $20,000) means you have $800K in labor costs alone. Not plausible.
According to this forum post here, it's anywhere from 2-8 months with a crew of 2-3 guys. So think an upper bound on an average house of about 2 man-years.
Wow, and that's a bog-standard Civic sedan. My '93 VX hatchback GETS (still, at 210K miles) 38-40mpg, and I drive it like it's stolen most of the time. It's all about the 2,095 lb curb weight, tall gear ratios, and a 1.5l VTEC-E engine tuned for efficiency from the factory.
Wow, so an attack on a private contractor working for the government is a result of government incompetence? I suppose if all you have is the hammer of government blame in your toolbox....
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Fuck that noise. Fahrenheit (which roughly corresponds to human body temperature) is a more sensible unit.
Fahrenheit has its limit of 96 (not 100) set at body temperature (or what people believed it was before more accurate measurements), and 32 at the freezing point of water (i.e. an ice bath) for simple calibration of thermometers when they were being hand manufactured, since you can just split the difference between marks by eye in half to get to the single-degree markers.
Why on earth is this a system that you think makes more sense than Celcius? At best it makes as much sense (both being completely arbitrary).
"I think most non stupid people understand why citizens must be armed at all times." I think you're confused about what "stupid" means.
Its odd, how in your gun toting utopia, the USA, which has regular gun massacres, I'm aware of very few - if *any* instances of one of the concealed carry heroes actually stopping a massacres by shooting the nutter.
The term you're looking for is observation bias. You don't read about the massacres that didn't happen because the bad guy got shot at.
Erm.... wouldn't we hear about potential massacres that were stopped? Seriously, I imagine the NRA (and probably Fox) would be letting us know.
Interesting. FYI, I don't think anyone can really take notes and listen at the same time, what happens for me is that I keep half-listening to a lecture while I'm writing. There is definitely some context-switching that goes on, and lots of what is said is lost, but I tend to "trigger" listening when something interesting or unusual is said.
Good explanation! I feel though that it should be noted that his neighbors reported Pozsgai because THEIR PROPERTIES WERE FLOODING as a result of him filling in the wetlands: http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/facts/fact15.html
I think we should maybe fix those things in our own country before trying to force them on aid recipients.
No, that's not why the hammer cost $600, basically that's just how the government does its accounting. And the government isn't INHERENTLY less efficient than private industry; once you get to a certain size, EVERYONE is inefficient. Government just happens to be much larger.
http://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2009/12/krugman-did-identify-the-housing-bubble-in-2005.html
This links to a Krugman article from 2005 (notably pre-Schiff) when he not only called out the housing bubble, but assumed that it had been known about for some time.
Sure, CERTAIN economists have been wrong about things, but no school has a monopoly on predicting the bubble.
"Common Sense" ain't so common when everyone you talk to in the housing industry, and everyone on TV, and everywhere, is saying that housing values only go up, and making a killing on it.
Note that nowhere was it stated that people acted in their LONG TERM self-interest. Getting high and/or feeling good right now may be short-term self-interest, but they're nonetheless self-interest.
Face it, most sports don't qualify as "acting in your own self-interest" if you define "self-interest" as "long term self-interest"...
Well yeah, but at what point does this observation just become rationalization? You can answer ANY question of why someone did something with "because it was in their self interest", because otherwise why would they have done it? It's a bit of a circular definition, no?
...and as someone who contributed to the shipping software on it, I'd like to be the first to say THANK GOD FINALLY! It was a long, hard road to completion, but I think the plane's going to do really well.
You assume that Tea Partiers are something other than moderately extreme Republicans. They are not.
Yes, he did! Which is why you said it had already been done.
Have you already forgotten the Scopes monkey trial? Come on, that was only 90 years ago, versus your examples.
Man, the entitlement sense some people have! You don't even realize how many benefits you get from having a stable society, do you?
"Cosmics Leaving Outdoor Droplets" makes the acronym CLOD, you insensitive cloud!
Okay, so you're trying to say that "save the people" is not a worthy goal? I, for one, would consider the extinction of the human race to be a Very Bad Thing.
True, one testable, repeatable result is all that is necessary to falsify something. What would you propose? Your definition of science is really really narrow. Is astronomy not science, because we can't perform experiments on black holes at the center of the galaxy? No, because we observe natural phenomena, make theories as to whether they would happen, and then test the implications of those theories by other observations. Just like with AGW.
jmorris: Okay, you falsify AGW by pulling out and sequestering all of the CO2 in the atmosphere that was put there by burning fossil fuels. If the earth does not cool, it's falsified. Difficulty in falsification does not mean it's not science.
I disagree, taking religion out of the equation WOULD change things. If it is harder to muster up the excuse to oppress or attack people, it will happen less frequently. Removal of religion wouldn't be a CURE, but it would have a nonzero effect.
Uh... what? Are you sure? If the asteroid were going to hit the surface of the planet, all its kinetic energy would have been converted to heat anyway, right? Why would it be worse to do that primarily in the upper atmosphere instead? And wouldn't it be worse if a huge dust cloud were raised that plunged us into a several-year winter?
Who blames Carly because she was rude? From all accounts I've heard, the Compaq merger was a huge mistake, as was the spin-off of Agilent and the iPod cross-licensing with Apple. You think that the party thrown when she left was just because she was rude? Why did HP's market cap raise by $8 BILLION when she left? Surely market traders on Wall street wouldn't care whether she was gruff with her employees.
40 man-years == 40 man crew working for a solid year. Even without ANY materials to build with, that means that you'd be paying 40 people a year's salary to build the house. Even a REALLY CHEAP salary (say $20,000) means you have $800K in labor costs alone. Not plausible.
According to this forum post here, it's anywhere from 2-8 months with a crew of 2-3 guys. So think an upper bound on an average house of about 2 man-years.
Wow, and that's a bog-standard Civic sedan. My '93 VX hatchback GETS (still, at 210K miles) 38-40mpg, and I drive it like it's stolen most of the time. It's all about the 2,095 lb curb weight, tall gear ratios, and a 1.5l VTEC-E engine tuned for efficiency from the factory.
Wow, so an attack on a private contractor working for the government is a result of government incompetence? I suppose if all you have is the hammer of government blame in your toolbox....