Comment Re:And hippies will protest it (Score 1) 396
Yes, but that peanut butter isn't cheap.
Yes, but that peanut butter isn't cheap.
Sorry for the reply to myself, but that number conflicts with the estimate for the formation of the sun given in Wikipedia (4.567 billion years, but looking at the references that estimate seems to be indirect).
Curious that within two separate articles about the age of the earth, no estimate is given at all. The only mention of an actual age is given in a footnote to the sciencedaily article (which says the earth must be younger than ~4.6 billion years).
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About 4,533 million years. So I'm guessing the new estimate would push it to ~4,593 million years.
because in the entire history of the planet, there will always have to have been at least one species who was a) the most intelligent at the time and b) the most intelligent to have developed up to that point.
I think you mean or, it is possible for a species to go extinct that satisfied both a) and b), leaving the second place finisher to satisfy a), but not b).
OK, I think I misread. A different way to read it would be that even after a species is extinct, they continue to hold both a) and b) records until a new species evolves that beats them. I'm not sure what to make of the argument, though.
because in the entire history of the planet, there will always have to have been at least one species who was a) the most intelligent at the time and b) the most intelligent to have developed up to that point.
I think you mean or, it is possible for a species to go extinct that satisfied both a) and b), leaving the second place finisher to satisfy a), but not b).
If one's body chemistry were such that blood were the only useful nourishment
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So, maybe.
there is no such thing as "keeping up with the flow of traffic." when it is in excess of the posted legal speed limit
Actually that varies by state. The California law explicitly states "Notwithstanding the prima facie speed limits". https://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vc...
Shopping on the Internet is quick and convenient, and international. Using a credit card, charges appear as if you had made a purchase from wherever their merchant account lists as their address. In general, your location (as provided by your IP address) is not taken into account. This has already caused me problems with an overzealous bank that doesn't believe I would be shopping in Germany or Japan. Now if they can see that I'm obviously still in the US (via my cellphone), well then.
using Emacs or vi.
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In this context more and less are not numbers, they are functions. Specifically times means multiplication, and more/less means that the base number (ten) has been taken to the 1 or -1 power.
Also to say that anything has unambiguous logical meaning in a natural language is usually incorrect.
Speaking of name changing, what if you're on the no-fly list and then you go change your name? Does the no-fly list get updated with your new name? I can't imagine so.
Change your name with whom? If you change your name with a government that has your name on a no-fly list, then I would think they would keep it up-to-date.
I'm actually curious where you got the information from. The linked articles from Wikipedia don't mention specific materials, with the exception of one. That material is specifically C.H3.N.H3.Pb.I.Cl2 (starting from C.H3.N.H3.I and Pb.Cl2), which falls within your broader categorization.
<offtopic>Why is Slashdot using a font where it is easy to confuse I and l?</offtopic>
If you're stranded 100 miles from the nearest charging station, it means you didn't pay attention to the fact that your car wasn't fully charged before you drove off AND you didn't pay attention to the dwindling charge as you drove. This isn't a Tesla failure.
We do not know if the car was fully charged or not.
Also, I could be mistaken, but I believe the Tesla only reports the expected range not the charge level.
This is incorrect. The right against physical coercion is separate from the right to refuse to answer questions.
The right to refuse to answer questions also includes a right not to be physically coerced.
As I said in the original article, the proof of this is that if you are a third-party witness, you cannot refuse to answer questions about a crime about which you may have been a witness (but are not a suspect).
Unless you would incriminate yourself (key word) by answering. It doesn't even have to be for the same crime, you can refuse to answer any question as long as it would incriminate you.
But, obviously, you still can't be beaten up by the police. Because that right is separate from the Fifth Amendment.
You are assuming mutual exclusivity when there is none. Laws overlap. There are laws which prevent police from beating people, which apply to everyone; but, the Fifth Amendment also prevents physical coercion, which isn't necessarily redundant.
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