OMG! I may just change disciplines. I didn't know that Marine Biology attracted women like that. Do you think its got something to do with hot Sydney summer beaches, bikinis, suntan oil and surfing??? Looks like she's got a hottie friend too!
I am in fairly regular contact with many paths of faith and I have no problem with any of them, including Brethren of all types. The only 'church' that I do not have contact with is Scientology. They haven't approached me or the organizations I have/had worked for. I've never approached them either. I wondered about that for years until I found out more about their higher church organization and the secret that costs many thousands of dollars. It is the only 'church' or religion I know of that is godless. There is nothing beyond Xenu.
My mechanic works for the Bretherans' He also smokes and owns a mobile phone and listens to the radio, all of which is denied by the Bretherans and is part of his working conditions as agreed on when he got the job. He's happy not to smoke, use his mobile or listen to the radio when he's working, however as most of his job is a breakdown service for their trucks on the road etc, he freely smokes, calls and listens to the radio/ipod etc when travelling. They know what he does and he knows that they know, but due to tolerance, both he and his company are reasonably happy.
There are issues with the Bretherans, especially in Australia where they make large political donations to the right wing conservatives, but otherwise they are harmless*.
But with the COS? At what point do you say to yourself that the organization you work for (and thus support) is too evil to continue with? Every dollar you earn for that organization is going towards their evil ends? There are many other organizations that fall into that category where your ethics rub up hard against the corporate mantra. Vegans working for McDonalds?
So it's more of a philosophical, ethical and moral decision you need to make. It works both ways. --- *harmless - I've met ex-Plymouth Bretherans who would deny that they're harmless.
You are right regarding how money is 'made' - but don't tell anyone. It's still a secret.
The apparent cost of goods had me worried a decade ago, when things like DVD players dropped well below their apparent worth. Now I can buy a dvd player for $35 (AUD). If you open one up you can see parts in them that supposedly add up to $5? That's ridiculous! $5 manufacturing $5 wholesale profit 2x$5 distribution and freight - country of origin to country of destination $5 local wholesale profit $5 dealer profit with a leeway of $5 for approximations.
So the difference between apparent worth and real worth has been skewed by trade, economies of scale, taxes and offsets to make monetary value a joke. It's just unrealistic.
The fact that reserve banks can create money just by adding a zero or two makes the whole world economy very suspect. It's broken badly and the solution may be to get back to basics, and that is trade. I'll give you a boat-load of iron for a boat-load of grain.
Great stuff! But it's a bit unclear if the twin lasers are actually lasers. They could be spring mounted extensible cutting torches.
Seriously though, I wonder if high powered lasers have been tested in the ocean? It would be a bit pointless if you went to all that trouble just to find that dispersion only makes it a short ranged weapon.
Believe it or not, pollutants in the air reduce the sun's energy hitting the face of the planet. So do clouds. So there is a conundrum that no-one wants to face. If you reduce pollutants by not burning dirty coal for example, then global dimming will decrease, therefore adding to any warming phenomina that may (or may not) exist.
It's the cow burps and not the farts. An average cow is thought to emit between 542 litres (if located in a barn) and 600 litres (if in a field) of methane per day through burping and exhalation, making commercially farmed cattle a major contributor to the greenhouse effect. 95% of this gas is emitted through belching http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belching
You're right. My father is a man, your father is a man. Therefore my father is your father and thus we're brothers. I think that's an ancient Greek logical puzzle.
All the comments about Turing etc apply to the digital branch of computing. Is a clock intelligent? After all it with human perception accurately calculates time. It is classed as an analog computer.
A digital computer is programmable so it can be a clock, or a ruler or an Antikythera device. Go back 75 years and those old mainframes only did one job at a time. Ballistic calculations, cryptography, then later payroll, bank investments forecasts etc. I don't see the distinction between the Abacus (analog) and a calculator (digital) except for the modus operandi.
Example: If you take the 17th December 2008 and want to know the position of the moon relative to Mars in 2012, it computes the answer. A computer is a calculator, and so is this device.
There was an article a few months ago about this that stated that the mechanism was used to calculate Olympiads. That was the first interpretation of the mechanism. Now the model shows that it was much more than that as it can predict eclipses and planetary positions.
As for it not being a 'computer' I disagree. There are two forms of computers, analog and digital. An analog computer is basically a measuring device like a ruler or slide rule, thermometer and so on. The mechanism is definitely an analog computer. The Greeks were very good at building gadgets and even extremely large hydro-mechanical machines. Most of these constructions were used in temples to simulate thunder, automatic opening and closing doors, automated movement of objects (think Temple of Doom). Their skill was renown in the ancient world and the mechanism is a tribute to their ingenuity.
Actually, you have serendipitously identified the origins of the Helvetica font. This font is used almost everywhere and on most products and was invented by the Swiss. They even made a documentary about it. Look here
Sans Serif mean that there are no feet at the bottom of letters. Serif means that there are feet at the bottom of letters. Arial is sans serif Times is serif.
Serifs are easier to read on paper as the eye can follow the font easier due to the visual definition of each letter and the apparent line along the base of words.
I know this is off topic, but I really like the words 'Plethora' as well as 'thwart'. Unfortunately I haven't been able to make up a sentence with both plethora and thwart in them that make much sense. Something like: "I will thwart you and your plethora of new user space file systems." Back to work....
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OMG! I may just change disciplines. I didn't know that Marine Biology attracted women like that.
Do you think its got something to do with hot Sydney summer beaches, bikinis, suntan oil and surfing??? Looks like she's got a hottie friend too!
I am in fairly regular contact with many paths of faith and I have no problem with any of them, including Brethren of all types. The only 'church' that I do not have contact with is Scientology.
They haven't approached me or the organizations I have/had worked for. I've never approached them either.
I wondered about that for years until I found out more about their higher church organization and the secret that costs many thousands of dollars.
It is the only 'church' or religion I know of that is godless.
There is nothing beyond Xenu.
Well found! http://www.sims.org.au/research/Pronk-MQ-octopus.cfm
So that's Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Gummo, Zeppo and Karl?
My mechanic works for the Bretherans'
He also smokes and owns a mobile phone and listens to the radio, all of which is denied by the Bretherans and is part of his working conditions as agreed on when he got the job.
He's happy not to smoke, use his mobile or listen to the radio when he's working, however as most of his job is a breakdown service for their trucks on the road etc, he freely smokes, calls and listens to the radio/ipod etc when travelling. They know what he does and he knows that they know, but due to tolerance, both he and his company are reasonably happy.
There are issues with the Bretherans, especially in Australia where they make large political donations to the right wing conservatives, but otherwise they are harmless*.
But with the COS? At what point do you say to yourself that the organization you work for (and thus support) is too evil to continue with?
Every dollar you earn for that organization is going towards their evil ends?
There are many other organizations that fall into that category where your ethics rub up hard against the corporate mantra. Vegans working for McDonalds?
So it's more of a philosophical, ethical and moral decision you need to make. It works both ways.
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*harmless - I've met ex-Plymouth Bretherans who would deny that they're harmless.
You are right regarding how money is 'made' - but don't tell anyone. It's still a secret.
The apparent cost of goods had me worried a decade ago, when things like DVD players dropped well below their apparent worth.
Now I can buy a dvd player for $35 (AUD). If you open one up you can see parts in them that supposedly add up to $5? That's ridiculous!
$5 manufacturing
$5 wholesale profit
2x$5 distribution and freight - country of origin to country of destination
$5 local wholesale profit
$5 dealer profit
with a leeway of $5 for approximations.
So the difference between apparent worth and real worth has been skewed by trade, economies of scale, taxes and offsets to make monetary value a joke. It's just unrealistic.
The fact that reserve banks can create money just by adding a zero or two makes the whole world economy very suspect. It's broken badly and the solution may be to get back to basics, and that is trade.
I'll give you a boat-load of iron for a boat-load of grain.
This is a shark with body mounted twin lasers.
Is that good enough for you?
Great stuff!
But it's a bit unclear if the twin lasers are actually lasers. They could be spring mounted extensible cutting torches.
Seriously though, I wonder if high powered lasers have been tested in the ocean?
It would be a bit pointless if you went to all that trouble just to find that dispersion only makes it a short ranged weapon.
Why is it that there is such a passionate movement for wanting more pollution, more shitty water, more shitty air
Global Dimming
Believe it or not, pollutants in the air reduce the sun's energy hitting the face of the planet. So do clouds.
So there is a conundrum that no-one wants to face.
If you reduce pollutants by not burning dirty coal for example, then global dimming will decrease, therefore adding to any warming phenomina that may (or may not) exist.
So stick that in your pipe and smoke it! (joke).
It's the cow burps and not the farts.
An average cow is thought to emit between 542 litres (if located in a barn) and 600 litres (if in a field) of methane per day through burping and exhalation, making commercially farmed cattle a major contributor to the greenhouse effect. 95% of this gas is emitted through belching
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belching
You're right. My father is a man, your father is a man. Therefore my father is your father and thus we're brothers. I think that's an ancient Greek logical puzzle.
All the comments about Turing etc apply to the digital branch of computing.
Is a clock intelligent? After all it with human perception accurately calculates time. It is classed as an analog computer.
A digital computer is programmable so it can be a clock, or a ruler or an Antikythera device. Go back 75 years and those old mainframes only did one job at a time. Ballistic calculations, cryptography, then later payroll, bank investments forecasts etc. I don't see the distinction between the Abacus (analog) and a calculator (digital) except for the modus operandi.
Example: If you take the 17th December 2008 and want to know the position of the moon relative to Mars in 2012, it computes the answer. A computer is a calculator, and so is this device.
Whoosh to you numbnuts. I get the joke "Swiss Cheese with holes" but evidently you don't grok the meaning of serendipitously
Pagans do.
It's also based on the equinox (Dec 22nd), but the pagans got it wrong....
25th of December was/is a pagan celebration.
It's just that the 'Holy Fathers' used it for JC's birthday.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer *sigh*
dismantle, dismantled
I suggest that you can dismantle your cards instead.
Forgot this link http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v454/n7204/abs/nature07130.html which is more for the older geeks among us.
Much more scholarly.
There was an article a few months ago about this that stated that the mechanism was used to calculate Olympiads.
That was the first interpretation of the mechanism. Now the model shows that it was much more than that as it can predict eclipses and planetary positions.
As for it not being a 'computer' I disagree. There are two forms of computers, analog and digital. An analog computer is basically a measuring device like a ruler or slide rule, thermometer and so on.
The mechanism is definitely an analog computer.
The Greeks were very good at building gadgets and even extremely large hydro-mechanical machines. Most of these constructions were used in temples to simulate thunder, automatic opening and closing doors, automated movement of objects (think Temple of Doom).
Their skill was renown in the ancient world and the mechanism is a tribute to their ingenuity.
Actually, you have serendipitously identified the origins of the Helvetica font.
This font is used almost everywhere and on most products and was invented by the Swiss.
They even made a documentary about it. Look here
Sans Serif mean that there are no feet at the bottom of letters.
Serif means that there are feet at the bottom of letters.
Arial is sans serif
Times is serif.
Serifs are easier to read on paper as the eye can follow the font easier due to the visual definition of each letter and the apparent line along the base of words.
FYI: sans (FR)=without
Can u pls use SI units? :)
That'_ simp_e just _iss out e_ery f_fth le_ter.
Probably because no-one thought to submit it.
I know this is off topic, but I really like the words 'Plethora' as well as 'thwart'.
Unfortunately I haven't been able to make up a sentence with both plethora and thwart in them that make much sense.
Something like: "I will thwart you and your plethora of new user space file systems."
Back to work....