Kids don't play outside anymore. When I was a kid, my friends and I would go ride our bikes, go build a tree fort, play hide and seek, or play a million and one other games we made up on the spot. Sometimes we fell down, sometimes we got hurt, and once in a while we even learned something.
When I was a kid, me and my friends would work on the family farm or in a coal mine. Sometimes we fell down, sometimes we got hurt, and once in a while we even learned something.
Funny, but I am indeed (male) child 1, and my family having some Chinese cultural influence, I am literally referred to as "(male) child 1", and I don't mind at all.
Actually, I think we're going to struggle to come up with with the lengthy list we that might imagine here. Most "Sci Fi" terms actually come from blue sky mathematics and science texts:
"Grey Goo" was coined by Eric Drexler in the book "Engines of Creation" (1986).
"Space Elevator" was coined by Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovskii in an 1895 (not a typo!) astronomy paper.
"Portal" was in common use long before it because associated with science fiction, SciFi just repurposed it - half a point at best.
"Hyperspace" originated in 19th century English mathematical and science texts to describe Euclidean geometries with greater than 3 dimensions.
"Warp speed" though, I'm not sure on. I'm pretty sure it predates Roddenberry though... Any takers?
Weak analogy. Getting within a few weeks of correct on an event that occurs irregularly on the scale of decades to centuries seems pretty good to me.
So the guy gets some credibility and maybe individuals will take his advice next time.
Now, given that the economic and logistical viability of moving a large number of people out of their homes and to somewhere else plummets after just a few days, his prediction wasn't good enough for use.
No need for mass or forced evacuation. Each person should decide for himself.
Unless the quality of earthquake prediction gets considerably better, the punchline is that the money is better spent on decent architects and engineers. Building structures that won't collapse and crush everybody inside isn't trivial; but it is doable now, which makes it a better investment.
Again, it's up to individual homeowners/builders to decide whether this is a better investment.
On a more personal note, would you have given this guy's warning some thought or maybe heeded it just in case?
Does anyone know how Google managed to get exclusive rights to orphaned books especially when, by definition, the owners of the materials weren't present for any negotiations?
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Kids don't play outside anymore. When I was a kid, my friends and I would go ride our bikes, go build a tree fort, play hide and seek, or play a million and one other games we made up on the spot. Sometimes we fell down, sometimes we got hurt, and once in a while we even learned something.
When I was a kid, me and my friends would work on the family farm or in a coal mine. Sometimes we fell down, sometimes we got hurt, and once in a while we even learned something.
Now get off my lawn!
They could have repaired the damage using the asbestos fiber filling they ripped out of Hubble's old basketball.
1. Deflate Globetrotters ball
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2. Cut open century-old ball
3. Send up to space and bring back.
4.
5. What exactly?
Hmm?
Every single person I have talked to has said it is not faithful in it's representation of star trek...
It might be because most of the persons who saw TOS are married by now. Try talking to them.
Sure it's fun to watch an reductio ad absurdum, but in real time?
In real time as opposed to a thought experiment.
...freedom fries YOU!
Sure it will change eventually, but soon?
Sooner or later, but it sure is fun watching a reductio ad absurdum playing out in real time.
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You can't tell me that the notoriety of Jack the Ripper isn't in some part due to his name.
Agree. "Elvis the Ripper" just doesn't have the same ring to it.
Alas, some small dinosaurs that made it to the Pleoscene Age that has now ended, are also now extinct.
"IE (data analysis for human comprehension) and Google would make one fierce - and useful - blend"
Perhaps, but the question is: Will it blend?
That's fine and all but I still think a meat based race car would prove to be far more impressive.
Formula 1 cars are made of and run on dinosaur residue.
First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the occasional grandmonthers
and I did not speak out because I was not an occasional grandmonther
Then they came for the soccer moms
and I did not speak out because I was not a soccer mom.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.
There were no "czars" in the Soviet Union, the last one was murdered at the start of the revolution.
There were, however, kommissars and that is what USian "czars" are.
Oh noes! Now that Falco song is playing in my head! And I didn't pay for the right to reproduce that song!
From wikipedia: " Ethyl formate has the characteristic smell of rum."
Somalia, Brazil, Turnitin... they seem to be everywhere these days.
Repeal Copyright.
What was wrong with "Node 3"?
Why do you ask, Child 1?
Hi Thanshin,
Funny, but I am indeed (male) child 1, and my family having some Chinese cultural influence, I am literally referred to as "(male) child 1", and I don't mind at all.
What was wrong with "Node 3"?
Situations like this (and all sorts of permutations seem to crop up everyday) really illustrate how much of a Gordian Knot IP is.
You all know what the solution is.
Actually, I think we're going to struggle to come up with with the lengthy list we that might imagine here. Most "Sci Fi" terms actually come from blue sky mathematics and science texts:
Gorram pedant!
Weak analogy. Getting within a few weeks of correct on an event that occurs irregularly on the scale of decades to centuries seems pretty good to me.
So the guy gets some credibility and maybe individuals will take his advice next time.
Now, given that the economic and logistical viability of moving a large number of people out of their homes and to somewhere else plummets after just a few days, his prediction wasn't good enough for use.
No need for mass or forced evacuation. Each person should decide for himself.
Unless the quality of earthquake prediction gets considerably better, the punchline is that the money is better spent on decent architects and engineers. Building structures that won't collapse and crush everybody inside isn't trivial; but it is doable now, which makes it a better investment.
Again, it's up to individual homeowners/builders to decide whether this is a better investment.
On a more personal note, would you have given this guy's warning some thought or maybe heeded it just in case?
Does anyone know how Google managed to get exclusive rights to orphaned books especially when, by definition, the owners of the materials weren't present for any negotiations?
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They can smell plastic/chocolate residue really good.
I assume that would be the "Royal Wii"?
Why yes! I hear she even has one in the Royal Loo.
It's the latest wrinkle in the marketer's playbook.