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Why does scientific inquiry have to have a quantifiable benefit to society, beyond the new knowledge itself? A benefit that you can't know until you've made the discovery? To quote from The West Wing Senator Enlow: If we could only say what benefit this thing has. No one's been able to do that... Professor Milgate:That's because great achievement has no road map. Well, the X-ray's pretty good. So is penicillin. Neither were discovered with a practical objective in mind. I mean, when the electron was discovered in 1897, it was useless. Now we have an entire world run by electronics. Haydn and Mozart never studied the classics. They couldn't - they invented them.

I suppose the real problem is not knowing in advance if the research is utilitarian. e.g. what practical use could anyone around 1900 expect from investigating black body radiation? My favourite example is Faraday's apocryphal responses to Gladstone's question "What use is electricity?" "What use is a new born baby?" or "I don't know, but some day you will tax it."

Umm, a singularity is non-sensical, it is the point where mathematical models diverge to infinities. And they have no dimensions, making 'within a singularity' even more non-sensical. People would take you more seriously, if you knew the difference between a singularity and a horizon. ( not that it makes a difference to the rest of the word salad ) You should learn some !

It is worse, they want to re-write existing data and suppress scientific guidelines.

Outstanding hypocrisy from Mrs May to say "Nationalism is no ally in this battle without borders" having been the architect of stirring up racism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Office_hostile_environment_policy

Bill Phillips, who won the Nobel in 1997 for laser cooling and trapping, has not been shy about how the Office of Naval Research funded his work, without knowing if there was going to be any benefit. In the words of Nobel Laureate William Phillips, speaking about the ONR investments leading to ultra-precise atomic clocks, “It was the long- term support of ONR, support that began when the ideas were vague and unproved, that made all of this possible." https://www.onr.navy.mil/en/About-ONR/History/tales-of-discovery/atomic-physics (Bonus: picture of two of the clocks I helped build) Not everyone gets shut down by the bean counters. But that's why it's important not to put the bean counters in charge. Also: https://www.onr.navy.mil/en/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2009/nobel-laureate-basic-research Phillips asserted, "ONR is different among the federal S&T organizations because it gives science a chance. A program officer with vision can say ´I think this is a great idea and I´m going to fund it.´ The recognition of the importance of basic research in support of mission goals can lead to mission success where a more tightly focused vision might not." He summed it up by saying, "ONR´s style has intrinsic and high value." Also, in regard to my earlier statement about funding "ONR is unique among S&T organizations in that program officers have access to all three phases of developmental funding: Basic Research (6.1), Applied Research (6.2) and Advanced Technology Development (6.3). This enables the full spectrum of an idea to be pursued from discovery to deployment."

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/05/200506091537.htm https://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso2007/eso2007a.pdf

Indeed... 😉

But brilliant for running and sliding across in your socks! Unless you want a glossy finish, presumably?

I would be interested to know if it does work. I guess it might increase the glossiness. There's a risk the "varnish" component (whatever that is) separates out as it dries, though. It might bubble or flake. @Externet Let us know how you get on. (I think @Sensei's suggestion may be the most practical, though.)

No. You would need something else to keep track of that. This purely keeps track of the Least Recently Used page. (I have no idea, why it works. It looks like magic! But there is a probably a simple explanation of why it works.) In case that diagram is not clear (their description is not very clear - I had read it twice), it is showing the state of matrix after each step; that is, after accessing each of the pages: 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 3 2 3 It would be clearer to see what is happening if you draw the table yourself (on paper or in a Word document) and work through their example. Fill all the cells with zero to start, then follow the algorithm for each of the pages above (as each page number is referenced, set all the bits of the corresponding row to 1 and all the bits of the corresponding column to 0). You should get the sequence shown in (a) to (i) above and you can confirm that the lowest number in the rows correspond to the lest recent page number.

Perhaps a just a minor aspect but how the heck are life forms in hydrovents separate from all other lifeforms on Earth?

Does that mean that pure research (such as detecting gravitational waves to confirm GR and find out more about black holes) has little or no benefit, in your terms? So you can't really do a cost-benefit analysis.

Zodiac has gone full circle.

OK, so I've found it and if you're interested, it's World Bank's "What a waste. A Global Review of Solid Waste Management".

The net effect is momentum and additionally the visual universe expansion of the singularity we are within . Space isn't empty within a singularity , it is empty outside a singularity ! Enthalpy is thermodynamics , pressure etc . An enthalpic system has retaining properties etc . Field properties of the singularity are simple a^3+b^3=1/t and bodies within the field are also a^3+b^3=1/t i.e volumes The natural physics of the universe is only functional if a^3+b^3 = a^3+b^3 What this means is that bodies have to be equal and likewise in neutron polarity to the singularity spatial field . If this were not so then the permeability of the field would oppose motion . Thanks for taking the time to reply and read . I just love physics ! 🤩

Ban time for me again ! You are still a bunch of arrogant mediocre minded fools who know jack shit about physics . Your Nasa boy included , Cia lmao fools .

High energy state volumes such as the Sun transfers the volumes high energy to lower energy state volumes in transition . A volume of absolute space would effectively have E=0 and as a consequence of this , the maximum potential to gain energy as in accordance with thermodynamics , ''cold things reach room temperature'' . It is my belief that high energy is attracted to lower energy states , the force I assume is a gravitational transition ? >E attracted to <E volumes ? Force gravity = <E ? Thank you for your consideration and answers in advance .

How about you learn how to create math as inputting values to existing formulas isn't math! If (a) = -0.5 and (b) = 0.5 then a+b=0 and a^3+b^3 still equals 0 . And if you mean the suns density question , the answer is var (p) where p is density . cm^3 on the Sun are dynamic in energy levels dependent to the kE going on ! Friction between particles creating heat energy etc. Tensor x = <E Tensor y = <E Tensor z = <E Not difficult too understand ! We could use +x or -x if you'd like . +v(x)=tensor <E etc... P.s Just to add something ''juicy'' . A cold core reactor will retain plasma flow around the core . The cold core will act as a ''tractor beam'' .