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From: Peter T. Daniels on 22 Feb 2010 14:20 On Feb 22, 2:12 pm, "Androcles" <Headmas...(a)Hogwarts.physics_u> wrote: > "Michael Stemper" <mstem...(a)walkabout.empros.com> wrote in message > > news:hlufet$ida$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > > > > > > In article <%GIfn.45264$lB6.23...(a)newsfe16.ams2>, "Androcles" > > <Headmas...(a)Hogwarts.physics_u> writes: > >>"R H Draney" <dadoc...(a)spamcop.net> wrote in message > >>news:hlni3r01mb3(a)drn.newsguy.com... > >>> Robert Bannister filted: > >>>>Androcles wrote: > > >>>>> The USA doesn't have a football schedule. The rest of the world plays > >>>>> football, the USA calls that soccer and then plays it's own version of > >>>>> parochial handball. > > >>> One expects such a reaction from someone who inserts an apostrophe into > >>> possessive "its".... > > >>Oops... I forgot that is one possessive word that doesn't have an > >>apostophe. > > > mine, yours, his, > > "Michael Stemper's blunder" is a contraction of "Michael Stemper, his > blunder". No, it is not. Where did you learn your historical linguistics? > http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contraction > : a shortening of a word, syllable, or word group by omission of a sound or > letter;-
From: jimp on 22 Feb 2010 14:36 Paul Madarasz <madplmad(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:39:36 -0000, jimp(a)specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: > >>In sci.physics Sam Wormley <swormley1(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> On 2/18/10 10:13 PM, Andrew Usher wrote: >>>> Owing to the inconveniences which attend the shifting of the calendar... >>> >>> Why not get rid of the calendar altogether... thru the >>> majority of human existance none was used. >> >>True enough, but... >> >>Prior to about 10,000 years ago, humans lived as hunter-gatherers and >>had little need for a calendar. >> >>During the Neolithic Revolution, humans "invented" agriculture, established >>permanent settlements, domesticated animals, and started using metal tools. >> >>At about this time, the calendar was invented. >> >>If you want to live as a hunter-gatherer wandering the wilderness, hunting >>for rabbits and grubbing for berries to stay alive, go ahead and throw away >>your calendar. >> >>If you like any of the advances humans have made in the last 10,000 years, >>like a permanent structure to shelter you from the elements and food on a >>regular basis, I guess you are stuck with calendars. > > Jared Diamond thinks that agriculture is one of humankind's big > mistakes. Jared Diamond should spend a year trying to feed himself without agriculture. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply.
From: jimp on 22 Feb 2010 14:40 In sci.physics Tak To <takto(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote: > jimp(a)specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> In sci.physics Andrew Usher <k_over_hbarc(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>> Brian M. Scott wrote: >>> >>>>>>>> And trying to come up with a new calendar fixating on >>>>>>>> Christmas is about as logical as fixating on Waitangi >>>>>>>> Day. >>>>>>> This is just West-bashing. >>>>>> Don't be silly: New Zealand is part of the cultural west. >>>>> But what the day commemorates is not. >>>> You should have checked to see what it actually does >>>> commemorate before posting such nonsense. >>> As far as I know, it's used today as just another excuse for white >>> guilt. It hasn't been continuously observed since the event itself, >>> like out July 4 has been. >> >> Nonsense, execpt for "As far as I know", which is apparantly not far. >> >>> And even if I'm wrong, it's no more important than July 4, and I don't >>> base my calendar around that, either. I chose the Christian holidays >>> because they are international, and fitting other US days is a bonus. >>> >>> Andrew Usher >> >> Yeah, they celebrate lots of Christian holidays in China, Japan, India, >> Korea, and the Middle East. > > 1/4 of South Koreans are Christians. Yep, and South Korea has all of one Christian holiday. How many in North Korea? -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply.
From: Mike Barnes on 22 Feb 2010 14:54 R H Draney <dadoctah(a)spamcop.net>: >Adam Funk filted: >> >>On 2010-02-21, António Marques wrote: >> >>> On Feb 21, 1:09 am, Andrew Usher <k_over_hb...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>>> But 0 is the start of computer indexing - at least in real programs. 0 >>>> = Sunday. >>> >>> Ahem. In low level, pointer oriented languages such as C and its >>> family. And those who chose to imitate it. >> >>From Verity Stob's "Thirteen Ways to Loathe VB": >> >> 4. Another thing about arrays. The index of the first element is 0, >> unless it is set to 1 by a directive. >> >> 5. But there are also collections, modern object-oriented versions >> of arrays. And the first element of these is usually 1, unless >> it happens to be 0. Sometimes it is 0 and sometimes it is 1, >> depending on where you found it. Do you feel lucky, punk? Well, >> do ya? > >In APL, indexing starts at one unless you've explicitly set it to zero by >setting the system variable quad-IO....r In Perl, indexing starts at zero unless you've explicitly set it to one by setting the system variable $[. -- Mike Barnes Cheshire, England
From: Adam Funk on 22 Feb 2010 15:08
On 2010-02-22, Mike Barnes wrote: > R H Draney <dadoctah(a)spamcop.net>: >>In APL, indexing starts at one unless you've explicitly set it to zero by >>setting the system variable quad-IO....r > > In Perl, indexing starts at zero unless you've explicitly set it to one > by setting the system variable $[. I like the notes in _Programming Perl_: (Mnemonic: [ begins subscripts.) Assignment to $[ ... is discouraged. -- I don't know what they have to say It makes no difference anyway; Whatever it is, I'm against it! [Prof. Wagstaff] |