You use that word a lot. I do not think it means what you think it means! Usually the word "unthinkable" is used in the context of the type of acts the typical slashdot reader would like to perform with Natalie Portman!
You can also make money dealing in prostitution, drugs, extortion, and murder... do you want to reconsider your claim that making money is ALWAYS a good thing?
Good luck getting a girl to climb into the back seat of a car with this "robot". The prom could also be awkward. On the bright side, the robot probably doesn't have to attend the mandatory PE classes.
I've explained this before: the Nobel Peace Prize was given to Obama specifically for not being George W. Bush! Unfortunately, Obama has not done quite as well at not being Bush than many of us had hoped...
Don't give me that BS! You know full well that when they have the technology to deliver sensory input directly to your brain, you'll be using it not for art, but for porn!
I didn't go to rehab, I went straight to the "two and a half cocaine-addled womanizers" set today and started working again. And if I wanna eat something that smells like sushi, I'll hire a porn starlet!
I'd say I was boycotting them in retaliation for this, but the truth is there was no way I was going to pay for their ridiculously overpriced menu in the first place! If I want expensive entertainment, I'll hire a stripper.
Yes, your explanation was quite helpful, as was the Wikipedia "Shape of the Universe" article which agrees with your explanation. My confusion stems from not understanding how the CMB could still be bouncing around after 13 billion years when the microwaves presumably travel in a straight line. You assert that there are other processes that refract and re-emit it, so a closed model of the universe is not necessary to explain it's existence. All we have been able to determine so far is that the universe is very close to being "flat"; e.g. if there is a radius of curvature, it is orders of magnitude larger than the Hubble constant. Meaning that for all practical purposes, the curvature is not detectable, at least with current technology. If the universe is closed, it's really, really, really big, meaning that light "wrapping around" due to curvature would take much longer than the current age of the universe to reach us. As far as us being at the center of the universe, it seems like cosmology taken to it's limits starts to look a lot like theology.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, talk about it on PBS! Actually, deGrasse Tyson makes a good spokesman precisely because he is an "everyman" that anybody can identify with who attempts to put everything into layman's terms, not because he is the smartest astronomer out there. His charter is more to inspire kids to get into science, rather than to explain things to adults.
The supercollider probably never will prove the existence of the Higgs Boson or any other new particles, but look at the spin-off benefits to engineering: we now have an infrastructure in place to build really, really big helium cooled electromagnets! I mean, they must have learned something just by building all this exotic equipment!
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Exactly what kind of attachments are available for this robot?!?
You use that word a lot. I do not think it means what you think it means! Usually the word "unthinkable" is used in the context of the type of acts the typical slashdot reader would like to perform with Natalie Portman!
You can also make money dealing in prostitution, drugs, extortion, and murder... do you want to reconsider your claim that making money is ALWAYS a good thing?
Not drinking the Apple Kool-Aid? There's an App for that!
What exactly can you do with an app that you can't do in a web browser with Flash, AJAX, or HTML5?
Good luck getting a girl to climb into the back seat of a car with this "robot". The prom could also be awkward. On the bright side, the robot probably doesn't have to attend the mandatory PE classes.
I've explained this before: the Nobel Peace Prize was given to Obama specifically for not being George W. Bush! Unfortunately, Obama has not done quite as well at not being Bush than many of us had hoped...
Don't give me that BS! You know full well that when they have the technology to deliver sensory input directly to your brain, you'll be using it not for art, but for porn!
Gee, what are the chances that the servers serving up these 17 GPixel images are already slashdotted?
You might as well hope for a pony too, as long as you're at it...
I didn't go to rehab, I went straight to the "two and a half cocaine-addled womanizers" set today and started working again. And if I wanna eat something that smells like sushi, I'll hire a porn starlet!
Is he any relation to Tom Servo of MST3K fame?
Sorry, the many people whom it still scares can't hear you, what with their tinfoil hats covering their ears and all...
Hey, it's not "rape", it's "sex by surprise!"
Exactly what part of the complete lack of connection between "news for nerds" and "bondage" are you unclear on?
You mean, like when you can't get a job anymore just because they found a few dead hookers in your basement? Man, I HATE it when that happens!
If you are fully vested in your lucrative stock options and the share price can't go anyplace but down in the future, you'd be crazy not to cash out.
I'd say I was boycotting them in retaliation for this, but the truth is there was no way I was going to pay for their ridiculously overpriced menu in the first place! If I want expensive entertainment, I'll hire a stripper.
Yes, your explanation was quite helpful, as was the Wikipedia "Shape of the Universe" article which agrees with your explanation. My confusion stems from not understanding how the CMB could still be bouncing around after 13 billion years when the microwaves presumably travel in a straight line. You assert that there are other processes that refract and re-emit it, so a closed model of the universe is not necessary to explain it's existence. All we have been able to determine so far is that the universe is very close to being "flat"; e.g. if there is a radius of curvature, it is orders of magnitude larger than the Hubble constant. Meaning that for all practical purposes, the curvature is not detectable, at least with current technology. If the universe is closed, it's really, really, really big, meaning that light "wrapping around" due to curvature would take much longer than the current age of the universe to reach us. As far as us being at the center of the universe, it seems like cosmology taken to it's limits starts to look a lot like theology.
Poorly-designed firewalls make DDoS attacks worse.
FTFY
Every time Shrodinger boxes up another cat, we get a new universe!
Those who can, do. Those who can't, talk about it on PBS! Actually, deGrasse Tyson makes a good spokesman precisely because he is an "everyman" that anybody can identify with who attempts to put everything into layman's terms, not because he is the smartest astronomer out there. His charter is more to inspire kids to get into science, rather than to explain things to adults.
I don't need an app to make fart noises; I have a 10-year old child for that!
I would have gone with "The Spiders From Mars" myself...
The supercollider probably never will prove the existence of the Higgs Boson or any other new particles, but look at the spin-off benefits to engineering: we now have an infrastructure in place to build really, really big helium cooled electromagnets! I mean, they must have learned something just by building all this exotic equipment!