That assumes that your antimatter is in convenient handy dandy molecular form. If your antimatter is in the form of a bunch of anti-electrons in some containment system which is opened, they'll shoot out faster than a bunch of slashdotters set loose in a computer convention. They will disperse rapidly.
There's also no KNOWN lost Ark of the Covenant or photon torpedoes or earthquake/weather control devices in government possession. By known, I mean outside of military and associated trades. (Official Secrets Act?)
Excellent!
BTW, you forgot aliens - there are no aliens either.
Yes, this experiment accomplished - converting energy into antimatter
The point is having the ability to produce lots of these particles in a directed manner, capture and store them for further study.
Previously the main source for antimatter was certain types of radioactive decay and nuclear reactions.
(example: if you go to the hospital for PET imaging - they inject you with radioactive material that decays by emitting anti-electrons = positrons)
If you want something that could potentially produce energy, this is not it - although in studying the process and the particles we might eventually learn how to produce antimatter more efficiently (to store energy) or perhaps even with net gain by inducing some sort of nuclear reaction.
The US tax system taxes higher earnings harder, but no way will you lose money if you work more hours.
(DIsregarding loopholes, deductions, etc)
The tax system is tiered - so after you've earned a certain amount of money, the money you earn after that is taxed at a higher rate.
So, for example (for simplicity - not using real values) - lets say that the tiers are at $25K (10%), $50K (15%), $75K (20%) and you earned $75K.
The first $25K that you earn would be taxed at 10% = $2.5K goes to Uncle Sam.
The next $25K is taxed at 15% = $3.75K. The last 25K you earn is taxed even higher 20%, $5.0K.
Total taxed owed would be $11.25K - but you see the amounts that you earn below each tier is taxed at the lower rate, so there is no way that you will lose money by working extra hours. It just gets harder and harder to earn more money as your income goes up; you effective salary after taxes is less for the additional hours that you work once you pass these tiers.
CyberGrasp haptic feedback interface - its a cyberglove with tactile feedback
In other words, (RTFL)
With the CyberGrasp force feedback system, users are able to explore the physical properties of computer-generated 3D objects they manipulate in a simulated 'virtual world.'
The difference between that and the "Minority Report" type interface is like the difference between IMax 3D and print media.
- OK, lot of exercise, your muscles are recovering so they are tight is one reason.
- not performing exercise to "full range of motion"
Many sports do not require a full range of motion (running is a good example)
(some bodybuilders/guys in the gym use short movements to "pump" themselves, but while they build muscle they don't build proper strength. By quoting "full range of motion" I mean that muscle strength is built to within 15 degrees of the movement)
- imbalanced muscle development - muscles come in opposite pairs (example: biceps, triceps) - if they don't have their proper proportional strength, there will not be as much flexibility as if the muscle strength was in proportion. So if you're pumping your guns (biceps, not the other oops) but you don't do much triceps work, it could cause tightness in your arms. It your body's response to keeping yourself from hurting yourself.
Exactly. Unfortunately the basic principles are rarely stated; once you understand this simple principle all this advice makes sense:
1) You want to stretch ONLY muscle, rarely tendon (muscle to bone connections), and NEVER ligament (holds bones together). Think of a mechanical coupling such as ball joints in a car (yes! a car analogy!.:-) ) If they are tight, forces are transmitted as they should be. Loose couplings - not only do your teeth get rattled, but parts tend to wear out.
Back to the meat world, for example, if your collateral ligaments (sides of knee) are loose, then there is side to side play in your knee joint, your movements are less efficient, forces are applied in directions which they're not supposed to leading to injuries. (also think of football and ACL/PCL - knee ligament injuries) Now if your leg tendons are loose, your leg muscles will be like a stretched out string - less efficient in the full range of motion.
2) You want to stretch warmed up muscle, not cold, since cold will resist the movement. If you stretch cold, you will tend to stretch tendon & ligament and your body will resist more (see #1)
The trend in Yoga now is to work on positions after warm up. In the past (at least from my POV) they discouraged "pushing" into positions so injuries were averted - by warming up both by exercise (some forms combine Pilates type movements) and sometimes external heat, attaining flexibility is made more efficient and less prone to injury.
An amazing book to read on the subject of flexibility is "Science of Flexibility" by Alter. It has probably all you want to know on the subject.
In that case, I think he should buy (or program:-)) "Certificate Maker", and when a reader sends in an error report, he prints a nice one up signs it and mails.
Probably costs less to him, recipient has his/her trophy, banker doesn't have to run after YAF (Yet Another Fraudster) and everyone is happy!
Awhile back, there was a...sort of... lovers dispute over money (she owed him) and the girl ended up writing him a "check" using one of her undergarments. Apparently the bank honored the "check" and it made the news, so she had her revenge - not only he was embarrassed at the bank, now everyone knew.
OK this is Slashdot so I've got to say - I think it was her panties. Enjoy.:-)
Goodness I hope there still stamps in the future:)
Of course! How else can the post office (of any country) print its own money? http://www.linns.com/
I'm not being entirely facetious here - there are a number of countries who obtain significant income from sales of its postage stamps to collectors:
Just Google the following:
"postage stamps" "main source of income"
As to checking accounts, the best way to proceed is to keep it balanced and as little extra $ in it as possible. (You probably want to keep it with an after check balance a little greater than 0 - in case an error is made in balancing; to avoid fees.
After all it doesn't make much sense to keep much money in checking - even the so called "interest" checking accounts pay very little interest, better off keeping the money in a high interest savings account (e-accounts pay the most)
While fraud can still occur by the same means that Knuth had trouble (electronic transfers), the account number is not as exposed as with checking.
Nod agreed. Did you boot from the harddisk you connected over firewire tho, or did you just use it as secondary disk?
I booted. I tried that on another model of Apple laptop and iMac and they worked also. Also tried with USB interface and was able to boot from that now external disk.
Quite often you can get away with doing that on Macs - I've swapped drives before between computers, before OSX days.
My guess is that that is mostly caused by the fact that MacOS is entirely configured for the specific hardware it's running on,
Hmm.. I took a hard drive out of a MacBook laptop and stuck it (with Firewire) to an iMac of a different generation (both Intel processors however) and booted no problem - I would assume that HW config is somewhat different between the machines.
You'd think that even though there are so many more variations of Windows systems that the OS would be optimized for the specific HW it is installed on - "m saying this because of Windows licensing that tends to get upset when you change the configuration of the PC - maybe my perception is wrong, but I think you can't take a bootable disk from one PC to another and boot it?
I would think that if they add mastication-recognition it would lower fail rates.
Think of the fun at airport gates: "Se need to better identify you - please show use your gait and when you're finished, please masticate in front of the camera..."
(@%@$! first jackets, then shoes, now I'm supposed to masticate at the gait?)
Exactly. Besides, isn't it rather difficult to make a Bose-Einstein Condensate - you need to be fractions of a degree close to absolute zero, the liquid helium used is hotter than that, like 1.9K.
In addition, magnets have been run at that temperature before.
You are correct - does the effect last long enough (if induced dipole is the mechanism) - I believe teh effect is very short lived, you're only distorting electron clouds, once the force is removed it should go back right away, there's no transitions involved.
I think the only way the charge is going to stay put for the tim that it takes to get to the nozzle is actually picking up (or removal - maybe not hydrocarbons but possibly alcohols ) of charge.
As you say, proof is in the pudding when the fat lady sings (OK you didn't say that but thats what you meant:-))
it IS possible to form polar molecules and ions through the use of magnetism and electric fields.
I think you mean assign a charge to a molecule through fields - they're still considered to be non-polar molecules even if they pick up a charge or a charged adduct..
With electrospray which has been around in the scientific world for many years now, the liquid goes through a highly charged nozzle, often the larger the molecule, the more charges the molecule can pick up. Now he's talking about (what seems to be) dynamic electrochemistry of non-polar compounds and is a bit different mechanism, but one significant point that I picked up from the ACS article is that the same idea applies - larger molecule, more charges (or more likely to become charged) - his model of different sized molecules seems to depend on large differences in molecular sizes - the big guys are picking up the charge - which makes me wonder what would happen if the gasoline was further refined, leaving more of the smaller molecules? Would different gasolines and diesels have different properties with respect to this device so filling up at Mobil, say, might provide vastly different results from filling up at Texaco?
Slashdot Mirror
That assumes that your antimatter is in convenient handy dandy molecular form. If your antimatter is in the form of a bunch of anti-electrons in some containment system which is opened, they'll shoot out faster than a bunch of slashdotters set loose in a computer convention. They will disperse rapidly.
There's also no KNOWN lost Ark of the Covenant or photon torpedoes or earthquake/weather control devices in government possession. By known, I mean outside of military and associated trades. (Official Secrets Act?)
Excellent!
BTW, you forgot aliens - there are no aliens either.
{quickly pushes antenna back into head}
Are you really afraid of the Cuban army? Really?
Dang, man, ever see those cigars they smoke?
Anybody putting one of those things in their mouth, you run from if you know what's good for you!
The point is having the ability to produce lots of these particles in a directed manner, capture and store them for further study.
Previously the main source for antimatter was certain types of radioactive decay and nuclear reactions.
(example: if you go to the hospital for PET imaging - they inject you with radioactive material that decays by emitting anti-electrons = positrons)
If you want something that could potentially produce energy, this is not it - although in studying the process and the particles we might eventually learn how to produce antimatter more efficiently (to store energy) or perhaps even with net gain by inducing some sort of nuclear reaction.
So, for example (for simplicity - not using real values) - lets say that the tiers are at $25K (10%), $50K (15%), $75K (20%) and you earned $75K.
The first $25K that you earn would be taxed at 10% = $2.5K goes to Uncle Sam.
The next $25K is taxed at 15% = $3.75K. The last 25K you earn is taxed even higher 20%, $5.0K.
Total taxed owed would be $11.25K - but you see the amounts that you earn below each tier is taxed at the lower rate, so there is no way that you will lose money by working extra hours. It just gets harder and harder to earn more money as your income goes up; you effective salary after taxes is less for the additional hours that you work once you pass these tiers.
Wouldn't the United States flag be planted on the surface while the other ones which have been dropped, be lying on the surface?
"Your call is important to us" *music*
NASA: For the Benefit of All...
[and the music goes on...]
Except the ones who are dead.
But there's no sense crying
over every mistake.
You just keep on trying
till you run out of cake.
The old saying "the more you know, the less that you know that you know" doesn't apply to everyone, like this guy:
http://blogs.kansascity.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/08/03/boyscout.jpg
Sure, David Hahn was delving into radioactivity, but same principals apply to goofballs playing with chemistry.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,292111,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn
Unfortunately, it's idiots like this guy that causes all sorts of overly protective legislation that keeps us from having real chemistry sets.
http://inition.com/inition/product.php?URL_=product_glove_vti_grasp&SubCatID_=26
CyberGrasp haptic feedback interface - its a cyberglove with tactile feedback
In other words, (RTFL)
With the CyberGrasp force feedback system, users are able to explore the physical properties of computer-generated 3D objects they manipulate in a simulated 'virtual world.'
The difference between that and the "Minority Report" type interface is like the difference between IMax 3D and print media.
I suppose it depends on what you prefer.
- OK, lot of exercise, your muscles are recovering so they are tight is one reason.
- not performing exercise to "full range of motion"
Many sports do not require a full range of motion (running is a good example)
(some bodybuilders/guys in the gym use short movements to "pump" themselves, but while they build muscle they don't build proper strength. By quoting "full range of motion" I mean that muscle strength is built to within 15 degrees of the movement)
- imbalanced muscle development - muscles come in opposite pairs (example: biceps, triceps) - if they don't have their proper proportional strength, there will not be as much flexibility as if the muscle strength was in proportion. So if you're pumping your guns (biceps, not the other oops) but you don't do much triceps work, it could cause tightness in your arms. It your body's response to keeping yourself from hurting yourself.
1) You want to stretch ONLY muscle, rarely tendon (muscle to bone connections), and NEVER ligament (holds bones together). Think of a mechanical coupling such as ball joints in a car (yes! a car analogy!.:-) ) If they are tight, forces are transmitted as they should be. Loose couplings - not only do your teeth get rattled, but parts tend to wear out.
Back to the meat world, for example, if your collateral ligaments (sides of knee) are loose, then there is side to side play in your knee joint, your movements are less efficient, forces are applied in directions which they're not supposed to leading to injuries. (also think of football and ACL/PCL - knee ligament injuries) Now if your leg tendons are loose, your leg muscles will be like a stretched out string - less efficient in the full range of motion.
2) You want to stretch warmed up muscle, not cold, since cold will resist the movement. If you stretch cold, you will tend to stretch tendon & ligament and your body will resist more (see #1)
The trend in Yoga now is to work on positions after warm up. In the past (at least from my POV) they discouraged "pushing" into positions so injuries were averted - by warming up both by exercise (some forms combine Pilates type movements) and sometimes external heat, attaining flexibility is made more efficient and less prone to injury.
An amazing book to read on the subject of flexibility is "Science of Flexibility" by Alter. It has probably all you want to know on the subject.
Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Science-Flexibility-Michael-J-Alter/dp/0736048987
Probably costs less to him, recipient has his/her trophy, banker doesn't have to run after YAF (Yet Another Fraudster) and everyone is happy!
OK this is Slashdot so I've got to say - I think it was her panties. Enjoy. :-)
Goodness I hope there still stamps in the future :)
Of course! How else can the post office (of any country) print its own money?
http://www.linns.com/
I'm not being entirely facetious here - there are a number of countries who obtain significant income from sales of its postage stamps to collectors:
Just Google the following:
"postage stamps" "main source of income"
As to checking accounts, the best way to proceed is to keep it balanced and as little extra $ in it as possible. (You probably want to keep it with an after check balance a little greater than 0 - in case an error is made in balancing; to avoid fees.
After all it doesn't make much sense to keep much money in checking - even the so called "interest" checking accounts pay very little interest, better off keeping the money in a high interest savings account (e-accounts pay the most)
While fraud can still occur by the same means that Knuth had trouble (electronic transfers), the account number is not as exposed as with checking.
Nod agreed. Did you boot from the harddisk you connected over firewire tho, or did you just use it as secondary disk?
I booted. I tried that on another model of Apple laptop and iMac and they worked also. Also tried with USB interface and was able to boot from that now external disk.
Quite often you can get away with doing that on Macs - I've swapped drives before between computers, before OSX days.
My guess is that that is mostly caused by the fact that MacOS is entirely configured for the specific hardware it's running on,
Hmm.. I took a hard drive out of a MacBook laptop and stuck it (with Firewire) to an iMac of a different generation (both Intel processors however) and booted no problem - I would assume that HW config is somewhat different between the machines.
You'd think that even though there are so many more variations of Windows systems that the OS would be optimized for the specific HW it is installed on - "m saying this because of Windows licensing that tends to get upset when you change the configuration of the PC - maybe my perception is wrong, but I think you can't take a bootable disk from one PC to another and boot it?
You still have to go to the store to buy your Mac or iPod...
drumroll please...
Oh wait no swords, nevermind
(would that work as a defense in a RIAA case?)
Think of the fun at airport gates: "Se need to better identify you - please show use your gait and when you're finished, please masticate in front of the camera..."
(@%@$! first jackets, then shoes, now I'm supposed to masticate at the gait?)
They both have the same specifications, but the marathoner can keep it up much longer.
USB does it in bursts and firewire is continuous transfer - thats why its better for movies.
(Aren't you glad I didn't use a car analogy? :-))
Free market, government regulation, companies screwing the people, companies bought by government, revolution, repeat. Always repeat
What happened to rinse?
Yeah, bur what's scary is that - it's realistic!
In addition, magnets have been run at that temperature before.
I think the only way the charge is going to stay put for the tim that it takes to get to the nozzle is actually picking up (or removal - maybe not hydrocarbons but possibly alcohols ) of charge.
As you say, proof is in the pudding when the fat lady sings (OK you didn't say that but thats what you meant :-))
it IS possible to form polar molecules and ions through the use of magnetism and electric fields.
I think you mean assign a charge to a molecule through fields - they're still considered to be non-polar molecules even if they pick up a charge or a charged adduct..
With electrospray which has been around in the scientific world for many years now, the liquid goes through a highly charged nozzle, often the larger the molecule, the more charges the molecule can pick up. Now he's talking about (what seems to be) dynamic electrochemistry of non-polar compounds and is a bit different mechanism, but one significant point that I picked up from the ACS article is that the same idea applies - larger molecule, more charges (or more likely to become charged) - his model of different sized molecules seems to depend on large differences in molecular sizes - the big guys are picking up the charge - which makes me wonder what would happen if the gasoline was further refined, leaving more of the smaller molecules? Would different gasolines and diesels have different properties with respect to this device so filling up at Mobil, say, might provide vastly different results from filling up at Texaco?