IANAP(aleontologist), but this always bugs me about fossil findings. Did they find a whole skeleton, or only the skull fragment pictured? If it's only the fragment pictured, couldn't this just be a triceratops? The "nose" part of the skull appears to be missing.
Oh, no! Christians will think this is evidence for the flood! Let's all preemptively belittle that idea! Well, I'm a Christian and I do think this is in line with the flood theory explained on this site. Many cultures of the world have a Great Flood legend similar to the one in the Bible.
Just to save the mockers some time, I'll mention that I fully realize that the hydroplate theory:
has critics
even if correct, doesn't prove God exists or that evolution is false
I think the evidence is against you there. I agree that you can probably make an experience worse by "freaking out" about it, but carelessly exposing kids to porn can seriously mess them up. They might just not understand it and think nothing of it, but I wouldn't assume (and I personally know some examples to the contrary). I think the point here is just to make parents aware. I'm a pretty technical person, but I bought my 11 yr old a Nintendo DS and didn't know it has built-in wireless chat until afterwards. It wouldn't have bothered me as much, except I had repeatedly refused his request to network the computer in his bedroom (outsmarted by an 11 yr old!). Sure, you can't just keep your kids in a bubble, and especially in this day and age teaching good judgment early is an important part of parenting, but you can't just abandon them, either.
I can't speak for all Christians, but I believe there is something spiritual about sex, and that's why people who suffer sexual abuse have such a hard road to recovery. There's a lot of deviant, evil stuff out there on the net that is bad for EVERYONE (including adults). Many adults who supposedly have better judgement are lured in by this stuff, so if you can protect your kids from this temptation, I think you should. Say what you will, that's my opinion.
Are you sure that's correct? I thought the 180 to 1 "storage to volume ratio" meant
that the solid structure of the tank took up only 1/180 of the volume, not that it "compressed" the methane to 1/180 it's original volume. Plus, I think a gallon of natural gas means what would be 1 gal liquid if compressed sufficiently. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Actually, I found the maps of the internet to be far more interesting and full of information. You can get some idea of how interconnected it is, what domains have the most nodes... okay, maybe not so useful, but at least interesting. I don't know if they could do anything that interesting with a dna sequence, but these pics look like pure "static", and it just seems like they could have done better if they were looking for repeating sequences. For example, they could run it through an algorithm that builds a string table (like lzw compression) and keep a count of repeated strings, then make an image based on that.
Wouldn't you get feedback through your speakers before being able to do anything possibly damaging?
I wouldn't think so because the sounds picked up by the mic aren't typically played back out through the speakers, so there's no feedback loop. I have a home studio and record to a computer and feedback (due to the computer's mic, anyway) has never been a problem.
I wonder how many of those professors had actually been misinformed. I've had a handful of professors state information that I found out later to be in disagreement with a larger community.
Not to nit-pick, but "the larger community" isn't automatically correct, either. The best thing in research, as stated in the article, is to try to find original sources. If my professor banned Wikipedia as a citable (hmm, spell check doesn't like that word) source, I'd still use it as a starting point. There are plenty of Wikipedia authors that cite their sources, so you can verify the information.
Once Wikipedia evolves into a hive mind to which we are all connected, the question will become moot because we won't have to write term papers!
Correct. Electric current moves through a wire slower than c (but can be on the same order of magnitude). So apparently width of chip = wavelength of clock isn't a problem or it would already be a problem.
This bot will point to a location in-between the two or luckily get the closest sniper, It's designed for lone non strategic sniper detection AFTER they have taken down their target. So it's a revenge device.
How could you know that? Do you have one in your backyard or something? Those snipers are pretty good if they can fire simultaneously - I mean so close together that computer analysis can't distinguish them. It is certainly technologically possible to make a device that can pick out multiple snipers.
When I last attended a university (early 90s), I remember having the opinion that there was shift away from "learning" and toward "career preparation". Of course the universities can do whatever they want, and I would imagine the shift is influenced by the students' plans and expectations. Personally, I think if you are only interested in getting a good-paying job, a university education is way over-priced.
(Jessep) We drive hybrids or people die - it's that simple. You weep for Lindzen and curse the AMS. You can do that. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that Lindzen's decertification, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, though annoying to you, saves lives....
Apple is pointing to SOX -- saying they MUST charge more. We're saying that rationale is bullocks, and they should just admit that this is a strategy to increase margins.
FTA:
Except, of course, if it's not so much the Act that's stopping Apple, but Apple's lack of desire to have to keep paperwork on software giveaways, some related concerns over obnoxious shareholders mounting needless lawsuits, or a misinterpretation of what's really required by the law. ...
Update 2: Another Apple representative has added details on the Sarbanes situation: it's about accounting. Because of the Act, the company believes that if it sells a product, then later adds a feature to that product, it can be held liable for improper accounting if it recognizes revenue from the product at the time of sale, given that it hasn't finished delivering the product at that point. Ridiculous.
Obviously, the author doesn't agree with Apple, but of all the ulterior motives he suggests, simple profit isn't one of them.
I doubt the spec was written specifically to make rendering the xml difficult, but rather to make creating it easy. They probably don't know how to explain the behavior of these old word processors because they were buggy and inconsistent. So rather than have to figure out how small Word 5.0 would render small caps in a given situation, they can just tack on a "do it like Word 5.0" attribute. Much simpler!
I'll admit, I didn't read the entire 52 page PDF report, but I skimmed it. I'm having trouble seeing how they can reach those conclusions just by looking at drug trends in number of NMEs vs non-NMEs since 1993. Also, considering where the pdf was posted, and taking into account the democratic party's desire to take over the health care industry, I suspect a political motive. The main reason for this report was to get some key phrases that are "backed by scientific research" such as: "drug development is stagnating", "discouraging innovation", etc.
If we really want to measure the effect of IP on drug innovation, it might be better to compare the U.S. drug companies to those in other countries where the laws are different. Even then, it would be very difficult to draw conclusions because there are so many factors. And is it bad if more research is being done on non-NME's? Presumably that's because there is a greater expected ROI, which may mean there is a greater need for those drugs.
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IANAP(aleontologist), but this always bugs me about fossil findings. Did they find a whole skeleton, or only the skull fragment pictured? If it's only the fragment pictured, couldn't this just be a triceratops? The "nose" part of the skull appears to be missing.
I humbry lepolt youl ellol in sperring. It shourd be: "Frawress Victoly". Prease be mole calefur in the futule!
Just to save the mockers some time, I'll mention that I fully realize that the hydroplate theory:
They ate the dinosaurs.
I can't speak for all Christians, but I believe there is something spiritual about sex, and that's why people who suffer sexual abuse have such a hard road to recovery. There's a lot of deviant, evil stuff out there on the net that is bad for EVERYONE (including adults). Many adults who supposedly have better judgement are lured in by this stuff, so if you can protect your kids from this temptation, I think you should. Say what you will, that's my opinion.
So I guess an equivalent "evolution sort" joke would be: if you wait millions of years, natural processes will cause the list to sort itself.
Well, it's not like Mars will use up many addresses.
Are you sure that's correct? I thought the 180 to 1 "storage to volume ratio" meant that the solid structure of the tank took up only 1/180 of the volume, not that it "compressed" the methane to 1/180 it's original volume. Plus, I think a gallon of natural gas means what would be 1 gal liquid if compressed sufficiently. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Actually, I found the maps of the internet to be far more interesting and full of information. You can get some idea of how interconnected it is, what domains have the most nodes ... okay, maybe not so useful, but at least interesting. I don't know if they could do anything that interesting with a dna sequence, but these pics look like pure "static", and it just seems like they could have done better if they were looking for repeating sequences. For example, they could run it through an algorithm that builds a string table (like lzw compression) and keep a count of repeated strings, then make an image based on that.
And more importantly, it's "Inigo Montoya", not "Indigo". Sheesh!
Do you have a link?
Once Wikipedia evolves into a hive mind to which we are all connected, the question will become moot because we won't have to write term papers!
Correct. Electric current moves through a wire slower than c (but can be on the same order of magnitude). So apparently width of chip = wavelength of clock isn't a problem or it would already be a problem.
When I last attended a university (early 90s), I remember having the opinion that there was shift away from "learning" and toward "career preparation". Of course the universities can do whatever they want, and I would imagine the shift is influenced by the students' plans and expectations. Personally, I think if you are only interested in getting a good-paying job, a university education is way over-priced.
(Jessep) We drive hybrids or people die - it's that simple. You weep for Lindzen and curse the AMS. You can do that. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that Lindzen's decertification, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, though annoying to you, saves lives. ...
FTA:
Obviously, the author doesn't agree with Apple, but of all the ulterior motives he suggests, simple profit isn't one of them.Interesting reading here . For one, it specifically says that it can tend to favor smaller countries.
'nuff said
I doubt the spec was written specifically to make rendering the xml difficult, but rather to make creating it easy. They probably don't know how to explain the behavior of these old word processors because they were buggy and inconsistent. So rather than have to figure out how small Word 5.0 would render small caps in a given situation, they can just tack on a "do it like Word 5.0" attribute. Much simpler!
If we really want to measure the effect of IP on drug innovation, it might be better to compare the U.S. drug companies to those in other countries where the laws are different. Even then, it would be very difficult to draw conclusions because there are so many factors. And is it bad if more research is being done on non-NME's? Presumably that's because there is a greater expected ROI, which may mean there is a greater need for those drugs.