It would actually be really helpful a feature like that. I'm not asking for 3d buildings or things like that, but roads (well placed, that is) would be awesome. But then, as some pointed out, the aliens hopefully are not interested in our destruction.
For added FUD, the FOX team inserted an unrelated video of a van blowing up -- twice! Presumably, one is intended to equate anonymous posting with domestic terror.
Reminds me of an episode of The Office (US), when Michael asks for a volunteer to select the name of a drug, and then tell to the workers a tragic story (not necessarily related to drugs).
Well, I guess that first of all you'd need to show that the parametrization you bring is really (or can be seen as) an algebraic equation. Please note that the use of sine and cosine functions disrupts the polynomial (although you could expand it as a series, but then you'd have a formal series instead of a polynomial).
Anyway, I can't read the article, but in the abstract they don't even mention the algebraic equation. It has more to do with tension and other material properties.
The main reason why telmex has virtually no opposition here in Mexico is because it was once a government company (or whatever te correct name is), and it regulated and provided all telephony services until its privatization (guess who bought it).
Now, I'm not gonna say that Telmex saved the day or something, but as it is, there are not any good alternatives right now.
I do agree that we are not better than animals (although it seems to me that the notion of "betterness" is quite subjective).
But I can think of a difference between us and the rest of the animals: knowledge passed along generations.
I have never seen another species use (or create) some tool and improve it over time. Or keep historical records. Of course, for them there is no need to do it, but we managed to survive without writing and with very primitive weapons too. Maybe it can be summed up as 'civilization', but that term can be ambiguous sometimes.
Perhaps I got your comment the wrong way (and sorry for my english).
What the hell? Did you even read my comment? I was making fun of the guy!
But hey, whatever man. I bet you didn't even heard a passing sound above your head or something.
You sound like just the kind of guy everyone would love to have discussions with! The life of the party, Slashdot-style! Rock on!
You don't get it, do you? Your voice means NOTHING if you don't submit it via the proper channels. No, I don't know what the proper channels are on this one either.
Seriously, though, the parent does sound a little bit... intolerant. Not every abstentionist (or whatever those are called) is an ignorant moron. Some have very interesting ideas. But whatever suits him/her.
I agree that there is a difference between taking a paragraph from a novel and a reduced-size "complete" image. That's the point of thumbnails: to show the "complete" picture, I think.
But it is not the entire image that's in view. Not by a long shot, in most cases. Sure, you can see naked some girl with your face nearly touching your monitor and be done with it; but it is still just a sample of what you are looking for. A sample in the sense that most details are gone. Perhaps not as much as the original author would like, but they are gone anyway.
Also, let's look at the text thing: If you have a short (very short) story of about two paragraphs and you show only one of them, what would happen? If you have a full body pic of a girl and they show you the upper half, what would happen?
Of course this all fails if by thumbnail we understand an image of 1200 pixels wide, but I think it is important to point out that even when they show you the "complete" picture, they just don't show you the complete picture. At least not in the thumbnails I have seen so far in Google.
It is my impression that you only need "hot chicks with huge tits wanto to give you", then you can add any string that you want. Okay, maybe except "some goatse".
That is rather interesting, that the other post linking it was modded offtopic:P
well technically "molten" is a relative term. To beings on Pluto the earth would be covered with rivers of molten water. So perhaps from the perspective of hot compared to a star, then magma might be cold.
In that case the temperature would be the relative term. The water is, of course, molten (in the sense of "made liquid by heat", which I think is the most common), so there is no relative use of the word there. Besides: Come on, cold magma? We might as well extract some of it to cool our beers once we get there!
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It would actually be really helpful a feature like that. I'm not asking for 3d buildings or things like that, but roads (well placed, that is) would be awesome. But then, as some pointed out, the aliens hopefully are not interested in our destruction.
He is not fat, it's glandular!
You sure this is not the Painkiller?
Oh my god! How did you manage to survive these 200 or so years!?
I actually clicked that link, and it didn't show anything! I demand some evil hacker tools!
I always thought it was "you want a piece of me, boy".
Reminds me of an episode of The Office (US), when Michael asks for a volunteer to select the name of a drug, and then tell to the workers a tragic story (not necessarily related to drugs).
Well, I guess that first of all you'd need to show that the parametrization you bring is really (or can be seen as) an algebraic equation. Please note that the use of sine and cosine functions disrupts the polynomial (although you could expand it as a series, but then you'd have a formal series instead of a polynomial).
Anyway, I can't read the article, but in the abstract they don't even mention the algebraic equation. It has more to do with tension and other material properties.
The main reason why telmex has virtually no opposition here in Mexico is because it was once a government company (or whatever te correct name is), and it regulated and provided all telephony services until its privatization (guess who bought it).
Now, I'm not gonna say that Telmex saved the day or something, but as it is, there are not any good alternatives right now.
I do agree that we are not better than animals (although it seems to me that the notion of "betterness" is quite subjective).
But I can think of a difference between us and the rest of the animals: knowledge passed along generations.
I have never seen another species use (or create) some tool and improve it over time. Or keep historical records. Of course, for them there is no need to do it, but we managed to survive without writing and with very primitive weapons too. Maybe it can be summed up as 'civilization', but that term can be ambiguous sometimes.
Perhaps I got your comment the wrong way (and sorry for my english).
What the hell? Did you even read my comment? I was making fun of the guy!
But hey, whatever man. I bet you didn't even heard a passing sound above your head or something.
You don't get it, do you? Your voice means NOTHING if you don't submit it via the proper channels. No, I don't know what the proper channels are on this one either.
Seriously, though, the parent does sound a little bit... intolerant. Not every abstentionist (or whatever those are called) is an ignorant moron. Some have very interesting ideas. But whatever suits him/her.
Oh come on, you guys! The hell already froze over when those goatse posts got modded +5, insightful.
I agree that there is a difference between taking a paragraph from a novel and a reduced-size "complete" image. That's the point of thumbnails: to show the "complete" picture, I think.
But it is not the entire image that's in view. Not by a long shot, in most cases. Sure, you can see naked some girl with your face nearly touching your monitor and be done with it; but it is still just a sample of what you are looking for. A sample in the sense that most details are gone. Perhaps not as much as the original author would like, but they are gone anyway.
Also, let's look at the text thing: If you have a short (very short) story of about two paragraphs and you show only one of them, what would happen? If you have a full body pic of a girl and they show you the upper half, what would happen?
Of course this all fails if by thumbnail we understand an image of 1200 pixels wide, but I think it is important to point out that even when they show you the "complete" picture, they just don't show you the complete picture. At least not in the thumbnails I have seen so far in Google.
It is my impression that you only need "hot chicks with huge tits wanto to give you", then you can add any string that you want.
:P
Okay, maybe except "some goatse".
That is rather interesting, that the other post linking it was modded offtopic
So... she didn't happen to say something like "I'm going to fucking kill Google", right?
No kiddin', they won't be getting any Love anytime soon.
...I guess this is gonna be trippy, all right.
...but what about the stroke?
I really need some sleep.
Nothing for you to see in this wavelength. Please select another one.
Do they think this is some kind of GAIM?
...Beowulf There! I said it! Look what you made do! I hope you're happy now! *sob*
Aw, man! And I wanted to be modded insighful. *sigh*
I remember it as well, just about april 1st, also. :P