Speaking of Saturday Night Live, Stephen Colbert actually hosted it (albeit indirectly) on Saturday while this was going on. He is the voice of Ace of the Ambiguously Gay Duo, the animated TV Funhouse series. The Duo "hosted" the Best of TV Funhouse special on Saturday.
Interestingly enough, Steve Carrell is the voice of Gary, the other duo member. Needless to say, when the series began in 1996, neither he nor Stephen Colbert were as famous as they are now.
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As someone on the Gamelife blog pointed out, the very fact that Nintendo had to explain its decision and Chris Kohler had to back it up is proof enough that marketing-wise, the name has failed.
I don't think that's necessarily true. I think that automated highways will eventually come to pass, but it won't be overnight. What will probably happen is that it will be a gradual process, driven by the fact that the automobile companies will want to make sure that accidents can't be attributed to their vehicles. You can already see it starting. First, we had cruise control. Then, we had adaptive cruise control. Now, we're seeing adaptive cruise control with the ability to brake, as well as cars which can parallel park themselves. As long as the manufacturers take baby steps, all possible scenarios will eventually be accounted for.
Well, this New Scientist article from 2002 is also about Victor Petrenko, and goes into a little more depth.
Apparently, it is is the protons which are the majority charge carrier. If you remember your high school chemistry, there exists a small amount of hydrogen and hydroxl ions even in water with a pH of 7. Presumably, ice, which is a crystalline version of water, also has a small concentration of hydrogen and hydroxyl ions. According to the article, the free hydrogen ions (a.k.a. protons) travel between the crystalline structure of the ice, carrying current. I would guess that the hydroxyl ions don't do the same thing simply because they are much larger than hydrogen ions, and are effectively immobile in the lattice.
In addition to the chair, you should also install a shelf underneath your desk on which you can place a blanket and an alarm clock. That way, you can take a nap there comfortably without anyone finding out.
Oh yeah, one more thing. Make sure that the alarm clock doesn't tick. Otherwise, someone might mistake it for a bomb.
Being the sponsorer of a bill which greatly mainstreamed the Internet definitely satisfies the above-highlighted synonyms.
Oh yeah, I'll leave you with a quote from Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn (you know, the people who are considered to be the fathers of the Internet): "As the two people who designed the basic architecture and the core protocols that make the Internet work, we would like to acknowledge VP Gore's contributions as a Congressman, Senator and as Vice President. No other elected official, to our knowledge, has made a greater contribution over a longer period of time."
Offer television programs as downloadable files (e.g. a nice XviD or something) with no restrictions that can be archived, traded, and/or watched at your leisure.
So basically, you want to get something for nothing. How do you expect them to make any money from this?
Another cool thing about asynchronous processors is that you can see the effect of temperature on the processor's speed. Wikipedia describes a demonstration in which hot coffee placed on the processor caused it to visibly slow down, while liquid nitrogen caused its speed to shoot up.
No kidding. When I took a digital systems lab class, we had to do one simple asynchronous circuit. The corresponding state machine only had four states (compared to a computer processor, which might have a hundred states or more), but it was probably the most difficult circuit to design. Basically, you have to make sure that as you're transitioning between states, you always end up in the correct one, no matter where you may be in between.
Well, the Wavebird uses fundamentally different technology compared with previous offerings. Older ones used infrared light to transmit data, which meant that the controllers had to (more or less) be aimed in the direction of the console. The Wavebird used radio frequencies, which is why it was so much better. Granted, Nintendo didn't invent the idea of a wireless controller, but they did make the first usable one. (By the same token, you might say that they didn't innovate when they made the N64's analog stick, because joysticks had been made before.)
I agree. It was a very good program, made even better by the fact that it's narrated by John Lithgow. (I'm surprised that no one has mentioned this yet.)
One thing I dislike about modern physics is how they phrase things in an inappropriately magical way.
It's not really the physicists themselves that do it: it's the organization that they work for. A few months ago, I began working for a research group at my university. Soon after, I learned that my college actually has staffers to write press releases, who have B.A.s in English, but no experience in the field which they are writing about. It's actually quite ridiculous, because the professors and grad students get little say in the product. Hence, you get press releases full of buzzwords (like "quantum computing"), which often have little to nothing to do with the research.
Well, in particle accelerators like the RHIC, temperature doesn't really have a lot of meaning. Temperature is a statistical quantity, and depends on the presence of many particles to be adequately defined. In colliders, only a couple particles are present, which happen to be accelerated to high velocities (and therefore high "temperatures"). However, the article seems to imply that many particles were involved in the experiment.
Building a tunnel might take the complicity of many people, but using a tunnel only requires the complicity of one Columbian drug lord with an anti-American sentiment.
In Clinton's testimony for which he was perjured, the judge decided that the definition of sexual relations was as follows:
For the purposes of this deposition, a person engages in sexual relations when the person knowingly engages in or causes:
1. Contact with the genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, or buttocks of any person with an intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person
By this definition, Clinton did not engage in sexual relations (because he only touched the mouth), but Monica did.
You obviously didn't read the "mental" part of the definition, did you? Non-permanent physical injuries can lead to permanent mental injuries. For example, I'd say that being forced at gunpoint to lay in a pyramid of naked men would probably cause permament mental damage, even though the physical damage is minimal.
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Speaking of Saturday Night Live, Stephen Colbert actually hosted it (albeit indirectly) on Saturday while this was going on. He is the voice of Ace of the Ambiguously Gay Duo, the animated TV Funhouse series. The Duo "hosted" the Best of TV Funhouse special on Saturday.
Interestingly enough, Steve Carrell is the voice of Gary, the other duo member. Needless to say, when the series began in 1996, neither he nor Stephen Colbert were as famous as they are now.
As someone on the Gamelife blog pointed out, the very fact that Nintendo had to explain its decision and Chris Kohler had to back it up is proof enough that marketing-wise, the name has failed.
Shareholders will eventually get upset with all the money being pissed away.
Don't you mean Wii-Wii'ed away?
For pedestrians, a mesh-like material is activated in less than 50 milliseconds beneath the hood, which serve to cushion the blow upon impact.
Sweet! Now I can hit all the pedestrians I want!
I don't think that's necessarily true. I think that automated highways will eventually come to pass, but it won't be overnight. What will probably happen is that it will be a gradual process, driven by the fact that the automobile companies will want to make sure that accidents can't be attributed to their vehicles. You can already see it starting. First, we had cruise control. Then, we had adaptive cruise control. Now, we're seeing adaptive cruise control with the ability to brake, as well as cars which can parallel park themselves. As long as the manufacturers take baby steps, all possible scenarios will eventually be accounted for.
Yes, that scares me very much.
Well, this New Scientist article from 2002 is also about Victor Petrenko, and goes into a little more depth.
Apparently, it is is the protons which are the majority charge carrier. If you remember your high school chemistry, there exists a small amount of hydrogen and hydroxl ions even in water with a pH of 7. Presumably, ice, which is a crystalline version of water, also has a small concentration of hydrogen and hydroxyl ions. According to the article, the free hydrogen ions (a.k.a. protons) travel between the crystalline structure of the ice, carrying current. I would guess that the hydroxyl ions don't do the same thing simply because they are much larger than hydrogen ions, and are effectively immobile in the lattice.
Are you kidding me? Cars/quarter is definitely an SI unit, just like the area of a football field and the thickness of a human hair.
In addition to the chair, you should also install a shelf underneath your desk on which you can place a blanket and an alarm clock. That way, you can take a nap there comfortably without anyone finding out. Oh yeah, one more thing. Make sure that the alarm clock doesn't tick. Otherwise, someone might mistake it for a bomb.
Main Entry: create Part of Speech: verb Definition: develop Synonyms: actualize, author, beget, build, coin, compose, conceive, concoct, constitute, construct, contrive, design, devise, discover, dream up, effect, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, father, forge, form, formulate, found, generate, hatch, imagine, initiate, institute, invent, invest, make, occasion, organize, originate, parent, perform, plan, procreate, produce, rear, set up, shape, sire, spawn, start
Being the sponsorer of a bill which greatly mainstreamed the Internet definitely satisfies the above-highlighted synonyms.
Oh yeah, I'll leave you with a quote from Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn (you know, the people who are considered to be the fathers of the Internet): "As the two people who designed the basic architecture and the core protocols that make the Internet work, we would like to acknowledge VP Gore's contributions as a Congressman, Senator and as Vice President. No other elected official, to our knowledge, has made a greater contribution over a longer period of time."
Offer television programs as downloadable files (e.g. a nice XviD or something) with no restrictions that can be archived, traded, and/or watched at your leisure.
So basically, you want to get something for nothing. How do you expect them to make any money from this?
Another cool thing about asynchronous processors is that you can see the effect of temperature on the processor's speed. Wikipedia describes a demonstration in which hot coffee placed on the processor caused it to visibly slow down, while liquid nitrogen caused its speed to shoot up.
This is extremely difficult to do right.
No kidding. When I took a digital systems lab class, we had to do one simple asynchronous circuit. The corresponding state machine only had four states (compared to a computer processor, which might have a hundred states or more), but it was probably the most difficult circuit to design. Basically, you have to make sure that as you're transitioning between states, you always end up in the correct one, no matter where you may be in between.
Well, the Wavebird uses fundamentally different technology compared with previous offerings. Older ones used infrared light to transmit data, which meant that the controllers had to (more or less) be aimed in the direction of the console. The Wavebird used radio frequencies, which is why it was so much better. Granted, Nintendo didn't invent the idea of a wireless controller, but they did make the first usable one. (By the same token, you might say that they didn't innovate when they made the N64's analog stick, because joysticks had been made before.)
If not the standard Gamecube controller, what about the Wavebird (wireless) controller? It was the industry's first reliable wireless controller.
The protagonist of the Legend of Zelda series is named Link. Zelda is the princess that he often rescues.
I agree. It was a very good program, made even better by the fact that it's narrated by John Lithgow. (I'm surprised that no one has mentioned this yet.)
One thing I dislike about modern physics is how they phrase things in an inappropriately magical way.
It's not really the physicists themselves that do it: it's the organization that they work for. A few months ago, I began working for a research group at my university. Soon after, I learned that my college actually has staffers to write press releases, who have B.A.s in English, but no experience in the field which they are writing about. It's actually quite ridiculous, because the professors and grad students get little say in the product. Hence, you get press releases full of buzzwords (like "quantum computing"), which often have little to nothing to do with the research.
In case anyone doesn't know, the parent is referring to the "numbers" on the ABC show, Lost.
Well, in particle accelerators like the RHIC, temperature doesn't really have a lot of meaning. Temperature is a statistical quantity, and depends on the presence of many particles to be adequately defined. In colliders, only a couple particles are present, which happen to be accelerated to high velocities (and therefore high "temperatures"). However, the article seems to imply that many particles were involved in the experiment.
They will invariably try to convince the jury that if abstract concept X=Y, then if the evidence meets the definition of Y, you must convict.
Wait, you're saying that if the glove doesn't fit, I must acquit? Well, that's good to know.
Haven't I seen this somewhere before?
Building a tunnel might take the complicity of many people, but using a tunnel only requires the complicity of one Columbian drug lord with an anti-American sentiment.
In Clinton's testimony for which he was perjured, the judge decided that the definition of sexual relations was as follows:
For the purposes of this deposition, a person engages in sexual relations when the person knowingly engages in or causes: 1. Contact with the genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, or buttocks of any person with an intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person
By this definition, Clinton did not engage in sexual relations (because he only touched the mouth), but Monica did.
You obviously didn't read the "mental" part of the definition, did you? Non-permanent physical injuries can lead to permanent mental injuries. For example, I'd say that being forced at gunpoint to lay in a pyramid of naked men would probably cause permament mental damage, even though the physical damage is minimal.