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Comment Re:Sonar (Score 1) 31

The system relies on sending sound waves that locate objects by bouncing off of them.

Thank you! Simply saying it relied on SONAR would have left us all completely befuddled.

Maybe he was thinking Radar and decided it didn't sound right.

Comment Re:It happens? (Score 1) 358

For sufficiently finite values of infinity.

As finite as infinite can be. Interestingly in mathematical analysis it is well known that there are different levels of infinities. For example, the infinity of integers is not the same as infinity of real numbers.

Comment Re:It happens? (Score 2, Interesting) 358

Clearly all this proves is that we really don't know that much about what's going on in the universe.

Clearly? I think it depends on your sample size. So far we have only been able to collect very little data about some phenomena, and quite a good amount of data about others. So, we do know a lot about some things.

With an infinite universe (such as ours) and finite lifespan (such as ours) there is only so much data we can collect to gather inferences about what we observe. I think what you are saying is redundant.

Comment Re:Just me? (Score 0, Offtopic) 105

That's what I was thinking too; and probably just function like an 18-wheeler where a tire can blow out and there's so much support that the load is still distributed adequately.

Basically, all this means is Google designs like Mack while everyone else designs like Chrysler...

I totally agree. Google does have a degree of hype, and infact if you compare their design to Yahoo and eBay, you may find many similarities.

A good amount of online bandwidth is consumed by google, I'd like to see an analysis of redundancy caused by google instead. Recently their search mechanism has gone haywire but noone notices.

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