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by madaxe 14y ago
Indeed - I'd opine that the meteor in question was probably terrestrial in origin, as diatom genetics demonstrate that evolution is live and kicking in diatom populations. That said, it doesn't exclude the possibility of diatoms having perh
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by madaxe 14y ago
Not really. Diatoms are tiny, and under the pressure of successive layers of sedimentation, silica (of which diatoms are largely comprised) will recrystallise at that scale, making detection of fossils difficult, if not impossible. I believ
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by madaxe 14y ago
It's hard to respond to petitions about real issues, because it requires you to do something. Death Stars, however, make for good PR without actually doing anything.
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by madaxe 14y ago
Social care doesn't require custody. See http://www.mind.org.uk/mental_health_a-z/8042_mental_health_... for an explanation of (in the UK, at least) the rights for those with mental health issues in prosecutorial circumstances.
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by madaxe 14y ago
Yes. I know a few dozen criminal barristers in the UK. They measure their success purely in terms of won cases, unsurprisingly - if you go to certain bars around the temples in London, you will overhear conversations along the lines of "g
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by madaxe 14y ago
Did I say at any point that depression should exempt someone from prosecution? No. I said their handling was inappropriate. If someone is a suicide risk you watch them, and typically ensure they're not left alone. Stick your straw man whe
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by madaxe 14y ago
No worries. Nights are best spent trawling through papers, gently blowing one's mind. Always a pleasure finding someone else passionate about cosmology!
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by madaxe 14y ago
Psychiatric assessment is a routine element of any criminal case. At any rate, it is in the UK.
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by madaxe 14y ago
As odd as it sounds, I'm happy with the status quo. Frequently miserable, but content with that misery, as I've learned to use it productively. My madness is both my undoing, and my doing. I would not have quit a highly paid job to strike o
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by madaxe 14y ago
I value my freedom and clarity of mind far more than I do some subjective "happiness", induced by drugs or lengthy stays in facilities, as is the normal treatment for depressive disorders in the UK. The system is not there to help, it's a k
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by madaxe 14y ago
Don't feed the troll. Oh. Catholic. Gotcha.
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by madaxe 14y ago
In which case the prosecution should have realised he was a suicide risk and acted appropriately. They seemingly did not.
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by madaxe 14y ago
Yeah, Turing was a total loser, right?
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by madaxe 14y ago
You do live in the land Kafka could only have lurid nightmares about, though.
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by madaxe 14y ago
Perfectly possible to think about it but never act. I don't think there's been a day in my life in which I haven't contemplated the ramifications of offing myself. Each and every time, I reach the same conclusion - it would be pointless. Nu
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by madaxe 14y ago
You may find http://www.astro.auth.gr/~tsagas/Publications/Journals/MNRAS... interesting if you haven't seen it already, suggesting FLRW could still be consistent with observations. But yeah, totally agree that this would be a neat simula
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by madaxe 14y ago
Guessing you saw the article on the lack of quantisation jitter on quasar light then, then? :)
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by madaxe 14y ago
Model universal expansion with VSL, and solve the horizon problem once and for all :)
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by madaxe 14y ago
They're vans with a yagi glued to the top. No more a detector than clouseau was a detective. Pure scare tactics.
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by madaxe 14y ago
Colour is dead. Nobody's talking about their colour TVs any more.
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by madaxe 14y ago
Nice explanation for the layman, and it's certainly not the first time - messed around with negative temperatures in BECs as an undergrad! Thing is, when you understand why it happens, it seems perfectly rational and expected. It's all ab
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by madaxe 14y ago
I have a simple solution for not dealing with US immigration's bullshit. Too many trips marred by days spent in featureless rooms waiting for Godot, a full-time employee of your border agency. Anyway - simple solution - don't go to America.
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by madaxe 14y ago
SaaS eCommerce provider. Platform turns over ~£3bn/yr. Small fry. You almost certainly haven't heard of us.
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by madaxe 14y ago
But do bootstrap yourself to the death. If you're bootstrapping, like we did, you absolutely have to take each step up as soon as you can , and push as hard as you can, as otherwise you'll find yourself in the time-trap described, where
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by madaxe 14y ago
Surely if Psy condones piracy, the RIAA should be going after him with their black helicopters, ricin umbrellas and polonium pills. Wait, I've confused them with the NKVD, haven't I? Ah well, it'll do.
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by madaxe 14y ago
Yeah, sorry, I'll trump your tale. IOS maps got me chased out of the Baikonaur cosmodrome by the Russian Army and "special police" at 4 in the morning. The roads in Kaz are dirt tracks for thousands of miles, frequently, so getting lost is
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by madaxe 14y ago
Not talking solar wind in terms of photon pressure, talking magnetic flux coupling.
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by madaxe 14y ago
I quit twitter full stop, about eight weeks ago. Don't miss it. You're bang on re: amplification, though. People RAGE on twitter/facebook/etc because they seek validation and affirmation of their feelings, which is a natural human response.
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by madaxe 14y ago
Profiling with microtime? What's wrong with XHProf?
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by madaxe 14y ago
Why miniature? Hook into the MFLs with some big coils and you can drag pretty much anything through the field. The sun's magnetic field is immensely powerful compared to anything we're familiar with on earth.

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