I know Slashdot is hosted in the US & is developed by US guys, but please, won't you think of the international community reading this website? Does "WE" mean "submitters", "posters", "US", "North America", "Nerds" ? Also, why can't "US" be a subject?
*long pause*
Oh! Please don't tell me you read "US" as "us" (as in "us and them") and not "U.S." (as in "United States")
So let me get this straight.../. submitters can add any icon or picture they want to TFS, but are still too lazy to add any Ubuntu icon? You want to see some guy that is explaining why he doesn't get laid, or some other guy that has Simpsons porn on his computer? Welcome to Slashdot!
You want to see the right logo for the most popular Linux distribution? Move along!
I use pwdhash for all my Internet passwords. This gives me a unique password for each domain, that looks like this : 7CqCEk+Gw or B5Ra7Yt8+ That should be enough, even for sensitive bank accounts.
The only problem is that my bank doesn't allow any password that includes non alpha-numeric character. WTF????
The probability of getting killed by a terrorist attack is so low that it shouldn't be any valid excuse to give away your privacy. Bend over if you'd like, but please let others fight for their rights.
You do realize your statement could be reversed to apply to the "War on Terror", do you?
Our Great Satan would be Bin Laden, and depending on the agenda of Western governments, our enemy could be Iran/Irak/Pakistan/Afghanistan/Yemen/Whatever....
Plus, our governments get to screw us on privacy because we're "at war".
I think there's a step involved between "doing something" and "everybody finding it on google", namely "making it available on the Internet". If there's something you wouldn't like everybody to know, don't brag about it on Facebook, and you should be fine.
Also, it should be clear that Google, by its very nature & size, isn't to trust with any private information.
Or you know, we could learn to use less electricity & develop new jobs & economy towards efficiency. Trying to grow till we hit the ceiling fast and hard didn't seem to work too well last year...
Well, maybe that all of our environmental problems come from the fact that (number of people on earth)*(what we consume on average) is way too high to be sustainable. Do you need more than basic math to understand that infinite growth in a finite world just isn't possible?
So, yes, we'll have to somehow slow down (i.e. less people or less consumption per capita). Geoengineering might help, but for it to have any significant impact on whatever you're trying to heal will imply that it does have other impacts that might be hard to foresee and could have bad consequences.
Using less isn't the only good thing for the environment, but it sure helps, everybody can do it, and you don't need scientists to do it. Some technology can help, but no single one can solve all our problems, and they would all work better if we do consume less.
Without mortar, with just granite blocks on top of each other, it is more than 2000 years old. I can't help but wonder when mankind began to suck at building anything that should last more than a few years....
Congrats to the team! What TFS doesn't say, is that TU Darmstadt won this competition for the 2nd time in a row. Our research center was involved in the energy system design for the 2007 edition, but TU Darmstadt failed to mention it anywhere.
Nice to see that they achieved to win without screwing anyone this time!
Indium is relatively rare. So what? Don't expect it to be included in every single solar cell! Si-based solar cells 'only' have 25% of efficiency. So what? Just put some more m^2! Hydrogen conversion is a waste of energy. So what? It has nothing to do with solar panels, and if you don't like it, don't use it.
That's a disappointing article from "The new scientist"....
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I know Slashdot is hosted in the US & is developed by US guys, but please, won't you think of the international community reading this website?
Does "WE" mean "submitters", "posters", "US", "North America", "Nerds" ?
Also, why can't "US" be a subject?
*long pause*
Oh! Please don't tell me you read "US" as "us" (as in "us and them") and not "U.S." (as in "United States")
Grammar nazi + dumbass = Epic fail!
Kilowatt/hour of power
-> kilowatt-hour of energy
Just sayin'...
s/aperture/focal length/g
So let me get this straight... /. submitters can add any icon or picture they want to TFS, but are still too lazy to add any Ubuntu icon?
You want to see some guy that is explaining why he doesn't get laid, or some other guy that has Simpsons porn on his computer?
Welcome to Slashdot!
You want to see the right logo for the most popular Linux distribution?
Move along!
mod him -5: bullshit.
Google already has the user's IP address.
You want a perfectly "safe" weapon?
Just don't buy one.
There! Can I have 7000?
Plus, the submitter actually forgot to post anonymously here and there:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/enano/
Enano CMS
this means that we're really all brothers and sisters, right?
I RTFA, and I still have serious doubts about the terminology used here and there.
What TFA describes is actually an electric motor. They apply AC & DC, and got mechanical work :
The new heat engine is essentially a bar of piezoelectric material whihc expands and contracts when an alternating current is applied
Well guess what? That's no heat engine, that's an electric motor. It also happens to release some heat, but so does every motor.
They didn't describe the reverse process (heat engine or refrigerator).
Maybe this product really *is* a heat engine, but that's not what's described in TFA.
+1
I use pwdhash for all my Internet passwords.
This gives me a unique password for each domain, that looks like this : 7CqCEk+Gw or B5Ra7Yt8+
That should be enough, even for sensitive bank accounts.
The only problem is that my bank doesn't allow any password that includes non alpha-numeric character.
WTF????
I'm not exactly sure you know how to use "whom" :
http://web.ku.edu/~edit/whom.html
You sir, are an idiot.
The probability of getting killed by a terrorist attack is so low that it shouldn't be any valid excuse to give away your privacy.
Bend over if you'd like, but please let others fight for their rights.
"Post PS": "personal PC" is just wrong
I'm afraid to understand what your last sentence means...
You realize that a *lot* of people have been put in Gitmo without any charge, any proof, any lawyer?
Why would you want to kill them?
Keep on being a prick, and keep wondering why people are pissed at the US....
Just eat some lava, and heat yourself up to a >1000K
You'll radiate as visible light!
You do realize your statement could be reversed to apply to the "War on Terror", do you?
Our Great Satan would be Bin Laden, and depending on the agenda of Western governments, our enemy could be Iran/Irak/Pakistan/Afghanistan/Yemen/Whatever....
Plus, our governments get to screw us on privacy because we're "at war".
I think there's a step involved between "doing something" and "everybody finding it on google", namely "making it available on the Internet".
If there's something you wouldn't like everybody to know, don't brag about it on Facebook, and you should be fine.
Also, it should be clear that Google, by its very nature & size, isn't to trust with any private information.
Or you know, we could learn to use less electricity & develop new jobs & economy towards efficiency.
Trying to grow till we hit the ceiling fast and hard didn't seem to work too well last year...
Well, maybe that all of our environmental problems come from the fact that (number of people on earth)*(what we consume on average) is way too high to be sustainable.
Do you need more than basic math to understand that infinite growth in a finite world just isn't possible?
So, yes, we'll have to somehow slow down (i.e. less people or less consumption per capita).
Geoengineering might help, but for it to have any significant impact on whatever you're trying to heal will imply that it does have other impacts that might be hard to foresee and could have bad consequences.
Using less isn't the only good thing for the environment, but it sure helps, everybody can do it, and you don't need scientists to do it.
Some technology can help, but no single one can solve all our problems, and they would all work better if we do consume less.
Meanwhile, in Segovia (Spain), the Roman aqueduct is still up & running :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqueduct_of_Segovia
Without mortar, with just granite blocks on top of each other, it is more than 2000 years old.
I can't help but wonder when mankind began to suck at building anything that should last more than a few years....
Congrats to the team! What TFS doesn't say, is that TU Darmstadt won this competition for the 2nd time in a row.
Our research center was involved in the energy system design for the 2007 edition, but TU Darmstadt failed to mention it anywhere.
Nice to see that they achieved to win without screwing anyone this time!
Well seen!
You're the king of grammarly!
I live in Germany, a country in which, people love to put commas everywhere, even though, it is not necessary.
That, pisses, me, off.
I think, that, this editor may be German?
Indium is relatively rare. So what? Don't expect it to be included in every single solar cell!
Si-based solar cells 'only' have 25% of efficiency. So what? Just put some more m^2!
Hydrogen conversion is a waste of energy. So what? It has nothing to do with solar panels, and if you don't like it, don't use it.
That's a disappointing article from "The new scientist"....
Too bad that 7 billion times 20W = 140GW, which is more than what Germany consumes right now.
If you're not happy with that, you could always complain to Planck.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck's_law