So being a scientist made Asimov immune from error? See the problem? You're making Asimov's statement the "infallible truth" when it's just one person's opinion. I didn't notice any PROOF in the article, just some observations that lead to a correlation IN ONE AREA OF SCIENCE. It can't be applied as PROOF to ALL of science.
Or we can conclude that the original equations were wrong. Scientists seem loathe to admit that they could possibly be wrong. It's the whole point people are making about this new observation showing how little we know. You can't even admit that you MIGHT be wrong. Scientists invest so much of their career into certain theories that they feel threatened and do anything to preserve their field the way it is. "We aren't wrong about gravity and relativity - it's just that there's all this undetectable matter that influences the results! Yeah! That's the ticket!"
Now you'll argue with my post and prove I'm right. Sometimes you just gotta admit you're wrong and move on. You and most mainstream scientists just don't get that. At some point, you will - probably when observations get to where you look as stupid as people who refused to believe the Earth wasn't flat.
That's why the general field is called "Low Temperature Nuclear Reactions". It describes it pretty well - the temperatures are "low" compared to the regular kind of experiments that result in nuclear reactions, and since it may or may not be "fusion", use the generic term "nuclear reactions" instead.
Peer-to-peer is reactive - you help fight one specific patent under review. This new initiative is PROACTIVE - you help provide info that could keep many patents from being issued in the first place.
Heck, you don't think that we scientists got together one day and said "I know, lets make up some goofy theory and then fudge the data to fit it!" do you?
Actually, it's the other way around. Scientists looked at the data and saw it didn't fit, so they made up some goofy theories that "explained" why their calculations didn't match reality.
No! My theory isn't WRONG! It's... err... invisible matter that can't be detected in any manner!! Yeah! That's the ticket!
Can you imagine if you did that in any other field??
Mathematician: And my theory shows conclusively that 2 + 2 is 5!
Person with firm grip on reality: Err... isn't 2 + 2 equal to 4? I can demonstrate with my fingers if you're having trouble visualizing it.
Mathematician: Actually, it IS 5, but the extra is carried away by invisible pixies that cannot be detected!
Why waste weight on movie/video games? Admittedly a link to Mars would be very low bandwidth, but if it's always on, why not just use any excess bandwidth on the link to send stuff to mars.
Because that makes you a filthy pirate! The RIAA will be by to sue you shortly for even suggesting such outrageous actions.;)
Not me! If you find one, there's bound to be more!!:)
On a more serious note, the phrase "always the last place you look" means that no matter where you start or the order you search in, the item is always in the final place on the list of places to look. It's a corollary of Murphy's Law.
Probably most of these people are more likely the "try before you buy" type. They used to rent the game for a night or two to see if it was worth buying. Now they use the internet instead of rental places. Given that 99.9% of games are worthless crap, most people who "try before they buy" will end up not buying the game. This makes it look like the game has heavy piracy when in reality it's simply crap not worth buying. Which do you think the game industry will claim?:)
As an ex-mechanic, I wouldn't recommend coasting all the time with your clutch in, you're not doing it any favours. Stick the thing in neutral, it's far better for the longevity of your clutch, not to mention your spigot bearing.
And as an ex-defensive driving teacher, I can tell you that shifting into neutral while driving can be not only dangerous, but is against the law in most US states.
Good for laughs, but not in the slighest bit accurate. Wii would be more like a ten year-old girl - just plain creepy to see old folks having fun with it. PS3 would be like a $1000 a night call girl - elegant and fun, but WAY out of your league.:)
In this case, we have no idea how intelligent he is, merely the kind of resources he had access to. I've got an IQ of 150, but when I was in the 7th grade, I had access to a 93 year-old science teacher, 60 year-old textbooks, and all the rubber bands and paper clips I could swipe from home. For all we know, the kid in the article is a retard. I'm banging my head against the wall at the thought of what I could have done at that age with the resources that kid has.
There seem to be a lot of yammering by people who don't know what they're talking about. The parent, for example, tosses a few words out to make it SEEM like he knows something when he really hasn't a clue. glEnable/glDisable are used to turn things on and off when you need or don't need them. Don't need depth testing? Don't enable it and you'll gain speed in rendering. It's hardly brain surgery. Need alpha blending? Enable it. Is it too hard for the parent's microscopic brain? Apparently. He seems to think programming in OpenGL is "obscenely difficult". Maybe he just need a few more "Programming For Dummies" books. OpenGL is simple and widely documented with MANY examples on how to use it fully. It's neither obscene nor incurs a (noticeable) performance penalty for the majority of applications/games.
Bah! EVERYONE knows the Earth is SQUARE. That's why it seems flat to people all over - it is... where you happen to be. It's also easy to make the Earth SEEM round from space - just use a fish-eye lens.
The Amiga had full preemptive multitasking in 1985. People tend to forget that the Amiga had most of the features considered "modern" long before most other OSes. Windows wasn't even out yet, and would attain similar features for a full decade. The Mac had only been out a few months and wouldn't have similar features for more than a full decade.
It's not Microsoft. If you RTFA, you'd see it was some lady at a University. MS just provided funds, and two "engineers" to take the credit and any patents the poor college student did all the actual work on.:)
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Of course there is! It's called reincarnation. ;)
You need to watch more Family Guy. :D
So being a scientist made Asimov immune from error? See the problem? You're making Asimov's statement the "infallible truth" when it's just one person's opinion. I didn't notice any PROOF in the article, just some observations that lead to a correlation IN ONE AREA OF SCIENCE. It can't be applied as PROOF to ALL of science.
Or we can conclude that the original equations were wrong. Scientists seem loathe to admit that they could possibly be wrong. It's the whole point people are making about this new observation showing how little we know. You can't even admit that you MIGHT be wrong. Scientists invest so much of their career into certain theories that they feel threatened and do anything to preserve their field the way it is. "We aren't wrong about gravity and relativity - it's just that there's all this undetectable matter that influences the results! Yeah! That's the ticket!"
Now you'll argue with my post and prove I'm right. Sometimes you just gotta admit you're wrong and move on. You and most mainstream scientists just don't get that. At some point, you will - probably when observations get to where you look as stupid as people who refused to believe the Earth wasn't flat.
That's why the general field is called "Low Temperature Nuclear Reactions". It describes it pretty well - the temperatures are "low" compared to the regular kind of experiments that result in nuclear reactions, and since it may or may not be "fusion", use the generic term "nuclear reactions" instead.
No. He was merely an average /. poster - i.e., a complete idiot. ;) :D
Peer-to-peer is reactive - you help fight one specific patent under review. This new initiative is PROACTIVE - you help provide info that could keep many patents from being issued in the first place.
Actually, it's the other way around. Scientists looked at the data and saw it didn't fit, so they made up some goofy theories that "explained" why their calculations didn't match reality.
No! My theory isn't WRONG! It's ... err... invisible matter that can't be detected in any manner!! Yeah! That's the ticket!
Can you imagine if you did that in any other field??
Mathematician: And my theory shows conclusively that 2 + 2 is 5!
Person with firm grip on reality: Err... isn't 2 + 2 equal to 4? I can demonstrate with my fingers if you're having trouble visualizing it.
Mathematician: Actually, it IS 5, but the extra is carried away by invisible pixies that cannot be detected!
13.73 billion next Wednesday at 3:54 PM to be precise. ;)
Because that makes you a filthy pirate! The RIAA will be by to sue you shortly for even suggesting such outrageous actions. ;)
Or maybe it refers to the speed of light and that one wouldn't see the creation of the stars until well after they were created. ;)
Not me! If you find one, there's bound to be more!! :)
On a more serious note, the phrase "always the last place you look" means that no matter where you start or the order you search in, the item is always in the final place on the list of places to look. It's a corollary of Murphy's Law.
Probably most of these people are more likely the "try before you buy" type. They used to rent the game for a night or two to see if it was worth buying. Now they use the internet instead of rental places. Given that 99.9% of games are worthless crap, most people who "try before they buy" will end up not buying the game. This makes it look like the game has heavy piracy when in reality it's simply crap not worth buying. Which do you think the game industry will claim? :)
And as an ex-defensive driving teacher, I can tell you that shifting into neutral while driving can be not only dangerous, but is against the law in most US states.
The OP had poor spelling. :)
Good for laughs, but not in the slighest bit accurate. Wii would be more like a ten year-old girl - just plain creepy to see old folks having fun with it. PS3 would be like a $1000 a night call girl - elegant and fun, but WAY out of your league. :)
In this case, we have no idea how intelligent he is, merely the kind of resources he had access to. I've got an IQ of 150, but when I was in the 7th grade, I had access to a 93 year-old science teacher, 60 year-old textbooks, and all the rubber bands and paper clips I could swipe from home. For all we know, the kid in the article is a retard. I'm banging my head against the wall at the thought of what I could have done at that age with the resources that kid has.
There seem to be a lot of yammering by people who don't know what they're talking about. The parent, for example, tosses a few words out to make it SEEM like he knows something when he really hasn't a clue. glEnable/glDisable are used to turn things on and off when you need or don't need them. Don't need depth testing? Don't enable it and you'll gain speed in rendering. It's hardly brain surgery. Need alpha blending? Enable it. Is it too hard for the parent's microscopic brain? Apparently. He seems to think programming in OpenGL is "obscenely difficult". Maybe he just need a few more "Programming For Dummies" books. OpenGL is simple and widely documented with MANY examples on how to use it fully. It's neither obscene nor incurs a (noticeable) performance penalty for the majority of applications/games.
Bah! EVERYONE knows the Earth is SQUARE. That's why it seems flat to people all over - it is... where you happen to be. It's also easy to make the Earth SEEM round from space - just use a fish-eye lens.
The Amiga had full preemptive multitasking in 1985. People tend to forget that the Amiga had most of the features considered "modern" long before most other OSes. Windows wasn't even out yet, and would attain similar features for a full decade. The Mac had only been out a few months and wouldn't have similar features for more than a full decade.
Non-toxic?!? You clearly don't understand the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide!!
http://www.dhmo.org/
It's not Microsoft. If you RTFA, you'd see it was some lady at a University. MS just provided funds, and two "engineers" to take the credit and any patents the poor college student did all the actual work on. :)
Where have you been? OLEDs are easy to make these days. There was even an article on PRINTING OLEDs on poster size paper some months back.
Heh - I'll toss in my two cents... AROS. It boots DAMN fast. AmigaOS was one of the fastest booting OSes made... next to maybe BeOS.
Besides - why call it "Hoth"? It should be called "Coldth".