No Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in the Public Domain don't you understand?
Like it or not, the Internet was built by the Federal Government- and it very much is the public domain.
Like it or not, free speech was established by the Federal Government- (sic) and it very much is the public domain. Watch what you say in public and private, because you wouldn't even have that liberty if it weren't for the Federal Government.
You show thanks to somebody who gives you insight into a world you will never know with THAT response? Don't be so rude, just because it's the internet and the other person is just one of millions.
the size of the galaxy is irrelevant, we've only "listened to" a sphere 200 light years in diameter
Actually, we've only been transmitting a sphere 200 light years in diameter, but we've been receiving a sphere that is, as-the-photon-flies, 13.7-times-two light years in diameter, at various points in the history of the universe. (This page about the Observable Universe talks about some values for the diameter of the universe, but it is irrelevant whether my use of 200 light years and the size of the universe are exactly correct.)
The galaxy is only 100,000 light years wide, and has existed for billions of years. We've only been listening for 100 years, but where are they? Why haven't we been found? Why haven't we found them?
Deep down, I also believe there are other intelligent lifeforms in the universe. But if they're really so prevalent in the billions of stars that make up the Milky Way, why don't we have any proof?
If you guys laughed at the grandparent's post, I think you ought to give it a +1 Underrated or a +1 Insightful to boost his karma, instead of marking it +1 Funny. He doesn't deserve the crappy moderation that's been put on him for that post.
Wow, Baxtered! You must really feel strongly about this product to have registered today and made this your very first post!
What a load of BS. Be on the look-out for people pushing their stupid marketing into Slashdot's comment system. Unfortunately, with such a large userbase, it's nothing new here at the good ol'/.
The previous post was likely posted AC because the actual poster doesn't actually refuse to travel by plane. Rather, he hopes to convey a message that there are people that think this way, because he is not strong enough to send such a message himself.
If you think I'm joking, U.S. citizens would demand this happen. I know I would get on the bombs and ride them down yelling "YEEEHAAA!". My friends would be shooting Coke machines. And my wife would play both the president and the mad scientist.
Ahaha! This is a very funny line... at least mark him "underrated" to offset his karma against anybody who thinks his statement is a silly troll.:)
Rather than killing innocent families in an effort to kill a small number of people our government says are bad, you are helping limit the casualties as much as possible through extremely accurate missiles. This means less explosives are required to effectively kill the bad guys(tm) as opposed to dumb bombs and dumb missiles. Make no mistake, our government will continue to try to kill the people it deems bad. The work you do goes towards lowering the threshold of acceptable collateral deaths, which is good for the residents of those nations we invade.
This is message is a little frank, and is as politically neutral as my subjective mind could make it. Make no mistake, you are saving lives that would otherwise needlessly be destroyed, and helping the image of your country a little at the same time through those lives you save.
Learning Go takes 15 minutes. Mastering it takes far longer than one's lifetime. Visit this interactive site to learn Go if you are interested. A great place to play at is Kiseido Go Server, known for its great software and friendly userbase. Click "Play Go Now" to open up an external applet through your browser, or navigate through the site to download and install the client on your computer.
That's part of the road to mastery. Actually learning how to play the game is very easy. Here is an interactive site for learning Go that everybody who has come into contact with swears by.
All you need to do to get better in Go is to play more games. A large part of its allure is that playing more games increases your strength, starting from the very first game you play right up until you've played for 60 or 70 years straight. You always get stronger at Go with each passing game, and even this generation's top professionals are much stronger than last generation's.
(To respond to the two examples the parent gave above: As far as learning when regions are alive and dead, you should learn as part of your initial instruction into the rules exactly what makes a group alive or dead. A group with at least two 'eyes' is alive. Although you will know that definition, it takes a reasonable number of games for that to be internalized, as do many of its other niceties.
And as far as knowing when the game is over, that is something else that takes time to fully grasp. Within two months of playing, you will probably be able to say for certain, without any outside help, when the game is over. Of course that statement is a bit simplified, as lower-ranked players will miss certain plays that could gain them some points in the end-game, but the point is that true beginners often feel like they do not know when the game should be ended, whereas somebody who has play for one to two months semi-regularly would have a very good idea when to end it.)
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What have you done to Butters?!
No Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in the Public Domain don't you understand?
Like it or not, the Internet was built by the Federal Government- and it very much is the public domain.
Like it or not, free speech was established by the Federal Government- (sic) and it very much is the public domain. Watch what you say in public and private, because you wouldn't even have that liberty if it weren't for the Federal Government.
You show thanks to somebody who gives you insight into a world you will never know with THAT response? Don't be so rude, just because it's the internet and the other person is just one of millions.
Only if you're superman.
Won't somebody please think of the birds!
Exactly. There's no reason to kill hookers anyway, because most of them are already dead inside.
That's strange, my spin meter just went through the roof after I ran your post through it! Maybe I need to recalibrate it again... :)
Funny that you don't mention Eve Online. I think some posters may disagree with me, but many more will agree that it is a worthwhile MMORPG.
the size of the galaxy is irrelevant, we've only "listened to" a sphere 200 light years in diameter
Actually, we've only been transmitting a sphere 200 light years in diameter, but we've been receiving a sphere that is, as-the-photon-flies, 13.7-times-two light years in diameter, at various points in the history of the universe. (This page about the Observable Universe talks about some values for the diameter of the universe, but it is irrelevant whether my use of 200 light years and the size of the universe are exactly correct.)
The wikipedia article on the Fermi Paradox is an interesting read, and talks exactly about what I can't as elequently put.
There are some other great, related pages on space exploration and some possibilities that apparently should have arisen in the time that the Milky Way and complex elements existed:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann_probe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracewell_probe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_colonization
That's exactly the point. If life is so relatively prevalent, where is it and why haven't we gained any evidence?
The galaxy is only 100,000 light years wide, and has existed for billions of years. We've only been listening for 100 years, but where are they? Why haven't we been found? Why haven't we found them?
Deep down, I also believe there are other intelligent lifeforms in the universe. But if they're really so prevalent in the billions of stars that make up the Milky Way, why don't we have any proof?
If you guys laughed at the grandparent's post, I think you ought to give it a +1 Underrated or a +1 Insightful to boost his karma, instead of marking it +1 Funny. He doesn't deserve the crappy moderation that's been put on him for that post.
Just hit the cruise control, and go to sleep! It's a less expensive, and a whole lot more fun!
Wow, Baxtered! You must really feel strongly about this product to have registered today and made this your very first post!
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What a load of BS. Be on the look-out for people pushing their stupid marketing into Slashdot's comment system. Unfortunately, with such a large userbase, it's nothing new here at the good ol'
...or have I seen this article before?
The previous post was likely posted AC because the actual poster doesn't actually refuse to travel by plane. Rather, he hopes to convey a message that there are people that think this way, because he is not strong enough to send such a message himself.
What if they poured the concrete on the ground, and then carried it up the side of the Pyramids? Didn't think about that possibility, did you?
Damn straight. Who cares about Galileo, Kepler, Tycho Brahe, Copernicus, Newton, Maxwell, the Curies, Einstein, Hawking, and Dr. Emmett Brown?
"gigawatt" is actually pronounced "jiggawatt". At least, that was its pronunciation before its term rose into common speech. I'm so informative!
*And that's not to be confused with "Jigga, what?" I'm so clever!
I like to think that, job bless, one out of four just keeps on tickin'!
If you think I'm joking, U.S. citizens would demand this happen. I know I would get on the bombs and ride them down yelling "YEEEHAAA!". My friends would be shooting Coke machines. And my wife would play both the president and the mad scientist.
:)
Ahaha! This is a very funny line... at least mark him "underrated" to offset his karma against anybody who thinks his statement is a silly troll.
Rather than killing innocent families in an effort to kill a small number of people our government says are bad, you are helping limit the casualties as much as possible through extremely accurate missiles. This means less explosives are required to effectively kill the bad guys(tm) as opposed to dumb bombs and dumb missiles. Make no mistake, our government will continue to try to kill the people it deems bad. The work you do goes towards lowering the threshold of acceptable collateral deaths, which is good for the residents of those nations we invade.
This is message is a little frank, and is as politically neutral as my subjective mind could make it. Make no mistake, you are saving lives that would otherwise needlessly be destroyed, and helping the image of your country a little at the same time through those lives you save.
Learning Go takes 15 minutes. Mastering it takes far longer than one's lifetime. Visit this interactive site to learn Go if you are interested. A great place to play at is Kiseido Go Server, known for its great software and friendly userbase. Click "Play Go Now" to open up an external applet through your browser, or navigate through the site to download and install the client on your computer.
That's part of the road to mastery. Actually learning how to play the game is very easy. Here is an interactive site for learning Go that everybody who has come into contact with swears by.
All you need to do to get better in Go is to play more games. A large part of its allure is that playing more games increases your strength, starting from the very first game you play right up until you've played for 60 or 70 years straight. You always get stronger at Go with each passing game, and even this generation's top professionals are much stronger than last generation's.
(To respond to the two examples the parent gave above: As far as learning when regions are alive and dead, you should learn as part of your initial instruction into the rules exactly what makes a group alive or dead. A group with at least two 'eyes' is alive. Although you will know that definition, it takes a reasonable number of games for that to be internalized, as do many of its other niceties.
And as far as knowing when the game is over, that is something else that takes time to fully grasp. Within two months of playing, you will probably be able to say for certain, without any outside help, when the game is over. Of course that statement is a bit simplified, as lower-ranked players will miss certain plays that could gain them some points in the end-game, but the point is that true beginners often feel like they do not know when the game should be ended, whereas somebody who has play for one to two months semi-regularly would have a very good idea when to end it.)