Model describes universe with no big bang, no beginning, and no end

jamougha

This is nonsense. Lemaître published the big bang theory in 1927 in order to resolve outstanding theoretical problems; prior to that the scientific establishment believed that the universe was eternal.

You see, in science we first formulate a hypothesis, as you have done, but then we test it by looking for hard data that could disprove it. This is how scientists avoid spewing bullshit.

jamougha

Hey people on /r/books have no sense of humour, who knew?

jamougha

Downvoted for Daily Mail.

jamougha

It's so great that this forum was able to put you in touch with such obscure fiction that you never would have found otherwise.

jamougha

Pre-conventional morality.

jamougha

I understand that there's an obvious distinction between conspiracy nuts and being a conservative

There used to be.

jamougha

Wrong guy. Or alien hand disorder.

jamougha

But he did not point out that women have genetically lower IQs. It's well established that men and women barely differ in average IQ. His argument was that there is a difference in the variance of IQ between men and women, resulting in men with both high and low IQs. If this trend continues to ~5 standard deviations then it could explain most of the absence of women in the upper echelons of the sciences.

If you got 'women have lower IQs than men' from what he said then that's what you wanted to get.

jamougha

reminded of the ridiculous affair of Dr. Summer losing his role at Harvard because he pointed out that women have genetically lower IQs, which is just effing fact.

That is not what he said. If you think it is then I think it's pretty clear what your biases are.

jamougha

I think that I with the other 99B, I could fund provide enough funding to eliminate hunger and AIDS in Africa.

Haha. If it were that simple it wouldn't be such a problem.

jamougha

I have a better idea. Let's just hire people to build roads.

jamougha

My point was about the maximum distinguishable resolution on a DX sensor given current lenses. This will occur in the centre of the frame, not at the corner. Therefore the corner result is not relevant -- although soft corners do suggest decentering on a lens that's known for being sharp right across the frame.

jamougha

Firstly, because I'm making a claim about maximum resolution, it's appropriate to cmpare the two lenses at their best f stop, which appears to be f/4 to me, and in the centre of the frame.

If you do that you'll find almost no difference. However, if you try to overlay the two images in photoshop, you'll find that it's impossible: the Zeiss image has been taken from slightly further away and so the test chart is slightly smaller, invalidating the test.

Finally comparing single samples is always questionable due to sample variation. That's why I prefer to look at the results on photozone; they compare multiple samples wherever possible.

jamougha

Specifically, I was thinking of the Zeiss 50mm f/1.4.

jamougha

Not surprising. Adding megapixels is subject to diminishing returns as the pixel pitch approachs the limitations of the lens. The realistic limit of the very best lenses at their very centre on a DX sensor is about 15 megapixels. And those lenses are not made by Canon.

jamougha

"And then he woke up."

jamougha

LOL, go duck.

jamougha

Same.

jamougha

Re-read the epilogue to Consider Phlebas.

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A lot of those take place in our past.

jamougha

Sounds like Henry George.

jamougha

Ah, a mathematician.

jamougha

So far the US government is on course to make ~$125 billion from TARP. And yet still the whining about bailing out the bankers...

jamougha

Mostly grinding NL cash games. Highest I've played regularly is 10/20, but most of my hands are probably at 2/4.

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