30 mph walkways put today's tortoise-like speed ranges of
Can't we at least get this in consistent units? For instance, "80,000 furlong per fortnight walkways put today's tortoise-like speed ranges of 3000-5000 furlongs per fortnight to shame".
Once you show a law can be used to convict even one innocent person, the law becomes unenforceable in court.
Really? So since innocent people have been exonerated after having been convicted of murder, murder laws are now unenforceable in court?
The human brain is actually pretty good at filtering out noise if you give it a chance. Just watch the games and don't worry about the vuvuzelas and before long you won't even notice them.
I notice them a little at the beginning of the game, but even more so right after the half. Usually by the hour mark I've completely phased them out again though.
People always say this but I'm now a phd student and the only time I ever had a class where we used a professor's book was one class where the book was actually out of print so he just gave us photocopies of it.
I TA'd for a professor who wrote a book and used it for his own class. The bookstore could not obtain the book in time for the beginning of the semester, and I suggested we just photocopy the first couple chapters for the students until the books came in. Apparently the publisher (who owned the copyright as part of the contract) wouldn't allow this.
Also, for the post higher up about professors being happy to write new editions--not only are their royalties surprisingly low, but often in the initial contract they agree to produce new editions at the request of the publisher. So they often have little say in whether a new edition is printed or not.
Also, it sounds like it would be fun for adults as well
Oh it definitely is, the phrase just made it sound like it was exclusively for kids-which it really isn't
It boasts a five-story jungle gym with two real-life jets kids can climb on, an enclosed Monster Slide that drops riders the length of three staircases, and a rooftop Ferris wheel.
Kids? Every time I've been there there has been a significant percentage of 20-somethings in addition to the little ones.
Significant figures are important. In this case, the 2/3rds rule, being a constant, MUST be taken to at least 3 digits. Otherwise why not just use 0.6 instead of 0.667
Significant figures has absolutely nothing to do with it. They are for making measurements in a non-discrete space. All that's going on here is counting--there's no error, so no need for significant figures. Why on earth would you approximate a constant anyways? In any event, your rule for 'at least 3 digits' is completely arbitrary and useless. With enough votes, one could show that taking 'at least 3 digits' would still yield an incorrect result.
This diagram sums it up well.
This is one reason I really like the Netflix Instant watch. 10-15 seconds after I hit 'play' (depending on download speeds), I'm watching the movie.
Things are not as simple as they seems at first. - Edward Thorp
