I've only read "pump six and other stories", his collection of short stories mostly from the same universe, and I thought it was amazing. The creativity and originality of the world and ideas he packed into those short stories was astounding, so if "The Windup Girl" flags towards the end, I recommend you give pump six a look.
My friend's dad, Dr Newbold at Aberystwyth university has been working on this for years. Apparently adding garlic to the feed has a large effect on methane production too.
I read about this (or something very similar) in new scientist a few weeks ago. If it's what I'm thinking of, the offspring were separated from their parents at birth.
Well i read somewhere if all meat producing land converted to growing crops, it would end world hunger. I doubt that's exactly true, but it's still enough to warrant meat-in-a-vat in my opinion.
BTW, I could live without meat, but what kind of life would it be?;)
Humans can led long and healthy lives without once eating meat. I know many lifelong vegetarians.
Using land to rear meat is massively inefficient, producing at most 10% of what plants could. But I love my steak too much to give it up, so this is great news for me.
Cheaper, conscience friendly meat FTW!!!
PS, anyone thought of how useful this could be for space colonization, nuclear submarines etc.?
amen to that:)
this is what i seem to have trouble getting through to those people who say that "science is just another religion" as their excuse for their irrational beliefs.
the green movement is worldwide, while I've never heard anyone associate green with money outside of the US. I haven't been everywhere though. (As far as i'm aware the dollar is the only currency that's green - excluding rusty coins)
Are you saying someone who's loaded because their daddy owns Texas is more deserving of all that fancy crap than a single mother who's worked her ass off trying to provide for her family?
If they'd been born in Indonesia, you really think they'd have as much money as they do in Australia, however hard they worked?
Do there seem to be a disproportionate number of trolls on this story?
Only 5 or so comments and half are trolls.
Are there multiple "N1ggrs sux!" guys or just one, very devoted, racist?
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I've only read "pump six and other stories", his collection of short stories mostly from the same universe, and I thought it was amazing.
The creativity and originality of the world and ideas he packed into those short stories was astounding, so if "The Windup Girl" flags towards the end, I recommend you give pump six a look.
Nice anecdote.
I live in the UK, and generally accept a billion to be 1e12, but assume someone means 1e9 if they're on tv or it's in their interests to exaggerate.
Doing a physics degree, a billion is always 1e12 in the lab.
Actually, only athletic types seem to use kilograms for weighing people. Most of us in the UK use stones.
Foobar 2000 does this.
Until I tried to make rhythmbox do the same, I thought this was a fairly standard feature in media players.
Second the Independance Wars games... I only played Edge of Chaos, but that was one hell of a game, especially for the time it was made.
That game pretty much spoiled me WRT physics in space sims, and i never really got into many others as a result.
My friend's dad, Dr Newbold at Aberystwyth university has been working on this for years. Apparently adding garlic to the feed has a large effect on methane production too.
if explanation you seek, look elsewhere. I too am only here for the achievement.
I read about this (or something very similar) in new scientist a few weeks ago. If it's what I'm thinking of, the offspring were separated from their parents at birth.
I hear beating dead whores gets you in trouble in most pla
That's Allan, you tard :P
If welsh nationalists were more technologically aware, they'd be one of the biggest forces in the interwebs :)
I have no idea where you lot (or him) are getting ingredients, but his larger always tastes pretty alright
Actually, sex is legal in the UK from age 16 +
BTW, I could live without meat, but what kind of life would it be? ;)
Using land to rear meat is massively inefficient, producing at most 10% of what plants could. But I love my steak too much to give it up, so this is great news for me.
Cheaper, conscience friendly meat FTW!!!
PS, anyone thought of how useful this could be for space colonization, nuclear submarines etc.?
nooo.. Lasguns are their weapon of choice. duuuh...
Why would you possibly want the same slashdot page loaded for 4 days? i'm genuinely curious..
amen to that :)
this is what i seem to have trouble getting through to those people who say that "science is just another religion" as their excuse for their irrational beliefs.
Anyone else notice that the kid in school who ate his boogers never got sick?
the green movement is worldwide, while I've never heard anyone associate green with money outside of the US. I haven't been everywhere though. (As far as i'm aware the dollar is the only currency that's green - excluding rusty coins)
Are you saying someone who's loaded because their daddy owns Texas is more deserving of all that fancy crap than a single mother who's worked her ass off trying to provide for her family? If they'd been born in Indonesia, you really think they'd have as much money as they do in Australia, however hard they worked?
What the FUCK!?!
(let's see hom wany of these we can get in a thread)
Assuming this is not a coincedence (which i very much think it isn't by now), maybe the lines were pointed at iran and just went through asia?
About time someone brought that reference into this thread :D
Do there seem to be a disproportionate number of trolls on this story? Only 5 or so comments and half are trolls. Are there multiple "N1ggrs sux!" guys or just one, very devoted, racist?
I wonder if it'll use one of those kite things we saw in slashdot a few weeks ago?