True, but when I talk to the normal non-government person from China they don't feel the people of the US are out to get them or vice-verse. It truly amazes me how much of a divide there is between the people and the people who are supposed represent them.
To be clear, I think the Chinese culture is rich and ancient, and that the common, thinking people there feel much the same when they witness their own government's bullshit. It's their political structure and those who populate it that need to die in a fucking fire.
I believe that most of that statement is probably true for the majority of people in the world. I live in the US and know that I certainly feel that way about our gov't. Except for the ancient culture part anyhow.
I know many people from Iran, Cuba, Russia, China, etc. This seems to be a common feeling among most of the people that we are told are evil.
or free energy. Why do people keep looking for ways to power stuff by (inefficiently) robbing it from other places? The last two posted here were shirts that flexed to power gadgets, and roads that had bumps in them to run road lighting.
However you do this, (1) you're going to make something else require more energy, and (2) introducing additional energy loss due to conversion. In this case, if you put some material in the soles to gather mechanical energy it's just going to make your feet a little more tired.
I see something of a relation between this and sales tax... sales taxes are applied to when you're already spending money and it just shaves a little off that doesn't look like it mattered too much. Same thing here, just making your commute a little more tiring with the idea that you won't really notice. Shoe power doesn't create energy any more than sales taxes create money.
This is not necessarily the case. Conventional brakes convert inertia into heat. Regenerative brakes convert it into electricity (and less heat). Most shoes have gel or some other type of material in them to absorb and lessen shock. If these can function in the same way but convert that motion into electricity then no additional energy is needed. So no there is no "free" energy, but there is plenty of energy that is wasted as heat. Besides, some shoe manufacturers are marketing shoes that cause the wearer to exert more energy while simply walking as a health benefit. If you are already running and listening to an mp3 player, wouldn't it be nice to save a couple of bucks a year in electricity and burn more calories too? I didn't RTFA, so I don't know if this is that case, but it's a novel idea.
or free energy. Why do people keep looking for ways to power stuff by (inefficiently) robbing it from other places? The last two posted here were shirts that flexed to power gadgets, and roads that had bumps in them to run road lighting.
However you do this, (1) you're going to make something else require more energy, and (2) introducing additional energy loss due to conversion. In this case, if you put some material in the soles to gather mechanical energy it's just going to make your feet a little more tired.
I see something of a relation between this and sales tax... sales taxes are applied to when you're already spending money and it just shaves a little off that doesn't look like it mattered too much. Same thing here, just making your commute a little more tiring with the idea that you won't really notice. Shoe power doesn't create energy any more than sales taxes create money.
Not in all cases. I didn't RTFA, but if done correctly, no, this may not be as you are claiming. In the case of conventional brakes a lot of inertial energy is thrown away as heat. Regenerative brakes convert this energy into electricity (and considerably less heat). No extra useful energy is lost in this case. Plenty of shoes are designed with gel and other material that lessen the immediate.impact of walking. If some device or material can have this same effect but convert the motion into energy, then no additional energy is needed. It will simply be making use of energy that would otherwise be wasted as heat. Again, I didn't RTFA, so I can't say for sure if this is the case, but if it is, then it seems viable at least. Besides, shoe companies are already selling shoes that make you burn more calories as you walk. I think it's cool that eventually people could do this and use the extra wasted energy to power their mp3 player or other devices.
But that isn't the only reason that iPads are popular. They are popular primarily because THEY ARE NOT LIKE THE COMPUTER YOU FIRST PROGRAMMED IN 6TH GRADE BY CANDLELIGHT WHILE HIKING BAREFOOT UPHILL IN THE DARK.
I don't on an iPad, though I'm considering purchasing one. I'm just having a hard time convincing myself to shell out a couple hundred bucks for what amounts to a toy. It's certainly nothing like the computer I had in 6th grade. It's many many orders of magnitude more powerful that that. Hell, it's high resolution and not monochrome either.
I'm constantly amazed at the angst this device has created amongst the Slashdoterati. You all sound very threatened about a 1 pound device that, according to the hive mind here, can't process it's way out of a recycled paper bag.
Calm down, switch to decaf or something. Take a walk. It's something different, an 'uncomputer', an appliance. It doesn't fortell the end of the universe, it isn't George Orwell's worst nightmare.
It's an "Uncomputer"!?! You sound like a fucking marketer for Apple. And that's my primary problem with Apple. I think they make excellent hardware/software/interfaces. But the rabid way many of their customers act is frankly a turn off for me. Very much like you hive mind statement.
Macs have their strengths and weaknesses. As do Linux and Windows based systems. My company has virtually no non-Mac users, save me. I chose to go with a Windows system. But not because I really care one way or another, mostly to be contrary. My previous company was primary Windows users, so I went with a Linux system for the same reason. The funny thing is, is that many of them sound like an advertisement, similar to your "uncomputer" statement. But they probably have close to 20 times the issues that I do with Win7. I've thought tablets were a pretty good idea for over a decade now.What I find sad is how many people ignored them until the iPad came out. Then I saw people talk about how much they wanted one. But virtually everyone that I spoke to that "had to have one" had absolutely no clue what it even was when I asked them. They just knew they wanted one. This has left me in complete awe of the marketing prowess/reality distortion field of Apple and Steve Jobs. But truly saddened by the complete gullibility of my fellow (wo)man.
Jesus, you'd think there was an earthquake or something recently.
No kidding. How long till the bags of money start flowing into congressional hands quietly, again?
This is the Mickey Mouse Copyright Extension Act all over again.
Well of course congress must help the poor recording industry. If they don't do this how will the RIAA be able to pay congress... I mean donate to their campaign fund... I mean afford to protect the artists. Yeah, that's it. They must have this so that they can afford to protect artists. And by extension the economy and the American way of life. In fact doing this is the patriotic duty of congress.;-)
Some have. For some reason, they rarely turn out to be very good, and some are downright impossible to listen to. For example, if you are at all familiar with Jefferson Starship/Starship, I dare you to listen to this album: http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Hits-Of-The-80s/dp/B000VB9WSO/
First of all, anything they did after changing their name from Jefferson Airplane is downright impossible to listen to . So even the original recordings were awful IMO. But that album was recorded in 2007, so most, if not all, of the songs were recorded 20+ years later. On top of that, I don't think any of the members that were on the 2007 recording were in the band in the 80's, or it was only one member at best. And, no, I won't take that dare.
I'm curious what it would take to lead to another revolution. Are the same people who get pissed off about corporate control of government, the same people who would take up arms to stop it? And would a revolution even change anything, if most citizens' eyes just glaze over on any topic like this?
I've often wondered the same thing, especially as of late. Sadly, I think as long as the majority has 200 channels of shit to watch on television, they will remain placated. Besides, all you have to do is turn on any of the dozen or so "news" channels to understand how wrong you are. Only crazy ass militia types would talk like that.;-)
Just one of the silly things about steam turbines, they're only really efficient enough to be practical when they're really really big (like, 777 or better yet factory-sized).
Um, how may 777's have you been on that used a steam turbine?
Yes, that would certainly calm things down. [/sarcasm]
I'm pretty tired of hearing these riots being referred to as being anything remotely like V for Vendetta. These are young people, disenfranchised people without jobs or educations, robbing stores and beating people up and stealing their stuff. None of them are attacking the government directly for political reasons. They are hurting their own people; it's a social implosion and it's fucking sad.
I totally agree with you. While I certainly don't think V for Vendetta is the new New testament as many seem to, I do find the overall moral of the movie to be interesting. And I found it to be a fairly entertaining movie. However, none of the "protesters" in the end were violent or destructive in any way, this is certainly not what is happening in the UK right now. In fact, as I recall, they mildly addressed that people would take advantage of a situation, but seriously downplayed that fact. The problem is, is that many of these animals that are out looting and burning would probably feel that V for Vendetta would be some kind of justification for their stupidity.
Republicans dont care if Bush started it, in their eyes anything Obama does is bad, even if it is along their beliefs or party lines, or what Fox News said they should do previous to him actually doing it.
You're correct, but that cuts both ways. Allow me to demonstrate:
Democrats dont[sic] care if Clinton started it, in their eyes anything Bush does is bad, even if it is along their beliefs or party lines, or what MSNBC said they should do previous to him actually doing it.
Troll me if you want, but I am tired of this back and forth nitpicky. Get the fuck off your high horse and look at the individual, not the party.
I'd rather not be trolled either, but I too am tired of the back-and-forth bickering. I'm also tired of the feigned outrage and rhetoric that both sides utilize. The Republicans claimed the Democrats were going to kill grandma with death panels during the health care debate. The Dems. thought that was completely over the top. But then during this whole budget debate the Democrats claimed the Republicans were going to kill Granny by pushing her over the cliff because the tea-baggers were going to withhold her her SSI check. They're both full of shit.
Know your history, party centric nations oriented in pride and blind following lead to bad things. You should all know the wars that were fought, and continue to fight where the opposing nation was based on this.
I agree with you that everyone should know their history and where they came from. But the way our supposed leaders are running things, I don't think you even need to understand that far back anymore. What they said when they were campaigning seems more pertinent. Did they vote on bills in the manner you thought they would? If not, vote their ass out regardless of what letter was next to their name. Stop keeping people in office because you think a R looks better than a D next to their name, or vise-versa. Actually listen to what they claim they are going to do. If you believe that their ideals meet yours closer than their opposition then vote for them. If they get into office and don't do what they promised, then vote them out the next time.
We are USA, we are individuals coming together for a common goal, to live free from oppression and tyranny. Yet governanced by the majority (supposed to be). Remember your individuality before you "tow the line".
I fear this is more lip-service than reality these days.
Not really. It's only been trialled on a single type of cancer, but the way it works is effectively teaching the bodies own white blood cells how to target and kill the cancer cells.
I would hardly call it a trial. It was used on only three patients. Two of which it appears to have been an almost unbelievable success and the third had a 70% reduction in cancer cells.
And today apple was down over $10/ share while Exxon was up $.07/ share. And who knows what tomorrow will hold. Perhaps Sharpies will be more valuable than both.;-)
And brake pads have had metal tabs on them that give an audible warning even longer than that. I had a friend that owned a garage and he would see cars that didn't get taken in for repair until the rivets gouged grooves into the rotors. Even thought the brakes were squealing for hundreds of miles.
He showed me two Mercedes on two different occasions that different owners placed electrical tape over the warning indicators rather than take them in to be fixed. One was simply to get the oil changed.
I hope I'm just being pessimistic, but it seems like there has been too much good news about the legal system starting to wise up about this sort of thing lately. I keep expecting to see some kind of backlash in the other direction.
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True, but when I talk to the normal non-government person from China they don't feel the people of the US are out to get them or vice-verse. It truly amazes me how much of a divide there is between the people and the people who are supposed represent them.
Sorry for posting nearly the same thing twice. The first time I posted it disappeared so I thought it didn't go through.
To be clear, I think the Chinese culture is rich and ancient, and that the common, thinking people there feel much the same when they witness their own government's bullshit. It's their political structure and those who populate it that need to die in a fucking fire.
I believe that most of that statement is probably true for the majority of people in the world. I live in the US and know that I certainly feel that way about our gov't. Except for the ancient culture part anyhow.
I know many people from Iran, Cuba, Russia, China, etc. This seems to be a common feeling among most of the people that we are told are evil.
or free energy. Why do people keep looking for ways to power stuff by (inefficiently) robbing it from other places? The last two posted here were shirts that flexed to power gadgets, and roads that had bumps in them to run road lighting.
However you do this, (1) you're going to make something else require more energy, and (2) introducing additional energy loss due to conversion. In this case, if you put some material in the soles to gather mechanical energy it's just going to make your feet a little more tired.
I see something of a relation between this and sales tax... sales taxes are applied to when you're already spending money and it just shaves a little off that doesn't look like it mattered too much. Same thing here, just making your commute a little more tiring with the idea that you won't really notice. Shoe power doesn't create energy any more than sales taxes create money.
This is not necessarily the case. Conventional brakes convert inertia into heat. Regenerative brakes convert it into electricity (and less heat). Most shoes have gel or some other type of material in them to absorb and lessen shock. If these can function in the same way but convert that motion into electricity then no additional energy is needed. So no there is no "free" energy, but there is plenty of energy that is wasted as heat. Besides, some shoe manufacturers are marketing shoes that cause the wearer to exert more energy while simply walking as a health benefit. If you are already running and listening to an mp3 player, wouldn't it be nice to save a couple of bucks a year in electricity and burn more calories too? I didn't RTFA, so I don't know if this is that case, but it's a novel idea.
it's supernova cool.
So not very then?
or free energy. Why do people keep looking for ways to power stuff by (inefficiently) robbing it from other places? The last two posted here were shirts that flexed to power gadgets, and roads that had bumps in them to run road lighting.
However you do this, (1) you're going to make something else require more energy, and (2) introducing additional energy loss due to conversion. In this case, if you put some material in the soles to gather mechanical energy it's just going to make your feet a little more tired.
I see something of a relation between this and sales tax... sales taxes are applied to when you're already spending money and it just shaves a little off that doesn't look like it mattered too much. Same thing here, just making your commute a little more tiring with the idea that you won't really notice. Shoe power doesn't create energy any more than sales taxes create money.
Not in all cases. I didn't RTFA, but if done correctly, no, this may not be as you are claiming. In the case of conventional brakes a lot of inertial energy is thrown away as heat. Regenerative brakes convert this energy into electricity (and considerably less heat). No extra useful energy is lost in this case. Plenty of shoes are designed with gel and other material that lessen the immediate.impact of walking. If some device or material can have this same effect but convert the motion into energy, then no additional energy is needed. It will simply be making use of energy that would otherwise be wasted as heat. Again, I didn't RTFA, so I can't say for sure if this is the case, but if it is, then it seems viable at least. Besides, shoe companies are already selling shoes that make you burn more calories as you walk. I think it's cool that eventually people could do this and use the extra wasted energy to power their mp3 player or other devices.
But that isn't the only reason that iPads are popular. They are popular primarily because THEY ARE NOT LIKE THE COMPUTER YOU FIRST PROGRAMMED IN 6TH GRADE BY CANDLELIGHT WHILE HIKING BAREFOOT UPHILL IN THE DARK.
I don't on an iPad, though I'm considering purchasing one. I'm just having a hard time convincing myself to shell out a couple hundred bucks for what amounts to a toy. It's certainly nothing like the computer I had in 6th grade. It's many many orders of magnitude more powerful that that. Hell, it's high resolution and not monochrome either.
I'm constantly amazed at the angst this device has created amongst the Slashdoterati. You all sound very threatened about a 1 pound device that, according to the hive mind here, can't process it's way out of a recycled paper bag.
Calm down, switch to decaf or something. Take a walk. It's something different, an 'uncomputer', an appliance. It doesn't fortell the end of the universe, it isn't George Orwell's worst nightmare.
It's an "Uncomputer"!?! You sound like a fucking marketer for Apple. And that's my primary problem with Apple. I think they make excellent hardware/software/interfaces. But the rabid way many of their customers act is frankly a turn off for me. Very much like you hive mind statement.
Macs have their strengths and weaknesses. As do Linux and Windows based systems. My company has virtually no non-Mac users, save me. I chose to go with a Windows system. But not because I really care one way or another, mostly to be contrary. My previous company was primary Windows users, so I went with a Linux system for the same reason. The funny thing is, is that many of them sound like an advertisement, similar to your "uncomputer" statement. But they probably have close to 20 times the issues that I do with Win7. I've thought tablets were a pretty good idea for over a decade now.What I find sad is how many people ignored them until the iPad came out. Then I saw people talk about how much they wanted one. But virtually everyone that I spoke to that "had to have one" had absolutely no clue what it even was when I asked them. They just knew they wanted one. This has left me in complete awe of the marketing prowess/reality distortion field of Apple and Steve Jobs. But truly saddened by the complete gullibility of my fellow (wo)man.
Jesus, you'd think there was an earthquake or something recently.
What? You don't have the app for that?
No kidding. How long till the bags of money start flowing into congressional hands quietly, again?
This is the Mickey Mouse Copyright Extension Act all over again.
Well of course congress must help the poor recording industry. If they don't do this how will the RIAA be able to pay congress... I mean donate to their campaign fund... I mean afford to protect the artists. Yeah, that's it. They must have this so that they can afford to protect artists. And by extension the economy and the American way of life. In fact doing this is the patriotic duty of congress. ;-)
Some have. For some reason, they rarely turn out to be very good, and some are downright impossible to listen to. For example, if you are at all familiar with Jefferson Starship/Starship, I dare you to listen to this album: http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Hits-Of-The-80s/dp/B000VB9WSO/
First of all, anything they did after changing their name from Jefferson Airplane is downright impossible to listen to . So even the original recordings were awful IMO. But that album was recorded in 2007, so most, if not all, of the songs were recorded 20+ years later. On top of that, I don't think any of the members that were on the 2007 recording were in the band in the 80's, or it was only one member at best. And, no, I won't take that dare.
The labels can't redefine the meaning retrospectively. Or at least they can't unless they can bribe Congress to do it for them.
Oh, OK, so they can do it then.
I'm curious what it would take to lead to another revolution. Are the same people who get pissed off about corporate control of government, the same people who would take up arms to stop it? And would a revolution even change anything, if most citizens' eyes just glaze over on any topic like this?
I've often wondered the same thing, especially as of late. Sadly, I think as long as the majority has 200 channels of shit to watch on television, they will remain placated. Besides, all you have to do is turn on any of the dozen or so "news" channels to understand how wrong you are. Only crazy ass militia types would talk like that. ;-)
...Al Gore jokes. ;-)
(And yes I know what he said, but the truth still hasn't stopped the jokes)
Just one of the silly things about steam turbines, they're only really efficient enough to be practical when they're really really big (like, 777 or better yet factory-sized).
Um, how may 777's have you been on that used a steam turbine?
I'm pretty tired of hearing these riots being referred to as being anything remotely like V for Vendetta. These are young people, disenfranchised people without jobs or educations, robbing stores and beating people up and stealing their stuff. None of them are attacking the government directly for political reasons. They are hurting their own people; it's a social implosion and it's fucking sad.
I totally agree with you. While I certainly don't think V for Vendetta is the new New testament as many seem to, I do find the overall moral of the movie to be interesting. And I found it to be a fairly entertaining movie. However, none of the "protesters" in the end were violent or destructive in any way, this is certainly not what is happening in the UK right now. In fact, as I recall, they mildly addressed that people would take advantage of a situation, but seriously downplayed that fact. The problem is, is that many of these animals that are out looting and burning would probably feel that V for Vendetta would be some kind of justification for their stupidity.
They need to broadcast V for Vendetta on every TV in the UK.
Yes, that would certainly calm things down. [/sarcasm]
Republicans dont care if Bush started it, in their eyes anything Obama does is bad, even if it is along their beliefs or party lines, or what Fox News said they should do previous to him actually doing it.
You're correct, but that cuts both ways. Allow me to demonstrate:
Democrats dont[sic] care if Clinton started it, in their eyes anything Bush does is bad, even if it is along their beliefs or party lines, or what MSNBC said they should do previous to him actually doing it.
Troll me if you want, but I am tired of this back and forth nitpicky. Get the fuck off your high horse and look at the individual, not the party.
I'd rather not be trolled either, but I too am tired of the back-and-forth bickering. I'm also tired of the feigned outrage and rhetoric that both sides utilize. The Republicans claimed the Democrats were going to kill grandma with death panels during the health care debate. The Dems. thought that was completely over the top. But then during this whole budget debate the Democrats claimed the Republicans were going to kill Granny by pushing her over the cliff because the tea-baggers were going to withhold her her SSI check. They're both full of shit.
Know your history, party centric nations oriented in pride and blind following lead to bad things. You should all know the wars that were fought, and continue to fight where the opposing nation was based on this.
I agree with you that everyone should know their history and where they came from. But the way our supposed leaders are running things, I don't think you even need to understand that far back anymore. What they said when they were campaigning seems more pertinent. Did they vote on bills in the manner you thought they would? If not, vote their ass out regardless of what letter was next to their name. Stop keeping people in office because you think a R looks better than a D next to their name, or vise-versa. Actually listen to what they claim they are going to do. If you believe that their ideals meet yours closer than their opposition then vote for them. If they get into office and don't do what they promised, then vote them out the next time.
We are USA, we are individuals coming together for a common goal, to live free from oppression and tyranny. Yet governanced by the majority (supposed to be). Remember your individuality before you "tow the line".
I fear this is more lip-service than reality these days.
You have heard of the Republican party - right?
There's a reason they're off the meds - its cos the republicans have cut medicare
Strange, I thought GWB was the president who signed Medicare Part D into law. ;-)
Can you imagine jerking it with that thing.
It would certainly give a whole new meaning to the "off" part.
Not really. It's only been trialled on a single type of cancer, but the way it works is effectively teaching the bodies own white blood cells how to target and kill the cancer cells.
I would hardly call it a trial. It was used on only three patients. Two of which it appears to have been an almost unbelievable success and the third had a 70% reduction in cancer cells.
And today apple was down over $10/ share while Exxon was up $.07/ share. And who knows what tomorrow will hold. Perhaps Sharpies will be more valuable than both. ;-)
BMW has had that for over 30 years.
And brake pads have had metal tabs on them that give an audible warning even longer than that. I had a friend that owned a garage and he would see cars that didn't get taken in for repair until the rivets gouged grooves into the rotors. Even thought the brakes were squealing for hundreds of miles.
He showed me two Mercedes on two different occasions that different owners placed electrical tape over the warning indicators rather than take them in to be fixed. One was simply to get the oil changed.
Um, what do you think the S in SAAB stands for?
Something? SAAB:Something Almost Always Broken
I hope I'm just being pessimistic, but it seems like there has been too much good news about the legal system starting to wise up about this sort of thing lately. I keep expecting to see some kind of backlash in the other direction.
Does it the water burn when it gets out the tap?
Only if your faucet has Gonorrhea. ;-)
It's never too late to educate your police force on the fine points of the Constitution.
They might even grow to appreciate it.
Or they may bludgeon you into a coma. It all depends on the venue and the officer in question I suppose.