Apparently you've done the math. I surrender my seat of the pants explanation.
I'm not sure whether it changes anything, but I believe that the moon goes further away over time. So, it was closer in those days (saving some momentum, but probably not enough). Another is that the moon has stopped rotating (well, seen from the earth). Some phenomenon not understood by me caused it. That momentum must have gone somewhere, perhaps longer distance from the common centre of gravity?
Hm, I don't think that a thrust is necessary, because you may think of the moon too much as a satellite. Think of the earth and moon as a double-planet.
The scenario: The pre-earth is rotating around its axis and has a centre of gravity. Now there is the explosion. Newton does its action-reaction thing and hence the new earth and moon move away from the center of gravity. Conservation of momentum requires that everything keeps spinning around the centre of gravity.
That 1 km/s orbital velocity is about the same as its orbital velocity around the centre of gravity. But the earth has an orbital velocity around that centre of gravity too and given its much higher mass, that speed is much lower. So, you may ignore that in practice, but in reality it is there.
But it gave him new inspiration to think up stories about Scrooge. He didn't pay for the inspiration that the pirates gave him, so they called it even.
80 virgins? Ah, now I know why you have to fill out the question on whether you're going to visit a prostitute when entering the US (they phrase it a little different on the visa waiver). If you answer "no", you're bound for a tough interrogation.
Another try: Whose bidding do you think the (soon former) US government did?
And don't think too lowly of governments as a general concept. The fact that you could step in your car and drive on a road was because people paid taxes. It would be so much more inconvenient if you'd had to stop every mile to pay a farmer to cross his land. If governments didn't exist, they'd have to be invented really soon.
"They typically don't treat our soldiers with dignity or respect, they serve as a political road block for troops and make their jobs harder and more dangerous, they house and support the combatants, and they often become combatants."
Generally people treat you better if you don't invade their country.
Good, so your country is not involved in wars. Best news since a lot of years. And also good, we can tell you the same joke every day, and you have the greatest laugh about it every day.
Bert Your Altzheimer^^^^^^evidence-based assertion that societies where people own guns are (usually) more peaceful ones was very interesting. Who has to don kevlar body armour wherever he goes for a pint of milk in Europe. Who couldn't go for a sushi in Japan, and who couldn't have a bowl of ramen in China, or curry in India if it weren't for that piece of garment.
I don't keep stats on it, but my guess is for my clients most inventors are married or living together.
Few inventors are of the mad inventor type. If men are on average more capable of feeling passionate about non-animate things, that could be a factor. Or more capable of perceiving a problem and acting on it instead of accepting on it. Or being more lazy (it is amazing how much work people do in order to have the opportunity to be more lazy). As I said, it is not necessarily cognitive abilities.
Very few inventors think they can strike it rich instantly (but then, I don't work in the US where the inventors may have a different perception). Earning money from an invention is just plain hard work. But it can be worth the while very well.
Sorry you had to re-read it so many times. (I"m not a native speaker).
There is probably no need to correct your perception of lawyers, I think. I can say that because most patent agents I know are people with a technical background, although there are countries where it is lawyers who deal with patent applications. That is terrible, because for the patent process, you're dealing with technical stuff, not legal stuff.
Patent law is a deal between society and the inventor, and on the whole it is fairly well balanced (in contrast to copyright law which is skewed tremendously towards the copyright holder). Don't get me started on patents on software, though. Society gets zilch in return for it.
I'm a patent attorney. I rarely can write down a woman's name as the inventor on the patent application form. The same for coloured people, BTW. I don't think it is due to an inherent lack of capabilities, but I think mind set is a factor, and apparently it is white guys who seem to have that more.
I don't think it has anything to do with not giving enough recognition where it is due; it's the quantity that sucks. I have a booklet "Female inventors exist". The fact that it was deemed a nice idea to write such a book underlines the above observations. It is white guys who create the technical world around us and amass the knowledge that makes us live in a unique era.
Bert Sorry, but I'm a facts first guy, not a PC guy.
I explicitly tell Anglophone clients not to send cheques. It is easier, cheaper and less time-consuming to do your banking electronically.
In my country we're not used to cheques. Cashing it would take me a 45 minutes trip to the bank (depending on the waiting line) plus it costs me over 10 Euro to receive my money. Excuse me?
So, I'm sending it back although I'm not sure what the consequences of that are.
Bert Well, probably the Koreans laugh at the way we pay here anyway (they can pay just about anything with their mobile phone).
For my company, data has to be kept secret. Yet we do not do encryption. The fear for corruption of data is far bigger than the chance that a cracker gets access.
As to personal experience: With TrueCrypt, changing between accounts (on a Mac) with TrueCrypt open can wreak havoc. The data can be copied but the secure thingie has to be re-created from scratch. We cannot have encryption working properly 99% of the time. It must be 100.00%.
Does antimatter attract matter or repulse it (could a double star, one of antimatter and one of matter, i.e. where the stars revolve around each other exist?).
Would it be a prerequisite that a big bang produces as much matter as antimatter?
Yup, and if you don't recognize it, then you invade a country to find a dictator with WMDs and lots of oil and subsequently find out you started a civil war from which you cannot withdraw as well.
The former Yugoslavia was stable under dictator Tito for 50 years. The quick change after that killed thousands.
Change must be there, but it must be slow.
I think that the slow but constant changes in Cuba instigated by Raoul Castro are great.
They guy is probably right that his country is a powder keg. It is smug to be on a high horse here.
No, that would not be acceptable. A hero could rescue a child from a pond and then have the right to kill another? Of course not.
The point I intended to convey is that if a life is a life, the pharmacist should be equally concerned with both ways a life gets lost. And it is my hypothesis/suspicion that the pharmacist isn't equally concerned, supported by the "would he spend (the) money on saving the life in Africa" argument.
Back the drug. The pharmacist doesn't know the position the parent(s) are in and should not impose his judgement. (BTW Drugs to induce abortion are prescription drugs, not over the counter drugs).
About the pope. He doesn't have a hot line with god. And then, which one with thousands of religions and multiple thousands of gods. I guess all religions claim to be right despite being contradictory, so which one are we to believe. Why not ask the Dalai Lama instead? As far as I'm concerned, the pope, queen, the professor, the janitor, the baker and I all go to the bathroom every day. I respect a person based on his properly supported arguments, not on his function.
Bert Hosea 13:16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
Deuteronomy 2 33 And the LORD our God delivered him {THAT IS, THE LEADER OF THE ENEMY} before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. 34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:
And those are just two quotes from the bible. Read it and conclude for yourself: Your deity really doesn't care about innocent children. But then I may be wrong. I'm not a jew so I may indeed not have the privilege of smiting fertilized egss and all.
I'm trying to communicate. And I thank you for your response.
My point is that the "value" of an embryo/foetus increases during pregnancy. Yes, like the woman you mentioned, the women I mentioned were struck by their miscarriages. But I'm sure that if they'd lost a baby, they'd visit the grave frequently. I doubt they still know the dates of their miscarriages and they are not on the calendar which apart from birth days contains the date of departure of deceased family members (sorry, struggling with English here). I've never heard of a woman mourning over the fact that she was a week late with her period. Just some disappointment. So, I think I've provided you with the foundation of my statement of increase in "value" (for lack of a better word. Don't take it as dollars, or something).
I certainly don't think that a miscarriage is morally the same as an abortion. Per the above, a fertilized egg is less "valuable" than a 3 months foetus and that is less "valuable" than a baby. At some (early) point it is acceptable to be outweighed by other circumstances and an abortion may be acceptable. As an example of the relevance of circumstances, in case of rape I'm fine if the point is a bit later.
If you're think that the soul is created at the moment of conception, then I don't understand your problems with the pill etc (as taught to you in school). Woody Allen (for once I thought him funny) told a joke that he was involved in a case of anticonception. He asked a girl to sleep with him, and she said no.
I'm sorry to learn that you misunderstood my donation example, but then I certainly was indirect there. I was trying to mock the pharmacist for not putting equal weight to human lives as such. A life involved in an issue of religious debate is more important than a life elsewhere where life just plain sucks.
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Apparently you've done the math. I surrender my seat of the pants explanation.
I'm not sure whether it changes anything, but I believe that the moon goes further away over time. So, it was closer in those days (saving some momentum, but probably not enough). Another is that the moon has stopped rotating (well, seen from the earth). Some phenomenon not understood by me caused it. That momentum must have gone somewhere, perhaps longer distance from the common centre of gravity?
Bert
Hm, I don't think that a thrust is necessary, because you may think of the moon too much as a satellite. Think of the earth and moon as a double-planet.
The scenario: The pre-earth is rotating around its axis and has a centre of gravity. Now there is the explosion. Newton does its action-reaction thing and hence the new earth and moon move away from the center of gravity. Conservation of momentum requires that everything keeps spinning around the centre of gravity.
That 1 km/s orbital velocity is about the same as its orbital velocity around the centre of gravity. But the earth has an orbital velocity around that centre of gravity too and given its much higher mass, that speed is much lower. So, you may ignore that in practice, but in reality it is there.
Bert
But it gave him new inspiration to think up stories about Scrooge. He didn't pay for the inspiration that the pirates gave him, so they called it even.
Bert
80 virgins? Ah, now I know why you have to fill out the question on whether you're going to visit a prostitute when entering the US (they phrase it a little different on the visa waiver). If you answer "no", you're bound for a tough interrogation.
Bert
Proves that good intentions may cause unexpected harm. Here development ultimately lead to Death by Powerpoint casualties.
Full circle. She couldn't win.
Bert
No, I think I should have used the word "administration".
Bert
Yes, that would be the sensible approach.
Bert
I'm sorry that your rights come with some obligations. Blame your parents for conceiving you. Sue the bastards.
Bert
Another try: Whose bidding do you think the (soon former) US government did?
And don't think too lowly of governments as a general concept. The fact that you could step in your car and drive on a road was because people paid taxes. It would be so much more inconvenient if you'd had to stop every mile to pay a farmer to cross his land. If governments didn't exist, they'd have to be invented really soon.
Bert
"They typically don't treat our soldiers with dignity or respect, they serve as a political road block for troops and make their jobs harder and more dangerous, they house and support the combatants, and they often become combatants."
Generally people treat you better if you don't invade their country.
Bert
Good, so your country is not involved in wars. Best news since a lot of years. And also good, we can tell you the same joke every day, and you have the greatest laugh about it every day.
Bert
Your Altzheimer^^^^^^evidence-based assertion that societies where people own guns are (usually) more peaceful ones was very interesting. Who has to don kevlar body armour wherever he goes for a pint of milk in Europe. Who couldn't go for a sushi in Japan, and who couldn't have a bowl of ramen in China, or curry in India if it weren't for that piece of garment.
I've the fuel economy meter on permanently.
And I passed my physics classes with excellent grades.
Bert
This is still done in the Netherlands. Nothing stealthy/sneaky about it. The police even pre-announces a couple of roads where they're going to check.
Bert
Driving within the speed limits saves on gas too.
You can export to PDF, powerpoint.
Bert
I don't keep stats on it, but my guess is for my clients most inventors are married or living together.
Few inventors are of the mad inventor type. If men are on average more capable of feeling passionate about non-animate things, that could be a factor. Or more capable of perceiving a problem and acting on it instead of accepting on it. Or being more lazy (it is amazing how much work people do in order to have the opportunity to be more lazy). As I said, it is not necessarily cognitive abilities.
Very few inventors think they can strike it rich instantly (but then, I don't work in the US where the inventors may have a different perception). Earning money from an invention is just plain hard work. But it can be worth the while very well.
Bert
Sorry you had to re-read it so many times. (I"m not a native speaker).
There is probably no need to correct your perception of lawyers, I think. I can say that because most patent agents I know are people with a technical background, although there are countries where it is lawyers who deal with patent applications. That is terrible, because for the patent process, you're dealing with technical stuff, not legal stuff.
Patent law is a deal between society and the inventor, and on the whole it is fairly well balanced (in contrast to copyright law which is skewed tremendously towards the copyright holder). Don't get me started on patents on software, though. Society gets zilch in return for it.
Bert
I'm a patent attorney. I rarely can write down a woman's name as the inventor on the patent application form. The same for coloured people, BTW. I don't think it is due to an inherent lack of capabilities, but I think mind set is a factor, and apparently it is white guys who seem to have that more.
I don't think it has anything to do with not giving enough recognition where it is due; it's the quantity that sucks. I have a booklet "Female inventors exist". The fact that it was deemed a nice idea to write such a book underlines the above observations.
It is white guys who create the technical world around us and amass the knowledge that makes us live in a unique era.
Bert
Sorry, but I'm a facts first guy, not a PC guy.
Thanks for the reply.
Bert
I explicitly tell Anglophone clients not to send cheques. It is easier, cheaper and less time-consuming to do your banking electronically.
In my country we're not used to cheques. Cashing it would take me a 45 minutes trip to the bank (depending on the waiting line) plus it costs me over 10 Euro to receive my money. Excuse me?
So, I'm sending it back although I'm not sure what the consequences of that are.
Bert
Well, probably the Koreans laugh at the way we pay here anyway (they can pay just about anything with their mobile phone).
For my company, data has to be kept secret. Yet we do not do encryption. The fear for corruption of data is far bigger than the chance that a cracker gets access.
As to personal experience: With TrueCrypt, changing between accounts (on a Mac) with TrueCrypt open can wreak havoc. The data can be copied but the secure thingie has to be re-created from scratch. We cannot have encryption working properly 99% of the time. It must be 100.00%.
Bert
Does antimatter attract matter or repulse it (could a double star, one of antimatter and one of matter, i.e. where the stars revolve around each other exist?).
Would it be a prerequisite that a big bang produces as much matter as antimatter?
Bert
What is a window manager?
(And why would I have to know about it?)
Bert
Yup, and if you don't recognize it, then you invade a country to find a dictator with WMDs and lots of oil and subsequently find out you started a civil war from which you cannot withdraw as well.
The former Yugoslavia was stable under dictator Tito for 50 years. The quick change after that killed thousands.
Change must be there, but it must be slow.
I think that the slow but constant changes in Cuba instigated by Raoul Castro are great.
They guy is probably right that his country is a powder keg. It is smug to be on a high horse here.
Bert
No, that would not be acceptable. A hero could rescue a child from a pond and then have the right to kill another? Of course not.
The point I intended to convey is that if a life is a life, the pharmacist should be equally concerned with both ways a life gets lost. And it is my hypothesis/suspicion that the pharmacist isn't equally concerned, supported by the "would he spend (the) money on saving the life in Africa" argument.
Back the drug. The pharmacist doesn't know the position the parent(s) are in and should not impose his judgement. (BTW Drugs to induce abortion are prescription drugs, not over the counter drugs).
About the pope. He doesn't have a hot line with god. And then, which one with thousands of religions and multiple thousands of gods. I guess all religions claim to be right despite being contradictory, so which one are we to believe. Why not ask the Dalai Lama instead? As far as I'm concerned, the pope, queen, the professor, the janitor, the baker and I all go to the bathroom every day. I respect a person based on his properly supported arguments, not on his function.
Bert
Hosea 13:16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
Deuteronomy 2
33 And the LORD our God delivered him {THAT IS, THE LEADER OF THE ENEMY} before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:
And those are just two quotes from the bible. Read it and conclude for yourself: Your deity really doesn't care about innocent children. But then I may be wrong. I'm not a jew so I may indeed not have the privilege of smiting fertilized egss and all.
I'm trying to communicate. And I thank you for your response.
My point is that the "value" of an embryo/foetus increases during pregnancy. Yes, like the woman you mentioned, the women I mentioned were struck by their miscarriages. But I'm sure that if they'd lost a baby, they'd visit the grave frequently. I doubt they still know the dates of their miscarriages and they are not on the calendar which apart from birth days contains the date of departure of deceased family members (sorry, struggling with English here). I've never heard of a woman mourning over the fact that she was a week late with her period. Just some disappointment. So, I think I've provided you with the foundation of my statement of increase in "value" (for lack of a better word. Don't take it as dollars, or something).
I certainly don't think that a miscarriage is morally the same as an abortion. Per the above, a fertilized egg is less "valuable" than a 3 months foetus and that is less "valuable" than a baby. At some (early) point it is acceptable to be outweighed by other circumstances and an abortion may be acceptable. As an example of the relevance of circumstances, in case of rape I'm fine if the point is a bit later.
If you're think that the soul is created at the moment of conception, then I don't understand your problems with the pill etc (as taught to you in school). Woody Allen (for once I thought him funny) told a joke that he was involved in a case of anticonception. He asked a girl to sleep with him, and she said no.
I'm sorry to learn that you misunderstood my donation example, but then I certainly was indirect there. I was trying to mock the pharmacist for not putting equal weight to human lives as such. A life involved in an issue of religious debate is more important than a life elsewhere where life just plain sucks.
Bert