I wouldn't discount the possibility that some part of this decline is due to Chinese consumer anger over the arrest of Meng Wanzhou (Huawei CFO) and the trade war being waged by the Trump administration.
Without regard to the merits of either side of the argument -- would the scientists have much choice in deciding whether or not to sign this letter? I would imagine not signing the letter could lead to you being ostracized, labeled as a racist, possibly losing grants and so on. The path of least resistance for any individual geneticist would be to sign the letter.
Again, I'm not arguing that they're wrong. Just that there could be a lot of pressure for them to be 'right'.
To throw something into the sun, you have to essentially deorbit it from Earth's orbit. Given that the Earth's orbital velocity is about 30 km/sec, that's an awful lot of delta-v to muster.
It makes much more sense to park such waste in a different Sun orbit, or perhaps even an escape trajectory from the solar system. Both of these options would be possible with a MUCH smaller rocket.
It would take a ship travelling at that speed roughly two days to travel from Earth to the Sun (1 AU). In those terms it doesn't seem all that fast. Pedestrian, really.
Oh right, it is much more fun to form a strong opinion and talk about mach shit like rifles than carefully thinking through a situation and gathering more information.
"Fulton first used instrumented dummies as he prepared for a live pickup. He next used a pig, as pigs have nervous systems close to humans. Lifted off the ground, the pig began to spin as it flew through the air at 125 mph. It arrived on board undamaged but in a disoriented state. Once it recovered, it attacked the crew."
Too funny, I can only imagine what a berserker pig in an aircraft is like.
I got modded down as Flamebait, so I feel a bit vindicated now:)
Post from Saturday July 25 2009: "One not-so-obvious candidate: JavaScript and HTML.
Pretty much every browser in existence supports JavaScript, so with nothing more than a simple text editor and your browser of choice you can be off and running. As far as beginning programming is concerned, JavaScript easily encompasses any programmatic constructs you'd need.
The best part is that the students can easily display the results of their test programs in HTML, either dynamically generated or just by manipulating some divs, textboxes, tables etc that they've written on their page. Additionally, an instructor could write a 'playground' bit of HTML and JavaScript, so all output variables are bound up and easy to access. At that point the student is free to focus on what really matters, his/her first logic routines. When the student has created his first masterpiece, sharing the accomplishment with parents/peers is as simple as sharing a link to their HTML file.
I think this has the potential to engage students much faster than observing console output or fighting with a front end like windows forms in VB or Swing in Java."
FWIW, I think engineers become terrorists for two simple reasons
1. Engineers are typically intelligent people who are perceptive enough to see and understand the inequities present in the world, and assign blame to individuals/groups/nations. 2. When confronted with a problem, engineers want to solve it. Unfortunately, terrorism may be the most effective way for an individual or small group to both gain retribution against the powers who oppress and gain the attention of the masses -- who are often completely ignorant of the situation causing the terrorists to act.
One not-so-obvious candidate: JavaScript and HTML.
Pretty much every browser in existence supports JavaScript, so with nothing more than a simple text editor and your browser of choice you can be off and running. As far as beginning programming is concerned, JavaScript easily encompasses any programmatic constructs you'd need.
The best part is that the students can easily display the results of their test programs in HTML, either dynamically generated or just by manipulating some divs, textboxes, tables etc that they've written on their page. Additionally, an instructor could write a 'playground' bit of HTML and JavaScript, so all output variables are bound up and easy to access. At that point the student is free to focus on what really matters, his/her first logic routines. When the student has created his first masterpiece, sharing the accomplishment with parents/peers is as simple as sharing a link to their HTML file.
I think this has the potential to engage students much faster than observing console output or fighting with a front end like windows forms in VB or Swing in Java.
This is absolutely true -- I work for a pretty large web development shop, and over 30% of our client browsers are IE6. The corporate world just can't lay out the money to upgrade their customized browsers, rework intranet sites, etc.
Our management has decided to support IE6 for another year at least -- there is just no way we could justify losing 30% of our client base, no matter how many hoops we must jump through to get our client side working in IE 6/7/8, FF2/3/3.5 etc. The legacy of IE6 will remain with us for quite some time I'm afraid.
'Pocket Ref' is a conveniently sized book containing an absolutely outrageous amount of data. In 3-3/4" x 5-1/2" x 3/4" dimensions and around 500 pages, Thomas Glover covers topics from ASCII tables, to load bearing capacities of 2'x4's, to a comprehensive math and physics formula 'cheat sheet'.
I don't know if it is possible to exaggerate how useful this book is. Along with a decent calculator and a knack for solving practical problems, you will be unstoppable with the Pocket Ref at your side. McGyver certainly had a copy hidden in his shirt pocket.
Random acts of violence that target the civilian population are not the beginnings of a revolution. As any student of Che Guevara knows, the absolute key for success in the overthrow of a government is the support of the population.
Clearly it will be hard to convince fat and happy Americans that we have lost our way and need radical change in government and society. Sure, the Unabomber was published in the New York Times, and people have made the obvious connection between Waco and Oklahoma City. But what percentage of Americans do you think give a rat's ass about the 'reason' behind slaughtering civilians?
Lone homicidal nuts will never effect social change. In fact, I doubt anything will change until there is another Depression in America.
Lets all hope the markets crash, we run out of oil, and we're all out of jobs.
At my school (UF) students have been hired to chalk the sidewalks with DarkWatch's logo in order to promote interest in the game.
"Attack! Marketing kicked off a week-long guerilla-marketing campaign Monday for its new first-person shooter video game, Darkwatch."
I'm not sure how much interest some chalk on the sidewalk garnered for the game, but the subsequent article in our free student newspaper surely grabbed attention from the geek crowd
The Gainesville Florida traffic engineer has been accused of timing our traffic signals so as to slow down traffic as much as possible. However, a UF student has shown that drivers have learned to travel at approximately 15 mph over the speed limit in order to beat the 'signal-traps.'
From my own experience, I can say this is the case. But doesn't such a scheme compromise public safety rather than increase it? Not to mention the waste of gasoline by forcing large groups of automobiles to sit idle at a mis-timed light. Traffic engineers should practice what engineers do best, optimizing complex systems for the maximum possible benefit.
A boy in the park with a paper From a sandwich on which he had fed Was about to drop it on the sidewalk When a pigeon looked up and it said
"Please, keep the park clean for the pigeons. That is the right thing to do! Throw all your trash in the basket And we will say 'Thank Coo' to you! Keep the park clean for the pigeons, When you eat candy or gum Throw what is left in the trashcan Think of your small feathered chum."
Pigeons hate a mess!
When there is trash on the sidewalk They can't see breadcrumbs to eat Crackerjacks get in their feathers (awwww) Chewing gum sticks to their feet So put your trash in your pocket If there's no basket around Please, keep it to throw away later Remember that bird on the ground.
I took AP Computer Science last year, (C++ was the language used) and I did my science fair project making a simple encryption program. This can be done using publically available algorithms like Blowfish. It is not too difficult, and has a practical purpose as well.
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I wouldn't discount the possibility that some part of this decline is due to Chinese consumer anger over the arrest of Meng Wanzhou (Huawei CFO) and the trade war being waged by the Trump administration.
Will Proof of Work for Food
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Try to realize the truth. There is no iPhone. Then you'll see that it is not the phone that bends, it is only yourself.
Without regard to the merits of either side of the argument -- would the scientists have much choice in deciding whether or not to sign this letter? I would imagine not signing the letter could lead to you being ostracized, labeled as a racist, possibly losing grants and so on. The path of least resistance for any individual geneticist would be to sign the letter.
Again, I'm not arguing that they're wrong. Just that there could be a lot of pressure for them to be 'right'.
To throw something into the sun, you have to essentially deorbit it from Earth's orbit. Given that the Earth's orbital velocity is about 30 km/sec, that's an awful lot of delta-v to muster.
It makes much more sense to park such waste in a different Sun orbit, or perhaps even an escape trajectory from the solar system. Both of these options would be possible with a MUCH smaller rocket.
It would take a ship travelling at that speed roughly two days to travel from Earth to the Sun (1 AU). In those terms it doesn't seem all that fast. Pedestrian, really.
How do you KNOW a situation like this isn't occurring: http://www.tdcaa.com/node/2871
Oh right, it is much more fun to form a strong opinion and talk about mach shit like rifles than carefully thinking through a situation and gathering more information.
Also from the CIA article:
"Fulton first used instrumented dummies as he prepared for a live pickup. He next used a pig, as pigs have nervous systems close to humans. Lifted off the ground, the pig began to spin as it flew through the air at 125 mph. It arrived on board undamaged but in a disoriented state. Once it recovered, it attacked the crew."
Too funny, I can only imagine what a berserker pig in an aircraft is like.
I got modded down as Flamebait, so I feel a bit vindicated now :)
Post from Saturday July 25 2009:
"One not-so-obvious candidate: JavaScript and HTML.
Pretty much every browser in existence supports JavaScript, so with nothing more than a simple text editor and your browser of choice you can be off and running. As far as beginning programming is concerned, JavaScript easily encompasses any programmatic constructs you'd need.
The best part is that the students can easily display the results of their test programs in HTML, either dynamically generated or just by manipulating some divs, textboxes, tables etc that they've written on their page. Additionally, an instructor could write a 'playground' bit of HTML and JavaScript, so all output variables are bound up and easy to access. At that point the student is free to focus on what really matters, his/her first logic routines. When the student has created his first masterpiece, sharing the accomplishment with parents/peers is as simple as sharing a link to their HTML file.
I think this has the potential to engage students much faster than observing console output or fighting with a front end like windows forms in VB or Swing in Java."
FWIW, I think engineers become terrorists for two simple reasons
1. Engineers are typically intelligent people who are perceptive enough to see and understand the inequities present in the world, and assign blame to individuals/groups/nations.
2. When confronted with a problem, engineers want to solve it. Unfortunately, terrorism may be the most effective way for an individual or small group to both gain retribution against the powers who oppress and gain the attention of the masses -- who are often completely ignorant of the situation causing the terrorists to act.
One not-so-obvious candidate: JavaScript and HTML.
Pretty much every browser in existence supports JavaScript, so with nothing more than a simple text editor and your browser of choice you can be off and running. As far as beginning programming is concerned, JavaScript easily encompasses any programmatic constructs you'd need.
The best part is that the students can easily display the results of their test programs in HTML, either dynamically generated or just by manipulating some divs, textboxes, tables etc that they've written on their page. Additionally, an instructor could write a 'playground' bit of HTML and JavaScript, so all output variables are bound up and easy to access. At that point the student is free to focus on what really matters, his/her first logic routines. When the student has created his first masterpiece, sharing the accomplishment with parents/peers is as simple as sharing a link to their HTML file.
I think this has the potential to engage students much faster than observing console output or fighting with a front end like windows forms in VB or Swing in Java.
This is absolutely true -- I work for a pretty large web development shop, and over 30% of our client browsers are IE6. The corporate world just can't lay out the money to upgrade their customized browsers, rework intranet sites, etc.
Our management has decided to support IE6 for another year at least -- there is just no way we could justify losing 30% of our client base, no matter how many hoops we must jump through to get our client side working in IE 6/7/8, FF2/3/3.5 etc. The legacy of IE6 will remain with us for quite some time I'm afraid.
http://www.amazon.com/Pocket-Ref-Thomas-J-Glover/dp/1885071000
'Pocket Ref' is a conveniently sized book containing an absolutely outrageous amount of data. In 3-3/4" x 5-1/2" x 3/4" dimensions and around 500 pages, Thomas Glover covers topics from ASCII tables, to load bearing capacities of 2'x4's, to a comprehensive math and physics formula 'cheat sheet'.
I don't know if it is possible to exaggerate how useful this book is. Along with a decent calculator and a knack for solving practical problems, you will be unstoppable with the Pocket Ref at your side. McGyver certainly had a copy hidden in his shirt pocket.
Random acts of violence that target the civilian population are not the beginnings of a revolution. As any student of Che Guevara knows, the absolute key for success in the overthrow of a government is the support of the population.
Clearly it will be hard to convince fat and happy Americans that we have lost our way and need radical change in government and society. Sure, the Unabomber was published in the New York Times, and people have made the obvious connection between Waco and Oklahoma City. But what percentage of Americans do you think give a rat's ass about the 'reason' behind slaughtering civilians?
Lone homicidal nuts will never effect social change. In fact, I doubt anything will change until there is another Depression in America.
Lets all hope the markets crash, we run out of oil, and we're all out of jobs.
Hasta la victoria siempre!
How long until the men in dark suits come knocking on your door?
At my school (UF) students have been hired to chalk the sidewalks with DarkWatch's logo in order to promote interest in the game.
"Attack! Marketing kicked off a week-long guerilla-marketing campaign Monday for its new first-person shooter video game, Darkwatch."
I'm not sure how much interest some chalk on the sidewalk garnered for the game, but the subsequent article in our free student newspaper surely grabbed attention from the geek crowd
Mcirosoft Windows Vista - Pirate Edition
Available from www.packetnews.com or your favorite warez net soon.
In addition to the numerous links in the post, here is an arcticle by the BBC:1 12917. stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4
Some pretty pictures and informative text.
The Gainesville Florida traffic engineer has been accused of timing our traffic signals so as to slow down traffic as much as possible. However, a UF student has shown that drivers have learned to travel at approximately 15 mph over the speed limit in order to beat the 'signal-traps.'
From my own experience, I can say this is the case. But doesn't such a scheme compromise public safety rather than increase it? Not to mention the waste of gasoline by forcing large groups of automobiles to sit idle at a mis-timed light. Traffic engineers should practice what engineers do best, optimizing complex systems for the maximum possible benefit.
A BBC News article on the same topic:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4051211.stm
Ha, what a farce.
The requested comments shall be quite impassioned in nature, I'm sure.
A boy in the park with a paper
From a sandwich on which he had fed
Was about to drop it on the sidewalk
When a pigeon looked up and it said
"Please, keep the park clean for the pigeons.
That is the right thing to do!
Throw all your trash in the basket
And we will say 'Thank Coo' to you!
Keep the park clean for the pigeons,
When you eat candy or gum
Throw what is left in the trashcan
Think of your small feathered chum."
Pigeons hate a mess!
When there is trash on the sidewalk
They can't see breadcrumbs to eat
Crackerjacks get in their feathers (awwww)
Chewing gum sticks to their feet
So put your trash in your pocket
If there's no basket around
Please, keep it to throw away later
Remember that bird on the ground.
I took AP Computer Science last year, (C++ was the language used) and I did my science fair project making a simple encryption program. This can be done using publically available algorithms like Blowfish. It is not too difficult, and has a practical purpose as well.