If you managed to reach temperatures sufficient to bring this field back into its inflating state, you would effectively hit the “reset” button on the Universe, and cause inflation to resume, resulting in the Big Bang starting all over again.
Would such a temperature have to be above or below the Planck temperature? If an object were to reach the temperature of 1.41 x 10^32 Kelvin, the radiation it would emit would have a wavelength of 1.616 x 10^26 nanometers (Planck length). Beyond that, if there's even a beyond, is the behaviour of matter even predictable at all?
You're right that Galadriel is not a first-born. However, the entire race of elves is also referred to as First-Born in the Tolkien universe, as they awakened in the world before mortal men did. The LOTR movies do feature a first-born elf, just for a fraction of a second—right at the beginning, when three elves hold up the rings of power, and right at the end when Gandalf and Frodo set to sea. This elf is Círdan the shipwright, of the Grey Havens. http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/C%C...
Dutch people ale avid milk drinkers and meat eaters. The average height of Dutch people has increased significantly over the past generations since WW-II, coinciding with the increasing availability of dairy products (there's been a surplus, referred to as 'The Milk Puddle' and the 'Butter Mountain') and cheaper meat ('Kilo Crackers' and 'Poof Chickens'). In the 60s and 70s there were elaborate national media campaigns to encourage milk consumption. Milk was even distributed for free by elementary schools in the 70s and early 80s. The use of growth hormone in dairy cattle is forbidden. Yet, it leaves me wondering whether there's a relation between hormones, dairy intake and increased height of Dutch people over the generations.
Finding a Torrent takes 3 seconds. Also, "hahahhaa like you ever buy any music" implies that you personally know Anonymous coward—which is an oxymoron.
Thanks, Anonymous Coward #1 and Anonymous Coward #2. And apologies. I shoudl have scrolled down the page a bit more, rather than jump directly to the store and try find it there. These 'Web 2.0' and HTML5 things have rendered my spoilt brain pretty much dyxlectic for retro, 1993-style hypertext content.
I've been clicking around to find a sample, and, maybe it's just me, but I didn't find any. I might buy the album if there were previews that I could listen to, but if it takes longer that 5 minutes to successfully find any, it's 100% surely not going to happen.
Facebook already had ass recognition up and running.
I have to retract that claim. I converted the image to.png and it uploaded fine. Turns out Facebook already has their advanced file name recognition technology up and running instead.
Facebook already had ass recognition up and running. Whenever I try to post this picture, http://i.imgur.com/4FcyrcO.jpg , Facebook will remove it automatically and instantly.
The more machines steal our jobs from us, the less we have to work and the more we can spend out time doing fun stuff. Isn't that what automatisation is all about anyway?
I hypothesise that, if everyone, like Newton, would not have hypothesized, science would not have advanced much as it would have today. And on a personal note: what a pompous bore he must have been.
I don't see any claim. Only a hypothesis. And what's wrong with an exciting hypothesis? I'd like to know, from you, why their hypothesis is implausible.
Not underwhelmed here. It really is just a hint, as the title says. I spent a few minutes looking at it. At first sight, they could have been new sequences representing life forms from either of the three existing domains, or viruses. And, indeed, in the discussion section, they are careful with their explanations. The last two of four are deemed the most plausible.
"[...] A third possibility is that the genes from novel subfamilies come from novel heretofore uncharacterized viruses. Given that the known viral world represents but a small fraction of the total extant diversity, and given some of the unexpected discoveries coming from viral genomics recently, this is entirely possible. For example, viruses have been characterized with markedly larger genomes that contain not only more genes, but genes previously found only in cellular organisms. In some cases, the viral forms of these genes appear to be phylogenetically novel compared to those in cellular organisms.
[Explanation 4:] It has not escaped our notice that the characteristics of these novel sequences are consistent with the possibility that they come from a new (i.e., fourth) major branch of cellular organisms on the tree of life. That is, their phylogenetic novelty could indicate phylogenetic novelty of the organisms from which they come. Clearly, confirmation or refutation of this possibility requires follow-up studies such as determining what is the source of these novel, deeply branching sequences (e.g., cellular organisms or viruses). Then, depending on the answers obtained, more targeted metagenomics or single-cell studies may help determine whether the novelty extends to all genes in the genome or is just seen for a few gene families."
Most likely, these new sequences are from viruses, but I can't suppress hoping that there really are more domains out there.
Slashdot Mirror
At first, I though that spelled "the Pope's New Chief Astrologer".
FTFY
FTFA:
Would such a temperature have to be above or below the Planck temperature? If an object were to reach the temperature of 1.41 x 10^32 Kelvin, the radiation it would emit would have a wavelength of 1.616 x 10^26 nanometers (Planck length). Beyond that, if there's even a beyond, is the behaviour of matter even predictable at all?
FTFA
I shared the site on my timeline of FB. Works fine.
You're right that Galadriel is not a first-born. However, the entire race of elves is also referred to as First-Born in the Tolkien universe, as they awakened in the world before mortal men did. The LOTR movies do feature a first-born elf, just for a fraction of a second—right at the beginning, when three elves hold up the rings of power, and right at the end when Gandalf and Frodo set to sea. This elf is Círdan the shipwright, of the Grey Havens. http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/C%C...
Dutch people ale avid milk drinkers and meat eaters. The average height of Dutch people has increased significantly over the past generations since WW-II, coinciding with the increasing availability of dairy products (there's been a surplus, referred to as 'The Milk Puddle' and the 'Butter Mountain') and cheaper meat ('Kilo Crackers' and 'Poof Chickens'). In the 60s and 70s there were elaborate national media campaigns to encourage milk consumption. Milk was even distributed for free by elementary schools in the 70s and early 80s. The use of growth hormone in dairy cattle is forbidden. Yet, it leaves me wondering whether there's a relation between hormones, dairy intake and increased height of Dutch people over the generations.
It's useful as a tangible reminder of the bullying symbolism of the tech-(un)savvy GCHQ, and therefore, it's not an art. http://isitanart.com/
Finding a Torrent takes 3 seconds. Also, "hahahhaa like you ever buy any music" implies that you personally know Anonymous coward—which is an oxymoron.
Thanks, Anonymous Coward #1 and Anonymous Coward #2. And apologies. I shoudl have scrolled down the page a bit more, rather than jump directly to the store and try find it there. These 'Web 2.0' and HTML5 things have rendered my spoilt brain pretty much dyxlectic for retro, 1993-style hypertext content.
I've been clicking around to find a sample, and, maybe it's just me, but I didn't find any. I might buy the album if there were previews that I could listen to, but if it takes longer that 5 minutes to successfully find any, it's 100% surely not going to happen.
I have to retract that claim. I converted the image to .png and it uploaded fine. Turns out Facebook already has their advanced file name recognition technology up and running instead.
Facebook already had ass recognition up and running. Whenever I try to post this picture, http://i.imgur.com/4FcyrcO.jpg , Facebook will remove it automatically and instantly.
Frank said: "Store your data on Ridulian crystal paper, tightly packed in a nullentropy capsule."
No, that's 'we the people' removing him from a committee.
https://petitions.whitehouse.g...
http://government.ru/media/fil...
The more machines steal our jobs from us, the less we have to work and the more we can spend out time doing fun stuff. Isn't that what automatisation is all about anyway?
By not trying to get them interested in science.
There's nothing wrong with gorilla arms! http://tinyurl.com/dancing-ballmer
For the first time, I'm sympathizing with an official enemy of the United Stated of America.
Why aren't we by long technologically advanced by now that humans dont need to work anymore, but just play? Wouldn't that be a nice goal for humanity?
And also, where the hell is the reply button to this article? I only seem to be able to reply to other people's comments here.
Windows 1 vs. Windows 8: http://blog.webwereld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Win8-Metro-history-WinUI.jpg
I hypothesise that, if everyone, like Newton, would not have hypothesized, science would not have advanced much as it would have today. And on a personal note: what a pompous bore he must have been.
I don't see any claim. Only a hypothesis. And what's wrong with an exciting hypothesis? I'd like to know, from you, why their hypothesis is implausible.
Not underwhelmed here. It really is just a hint, as the title says. I spent a few minutes looking at it. At first sight, they could have been new sequences representing life forms from either of the three existing domains, or viruses. And, indeed, in the discussion section, they are careful with their explanations. The last two of four are deemed the most plausible.
"[...] A third possibility is that the genes from novel subfamilies come from novel heretofore uncharacterized viruses. Given that the known viral world represents but a small fraction of the total extant diversity, and given some of the unexpected discoveries coming from viral genomics recently, this is entirely possible. For example, viruses have been characterized with markedly larger genomes that contain not only more genes, but genes previously found only in cellular organisms. In some cases, the viral forms of these genes appear to be phylogenetically novel compared to those in cellular organisms.
[Explanation 4:] It has not escaped our notice that the characteristics of these novel sequences are consistent with the possibility that they come from a new (i.e., fourth) major branch of cellular organisms on the tree of life. That is, their phylogenetic novelty could indicate phylogenetic novelty of the organisms from which they come. Clearly, confirmation or refutation of this possibility requires follow-up studies such as determining what is the source of these novel, deeply branching sequences (e.g., cellular organisms or viruses). Then, depending on the answers obtained, more targeted metagenomics or single-cell studies may help determine whether the novelty extends to all genes in the genome or is just seen for a few gene families."
Most likely, these new sequences are from viruses, but I can't suppress hoping that there really are more domains out there.