I'm pretty sure that you cant energize the grid for safety reasons. If everyone was selling excess power, it would be hard to ensure a main line was actually dead. I'd rather not be on the hook for some poor lineman getting fried.
I could see it working with flash based media. Think about it, you go into Blockbuster with your "BlockStick" or whatever they want to call it, you go to the counter, pick your movie, take it home and plug it into your "BlockBox". It would, of course use some heavy DRM. No more media to return and cheap movies. With some hacks, i could see this being used on the PS& or XBox*. It replace scratchy disks and crappy players. I think i would love to be able to do this, especially if they provide me with an app (Linux supported, or course) that would allow me to play it on my computer.
While the rovers have done an excellent job, i wonder how much there is left to do with worn out drills and failing drive wheel motors. No doubt there is a change in priority from doing good science on mars to establishing livable habitats off Earth. Hopefully there will be some good stuff come back from the ISS to justify this change in priorities.
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If i ever discover a NEO, im nameing it 17234 XKCD); DROP TABLE asteroids;
OOps, -1 redundant... maybe i should read the rest of the comments first.
I'm pretty sure that you cant energize the grid for safety reasons. If everyone was selling excess power, it would be hard to ensure a main line was actually dead. I'd rather not be on the hook for some poor lineman getting fried.
How do i become part of this organization? http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/15/0123245 Gotcha.
Finally! A way to find out why I get green and big when I get angry!
the headline would have read "Google shields pedophiles from Brazilian police".
I could see it working with flash based media. Think about it, you go into Blockbuster with your "BlockStick" or whatever they want to call it, you go to the counter, pick your movie, take it home and plug it into your "BlockBox". It would, of course use some heavy DRM. No more media to return and cheap movies. With some hacks, i could see this being used on the PS& or XBox*. It replace scratchy disks and crappy players. I think i would love to be able to do this, especially if they provide me with an app (Linux supported, or course) that would allow me to play it on my computer.
one word: w00t!! I agree with parent BTW.
While the rovers have done an excellent job, i wonder how much there is left to do with worn out drills and failing drive wheel motors. No doubt there is a change in priority from doing good science on mars to establishing livable habitats off Earth. Hopefully there will be some good stuff come back from the ISS to justify this change in priorities.