If it had ANY significant mass, it would never make it out of the solar system, and you wouldn't be able to see the sun.
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Go learn physics.
OK cluestick, so your super-genius smartypants physiks understanmajiggin requires us to agree about a fuzzy word like "significant" in order for you to be correct. For some values of significant you're correct, for other values you're full of shit. That means, objectively, your statement is just full of shit.
Understanding this stuff can't be done by thinking you already understand it. You have to have the mindset that you misunderstand narrow parts of it, and the rest is still in the dark. Then you can actually use what little knowledge humans do have.
About 100 years ago Bertrand Russell pointed out that probability means we can't mathematically differentiate between chance and "free will." If you graph the choices a bunch of humans make, it comes out with the same Gaussian distribution as the photon spread pattern.
There seem to be many differences between "objects" at the atomic scale, and sub-atomic particles. Rather than being the same as teleportation of an object, this seems to be more the same as teleportation of intent; it has no weight at all. It is a measurable thing, but it is not guaranteed to have substance outside of a narrow context.
Dear David,
My catfish keeps swimming away from me, but always emails me asking for another chance. Should I keep trying, or switch to crawfish?
-- Desperately Seeking Friends
If a person has this problem, they should probably ask themselves, "Is the problem that I feel embarrassed drinking alone, and feel ashamed drinking alone at home, but I really need to schedule drinks every night." If so, maybe just forget about making plans and pretending those are "friends," and just find a bar to frequent where everybody knows your name. (because you're there every night)
Or, something something about meetings or calling somebody.
Whenever somebody claims there is no such thing as a stupid question, I always want to ask them, "Are you fucking stupid? But that was a good question, right? Do you like to be punched in the face? May I punch you in the face right now? How about, can I sneak up and punch you in the face when you're not expecting it? Are those good questions? Are you fucking sure, Asshole? Did you stop beating your wife yet?"
It is so easy to find a stupid question, it might even be easier than finding a stupid answer!
For some reason the youtube videos I watch tend to have really awesome comments, so I miss out on a lot of content.
I come to slashdot to keep plugged in to the asshole world, without the dangers of redit(sp?) or that other one that's worse. I don't want to lose all my edge, but I don't really want to sharpen it, either.
The internet is like a billion boxes of chocolate...
There is the answer right there, people who take themselves Very Seriously and expect their friends to take them Very Seriously even though their choice of activity is something very-not-serious.
They have other stuff behind their paywall, it just doesn't get much attention. Liberals have always considered the NY Times to be a big money shill, and the right decided that if you're shilling anything but their new flavor you must be a libraal, so they cast out what they used to worship. They have no demographic left, other than people who actually live in NY.
Somebody in their alliance on the castle defense game is being attacked, surely that counts as a serious emergency?! If you don't stay home to defend them, they could lose 2 or 3 days worth of score accrual.
My friends are people who care about their time, not mine. We have shared values.
You're not so special, and I would never make plans with you. So it would never impact you. Your fear that people might not be placing your own needs ahead of theirs is unfounded; they're not going to agree to it in the first place, and so they'll never violate your trust in that way. Wait, you are asking people's permission first, right?
If somebody wanted to communicate with me 5 times just to casually hang out, I'm not even going to answer their calls anymore. Yikes. I'm not going to want to casually hang out with them if I see them.
If you invited me fishing in two weeks and I said yes, and then I found out the reason you scheduled it that way was to spend two weeks planning it, I would cancel right away. That is a disaster waiting to happen.
Same goes for somebody in the group wanting to make Reservations. I don't want to date my friends, and I don't want social events to be that weighty. If my friend likes to make Reservations and feel important, they should do that with appropriate people at appropriate times instead of trying to subject their friends to their control trips.
If you don't have a boat, and you're going fishing with your friends, choose a type of fishing that doesn't require a boat. Or a lake that has on-site rentals. If they're sold out, the lake is already full of boats anyways, maybe learn how to find better fishing spots?
Sounds like putting things off has left with you with an excess backlog. There is no solution for that. I mean there is, but if you were capable you'd have fixed it on your own.
Nerds don't engage in any of that mandatory synchronization in the first place. If a network connection happens, it is because everybody was already there, not because they had established obligations or a shared schedule.
Sorry Mr Brooks, you just aren't stuff that matters. I'm so glad I don't read the stories.
Often there are different classes of stock, and it is not even possible to get 51% control through the open market, even if you bought everything that was put up for sale. Some group of people are sitting on enough higher-quality shares to keep control.
Every big retailer already buys credit card purchase info, you don't buy a company to get their customer list when their customers pay with credit cards.
I wonder why people pretend to care about this stuff on slashdot even when they obviously don't actually learn any details of how it works. I mean, if you cared, you'd have to know this just from the privacy-related headlines that come up over the years. A person would have to know they don't actually care and didn't pay attention, wouldn't they? Do you?
All you have to do to protect the openness of the web is to frequent sites that are open.
That's all.
You don't need to be protected from people huddling in walled gardens. The existence of walled gardens is of minimal concern to those who choose to live outside of them. If you find yourself at a wall, simply turn around and go elsewhere, and stop trying to peak over and covet whatever polished plastic you see inside.
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Shit, genius.
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If it had ANY significant mass, it would never make it out of the solar system, and you wouldn't be able to see the sun.
Go learn physics.
OK cluestick, so your super-genius smartypants physiks understanmajiggin requires us to agree about a fuzzy word like "significant" in order for you to be correct. For some values of significant you're correct, for other values you're full of shit. That means, objectively, your statement is just full of shit.
Understanding this stuff can't be done by thinking you already understand it. You have to have the mindset that you misunderstand narrow parts of it, and the rest is still in the dark. Then you can actually use what little knowledge humans do have.
About 100 years ago Bertrand Russell pointed out that probability means we can't mathematically differentiate between chance and "free will." If you graph the choices a bunch of humans make, it comes out with the same Gaussian distribution as the photon spread pattern.
There seem to be many differences between "objects" at the atomic scale, and sub-atomic particles. Rather than being the same as teleportation of an object, this seems to be more the same as teleportation of intent; it has no weight at all. It is a measurable thing, but it is not guaranteed to have substance outside of a narrow context.
If I have to use an extension, I'll briefly curse mozilla and move on.
If you really value benefits that much, we can always build a robot that can enjoy benefits. Problem solved!
They already have this, I know because I read Google News.
Dear David,
My catfish keeps swimming away from me, but always emails me asking for another chance.
Should I keep trying, or switch to crawfish?
-- Desperately Seeking Friends
If a person has this problem, they should probably ask themselves, "Is the problem that I feel embarrassed drinking alone, and feel ashamed drinking alone at home, but I really need to schedule drinks every night." If so, maybe just forget about making plans and pretending those are "friends," and just find a bar to frequent where everybody knows your name. (because you're there every night)
Or, something something about meetings or calling somebody.
Whenever somebody claims there is no such thing as a stupid question, I always want to ask them, "Are you fucking stupid? But that was a good question, right? Do you like to be punched in the face? May I punch you in the face right now? How about, can I sneak up and punch you in the face when you're not expecting it? Are those good questions? Are you fucking sure, Asshole? Did you stop beating your wife yet?"
It is so easy to find a stupid question, it might even be easier than finding a stupid answer!
Most people feel more at ease if you phrase it, "Are you fucking high?!"
For some reason the youtube videos I watch tend to have really awesome comments, so I miss out on a lot of content.
I come to slashdot to keep plugged in to the asshole world, without the dangers of redit(sp?) or that other one that's worse. I don't want to lose all my edge, but I don't really want to sharpen it, either.
The internet is like a billion boxes of chocolate...
There is the answer right there, people who take themselves Very Seriously and expect their friends to take them Very Seriously even though their choice of activity is something very-not-serious.
They have other stuff behind their paywall, it just doesn't get much attention. Liberals have always considered the NY Times to be a big money shill, and the right decided that if you're shilling anything but their new flavor you must be a libraal, so they cast out what they used to worship. They have no demographic left, other than people who actually live in NY.
Brooks gets linked because he's also on teevee.
That depends entirely on how much the 1st Officer has had to drink, now doesn't it?
Somebody in their alliance on the castle defense game is being attacked, surely that counts as a serious emergency?! If you don't stay home to defend them, they could lose 2 or 3 days worth of score accrual.
That's what cats are for, or if you don't like that much commitment, cat pictures.
Exactly, I care about my time.
My friends are people who care about their time, not mine. We have shared values.
You're not so special, and I would never make plans with you. So it would never impact you. Your fear that people might not be placing your own needs ahead of theirs is unfounded; they're not going to agree to it in the first place, and so they'll never violate your trust in that way. Wait, you are asking people's permission first, right?
If somebody wanted to communicate with me 5 times just to casually hang out, I'm not even going to answer their calls anymore. Yikes. I'm not going to want to casually hang out with them if I see them.
If you invited me fishing in two weeks and I said yes, and then I found out the reason you scheduled it that way was to spend two weeks planning it, I would cancel right away. That is a disaster waiting to happen.
Same goes for somebody in the group wanting to make Reservations. I don't want to date my friends, and I don't want social events to be that weighty. If my friend likes to make Reservations and feel important, they should do that with appropriate people at appropriate times instead of trying to subject their friends to their control trips.
If you don't have a boat, and you're going fishing with your friends, choose a type of fishing that doesn't require a boat. Or a lake that has on-site rentals. If they're sold out, the lake is already full of boats anyways, maybe learn how to find better fishing spots?
Sounds like putting things off has left with you with an excess backlog. There is no solution for that. I mean there is, but if you were capable you'd have fixed it on your own.
If I'm making 1 time commitment per week it isn't to these "friends" who would demand or expect it.
Oh look, Mr Snooty equates adulthood with sharing his lifestyle. How precious.
Somebody please send a telegram to Ireland informing them that their style of partying doesn't count.
Nerds don't engage in any of that mandatory synchronization in the first place. If a network connection happens, it is because everybody was already there, not because they had established obligations or a shared schedule.
Sorry Mr Brooks, you just aren't stuff that matters. I'm so glad I don't read the stories.
No, in Greece everybody is getting fucked in the ass. In Italy, often only one of you is.
Don't you have internet?!
Often there are different classes of stock, and it is not even possible to get 51% control through the open market, even if you bought everything that was put up for sale. Some group of people are sitting on enough higher-quality shares to keep control.
Every big retailer already buys credit card purchase info, you don't buy a company to get their customer list when their customers pay with credit cards.
I wonder why people pretend to care about this stuff on slashdot even when they obviously don't actually learn any details of how it works. I mean, if you cared, you'd have to know this just from the privacy-related headlines that come up over the years. A person would have to know they don't actually care and didn't pay attention, wouldn't they? Do you?
All you have to do to protect the openness of the web is to frequent sites that are open.
That's all.
You don't need to be protected from people huddling in walled gardens. The existence of walled gardens is of minimal concern to those who choose to live outside of them. If you find yourself at a wall, simply turn around and go elsewhere, and stop trying to peak over and covet whatever polished plastic you see inside.