This sounds like a great idea if it works, but surely producing concrete is a far from 'green' process. I wonder how long the concrete has to be in place to neutralise the polluting effect of manufacturing it in the first place.
One of the best exercise thingies ever is the Bullworker. I've had one for around 30 years and it (and me) are both still going strong. It takes about 10 minutes a day, you can do it at home in privacy. Great invention!
But what comes next?
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NASA has accomplished some trult amazing feats during the last 50 years, the pinnacle surely being the moon landing of Apollo 11, which I remember watching as an awe-struck 13 year old. But where does it go from here? With many countries now seriously into spaceflight and a burgeoning private sector (Virgin Galactic et al) it's hard to see how NASA will stand out as it has done previously. However in a much more space-focussed world, NASA's vast experience should allow it to take the lead heading-up collaborative ventures with other space-faring nations, particularly for the 'Big One', a manned trip to Mars. A firm commitment to this within a set timescale could re-ignite the public's interest in space exploration like the Moon landings of the early 70s did.
A humanoid robot that looked like me would be great, not just 'cos it looks like me (poor thing!), but I could send it to work and stay at home all day reading/. Oh, hang on, I do that anyway. Oh well!
This comment is nothing to do with the Tsunami, but then neither are most of the others, so I'll risk going Offtopic. Firstly, (I'm a Brit by the way)/. is US-centric and as it is American I guess that's fair enough, but as some 40% of/.ers are not, I think a bit of international understanding is called for to stop all this bickering. We all like the same thing (/.) after all. Secondly, re measurement, the article, based largely on contemporaneous accounts, used Imperial measures, not metric, so learn to live with it. I grew up with metric and imperial measures and am fortunate enough to be able to switch between them quite easily, and even use them together which can be confusing! Nasa, on the other hand...
So my article was the same as someone elses. Who cares! We almost certainly posted this item simultaneously and two different authors picked up on them. Yes the front page could have been checked better, but I can be sloppy, you're probably sloppy sometimes and the Guys at/. are surely allowed to be a bit sloppy sometimes too. Come on, they do a great site...cut them a bit of slack. Smivs.
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This sounds like a great idea if it works, but surely producing concrete is a far from 'green' process. I wonder how long the concrete has to be in place to neutralise the polluting effect of manufacturing it in the first place.
No Gates, now no more Windows. Can someone please show Microsoft the Door!
Someone should have come up with a workaround to overcome the bugs in this non standards-compliant rockface.
If Mars is anything like here, they probably found some trash dumped....an old tin can, an 'Earth Bar' wrapper............
One of the best exercise thingies ever is the
Bullworker.
I've had one for around 30 years and it (and me) are both still going strong. It takes about 10 minutes a day, you can do it at home in privacy.
Great invention!
NASA has accomplished some trult amazing feats during the last 50 years, the pinnacle surely being the moon landing of Apollo 11, which I remember watching as an awe-struck 13 year old. But where does it go from here?
With many countries now seriously into spaceflight and a burgeoning private sector (Virgin Galactic et al) it's hard to see how NASA will stand out as it has done previously.
However in a much more space-focussed world, NASA's vast experience should allow it to take the lead heading-up collaborative ventures with other space-faring nations, particularly for the 'Big One', a manned trip to Mars. A firm commitment to this within a set timescale could re-ignite the public's interest in space exploration like the Moon landings of the early 70s did.
Just wondering if pirated copies of The Dark Knight would look best using TDK media?
Well it might be a good search engine, but it's not imune from slashdotting...it was down when I tried it.
A humanoid robot that looked like me would be great, not just 'cos it looks like me (poor thing!), but I could send it to work and stay at home all day reading /.
Oh, hang on, I do that anyway. Oh well!
This is old news. I submitted a piece about these on 15th May!
Here is a link to the article in question.
Te Papa museum in New Zealand recently did a live webcast of a Collosal Squid dissection. Details and pics can be found at
their blog
This comment is nothing to do with the Tsunami, but then neither are most of the others, so I'll risk going Offtopic. /. is US-centric and as it is American I guess that's fair enough, but as some 40% of /.ers are not, I think a bit of international understanding is called for to stop all this bickering. We all like the same thing (/.) after all.
Firstly, (I'm a Brit by the way)
Secondly, re measurement, the article, based largely on contemporaneous accounts, used Imperial measures, not metric, so learn to live with it. I grew up with metric and imperial measures and am fortunate enough to be able to switch between them quite easily, and even use them together which can be confusing!
Nasa, on the other hand...
Good for the Mars lander. It sounds much more reliable than my computer's version of XP which 'dies' whenever I right-click and try to 'send to'.
I can quite believe that my wife has been talking for 530,000 years, and is showing no sign of stopping yet!
Didn't anyone pay heed to the warnings of mixing water and electricity?
Zip
Pee
Zap!
Aaaargh.......
So my article was the same as someone elses. Who cares! We almost certainly posted this item simultaneously and two different authors picked up on them. Yes the front page could have been checked better, but I can be sloppy, you're probably sloppy sometimes and the Guys at /. are surely allowed to be a bit sloppy sometimes too. Come on, they do a great site...cut them a bit of slack. Smivs.