Also, the U.S. military is almost entirely metric (to coordinate with NATO). I've heard of returning soldiers have trouble re-adjusting to pounds, feet and miles.
One thing that concerns me about self-driving cars that supposedly work so well (like google's) is that reports have all come from the people who developed them. Hardly an unbiased source. When the NHTSA or Consumer Reports certifies one of these machine to be safe and reliable, only then will I believe it.
I would pay a premium of $187,500 for a self driving car. That premium I would pay is what a Google self-driving car costs (Prius + ~$150K in sensor gear).
Holy crap. Do you think anybody here is talking about buying a prototype?
When these things are mass-manufactured, we would be looking at perhaps a 10-15% extra charge for the self-driving technology. Otherwise, no car manufacturer would even try to put one on the market.
Which is unfortunate, since the word "temperature" predates modern physics by centuries.
The original meaning was the average speed of the molecules in a sample of matter - not atoms or subatomcs particles. Since speed is the length of a velocity vector, it cannot be negative, and hence there is no such thing as a negative temperature. It's a shame that physicists were too lazy to invent a new word for "slope of the entropy vs. energy curve" and decided, instead, to recycle - and corrupt - the meaning of a common English word.
You can be a B student and still be a genius. Einstein did very poorly in several subjects, most notably because he was board and didn't apply himself.
You can also be a B student who is a B student with delusions of grandeur. What evidence does Nadaka have of being a genius?
Either that or the boys find writing a test to be more interesting than sitting in a classroom listening to a teacher. Watch young kids play. Girls will sit in a circle, chatting (compatible with classroom learning) while boys will run around yelling (not compatible with classroom learning). This is especially true in elementary school, where 90% of teachers are female.
Nobody's saying that men and women are equal in all areas. But, unless you have some really convincing (non-anecdotal) evidence to the contrary, equality is the safest bet. We are all human, and humans having almost everything in common. Any exception to that would constitute an extraordinary claim and would require extraordinary evidence.
Another issue with standardized tests is the attitude the tested takes to writing a timed test. In other words, does the tested kid feel that writing a standardized test is interesting/boring, exciting/scary, important/unimportant, etc.? I can well understand that the average boy or girl may feel differently about these issues, especially since test writing is a solitary activity, something which most girls dislike.
it'll be the distant descendants of the original crew who reach the destination
Not if the crew consists of frozen embryos. Millions of them would fit in a litre bottle, and
could travel for centuries with no air, water or food.
We would need very advanced technology to gestate, birth and raise them, but there is no theoretical reason that couldn't be achieved within a few centuries from now.
So just stop supporting the fools using those locks. Chances are in excess of 99% that you don't really need to streamrip the latest Britney Spears Does Dallas episode.
What I want to know is did the robocar have time to study the course beforehand?
Also, did it have a detailed 3D GPS map of the course to use as a reference to pre-compute the optimum strategy? If not, it would have had to figure out the best braking, acceleration, and steering strategy in real time, which would be much more impressive.
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Australians of all ages managed to make the transition in just a few months.
Also, the U.S. military is almost entirely metric (to coordinate with NATO). I've heard of returning soldiers have trouble re-adjusting to pounds, feet and miles.
Staples photo service is excellent, and will make really good prints up to 20" X 24". They also make banners 24" by any length.
One thing that concerns me about self-driving cars that supposedly work so well (like google's) is that reports have all come from the people who developed them. Hardly an unbiased source.
When the NHTSA or Consumer Reports certifies one of these machine to be safe and reliable, only then will I believe it.
I would pay a premium of $187,500 for a self driving car. That premium I would pay is what a Google self-driving car costs (Prius + ~$150K in sensor gear).
Holy crap. Do you think anybody here is talking about buying a prototype?
When these things are mass-manufactured, we would be looking at perhaps a 10-15% extra charge for the self-driving technology. Otherwise, no car manufacturer would even try to put one on the market.
Most public libraries (at least in North America) have ebooks that you can "borrow" (use for a fixed length of time, e.g. two weeks).
Like Hawking talking about touching "the mind of God". He should stick to equations.
Which is unfortunate, since the word "temperature" predates modern physics by centuries.
The original meaning was the average speed of the molecules in a sample of matter - not atoms or subatomcs particles. Since speed is the length of a velocity vector, it cannot be negative, and hence there is no such thing as a negative temperature. It's a shame that physicists were too lazy to invent a new word for "slope of the entropy vs. energy curve" and decided, instead, to recycle - and corrupt - the meaning of a common English word.
That checklist refers to male adults in western society, not elementary school kids.
Maybe because test-taking is a solitary activity, and girls generally hate such things.
"Well, I've cut it three times and it's still too short"
Ouch!
You can be a B student and still be a genius. Einstein did very poorly in several subjects, most notably because he was board and didn't apply himself.
You can also be a B student who is a B student with delusions of grandeur. What evidence does Nadaka have of being a genius?
Either that or the boys find writing a test to be more interesting than sitting in a classroom listening to a teacher.
Watch young kids play. Girls will sit in a circle, chatting (compatible with classroom learning) while boys will run around yelling (not compatible with classroom learning). This is especially true in elementary school, where 90% of teachers are female.
Nobody's saying that men and women are equal in all areas. But, unless you have some really convincing (non-anecdotal) evidence to the contrary, equality is the safest bet. We are all human, and humans having almost everything in common.
Any exception to that would constitute an extraordinary claim and would require extraordinary evidence.
Another issue with standardized tests is the attitude the tested takes to writing a timed test. In other words, does the tested kid feel that writing a standardized test is interesting/boring, exciting/scary, important/unimportant, etc.?
I can well understand that the average boy or girl may feel differently about these issues, especially since test writing is a solitary activity, something which most girls dislike.
What he said.
Godel was talking about mathematics/philosophy, not physics.
I think I'd notice the sudden appearance of a pair of glasses on my face, seeing as how I don't wear them.
Until they are implanted.
It's for your own good. Really.
it'll be the distant descendants of the original crew who reach the destination
Not if the crew consists of frozen embryos. Millions of them would fit in a litre bottle, and could travel for centuries with no air, water or food.
We would need very advanced technology to gestate, birth and raise them, but there is no theoretical reason that couldn't be achieved within a few centuries from now.
So just stop supporting the fools using those locks. Chances are in excess of 99% that you don't really need to streamrip the latest
Britney Spears Does Dallas episode.
Oooh! I'm going to download that right now!
If the setup is reasonably permanent, Cable Lacing works well and it is easy and cheap. Waxed dental tape works great.
Toll roads are my guess.
Does anybody know anything about how it is programmed? Does it use LISP?
What I want to know is did the robocar have time to study the course beforehand?
Also, did it have a detailed 3D GPS map of the course to use as a reference to pre-compute the optimum strategy?
If not, it would have had to figure out the best braking, acceleration, and steering strategy in real time, which would be much more impressive.
He should've had his designers build models (for him to poop on) ..
Hence the iPoopDeck.
Oh yeah? I consider it my right to kill anybody whose screen name ends with "ase".