Slashdot Mirror


User: elsJake

elsJake's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
133
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 133

  1. Re:I agree, with one caveat on Japan Battles Partial Nuclear Meltdown · · Score: 1

    Fair enough on mine storage I was only suggesting it once the mine is completely depleted...
    Second of all , there's nobody there to prevent you from adding some graphite between the borosilicate glass , for good measure.

    As for passive radiological energy generation , I'm not totally sure it would be be efficient or cost-effective but i'd look into it just out of curiosity.

  2. Re:I agree, with one caveat on Japan Battles Partial Nuclear Meltdown · · Score: 1

    I do have a concept though , probably more than you'd care to imagine. It's really not all that difficult. It may not be a walk in the park , but it beats cleaning up after coal/gas/oil plants or having to import fuel.
    In fact I would wager you yourself have no concept of it as somebody with any knowledge at all would not be so fearful of it.

  3. Re:Radiation is not gradual on Japan Battles Partial Nuclear Meltdown · · Score: 1

    Actually dosimeters measure the integral of the exposure because it's easier , if they could have details measurements they would.
    Also there's usually more than two types of dosimeters used per person , those things are notoriously unreliable. A 25% error margin is on the low side.

  4. Re:I agree, with one caveat on Japan Battles Partial Nuclear Meltdown · · Score: 0, Troll

    Are you retarded ? Nuclear has _no_ emissions and the waste is quite small for a year's worth of operation. Just dump it all back in the mine when the uranium ore is depleted and have a nice day.

  5. Re:still has trouble with... on New Hardware Needed For Future Computational Brain · · Score: 1

    Those neurons were probably implemented as perceptrons , and were probably distributed and multiple layers with feedback between them , so that the output was an input for the perceptrons on an earlier level , those perceptrons themselves outputed info into the latter layers , and so you get those remaining waves.

  6. Re:Features Phones But Not Smart Phones? on New Attack Can Disable Phones Via SMS · · Score: 1

    http://ftp.ccc.de/congress/2010/mp4-h264-HQ/

    It should be there :).

  7. Re:Its not called gas but its called... on Researchers Develop Biofuel Alternative To Ethanol · · Score: 1

    If my memory isn't playing tricks on me i think hemp still has around 10% of the THC level of weed. Also i think thc is fat soluble so it would end up in any oils you extract from hemp.
    Having many cars burn entire litres of hemp oil all day around you makes me think it might actually have an effect on inhabitants.

    End result is cheaper fuel and increased sales of cookies.

  8. Re:Good luck with that on Text Messages To Replace Stamps In Sweden · · Score: 1

    Something like say , i dunno , a stamp? Brilliant ideea!

  9. Re:Too bad! on Pocket Wars and Cores · · Score: 1

    I would estimate that branded computers account for less than 20% of the market share where i live. (this is an eyeball figure) , so HP and Dell would have little to do with it. People would buy a cheap-ass "Internet" system though.

  10. Re:Too bad! on Pocket Wars and Cores · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure about "posting about it multiple times" I am the first post author , i just didn't have access to my password ring at the time.
    I'm geniunaly interested in a ~$50 desktop or thin client. If arm cores are so cheap , and mass production is cheap , i can't understand why there's no product in this price range. I don't want a $150 product , neither do i want a $200 one. I want something say way under $100. For two hundred i can build myself a cheap x86 desktop that overpowers anything arm based.

  11. Re:If only other devs used ie6-upgrade-warning.. on Even Microsoft Wants IE6 Dead · · Score: 1

    Use prism "webapps" and problem's solved .... partially

  12. Re:Definition of awesome on Timezone Maintainer Retiring · · Score: 1

    Then fork it and develop it further if you're so great. You can even name it IgnoranceFS because renaming stuff is going to wipe away the evil in the world.

  13. Re:Definition of awesome on Timezone Maintainer Retiring · · Score: 0

    I'm sorry but that's just stupid.
    One thing and the other have nothing to do with one another.
    We're all horrible people , some worse than others , and in between all the wrong we do in the world there are tiny specks of good. If that's the only good thing he leaves in this world so be it , don't throw it in the trash for the sake of feeling righteous. Would you tare down a hospital build by an evil dictator just because it bears he's name ?

  14. Re:Damn academics on Scientists Work To Grow Meat In a Lab · · Score: 1

    I'm a strict "meat is meat and i will take no substitutes" kind of guy , however I have on occasion tasted so called "soy schintels" or TVP and found them to be acceptable when it comes to taste and texture. It does actually taste like meat, what does betray it's nature is the lack of fat ,mostly.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textured_vegetable_protein As the article says you could mix it 1:3 with ground meat and not tell the difference.
    Again , i like my meat , however if you're into replacing part of your meat intake with anything vegetable that's the most "meat like" product i've found. Tofu's just horrible.

  15. Re:oops on Sony Updates PS3 Firmware To 3.56 To Stop Jailbreaking · · Score: 1

    I think it's some form of elliptic curve crypto.
    More info here: http://ftp.ccc.de/congress/2010/mp4-h264-HQ/ , the one about console hacking had some details on the parameters.

  16. Re:Awesome! on Google Censors "Piracy Terms" From Instant Search · · Score: 1

    Such as ?

  17. Re:No. Way. on How Europe Will Lower Emissions — Self Driving Cars · · Score: 1

    I was on the border of starvation for more than 4 months to get the laptop.The only reason i got it is for work.

    I am aware of the 20$ players. I have two problems with them (applies to ipods too):
    - you pay a lot for good headphones
    - the headphone's cord breaks or the mp3 player breaks within weeks to months.
    I've gone trough 4 20$ players and twice as many sets of headphones until i gave up.

    Also i don't live in the USA , 20$ is what i have to live on for a week , i'll take food over music.

  18. Re:No. Way. on How Europe Will Lower Emissions — Self Driving Cars · · Score: 1

    I do! There's a free paper you can get at the subway at specific times in the morning and evening. I'm barely over 20.
    It's not the best quality i'd rather buy one of the more serious papers around, but i don't always have time to do that.
    Can't afford an IPad , can't afford an ipod , and i'm not going to whip out my laptop on the subway (i'd get mugged on the second instance)
    There's nothing better to do for 50 minutes so i catch up on the news. I've given up on television anyway , i need some way to catch up with society. (it's annoying when your brethren over the border are having a revolution and you only find out about it 2 weeks later).
    Seriously news papers are a nice way to spend your commute.

  19. Re:Performance on Thin Client, Or Fat Client? That Is the Question · · Score: 2

    Hardware: Sunray , 20$ a pop. + beefy server
    http://www.surpluscomputers.com/350480/sun-microsystems-sun-ray-thin.html

    Software: Ubuntu + LTSP
    (took a whole 5 minutes to set up on my lan)
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/LTSPQuickInstall

    Now go have a picnic.

  20. Re:Electronic currency on WikiLeaks, Money, and Ron Paul · · Score: 1

    Fair enough , you have a point.

  21. Re:Type 2? on Diabetic Men May Be Able To Grow Their Own Insulin-Producing Cells · · Score: 2

    Yes it is , type 1 only.
    For you I'd recommend picking up body-building , it would solve your problem.
    Check out the diets and exercises on http://www.abcbodybuilding.com/ , they're meant to promote insulin sensitivity , exactly what you are missing.
    I am not a doctor but still , I'm confident it would help you.

  22. Re:Electronic currency on WikiLeaks, Money, and Ron Paul · · Score: 1

    Oh you want facts ?
    The reality is most precious metals have valuable applications , they're not just "amounts of work"

    "The most conductive of all metals are silver, copper and gold in that order. Silver is also the most thermally conductive element, and the most light reflecting element. Silver also has the unusual property that the tarnish that forms on silver is still highly electrically conductive."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_11_element
    Platinum too
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams%27_catalyst

    Today's current financial crisis is cause just by no longer enforcing the gold standard.

  23. Re:Nice, now why on Verizon Speeds Up FiOS To 150Mbps · · Score: 2, Interesting

    >> Because in most other advanced countries

    And a few not so advanced countries. Actually , "not so advanced" would be taking it lightly.
    Romania is still under recession , has some of the worst possible education and healthcare systems and the entire economical sphere is built on derailed socialist values (ie: prices increase on holiday instead of decreasing due to more sales , natural gas and petrol have some of the highest prices in the EU , basically everybody thinks ripping everybody off will actually benefit them)
    Yet still we have one of THE BEST wan networks around , almost all cities are covered with FTTB , 100mbps for everybody @ 20$/month.
    What's your excuse now USA ?

  24. Collision course or not. on ARM Readies Cores For 64-Bit Computing · · Score: 1

    It has to be cheap , power efficient , dense (performance per rack unit ) and most of all _stable_ if they want to use it for servers.
    If they can manage those details it would be an instant hit , x86 servers are mighty expensive for small businesses , at least around where i live.
    Either way some competition would be welcome and is sure to drive costs down.
    The other essential problem is getting motherboards to meet the same criteria.

  25. Re:Let's just implant RFID chips in our hands on Paying With the Wave of a Cellphone · · Score: 3, Informative

    RFID arm band , problem solved and no blood spilled.