The Sandia team originally developed the CR5 to generate hydrogen for use in fuel cells. If the device's rings are exposed to steam instead of carbon dioxide, they generate hydrogen. But the scientists switched to carbon monoxide, so the fuels they produce would be compatible with existing infrastructure. You're right that this project is in the interest of keeping things from needing to change too much from what they are now, but I'm not sure that that's the best solution. My point is that the whole process of energy consumption/production will be further complicated by this addition, and though it may be efficient and quite "nifty," it will probably never hit that 100% efficiency mark and would also probably not approach it as quickly as a simpler solution, such as solar energy, could. Maybe it's not right to use the Mazda "fewer moving parts" argument, but if something goes awry, I'd rather have a simpler machine to fix.
Another problem with this is that it doesn't eliminate our dependence on oil, it just loosens the knot a little (until energy companies figure out a way to tighten it again). Don't get me wrong, I think that even though hydrogen cars are a great solution to the pollution problem, they still make us dependent on an energy source that feasibly could, for whatever reason, go away. I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sure that the sun will be there tomorrow, and frankly, if it's not, I'm not gonna be all that concerned about getting to work on time./Still think it sounds pretty cool, I just like being idealogical
...isn't temperature basically a measurement of motion, as many posts have pointed out? If that is true, and absolute zero is the point at which motion completely ceases (which to me says that the universe as a whole would have to reach absolute zero in order for any single part of it to actually reach such a temperature), then, essentially, temperature is just a numerical description of a process. If it is just a description, then absolute zero describes ~motion and any other temperature (no matter how minutely different than absolute zero) describes motion, so it seems to me that the opposite of absolute zero is logically any non-zero temperature. But then again, do we have any really good idea of what exactly motion is, I mean it seems to me that Einstein's theory of relativity shows that motion is a subjective matter, such that motion is only really measured as a differential, and thus that temperature is only really measured as a differential. If that is true, then absolute zero (and probably any kind of absolute hot (is hot==~zero???)), are only useful when comparing one situation to another, and are thus only theoretical tools used to describe extrema of any kind of function regarding temperatures, and there real values wouldn't have many practical uses. But, I clearly have no idea what I'm talking about, so I'll just accuse this thread of being a shameless plug for some new spicy liquor with a hopelessly simple ad-campaign in it's near future.
.. which TV station they were breaking into when they got busted and claimed that the whole thing was just a pilot for a new show. I think only the people at Fox would fall for that..../is prepared to be modded down considerably for that//promise I'm not trolling...
That is exactly what I thought when I first read this, and you will have to forgive the ensuing ignorance that I am about to graffiti/. with because I am in China and wikipedia is difficult to access this week (maybe next week I'll be smarter;) ). But I think the problem is that the post appears to have been disregarded. What Apple could have done is to write an email response to the poster (unless they did so anonymously) or at least put up a vague nod to the fact that they are working on this issue and that more posts on it are unnecessary/detrimental to their efforts to fix this problem. It's easy to let people know that you are aware of a problem without letting many people know what it is, software companies do this all the time. Another thing they should realize is that, by treating this post in this way, the security issue will become bigger news and thereby make it an even bigger issue (for this I cite the fact that/. has this posted on the frontpage, replete with instructions about how to perform said "hack"). That's the blunder in this whole mess that is not very forgivable, and is a lesson they should have learned from Microsoft trying to "deal" with IE vulnerabilities.
~is using a mac to write this, does not use.mac~
A.I. maybe in 20 years, but androids? Just because we have intelligence does not mean we understand how to use it. Artificial Intelligence might work on a computer, and no matter how portable that computer is, it doesn't mean we'll be able to transport it intelligently or even very dynamically, regardless of cost. But then again, they will invent a time machine, ensuring it's use for military and thereby make it the single greatest threat to the existence of man. We do need something new to hunt:D
Apparently, the author forgot that American politics consists almost entirely of adversarialism. I mean, if Barak Obama has to promise to go after his "opponents" in his own party more just so he can have hopes of being nominated, what makes you think anything in politics could be "not adversarial?"
How many times must people be told? Don't mess with the elderly! I mean, these people actually go out and vote. You just watch, one day there will be a curfew and all those under 70 will be in-home, lights-out at 5:30 sharp.
You see, if he had been using MSOffice 2007, all of those hopeless little errors would not have occurred. Further proof that it really does bolster education.
1. Develop unbeatable checkers program named 'CHINOOK'
2. Market "I Beat CHINOOK at checkers" t-shirt and "Checkers players do it by jumping" bumper sticker
3. Profit!
Not only that, but I'm betting that most of those people have had their phone number for much longer than people under 30. I'm 23 and I've had at least 6 different home phone numbers in two different countries (I remember about 3 of them, 2 of which I still use). They really ought to ask about how many phone numbers those people have ever actually used as personal lines. A more pertinent question might be whether or not those 50+s have cell phones and whether or not they can actually remember them off the top of their head.
He was caught making a deal with a government informant that sent spam e-mails advertising a computer security program in return for 50 percent of the product's profits, prosecutors said. Was the guy so greedy he couldn't see that this deal was way too sweet or is this the standard pay-off to a spammer? Or is that not actually a great deal?
1. If I do buy this, I am still bound by the *painstaking* task of deleting all those crummy photos I end up taking of my finger or the back of the head of the asshat who walks in front of the guy with the camera. Isn't this worse than actually taking out the cable, plugging it into the camera and plugging that into the computer?
2. 2GB for a professional photographer is not going to cover very much, however, I'm sure a professional could afford several of these happy little battery eaters. The question, however, is this: How many MAC addresses can a professional photographer set up so the mystical fingers of the wireless router can grab his photos?
3. Apparently, cameras with Wi-Fi built-in haven't yet seized the entire market of digital cameras yet. So how on earth is a memory card with this capability supposed to succeed where a much simpler solution has supposedly failed?
4. Who else can access this SD-sized Wi-Fi cards signal?
To whomever gave these people 5.5 bills to develop this junk: I have this great idea for transferring electricity without all these cables, if you give me ten-million dollars, I'll develop it for you....What's that?....Sure, it can power a light bulb.....(maybe).
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...that my crazy straw collection may actually be worth something?
...and we will top it with chocolate so dark that light cannot escape it's surface! Mwuhaha.
...isn't temperature basically a measurement of motion, as many posts have pointed out? If that is true, and absolute zero is the point at which motion completely ceases (which to me says that the universe as a whole would have to reach absolute zero in order for any single part of it to actually reach such a temperature), then, essentially, temperature is just a numerical description of a process. If it is just a description, then absolute zero describes ~motion and any other temperature (no matter how minutely different than absolute zero) describes motion, so it seems to me that the opposite of absolute zero is logically any non-zero temperature. But then again, do we have any really good idea of what exactly motion is, I mean it seems to me that Einstein's theory of relativity shows that motion is a subjective matter, such that motion is only really measured as a differential, and thus that temperature is only really measured as a differential. If that is true, then absolute zero (and probably any kind of absolute hot (is hot==~zero???)), are only useful when comparing one situation to another, and are thus only theoretical tools used to describe extrema of any kind of function regarding temperatures, and there real values wouldn't have many practical uses. But, I clearly have no idea what I'm talking about, so I'll just accuse this thread of being a shameless plug for some new spicy liquor with a hopelessly simple ad-campaign in it's near future.
.. which TV station they were breaking into when they got busted and claimed that the whole thing was just a pilot for a new show. I think only the people at Fox would fall for that.... /is prepared to be modded down considerably for that //promise I'm not trolling...
That is exactly what I thought when I first read this, and you will have to forgive the ensuing ignorance that I am about to graffiti /. with because I am in China and wikipedia is difficult to access this week (maybe next week I'll be smarter ;) ). But I think the problem is that the post appears to have been disregarded. What Apple could have done is to write an email response to the poster (unless they did so anonymously) or at least put up a vague nod to the fact that they are working on this issue and that more posts on it are unnecessary/detrimental to their efforts to fix this problem. It's easy to let people know that you are aware of a problem without letting many people know what it is, software companies do this all the time. Another thing they should realize is that, by treating this post in this way, the security issue will become bigger news and thereby make it an even bigger issue (for this I cite the fact that /. has this posted on the frontpage, replete with instructions about how to perform said "hack"). That's the blunder in this whole mess that is not very forgivable, and is a lesson they should have learned from Microsoft trying to "deal" with IE vulnerabilities.
~is using a mac to write this, does not use .mac~
I, for one, would like to welcome our new ancient ice-covered reptilian overlords. Probably a step up from the current administration....
A.I. maybe in 20 years, but androids? Just because we have intelligence does not mean we understand how to use it. Artificial Intelligence might work on a computer, and no matter how portable that computer is, it doesn't mean we'll be able to transport it intelligently or even very dynamically, regardless of cost. But then again, they will invent a time machine, ensuring it's use for military and thereby make it the single greatest threat to the existence of man. We do need something new to hunt :D
Apparently, the author forgot that American politics consists almost entirely of adversarialism. I mean, if Barak Obama has to promise to go after his "opponents" in his own party more just so he can have hopes of being nominated, what makes you think anything in politics could be "not adversarial?"
How many times must people be told? Don't mess with the elderly! I mean, these people actually go out and vote. You just watch, one day there will be a curfew and all those under 70 will be in-home, lights-out at 5:30 sharp.
... that using 'ground-breaking' while talking about technology was taboo nowadays? GB != Ground-Breaking
You see, if he had been using MSOffice 2007, all of those hopeless little errors would not have occurred. Further proof that it really does bolster education.
1. Develop unbeatable checkers program named 'CHINOOK' 2. Market "I Beat CHINOOK at checkers" t-shirt and "Checkers players do it by jumping" bumper sticker 3. Profit!
...does its milkshake bring all the boys to the yard?
OK, now explain to me how a dimension "beyond the third" can be "tiny" /is one "" away from being on an SNL skit //did that set of quotes do it?
Not only that, but I'm betting that most of those people have had their phone number for much longer than people under 30. I'm 23 and I've had at least 6 different home phone numbers in two different countries (I remember about 3 of them, 2 of which I still use). They really ought to ask about how many phone numbers those people have ever actually used as personal lines. A more pertinent question might be whether or not those 50+s have cell phones and whether or not they can actually remember them off the top of their head.
1. If I do buy this, I am still bound by the *painstaking* task of deleting all those crummy photos I end up taking of my finger or the back of the head of the asshat who walks in front of the guy with the camera. Isn't this worse than actually taking out the cable, plugging it into the camera and plugging that into the computer? 2. 2GB for a professional photographer is not going to cover very much, however, I'm sure a professional could afford several of these happy little battery eaters. The question, however, is this: How many MAC addresses can a professional photographer set up so the mystical fingers of the wireless router can grab his photos? 3. Apparently, cameras with Wi-Fi built-in haven't yet seized the entire market of digital cameras yet. So how on earth is a memory card with this capability supposed to succeed where a much simpler solution has supposedly failed? 4. Who else can access this SD-sized Wi-Fi cards signal? To whomever gave these people 5.5 bills to develop this junk: I have this great idea for transferring electricity without all these cables, if you give me ten-million dollars, I'll develop it for you....What's that?....Sure, it can power a light bulb.....(maybe).