>> ^Memorare:
maybe siftbot is operating in some parallel universe where time is sped up.
In these physics videos one thing they never offer an explaination for is why the quantum level events don't scale up and occur on our macro level since everything is made up of sub-atomic particles organized as atoms. As with the Schroedinger's Cat paradox it would be kind of disappointing to finally discover a unified theory of everything, only to learn that it really doesn't matter since it doesn't scale up to mundane reality and therefore only "exists" as a theoretical concept. (personally i think the notion that the cat is both dead AND alive simultaneaously and observation determines which, is a lot of mathematical bs, ie it's not Really true except on paper but then i'm not a cosmologist or metaphysicist so what do i know)
Also, a simpler question that has an answer but i just don't know what it is...
with all the anti-matter positrons bombarding the planet via cosmic rays, don't they ever bang into some electrons and create a tiny but big enough to be measured matter/anti-matter explosion? Sure matter is mostly empty (or not so empty apparently) space and possible collisions are few, but cloud chambers indicate tons of these thigns zipping around so Howcome there's not bazillions of these tiny explosions going off all around us constantly?


Yes, the quantum world really destroyed the normal stance of science. It is when math stole the show and ruined the normal claims that science was used to making about the world. In the now, we are talking about things that exist outside of our ability to experience them. The only things that can experience them are our machines we create to measure them; and they do so in a diminished and programed method (they interpolate data). So we are left to interpret an interpretation of an event. When you start getting that convoluted then you have to make the realization that you are no longer talking about what "is", but what your machine is interpolating (The forms of the universe aren't necessarily discrete or concrete, but it will be changed by the machine so that a result can be given). We have gotten to the point where we are no longer talking about the way things "are" about the universe anymore, just about how our machines experience the different elements of phenomena in the universe (your eyes are just as much a part of this machine analogy as well, but that is a tale for another day).

I think one of the largest criticisms of the relativist camp that really sticks is there is not sufficient reason to accept the quantum model over any other model that explains things. The grounds for saying the things that exist in quantum mathematics don't lie in understanding of those elements but the claim that since the math works, then it must be true. This is putting the cart before the horse and it begs the question "why". Why not any other way that also works? We could refine Newton to incorporate some of the quantum findings and use that as the explanation of everything. There is not sufficient reason to suppose that forces are the real things in the universe, or space time warps, quantum probability matrices.

Most "old" ways of thinking just get abandon for not being popular among the new generation of scientist trying to make a name for themselves. Quine talked about this extensively. Things move in and out of popularity in this realm like any other and scientists are just like MTV peoples and everyone else of jumping on the new trend. Truly, there is not sufficient reason to believe that Aristotelian motion isn't the real method of locomotion in the universe.

Simply put, new science don't care about whys anymore. New science is about making models of massive amounts of data. It won't ever be able to give a reason if something violates that model, it just has to re-engineer the model to incorporate the new data set. It lacks any truth to it because it is always in need of more data to continue to refine its model. It will never know when the model is complete or 100% accurate. It is actually the end road of the epistemology of empirical materialism. A constantly evolving model of data is the best "truth" you can hope from science. It will never have a why, that simply isn't a role of science. It is because "it is" and that is all they will ever be able to say; now more than ever.


edit (several times for grammar, man I sux at expressing myself)

There are no accidental discharges.

The trigger must be pulled for the weapon to go off.

>> ^dcmisha:
Well... I was a police officer long ago, I don't see any cause why that officer should have drawn his weapon, if anything he screwed up by not helping out with the physical take down. However, I watched this a few times and did notice something. Watch just as the shot is fired, this looks like an accidental discharge.

But like you say, if it was accidental the repercussions will be a lot worse.

They will have to prove that he was in a certain state of mind, in order to get off with manslaughter. From what we can see in this video, the victims can take him down for homicide or murder two.

I foresee this officer getting off with, a slap on the wrist Criminally speaking. But he will have to pay in that 25 million suit in the wrongful death suit.

The video alone is preponderance of evidence.

http://www.mercurynews.com/alamedacounty/ci_11387608
"He said that if Mehserle deliberately shot Grant with a gun, the officer should be prosecuted for second-degree murder."

There are no accidents only action and inaction, when it comes to life and death there is only black and white. Dead, and alive. There are no second chances.

I cant say enough how unhappy this video makes me. If I was a lawyer championing for the family I would see this officer behind bars. They people will not stand for this.

When I get pulled over by a cop I shouldn't have to worry that he or she might shoot me or something worse, like prison.

But in this day and age, you cant be sure.

"Dead or alive, them chickens are coming with me!"

>> ^brycewi19:
Those girls with the boobs do have a point.


Does Kasumi from Dead or Alive count?

From DOA (Dead or Alive). Based on the video game series, mostly known for it's boob physics, and "beach volleyball" spin-off.

I've not seen the movie, but this trailer snippet has been floating about a while.

Here's a round up of everyone's fromage submissions, last chance to upvote if you've missed something. I'll be announcing the winners in about 15 hours or so, bloody time zones...

Laura

http://www.videosift.com/video/Ashford-Simpson-Solid
http://www.videosift.com/video/Debbie-Gibson-Lost-In-Your-Eyes

alien_concept

http://www.videosift.com/video/Chesney-Hawkes-The-One-And-Only
http://www.videosift.com/video/Kylie-Minogue-And-Jason-Donovan-Especially-For-You

Thylan

http://www.videosift.com/video/Bryan-Adams-Heaven
http://www.videosift.com/video/Lighthouse-Family-Lifted
http://www.videosift.com/video/Simply-Red-Fairground
http://www.videosift.com/video/2-Unlimited-No-limit

dystopianfuturetoday

http://www.videosift.com/video/Shatner-sings-Mr-Tambourine-Man
http://www.videosift.com/video/Mathew-Wilder-Break-My-Stride-Unlive-on-Solid-Gold
http://www.videosift.com/video/Brecker-Brothers-Some-Skunk-Funk
http://www.videosift.com/video/Sykotic-Sinfony-Manic-Depresso
http://www.videosift.com/video/Debbie-Deb-Look-Out-Weekend

mintbbb

http://www.videosift.com/video/Michael-Bolton-How-Am-I-Supposed-To-Live-Without-Cheese
http://www.videosift.com/video/Princess-Stephanie-of-Monaco-Irresistable-1986
http://www.videosift.com/video/George-Michael-Careless-Whisper

firefly

http://www.videosift.com/video/Air-Supply-Making-Love-Out-Of-Nothing-At-All
http://www.videosift.com/video/More-superhero-cheese-Spidey-Meets-The-Yeti
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Cyrkle-Red-Rubber-Ball
http://www.videosift.com/video/Peter-Cetera-The-Glory-of-Love
http://www.videosift.com/video/Theres-Got-To-Be-A-Morning-After
http://www.videosift.com/video/Have-You-Never-Been-Mellloooooww
http://www.videosift.com/video/Rockwell-Somebodys-Watching-Me-1
http://www.videosift.com/video/Lois-and-Superman-Can-You-Read-My-Mind

thinker247

http://www.videosift.com/video/Lois-and-Superman-Can-You-Read-My-Mind

Don_Juan

http://www.videosift.com/video/How-to-sew-on-a-button


kronosposeidon

http://www.videosift.com/video/Winger-Seventeen
http://www.videosift.com/video/Culture-Club-Do-You-Really-Want-To-Hurt-Me
http://www.videosift.com/video/Phil-Collins-One-More-Night
http://www.videosift.com/video/Dead-Or-Alive-Brand-New-Lover
http://www.videosift.com/video/Tiffany-I-Think-Were-Alone-Now

kulpims

http://www.videosift.com/video/Bele-Vrane-Hey-girl

Eklek

http://www.videosift.com/video/Steklovata-Novii-God-New-Year-1
http://www.videosift.com/video/Sandra-Maria-Magdalena-1985

Zonbie

http://www.videosift.com/video/Scooch-Flying-The-Flag-Of-CHEESE-For-You
http://www.videosift.com/video/David-hasselhoff-Our-First-Night-Together-Knight-Rider
http://www.videosift.com/video/David-Hasselhoff-Crazy-for-Cheeeese-You

MarineGunrock

http://www.videosift.com/video/Darth-Vader-Explains-Pythagorean-Theorem

As long as we're all pimping our wares:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Winger-Seventeen
http://www.videosift.com/video/Dead-Or-Alive-Brand-New-Lover
http://www.videosift.com/video/Culture-Club-Do-You-Really-Want-To-Hurt-Me
http://www.videosift.com/video/Phil-Collins-One-More-Night
http://www.videosift.com/video/Tiffany-I-Think-Were-Alone-No

NOBODY out-cheeses ME!

oh come on Dead or Alive was frikkin awesome sauce!!

>> ^MINK:
but downvote for fucking with a cat's sleep. my girl is 99% cat DNA and if i woke her up like that i would probably be castrated.

I'm pretty sure what you just described is illegal everywhere but New Zealand.

>> ^MINK:
but downvote for fucking with a cat's sleep. my girl is 99% cat DNA and if i woke her up like that i would probably be castrated.


You live on the Island of Dr. Moreau or something?

>> ^supersaiyan93:
Schrodinger's kitteh.

wow, a hilarious and intellectual 2 word comment in a lolcat thread? maybe VS is OK after all!

Tags for this video have been changed from 'dead, undead, alive, no difference' to 'dead, undead, alive, no difference, vampires, eurovision' - edited by Zonbie

According to the Many Worlds theory- an interpretation of quantum mechanics that is undergoing a kind of renaissance of examination- the quantum level events DO scale to the macro level, we in our universe only perceive one possible quantum outcome but all other possibilities are simultaneously occurring in other parallel universes. Therefore Schrodinger's cat may be dead in our universe, but is wholly alive in another. The waveform function of our Macro universe does not collapse at all- all possibilities exist.

In reply to this comment by Memorare:
maybe siftbot is operating in some parallel universe where time is sped up.

In these physics videos one thing they never offer an explaination for is why the quantum level events don't scale up and occur on our macro level since everything is made up of sub-atomic particles organized as atoms. As with the Schroedinger's Cat paradox it would be kind of disappointing to finally discover a unified theory of everything, only to learn that it really doesn't matter since it doesn't scale up to mundane reality and therefore only "exists" as a theoretical concept. (personally i think the notion that the cat is both dead AND alive simultaneaously and observation determines which, is a lot of mathematical bs, ie it's not Really true except on paper but then i'm not a cosmologist or metaphysicist so what do i know)

Also, a simpler question that has an answer but i just don't know what it is...
with all the anti-matter positrons bombarding the planet via cosmic rays, don't they ever bang into some electrons and create a tiny but big enough to be measured matter/anti-matter explosion? Sure matter is mostly empty (or not so empty apparently) space and possible collisions are few, but cloud chambers indicate tons of these thigns zipping around so Howcome there's not bazillions of these tiny explosions going off all around us constantly?

maybe siftbot is operating in some parallel universe where time is sped up.

In these physics videos one thing they never offer an explaination for is why the quantum level events don't scale up and occur on our macro level since everything is made up of sub-atomic particles organized as atoms. As with the Schroedinger's Cat paradox it would be kind of disappointing to finally discover a unified theory of everything, only to learn that it really doesn't matter since it doesn't scale up to mundane reality and therefore only "exists" as a theoretical concept. (personally i think the notion that the cat is both dead AND alive simultaneaously and observation determines which, is a lot of mathematical bs, ie it's not Really true except on paper but then i'm not a cosmologist or metaphysicist so what do i know)

Also, a simpler question that has an answer but i just don't know what it is...
with all the anti-matter positrons bombarding the planet via cosmic rays, don't they ever bang into some electrons and create a tiny but big enough to be measured matter/anti-matter explosion? Sure matter is mostly empty (or not so empty apparently) space and possible collisions are few, but cloud chambers indicate tons of these thigns zipping around so Howcome there's not bazillions of these tiny explosions going off all around us constantly?

I kept him alive too. Or rather, saved, and took 2 paths. Dead and alive.

I also tried in Deus Ex 1 to win the battle against the bad guy, that wanted a gun mod for his head. Its impossible. Enter the scene with full ammo all weapons, and unload tons of accurate shots, till your dry, and he wont die. That kind of brick wall scripting where tis programed so that failure is the only solution is annoying. I expect thats why his brother surviving was even possible, so as not to do that again.