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by szany 16y ago
Fantastic! Is there a way to follow all of these accounts at once?
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"The best way to make a defining-moment decision is to study all the facts, learn everything you can about the circumstances you're in, the pros and cons, the cost-benefit analysis, and then make your decision. It's really got to be thought
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His point is not that we might be unable to communicate, but that we might be so comparatively stupid that communication would be laughably pointless.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson brings up a good point about ETI though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-uZZ7RdL5E "When was the last time you stopped to have a conversation with a worm?"
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Did the talks cover anything not in the books? If it was in Chicago I would go in a heartbeat...
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"15. (Shea's Law) The ability to improve a design occurs primarily at the interfaces. This is also the prime location for screwing it up." From Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design: http://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/akins_laws.html
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Type-bounded numbers (first post in a series of six)(conal.net)
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Beautifully put. The knack should be a means or a by-product, not an end. I think the main thing not to forget is that although making money is what determines a company's survival, that's not what determines its value. Carl Sagan usually p
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Northwestern
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Have you found any good introductions?