Comment Re:Great - yet another confusing unit of measure (Score 1) 164
When they set the Library of Congress as the standard unit.
"When will the madness end!?"
When they set the Library of Congress as the standard unit.
"When will the madness end!?"
"there is no frame of reference in which B preceded A, or in which A and B are simultaneous."
From the photon's point of view they are simultaneous.
You're going to love the Belgium theory.
And how are we going to make these incredible advances in space travel without experimenting with space travel?
"We do not have the man power to pollinate our crops by hand, without bees no fruit."
We can solve two problems with a single stroke. With 20 million Americans out of work, let's get them out in the fields, woods, orchards and gardens with little paintbrushes, pollinating like crazy.
TFA reads like it was written by a crackhead in need of a fix.
1) Only one dimension is given for the sail, its "width." Should we assume it has a square profile, or is its length greater/less than the width, or is it even rectangular? Who the hell knows.
2) No direct mention is made regarding where this "satellite" is located. The cryptic comment "over the millions of miles between the satellite and Earth" doesn't help much. Certainly too far to be geosynchronous. Perhaps a heliosynchronous orbit? Who knows.
I picked a bad day to let my subscription to the International Journal of Astrobiology lapse.
I could sure go for a Mokie-Coke right now. Wouldn't you like one too?
Planck odds
"It has nothing to do with the real probabilities, which are as close to zero as you can get."
links anyone?
"If anonymous members can't target more essential parts of their business with their attacks, they shouldn't bother."
but the TSA will be administering them rectally.
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving and storing personal data of a first user of a computer-based service, said computer-based service accessible to users over a network, said personal data specified by the first user; providing a user interface for users to establish contact relationships with other users of the service such that each user can have one or more contacts, said user interface enabling a user to identify other users of the service, and to selectively initiate the generation of requests to establish contact relationships with the identified users; receiving a request from a second user of the service to establish a contact relationship with the first user, said request submitted to the service over a network via said user interface; sending a notification of the request to the first user over a network; providing an option, in connection with said request, for the first user to grant permission for the second user to view at least some of the personal data of the first user; and in response to the first user granting said permission, providing the second user access to at least some of the personal data of the first user via a contact information user interface of the service, such that the second user is provided access to data that would not otherwise be accessible to the second user via the service; wherein the method, including receiving and storing the personal data, providing the user interface, receiving the request, sending the notification, providing said option, and providing the second user access, is performed by a server computer system.
13. A computer system that provides a service to users over a network, said computer system comprising a processor and a memory, an being programmed, via executable program instructions, to perform a method that comprises: receiving and storing personal data of a first user of the service, said personal data specified by the first user; providing a user interface for users to establish contact relationships with other users of the service such that each user can have one or more contacts, said user interface enabling a user to identify other users of the service, and to selectively initiate generation of requests to establish contact relationships with the identified users; receiving a request from a second user of the service to establish a contact relationship with the first user, said request submitted to the service over a network via said user interface; sending a notification of the request to the first user over a network; providing an option, in connection with said contact relationship, for the first user to grant permission for the second user to view at least some of the personal data of the first user; and in response to the first user granting said permission, providing the second user access to at least some of the personal data of the first user via a contact information user interface of the service, such that the second user is provided access to data that would not otherwise be accessible to the second user via the service.
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"can any of the americans explain this to us here ?"
I didn't do it. I don't approve of it. I don't know where it came from, and maybe not even what the hell it is.
Yet somehow I feel responsible.
We suck.
"I swear, Thick as a Brick should be a Jethro Tull song, not a description of record company executives...."
An album which makes the case for the superiority of vinyl (packaging).
Without life, Biology itself would be impossible.
