Appending that since I finally found the right articles, the book is about the holographic paradigm which counts as quantum mysticism while the experiment is about the holographic principle which is a part of quantum gravity theories.
I'd be careful, that book summary mentions supernatural stuff. Talbot is apparently known for trying to find paranormal phenomena in science. I don't think that's the same theory that this experiment went towards.
Hologram does not mean illusion although Star Trek may have brought that association to the masses, it means a projection of a surface that appears to have more dimensions. While it appears different from what it is it does still exist. It just means we don't perceive it in the way it actually works.
I'm not sure the 5-4 thing was to say anything about the dimension count of the real universe, just a proof for specific numbers that may or may not be transferrable to other numbers of dimensions.
The jitter is much larger than the Planck length (which should be the quantization distance). However it matches the quantization resolution that would be expected from a universe that is actually a hologram that is encoded in its border. That's because the border would then obey the Planck length and its quantization would result in a much "blurrier" resolution at the point we are projected to. Another point is that black holes have some sort of holographic encoding of the information inside on their event horizon.
Science uses theories as tools to describe the universe in a productive manner. It does not aspire to find some absolute truth and while it may indeed be possible that a theory is incorrect and that a more complex theory with the same results is correct it doesn't matter as the theories are equivalent for practical purposes and choosing the simpler one is easier. Also simply exploring alternatives is useless unless you have a way to tell when an alternative is more correct, without that you can't decide between two theories and replacing the accepted one can very well end up replacing the correct one with a wrong one.
What you say about finding an alternative that can then be tested isn't really an alternate solution, it's an extension of an existing one (unless it conflicts with the old one in which case proving the new one would disprove the old). How would philosophy actually help a scientist? Looking for meaningful alternatives already happens and I have a feeling you're thinking about some of the more abstract claims of philosophy (like "is reality just a dream?" or other unprovable concepts).
How's this related to ID? Sure, it predicts that the noise on a gravity detector is not preventable but that's a bit different to proclaiming there's a creator whose nature is unknowable. Note that it does not claim that the things in the distance are not there, at least not any more than the things right here.
They found empirical data that seems to match a theory that was proposed earlier (so it was not made up in response to the data). I think that puts it ahead of string theory. They're not certain that the noise may not have been caused by other influences that they just couldn't find so far but now that there's a sign that there might be evidence for the theory it's feasible to make more specific experiments to test the claims.
It seems the predicted effect of a holographic universe is that the quantization steps (previously considered to be the Planck length) would be much bigger, they're talking about 10^-16 meters as opposed to 10^-33 meters.
Chip.de is about on par with zdnet or whatever there is now, it belongs to a fairly big print magazine. I think it's a popular mirror for free downloads.
A problem with user scores is that many will just vote 10 or 0 purely on the hype they feel for a game (or even vote for/against it purely out of console fanboyism).
I really doubt that, these carts would get coded to whatever region they are meant to be sold in. The lock is usually about licensing or stuff like that. Piracy has nothing to do with it (and e.g. Australian courts have ruled that region locks are not copy protection mechanisms).
Let's not forget that the Doctrine of First Sale is a national law while you're talking about international sales. Plus the doctrine only guarantees that you can sell it legally, it does not guarantee that it will be of any use to other people or that you can find a buyer. That a European DSi won't be able to play a US cart is not related to first sale since 1. nothing prevents you from selling it to a European, he just wouldn't want it and 2. you can always sell to a US buyer.
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Appending that since I finally found the right articles, the book is about the holographic paradigm which counts as quantum mysticism while the experiment is about the holographic principle which is a part of quantum gravity theories.
I'd be careful, that book summary mentions supernatural stuff. Talbot is apparently known for trying to find paranormal phenomena in science. I don't think that's the same theory that this experiment went towards.
Hologram does not mean illusion although Star Trek may have brought that association to the masses, it means a projection of a surface that appears to have more dimensions. While it appears different from what it is it does still exist. It just means we don't perceive it in the way it actually works.
I'm not sure the 5-4 thing was to say anything about the dimension count of the real universe, just a proof for specific numbers that may or may not be transferrable to other numbers of dimensions.
The jitter is much larger than the Planck length (which should be the quantization distance). However it matches the quantization resolution that would be expected from a universe that is actually a hologram that is encoded in its border. That's because the border would then obey the Planck length and its quantization would result in a much "blurrier" resolution at the point we are projected to. Another point is that black holes have some sort of holographic encoding of the information inside on their event horizon.
Science uses theories as tools to describe the universe in a productive manner. It does not aspire to find some absolute truth and while it may indeed be possible that a theory is incorrect and that a more complex theory with the same results is correct it doesn't matter as the theories are equivalent for practical purposes and choosing the simpler one is easier. Also simply exploring alternatives is useless unless you have a way to tell when an alternative is more correct, without that you can't decide between two theories and replacing the accepted one can very well end up replacing the correct one with a wrong one.
What you say about finding an alternative that can then be tested isn't really an alternate solution, it's an extension of an existing one (unless it conflicts with the old one in which case proving the new one would disprove the old). How would philosophy actually help a scientist? Looking for meaningful alternatives already happens and I have a feeling you're thinking about some of the more abstract claims of philosophy (like "is reality just a dream?" or other unprovable concepts).
Careful, you mention a designer, it's still not a given that there is one even if the universe is a computer.
How's this related to ID? Sure, it predicts that the noise on a gravity detector is not preventable but that's a bit different to proclaiming there's a creator whose nature is unknowable. Note that it does not claim that the things in the distance are not there, at least not any more than the things right here.
They found empirical data that seems to match a theory that was proposed earlier (so it was not made up in response to the data). I think that puts it ahead of string theory. They're not certain that the noise may not have been caused by other influences that they just couldn't find so far but now that there's a sign that there might be evidence for the theory it's feasible to make more specific experiments to test the claims.
It seems the predicted effect of a holographic universe is that the quantization steps (previously considered to be the Planck length) would be much bigger, they're talking about 10^-16 meters as opposed to 10^-33 meters.
Is New Scientist a quality publication or one prone to sensationalism? I don't know much about the science news scene in the USA.
Well, okay, I don't know the membership stats but insurance for legal costs (pays for lawyers and such but not any fines) is pretty common in Germany.
Chip.de is about on par with zdnet or whatever there is now, it belongs to a fairly big print magazine. I think it's a popular mirror for free downloads.
From my understanding shareware is intended to be sold (for cheap), I certainly remember tons of shareware disks and CDs being sold in the DOS era.
She wasn't charged before the download so it's unlikely that she knew the site wasn't offering it for free.
If you got insurance, yeah.
Most people have legal insurance that would probably help here.
That's pretty much what I did, I read them but almost immediately forgot what they said because it had no real relevance to the game.
If the kid had paid for it himself then he'd know the value. I know I considered my games valuable because I couldn't afford many.
But since he only liked one of the games anyway that wouldn't have been a loss.
A problem with user scores is that many will just vote 10 or 0 purely on the hype they feel for a game (or even vote for/against it purely out of console fanboyism).
I don't know... Windows Mobile devices? iPhone? gPhone or whatever that's called? Netbook? Plenty of choice.
75%? Wow, that's a good rate. Sturgeon's Law would put it at 90%.
I really doubt that, these carts would get coded to whatever region they are meant to be sold in. The lock is usually about licensing or stuff like that. Piracy has nothing to do with it (and e.g. Australian courts have ruled that region locks are not copy protection mechanisms).
Let's not forget that the Doctrine of First Sale is a national law while you're talking about international sales. Plus the doctrine only guarantees that you can sell it legally, it does not guarantee that it will be of any use to other people or that you can find a buyer. That a European DSi won't be able to play a US cart is not related to first sale since 1. nothing prevents you from selling it to a European, he just wouldn't want it and 2. you can always sell to a US buyer.
So if DLC is included the monthly fees for MMOs should be counted as well, right?