What is so fascinating about Fossett? If he designed his own glider, I'd really be impressed. To me, he just seems like a rich guy who is doing what he wants to do in life... which I have no problem with. But, it seems like he has a PR staff who is constantly trumpeting: "Look at this guy! He is sooooo great" To me, that is a turn off.
If you are breaking records to prove it to yourself... that is one thing. When you are buying media time to brag... then you are a loser in my book. A dam rich loser, but a loser nonetheless.
... at least not at this point in my life. However, one of my goals is to make it so when I am 40-45 I *can* take a paycut, if needed, to find more "fulfilling" work. I am not unhappy with what I am doing now... but I could see myself teaching , or doing volunteer work. I also like to eat:) But by preparing now... living off 75% of my pay, so I have more options.
If you are already at this point. GREAT! For those of you living off 105% of pay... I guess SOMEONE has to keep working so the rest of us can retire:)
I am not an IDer. Intelligent Design is not science.
That being the case, you, along with the other people who have jumped to this conclusion about me have revealed something about yourself. You are hypersensitive about criticism, or even questioning of your beliefs. You are no better than the people who assume to world was created 6,000 years ago and want to ban any other kind of teaching.
Though I am not an IDer, there are many things that occur in nature that make you go 'hmmmmm'. When you need to take baby steps to evolve, but you see something in nature that appears not to be reachaable through baby steps (individual steps seem to create a disadvantage to the organism). In fact, alternate scientifc theories have tried to account for this by arguing that there are periods of "hyper evolution"... periods were extreme mutation rates occured, giving the opportunity to make multiple mutations in short periods. Not sure how scientifically sound the theory is, but it does show it is not just IDers who think the theory needs some refinement, or better understanding.
Yet, if someone questions current theory, they are shouted down.
Anyone want to try to explain how THIS evolved? If evolution is a series of small mutations, how would an organism go from NOT having this ability to being able to control the roach in such a manner?
I used to think that when I was a young fartknocker. Now I'm a mid 30's fartknocker who is jaded. I figured by now, we'd all be able to buy a ticket to the moon. Now I think we are doomed to spend forever on this planet until we've used up the resources we'd need to make it a reality.
FTA: Bauer expects SuitSat's batteries to last 2 to 4 days. "Although longer is possible," he allows. After that, SuitSat will begin a slow silent spiral into Earth's atmosphere. Weeks or months later, no one knows exactly when, it will become a brilliant fireball over some part of Earth--a fitting end for a trailblazer.
Okay... so you have a spaceship that not only meets requirements of getting folks safely into space, but has to carry enough "glue" to repair itself. Mind you, it would probably need much more glue than it would ever need, because it would have to be stored relatively uniformly around the exterior of the ship.
Would the excess weight requirement make this not practical?
On the yes side: It is nice to have access to things that you wouldn't before the internet. You don't have to travel to a mall or specialty shop. This makes living in a less urban city not nearly the negative it used to be
On the no side: The mom and pop shops have dried up, losing a lot of the local economy. Towns that cannot adapt die. Neighbors do not talk to neighbors as much (why go outside), and the "homeyness" goes away.
Bottom line: Things change. For those who can adapt, it is a good thing. For those who cannot it is bad.
It is fun to watch children learn. They are capable of doing things and adapting in ways that I could never teach a computer... even one that simulates neural networks.
My oldest is almost three, and youngest is one. If you roll a ball, not directly at her, she will walk directly at the ball, constantly changing her path to reflect the fact that the ball has moved as she is moving. The ball will get past her, and she will continue to go after it.
My almost three-year-old did the same thing at that age. Then, he adapted a strategy of "get in front of the ball and wait for it instead of going right at it." Later, he was able to refine to where he would do the same thing, but meet the ball at exactly the right time.
Is this amazing? Yes and no. Practically every kid developes this skill (except for Cleveland Indian players). Yet it is very amazing, because it is real time processing of information that is quite complex when you try to break it down. Defining the optimal path to the ball requires fast image processing combined with low level calculus.
Don't believe me? Try to come up with a formula to find the optimal path when given fixed speeds, distance, and angle rolled. Bet 90% of Slashdot doesn't have the math skills required. Yet a two-year old's brain is capable of figuring it out.
How is this listed in the Math category? The "1 million"? There aren't too many math news items, and was disappointed to find out this was just about a silly game console. Not that there is anything wrong with game playing, but prime numbers are much more interesting...
BTW not sure why your company is mandating manual patching versus implementing Windoz Update Services (WUS). Computers patch and reboot VERY early in the morning, and the user doesn't have any choice in the matter. I have never had problems with this procedure BTW.
You've never had a problem with a patch breaking something? At the very least any competent admin would test the patch on a test box before pushing out corporate-wide. Pushing out pathes without testing is lazy and reckless.
The proof is in the tests though. Try it and see how much more energy you use when you turn the heat down to 50 during the day instead of 60. It's easiest if you have a gas meter and a few days with the same outdoor temperature.
I have. At 12 hours, and cold weather, I use 10% less after the house has been at 55 instead of 65 (and yes... measurement is after house warms up).
Just to give you a point of data to confirm: When I am gone for more than eight hours, the house gets dropped down 10 degrees farenheit (About 9 Romer's for those of you across the pond).
I consistenly get 10% savings when the weather is cold and it stays lo for at least 12 hours.
Simply put, the energy put into the system must equal the energy going out.
Now, to defend the other point of view... It is possible that older style furnaces lost some of their efficiency if they ran too long (not that they were very efficient to begin with). Not owning an older furnace, I have no way of telling... old furnaces in systems without good air returns might not get enough cold air flow to keep at its optimal rate of heating... But that is just speculation.
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To me, that is a turn off.
Why? Would you date him if he wren't so full of himself? Sheesh... get over it.
What is so fascinating about Fossett? If he designed his own glider, I'd really be impressed. To me, he just seems like a rich guy who is doing what he wants to do in life... which I have no problem with. But, it seems like he has a PR staff who is constantly trumpeting: "Look at this guy! He is sooooo great" To me, that is a turn off.
If you are breaking records to prove it to yourself... that is one thing. When you are buying media time to brag... then you are a loser in my book. A dam rich loser, but a loser nonetheless.
... at least not at this point in my life. However, one of my goals is to make it so when I am 40-45 I *can* take a paycut, if needed, to find more "fulfilling" work. I am not unhappy with what I am doing now... but I could see myself teaching , or doing volunteer work. I also like to eat :) But by preparing now... living off 75% of my pay, so I have more options.
:)
If you are already at this point. GREAT! For those of you living off 105% of pay... I guess SOMEONE has to keep working so the rest of us can retire
Which other comments would that be? At the time you posted I only had one other comment which had nothing to do with evolution?
You really think that Biologists have all the answers on evolution? You are no better that Joe Churchgoer who believes whatever his priest tells him.
Not only do biologists not have all the answers... they don't always even agree with each other.
He was clearly suggesting that there is no possible way this evolved and that his magic, invisible pasta monster is the only reasonable explanation
Damn. I must have had a seizure when I was typing the original post. I don't remember typing any of those keys.
You have said more about yourself than about me, AC.
I am not an IDer. Intelligent Design is not science.
That being the case, you, along with the other people who have jumped to this conclusion about me have revealed something about yourself. You are hypersensitive about criticism, or even questioning of your beliefs. You are no better than the people who assume to world was created 6,000 years ago and want to ban any other kind of teaching.
Though I am not an IDer, there are many things that occur in nature that make you go 'hmmmmm'. When you need to take baby steps to evolve, but you see something in nature that appears not to be reachaable through baby steps (individual steps seem to create a disadvantage to the organism). In fact, alternate scientifc theories have tried to account for this by arguing that there are periods of "hyper evolution"... periods were extreme mutation rates occured, giving the opportunity to make multiple mutations in short periods. Not sure how scientifically sound the theory is, but it does show it is not just IDers who think the theory needs some refinement, or better understanding.
Yet, if someone questions current theory, they are shouted down.
Ah yes... STFU. Brilliant. I should have realized this before. Sorry for wasting your time.
Anyone want to try to explain how THIS evolved? If evolution is a series of small mutations, how would an organism go from NOT having this ability to being able to control the roach in such a manner?
But first, please give me the phone number for your HR department.
A case of beer can do wonders for motivation.
What he didn't tell you is that the beer was spiked with industrial strngth horse laxative.
I used to think that when I was a young fartknocker. Now I'm a mid 30's fartknocker who is jaded. I figured by now, we'd all be able to buy a ticket to the moon. Now I think we are doomed to spend forever on this planet until we've used up the resources we'd need to make it a reality.
I hope I'm wrong.
FTA: Bauer expects SuitSat's batteries to last 2 to 4 days. "Although longer is possible," he allows. After that, SuitSat will begin a slow silent spiral into Earth's atmosphere. Weeks or months later, no one knows exactly when, it will become a brilliant fireball over some part of Earth--a fitting end for a trailblazer.
:)
But ya got a +5 for your post anyhow. Congrats
Can someone mod this guy up? He posted a joke about .NET and got blasted into -1 karma land....
Okay... so you have a spaceship that not only meets requirements of getting folks safely into space, but has to carry enough "glue" to repair itself. Mind you, it would probably need much more glue than it would ever need, because it would have to be stored relatively uniformly around the exterior of the ship.
Would the excess weight requirement make this not practical?
Let me clarify: Shortest time to ball. You are quite correct, 'optimal' is a vague word.
On the yes side: It is nice to have access to things that you wouldn't before the internet. You don't have to travel to a mall or specialty shop. This makes living in a less urban city not nearly the negative it used to be
On the no side: The mom and pop shops have dried up, losing a lot of the local economy. Towns that cannot adapt die. Neighbors do not talk to neighbors as much (why go outside), and the "homeyness" goes away.
Bottom line: Things change. For those who can adapt, it is a good thing. For those who cannot it is bad.
It is fun to watch children learn. They are capable of doing things and adapting in ways that I could never teach a computer... even one that simulates neural networks.
My oldest is almost three, and youngest is one. If you roll a ball, not directly at her, she will walk directly at the ball, constantly changing her path to reflect the fact that the ball has moved as she is moving. The ball will get past her, and she will continue to go after it.
My almost three-year-old did the same thing at that age. Then, he adapted a strategy of "get in front of the ball and wait for it instead of going right at it." Later, he was able to refine to where he would do the same thing, but meet the ball at exactly the right time.
Is this amazing? Yes and no. Practically every kid developes this skill (except for Cleveland Indian players). Yet it is very amazing, because it is real time processing of information that is quite complex when you try to break it down. Defining the optimal path to the ball requires fast image processing combined with low level calculus.
Don't believe me? Try to come up with a formula to find the optimal path when given fixed speeds, distance, and angle rolled. Bet 90% of Slashdot doesn't have the math skills required. Yet a two-year old's brain is capable of figuring it out.
How is this listed in the Math category? The "1 million"? There aren't too many math news items, and was disappointed to find out this was just about a silly game console. Not that there is anything wrong with game playing, but prime numbers are much more interesting...
I'm way ahead of you on this one. Years ahead of you, in fact.
BTW not sure why your company is mandating manual patching versus implementing Windoz Update Services (WUS). Computers patch and reboot VERY early in the morning, and the user doesn't have any choice in the matter. I have never had problems with this procedure BTW.
You've never had a problem with a patch breaking something? At the very least any competent admin would test the patch on a test box before pushing out corporate-wide. Pushing out pathes without testing is lazy and reckless.
You know what a sig line is? Use it instead of spamming us.
The proof is in the tests though. Try it and see how much more energy you use when you turn the heat down to 50 during the day instead of 60. It's easiest if you have a gas meter and a few days with the same outdoor temperature.
I have. At 12 hours, and cold weather, I use 10% less after the house has been at 55 instead of 65 (and yes... measurement is after house warms up).
Just to give you a point of data to confirm: When I am gone for more than eight hours, the house gets dropped down 10 degrees farenheit (About 9 Romer's for those of you across the pond).
I consistenly get 10% savings when the weather is cold and it stays lo for at least 12 hours.
Simply put, the energy put into the system must equal the energy going out.
Now, to defend the other point of view... It is possible that older style furnaces lost some of their efficiency if they ran too long (not that they were very efficient to begin with). Not owning an older furnace, I have no way of telling... old furnaces in systems without good air returns might not get enough cold air flow to keep at its optimal rate of heating... But that is just speculation.
Firefox is crap. Opera is a much better browser. Smaller memory footprint. Never had one crash. Loads much faster.
;)
Only reason I think people use Firefox is its viral marketing... and like sheep, people follow. I just wish I had waited till Opera was free