Re: quantum darwin?

2005-03-07 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Mar 5, 2005, at 8:24 AM, Dan Minette wrote: The important thing to take away from this quote is the size of the BEC, several millimeters. That is definitely macroscopic, it's a size that you see on a grade student's ruler. That is compelling, and not something I'd been aware of earlier. I've

Re: quantum darwin?

2005-03-07 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 3:23 PM Subject: Re: quantum darwin? A quick reply with a question. Have you had a chance to look into superstring ideas? One thing that goes away

Re: quantum darwin?

2005-03-07 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Mar 7, 2005, at 5:46 PM, Dan Minette wrote: Have you had a chance to look into superstring ideas? One thing that goes away with that is the inability to determine a particle's location and motion simultaneously, Can you point out where you got this impression? _The Elegant Universe_, Brian

quantum darwin effect?

2005-03-07 Thread MironMurcury
From the July 2005 issue of The Journal of Theoretical: ...Scientists and grammarians have traced the continuing devolution of proper spelling to the very walls of education. ''Apparently,'' Said a spokeswoman for the study, ''Every child who misspells a word has a quantum effect

Jobless Recovery Speculation

2005-03-07 Thread Erik Reuter
http://www.investorsinsight.com/article.asp?id=jmotb030705 The Mystery of the Awful Economists By Barry Ritholtz 2005 March 7 John Mauldin's Outside The Box I've been making a fortune lately. (No, I don't own any Google IPO shares). Each month, I've been betting on the outcome of the Non-Farm

Re: quantum darwin?

2005-03-07 Thread Robert Seeberger
Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Mar 7, 2005, at 5:46 PM, Dan Minette wrote: Have you had a chance to look into superstring ideas? One thing that goes away with that is the inability to determine a particle's location and motion simultaneously, Can you point out where you got this impression?

Safe NukesNo, Really!

2005-03-07 Thread Robert G. Seeberger
http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue411/labnotes.html One great thing about science fiction is that there are so many cool futures to choose from. You've got your robots future, your biotech future, your hardscrabble colonies out in the planets and asteroids. ... Of course, the real world of

Re: quantum darwin?

2005-03-07 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 7:30 PM Subject: Re: quantum darwin? On Mar 7, 2005, at 5:46 PM, Dan Minette wrote: Have you had a chance to look into superstring ideas? One thing

snippets of shame...

2005-03-07 Thread d.brin
Have you all known about my ongoing episodic essay about modernism, at http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/ ? Oh, here are a couple of items. 1/ It was only last September that the official count of US military deaths in Iraq exceeded 1000. That was roughly 18 months after Bush launched this

You will be sorry you asked: was Re: Counting

2005-03-07 Thread Trent Shipley
On Friday 2005-03-04 06:27, David Hobby wrote: Trent Shipley wrote: What the I can't find any context for this. But see comments, below. ---David 1) You might have seen this on brin-l aztechlist or [EMAIL PROTECTED] I did not recognize this as a simple