I used to be Roman Catholic, now I'm a "dunno, let's wait and see".
However, despite my lack of interest in Christianity, your statements seem to me, to be pretty hyperbolic. There are some big differences between Christianity and Scientology:
-Christian churches for the most part don't telll you to disown or harm your non-believer friends or relatives,
-they (mostly) encourage members to help the community and
-it's actually pretty easy to leave a Christian church group.
I don't know if wearing polarised sunglasses during the night is a good idea, but I can confirm that wearing them during torrential rain cuts down the glare from the drops themselves.
In 2011, when cyclone Yasi went from category 4 to category 5 in Cairns, my wife and I called up the emergency information team, and asked if we should evacuate to Brisbane. The policewoman on the phone said "If you can." so we were packed and gone by 6 in the morning.
We hit the edges of the downpour just as we passed Townsville. Without the sunglasses, the rain was so heavy it was a total whiteout - could barely see 5m in front of the car. Despite the low light conditions, with the polarised sunglasses I could see 100m comfortably. My wife was panicking about the driving conditions, until I asked her to put her (polarised) sunglassess on.
So, in summary, polarised sunglassed DO cut down the glare from raindrops.
Yep, that's what the article was about. Chaos theory predicts that the models _should_ give exponential curves right from the start, but in reality, for the first few days, errors built as the _square root_ of time, then went exponential. The author tested the effect of adding deliberate model errors (on top of the unidentified errors already present) and the square root effect got stronger and lasted longer.
The author was saying that weather forcasting was notoriously inaccurate not (only) due to the chaotic nature of the system, but because there was something wrong with the models we use. He predicted that weather forecasts should be accurate out to four days otherwise.
I wish I could remember the author of a journal article I read a few years ago, but in it a mathematician suggested that the models used by weather forecasters were the problem. Some term or terms that were approximated or left out had bigger impacts then scientists thought.
He was able to spot this because error in weather forecasts accumulated as the square root of time over the first few days, rather than the chaos-predicted exponential of time.
And in my case, five out of those seven pillows are on my wife's side of the bed. Plus, when I get up in the early morning to go to the toilet, when I come back, I'm down to one pillow.:(
Hydrophobic means it repels water-based substances (like ketchup). The graffiti "artists" will just switch to an oil-based paint. Most hydrophobic substances actually attract oily substances, so this coating would make oil-based paint stick even better.
Vegetation can grow very quickly under some circumstances; we all know the denier line that "CO2 is plant food". Which, of course, is absolutely true and wonderful, as long as you overlook the fact that it is also poison to animals adapted to current atmospheric conditions.
You're serious? You do realise that we animals breathe out CO2, don't you? That we don't completely expel the air in our lungs, so you can do whatever you like to the outside concentration of CO2 and it won't even begin to affect the levels that we're actually breathing?
Muros is pointing out that carbon dioxide levels don't have to increase all that much from "current atmospheric conditions" before most modern animal species start suffering toxic effects.
A lot of people have been talking about renaming it in the comments, but it seems no-one is making sensible suggestions.
How about we: a) put a hyphen in the name and pronounce it as two words, the G - IMP, or b) call it the GNU IMP?
My vote is for the second option. And then on Linux machines we can still call the executable gimp. (Because hey, I'm the first to admit that Linux users have a purile sense of humour.)
Is it the US or Australia on the downward spiral? Because lately, it seems Australia is only 5-10 years behind America for the least-common-sense-awards.
Maybe that's because they're so busy, they have to get some food into themselves as fast as possible?
When I worked in a warehouse, you quickly notice everyone's diet getting progressively worse (chips, softdrinks, pre-packaged food, breakfast burgers) whenever we hit a busy time of the year.
Closed source on Windows and Mac, open source on Linux? (Tuxracer, QCAD)
Or close sourced release for say five years, release as open source after making a profit? (Blender, Netscape)
Or release application close sourced binary, libraries it's based on as LGPL open source?
Thanks for pointing out another government screw up.
W...ooowwww. Your viewpoint is simply amazing. Are you really saying that the companies were just sitting there going "We stuffed up dramatically, we're going to go bankrupt, what are we going to do... I guess we're gonna go bankrupt." And then the government WITHOUT ANY PROPMPTING OR PRESSURE goes "Hey, have some money guys."
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However, despite my lack of interest in Christianity, your statements seem to me, to be pretty hyperbolic. There are some big differences between Christianity and Scientology:
Premotedroid does this for (android) mouse and keyboard already. It's open source, works using bluetooth or wifi, and on any computer with java.
I don't know if wearing polarised sunglasses during the night is a good idea, but I can confirm that wearing them during torrential rain cuts down the glare from the drops themselves.
In 2011, when cyclone Yasi went from category 4 to category 5 in Cairns, my wife and I called up the emergency information team, and asked if we should evacuate to Brisbane. The policewoman on the phone said "If you can." so we were packed and gone by 6 in the morning.
We hit the edges of the downpour just as we passed Townsville. Without the sunglasses, the rain was so heavy it was a total whiteout - could barely see 5m in front of the car. Despite the low light conditions, with the polarised sunglasses I could see 100m comfortably. My wife was panicking about the driving conditions, until I asked her to put her (polarised) sunglassess on.
So, in summary, polarised sunglassed DO cut down the glare from raindrops.
HAHHH! Found the article! http://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/lenny/NPG01_Orrell.ps
Yep, that's what the article was about. Chaos theory predicts that the models _should_ give exponential curves right from the start, but in reality, for the first few days, errors built as the _square root_ of time, then went exponential. The author tested the effect of adding deliberate model errors (on top of the unidentified errors already present) and the square root effect got stronger and lasted longer.
The author was saying that weather forcasting was notoriously inaccurate not (only) due to the chaotic nature of the system, but because there was something wrong with the models we use. He predicted that weather forecasts should be accurate out to four days otherwise.
I wish I could remember the author of a journal article I read a few years ago, but in it a mathematician suggested that the models used by weather forecasters were the problem. Some term or terms that were approximated or left out had bigger impacts then scientists thought. He was able to spot this because error in weather forecasts accumulated as the square root of time over the first few days, rather than the chaos-predicted exponential of time.
Insightful??? Come on guys, I was clearly going for Humour. :D
Only on Slashdot could a news article about the Black Death turn into an argument about the relative merits of legalising/punishing pot usage.
armature?
And in my case, five out of those seven pillows are on my wife's side of the bed. Plus, when I get up in the early morning to go to the toilet, when I come back, I'm down to one pillow. :(
Hydrophobic means it repels water-based substances (like ketchup). The graffiti "artists" will just switch to an oil-based paint. Most hydrophobic substances actually attract oily substances, so this coating would make oil-based paint stick even better.
But then he might get cancer. :D
Vegetation can grow very quickly under some circumstances; we all know the denier line that "CO2 is plant food". Which, of course, is absolutely true and wonderful, as long as you overlook the fact that it is also poison to animals adapted to current atmospheric conditions.
You're serious? You do realise that we animals breathe out CO2, don't you? That we don't completely expel the air in our lungs, so you can do whatever you like to the outside concentration of CO2 and it won't even begin to affect the levels that we're actually breathing?
Muros is pointing out that carbon dioxide levels don't have to increase all that much from "current atmospheric conditions" before most modern animal species start suffering toxic effects.
A lot of people have been talking about renaming it in the comments, but it seems no-one is making sensible suggestions.
How about we:
a) put a hyphen in the name and pronounce it as two words, the G - IMP, or
b) call it the GNU IMP?
My vote is for the second option. And then on Linux machines we can still call the executable gimp. (Because hey, I'm the first to admit that Linux users have a purile sense of humour.)
cayenne8 was being facecious by suggesting that the whole purpose of life was to collect toys and bang young women.
Oh, about the same time that government officials and school boards try to make each teacher identical, equal and replaceble.
*wooosh*
Only if the Australian government doesn't knuckle under to the US demands, which it seems distressingly prone to do.
Is it the US or Australia on the downward spiral? Because lately, it seems Australia is only 5-10 years behind America for the least-common-sense-awards.
As an Australian, I would just like to say "Bloody American"!!!!
How about ...
Frozen vodka!!! That'll fix up that pesky dilution problem for you.
Maybe that's because they're so busy, they have to get some food into themselves as fast as possible?
When I worked in a warehouse, you quickly notice everyone's diet getting progressively worse (chips, softdrinks, pre-packaged food, breakfast burgers) whenever we hit a busy time of the year.
Some possible options are:
Closed source on Windows and Mac, open source on Linux? (Tuxracer, QCAD)
Or close sourced release for say five years, release as open source after making a profit? (Blender, Netscape)
Or release application close sourced binary, libraries it's based on as LGPL open source?
Thanks for pointing out another government screw up.
W...ooowwww. Your viewpoint is simply amazing. Are you really saying that the companies were just sitting there going "We stuffed up dramatically, we're going to go bankrupt, what are we going to do ... I guess we're gonna go bankrupt." And then the government WITHOUT ANY PROPMPTING OR PRESSURE goes "Hey, have some money guys."
I just can't get over the fact that the article refers to "The popular GNOME desktop environment".