This may be a stupid question, but isn't there a way to collect massive amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere, compress the carbon into some sort of solid composite, and store it somewhere where it's land-locked (similar to how trees store carbon in wood)?
Sure there is. But it will cost more than any country will spend (or could spend) to do it on a scale that will make any noticeable difference. Besides, how happy do you think people will be if one country does this but others keep pumping CO2 into the atmosphere.
I would gladly sell my services to Microsoft for a mere million. Even if I fail badly they'd only be out a small fraction of the losses they keep racking up buying large failures. Most likely I'd fail a lot less and get them a much better return on their investment.
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Peophttp://news.slashdot.org/story/12/07/03/1330239/after-recent-us-storms-why-are-millions-still-without-power?utm_source=slashdot&utm_medium=facebook#le need to start becoming independent from utilities.
Drilling wells
Solar Powered roofs
Wind power
NEED I SAY MORE
While I agree, it would be nice to do most of this, it's also not the be-all, end-all solution. Particularly in the case of the recent derecho. Where I live, we had sustained winds of 70 mph and gusts over 90. There are trees with 3 foot diameters that the trunks were snapped off. There are utility poles that were blown over (no trees on the lines). Shingles were blown off of roofs. Solar panels would probably have made for nice sails in this storm. Or been smashed by flying debris. Residential wind turbines have dubious value at best. In this area, I doubt you could generate enough power from one to justify its cost. It most likely would have made a nice projectile in this storm. Wells are only useful (or legal) depending on where you live. My town has a population around 50K. We can't drill a well here. Not that the water table could support this if everyone did. I can just see someone in NYC deciding to drill a well. Not that anyone in their right mind would drink water from a well there.
Yet another area that China will be ahead of the US on before long.China slowing nuclear buildout!
"The Chinese are ahead of the US!"
(in an alternate article)
China increasing nuclear buildout!
"The Chinese are ahead of the US!"
Some people just like to say the US is 'behind', no matter what the issue or facts are.
How many nuclear reactors are under construction in the US right now? How many of those are generation III?
Yet another area that China will be ahead of the US on before long. I realize that there's still a lot that the US has going for it. But it's feeling more and more like we are just sitting on our asses and admiring past achievements. It's getting rather embarrassing. Perhaps it's time to seriously consider learning Mandarin.
They were also put through 60 charge-discharge cycles with only a very small drop in capacity,
So if you charge them every day, they last two months.
How did you come to that conclusion? Under the described conditions they will last for two months with only a small drop in capacity at the end of the time period. Presumably they will last considerably longer than that before the end of their usable life. It all depends on how much the capacity drops off. But in no way did the OP state they were unusable after 60 recharge cycles.
It was more about scaring the SHIT out of people (and kids like me.) I was in junior high at that time and the threat of nuclear war with the USSR felt very real to me. Maybe not to all kids, but definitely to me. The Day After was really scary IMO. It didn't make me think "war is a bad thing" it made me think "we're all going to die!!"
Agreed. It was scary has hell at the time. Although the one thing I look back on and laugh about is how one of the main characters survives by ducking down in the front seat of his Volvo and surviving the shock wave. Everyone else on the freeway was vaporized. I remember thinking we really needed to get a Volvo after that.
TOS may be campy, but it's first season is one of Trek's best. Why? Because it was written by lots of science fiction authors, rather than the standard TV crap writer.
The same can be said for Land of the Lost. Larry Niven, Theodore Sturgeon, Ben Bova, and Norman Spinrad wrote episodes. As well as people involved with TOS; Dorothy "D.C." Fontana, Walter Koenig, and David Gerrold. So I'm not sure that line of reasoning holds much weight.;-)
The commander in chief of the most powerful army, navy, and air force in the world has a list of people he wants dead? STOP THE PRESSES! Targeting specific people is not news... it's war. People die when they're killed. Derp.
Pres. Ford issued Executive Order 11905 banning political assassination
Pres Carter: EO 12036 banning US involvement in assassinations
Pres. Regan: EO 12333 No person employed by or acting on behalf of the United States Government shall engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassination.
Pres. Obama: DoD Directive 2310. Incorporates prohibitions against cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment. Bans Water boarding.
Drone assassinations are apparently OK. In fact a "kill list" is perfectly acceptable during an election year...
...for the first sitting president to be a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Than the simple slide lock. I know a few people who use a PIN to lock their phone. But most people I know do not, including myself. I would think the face recognition would be the equivalent of a slide lock. And depending on how it works, perhaps more convenient (I never saw how it works on the phone). Was it advertised as a way to keep the NSA out of the phone? Or as a replacement for a keeping you from butt dialing people? If the latter, then I don't see the problem.
It was a good thing when I got excited and giddy about being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Everyone else was just jealous and too fucking stupid to understand me. Just like I always thought.
Apparently "the public" controlled kill switch is more popular. The more these idiots screw the public, the less it supports them. I'm not necessary in favor of piracy, but the measures the likes of the *IAA keep developing only seem to punish me as an honest consumer. It keeps getting harder and harder to justify spending money on a movie when I have to deal with a bunch of crap people who pirated it don't. Nearly 10 minutes of un-skippable shit to watch a movie that I supposedly own is fucking ridiculous.
Why they insist on hermetically sealing them, though, that is baffling to me.
I believe it is that way for as a theft deterrent. The harder it is to open the harder it is to open in the aisle in the store and not get caught.
That's what you would think. But I used to work for a store apprehending shoplifters in my younger years. The only people who are frustrated by this type of packaging are honest consumers and possibly teenage thieves. But teenagers typically would break the product when trying to remove it and toss it back, pretty much rendering the intent of the packaging useless as you can't sell broken merchandise. It's truly unbelievable how fast a heroin addict can circumvent anti-theft packaging.
Being hanged for treason usually requires being convicted of treason.
A SCJ could just appeal to himself then dismiss the case.
And yes, I do know that they're not allowed to preside over a trial against themselves
I'd like to think that but, after many recent events, I seriously doubt that any of the current SC justices would recuse themselves in such a case.
In other words, The Metropolitan Airports Commission is flushing another $20 million of tax payers money down the endless sewer that is known as the TSA.
I wonder if in 200 years the TSA will be remembered as fondly as we do the Salem witch trials. Instead of drowning, we're gonna see if gamma radiation kills you or not. If not you obviously must be a terrorist and should be shot or sent to Gitmo. In fact in 5 years I think these bastards are just gonna kill anyone who shows up at the airport. If you're not a terrorist, why else would you want to fly? Hell, flying ain't natural anyhow. Only witches, (cough) I mean terrorists would want to fly.
I would absolutely use a car that had an auto-drive mode. If everyone did, then you wouldn't even need stop lights or other controls at intersections, or speed limits, as the vehicles would work together to melt traffic into a perfect flow. It might be a bit unnerving at first, watching traffic weaving through intersections, but we would get used to it.
Google or not.
That's all well and good, until Suki connects to the control system.
So the detention without a trial that was approved in the US is just an extension of what was already done to the monkeys? It's nice to know the US is working towards interspecies equality!
From the second sentence of TFS "Santino, a resident of the Furuvik Zoo in Gävle, Sweden" It's nice to see a chimp has a better understanding of who to throw stones at than some on/.
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This may be a stupid question, but isn't there a way to collect massive amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere, compress the carbon into some sort of solid composite, and store it somewhere where it's land-locked (similar to how trees store carbon in wood)?
Sure there is. But it will cost more than any country will spend (or could spend) to do it on a scale that will make any noticeable difference. Besides, how happy do you think people will be if one country does this but others keep pumping CO2 into the atmosphere.
I would gladly sell my services to Microsoft for a mere million. Even if I fail badly they'd only be out a small fraction of the losses they keep racking up buying large failures. Most likely I'd fail a lot less and get them a much better return on their investment.
Dear Quirkz, Thank you for your interest in joining the Microsoft family. We have decided that there is a position in Redmond that will be perfect for you and we feel that your monetary requirements meet our needs. We offer excellent benefits, including medical and long term disability. Please report first thing Monday for the "Sr. Moving Target" position in the Chair Toss division. Sincerely, S. Ballmer.
Peophttp://news.slashdot.org/story/12/07/03/1330239/after-recent-us-storms-why-are-millions-still-without-power?utm_source=slashdot&utm_medium=facebook#le need to start becoming independent from utilities. Drilling wells Solar Powered roofs Wind power NEED I SAY MORE
While I agree, it would be nice to do most of this, it's also not the be-all, end-all solution. Particularly in the case of the recent derecho. Where I live, we had sustained winds of 70 mph and gusts over 90. There are trees with 3 foot diameters that the trunks were snapped off. There are utility poles that were blown over (no trees on the lines). Shingles were blown off of roofs. Solar panels would probably have made for nice sails in this storm. Or been smashed by flying debris. Residential wind turbines have dubious value at best. In this area, I doubt you could generate enough power from one to justify its cost. It most likely would have made a nice projectile in this storm. Wells are only useful (or legal) depending on where you live. My town has a population around 50K. We can't drill a well here. Not that the water table could support this if everyone did. I can just see someone in NYC deciding to drill a well. Not that anyone in their right mind would drink water from a well there.
If Mr. Freeman's invited better have some crowbars and other weapons ready in case alien creatures and head crabs jump out of the machinery! :)
Sorry, Gorden's in the Anomalous Materials Lab that day. But his half brother Morgan can make it.
Yet another area that China will be ahead of the US on before long. China slowing nuclear buildout! "The Chinese are ahead of the US!" (in an alternate article) China increasing nuclear buildout! "The Chinese are ahead of the US!" Some people just like to say the US is 'behind', no matter what the issue or facts are.
How many nuclear reactors are under construction in the US right now? How many of those are generation III?
Yet another area that China will be ahead of the US on before long. I realize that there's still a lot that the US has going for it. But it's feeling more and more like we are just sitting on our asses and admiring past achievements. It's getting rather embarrassing. Perhaps it's time to seriously consider learning Mandarin.
They were also put through 60 charge-discharge cycles with only a very small drop in capacity,
So if you charge them every day, they last two months.
How did you come to that conclusion? Under the described conditions they will last for two months with only a small drop in capacity at the end of the time period. Presumably they will last considerably longer than that before the end of their usable life. It all depends on how much the capacity drops off. But in no way did the OP state they were unusable after 60 recharge cycles.
with just five different smartphone models under its belt during that span."
That's a significant part of the reason for it, right there.
I don't have one, so I really don't know. But aren't they five versions of the same model?
One of my cow-orkers had his car struck by lightning while he was crossing the railroad tracks
So are you a farmer, or part of the herd?
Oh, come on, dude! What the world needs now is MORE BEATS! MORE!!!
Actually it needs more cowbell.
I thought dinosaurs didn't exist because the earth was only 6K years old. But now they do, because it somehow disproves evolution?
Next we'll be told the universe exploded into existence from a singularity. Oh, wait.
It was more about scaring the SHIT out of people (and kids like me.) I was in junior high at that time and the threat of nuclear war with the USSR felt very real to me. Maybe not to all kids, but definitely to me. The Day After was really scary IMO. It didn't make me think "war is a bad thing" it made me think "we're all going to die!!"
Agreed. It was scary has hell at the time. Although the one thing I look back on and laugh about is how one of the main characters survives by ducking down in the front seat of his Volvo and surviving the shock wave. Everyone else on the freeway was vaporized. I remember thinking we really needed to get a Volvo after that.
TOS may be campy, but it's first season is one of Trek's best. Why? Because it was written by lots of science fiction authors, rather than the standard TV crap writer.
The same can be said for Land of the Lost. Larry Niven, Theodore Sturgeon, Ben Bova, and Norman Spinrad wrote episodes. As well as people involved with TOS; Dorothy "D.C." Fontana, Walter Koenig, and David Gerrold. So I'm not sure that line of reasoning holds much weight. ;-)
Seriously? If I say 200 or 2000 people had been investigated under warrantless wiretap powers, how exactly does that violate anybody's privacy?
Fine, if they can't give us an exact count, how about an order of magnitude? Or would that also violate privacy and/or security?
Come on. It's got to be between 1 person and 310 million or so. At least narrow it down a little.
Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself.
The commander in chief of the most powerful army, navy, and air force in the world has a list of people he wants dead? STOP THE PRESSES! Targeting specific people is not news... it's war. People die when they're killed. Derp.
Pres. Ford issued Executive Order 11905 banning political assassination
Pres Carter: EO 12036 banning US involvement in assassinations
Pres. Regan: EO 12333 No person employed by or acting on behalf of the United States Government shall engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassination.
Pres. Obama: DoD Directive 2310. Incorporates prohibitions against cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment. Bans Water boarding.
Drone assassinations are apparently OK. In fact a "kill list" is perfectly acceptable during an election year...
...for the first sitting president to be a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Something's really fucked up here.
Than the simple slide lock. I know a few people who use a PIN to lock their phone. But most people I know do not, including myself. I would think the face recognition would be the equivalent of a slide lock. And depending on how it works, perhaps more convenient (I never saw how it works on the phone). Was it advertised as a way to keep the NSA out of the phone? Or as a replacement for a keeping you from butt dialing people? If the latter, then I don't see the problem.
It was a good thing when I got excited and giddy about being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Everyone else was just jealous and too fucking stupid to understand me. Just like I always thought.
Apparently "the public" controlled kill switch is more popular. The more these idiots screw the public, the less it supports them. I'm not necessary in favor of piracy, but the measures the likes of the *IAA keep developing only seem to punish me as an honest consumer. It keeps getting harder and harder to justify spending money on a movie when I have to deal with a bunch of crap people who pirated it don't. Nearly 10 minutes of un-skippable shit to watch a movie that I supposedly own is fucking ridiculous.
I'd like to meet the guy who designed clamshell packages in a dark alley.
To put something fragile like a CFL bulb in it is insane. I broke one trying to open the package..
Did you follow the EPA clean up procedure for broken CFL bulbs too?
Why they insist on hermetically sealing them, though, that is baffling to me.
I believe it is that way for as a theft deterrent. The harder it is to open the harder it is to open in the aisle in the store and not get caught.
That's what you would think. But I used to work for a store apprehending shoplifters in my younger years. The only people who are frustrated by this type of packaging are honest consumers and possibly teenage thieves. But teenagers typically would break the product when trying to remove it and toss it back, pretty much rendering the intent of the packaging useless as you can't sell broken merchandise. It's truly unbelievable how fast a heroin addict can circumvent anti-theft packaging.
I thought traitors were hanged, not shot.
Being hanged for treason usually requires being convicted of treason. A SCJ could just appeal to himself then dismiss the case. And yes, I do know that they're not allowed to preside over a trial against themselves
I'd like to think that but, after many recent events, I seriously doubt that any of the current SC justices would recuse themselves in such a case.
In other words, The Metropolitan Airports Commission is flushing another $20 million of tax payers money down the endless sewer that is known as the TSA.
I wonder if in 200 years the TSA will be remembered as fondly as we do the Salem witch trials. Instead of drowning, we're gonna see if gamma radiation kills you or not. If not you obviously must be a terrorist and should be shot or sent to Gitmo. In fact in 5 years I think these bastards are just gonna kill anyone who shows up at the airport. If you're not a terrorist, why else would you want to fly? Hell, flying ain't natural anyhow. Only witches, (cough) I mean terrorists would want to fly.
I would absolutely use a car that had an auto-drive mode. If everyone did, then you wouldn't even need stop lights or other controls at intersections, or speed limits, as the vehicles would work together to melt traffic into a perfect flow. It might be a bit unnerving at first, watching traffic weaving through intersections, but we would get used to it.
Google or not.
That's all well and good, until Suki connects to the control system.
There is no reason for anyone to drive.
Actually I enjoy driving most of the time. But I don't commute or drive in rush hour traffic often.
So the detention without a trial that was approved in the US is just an extension of what was already done to the monkeys? It's nice to know the US is working towards interspecies equality!
From the second sentence of TFS "Santino, a resident of the Furuvik Zoo in Gävle, Sweden" It's nice to see a chimp has a better understanding of who to throw stones at than some on /.