From what I read, the technology isn't limited to "slightly below the surface." Secondly, you might find that people in the Sahara would disagree with you about massive quantities of water. Lastly, I'm not qualified to recommend where specifically the technology be used to benefit people; just qualified to suggest that perhaps Mars shouldn't be the first place we think of when we think about looking for water...
On the other hand, your point about purification is well received. From what I have heard, you are correct, and purification is a major issue in Africa.
Not to be nitpicky...
but it isn't really nitpicky to suggest that a 157-pound piece of a meteorite doesn't count as massive. The linked page has a picture, and it's not substantially larger than a human head. Maybe someone with a big head.
There are plenty of other places in our own world that could probably benefit from the discovery of water...try Africa. It seems like maybe that should be a higher priority?
It should be obvious how widespread the potential uses of a viable version of this technology would be. It's obviously got a ways to go (#1 on the list would be returning something besides a blank right column when Slashdotted), but comparing this to Google is not an exagerration by any means. Image/Video searching is the search engine market of the future, and even detailed meta-data couldn't compare to the flexibility and potential accuracy of search-by-visual-similarity.
Here's betting that Microsoft's Zune is ported to the Macintosh soon after launch, and a special new Mac OS X virus is written specifically for the occasion.
Press release: "We're embarrassed that such a thing could possibly slip by our Q&A department, but Apple keeps telling us that there are no viruses for Macs, so we just took them at their word and didn't check!"
I guess we should all be happy we came along now. Better to be dim-witted, ugly, squat goblin-like creatures while it's still politically incorrect to call us such.
I appreciate the question, and having lived in Brazil for two years, I can say without reservation that Brazilians are much nicer, friendlier, and more beautiful than Italian$. Italian$ just like to work overtime, have a nasty corporate culture, and are always trying to take over the world.
"The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later."
Blah. Success means failure. Where's my story fix?
If you read carefully, you will notice that the video was actually censored AFTER having been flagged, and the only way it can be censored is by a YouTube employee. So...their facts about what happened are quite correct - YouTube did indeed censor the video for a period of time.
Actually, *informing* others that someone or some site has what you consider to be a "historical political bias" is not a legitimate act. It's a judgment call, and one that a news source ought not to make.
As you said yourself, "They said it, and anybody can read it." So, let people reading the article on WND find out for themselves what bias it has - don't "figure it out for them."
To be clear, I would agree with the assessment in the Slashdot post. But it's not relevant. The original story, if you check the facts, was actually a relevant story about a mistake that YouTube made and has since corrected.
As a longtime Gmail user, and to be quite honest, devotee of Google, I have to say that (except for a couple of serious flaws, including Yahoo's advertising methods) the new Yahoo mail is superior to Google. I considered switching for about....5 seconds, though mainly on the strengths of having "Tasks" functionality as well as the Calendar, etc. stuff that Google has. However, the switch would be too painful, I don't use the web interface that much anyway, and most of all, I'm hoping that Google sees this as a serious threat and upgrades some of the capabilities of Gmail.
Windows Live is also a worthy competitor, and ease of drag-and-drop using AJAX is something that's very hard to pass up.
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Dang, I thought that's what we were already doing. World of WarCraft doesn't extract energy?!
From what I read, the technology isn't limited to "slightly below the surface." Secondly, you might find that people in the Sahara would disagree with you about massive quantities of water. Lastly, I'm not qualified to recommend where specifically the technology be used to benefit people; just qualified to suggest that perhaps Mars shouldn't be the first place we think of when we think about looking for water... On the other hand, your point about purification is well received. From what I have heard, you are correct, and purification is a major issue in Africa.
Not to be nitpicky... but it isn't really nitpicky to suggest that a 157-pound piece of a meteorite doesn't count as massive. The linked page has a picture, and it's not substantially larger than a human head. Maybe someone with a big head.
There are plenty of other places in our own world that could probably benefit from the discovery of water...try Africa. It seems like maybe that should be a higher priority?
It should be obvious how widespread the potential uses of a viable version of this technology would be. It's obviously got a ways to go (#1 on the list would be returning something besides a blank right column when Slashdotted), but comparing this to Google is not an exagerration by any means. Image/Video searching is the search engine market of the future, and even detailed meta-data couldn't compare to the flexibility and potential accuracy of search-by-visual-similarity.
Here's betting that Microsoft's Zune is ported to the Macintosh soon after launch, and a special new Mac OS X virus is written specifically for the occasion. Press release: "We're embarrassed that such a thing could possibly slip by our Q&A department, but Apple keeps telling us that there are no viruses for Macs, so we just took them at their word and didn't check!"
Dang it - NOW they change it on me.
Apparently, he's being "Interesting", not Funny or Insightful.
I guess we should all be happy we came along now. Better to be dim-witted, ugly, squat goblin-like creatures while it's still politically incorrect to call us such.
I appreciate the question, and having lived in Brazil for two years, I can say without reservation that Brazilians are much nicer, friendlier, and more beautiful than Italian$. Italian$ just like to work overtime, have a nasty corporate culture, and are always trying to take over the world.
"The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later." Blah. Success means failure. Where's my story fix?
Just wanted to say thanks for an intelligent, if obviously conservative, attempt at real discussion.
If you read carefully, you will notice that the video was actually censored AFTER having been flagged, and the only way it can be censored is by a YouTube employee. So...their facts about what happened are quite correct - YouTube did indeed censor the video for a period of time.
Actually, *informing* others that someone or some site has what you consider to be a "historical political bias" is not a legitimate act. It's a judgment call, and one that a news source ought not to make. As you said yourself, "They said it, and anybody can read it." So, let people reading the article on WND find out for themselves what bias it has - don't "figure it out for them." To be clear, I would agree with the assessment in the Slashdot post. But it's not relevant. The original story, if you check the facts, was actually a relevant story about a mistake that YouTube made and has since corrected.
As a longtime Gmail user, and to be quite honest, devotee of Google, I have to say that (except for a couple of serious flaws, including Yahoo's advertising methods) the new Yahoo mail is superior to Google. I considered switching for about....5 seconds, though mainly on the strengths of having "Tasks" functionality as well as the Calendar, etc. stuff that Google has. However, the switch would be too painful, I don't use the web interface that much anyway, and most of all, I'm hoping that Google sees this as a serious threat and upgrades some of the capabilities of Gmail. Windows Live is also a worthy competitor, and ease of drag-and-drop using AJAX is something that's very hard to pass up.
Yeah, Lego Mindstorms. Otherwise you'll get a "Mommy, where's the screen and mouse?"