So not only would neutrinos travel faster than light in a fiber (as they go pretty close to c for sure), but they could also just so straight there through the Earth
I was thinking about this but if I understand correctly, neutrinos are "filtered out" as they pass through greater amounts of solid material, so to ensure a signal would go through a great deal of solid material (like the whole planet) it would take a great deal of energy on the emitter side.
I have little more than high-school physics knowledge so I don't know if the amount of energy required alone would make it impractical. But I do know that instruments used to detect neutrinos from the sun are placed underground to reduce the number of neutrinos hitting them.
True an industry definitely exists, but at the moment it's a tiny cottage industry compared to the military-industrial complex or the fossil fuel companies, not an equally powerful group as the denialist crowd thinks. Maybe some day the renewable energy industry will be the same size - which wouldn't make the denialists' points any more valid, but they would have less of their facts wrong.
I'd be surprised if they weren't designing a neutrino-based network already. Either neutrinos move faster than light or neutrino detectors have less lag than fiber-optic NICs. It's a win-win.
So there's no way to measure the difference between a routine doorknob zap and a guy leaving scorchmarks on the carpet and melting plastic? That sucks.
"I've made a little P4 Prescott server and implanted it in your chest. I'm about to post a link to Slashdot saying it shows the latest photos taken from a TubeSat. There's a knife on the floor in front of you, let's see if you can dig it out in time."
That sounds crazy. I doubt wood could even ignite inside a microwave. But, if it is possible to light wood on fire with microwaves, then yes it would be the perfect arsonist's tool. You could drive up in an MFI diesel car, point a magnetron out the window and light a house on fire. The only evidence might be burned out electronics nearby.
Why do they always measure volts but not amps? A police taser can be as much as 100KV. An average person in a dry climate could build up 40KV without trying too hard. 40kv at low enough amperages can be 100% safe for human contact.
40KV doesn't tell me shit other than that his sparks were jumping close to half an inch.
Now it's obvious that the amperages involved here were pretty high since he was burning and melting things. How safe is this situation for the human body?
I was just going to post about how lucky you are and then...
Opportunities literally fall in my lap due to my networking(people) abilities.
Oh this explains it. So much less impressive now, like finishing a video game with one hand tied behind your back, only to find out that you had cheats enabled. Any dumb hack can get any job with enough "networking."
I'm much better qualified than you, but because of poor job opportunities in my area and total lack of "networking" I'll probably never make your salary at any point in my career as long as I'm working for someone else.
If I want to become first-world-wealthy I'll have to make myself rich, no bullshit, no "networking," no trust fund, just mad skillz. The career equivalent of finishing DMC4 on Devil Hunter with an S ranking for all levels while operating the controller only with my face. Now that would be a l33t act worthy of admiration.
It's nothing new, a lot of CS majors see themselves as the brilliant designers and the IT majors as dumb greasemonkeys. They way they understand the basic nature of the difference is correct, in that CS degrees are a bit heavier on mathematical/theoretical knowledge and IT degrees are a little heavier on practical knowledge, but the difference is nowhere near as great as the CS majors would like to believe.
The Chinese are building more nuclear plants these days and electric scooters are very popular there. I wouldn't be surprised to see them become more environmentally friendly than the US in the next 15-30 years.
Except wood is one of the last materials you'd want to use in a car (well, in many things, but especially a car). It's heavy, weak, and highly susceptible to environmental degradation.
Nope. My dad had some problem with the speakers on his computer, when I got it fixed the first thing he did was rickroll himself. i lol'd so hard, he didn't get it.
Slashdot Mirror
D'oh, I probably remembered wrong >_<
That's okay, I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home, they're not much wider than two neutrinos.
So not only would neutrinos travel faster than light in a fiber (as they go pretty close to c for sure), but they could also just so straight there through the Earth
I was thinking about this but if I understand correctly, neutrinos are "filtered out" as they pass through greater amounts of solid material, so to ensure a signal would go through a great deal of solid material (like the whole planet) it would take a great deal of energy on the emitter side.
I have little more than high-school physics knowledge so I don't know if the amount of energy required alone would make it impractical. But I do know that instruments used to detect neutrinos from the sun are placed underground to reduce the number of neutrinos hitting them.
D'er turkin' ur jerbs!!!!
I was half-joking...I don't know of any cable that could contain a neutrino stream anyways :-P
True an industry definitely exists, but at the moment it's a tiny cottage industry compared to the military-industrial complex or the fossil fuel companies, not an equally powerful group as the denialist crowd thinks. Maybe some day the renewable energy industry will be the same size - which wouldn't make the denialists' points any more valid, but they would have less of their facts wrong.
I'd be surprised if they weren't designing a neutrino-based network already. Either neutrinos move faster than light or neutrino detectors have less lag than fiber-optic NICs. It's a win-win.
...if the Neutrino was a filthy cheat running a hidden nitrous bottle.
So there's no way to measure the difference between a routine doorknob zap and a guy leaving scorchmarks on the carpet and melting plastic? That sucks.
This could be a game in one of the Saw movies.
"I've made a little P4 Prescott server and implanted it in your chest. I'm about to post a link to Slashdot saying it shows the latest photos taken from a TubeSat. There's a knife on the floor in front of you, let's see if you can dig it out in time."
Yep that's why David Carradine died of spontaneous human combustion.
That sounds crazy. I doubt wood could even ignite inside a microwave. But, if it is possible to light wood on fire with microwaves, then yes it would be the perfect arsonist's tool. You could drive up in an MFI diesel car, point a magnetron out the window and light a house on fire. The only evidence might be burned out electronics nearby.
That's like saying a modern gun fires bullets without any source of ignition...
Why do they always measure volts but not amps? A police taser can be as much as 100KV. An average person in a dry climate could build up 40KV without trying too hard. 40kv at low enough amperages can be 100% safe for human contact.
40KV doesn't tell me shit other than that his sparks were jumping close to half an inch.
Now it's obvious that the amperages involved here were pretty high since he was burning and melting things. How safe is this situation for the human body?
I was just going to post about how lucky you are and then...
Opportunities literally fall in my lap due to my networking(people) abilities.
Oh this explains it. So much less impressive now, like finishing a video game with one hand tied behind your back, only to find out that you had cheats enabled. Any dumb hack can get any job with enough "networking."
I'm much better qualified than you, but because of poor job opportunities in my area and total lack of "networking" I'll probably never make your salary at any point in my career as long as I'm working for someone else.
If I want to become first-world-wealthy I'll have to make myself rich, no bullshit, no "networking," no trust fund, just mad skillz. The career equivalent of finishing DMC4 on Devil Hunter with an S ranking for all levels while operating the controller only with my face. Now that would be a l33t act worthy of admiration.
It's nothing new, a lot of CS majors see themselves as the brilliant designers and the IT majors as dumb greasemonkeys. They way they understand the basic nature of the difference is correct, in that CS degrees are a bit heavier on mathematical/theoretical knowledge and IT degrees are a little heavier on practical knowledge, but the difference is nowhere near as great as the CS majors would like to believe.
All automotive engineers should have to be mechanics. If you've ever worked on any car built in the '90s or later you'll get what I'm saying.
Yes, but my first thought was the BUGbase:
http://store.buglabs.net/
You took down those strawmen like an anime action hero!
The Chinese are building more nuclear plants these days and electric scooters are very popular there. I wouldn't be surprised to see them become more environmentally friendly than the US in the next 15-30 years.
Except wood is one of the last materials you'd want to use in a car (well, in many things, but especially a car). It's heavy, weak, and highly susceptible to environmental degradation.
Great, the "eco-industrial complex" and "Big Green."
We thought the AGW Denialism Batshit Generator Engine was running at max power, but it was just warming up...
Nope. My dad had some problem with the speakers on his computer, when I got it fixed the first thing he did was rickroll himself. i lol'd so hard, he didn't get it.
That will help reduce the build-up of plaque but won't stop or reverse it AFAIK.
Are they ever worried that your medicine might contain bad juju?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7813418.stm