Wouldn't the source of the radiation have to be 13 billion light years away "then" (at the time it was radiated) 13 billion years ago), not 13 billion light years away "now"? Well, okay, that's not entirely true. If we have been moving away from the point of origin at say, half the speed of light, then the source would only have to be 6.5 billion light years away when it was radiated. Or less distance if we have been moving even faster. But then I still wouldn't expect a uniform distribution of radiation in all directions!
No... for us to be able to see 13 billion year old radiation in all directions, the universe would have to have expanded at several times the speed of light in those first 400,000 years, wouldn't it? And we'd have to be sitting at pretty close to the center of the universe, or light from some directions would be much older than others. To me, this argues for some strange wrap-around condition of the universe, like the toroidal universe that you mentioned.
I got a Dell laptop back in '98, and they recalled the AC adapter years ago... now are they recalling the replacement AC adapter? Also, who is still using these? By now the battery needs replacing. There is no USB or DVD drives available for these. The slots were PCMCIA and don't work with new CardBus cards (I tried). And the processors were 166Mhz max... so really at this point, it's a worthless piece of crap anyway. (I gave mine to a friend. Not a very close friend.)
No, the Dell adapters are external "bricks", so the heat from them shouldn't be anywhere near your laptop. The fan always running is probably due to your Intel processor...
Don't microwaves move in a straigth line? In which case, shouldn't any radiation created by the big bang be at least 13 billion light years away from it's point of origin by now? So, unless they are reflecting off something or the universe wraps around at the edges, why can we still detect them? If they are reflecting off something, then aren't they really just mapping the density of whatever they are reflecting off of? I guess I'm just not clear on what makes this background radiation run around in circles...
Yes, but viewing pictures of nekid wimmin on your mobile phone with it's postage stamp screen is liable to make you go blind...
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Perhaps because Frank Sinatra and Bobby Derren didn't remove their clothing in the middle of a performance? BS isn't a singer; she is just an exceptionally highly compensated stripper.
This must have been an automatic transmission. That's why I always drive a manual -- you can take it out of gear! In fact, I had a simular problem years ago. The Honda dealer screwed up the installation of the vacuum advance for the A/C, with the result that the cotter pin got stuck causing the throttle to stick wide open. I immediately put it in neutral, then noticed my engine was redlining, so I shut it off. Fortunately I was in a parking lot at the time. I still can't understand why the car wouldn't let him shift gears; dropping it into low or neutral and over-revving your engine sounds far preferable to a collision. And when the engine blows up, it should be covered by warrantee, because it was a manufacturing fault that caused it!
Couldn't they just take up a few large, tightly-knit cargo nets and tie the junk to the outside of the station? It's only a problem if it gets loose, and hey, they might need that shit for something someday!
And besides which, testing destructive weapons is so much more fun than constructive alternatives? "What shall we do today, General?" "Son, I beleive we'll blow the crap out of something!"
A pinhole camera, also known as camera obscura, or "dark chamber", is a simple optical imaging device in the shape of a closed box or chamber. So... where are they getting this 10,000 mile long "closed box or chamber"?
Based on my experience with Windows, I'd say that people do a much better job than computers at avoiding crashing! Automated systems just give people a false sense of security. If you really think a computer can do a better job than you do at driving, then perhaps you shouldn't be driving... when was the last time you saw a computer-driven car win an automobile race against humans?
No, as soon as you build more lanes, people will move farther away from their jobs (where housing is cheaper) and you're right back where you started. San Francisco has a different idea -- they are trying to eliminate parking in the city to cut down on congestion!
Those of you who drive Civics...might not care... I hate to break this to you, but my Civic Del Sol really was a fun car to driver, and my Civic Hybrid isn't so bad either!
Call me cynical, but they can't even sync up the stoplights in my city so I don't get stopped at every damn light. That's 'cause the lights are timed for people driving 30mph, and you're driving 50!
Afteral, warrants aren't random things, some judge has already seen enough proof of something illegal happening to warrant bringing the person in. Yes, but does the computer system actually read the warrant before issuing the command to re-route the car? Or does some police department employee type just type in the command? Problem is, even police employees have been known to stalk their ex's. The Inglewood police department ran a check and discovered that many of their dispatchers had outstanding warrants. The Tacoma police chief even shot and killed his wife. Not exactly the kind of power I'd want in the hands of people that have already proven they can't all be trusted! Any technology that increases the amount of damage a single rogue user can do is very dangerous.
Why not have a bar-code on every dollar bill that can validate each bill. Why not just print the current serial number using a font easily recognized by OCR? Could crook program a computer to print each bill with a different serial number? And if two bills come up with a matching serial number, how do we know which one is the fake?
These are the people they SHOULD be going after! I say they should leave alone the people too stupid too realize that every P2P app shares your files by default. But somebody that has 2.5TBytes of material I would expect to KNOW that they are violating copyright!
Under current law, movie and record companies have a legal right to go after those who distribute their copyrighted material without authorization. If you don't like it, than work to change the law instead of bitching about them abusing the law. All corporations that sell directly to consumer are actually extremely vulnerable. Organize a boycott that results in even a 5% decrease in their sales, and you'll get their attention -- fast! The problem is, 99% of the consumers simply don't give a shit.
That exactly what a preliminary injunction is for -- to keep somebody that has harmed you from continuing to benefit from that harm while they tie the case up in court for years. Like most arguments leveled against open source, it falls apart when you realize that closed source is just as vulnerable or even more vulnerable.
Question: What's to keep somebody from inserting malicious code in Linux? Answer: What's to keep a disgruntled Redmond employee from inserting malicious code in Windows? The difference is, Linux code goes through a lot more peer review!
You just know that now Darell is saying "Darn, why didn't I think of that! All we had to do was hire Linus to add a custom feature to SCO Linux, then wait for a simular feature to be added to the Linux code base... we could have owned Linux!"
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Wouldn't the source of the radiation have to be 13 billion light years away "then" (at the time it was radiated) 13 billion years ago), not 13 billion light years away "now"? Well, okay, that's not entirely true. If we have been moving away from the point of origin at say, half the speed of light, then the source would only have to be 6.5 billion light years away when it was radiated. Or less distance if we have been moving even faster. But then I still wouldn't expect a uniform distribution of radiation in all directions!
No... for us to be able to see 13 billion year old radiation in all directions, the universe would have to have expanded at several times the speed of light in those first 400,000 years, wouldn't it? And we'd have to be sitting at pretty close to the center of the universe, or light from some directions would be much older than others. To me, this argues for some strange wrap-around condition of the universe, like the toroidal universe that you mentioned.
I got a Dell laptop back in '98, and they recalled the AC adapter years ago... now are they recalling the replacement AC adapter? Also, who is still using these? By now the battery needs replacing. There is no USB or DVD drives available for these. The slots were PCMCIA and don't work with new CardBus cards (I tried). And the processors were 166Mhz max... so really at this point, it's a worthless piece of crap anyway. (I gave mine to a friend. Not a very close friend.)
No, the Dell adapters are external "bricks", so the heat from them shouldn't be anywhere near your laptop. The fan always running is probably due to your Intel processor...
Don't microwaves move in a straigth line? In which case, shouldn't any radiation created by the big bang be at least 13 billion light years away from it's point of origin by now? So, unless they are reflecting off something or the universe wraps around at the edges, why can we still detect them? If they are reflecting off something, then aren't they really just mapping the density of whatever they are reflecting off of? I guess I'm just not clear on what makes this background radiation run around in circles...
Yes, but viewing pictures of nekid wimmin on your mobile phone with it's postage stamp screen is liable to make you go blind...
Perhaps because Frank Sinatra and Bobby Derren didn't remove their clothing in the middle of a performance? BS isn't a singer; she is just an exceptionally highly compensated stripper.
I say we all take up a collection to buy ol' Darl McBride a one-way ticket! Who's with me?
Well, for one thing, "creat" should have had an "e" on the end ;-)
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This must have been an automatic transmission. That's why I always drive a manual -- you can take it out of gear! In fact, I had a simular problem years ago. The Honda dealer screwed up the installation of the vacuum advance for the A/C, with the result that the cotter pin got stuck causing the throttle to stick wide open. I immediately put it in neutral, then noticed my engine was redlining, so I shut it off. Fortunately I was in a parking lot at the time. I still can't understand why the car wouldn't let him shift gears; dropping it into low or neutral and over-revving your engine sounds far preferable to a collision. And when the engine blows up, it should be covered by warrantee, because it was a manufacturing fault that caused it!
Couldn't they just take up a few large, tightly-knit cargo nets and tie the junk to the outside of the station? It's only a problem if it gets loose, and hey, they might need that shit for something someday!
And besides which, testing destructive weapons is so much more fun than constructive alternatives? "What shall we do today, General?" "Son, I beleive we'll blow the crap out of something!"
A pinhole camera, also known as camera obscura, or "dark chamber", is a simple optical imaging device in the shape of a closed box or chamber. So... where are they getting this 10,000 mile long "closed box or chamber"?
Based on my experience with Windows, I'd say that people do a much better job than computers at avoiding crashing! Automated systems just give people a false sense of security. If you really think a computer can do a better job than you do at driving, then perhaps you shouldn't be driving... when was the last time you saw a computer-driven car win an automobile race against humans?
3. Democratic Party operatives planted bags of pretzels, bicycles, and a Segway in an attempt to do in the incumbent president.
No, as soon as you build more lanes, people will move farther away from their jobs (where housing is cheaper) and you're right back where you started. San Francisco has a different idea -- they are trying to eliminate parking in the city to cut down on congestion!
Those of you who drive Civics ...might not care... I hate to break this to you, but my Civic Del Sol really was a fun car to driver, and my Civic Hybrid isn't so bad either!
Call me cynical, but they can't even sync up the stoplights in my city so I don't get stopped at every damn light. That's 'cause the lights are timed for people driving 30mph, and you're driving 50!
Afteral, warrants aren't random things, some judge has already seen enough proof of something illegal happening to warrant bringing the person in. Yes, but does the computer system actually read the warrant before issuing the command to re-route the car? Or does some police department employee type just type in the command? Problem is, even police employees have been known to stalk their ex's. The Inglewood police department ran a check and discovered that many of their dispatchers had outstanding warrants. The Tacoma police chief even shot and killed his wife. Not exactly the kind of power I'd want in the hands of people that have already proven they can't all be trusted! Any technology that increases the amount of damage a single rogue user can do is very dangerous.
Why not have a bar-code on every dollar bill that can validate each bill. Why not just print the current serial number using a font easily recognized by OCR? Could crook program a computer to print each bill with a different serial number? And if two bills come up with a matching serial number, how do we know which one is the fake?
Under current law, movie and record companies have a legal right to go after those who distribute their copyrighted material without authorization. If you don't like it, than work to change the law instead of bitching about them abusing the law. All corporations that sell directly to consumer are actually extremely vulnerable. Organize a boycott that results in even a 5% decrease in their sales, and you'll get their attention -- fast! The problem is, 99% of the consumers simply don't give a shit.
Question: What's to keep somebody from inserting malicious code in Linux? Answer: What's to keep a disgruntled Redmond employee from inserting malicious code in Windows? The difference is, Linux code goes through a lot more peer review!
You just know that now Darell is saying "Darn, why didn't I think of that! All we had to do was hire Linus to add a custom feature to SCO Linux, then wait for a simular feature to be added to the Linux code base... we could have owned Linux!"
Oh well, I guess I just pity the poor cow... The problem is, we are the cow!