Milner addressed some of those concerns (at least number 4) in his interview with the Atlantic. He mentions that we do not currently have even close to the technology needed to do this today. As he says, “[The $100 million is] to do extensive research into all of these challenges, and try to convince ourselves that this is possible in the lifetime of a single generation.”
Will the research pay off? Who knows. My bet is that we will figure out fusion before developing the necessary technology to use this laser method.
The data would travel back at the speed of light and Alpha Centauri is ~4.4 light-years away, so it would take ~4.4 years to get the data. It would probably take even longer due to compression, encryption, transfer rates, etc, but I do not know much about those.
Gravitational waves do not lose much energy while traversing through spacetime since they interact very weakly with matter. Thus, to generate opposing gravitational waves, we would need to create objects equally as massive -- for the LIGO event, it would require impossible amounts of energy (65 solar masses as a base, plus we would need to get them accelerating, etc.), not to mention, we would necessarily create black holes, which might cause some other complications for us...
It would take much (much, much, etc.) less energy to create some sort of hovering system for a car than to counteract gravtitational waves.
Gravitational waves travel at the speed of light, so we could not use this for superluminal communication.
Changes in mass/gravity are not instantly detectable. They were in Newton's theory, but this was not consistent with special relativity and this contradiction was the impetus behind Einstein seeking out a general theory of relativity.
It bothers me that the media (and fans of other teams) insist on referring to Michigan as "Big Blue," even though that is the semi-official moniker used by Kentucky and its fans. Get off my lawn.
It was another rough week to be an Arkansas fan as well. They blew their 8-point lead in the fourth by giving up a touchdown, 2-point conversion, and then they lost in OT without putting up a fight.
Vegas' goal is to encourage an equal amount of betting on each side of the line. They take a cut regardless, so 50% of the money on each side of the line minimizes their risk and maximizes their expected value.
Many times, you will see a line "move," which is essentially Vegas updating their line due to market corrections so that Vegas always wins.
ESPN's FPI gives us a 62% chance of victory, which also seems high to me. My intuition tells me it is a coin flip, but I could be emotionally hedging due to the last few years of having my hopes crushed.
Unfortunately, the format was not different in 2011, but we got a rematch anyway. SEC bias helped keep Oklahoma State out of the championship game that year, just like it did to us in 2006 even though it wasn't officially a thing yet.
I cannot think of many scenarios in which pumping in music is better than the band. Bands are one of the things that make college football special, and pumping in music necessarily diminishes the band.
Georgia upsets Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl while TCU handles Notre Dame with ease in the Orange Bowl. TCU then edges Georgia in a championship game for the ages.
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1. Michigan
2. Washington
3. Alabama
4. Louisville
Michigan 38, Michigan State 0
Michigan 35, Indiana 13
This is interesting, but I think that you're crashing the server by hitting archived pages during your research.
Milner addressed some of those concerns (at least number 4) in his interview with the Atlantic. He mentions that we do not currently have even close to the technology needed to do this today. As he says, “[The $100 million is] to do extensive research into all of these challenges, and try to convince ourselves that this is possible in the lifetime of a single generation.”
Will the research pay off? Who knows. My bet is that we will figure out fusion before developing the necessary technology to use this laser method.
The data would travel back at the speed of light and Alpha Centauri is ~4.4 light-years away, so it would take ~4.4 years to get the data. It would probably take even longer due to compression, encryption, transfer rates, etc, but I do not know much about those.
Per Milner, the proposed laser would be on the ground to avoid this problem (as well as to lower costs).
Could you begin somewhere instead of making a blanket statement?
Gravitational waves do not lose much energy while traversing through spacetime since they interact very weakly with matter. Thus, to generate opposing gravitational waves, we would need to create objects equally as massive -- for the LIGO event, it would require impossible amounts of energy (65 solar masses as a base, plus we would need to get them accelerating, etc.), not to mention, we would necessarily create black holes, which might cause some other complications for us...
It would take much (much, much, etc.) less energy to create some sort of hovering system for a car than to counteract gravtitational waves.
Gravitational waves travel at the speed of light, so we could not use this for superluminal communication.
Changes in mass/gravity are not instantly detectable. They were in Newton's theory, but this was not consistent with special relativity and this contradiction was the impetus behind Einstein seeking out a general theory of relativity.
Quality work here. Keep on keepin' on.
I enjoyed this line as well. The sentiment is on point, but the Occam of Occam's razor is actually a place, not a person.
Edit: Although it looks like Occam is now synonymous with William of Ockham. Apparently no one else important came from Ockham.
Frisson
Death by priapism?
I think 9-3 is an accurate reflection of our season since the Michigan State near-win and Minnesota near-loss cancel out.
247sports lists Mattison and Jay Harbaugh as his primary recruiters, so hopefully this will not affect his decision too much.
Florida is our projected opponent according to ESPN, so it might be a good idea to add them to this analysis.
If I am calculating this correctly, S&P+ favors us by 3.3 over Florida, but FPI favors Florida by 2.2.
This perfectly describes Rick and Morty as well.
That's not possible. One can only be m/2^n part something for some natural numbers m and n.
Tom Crean is airline food.
I have noticed that you consistently use "adieu" instead of the correct "ado." I am just pointing this out to be informative, not incendiary.
I enjoy these posts each week. Keep up the nice work.
Linking to a dynamic page will render this post meaningless for those who arrive late. Here is a screenshot:
Wouldn't they still get advertising revenue though?
Washington State is favored by 2.5 over Arizona State. I would include Florida State in the sucker bet category as well.
Well, I scheduled my wedding for September 24th. I'm guessing some other Michigan fans did the same. I am really hoping they do not change this.
And too aesthetically pleasing to be accurate
He didn't know that Charles Woodson could jump 15 FEET IN THE AIR!
Gandalf is such a dick.
I don't know how ours compare against each other, but there is no way our long snappers have as much arm strength as Oregon State's.
Shouldn't our scoring defense be #1 at 6.2? It looks like the NCAA plays on easy mode by not ignoring touchdowns scored by opposing defenses.
+1 Insightful
It bothers me that the media (and fans of other teams) insist on referring to Michigan as "Big Blue," even though that is the semi-official moniker used by Kentucky and its fans. Get off my lawn.
He was trying to direct traffic, and one of the refs mistook his vigorous pointing as a fair-catch signal.
There all is aching?
+1 Insightful
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory
It was another rough week to be an Arkansas fan as well. They blew their 8-point lead in the fourth by giving up a touchdown, 2-point conversion, and then they lost in OT without putting up a fight.
Vegas' goal is to encourage an equal amount of betting on each side of the line. They take a cut regardless, so 50% of the money on each side of the line minimizes their risk and maximizes their expected value.
Many times, you will see a line "move," which is essentially Vegas updating their line due to market corrections so that Vegas always wins.
The team with the minus sign is favored. "Michigan -4 against BYU" roughly translates to "Michigan's points - 4 = BYU's points."
ESPN's FPI gives us a 62% chance of victory, which also seems high to me. My intuition tells me it is a coin flip, but I could be emotionally hedging due to the last few years of having my hopes crushed.
Unfortunately, the format was not different in 2011, but we got a rematch anyway. SEC bias helped keep Oklahoma State out of the championship game that year, just like it did to us in 2006 even though it wasn't officially a thing yet.
I know! I've counted 42 ball punches so far, and he doesn't show any sign of stopping soon.
I cannot think of many scenarios in which pumping in music is better than the band. Bands are one of the things that make college football special, and pumping in music necessarily diminishes the band.
Overall, it was better, but some of that was due to shiwonhada. However, I am still concerned about the overuse of piped-in music.
I have TCU over Georgia in a close one.
1. Ohio State (13-0)
2. TCU (12-0)
3. Notre Dame (11-1)
4. Georgia (11-2)
Georgia upsets Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl while TCU handles Notre Dame with ease in the Orange Bowl. TCU then edges Georgia in a championship game for the ages.
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