This kind of shit has been happening ever since kids starting playing games that involve some degree of violence. Remember the big Dungeons and Dragons scare in the early 80s? People were blaming their fucked up kids' violence on that rather than their own horrible parenting / child's mental illness.
No one wants to admit that the problem might lie with someone they can't sue.
But electron speeds are still not that close to c. Photons have negligible mass, electrons have measurable mass, albeit small. Electron speeds top out a couple orders of magnitude below c.
But you're definately correct regarding electron drift not being a measure of electron speed.
Doesn't the fact that he tried to get McCain to run with him speak volumes? Would any Republican even CONSIDER getting another party as a running mate? Hell no.
There is a lot of research underway indicating a link between many types of cancer to viral infections, including prostate and lung cancer. I don't have any links, but keep your eyes peeled. Viruses do a lot more subtle and insidious things than we're aware.
It would be nice to see a category for biochemistry / molecular biology and one for pure chemistry of nonliving systems. This way, the guy that comes up with a cool way to synthesize hydrocarbons from ambient CO2 and water using only sunlight as the energy source doesn't have to compete with the guy (or lady) who finds a universal cure for cancer.
Actually, people with ADD are able to hyperfocus on tasks as long as that task has a dynamic nature, like a video game for instance. Or TV.
What they CAN'T do is focus on something they find boring or have to put serious effort into thinking about. Nor can they focus on more than one task at a time. Ever try talking to an Everquest-addicted buddy while he's playing? His sentences just trail off....and he doesn't even realize it.
$0.01 to the first person who correctly guesses whether it was the treknerds or reality show fans that modded me down. buahaha, do your worst nerds, I have karma to burn.
That's because his fanbase is a wad of pedantic, overbearing, irritating nerds. And have you ever SMELLED a trek convention? Yeesh.
As for reality TV, those of us with an IQ >= 100 find them inane and pointless, but that still leaves over half the country drooling for them. They're great for networks because they dont have to pay for writers or actors.
Not if the crystalline structure of the material is stable. Exposing something to radiation does not make it radioactive just as me shining a flashlight on you does not make you emit light of your own afterwards.
X-rays don't make you radioactive. Much of your food is irradiated to kill microorganisms, yet it is not made radioactive.
Isotopes either emit radiation or they do not. This is a function of the stability of the mass and charge of the nucleus compared to the number of electrons. This radiation comes off in the form of photons (xray, gamma, etc, a function of the wavelength) or particles (positrons, electrons, neutrons, etc). Radioactive contamination means the previously nonradioactive material is contaminated with small pieces of a radioisotope that are emitting radiation. Got the distinction?
Netflix and Gamefly are both great. I'm just a poor college student who can't quite afford both of them at the same time, hence my desire for something integrated. I'll keep an eye on gameznflix, maybe they'll get their act together.
Can you please point out where the words "fair trial" appear in any founding document? Oh, you can't.
"The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed."
"In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence."
"In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law."
I think you need to learn the constitution (or at least some basic reading comprehension) if you're going to argue about it. Just because the words "fair trial" don't appear directly doesn't mean the foundations for fair trials are not established by the constitution.
Just admit it...you are an angry, reactionary conservative curmudgeon that does not want a single dime of his money to go to social programs that might actually help another human being.
So you're conjecturing that illegal aliens are going to go through all the trouble to steal social security numbers of dead people just so they can go vote? I think there's a tin foil hat waiting for you.
The Europeans are here to observe and comment on whether EVERYONE gets their vote counted correctly, from overseas GIs to people with the same race and name as prisoners. They are not here as some vast liberal conspiracy and they're not going to take away your guns. I promise.
Hydrogen can be produced easily enough from water using solar energy. To really fix the energy economy, we need more effiecient solar cells. The sun bombards us with more energy every day than we use in a year. The vast majority of it is simply wasted.
It's the first generation of hdyrogen engines...cut them some slack. You're absolutely right, but think about the kind of mileage gasoline engines got 40-50 years ago. If 10 years down the road they don't have 50% efficient hydrogen engines, then we have a problem.
I don't think anyone's saying that you can't build your own PC. If you're that worried about what's inside the machine you buy, you're probably technical enough to slap your own box together with the parts you want from the least expensive sources.
I think this is just to provide a point of reference for Joe Schmoe, which is not necessarily a bad thing. The problem I see with it is that a computer that is "Level 7" right now will drop significantly in a year. How do you keep people comprised of where their PC is at any given moment? My current box was uber in late 2002 / early 2003. It barely runs Doom 3 at good resolution, now.
I gotta agree with you, man. I can't imagine trying to finish my chemistry degree or either of my two research projects without the plethora of science resources on the 'net. Instant access to science and medicine journals, physical and chemical literature sources, and general discussions have a value I can't even begin to quantify.
Yeah, because poets and coders are the model of correct uses of English.
You can't get away with bad syntax in command lines or programming, why should the language you use to communicate with real live humans be any different?
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This kind of shit has been happening ever since kids starting playing games that involve some degree of violence. Remember the big Dungeons and Dragons scare in the early 80s? People were blaming their fucked up kids' violence on that rather than their own horrible parenting / child's mental illness.
No one wants to admit that the problem might lie with someone they can't sue.
And yet looking at your user profile, I see tons of /. posts during business hours. You must be swamped.
And best of all, no African peasants had to die to make these.
You could always find your mortgage broker and piss-pound him into giving back your file.
You're luckier than most people, you actually know the identity of the person who took yours.
But electron speeds are still not that close to c. Photons have negligible mass, electrons have measurable mass, albeit small. Electron speeds top out a couple orders of magnitude below c.
But you're definately correct regarding electron drift not being a measure of electron speed.
Doesn't the fact that he tried to get McCain to run with him speak volumes? Would any Republican even CONSIDER getting another party as a running mate? Hell no.
There is a lot of research underway indicating a link between many types of cancer to viral infections, including prostate and lung cancer. I don't have any links, but keep your eyes peeled. Viruses do a lot more subtle and insidious things than we're aware.
It would be nice to see a category for biochemistry / molecular biology and one for pure chemistry of nonliving systems. This way, the guy that comes up with a cool way to synthesize hydrocarbons from ambient CO2 and water using only sunlight as the energy source doesn't have to compete with the guy (or lady) who finds a universal cure for cancer.
Electrons dont move through copper at the speed of light. However, they do move faster than sound does through a fluid.
Actually, people with ADD are able to hyperfocus on tasks as long as that task has a dynamic nature, like a video game for instance. Or TV.
What they CAN'T do is focus on something they find boring or have to put serious effort into thinking about. Nor can they focus on more than one task at a time. Ever try talking to an Everquest-addicted buddy while he's playing? His sentences just trail off....and he doesn't even realize it.
$0.01 to the first person who correctly guesses whether it was the treknerds or reality show fans that modded me down. buahaha, do your worst nerds, I have karma to burn.
That's because his fanbase is a wad of pedantic, overbearing, irritating nerds. And have you ever SMELLED a trek convention? Yeesh.
As for reality TV, those of us with an IQ >= 100 find them inane and pointless, but that still leaves over half the country drooling for them. They're great for networks because they dont have to pay for writers or actors.
I see. I didn't know they quit carrying adult films.
Regardless, there are a lot of independent films that Netflix carries that AFAIK Blockbuster does not.
Not if the crystalline structure of the material is stable. Exposing something to radiation does not make it radioactive just as me shining a flashlight on you does not make you emit light of your own afterwards.
X-rays don't make you radioactive. Much of your food is irradiated to kill microorganisms, yet it is not made radioactive.
Isotopes either emit radiation or they do not. This is a function of the stability of the mass and charge of the nucleus compared to the number of electrons. This radiation comes off in the form of photons (xray, gamma, etc, a function of the wavelength) or particles (positrons, electrons, neutrons, etc). Radioactive contamination means the previously nonradioactive material is contaminated with small pieces of a radioisotope that are emitting radiation. Got the distinction?
Netflix and Gamefly are both great. I'm just a poor college student who can't quite afford both of them at the same time, hence my desire for something integrated. I'll keep an eye on gameznflix, maybe they'll get their act together.
Can you please point out where the words "fair trial" appear in any founding document? Oh, you can't.
"The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed."
"In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence."
"In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law."
I think you need to learn the constitution (or at least some basic reading comprehension) if you're going to argue about it. Just because the words "fair trial" don't appear directly doesn't mean the foundations for fair trials are not established by the constitution.
Just admit it...you are an angry, reactionary conservative curmudgeon that does not want a single dime of his money to go to social programs that might actually help another human being.
So you're conjecturing that illegal aliens are going to go through all the trouble to steal social security numbers of dead people just so they can go vote? I think there's a tin foil hat waiting for you.
The Europeans are here to observe and comment on whether EVERYONE gets their vote counted correctly, from overseas GIs to people with the same race and name as prisoners. They are not here as some vast liberal conspiracy and they're not going to take away your guns. I promise.
Netflix has specialized videos that Blockbuster won't carry....pr0n and import anime, for instance.
The first company to offer both movie and console game rentals for the same monthly price combined gets my business, for sure.
Hydrogen can be produced easily enough from water using solar energy. To really fix the energy economy, we need more effiecient solar cells. The sun bombards us with more energy every day than we use in a year. The vast majority of it is simply wasted.
It's the first generation of hdyrogen engines...cut them some slack. You're absolutely right, but think about the kind of mileage gasoline engines got 40-50 years ago. If 10 years down the road they don't have 50% efficient hydrogen engines, then we have a problem.
Just goes to show you that dick jokes know no boundaries.
In a word, marketing. Can't sell many GI Joes to girls. Come on, you KNOW that's what these things are going to get used for.
I don't think anyone's saying that you can't build your own PC. If you're that worried about what's inside the machine you buy, you're probably technical enough to slap your own box together with the parts you want from the least expensive sources.
I think this is just to provide a point of reference for Joe Schmoe, which is not necessarily a bad thing. The problem I see with it is that a computer that is "Level 7" right now will drop significantly in a year. How do you keep people comprised of where their PC is at any given moment? My current box was uber in late 2002 / early 2003. It barely runs Doom 3 at good resolution, now.
I gotta agree with you, man. I can't imagine trying to finish my chemistry degree or either of my two research projects without the plethora of science resources on the 'net. Instant access to science and medicine journals, physical and chemical literature sources, and general discussions have a value I can't even begin to quantify.
Email, games, and pr0n are pretty cool, too.
Yeah, because poets and coders are the model of correct uses of English.
You can't get away with bad syntax in command lines or programming, why should the language you use to communicate with real live humans be any different?