Yes, hydrogen is a fuel. You burn it with oxygen and you get heat. Anything that you can burn to get heat is a fuel. That's the very definition of fuel.
Hydrogen is merely a "cool" idea for porkbelly projects. As a non-naturally ocurring fuel, it is a non-starter.
Are you suggesting it's a non-starter because it's "non-naturally ocurring" [sic]? Because it might surprise you to learn that the petrol you put in your car isn't naturally occuring either. It takes not insignificant effort to turn crude oil into petrol.
Wake up folks; water is the most stable chemical form of hydrogen and oxygen. Breaking water to form hydrogen is an inefficient (wasteful) process.
I'm sure all the scientists working on hydrogen technologies will be shocked with your revelation. I bet they didn't even realise that water was a stable chemical form of hydrogen and oxygen. You should rush out and tell everybody before they waste their time.
It takes MORE energy to get the hydrogen-oxygen bonds to release than you get back when you recombine them through burning.
It takes exactly the same amount of energy to break the bonds as you receive back when they recombine. Otherwise you would violate the law of conservation of energy.
In the last two sections of that website, he points out a large number of reasons why the Universe must be the way it is for life to exist, with the belief that things are that way because God designed it to be so.
The puddle observes the hole that contains it and remarks upon the perfect fit, "This hole was obviously designed by an intelligent being, because it is far too perfect a fit of my shape for it to be mere chance".
The other puddles point and laugh at the dumb ID-believing puddle.
A number of people have already commented that this is a dumb marketing move - announcing "a better product coming out Real Soon now" - because at least some purchasers will wait rather than buy the first generation and get an inferior product.
This marketing mistake has a name; The Osborne Effect. Apparently an urban legend but never the less a good one, it describes how a similar announcement crippled Osborne Computers in the 1980s. Nice to know that even 20 years later, Microsoft is still copying ideas from competitors <g>.
Another example, recently one TV station, the Special Broadcasting Service (specializes in non-English programming) ran an ad that went something like this: "SBS wishes to advise viewers that the coming season of movies contains adult themes, sex scenes, violence, horror, coarse language, drug use, and nudity. So there's something for everyone". Truly special...
Everybody in Australia already knows what I'm about to say...
SBS gets the rights to show a lot of football - that's the proper football where the final scores are single digits - and in light of the frequent raunchy movies the acronym SBS is often described as Sex Before Soccer.
Cover the whole bottom of the shuttle with a metal shield, to protect the tiles during takeoff and in orbit. The shield will burn away during reentry to expose the undamaged heat tiles.
Funny. You're forgetting that Apple makes cool industial strength software AND hardware, and the gestalt of the two is greater than the whole.
No, I'm not "forgetting" that at all, seeing as I myself use a PowerBook.
However I also know that most people aren't like you or me, and they would happily pay $10 for a polished turd instead of paying $20 for a work of art, because the $10 turd "is a real bargain".
LOL!
That's funny.
You won't be able to legally (or in a supported fashion) run Mac OS X on anything but Apple-branded hardware.
Yeah, because we all know that nobody ever runs pirated software./rolleyes
So it's FAR more likely that in order to run Mac OS X, people will buy a Mac. You know, like they do today and have been doing for over 21 years (and over four years for Mac OS X).
You've been drinking too much of the Koolaid. More pirates will run MacOS under Windows than people legally running MacOS on Apple hardware. That's my prediction. You apparently disagree. We'll see who's right in a few years.
but what will really be great is when someone makes a Virtual PC- or vmware-like product (perhaps even one of those products themselves) that is a virtual machine that runs under Mac OS X that allows running essentially any x86 OS at near-full speed, side by side with Mac OS X, without having to reboot.
Your scenario requires people to buy Apple x86 hardware to run legal copies of MacOS X for Intel. It's far more likely that people will run MacOS X under a VM on Windows or Linux and avoid the Apple Tax.
Einstein did not disprove Newtonian mechanics. He showed they work only in a limited (but very broad) range of physical situations, and showed how to extend physics beyond that case.
Incorrect. Newtonian physics are indeed incorrect for all "range(s) of physical situations" except when the mass is at rest. It's just that the error is so low that you can't easily tell.
The team, from Harvard University, US, discovered that closely related species living in the same geographical space displayed unusually distinct wing markings.
These wing colours apparently evolved as a sort of "team strip", allowing butterflies to easily identify the species of a potential mate.
Hrm. I watched Mississippi Burning last night and one thing that struck me dumbfounded was the irrational hatred towards blacks shown by the white protagonists in the film.
That article makes me wonder whether racial hatred is in part inspired by this "team strip" concept in the butterflies. In other words, the white protagonists are acting on their animal instincts to use "reinforcement" (as the article calls it) to encourage speciation.
I'm aware there are countless other factors involved in racial bigotry, including the fact that the white supremacists are a bunch of pathetic losers, but I'm always interested in scientific rationales for seemingly irrational behaviour.
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OK, so i'm an apple fanboi, but one with some perspective i'd like to think. But, I'm fed up with Apple advertising machines with too little RAM as standard, combo drives instead of SuperDrives as standard,
I chose the standard configuration; no extra RAM, no wifi, and the combo drive. The machine runs just fine with 256MB, I have no wireless network, and I have no need to burn DVDs.
What's the point of my post? That what's best for you isn't necessarily what's best for the rest of us. Apple is doing the right thing by having bare-bone entry level computers for people like me and options for people like you.
You are exactly right.... so for all you out there who hate Apple you should think about this:
Where does this Apple Martyr Syndrome come from? I don't think many people hate Apple. I think most of us recognise that they're a nifty company that launched the PC industry with the Apple II. They make some decent products and 25+ years of continued success is proof that they're doing something right.
Now Apple users, damn I hate you guys. You lot can all go to hell.
The National bank is doing it. You have to call them up to get it enabled. Instructions are on the front page of their website. I've had it turned on for about a month. Works great.
Why can't US (and Australian) banks just issue these card reader/token devices? It satisfies the requirements of user authentication.
- Something you know (your PIN)
- Something you have (card + device)
Australian banks have started sending one-time passwords via SMS to your mobile phone. You must type the 8 digit code from the SMS into a text field before the transaction is completed.
Not so much for the OS, which I think is highly overrated, but for the hardware. The hardware is also highly overrated, but it looks far nicer than and costs roughly the same as the equivalents from Sony, Dell, Toshiba, etc.
Each human is a unique ecosystem; what makes one person feel good doesn't always work for another.
Uh huh... you're one of those unique snowflakes I guess.
For me, eating a "big healthy breakfast" makes me feel sick to my stomach for three hours;
Similarly, when I had to be at work at 7:00 am, I "lost" an extra hour of time, because it took me two hours to wake up enough to feel stable, and then I was groggy until 9:00.
You feel sick when you eat food, and you take 2 hours to wakeup, and you think that's NORMAL?!?
Keep fooling yourself kid. Eventually your body will catch up with you.
How true this is. I know, for myself, if you want me to work at 9am, you will not get the same productivity as if you let me work at 9pm. I was a night owl in highschool, a night owl in college, and I still am one today.
Nobody is naturally a "night owl". You are a human, you are supposed to be awake during the day and asleep at night. The fact that you your brain wasn't active until after lunch suggests that there is something very wrong with you. Here are some suggestions:
Eat breakfast. A big breakfast, full of carbs and frucrose. That means toast, cereal, juice, fruit, yoghurt. Your body has just come out of 8+ hours of torpor and is literally STARVING. If you're not eating until lunchtime then your body will remain in torpor.
Stop drinking coffee. Your body is not able to cope with daily doses of caffeine. Have coffee once a week, around lunchtime, as a special treat. Don't have it every single day. Especially don't have it in the morning; it's hiding real problems with your sleep patterns.
Start going to sleep at a reasonable time. 9pm is the right time to go to sleep. That gives you nine hours sleep and you're up at 6am, ready for a new day. You've got a PVR, right? So there's no reason to stay up late. As a bonus, you'll save on electricity for lighting.
You might be suffering sleep apnoea. Get yourself tested. You should NOT be feeling sleepy when you wakeup. You should be feeling refreshed. If you have bags under your eyes then SOMETHING IS WRONG. You are not getting the proper amount of REM sleep.
For years I used to kid myself that I was a "night owl". Then one day I realised I was being stupid - human physiology isn't designed to work at night, and no amount of bullshit can override genetics - so I started sleeping proper hours. It has made a huge difference. I'm up at 6am, at work by 8am, and home by 4pm. I don't feel tired during the day. I don't drink coffee. I'm full of energy and mentally active at all hours.
How about just moving a window around? You get nice, smooth motion, without seeing stuff being redrawn and such. Compared to OSX, both Linux and Windows are in the stone ages.
You can get the "nice smooth motion, without seeing stuff being redrawn" on Linux as well. Just install xserver-xorg, enable the Composite and Damage extensions, and run xcompmgr in your login script. Voila, smooth motion, no redraws.
Some of the distros have already packaged this up, so these "difficult" instructions are just a means of explanation.
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That doesn't change the fact that your original statement was wrong.
A big man would just admit it.
Uhh, no he won't. Nobody is stupid enough to throw a new console out the window because it won't play an old game. The 360 won't be cheap.
And what person is going to buy a brand new 360, rip it out of the box, and run an old game on it? They'll want to play a 360 launch title.
Moderators modded you up, but I've no idea why because your argument is ludicrous.
Yes, hydrogen is a fuel. You burn it with oxygen and you get heat. Anything that you can burn to get heat is a fuel. That's the very definition of fuel.
Are you suggesting it's a non-starter because it's "non-naturally ocurring" [sic]? Because it might surprise you to learn that the petrol you put in your car isn't naturally occuring either. It takes not insignificant effort to turn crude oil into petrol.
I'm sure all the scientists working on hydrogen technologies will be shocked with your revelation. I bet they didn't even realise that water was a stable chemical form of hydrogen and oxygen. You should rush out and tell everybody before they waste their time.
It takes exactly the same amount of energy to break the bonds as you receive back when they recombine. Otherwise you would violate the law of conservation of energy.
The puddle observes the hole that contains it and remarks upon the perfect fit, "This hole was obviously designed by an intelligent being, because it is far too perfect a fit of my shape for it to be mere chance".
The other puddles point and laugh at the dumb ID-believing puddle.
The price is fine. I wish they'd do something about the users. They make Amiga users look calm and restrained by comparison!
A number of people have already commented that this is a dumb marketing move - announcing "a better product coming out Real Soon now" - because at least some purchasers will wait rather than buy the first generation and get an inferior product.
This marketing mistake has a name; The Osborne Effect. Apparently an urban legend but never the less a good one, it describes how a similar announcement crippled Osborne Computers in the 1980s. Nice to know that even 20 years later, Microsoft is still copying ideas from competitors <g>.
Cisco. Duh.
Everybody in Australia already knows what I'm about to say...
SBS gets the rights to show a lot of football - that's the proper football where the final scores are single digits - and in light of the frequent raunchy movies the acronym SBS is often described as Sex Before Soccer.
Cover the whole bottom of the shuttle with a metal shield, to protect the tiles during takeoff and in orbit. The shield will burn away during reentry to expose the undamaged heat tiles.
No, I'm not "forgetting" that at all, seeing as I myself use a PowerBook.
However I also know that most people aren't like you or me, and they would happily pay $10 for a polished turd instead of paying $20 for a work of art, because the $10 turd "is a real bargain".
You know I'm right.
Yeah, because we all know that nobody ever runs pirated software. /rolleyes
You've been drinking too much of the Koolaid. More pirates will run MacOS under Windows than people legally running MacOS on Apple hardware. That's my prediction. You apparently disagree. We'll see who's right in a few years.
Your scenario requires people to buy Apple x86 hardware to run legal copies of MacOS X for Intel. It's far more likely that people will run MacOS X under a VM on Windows or Linux and avoid the Apple Tax.
PS: or something Xen like.
Incorrect. Newtonian physics are indeed incorrect for all "range(s) of physical situations" except when the mass is at rest. It's just that the error is so low that you can't easily tell.
Hrm. I watched Mississippi Burning last night and one thing that struck me dumbfounded was the irrational hatred towards blacks shown by the white protagonists in the film.
That article makes me wonder whether racial hatred is in part inspired by this "team strip" concept in the butterflies. In other words, the white protagonists are acting on their animal instincts to use "reinforcement" (as the article calls it) to encourage speciation.
I'm aware there are countless other factors involved in racial bigotry, including the fact that the white supremacists are a bunch of pathetic losers, but I'm always interested in scientific rationales for seemingly irrational behaviour.
I chose the standard configuration; no extra RAM, no wifi, and the combo drive. The machine runs just fine with 256MB, I have no wireless network, and I have no need to burn DVDs.
What's the point of my post? That what's best for you isn't necessarily what's best for the rest of us. Apple is doing the right thing by having bare-bone entry level computers for people like me and options for people like you.
Where does this Apple Martyr Syndrome come from? I don't think many people hate Apple. I think most of us recognise that they're a nifty company that launched the PC industry with the Apple II. They make some decent products and 25+ years of continued success is proof that they're doing something right.
Now Apple users, damn I hate you guys. You lot can all go to hell.
What next? Drive-by readings? Reading while under the influence? Reading with intent to edumacate?
I can't even imagine the extent of brain damage the lawyers must have to invent "unlawful reading".
The National bank is doing it. You have to call them up to get it enabled. Instructions are on the front page of their website. I've had it turned on for about a month. Works great.
Australian banks have started sending one-time passwords via SMS to your mobile phone. You must type the 8 digit code from the SMS into a text field before the transaction is completed.
Not so much for the OS, which I think is highly overrated, but for the hardware. The hardware is also highly overrated, but it looks far nicer than and costs roughly the same as the equivalents from Sony, Dell, Toshiba, etc.
Uh huh... you're one of those unique snowflakes I guess.
You feel sick when you eat food, and you take 2 hours to wakeup, and you think that's NORMAL?!?
Keep fooling yourself kid. Eventually your body will catch up with you.
Nobody is naturally a "night owl". You are a human, you are supposed to be awake during the day and asleep at night. The fact that you your brain wasn't active until after lunch suggests that there is something very wrong with you. Here are some suggestions:
For years I used to kid myself that I was a "night owl". Then one day I realised I was being stupid - human physiology isn't designed to work at night, and no amount of bullshit can override genetics - so I started sleeping proper hours. It has made a huge difference. I'm up at 6am, at work by 8am, and home by 4pm. I don't feel tired during the day. I don't drink coffee. I'm full of energy and mentally active at all hours.
You can get the "nice smooth motion, without seeing stuff being redrawn" on Linux as well. Just install xserver-xorg, enable the Composite and Damage extensions, and run xcompmgr in your login script. Voila, smooth motion, no redraws.
Some of the distros have already packaged this up, so these "difficult" instructions are just a means of explanation.
Yeow!