I wasn't trying to relate wavelength to color perception. I simply tried to define color optically; I wasn't claiming that it would hold perceptually. As for the sorites problem, I did mention a range of wavelengths. Of course, setting the boundaries might be tricky.
2. Because the center is a POINT, duh! In a 3-dimensional solid, it's a point along the x,y,z axis. In a 2-dimensional object, it's a point along the x,y axis.
Again, why does the center have to be a point? And why does a figure have to have a center?
3. You don't have to transform the die surface - that's just a "visual aid" - just look at it and you can see the various centers by simple inspection.
Nope. I can't see that. And I can't see it because it isn't there. If the point were a center, then any plane containing the point should cut the die into roughly equal pieces, but there are planes containing a corner that have the rest of the die entirely on one side of the plane. Hardly a center.
Actually, while the line as a whole would be the center of the ring surface, no point on the line by itself would be the center. Why are you assuming that centers must be points?
As for your die example, simply because a point ends up being the center of a transformed surface doesn't mean it's a center of the original surface.
It is easy for pure hues. We can define them in terms ranges of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation. Something like brown would be harder to define.
When you say "the" center, you are implying that there is only one. It's not my fault if you don't know the meaning of the word "the"'. And what if the term "center of a surface" is meaningless in some contexts. Is it my fault that reality is the way it is?
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Yes, but why did the poster to whom I responded pair Tesla with Edison instead of Westinghouse?
Yes, I was trying to say that Tesla should have been paired with Westinghouse, not Edison.
Dammit, I forgot to mention the end of http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105435/
Can they donate it Righthaven instead?
120 Gbps for 12,000 people is only 10 Mbps for each person. Is that enough for gaming?
Can I get this translated into English, please?
Sorry, no, there is no English translation.
Wouldn't that be Westinghouse/Tesla and Edison? Tesla worked for Westinghouse (although he had previously worked with Edison).
Is the checklist on paper? Good thing that paper doesn't burn. Has anyone told Ray Bradbury?
If there's simply too much information for your employees to process, then you need more employees.
But wouldn't having more employees generate even more information? What would Fred Brooks say?
OK, how do I attach a pdf to a text message that I send a coworker?
Wyclif's English translation and many more.
Oh yeah, everything was just rainbows and lollipops for Wyclif. Or not
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wycliffe's_Bible
For a long time, the Church only allowed the Bible to be written/printed in Latin, a language that few people knew.
Of course, that might be considered a feature, not a bug.
What end times?
Yeah, but who wants a pizza from a guy named "Lieberman"?
I don't how well I could memorize a Russian password.
I wasn't trying to relate wavelength to color perception. I simply tried to define color optically; I wasn't claiming that it would hold perceptually. As for the sorites problem, I did mention a range of wavelengths. Of course, setting the boundaries might be tricky.
1. Any point along that line is itself a center.
And your epistemological justification would be?
2. Because the center is a POINT, duh! In a 3-dimensional solid, it's a point along the x,y,z axis. In a 2-dimensional object, it's a point along the x,y axis.
Again, why does the center have to be a point? And why does a figure have to have a center?
3. You don't have to transform the die surface - that's just a "visual aid" - just look at it and you can see the various centers by simple inspection.
Nope. I can't see that. And I can't see it because it isn't there. If the point were a center, then any plane containing the point should cut the die into roughly equal pieces, but there are planes containing a corner that have the rest of the die entirely on one side of the plane. Hardly a center.
GNU Emacs and LaTeX.
Actually, while the line as a whole would be the center of the ring surface, no point on the line by itself would be the center. Why are you assuming that centers must be points?
As for your die example, simply because a point ends up being the center of a transformed surface doesn't mean it's a center of the original surface.
It is easy for pure hues. We can define them in terms ranges of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation. Something like brown would be harder to define.
But according to Tanenbaum, BSD was meant to be sueable.
A pessimistic interview given by someone named "Cassandra". How nice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra
When you say "the" center, you are implying that there is only one. It's not my fault if you don't know the meaning of the word "the"'. And what if the term "center of a surface" is meaningless in some contexts. Is it my fault that reality is the way it is?
Shouldn't that be x*(62^n)? Don't people use case-sensitive passwords any more?