Fair use is protected. Sharing an entire film or song probably is not. Therefore, share and download copyrighted materials a piece at a time. No infringement, no six strikes, no problem. Where is your god now RIAA/MPAA?
I don't get the obsession with implanting RFID. Also, why is it that everytime someone rehashes some harebrained scheme, it becomes a "journey" that must be "documented" for posterity? This parallel obsession with hyper-convenience and having to tell everyone about it is getting old.
I think I'm going to start a "Poo Blog". Yes, I know it's been done before, but I'm going to document my journey in trochaic hexameter. I'll do a podcast. I wonder what the social implications will be? What about the health effects? Will it generate ad revenue?
What if the Number of the Beast is really 1232? Does Satan have opposable thumbs?
Early Islam held academic knowledge in high regard. It seems plausible, therefore, that as a religion, Islam helped create an atmosphere conducive to the development of science and invention.
Also, it seems that the early Muslims were actively seeking out and preserving knowledge. I heard recently that some of the Greek classics were re-introduced into western culture from Arabic translations.
You mention Omar Khayyam above. Ironically, his writings have been interpreted with a spiritual significance (along the lines of Rumi) by some.
The "Scientific Method" is not about recording everything -- although I'm sure that helps. The scientific method is: Observe, Hypothesize, Predict and Verify. From reading the article, it's clear that they've done or attempted all those things and hence are following the method.
As for measuring temperature (even at 3.6 E9 K) you'd have to have one long thermometer, or you could measure the spectrum of radiation emitted by the reaction and determine the temperature using Planck's law of blackbody radiation. Or something to that effect...
They should try lithium wires instead of iron. The lower atomic weight may allow a fusion reaction to start and convert the Li into heavier elements until significant amounts of Fe are produced by the reaction. After that, the whole thing blows up... or something like that.
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Fair use is protected. Sharing an entire film or song probably is not. Therefore, share and download copyrighted materials a piece at a time. No infringement, no six strikes, no problem. Where is your god now RIAA/MPAA?
I don't get the obsession with implanting RFID. Also, why is it that everytime someone rehashes some harebrained scheme, it becomes a "journey" that must be "documented" for posterity? This parallel obsession with hyper-convenience and having to tell everyone about it is getting old. I think I'm going to start a "Poo Blog". Yes, I know it's been done before, but I'm going to document my journey in trochaic hexameter. I'll do a podcast. I wonder what the social implications will be? What about the health effects? Will it generate ad revenue? What if the Number of the Beast is really 1232? Does Satan have opposable thumbs?
Who needs a laptop? All you need is the key pad thingy, a Wu-Tang Clan disk and a Samurai sword.
Early Islam held academic knowledge in high regard. It seems plausible, therefore, that as a religion, Islam helped create an atmosphere conducive to the development of science and invention.
Also, it seems that the early Muslims were actively seeking out and preserving knowledge. I heard recently that some of the Greek classics were re-introduced into western culture from Arabic translations.
You mention Omar Khayyam above. Ironically, his writings have been interpreted with a spiritual significance (along the lines of Rumi) by some.
The "Scientific Method" is not about recording everything -- although I'm sure that helps. The scientific method is: Observe, Hypothesize, Predict and Verify. From reading the article, it's clear that they've done or attempted all those things and hence are following the method. As for measuring temperature (even at 3.6 E9 K) you'd have to have one long thermometer, or you could measure the spectrum of radiation emitted by the reaction and determine the temperature using Planck's law of blackbody radiation. Or something to that effect ...
They should try lithium wires instead of iron. The lower atomic weight may allow a fusion reaction to start and convert the Li into heavier elements until significant amounts of Fe are produced by the reaction. After that, the whole thing blows up ... or something like that.