There's fairly recent paper on the physical limits of inference. The author proves that even a classical deterministic universe can't be predicted. I can't find the article I read that explained the paper, but here's the link to the summary (and the paper itself).
Anyone know why Cryptic are realising a superheroes game that's going to be in direct competition with their previous superheroes game? Is City of Heroes dying?
Probably not with different encryption schemes. If it's the same encryption scheme applied twice though, couldn't the encryption be easier to break? This is obviously the case for a trivial scheme like ROT13, but what about more practical schemes like AES?
Most of those civilisations could be beyond the small radio-technology window we occupy. A more advanced mechanism could be "obvious" for communication to those civilizations. Or we could just be overlooking the obvious: Does SETI search for messages encoded in the polarization of EM waves for example?
Relativity implies that if information goes from A to B instantaneously for some observers, it also goes from A to B in finite time for some other observers. For all the other observers it goes from A to B in negative finite time, from B to A, in other words. For causality, for A to cause B, then information must always travel from A to B.
Any instantaneous wavefunction collapse cannot transmit information from distant locations, it must create new information for those locations, i.e. a random value.
They've seen their partner almost everyday for several years, and when they suddenly disappear, they occasionally see them for a bit afterwards. The adaptability of the human brain is less than perfect.
In the UK, it's not normally a crime either. IANAL but if a law firm like Davenport Lyons has been appointed by Atari then it's not because the copyright infringement was illegal. It's because Atari disagrees with it. Only the Crown Prosecution Service can prosecute anyone. The BBC story is just shovelling misinformation from the media industry.
BT are a private company; why would they want to foot the entire bill for this?
They don't. Here's why they should: To remain competitive. Of course that doesn't work when you're a monopoly so the regulator some grow some balls and force them to.
If matter in the universe is gradually shrinking in size (there is plenty of room for a lot of shrinkage in each atom) by a means we are not yet familiar with...
And the speed of light is getting slower too, or are clocks just speeding up?
Actually matter does fall upwards. The reason matter tends to fall downwards isn't due gravity, it's due to to thermodynamics and friction in particular.
As an example, consider an apple falling from a tree. The reason it doesn't "fall" upwards is that its kinetic energy is mostly dispersed into the ground when it lands. If the ground wasn't there, the apple would follow at orbit and fall down just as much as it "falls" upwards.
Gravity is attractive. CPT wouldn't be violated by antimatter falling upwards. The orbital motion for matter is similar in both temporal directions.
I don't think I could go back to a keyboard that doesn't allow my wrists to be kept straight. Putting any undue stress on something as complicated as your wrist is just asking for trouble. The same goes for keys with a heavy action. A study keyboard is great but make sure your hands and wrists can outlive it. The best affordable keyboard I've found for myself is the Microsoft Natural 4000, which is a lot like the original one. The keys are also in the correct places unlike Microsoft's other "Natural" keyboards. No matter how great the keyboard is, it's you, that you should be considering first.
What happens if he goes to watch a movie? If it were possible to store every moment of your life, and use it to augment your normal memory, would you need a change in the copyright laws?
You're confusing deity with mortality. There's nothing incompatible with the existence of a deity and the non-existence of you. Unless, the deity in question, has some objection to your non-existence. Maybe he'd want you to exist, so he could torture you in perpetuity instead, because you believed in some other deity.
Funniest parts are, in my opinion:
Atheism requires not only a tremendous amount of faith but also a belief in miracles. and
The best evidence for the possible existence of a supernatural creator lies in the total lack of any scientific evidence in these key areas.
This is a bizarre point of view because God (the Designer) by definition does not have an origin.
In which case, wouldn't it be simpler to just say that life itself doesn't have an origin, instead of inventing a designer? The evolutionary explanation - in contrast to the spontaneous existence, and ornamental spontaneous existence theories - makes accurate predictions.
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The result of the spooky action at a distance is random: New information is created, none is transmitted.
There's fairly recent paper on the physical limits of inference. The author proves that even a classical deterministic universe can't be predicted. I can't find the article I read that explained the paper, but here's the link to the summary (and the paper itself).
Anyone know why Cryptic are realising a superheroes game that's going to be in direct competition with their previous superheroes game? Is City of Heroes dying?
An additional layer of encryption can't be bad.
Probably not with different encryption schemes. If it's the same encryption scheme applied twice though, couldn't the encryption be easier to break? This is obviously the case for a trivial scheme like ROT13, but what about more practical schemes like AES?
Maybe they've already sent out seedships and we're the result.
Most of those civilisations could be beyond the small radio-technology window we occupy. A more advanced mechanism could be "obvious" for communication to those civilizations. Or we could just be overlooking the obvious: Does SETI search for messages encoded in the polarization of EM waves for example?
Relativity implies that if information goes from A to B instantaneously for some observers, it also goes from A to B in finite time for some other observers. For all the other observers it goes from A to B in negative finite time, from B to A, in other words. For causality, for A to cause B, then information must always travel from A to B.
Any instantaneous wavefunction collapse cannot transmit information from distant locations, it must create new information for those locations, i.e. a random value.
Maybe because the CD is unreadable, or maybe because they can't find the CD, or maybe because it's easier than finding the CD.
WARNING: Legislation for new artistic mediums has been linked to ignorance and stupidity.
They've seen their partner almost everyday for several years, and when they suddenly disappear, they occasionally see them for a bit afterwards. The adaptability of the human brain is less than perfect.
In the UK, it's not normally a crime either. IANAL but if a law firm like Davenport Lyons has been appointed by Atari then it's not because the copyright infringement was illegal. It's because Atari disagrees with it. Only the Crown Prosecution Service can prosecute anyone. The BBC story is just shovelling misinformation from the media industry.
Luxury. Outside the US it's 0Kbit/sec and we have to add our own noise.
BT are a private company; why would they want to foot the entire bill for this?
They don't. Here's why they should: To remain competitive. Of course that doesn't work when you're a monopoly so the regulator some grow some balls and force them to.
If matter in the universe is gradually shrinking in size (there is plenty of room for a lot of shrinkage in each atom) by a means we are not yet familiar with...
And the speed of light is getting slower too, or are clocks just speeding up?
They just have to be "color"-neutral so (red, green, blue) and (red, anti-red) are both allowed.
That's why you should only eat open-recipe cakes.
Actually matter does fall upwards. The reason matter tends to fall downwards isn't due gravity, it's due to to thermodynamics and friction in particular.
As an example, consider an apple falling from a tree. The reason it doesn't "fall" upwards is that its kinetic energy is mostly dispersed into the ground when it lands. If the ground wasn't there, the apple would follow at orbit and fall down just as much as it "falls" upwards.
Gravity is attractive. CPT wouldn't be violated by antimatter falling upwards. The orbital motion for matter is similar in both temporal directions.
I don't think I could go back to a keyboard that doesn't allow my wrists to be kept straight. Putting any undue stress on something as complicated as your wrist is just asking for trouble. The same goes for keys with a heavy action. A study keyboard is great but make sure your hands and wrists can outlive it. The best affordable keyboard I've found for myself is the Microsoft Natural 4000, which is a lot like the original one. The keys are also in the correct places unlike Microsoft's other "Natural" keyboards. No matter how great the keyboard is, it's you, that you should be considering first.
What a sad, sad story.
What happens if he goes to watch a movie? If it were possible to store every moment of your life, and use it to augment your normal memory, would you need a change in the copyright laws?
You're confusing deity with mortality. There's nothing incompatible with the existence of a deity and the non-existence of you. Unless, the deity in question, has some objection to your non-existence. Maybe he'd want you to exist, so he could torture you in perpetuity instead, because you believed in some other deity.
In which case, wouldn't it be simpler to just say that life itself doesn't have an origin, instead of inventing a designer? The evolutionary explanation - in contrast to the spontaneous existence, and ornamental spontaneous existence theories - makes accurate predictions.
If you're agnostic, the distinction may be as important as the one for unicorns.
He didn't name the particle after himself.