Being an IIT grad mainly proves how well you could prepare for its brutal entrance exam (<1% acceptance). At work, I've seen IIT grads fare no better than other people. Sure, there are some brilliant people among IIT…
Wasn't this on Deja News that Google bought and integrated into Google groups? How is this archive different?
Whatever one thinks of Wolfram's theories, the Mathematica generated diagrams are gorgeous.
I hear the term 'emergent property' bandied about in relation to the mind as if using it somehow explains anything. It says nothing more than mind exists, somehow, yet we have no clue about its nature. Scientists and…
Re. the bridge analogy in the article: we had a bridge being built behind our building at work and they had announced the opening date a year in advance. Sure, when the date came the bridge was opened exactly on time. I…
A long time ago in a philosophy of math class, our professor offered this problem: upon hatching chicks have to be separated by sex. Experienced poultry farmers know how to tell them apart from feel but it's not a…
Not sure about the Starship numbers but if its is $2m per Hubble mass, then launching 200 hubbles would be $800m, not $43m. This however is not about sending bricks into orbit. The ELT mirrors are segmented and need…
The most useful bits are always buried deep down in the threads. Thanks for posting this.
I've had migraines for 40 years, and suffered much before being prescribed Sumatriptan. It relieves the migraine completely in about 30min. Doesn't work for my wife who also has migraines but an alternate formulation,…
In other news, Americans rediscover the Jewish/Muslim way of burial.
Being an IIT grad mainly proves how well you could prepare for its brutal entrance exam (<1% acceptance). At work, I've seen IIT grads fare no better than other people. Sure, there are some brilliant people among IIT…
Wasn't this on Deja News that Google bought and integrated into Google groups? How is this archive different?
Whatever one thinks of Wolfram's theories, the Mathematica generated diagrams are gorgeous.
I hear the term 'emergent property' bandied about in relation to the mind as if using it somehow explains anything. It says nothing more than mind exists, somehow, yet we have no clue about its nature. Scientists and…
Re. the bridge analogy in the article: we had a bridge being built behind our building at work and they had announced the opening date a year in advance. Sure, when the date came the bridge was opened exactly on time. I…
A long time ago in a philosophy of math class, our professor offered this problem: upon hatching chicks have to be separated by sex. Experienced poultry farmers know how to tell them apart from feel but it's not a…
Not sure about the Starship numbers but if its is $2m per Hubble mass, then launching 200 hubbles would be $800m, not $43m. This however is not about sending bricks into orbit. The ELT mirrors are segmented and need…
The most useful bits are always buried deep down in the threads. Thanks for posting this.
I've had migraines for 40 years, and suffered much before being prescribed Sumatriptan. It relieves the migraine completely in about 30min. Doesn't work for my wife who also has migraines but an alternate formulation,…
In other news, Americans rediscover the Jewish/Muslim way of burial.