This is what he actually said: ""Making a video of Earth from so far away helps the search for other life-bearing planets in the Universe by giving insights into how a distant, Earth-like alien world would appear to us," said University of Maryland astronomer Michael Aâ(TM)Hearn"
What he is indicating by that, is not that habitable planets *must* have large moons, but simply that, knowing what a habitable planet that *does* have a large moon (ours) looks like from a distance, will help us disern similar such planetary arrangements.
Nowhere in that is he trying to make a "habitable planet MUST HAVE large moon ELSE no life" statement.
"... how do we know it was called Rodinia? Who left records?"
Um... that's not a historical name left by some historical civilization. Most likely, it's a name that was invented by a discoverer or hypothesizer of the existance of such a landmass - people do that a lot, naming things for which no name may have previously existed.
Because, "anime-obsessed, Monty Python-incessantly-quoting dweebs" isn't the only definition of "geek", though it is a derogatory one.
"Geek", as I understand the term, usually refers to someone who excels at, is fascinated by, and focuses on one particular thing, often though not always of a scientific or technical nature.
However, in the case of the late, esteemed Michael DeBakey, perhaps "hacker" might be the more appropriate term, given the hands-on nature of his work - a hacker of the human body, in the best, most respectful sense of the term.
Well, if you had read the article, you would have realized that he's already spent half a year in jail.
Now, the judge is wanting him to spend an 'indefinate amount of time' in jail.
He has yet to be accused of any crime.
Not knowing all the facts, it seems like it's the judge, in this case, who's in the wrong. Furthermore, the man that the judge is trying to persecute, even beyond the six months of his life already taken from him, should have grounds to have the judge disbarred or imprisoined for criminal harrasment - at the very least, he should seek embassy protection.
Seriously, this is the kind of abuse that you usually hear about from Iran, North Korea or China - I thought New Zealand was better than that. Judging by this, I thought wrong.
So, what, you think you shouldn't be more cautious than usual around people with guns, or do you think it's something that can be safely ignored without comment?
Myself, if I go somewhere, and a guy with a couple of guns in his truck pulls up, I'm not going to be thinking he's just a cute handsome stranger. They were *right* to be concerned when guns are involved - an overreaction would be ignoring them and doing nothing.
Also, in the future, if they go to a location and there's angry farmers with guns on location, they would be *right* to mention that, maybe, *maybe* it's not a good idea to go there. Or would that be another overreaction?
Beaten how, exactly? This is just one city. Google Earth covers a heck of a lot more than once city. Sure, the rendering is fine, but again, compared to Google Earth as a whole... eh, not what I'd call "beating Google Earth" by any stretch.
Why is it that most Christians do their best to jump to conclusions so that they can cry "bigot bigot!"? You said it yourself, and it's probably as simple as that - the ESA covers a lot more than just Texas - GamePolitics calling them on that has as much to do with Christianity as choosing the Texas governor does 'anti-other-states' - that is, nothing.
"Magnetic levitation, maglev, or magnetic suspension is a method by which an object is suspended with no support other than magnetic fields. The electromagnetic force is used to counteract the effects of the gravitational force."
If they're doing *that* with code, I'll be hell of impressed. If not, that's a pretty strange way to brand your project/product/language/whatever that is. Seriously, I'm sure it's awesome, but what is it with all these things (MagLev, Ruby, etc) trying to sound cool by appropriating names of other, already well-established 'things'?
Or next am I going to be using "Ice-cream, Santa Claus on Purple Monkey OODB with Cowboy Hat and Kitchen Fork to PWN the OMGWTFBBQ on the MBA with the XKCD in the Ballroom with the Candlestick"?
Seriously, these names are getting silly.
Not that 'Linux' or 'Ubuntu' or 'MySQL' sound any less silly to people not familiar with them, but at least they're not likely to be confusing or confused for something else.
Acquiring nuclear weapons with which they can force their will upon otehrs through threat or action?
You mean like the United States?
The illegal military actions of the United States against soverign nations that pose no threat to them (Iraq, Panama, etc.) is a stark example of which nation, Iran or the US, is more violently out of control.
And who is deprived of what exactly when identical copies of digital media can be made? If I have a thing, and you make an identical copy of the thing that I have, that doesn't make me a victim.
I Apple loves DRM so much as you say, then why they not only sell music without DRM, but also make it trivially easy to strip out? Not to mention that they allow iPod's to play plain old mp3's. Methinks you've bought into the FUD.
If anyone here is willing to help out the student, I'd suggest a polite, but firm, explanatory email to the members of the faculty involved in the expulstion decision.
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Where's the outrage against the illegal American invasion of Iraq?
Um, since when is Ubuntu a 'corporate desktop'?
This is what he actually said: ""Making a video of Earth from so far away helps the search for other life-bearing planets in the Universe by giving insights into how a distant, Earth-like alien world would appear to us," said University of Maryland astronomer Michael Aâ(TM)Hearn"
What he is indicating by that, is not that habitable planets *must* have large moons, but simply that, knowing what a habitable planet that *does* have a large moon (ours) looks like from a distance, will help us disern similar such planetary arrangements.
Nowhere in that is he trying to make a "habitable planet MUST HAVE large moon ELSE no life" statement.
Or are you reading something different than I am?
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"... how do we know it was called Rodinia? Who left records?"
Um... that's not a historical name left by some historical civilization. Most likely, it's a name that was invented by a discoverer or hypothesizer of the existance of such a landmass - people do that a lot, naming things for which no name may have previously existed.
Because, "anime-obsessed, Monty Python-incessantly-quoting dweebs" isn't the only definition of "geek", though it is a derogatory one.
"Geek", as I understand the term, usually refers to someone who excels at, is fascinated by, and focuses on one particular thing, often though not always of a scientific or technical nature.
However, in the case of the late, esteemed Michael DeBakey, perhaps "hacker" might be the more appropriate term, given the hands-on nature of his work - a hacker of the human body, in the best, most respectful sense of the term.
Read the article - his claims have never been proven to be false.
Sorry, that's six weeks, not six months - six days would have been too long, given the nature of his 'crime'.
Well, if you had read the article, you would have realized that he's already spent half a year in jail.
Now, the judge is wanting him to spend an 'indefinate amount of time' in jail.
He has yet to be accused of any crime.
Not knowing all the facts, it seems like it's the judge, in this case, who's in the wrong. Furthermore, the man that the judge is trying to persecute, even beyond the six months of his life already taken from him, should have grounds to have the judge disbarred or imprisoined for criminal harrasment - at the very least, he should seek embassy protection.
Seriously, this is the kind of abuse that you usually hear about from Iran, North Korea or China - I thought New Zealand was better than that. Judging by this, I thought wrong.
Overreacted?
So, what, you think you shouldn't be more cautious than usual around people with guns, or do you think it's something that can be safely ignored without comment?
Myself, if I go somewhere, and a guy with a couple of guns in his truck pulls up, I'm not going to be thinking he's just a cute handsome stranger. They were *right* to be concerned when guns are involved - an overreaction would be ignoring them and doing nothing.
Also, in the future, if they go to a location and there's angry farmers with guns on location, they would be *right* to mention that, maybe, *maybe* it's not a good idea to go there. Or would that be another overreaction?
DRM.
Beaten how, exactly? This is just one city. Google Earth covers a heck of a lot more than once city. Sure, the rendering is fine, but again, compared to Google Earth as a whole... eh, not what I'd call "beating Google Earth" by any stretch.
Why is it that most Christians do their best to jump to conclusions so that they can cry "bigot bigot!"? You said it yourself, and it's probably as simple as that - the ESA covers a lot more than just Texas - GamePolitics calling them on that has as much to do with Christianity as choosing the Texas governor does 'anti-other-states' - that is, nothing.
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From Wikipedia (yeah it's not a source that's reliable at all, but this is the internet): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev
"Magnetic levitation, maglev, or magnetic suspension is a method by which an object is suspended with no support other than magnetic fields. The electromagnetic force is used to counteract the effects of the gravitational force."
If they're doing *that* with code, I'll be hell of impressed. If not, that's a pretty strange way to brand your project/product/language/whatever that is. Seriously, I'm sure it's awesome, but what is it with all these things (MagLev, Ruby, etc) trying to sound cool by appropriating names of other, already well-established 'things'?
Or next am I going to be using "Ice-cream, Santa Claus on Purple Monkey OODB with Cowboy Hat and Kitchen Fork to PWN the OMGWTFBBQ on the MBA with the XKCD in the Ballroom with the Candlestick"?
Seriously, these names are getting silly.
Not that 'Linux' or 'Ubuntu' or 'MySQL' sound any less silly to people not familiar with them, but at least they're not likely to be confusing or confused for something else.
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Cool, but I don't give the guy much of a chance of survival.
Subject says it all.
Subject says it all.
If you have to take time to learn it, it's not intuitive.
Why hello there, Mr. Ballmer. :)
"Free Speech" is *not* a right in Canada.
Acquiring nuclear weapons with which they can force their will upon otehrs through threat or action?
You mean like the United States?
The illegal military actions of the United States against soverign nations that pose no threat to them (Iraq, Panama, etc.) is a stark example of which nation, Iran or the US, is more violently out of control.
And who is deprived of what exactly when identical copies of digital media can be made? If I have a thing, and you make an identical copy of the thing that I have, that doesn't make me a victim.
I Apple loves DRM so much as you say, then why they not only sell music without DRM, but also make it trivially easy to strip out? Not to mention that they allow iPod's to play plain old mp3's. Methinks you've bought into the FUD.
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If anyone here is willing to help out the student, I'd suggest a polite, but firm, explanatory email to the members of the faculty involved in the expulstion decision.