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CPUs understand only the Instruction Set Architectures (i.e. machine code) they implement. CPUs are also able to interact with and transform data which isn't code. So, hard to say, given that sentence...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081216/pl_afp/financeeconomyusbush;_ylt=AsjFc097dv7q8V.O0_MWVs3v5rEF This bizarre sort of doublethink does not seem exclusive to Bush. It belies the notion that we really don't have a free market and haven't had one for quite sometime. Was all the lip service paid to the "free market" during the Bush years actually destructive? I believe so.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081215-good-news-for-wind-bad-for-ethanol-in-major-energy-study.html A comprehensive study of various modes of power generation has concluded that wind, solar, and geothermal are the cleanest technologies, whereas nuclear, clean coal, and ethanol are the least. The study analyzed the entire lifecycle of the power generation process. Nuclear, for example, lost out due to the CO2 emissions involved in construction and decommissioning of plants along with the costs of procuring, transporting, and refining uranium ore, along with shipment of nuclear waste. Now I'm starting to wonder if Democratic opposition to nuclear power (in favor of wind, solar, etc.) is actually a science-based position, rather than just an ignorant one.

That's generally the same shape as an incandescent, however it appears to be substantially wider near the base, and also possibly a bit longer than a normal incandescent. That bulb will not fit in all the same fixtures as an incandescent.

I think it might be because of the dependency on multitouch, which isn't available for Windows Mobile devices. This is the same application Microsoft had originally demonstrated on the Surface, which also uses multitouch.

Selling something which is causally disconnected from our universe... brilliant!

But do they have a form factor identical to a traditional incandescent? These bulbs appear to be substantially smaller than traditional CFLs, especially around the base. People on YouTube are also saying they're dimmable and cheaper than traditional CFLs. Of course people on YouTube are idiots.

I heard the legislation was failing, due to Republican opposition to union wages. All this to prevent them from filing for Chapter 11? I don't get it...

Does the whole concept of a long-term trend continue to escape you?

This was really cool: It's a CFL bulb shaped exactly like an incandescent. It should remedy concerns about CFLs being too large to fit in particular fixtures. Plus, the whole ship-in-a-bottle aspect to it is pretty neat.

Perhaps it's because you ask loaded and often insulting questions

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/ConductUnbecoming/story?id=6431739&page=1 Well, there it is. Wow. I'm glad this all got caught ahead of time, but wow, what a debacle.

Your best bet is probably Flash. Flash is simple to use. Its programming language, ActionScript, is identical to JavaScript in most respects. If you know JavaScript you know ActionScript. Furthermore, there's plenty of open source tools for making Flash programs: http://osflash.org/projects You can also download the Flex compiler free from Adobe's web site, although there are open source alternatives available: http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/flexdownloads/index.html I'd really suggest giving it a go on your own. It's a lot of fun, at least for me

You know, it's funny. First I responded to you with sound scientific theory. You completely ignored that, but as soon as I try to get in your face by calling you an idiot/crazy, I'm a person of "fixed opinions" who "things on faith tend to resent those who challenge that faith".

For the record I was never trying to imply that SkepticLance is an idiot. He is certainly not an idiot and comes off as a smart fellow. Rather, I was merely trying to point out that he's crazy.

Quid pro quo. Consider it a backhanded request to elevate your level of discourse. Stop playing innocent when you call climate scientists "theoretical catastrophe lovers" and defend your remarks as "just asking questions"

Yes, you've been asking questions like: Can I start asking questions? Let me start with: Is SkepticLance completely insane, or is he just an idiot? Yes, I'm not trying to insult you SkepticLance. Really, it's nothing personal. I'm not trying to argue. I'm just asking questions.

When I say I want them to fail, it's in light of their claims that they need federal loans or else they will fail. If those are the two options the country is presented, I say let them fail.

Perhaps this discussion is better suited for the Franken vs. Coleman thread... The margins involved are one hundredth of one percent. There's no "losing person" yet because the margins are so low and many votes are being challenged. Approximate totals have fluctuated wildly on a day-to-day basis. We must wait for the recount to complete until the loser is decided.

I would still consider it too close to call, and there's Nate Silver using statistical modeling to predict the contrary.

It's not as if he had the chance to author the 2009 federal budget. Also I expect the size of the deficits to decrease in conjunction with increased taxation (on the upper classes).

The choices a conscious being makes are shaped and defined by his environment. We are affected by countless objects in the world around us simply because they're there.

Welcome back Mokele!

As I see this legislation creep forward, I feel it's about time I took a categorical stand. This is atrocious. I do not like these companies. I do not like their workers. I feel the companies have failed as a business. I feel the workers' unions have been exploitative and have resisted automation in a Luddite-esque manner. I see the future of the American automotive industry in companies like Tesla Motors, who seem far ahead of the curve even when you compare to Japanese companies. I would like to see GM fail. I would like to see UAW fail. I would like to see Tesla Motors succeed in their place. I would like to see a new American automotive industry producing vehicles which seem state of the art even when compared to Japan. GM is a lumbering behemoth cranking out inferior products and the market has been responding for decades. Their Hail Mary was to try to cash in on SUVs, a trend I find completely myopic and disgusting, and eventually the market turned around and bit them in the ass for it. Now their failure is complete. BUT WAIT! Uncle Sam is going to rescue them. I can't help but feel disgusted.

I think the important part to draw from the relationship between language processing and generation in human consciousness is the ability for humans to parse speech into tree structures. Other animals may have some intuitive sense of how different types of symbol ordering can translate into different messages, however in humans we are extremely good at deducing entirely different meanings from changes in word ordering, symbol inflection, pauses in speech, etc. And, of course, the most important part to keep in mind is the "Joyceian machine" in our heads. We have a feedback loop between our speech generation and speech interpretation processes. We can use natural language to relate ideas back to ourselves in an abstract manner. Furthermore, we relate ideas to ourselves using something called context-free grammars, which provide for the ability to use "pushdown" language constructs which allow for higher and higher levels of abstraction.