So, we should throw out trillions of dollars of infrastructure because the Europeans can't cope with our measurements?
Not necessary.
Note that a 2x4 is not 2 inches by 4 inches. Also, a 1" steel pipe has neither a 1 inch inside diameter nor a 1 inch outside diameter, and European standards call out the same pipe in rounded-off mm, so it would be no big change. At least with SI units, you don't have to worry about a lot of extraneous constants that seem to be fundamental to the equations, but are really only conversion factors between things like "pounds" and slugs; or gallons, "ounces", cubic feet, and cubic inches.
As someone who uses imperial measurements daily for my real life job, let me correct you. SI units are much easier to use, less prone to mistakes, and simpler to understand.
So now the vikings may have had a way to tell where the sun was, with rather high accuracy, without knowing the time that information is rather useless. So something is definitely missing there.
It's easy to tell when noon is from a sundial. And if you know the date and the elevation of the noon sun, you can tell your latitude. And if you know your latitude and the date, you can tell what time and what direction sunrise and sunset are. And if you know a few times, you can use an hourglass or something to tell other times. Not necessarily the most accurate, but all is not lost, even without a good timepiece.
I would argue the opposite. Humans suck at rationally appraising things with a small risk of a very big catastrophe. The simple expedient of multiplying the probability by the potential loss ($) substantially undervalues the actual risk when very big events are at stake.
Yes, they are colorblind, in the same sense of most people who are colorblind. They cannot see the difference between red and green, but they can see the difference between red and blue.
Almost all mammal infants share traits that make them "cute". This is undoubtedly a survival instinct that helps ensure that the dependent infant can depend on the adults for care. The fact that it carries over to human feelings for other species' infants may well be an accident, but it is not a defect.
Not really, stop redefining the meaning of the word natural. In the context of natural selection it specifically means not selected by humans that are breeding animals.
Except this article was about individual insects becoming tolerant of DEET after initial exposure, not about evolution of traits making the species resistant to DEET (which TFA mentions is also happening).
Functional aspects of a written recipe are not copyrightable, but expressive aspects are, so a recipe book is copyrightable, overall. Same with code. Functions are for the most part not copyrightable, but the creative expression of the overall program may be. Yes, the line between the two are debatable, which is why these types of rulings get argued over in appeals court.
The most effective part of "the surge" was us hiring militias to work on our side.
Bush pretty much started with the small force go after high value targets strategy we are using now and it failed then.
On the contrary, the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were based on overwhelming military force, just not overwhelming numbers of troops. It's true that our military's original strategy stupidly assumed that the people would instantly rally to our side, start new democracies, and go merrily on their way, and the GWB strategy downplayed the potential for fighting among factions, within factions, and resentment of foreign invaders. So we did go in with too little force to force the establishment of a new civil order, but that is not the same as just going after Al-Qeada leaders and terrorists.
It turned out you had to establish basic control and security before you could move to a precise targeting strategy.
Only because they wanted to overthrow the existing governments and establish new governments that would follow their neo-con ideal for governance.
The mass transit system in the chicago area sucks. Unless you manage to live in the city itself, and work in the city itself it's worthless. It would fold overnight if it couldn't tax all the collar counties that can't use the system anyway.
Just because you can't use the transit system in the Chicago area, doesn't mean it sucks. It's actually quite good, at least compared to most cities in the US. I live in a collar county, and I use the mass transit system just fine; because I work downtown, it saves me at least 1/2 hour each way and $28 parking a day, and I can sleep or work on the train, rather than paying attention to driving. Public transportation around here is city-centric because it was built that way over the years to serve the workers and businesses who could use it. A lot of it was built when towns like Naperville and Richton were not considered suburbs, but independent towns where people worked and lived. At that time, very few people commuted beyond the city and adjacent suburbs. Because they serve a purpose in keeping the economy moving, the government long ago took over the systems from the private companies who first built them but were closing them due to unprofitability . There hasn't been much expansion of them since, because of costs and political fallout. Yes, the light rail has been extended to the O'Hare and Midway airports, and the North Central service has been added to run on CN freight line tracks, but all of the proposed routes not going downtown have gone unbuilt. Meanwhile several high capacity expressways and highways hvae been built for cars both through and around downtown and the collar counties.
Quick question. Where did the PC term become popular? IBM-PC and compatibles correct?
The term personal computer was popular, and the abbreviation "PC" was understood, before the IBM "PC" came out.
Regardless of stupid Apple Mac ads, "PC" stands for "Personal Computer", which a Mac is, even if in some contexts "PC" is short for "IBM compatible PC". Also, moderns PCs are not all that compatible with IBM's original "PC". So being "IBM compatible" has nothing to do with the question at hand.
What, you've never seen a curbside mailbox? At my house, I have to walk a block to pick up my mail, (or pick it up from the car on my way in or out). They won't drive up my 1- lane street and my driveway to get all the way to the door. Most of the people in the general area I live only have to walk a few dozen feet to get from their front door to their mailbox, though. Only in apartments and a few of the older neighborhoods do they deliver all the way to the door.
40C degrees (or 104F) is colder than your bath water
When I worked in physical therapy, 104F was the standard hydrotherapy temperature and it was too hot for many people. If you think 104F is colder than your bath, use a thermometer. I doubt you take baths in temperatures higher than 105F - much more than that is just too hot to immerse your whole body in.
Sir Mix A Lot wrote the song, and Jonathan Coulton probably paid him writer's royalties. If so, that's no more stealing than getting a candy bar at the store and paying for it.
I heard him on the radio last weekend saying that he used a specific license available for covers (don't know the details). He believes that Glee may have used some of his audio directly in their version, but wasn't sure. That would be a clear violation of his copyright, whether or not Sir Mixalot was paid. They did use some of his words, where they were not the same as the original, and didn't make sense in the context of the TV show. If not deminimis, that might also be a copyright violation.
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I agree, except leap years would still be needed, but could just be an extra New Year day off.
Not necessary.
Note that a 2x4 is not 2 inches by 4 inches. Also, a 1" steel pipe has neither a 1 inch inside diameter nor a 1 inch outside diameter, and European standards call out the same pipe in rounded-off mm, so it would be no big change. At least with SI units, you don't have to worry about a lot of extraneous constants that seem to be fundamental to the equations, but are really only conversion factors between things like "pounds" and slugs; or gallons, "ounces", cubic feet, and cubic inches.
As someone who uses imperial measurements daily for my real life job, let me correct you. SI units are much easier to use, less prone to mistakes, and simpler to understand.
As I predicted, the old pass the buck to the parents nonsense. Yes, it is that hard. Technically, logistically, and time wise.
How hard could it be? When my son was a young teenager, he figured out how to lock me out of my computer.
It's easy to tell when noon is from a sundial. And if you know the date and the elevation of the noon sun, you can tell your latitude. And if you know your latitude and the date, you can tell what time and what direction sunrise and sunset are. And if you know a few times, you can use an hourglass or something to tell other times. Not necessarily the most accurate, but all is not lost, even without a good timepiece.
Drywall is made of Calcium Sulfate, not Calcium Carbonate.
Informative and insightful. Mod parent up, please.
I would argue the opposite. Humans suck at rationally appraising things with a small risk of a very big catastrophe. The simple expedient of multiplying the probability by the potential loss ($) substantially undervalues the actual risk when very big events are at stake.
Yes, they are colorblind, in the same sense of most people who are colorblind. They cannot see the difference between red and green, but they can see the difference between red and blue.
Almost all mammal infants share traits that make them "cute". This is undoubtedly a survival instinct that helps ensure that the dependent infant can depend on the adults for care. The fact that it carries over to human feelings for other species' infants may well be an accident, but it is not a defect.
Not really, stop redefining the meaning of the word natural. In the context of natural selection it specifically means not selected by humans that are breeding animals.
Agreed. I saw it and thought It was OK, but that I should have waited til it came to cable.
Except this article was about individual insects becoming tolerant of DEET after initial exposure, not about evolution of traits making the species resistant to DEET (which TFA mentions is also happening).
Functional aspects of a written recipe are not copyrightable, but expressive aspects are, so a recipe book is copyrightable, overall. Same with code. Functions are for the most part not copyrightable, but the creative expression of the overall program may be. Yes, the line between the two are debatable, which is why these types of rulings get argued over in appeals court.
The most effective part of "the surge" was us hiring militias to work on our side.
On the contrary, the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were based on overwhelming military force, just not overwhelming numbers of troops. It's true that our military's original strategy stupidly assumed that the people would instantly rally to our side, start new democracies, and go merrily on their way, and the GWB strategy downplayed the potential for fighting among factions, within factions, and resentment of foreign invaders. So we did go in with too little force to force the establishment of a new civil order, but that is not the same as just going after Al-Qeada leaders and terrorists.
Only because they wanted to overthrow the existing governments and establish new governments that would follow their neo-con ideal for governance.
Just because you can't use the transit system in the Chicago area, doesn't mean it sucks. It's actually quite good, at least compared to most cities in the US. I live in a collar county, and I use the mass transit system just fine; because I work downtown, it saves me at least 1/2 hour each way and $28 parking a day, and I can sleep or work on the train, rather than paying attention to driving. Public transportation around here is city-centric because it was built that way over the years to serve the workers and businesses who could use it. A lot of it was built when towns like Naperville and Richton were not considered suburbs, but independent towns where people worked and lived. At that time, very few people commuted beyond the city and adjacent suburbs. Because they serve a purpose in keeping the economy moving, the government long ago took over the systems from the private companies who first built them but were closing them due to unprofitability . There hasn't been much expansion of them since, because of costs and political fallout. Yes, the light rail has been extended to the O'Hare and Midway airports, and the North Central service has been added to run on CN freight line tracks, but all of the proposed routes not going downtown have gone unbuilt. Meanwhile several high capacity expressways and highways hvae been built for cars both through and around downtown and the collar counties.
"back" to moons? It's not like Pluot didn't have any known moons when it was demoted.
Only selling on new hardware with it pre-installed IS bombing hard for an MS OS.
When you put a back on it. Until then, it is just a stool.
Yes, assuming it has a flat, level surface.
The term personal computer was popular, and the abbreviation "PC" was understood, before the IBM "PC" came out.
Regardless of stupid Apple Mac ads, "PC" stands for "Personal Computer", which a Mac is, even if in some contexts "PC" is short for "IBM compatible PC". Also, moderns PCs are not all that compatible with IBM's original "PC". So being "IBM compatible" has nothing to do with the question at hand.
What, you've never seen a curbside mailbox? At my house, I have to walk a block to pick up my mail, (or pick it up from the car on my way in or out). They won't drive up my 1- lane street and my driveway to get all the way to the door. Most of the people in the general area I live only have to walk a few dozen feet to get from their front door to their mailbox, though. Only in apartments and a few of the older neighborhoods do they deliver all the way to the door.
60/40 is considered a big landslide margin.
Members of Congress get it mailed free, assuming they can make it look like official business, and not campaign literature.
When I worked in physical therapy, 104F was the standard hydrotherapy temperature and it was too hot for many people. If you think 104F is colder than your bath, use a thermometer. I doubt you take baths in temperatures higher than 105F - much more than that is just too hot to immerse your whole body in.
I heard him on the radio last weekend saying that he used a specific license available for covers (don't know the details). He believes that Glee may have used some of his audio directly in their version, but wasn't sure. That would be a clear violation of his copyright, whether or not Sir Mixalot was paid. They did use some of his words, where they were not the same as the original, and didn't make sense in the context of the TV show. If not deminimis, that might also be a copyright violation.