It's in the blastingnews article, the one linked next to the story's title. Still forgetting to check that one ? I do, too:) And the submitter actually cited that bit.
I don't see the approximation I read in an astronomy book and that I still use, so here it is:
Think of the universe as an hyper-sphere. Well, this is actually hard, so remove a dimension: we're left with a sphere in space, like a balloon, and that balloon is inflated (*). At the time of big-bang, the balloon was a point, and it is expanding. To be clear, as we removed a dimension, the universe is the balloon surface, not the volume.
Pear-shaped I guess would point to center / past, but I guess they mean pear-shaped in three dimensions, so that could mean the 4th-dimension "inertia" imbalance has effects in three dimensions, but someone more knowledgeable than me would would have to comment if this makes sense.
(*) AFAIK, if universe's curvature is positive, it's actually an accurate representation. But the universe's curvature is as close of 0 as we can currently measure.
You're using a non-English map. That's where lies your problem. On English maps, British Isles are about fifty miles East and South of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
I wouldn't blame them for not using micro-USB. I would rather blame them for not using USB Type-C (which is also a reversible plug). Lightning has been used since 2012, but Type-C exists only since 2014, so at the time it made sense. Probably they're keeping Lightning as of now because it's more lucrative in licensing fees, their installed base is big enough that they have no pressure to play nice yet, and there's no way to make every one happy as changing would annoy those that already have these Lightning docks and would have to change them (again, if they had 30-pin docks before).
As for the advantages: - you're not limited to stereo, as you could enjoy 5.1 with the dock, - less ports to waterproof (if you're going for that feature), - either more room for something else like battery, or thinner phones (because extra-thin is somehow a selling point), - they would rather go to 0 connectors, but the performance isn't there yet.
It's because you're missing the point like (somewhat surprisingly) almost every one. The point is that you're supposed to dock your phone. The dock will provide power, audio outputs, etc. If you're using it on the move, you're supposed to use Bluetooth headphones.
Of course it's hard to place Donald Trump in one of the buckets. He has no opinion. It's one now, an other the day after and other the day after that. For Donald Trump winning is more important that anything else, not truth or making clear what his plans are for the country. And some people like what is perceived a strong leader. He's just a bullshitter.
According to Dumbledore, the qualities that Slytherin prized in his handpicked students included his own rare ability to speak Parseltongue, resourcefulness, and determination. He also selected his students according to cunning, ambition, and blood purity.
US courts have a tendency to hand down draconian sentences for even trivial infractions thanks to the 'come down on him like a ton of bricks' attitude to justice among politically ambitious US judges and prosecutors.
My understanding is that many judges in the USA are elected, so I wouldn't put the blame on the judges but on the electors. You just get what you (collectively) asked for, for better or worse.
This has resulted in an extreme reluctance in other countries to extradite people to the US
Oops, right, I even had it in front of my nose when checking for steradians. I always mess up some mundane detail.
With that in mind, this gives: Asteroid cross-section: pi * 1.6 * 10^3 m^2 Sphere surface: pi * 7.84 * 10^20 m^2 Solid angle: 2.6 * 10^-17 sr Number of such asteroids that could fit onto the sphere: 4.9 * 10^17 Compared to the land surface of the USA: 18,7 mm^2, or a disc with a diameter of 4.9 mm. Compared to the surface of the earth: 10,4 cm^2, or a disc with a diameter of 3.6 cm.
I would have up-moderated, but some of the computations seem off...
Sphere area is pi * r^2 (*). So, for 80m diameter, radius is 40m, that would be pi * 1.6 * 10^3 m^2. Cross sectional area with a sphere differ, but for a 14 * 10^6 km radius sphere, curvature is small enough to ignore. Sphere with a radius of 14 * 10^9 m has a surface area of pi * 1.96 * 10^20 m^2. Solid angle formed by the asteroid is (pi * 1.6 * 10^3) / (14 * 10^9)^2 = (pi * 1.6 * 10^3) / (1.96 * 10^20) = pi * 8.2 * 10^-18 = 2.6 * 10^-17 sr Number of such asteroids that could fit onto the sphere is (pi * 1.96 * 10^20) / (pi * 1.6 * 10^3) = 1.225 * 10^17 (that one was correct) Compared to the land surface of the USA (9.15 * 10^6 km^2), that would be (9.15 * 10^12 m^2) / (1.225 * 10^17) = 7.47 * 10^-5 m^2 = 74.7 mm^2, or a disc with a diameter of 9.8 mm. Compared to the surface of the earth (~510 * 10^6 km^2), that would be (510 * 10^12 m^2) / (1.225 * 10^17) = 416 * 10^-5 m^2 = 41.6 cm^2, or a disc with a diameter of 7.3cm.
I guess Muphry's law applies, will someone double-check ?:)
(*) When do we get enough Unicode for greek and math symbols ?
Yep, and to add to that (well, I didn't watch the youtube links, texts are preferred), at the very latest the 2nd amendment was obsoleted in 1973 when conscription stopped. The original organisation was closer to the current Swiss army organisation, though the Swiss army is federal, while the 2nd amendment is about state vs federal. Similar wording appear in earlier texts:
...every State shall always keep up a well-regulated and disciplined militia, sufficiently armed and accoutered, and shall provide and constantly have ready for use, in public stores, a due number of field pieces and tents, and a proper quantity of arms, ammunition and camp equipage.
To be fair, if we never hard the dark ages and big stretches of time that religion was in charge and very little actual progress was made we would probably be way ahead of where we are now.
That's a European-centric view. Dark ages were an European thing; at the same time Arab, Persian and Chinese cultures were flourishing. And if you're going with any significant culture at any time not being prosper as being a dark age, we didn't left these yet as many middle-eastern and African nations aren't currently stable enough, and many Asian nations still are too poor.
Otherwise, you could win cash from someone by performing the equivalent of a mail-based DOS attack [...] Make sure each value is unique
That's inefficient. You would get a better pay-off by sending everyone in the phone book a single mail. And as others have stated, you actually need to file a lawsuit, which cuts on your profitability (but as you're asking for a lot of money anyway...).
What would be the difference between McDonalds and a company which connects hamburger-makers with hamburger-eaters by letting any regular joe list himself as making hamburgers that day, so long as a portion of the transaction went to the hamburger app?
If that "connection" comes with the kind of strings attached with Über, then basically none (as McDonalds is such a company).
Is he planning to ask Mars, Inc. to produce big chocolate bars, launching people with parachutes Dec. 31th 2024 23:59, arrival Jan. 1st 2025 a few minutes later ?
AFAIK it's not true. At least, not in any country of the European Union. Maybe Belarus (I was there with a <3 months visa, maybe different for longer term) , Ukraine or another former soviet bloc country, Turkey...
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It's in the blastingnews article, the one linked next to the story's title. Still forgetting to check that one ? I do, too :)
And the submitter actually cited that bit.
I don't see the approximation I read in an astronomy book and that I still use, so here it is:
Think of the universe as an hyper-sphere. Well, this is actually hard, so remove a dimension: we're left with a sphere in space, like a balloon, and that balloon is inflated (*).
At the time of big-bang, the balloon was a point, and it is expanding.
To be clear, as we removed a dimension, the universe is the balloon surface, not the volume.
Pear-shaped I guess would point to center / past, but I guess they mean pear-shaped in three dimensions, so that could mean the 4th-dimension "inertia" imbalance has effects in three dimensions, but someone more knowledgeable than me would would have to comment if this makes sense.
(*) AFAIK, if universe's curvature is positive, it's actually an accurate representation. But the universe's curvature is as close of 0 as we can currently measure.
Steve Jobs's biological father was Syrian.
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You're using a non-English map. That's where lies your problem. On English maps, British Isles are about fifty miles East and South of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
I wouldn't blame them for not using micro-USB. I would rather blame them for not using USB Type-C (which is also a reversible plug). Lightning has been used since 2012, but Type-C exists only since 2014, so at the time it made sense. Probably they're keeping Lightning as of now because it's more lucrative in licensing fees, their installed base is big enough that they have no pressure to play nice yet, and there's no way to make every one happy as changing would annoy those that already have these Lightning docks and would have to change them (again, if they had 30-pin docks before).
As for the advantages:
- you're not limited to stereo, as you could enjoy 5.1 with the dock,
- less ports to waterproof (if you're going for that feature),
- either more room for something else like battery, or thinner phones (because extra-thin is somehow a selling point),
- they would rather go to 0 connectors, but the performance isn't there yet.
It's because you're missing the point like (somewhat surprisingly) almost every one.
The point is that you're supposed to dock your phone. The dock will provide power, audio outputs, etc.
If you're using it on the move, you're supposed to use Bluetooth headphones.
And Lynx was the most power-efficient of them all.
Of course it's hard to place Donald Trump in one of the buckets. He has no opinion. It's one now, an other the day after and other the day after that.
For Donald Trump winning is more important that anything else, not truth or making clear what his plans are for the country. And some people like what is perceived a strong leader. He's just a bullshitter.
According to Dumbledore, the qualities that Slytherin prized in his handpicked students included his own rare ability to speak Parseltongue, resourcefulness, and determination. He also selected his students according to cunning, ambition, and blood purity.
(Source)
In other words, a perfect match for Slytherin, right ?
US courts have a tendency to hand down draconian sentences for even trivial infractions thanks to the 'come down on him like a ton of bricks' attitude to justice among politically ambitious US judges and prosecutors.
My understanding is that many judges in the USA are elected, so I wouldn't put the blame on the judges but on the electors. You just get what you (collectively) asked for, for better or worse.
This has resulted in an extreme reluctance in other countries to extradite people to the US
I'm not sure about that. However, some countries, and this includes Germany, forbid extradition of their own nationals.
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Good job, EditorDavid ! Was it supposed to be submitter's link to sfgate ?
I don't get the same results (*) :
Arc formed by a grain of coarse sand one kilometre away:
(2 mm / (2 * pi * 10^6 mm )) * (360 / (2 * pi)) = 180 * 10^-6 / pi^2 = 18 * 10^-6
Arc formed by an asteroid of 37m 14 million km away:
(37 m / (2 * pi * 14 * 10^9 m )) * (360 / (2 * pi)) = 238 * 10^-9 / pi^2 = 24 * 10^-9
So, that would be 750 times smaller that a grain of sand a kilometre away.
(*) But I've been wrong in the current discussion already, so don't believe me and double-check ;)
sphere area is 4 pi r^2
Oops, right, I even had it in front of my nose when checking for steradians. I always mess up some mundane detail.
With that in mind, this gives:
Asteroid cross-section: pi * 1.6 * 10^3 m^2
Sphere surface: pi * 7.84 * 10^20 m^2
Solid angle: 2.6 * 10^-17 sr
Number of such asteroids that could fit onto the sphere: 4.9 * 10^17
Compared to the land surface of the USA: 18,7 mm^2, or a disc with a diameter of 4.9 mm.
Compared to the surface of the earth: 10,4 cm^2, or a disc with a diameter of 3.6 cm.
I would have up-moderated, but some of the computations seem off...
Sphere area is pi * r^2 (*).
So, for 80m diameter, radius is 40m, that would be pi * 1.6 * 10^3 m^2. Cross sectional area with a sphere differ, but for a 14 * 10^6 km radius sphere, curvature is small enough to ignore.
Sphere with a radius of 14 * 10^9 m has a surface area of pi * 1.96 * 10^20 m^2.
Solid angle formed by the asteroid is (pi * 1.6 * 10^3) / (14 * 10^9)^2 = (pi * 1.6 * 10^3) / (1.96 * 10^20) = pi * 8.2 * 10^-18 = 2.6 * 10^-17 sr
Number of such asteroids that could fit onto the sphere is (pi * 1.96 * 10^20) / (pi * 1.6 * 10^3) = 1.225 * 10^17 (that one was correct)
Compared to the land surface of the USA (9.15 * 10^6 km^2), that would be (9.15 * 10^12 m^2) / (1.225 * 10^17) = 7.47 * 10^-5 m^2 = 74.7 mm^2, or a disc with a diameter of 9.8 mm.
Compared to the surface of the earth (~510 * 10^6 km^2), that would be (510 * 10^12 m^2) / (1.225 * 10^17) = 416 * 10^-5 m^2 = 41.6 cm^2, or a disc with a diameter of 7.3cm.
I guess Muphry's law applies, will someone double-check ? :)
(*) When do we get enough Unicode for greek and math symbols ?
Yep, and to add to that (well, I didn't watch the youtube links, texts are preferred), at the very latest the 2nd amendment was obsoleted in 1973 when conscription stopped.
The original organisation was closer to the current Swiss army organisation, though the Swiss army is federal, while the 2nd amendment is about state vs federal.
Similar wording appear in earlier texts:
(Article VI of the Articles of Confederation)
I do [care about related news].
Then jump to the "Related Links" section, that's what it's done for. Putting it in the summary is just redundant and annoying.
To be fair, if we never hard the dark ages and big stretches of time that religion was in charge and very little actual progress was made we would probably be way ahead of where we are now.
That's a European-centric view. Dark ages were an European thing; at the same time Arab, Persian and Chinese cultures were flourishing.
And if you're going with any significant culture at any time not being prosper as being a dark age, we didn't left these yet as many middle-eastern and African nations aren't currently stable enough, and many Asian nations still are too poor.
I don't know - where's your dignity, if you don't mind my asking?
I don't know, concealed carried ?
Otherwise, you could win cash from someone by performing the equivalent of a mail-based DOS attack [...] Make sure each value is unique
That's inefficient. You would get a better pay-off by sending everyone in the phone book a single mail.
And as others have stated, you actually need to file a lawsuit, which cuts on your profitability (but as you're asking for a lot of money anyway...).
What would be the difference between McDonalds and a company which connects hamburger-makers with hamburger-eaters by letting any regular joe list himself as making hamburgers that day, so long as a portion of the transaction went to the hamburger app?
If that "connection" comes with the kind of strings attached with Über, then basically none (as McDonalds is such a company).
Is he planning to ask Mars, Inc. to produce big chocolate bars, launching people with parachutes Dec. 31th 2024 23:59, arrival Jan. 1st 2025 a few minutes later ?
AFAIK it's not true. At least, not in any country of the European Union. Maybe Belarus (I was there with a <3 months visa, maybe different for longer term) , Ukraine or another former soviet bloc country, Turkey...
Kemonomimi, kawaii kemonomimi everywhere !!!
From Franquin's Idées noires
First panel:
The law is clear: anyone who intentionally kills another will be beheaded. The executioner to do his office!
Supreme Court is now stuck in an endless loop,
I heard that Linux does these in six seconds.