Since the desalination plant would probably be used for drinking water as well they could conceivably use excess water for energy reclamation. A power source for emergencies perhaps.
The idea is that the materials science will eventually catch up to significantly decrease the amount of energy required to filter the water. Membrane technology has already reduced the energy needed through using reverse osmosis instead of thermal distillation. Carbon nanotube filters would do wonders in that area, and they can't be too far off I imagine.
I imagine one day this procedure would be accomplished by desalination plants next to the ocean. Then just pumping in ocean water into the desalinated water. At least one day it could conceivably be profitable enough, especially once we use up our groundwater supplies desalination plants will be in high demand.
Personal anecdotes are not evidence. The plural of anecdote is not evidence. We can imitate many things without fully understanding the natural process, to think otherwise is pure delusion.
You would be lucky if you didn't get sued for copyright infringement. I can see it now, you're cruising down I-95 and all of a sudden there's twenty police cars behind you a la OJ Simpson.
Giving gear-heads a hard on? I wouldn't call a lens of that significance frivolous, as I would love to have one... Although the Sigma 400-1000mm F5.6 is a whole lot more affordable... relatively anyway. It even comes in a nice almost Slashdot green too. http://www.sigmaphoto.com/lenses/lenses_all_details.asp?id=3349&navigator=3 Plus it has f2.8 at the low end which is impressive.
The media will do anything and everything to get a "story" from "celebrities." It is amazing though how much money they spend on such frivolous things, I guess it rakes in the revenue though.
Or it could be that people of normal weight were more inclined to be involved in activities that required you to get off your ass. I bet you're more likely to die if you leave your computer chair. As long as you had food, water, and pr0n you could live forever on your computer chair.
Compared to other methods they are not as reliable. Typical use failure rate with condoms can be as high as 15% while perfect use has a failure rate as high as 2%. While in comparison other newer methods have rates as low as 0.05% and are working 24/7, of course these are (female) hormonal procedures and it's not for everybody. Ideally one would want something with 0% failure rate, low side effects, and be reversable but we're not going to attain that without trying.
Abstinence only is a ridiculous ideology. With all the time and money spent advocating it we could be closer to having better male contraceptives on the market to prevent unwanted pregnancy. That's definitely a much bigger problem than people having sex.
Comparison of birth control methods: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_birth_control_methods#Effectiveness_of_various_methods
Great, that works both ways though.
Most intelligent (or rich) men would have difficulty in trusting a woman to be honest about being on hormonal birth control. Newsflash, women lie to get pregnant for a free ride.
The presence of a sperm granuloma at the vasectomy site prevents epididymal pressure build-up, perforation, and the formation of an epididymal sperm granuloma. It thus enhances reversibility of the vasectomy and lessens the likelihood of epididymal discomfort. In two prospective vasectomy series, a sperm granuloma was intentionally allowed to form by not sealing the testicular end of the vas. The sperm granuloma resulted in no instance of orchialgia, but created a greater risk of spontaneous recanalization. This latter problem could only be solved by more careful sealing of the upper end of the vas. In a separate series of nine patients vasectomized elsewhere and specifically referred to us for chronic and persistent postvasectomy orchialgia, seven had no sperm granuloma at the vasectomy site. Pain in these cases was localized in the epididymis and was relieved by vasovasotomy. Any technique of vasectomy carries a very small risk of orchialgia, whether due to the presence of a sperm granuloma at the vasectomy site or to increased epididymal pressure.
PIP: In an Ottawa study, 410 patients consented to open-ended vasectomy, and in a St. Louis study, 23 patients underwent open-ended vasectomy, in which the abdominal end is cauterized but the lumen on the testicular side is not ligated, clipped, or cauterized. In the Ottawa series, 3% of the patients developed no sperm granuloma and 97% did develop sperm granuloma. The Concept unit was used on 148 patients with a 4% failure rate; however, the Hemoclip application was used on 262 patients with only a 0.4% failure rate. In the St. Louis series, all 23 patients developed sperm granulomas with l case of recanalization. In 9 patients referred to St. Louis for chronic and persistent postvasectomy orchialgia with pain localized in the epididymis, the pain was relieved by vasovasostomy. Evidence indicated that heat cautery was not as efficient a method of sealing the vas as the Hemoclips due to the high failure rate.
Sure, at least testicular pain after vasectomy, there is some debate to the exact cause though.
British Journal of Urology
Volume 69 Issue 2, Pages 188 - 191
The incidence of chronic testicular pain following vasectomy has not been previously assessed. We have carried out a survey by postal questionnaire and telephone interview of 172 patients 4 years after vasectomy to assess the incidence of chronic testicular pain. Significant early post-operative complications occurred in 6 patients (3.5%): 2 infection, 3 haematoma and 1 orchitis. Chronic testicular discomfort was present in 56 patients (33%), considered by 26 (15%) to be troublesome but not by the other 30 (17%). Testicular discomfort related to sexual intercourse occurred in 9 cases (5%). Of the 9 patients who had sought further medical help only 2 had had further surgery (1 an epididymectomy and 1 excision of a hydrocele). Only 3 patients regretted having had the vasectomy because of chronic pain. On ultrasound examination, epididymal cysts were a common finding on both asymptomatic and symptomatic patients following vasectomy. Prior to vasectomy, all patients should be counselled with regard to the risk of chronic testicular pain.
It may be reliable but there are other side effects associated with them, and some are non-reversible even if you are able to reverse the physical procedure. Personally I would rather have something that is both free of side effects and reversible. This may be unattainable but it doesn't hurt to have goals. Sterilization cannot be counted on to be reversible and there are some side effects associated with such an operation that are less than desirable. For example your body will eventually create sperm antibodies that will search and destroy the sperm that get stuck in your system. This greatly reduces the reversibility of the procedure by itself. Also sperm buildup can create pressure which is uncomfortable. Ideally one would want the option that lets sperm move freely, while at the same time making sure that they are ineffective. Something like RISUG, actually.
Another issue, and one might say more important, is that there are so few options for men for birth control. Let's see, we have... condoms or sterilization. Great. One isn't reliable and the other can have serious side effects. How about we put that money into researching new and improved methods that have fewer and less severe side effects? Personally I would absolutely take hormonal treatments if the side effects were reasonable. It drives me crazy that as a society we are complacent with half our population not having a reliable and effective means for preventing unwanted pregnancy. Better yet things like RISUG would be absolutely wonderful, yet they don't get researched in western bureaucracy because it wouldn't be profitable enough than having people constantly paying for condoms or hormones. The injustice that has befallen us males is absolutely cause for a revolution in how we conduct health care in our society.
Nonsense. Your analogy fails because digital is not limited to the medium in which it is stored unlike film. Making backups of film is less easy and less effective as digital. I can make a thousand copies in a minute and distribute them over many different physical mediums and even different continents in the click of a button for long term archival. That's harder to do with analog. How that got modded insightful is beyond me.
You can't prove a negative. So what?
Will you admit you cannot prove that Flying Spaghetti Monster does not exist?
Will you admit you cannot prove the Invisible Pink Unicorn does not exist?
Will you admit you cannot prove Thor does not exist?
And on and on and on, this is why when theists use this argument I chuckle from the cockles of heart.
Oh please, "playing god" my ass. Screening for certain traits is as much "playing god" as having sex is "playing god." Artificial selection is not "playing god." This is completely within the bounds of the physical world, there is no magic here. Religious bullshit should be left in churches, and shouldn't interfere with scientific endeavours. And no it's not relevant even from a moral standpoint since religion has proved itself to be the utmost in immorality and perversion Humans have ever come up with. Or at least the things they do in the name of whatever mythical being they worship, religious fanaticism is more a mental disease than anything productive.
Are you kidding me? I wish I could have spent *more* time in high school. At least that way I might have stood a chance of getting laid sooner. All this focus on academic achievement really diminishes the attention we should be paying to our sexual organs when we are young and able to do so. I can calculate Feynman diagrams but I can't get some tail? What's wrong with the world today? Somebody please think of the children.
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Obviously the transformer needs it as lubricant so it can efficiently move all those electrons through it, else they would grind and slow down.
We already have with our homemade BC Bud Bombs, guaranteed to prevent terrorist attacks and good acting.
They already do this with WoW TCG, you can get in-game items for cash.
Since the desalination plant would probably be used for drinking water as well they could conceivably use excess water for energy reclamation. A power source for emergencies perhaps.
The idea is that the materials science will eventually catch up to significantly decrease the amount of energy required to filter the water. Membrane technology has already reduced the energy needed through using reverse osmosis instead of thermal distillation. Carbon nanotube filters would do wonders in that area, and they can't be too far off I imagine.
I imagine one day this procedure would be accomplished by desalination plants next to the ocean. Then just pumping in ocean water into the desalinated water. At least one day it could conceivably be profitable enough, especially once we use up our groundwater supplies desalination plants will be in high demand.
Personal anecdotes are not evidence. The plural of anecdote is not evidence. We can imitate many things without fully understanding the natural process, to think otherwise is pure delusion.
You would be lucky if you didn't get sued for copyright infringement. I can see it now, you're cruising down I-95 and all of a sudden there's twenty police cars behind you a la OJ Simpson.
The only way to win is... CTRL+ALT+DELETE
Not quite, you would definitely be able to tell if that lens was on the field as it would be like CowboyNeal attached to a tripod.
Giving gear-heads a hard on? I wouldn't call a lens of that significance frivolous, as I would love to have one... Although the Sigma 400-1000mm F5.6 is a whole lot more affordable... relatively anyway. It even comes in a nice almost Slashdot green too. http://www.sigmaphoto.com/lenses/lenses_all_details.asp?id=3349&navigator=3 Plus it has f2.8 at the low end which is impressive.
The media will do anything and everything to get a "story" from "celebrities." It is amazing though how much money they spend on such frivolous things, I guess it rakes in the revenue though.
Yeah, right. The only form of consent that can vary in regards to Shaw is how much the Police Thug pays them for the information.
Or it could be that people of normal weight were more inclined to be involved in activities that required you to get off your ass. I bet you're more likely to die if you leave your computer chair. As long as you had food, water, and pr0n you could live forever on your computer chair.
Compared to other methods they are not as reliable. Typical use failure rate with condoms can be as high as 15% while perfect use has a failure rate as high as 2%. While in comparison other newer methods have rates as low as 0.05% and are working 24/7, of course these are (female) hormonal procedures and it's not for everybody. Ideally one would want something with 0% failure rate, low side effects, and be reversable but we're not going to attain that without trying.
Abstinence only is a ridiculous ideology. With all the time and money spent advocating it we could be closer to having better male contraceptives on the market to prevent unwanted pregnancy. That's definitely a much bigger problem than people having sex.
Comparison of birth control methods: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_birth_control_methods#Effectiveness_of_various_methods
Great, that works both ways though. Most intelligent (or rich) men would have difficulty in trusting a woman to be honest about being on hormonal birth control. Newsflash, women lie to get pregnant for a free ride.
The presence of a sperm granuloma at the vasectomy site prevents epididymal pressure build-up, perforation, and the formation of an epididymal sperm granuloma. It thus enhances reversibility of the vasectomy and lessens the likelihood of epididymal discomfort. In two prospective vasectomy series, a sperm granuloma was intentionally allowed to form by not sealing the testicular end of the vas. The sperm granuloma resulted in no instance of orchialgia, but created a greater risk of spontaneous recanalization. This latter problem could only be solved by more careful sealing of the upper end of the vas. In a separate series of nine patients vasectomized elsewhere and specifically referred to us for chronic and persistent postvasectomy orchialgia, seven had no sperm granuloma at the vasectomy site. Pain in these cases was localized in the epididymis and was relieved by vasovasotomy. Any technique of vasectomy carries a very small risk of orchialgia, whether due to the presence of a sperm granuloma at the vasectomy site or to increased epididymal pressure. PIP: In an Ottawa study, 410 patients consented to open-ended vasectomy, and in a St. Louis study, 23 patients underwent open-ended vasectomy, in which the abdominal end is cauterized but the lumen on the testicular side is not ligated, clipped, or cauterized. In the Ottawa series, 3% of the patients developed no sperm granuloma and 97% did develop sperm granuloma. The Concept unit was used on 148 patients with a 4% failure rate; however, the Hemoclip application was used on 262 patients with only a 0.4% failure rate. In the St. Louis series, all 23 patients developed sperm granulomas with l case of recanalization. In 9 patients referred to St. Louis for chronic and persistent postvasectomy orchialgia with pain localized in the epididymis, the pain was relieved by vasovasostomy. Evidence indicated that heat cautery was not as efficient a method of sealing the vas as the Hemoclips due to the high failure rate.
British Journal of Urology
Volume 69 Issue 2, Pages 188 - 191
The incidence of chronic testicular pain following vasectomy has not been previously assessed. We have carried out a survey by postal questionnaire and telephone interview of 172 patients 4 years after vasectomy to assess the incidence of chronic testicular pain. Significant early post-operative complications occurred in 6 patients (3.5%): 2 infection, 3 haematoma and 1 orchitis. Chronic testicular discomfort was present in 56 patients (33%), considered by 26 (15%) to be troublesome but not by the other 30 (17%). Testicular discomfort related to sexual intercourse occurred in 9 cases (5%). Of the 9 patients who had sought further medical help only 2 had had further surgery (1 an epididymectomy and 1 excision of a hydrocele). Only 3 patients regretted having had the vasectomy because of chronic pain. On ultrasound examination, epididymal cysts were a common finding on both asymptomatic and symptomatic patients following vasectomy. Prior to vasectomy, all patients should be counselled with regard to the risk of chronic testicular pain.
There are many other peer reviewed articles.
We have that already in non-pill form, it's called Slashdot.
It may be reliable but there are other side effects associated with them, and some are non-reversible even if you are able to reverse the physical procedure. Personally I would rather have something that is both free of side effects and reversible. This may be unattainable but it doesn't hurt to have goals. Sterilization cannot be counted on to be reversible and there are some side effects associated with such an operation that are less than desirable. For example your body will eventually create sperm antibodies that will search and destroy the sperm that get stuck in your system. This greatly reduces the reversibility of the procedure by itself. Also sperm buildup can create pressure which is uncomfortable. Ideally one would want the option that lets sperm move freely, while at the same time making sure that they are ineffective. Something like RISUG, actually.
Another issue, and one might say more important, is that there are so few options for men for birth control. Let's see, we have... condoms or sterilization. Great. One isn't reliable and the other can have serious side effects. How about we put that money into researching new and improved methods that have fewer and less severe side effects? Personally I would absolutely take hormonal treatments if the side effects were reasonable. It drives me crazy that as a society we are complacent with half our population not having a reliable and effective means for preventing unwanted pregnancy. Better yet things like RISUG would be absolutely wonderful, yet they don't get researched in western bureaucracy because it wouldn't be profitable enough than having people constantly paying for condoms or hormones. The injustice that has befallen us males is absolutely cause for a revolution in how we conduct health care in our society.
Nonsense. Your analogy fails because digital is not limited to the medium in which it is stored unlike film. Making backups of film is less easy and less effective as digital. I can make a thousand copies in a minute and distribute them over many different physical mediums and even different continents in the click of a button for long term archival. That's harder to do with analog. How that got modded insightful is beyond me.
You can't prove a negative. So what?
Will you admit you cannot prove that Flying Spaghetti Monster does not exist?
Will you admit you cannot prove the Invisible Pink Unicorn does not exist?
Will you admit you cannot prove Thor does not exist?
And on and on and on, this is why when theists use this argument I chuckle from the cockles of heart.
Oh please, "playing god" my ass. Screening for certain traits is as much "playing god" as having sex is "playing god." Artificial selection is not "playing god." This is completely within the bounds of the physical world, there is no magic here. Religious bullshit should be left in churches, and shouldn't interfere with scientific endeavours. And no it's not relevant even from a moral standpoint since religion has proved itself to be the utmost in immorality and perversion Humans have ever come up with. Or at least the things they do in the name of whatever mythical being they worship, religious fanaticism is more a mental disease than anything productive.
Are you kidding me? I wish I could have spent *more* time in high school. At least that way I might have stood a chance of getting laid sooner. All this focus on academic achievement really diminishes the attention we should be paying to our sexual organs when we are young and able to do so. I can calculate Feynman diagrams but I can't get some tail? What's wrong with the world today? Somebody please think of the children.