They said it would take a land mass about 100 square miles to replace all current oil production.
Sounds interesting, but you can't put that out in the open all in one big area, or you risk a single attack bringing the U.S.'s mobility to a screeching halt. You'd need a secure facility, somewhere well protected. I hear Cheyenne Mountain has an opening!
downfall of the Jedi, the theft of the Death Star blueprints, and the Empire's efforts to reclaim them.
There's 18 years seperating the first event and the second/third event in that list. That's a lot of time to span. Plus, you have to consider that that timespan has already been spoken for in the upcoming Star Wars television series.
.....and you're wrong on 2 accounts. First off, I wasn't talking about Diablo. WotC = Wizard of the Coast = D&D. And secondly, Diablo's Fireball DOES do AoE damage, just not in a very big radius.
1. A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.
2. The branch of a science or art consisting of its explanatory statements, accepted principles, and methods of analysis, as opposed to practice
3. A set of theorems that constitute a systematic view of a branch of mathematics.
4. Abstract reasoning; speculation: a decision based on experience rather than theory.
5. A belief or principle that guides action or assists comprehension or judgment
6. An assumption based on limited information or knowledge; a conjecture.
Let the adults talk, indeed. Try making a distinct between "theory" and "scientific theory," and which was used in the context of religion next time.
I actually think it would have been more of a flamebait post if he had given reasoning, because we've all seen how fruitful posting reasoning for ID is on Slashdot.
There's actually a theory that renders your theory irrelevant.
I'm trying to find a reference to where I claimed that these were my theories. Can't find one.
And yes, I have read some of the other crackpot stuff. I happen to agree with a lot of what Gottfried Leibniz talked about dealing with the concept of space.
Why in the world is this modded flamebait? All it says is "God" for God's sake. That's a valid theory, albeit an unpopular one among the Slashdot crowd. Just because you don't agree with it doesn't make it flamebait.
I can't claim to have all the answers myself; it's tough to conceptualize this theory. I think a good starting spot would be to get away from the "Does the universe have some type of data register for each particle?" paradigm. Unless I'm misinterpreting what you're asking, the "data register" metaphor would imply extrinsic "positioning", which is counter to the theory's basis of intrinsic "position." In fact, moving beyond that, I'd say to try not to think of particles as having a "position," but rather as having an inherent property that defines how we perceive them and how they behave in relation to other particles. That doesn't necessarily mean that those properties or relationships have a physical manifestation in an abstract "space."
Our known physical laws all operate in direct relationship to space
The article I linked to seems to discredit a lot of those laws, because of their reliance on the assumption of "space" and the extrinsic properties that assumption can impose on particles "within space."
There's actually a theory on this that renders this question irrelevant.
Space, as we know it, is a place in which matter and energy exist. Particles can be attributed a "position" within space relative to some other object in space, giving rise to the concept of "distance," which gives rise to all kinds of theories, relativity among them. In this model, we assume the existence of space and, ergo, the "position" of any given particle within space is an extrinsic property of that particle (i.e. assigned to it by an outside parameter, in this case, it's relative placement in space).
Flip that around for a moment and consider the opposite. Let's say for a moment that we don't assume the existence of space, but rather space as we know it is an illusion created by our perceptions. Since there is now no extrinsic parameter by which to assign a "position" to any given particle, the "position" of a particle must then be an intrinsic property (i.e. inherent to) of the particle which defines how we perceive it (or, more specifically, where we perceive it) in this illusion of space.
Now the question of the bounds of the universe is irrelevant, because space is an illusion generated by our perceptions of the intrinsic "positions" of particles.
Anyways, here's a page describing the theory in greater detail.
With apologies to both of you, I'm gonna have to give my vote to Firefly, even if it has no hope of ever seeing the kind of resurrection that B5 is getting.
In college we had palm scanners just to get into the student recreation center. There was a rumor flying about that they could be beaten by scanning the back of your hand instead of the palm. Turned out to not be true.
If you're telling me that my college gymnasium had better security than these places, then I am apalled.
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They said it would take a land mass about 100 square miles to replace all current oil production.
Sounds interesting, but you can't put that out in the open all in one big area, or you risk a single attack bringing the U.S.'s mobility to a screeching halt. You'd need a secure facility, somewhere well protected. I hear Cheyenne Mountain has an opening!
What will be powering our cars 10 years from now?
Can you say Mr. Fusion?
You obviously haven't been to Indiana.
downfall of the Jedi, the theft of the Death Star blueprints, and the Empire's efforts to reclaim them.
There's 18 years seperating the first event and the second/third event in that list. That's a lot of time to span. Plus, you have to consider that that timespan has already been spoken for in the upcoming Star Wars television series.
Heh...you know, I wasn't even thinking about that when I posted the comment. Touche!
.....and you're wrong on 2 accounts. First off, I wasn't talking about Diablo. WotC = Wizard of the Coast = D&D. And secondly, Diablo's Fireball DOES do AoE damage, just not in a very big radius.
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n00b!!!!
No, no, no, you've got it all wrong. They mean AoE as in Area of Effect. I didn't know Fireballs could do network storage! WTG WotC!
theory n. pl. theories
1. A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.
2. The branch of a science or art consisting of its explanatory statements, accepted principles, and methods of analysis, as opposed to practice
3. A set of theorems that constitute a systematic view of a branch of mathematics.
4. Abstract reasoning; speculation: a decision based on experience rather than theory.
5. A belief or principle that guides action or assists comprehension or judgment
6. An assumption based on limited information or knowledge; a conjecture.
Let the adults talk, indeed. Try making a distinct between "theory" and "scientific theory," and which was used in the context of religion next time.
I actually think it would have been more of a flamebait post if he had given reasoning, because we've all seen how fruitful posting reasoning for ID is on Slashdot.
There's actually a theory that renders your theory irrelevant.
I'm trying to find a reference to where I claimed that these were my theories. Can't find one.
And yes, I have read some of the other crackpot stuff. I happen to agree with a lot of what Gottfried Leibniz talked about dealing with the concept of space.
Why in the world is this modded flamebait? All it says is "God" for God's sake. That's a valid theory, albeit an unpopular one among the Slashdot crowd. Just because you don't agree with it doesn't make it flamebait.
I can't claim to have all the answers myself; it's tough to conceptualize this theory. I think a good starting spot would be to get away from the "Does the universe have some type of data register for each particle?" paradigm. Unless I'm misinterpreting what you're asking, the "data register" metaphor would imply extrinsic "positioning", which is counter to the theory's basis of intrinsic "position." In fact, moving beyond that, I'd say to try not to think of particles as having a "position," but rather as having an inherent property that defines how we perceive them and how they behave in relation to other particles. That doesn't necessarily mean that those properties or relationships have a physical manifestation in an abstract "space."
Our known physical laws all operate in direct relationship to space
The article I linked to seems to discredit a lot of those laws, because of their reliance on the assumption of "space" and the extrinsic properties that assumption can impose on particles "within space."
A number that is not 42, bruised knuckled courtesy of a ruler-wielding nun, and extra homework. Oh, wait....that's what you get. :D
There's actually a theory on this that renders this question irrelevant.
Space, as we know it, is a place in which matter and energy exist. Particles can be attributed a "position" within space relative to some other object in space, giving rise to the concept of "distance," which gives rise to all kinds of theories, relativity among them. In this model, we assume the existence of space and, ergo, the "position" of any given particle within space is an extrinsic property of that particle (i.e. assigned to it by an outside parameter, in this case, it's relative placement in space).
Flip that around for a moment and consider the opposite. Let's say for a moment that we don't assume the existence of space, but rather space as we know it is an illusion created by our perceptions. Since there is now no extrinsic parameter by which to assign a "position" to any given particle, the "position" of a particle must then be an intrinsic property (i.e. inherent to) of the particle which defines how we perceive it (or, more specifically, where we perceive it) in this illusion of space.
Now the question of the bounds of the universe is irrelevant, because space is an illusion generated by our perceptions of the intrinsic "positions" of particles.
Anyways, here's a page describing the theory in greater detail.
I hear crack is popular.
Mutually Assured Destruction? That's MADness.
And that will almost let you run Oblivion at max settings.
Don't know if it really qualifies as a desktop, but there are motherboards that will support 8 cores.
The more you tighten your grip, RIAA, the more P2P networks will slip through your fingers.
it'd be a violent, sweaty, obnoxious hug that smells vaguely of burgers.
Sounds like a romantic evening.
With apologies to both of you, I'm gonna have to give my vote to Firefly, even if it has no hope of ever seeing the kind of resurrection that B5 is getting.
Warhammer Mark Of Chaos How Is The RTS Homer no function beer well without.
Aye, Rose grad, Class of 2005.
In college we had palm scanners just to get into the student recreation center. There was a rumor flying about that they could be beaten by scanning the back of your hand instead of the palm. Turned out to not be true.
If you're telling me that my college gymnasium had better security than these places, then I am apalled.
Heh....I guess none of the mods listened to Fatboy Slim about 5 years ago.