"Men wanted for hazardous journey, small wages, and bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful, honor and recognition in case of success."
Despite the ominous tone of the ad, the response was overwhelming.
Too bad the ad probably never existed.
God liked it, so he put a ring on it.
Aside from some of the obvious mistakes this opinion piece makes.
> There is no need to worry about toxins leaching into the water supply. No elaborate liner or monitoring is required
This is wrong. There are some situations where organic rich runoff can cause problems.
The following link:
http://toxics.usgs.gov/topics/rem_act/saco.html
describes:
" dissolved organic carbon in the leachate plume is dissolving arsenic from arsenic-containing iron oxides in the aquifer and bedrock"
> It's a 2D array of MEMS which open and close a slit in a variable size
No.
The resonator is what cause the interference that controls the colors rendered. If you look at the article you'll see there's no mention of controlling the pitch after it's fabricated.
So it might be money, as others have said.
But I have some other questions.
1) Why hasn't this fairly simple experiment been done before?
2) Why do three types of corn with fairly different modifications have very similar toxicities?
Screwing makes me happy, I can do that myself.
FTFY. Also, TMI.
As the GP says, what D-Wave is claiming is pretty much not physically possible. And what they've demonstrated is possible to emulate with classical computers.
That Google is working with them is interesting. But D-Wave still looks exactly like an investment scam.
I agree that it's annoying, though in my experience people never refer to SPICE without prefacing it with "Berkeley". SPICE all by itself is used as a generic term.
TFA could also use some more references. It sounds intriguing, but I've been around long enough to be distrustful of what's in press releases.
> aluminum hydroxide which, apart from helping us with our stomach ulcers, may be linked to brain disease
Are you talking the Alzheimer's link? I thought that that was found to be a non causal link quite some time ago.
Here's a link that pretty much flat out says it's not an issue:
http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_myths_about_alzheimers.asp
There are a lot of websites that talk about it as being a problem, but they all seem a little woo woo.
The meaning of the phrase has changed.
The phrase used to refer to "a logical fallacy in which the proposition to be proved is assumed implicitly or explicitly in the premise."[1]
Now it means, "I'm trying to sound like I'm well educated, but I'm not."
I'm a troll because I think flu vaccines are bullshit? Wow.
No. You're a troll because you used the word fuckall in way that was at best gratuitous.
It's just not that hard to avoid. Good hygienic habits, good nutrition, and a good night's sleep are far more effective than any flu vaccine and those habits don't have mercury.
Got any studies to back those measures up?
Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated. -- R. Drabek
