Update self again: Each unit is covered with 3" thick stainless steel armor, which I would guess would be the lion's share of the weight, so putting multiple reactors in a single casing should allow the power to be ramped up without increasing the weight so dramatically. 2 or more units in a car might be possible while keeping the car light (under 2500lbs).
Also I wonder what exotic materials could give armor of the same strength at a lower weight? Titanium? Aluminum / Duralumin? Honeycombed aluminum? Some CF arrangement?
A few grams of thorium stored in a presumably heavily armored box (500lbs of gear around it) is a big risk? You know they ship big crates full of fire alarms with no armor right?
No this is great! It'll be putting another tax on stupidity, the anti-nuclear crowd will have to pay for gas in their cars while we drive around at a tiny fraction of the cost! I don't like the carbon capping schemes I've seen so far but if we come up with a good one, that will hurt them even more! I'm all for it!
I'm already imagining hooking up 2-4 of these reactors in my car to build a poor man's Tesla Roadster! Muahahaha! >:D
...becomes a FIFO stack. If you learn a new programming language, you WILL forget the old ones.
Aw crap I'm already at that point and I'm still in my 20s:-( But at least I can still quickly re-learn the stuff that gets pushed out so maybe the fossilization part hasn't set in yet.
This isn't about posting inappropriate public pictures, this is about posting pics that are supposed to remain private (maybe among a certain group) that then are made public by a new "feature."
I do all that stuff pseudonymously, but giving them my pseudonym gives them access to the lolcats, fart jokes, political rants, bitching about work, and all that other stuff.
Dammit I'm trying to find a link to the DEMONS system, it's a DIY exoskeleton made by some geeks, but I can't find the vids on youtube anymore!
Well it didn't have strength augmentation, but it did have a camcorder and a paintball gun duct-taped to one arm, a slide-out blade on the other, and a VR headset sight with a targeting display. IIRC they added nightvision and a flamethrower at some point. Lots of funny vids with pudgy nerds destroying stuff to heavy metal music.
LinkedIn is business-oriented networking. Facebook for business purposes.
You're supposed to have an online presence to get hired these days. I have absolutely none under my real name, and if a company doesn't want to hire me because of that, and doesn't see the irony in requiring a person with computer security knowledge to spill their private info online, well I don't want to work for them...
That's not how it works...your profile could be made accessible on others just the same as it would be on a centralized service, but your information would be privately controlled so there wouldn't be any oddly convenient privacy slip-ups. Here's a quick explanation:
Slashdot Mirror
RTFA. 3" stainless armor around the reactor. Good luck breaking that.
Well there isn't a monopoly on thorium production, the US and China will be competing so they won't be able to gouge us.
Good luck cracking the 3" stainless steel armor. That's more than an aircraft's flight recorder has.
Run large aircraft on it?
It's happened to real stuff:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel-metal_hydride_battery#Patent_encumbrance_in_electric_vehicles
I'm gonna need wider tires...
How did you get the car to go fast enough to crack the 3" armor around the reactor?
Potential new words for "Radioactive:"
Huggomotive
Greenrific
Americatronic
Update self again: Each unit is covered with 3" thick stainless steel armor, which I would guess would be the lion's share of the weight, so putting multiple reactors in a single casing should allow the power to be ramped up without increasing the weight so dramatically. 2 or more units in a car might be possible while keeping the car light (under 2500lbs).
Also I wonder what exotic materials could give armor of the same strength at a lower weight? Titanium? Aluminum / Duralumin? Honeycombed aluminum? Some CF arrangement?
A few grams of thorium stored in a presumably heavily armored box (500lbs of gear around it) is a big risk? You know they ship big crates full of fire alarms with no armor right?
Update: These reactor units weigh 500lbs a piece, so...better stick to 1.
No this is great! It'll be putting another tax on stupidity, the anti-nuclear crowd will have to pay for gas in their cars while we drive around at a tiny fraction of the cost! I don't like the carbon capping schemes I've seen so far but if we come up with a good one, that will hurt them even more! I'm all for it!
I'm already imagining hooking up 2-4 of these reactors in my car to build a poor man's Tesla Roadster! Muahahaha! >:D
...becomes a FIFO stack. If you learn a new programming language, you WILL forget the old ones.
Aw crap I'm already at that point and I'm still in my 20s :-( But at least I can still quickly re-learn the stuff that gets pushed out so maybe the fossilization part hasn't set in yet.
For example, see this:
http://robotzeitgeist.com/2006/08/japanese-quadriplegic-attempts.html
And look mom, no cords!
The thing in Avatar was more like a small mech, you sat in the cockpit of it, you didn't wear it like a suit.
I think what they're after is more like the exoskeletons in the STALKER games, for their foot soldiers.
This isn't about posting inappropriate public pictures, this is about posting pics that are supposed to remain private (maybe among a certain group) that then are made public by a new "feature."
If you make a Facebook account and upload a pic of a rioter who is also on Facebook, wouldn't they be auto-tagged?
I do all that stuff pseudonymously, but giving them my pseudonym gives them access to the lolcats, fart jokes, political rants, bitching about work, and all that other stuff.
Dammit I'm trying to find a link to the DEMONS system, it's a DIY exoskeleton made by some geeks, but I can't find the vids on youtube anymore!
Well it didn't have strength augmentation, but it did have a camcorder and a paintball gun duct-taped to one arm, a slide-out blade on the other, and a VR headset sight with a targeting display. IIRC they added nightvision and a flamethrower at some point. Lots of funny vids with pudgy nerds destroying stuff to heavy metal music.
It reminded me more of the Mesoamerican ball game.
LinkedIn is business-oriented networking. Facebook for business purposes.
You're supposed to have an online presence to get hired these days. I have absolutely none under my real name, and if a company doesn't want to hire me because of that, and doesn't see the irony in requiring a person with computer security knowledge to spill their private info online, well I don't want to work for them...
Read again, I think you didn't have enough coffee yet...
That's not how it works...your profile could be made accessible on others just the same as it would be on a centralized service, but your information would be privately controlled so there wouldn't be any oddly convenient privacy slip-ups. Here's a quick explanation:
http://www.gizmag.com/diaspora-open-source-social-network/15098/
Muammar Gaddafi - Looking to hire mercenaries! Previous civilian slaughter experience would be an asset.