I'd love to agree with you, but if african companies mass produce generic AIDS drugs, there's not exactly a motivation to research new ones.
I'm guessing that a poor african isn't going to make much difference to a pharmaceutical's bottom line, but if generics are made in one part of the world, it's just a matter of time before they flow back to the west.
Funny you should ask that. They don't get sick because by and large the dishes ARE clean.
If no when you wash, they certainly are when you next cook at around 100 degrees C;)
Plates harbour next to no germs, if your worried about that I suggest you move into a bubble. Then again, your probably not worried because you used a dirty computer mouse to post your comment...
Uhhh, while I agree that a lot of the america-bashing is pathetic, you can't honestly claim that the invective against "old europe" that poured out in the lead up to the second gulf war was anything but mean-spirited.
You say 60% peak hydrogen->energy. That generous but I'll run with it. Electrolysis is not and will not be more than 50% efficient. We're looking at a round trip of about 25%. Yikes, we'd be better off using a big battery! Which, as an added bonus is not a large drum filled with a highly compressed and volatile gas.
Sorry folks, unless fusion is so amazing that we can throw away 75% of the energy produced to let the masses drive cars, the days of the automobile are numbered....
f push comes to shove, many donaters would not volunteer
The converse of this is also true. Not everyone has the time to volunteer, many do important jobs that allow very little free time. These people are important contributors to society and should be free to influence the political process if they wish. Like it or not, politics costs money. Advertising is only a part of it. A political party has to pay for:
-office space and costs -staff -advertising -legal advice -auditing etc.
Smaller parties such as the greens would be royally screwed because without having elected reps they get none of the resources afforded to the major parties.
For a really healthy democracy, you'd need to get rid of political donations completely.
I'm not sure I agree.
A lot of people sit back and talk a lot, but when push comes to shove, they are unwilling to make a personal sacrifice to realise their ideals. Donations are a measurable way for someone who really cares to do more than just cast a ballot. Obviously there need to be caps on how much influence a rich business man can have, but that's just a matter of drawing the line in a sensible place.
Agreed, and a miserable time was had by those who lived through it.
I'm not saying everyone is going to die. However some of the more exciting possibilities of global warming include: -the gulf stream switching off (it's what makes the temperature in western europe different to siberia) -the sea level rising and covering low lying land -increased frequency and intensity of storms -more droughts etc. etc.
I'm not claiming all these are going to happen, but nobody can deny that all these possibilities are VERY, VERY serious. It's absolutely reprehensible for politicians to give the benefit of the doubt to special interest groups (coal and oil companies) rather than the general consensus of scientists worldwide.
And don't reply by saying "kyoto is designed to hamstring the US economy". If the US government is serious about climate change but doesn't like kyoto, where is their alternative proposal?
Throwing a couple of billion at hydrogen over the next few years doesn't count. Hydrogen won't solve anything because it's an energy storage medium rather than source, and not a very efficient one at that.
I always hang my clothes out to dry. I have a colony of bats living in the trees above me. Can't remember the last time I had to re-wash (horror!) a shirt...
Similarly you might argue it's a waste of electricity to use a dishwasher especially if you don't set it on economy mode, but it's a much safer way to wash dishes because the heat gets strong enough to kill bacteria.
What is the hysteria over a few bacteria? I rinse my plates in cold water without soap until they look clean. They ARE clean! If there's lots of grease, I use hot water and detergent if that doesn't work. And you know what? I never get sick, and I use fuck all energy, way less water AND I don't pump the rivers full of detergents. Don't try and justify your wasteful, lazy habits with some half-cocked health fear.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that Newton's theory was incorrect. e.g. Astronomers at the time found that the planets weren't quite where they were supposed to be. It was a good approximation but not accurate enough to land a probe on mars.
I agree that Howard is one of the most cynical, lying, and manipulative politicians in living memory. For this reason alone the liberal party will NEVER recieve my vote as long as he remains leader.
Sadly, Mr Latham doesn't seem like a big improvement. Government intervention in personal lives seems a big part of his platform, as does harping on about "ladders of opportunity". Come on, Mr Latham, policy detail and not empty rhetoric PLEASE!
Man sues white pages for listing his name and phone number. WTF!
I realise your joking, but if I asked them not to list it (silent number) number and they listed it anyway, I would consider suing.
Obviously google is a different ball game, but Scientology using the DMCA to de-list xenu.net has set a dangerous precedent. Perhaps in future search engines will have teams of workers responding to complaints and de-listing libelous pages?
Ever seen a goldfish freeze in a pond over a cold winter? You can look through the ice and see dozens of fish frozen with stupid looking expressions of surprise...
I live in university rezzies, but we're away from the main campus so the only internet options are ADSL or dialup. I'd like to share my ADSL plan with other students without running cables, but am sure that if I declare open slather, everyone will leech until there's no bandwidth left... Looking over the specs, it seems the minitar might be meaty enough to run some sort of quota system? I'd rather not have a desktop running 24/7 just to share an internet connection...
Anyone think this is possible? The a$100 price point is about right...
I used to watch it religiously when I was 10. For those that remember, one of the main characters was a buddhist monk. I found myself strangely attracted to this feminine monk, but did my best to repress the thoughts. I was greatly relieved when I found out a few years later that the character was, in fact played by a woman and a great many other young boys had had the seem crisis of masculine identity.;)
Have the slashdot trolls gone on strike today? 74 Posts and counting and not one person has dissed religion... CmdrTaco (troll) would be very dissapointed in all of you... Think page-views, stupid.
Lacking something to do, I join the #gnaa on efnet. Below is the subject:
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Some dick is hosting the template to allow others to quickly cut and paste into a post window...
I looked through the server and found that his email address is:
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Slashdot Mirror
I'd love to agree with you, but if african companies mass produce generic AIDS drugs, there's not exactly a motivation to research new ones.
I'm guessing that a poor african isn't going to make much difference to a pharmaceutical's bottom line, but if generics are made in one part of the world, it's just a matter of time before they flow back to the west.
Funny you should ask that. They don't get sick because by and large the dishes ARE clean.
;)
If no when you wash, they certainly are when you next cook at around 100 degrees C
Plates harbour next to no germs, if your worried about that I suggest you move into a bubble.
Then again, your probably not worried because you used a dirty computer mouse to post your comment...
Hehe, though sadly, I think that if we were alive in 100 years we would BE the environmental problem ;)
Uhhh, while I agree that a lot of the america-bashing is pathetic, you can't honestly claim that the invective against "old europe" that poured out in the lead up to the second gulf war was anything but mean-spirited.
Amen.
You say 60% peak hydrogen->energy. That generous but I'll run with it.
Electrolysis is not and will not be more than 50% efficient. We're looking at a round trip of about 25%. Yikes, we'd be better off using a big battery!
Which, as an added bonus is not a large drum filled with a highly compressed and volatile gas.
Sorry folks, unless fusion is so amazing that we can throw away 75% of the energy produced to let the masses drive cars, the days of the automobile are numbered....
f push comes to shove, many donaters would not volunteer
The converse of this is also true.
Not everyone has the time to volunteer, many do important jobs that allow very little free time. These people are important contributors to society and should be free to influence the political process if they wish.
Like it or not, politics costs money. Advertising is only a part of it. A political party has to pay for:
-office space and costs
-staff
-advertising
-legal advice
-auditing etc.
Smaller parties such as the greens would be royally screwed because without having elected reps they get none of the resources afforded to the major parties.
For a really healthy democracy, you'd need to get rid of political donations completely.
I'm not sure I agree.
A lot of people sit back and talk a lot, but when push comes to shove, they are unwilling to make a personal sacrifice to realise their ideals.
Donations are a measurable way for someone who really cares to do more than just cast a ballot.
Obviously there need to be caps on how much influence a rich business man can have, but that's just a matter of drawing the line in a sensible place.
IMHO, companies are another matter entirely.
Agreed, and a miserable time was had by those who lived through it.
I'm not saying everyone is going to die. However some of the more exciting possibilities of global warming include:
-the gulf stream switching off (it's what makes the temperature in western europe different to siberia)
-the sea level rising and covering low lying land -increased frequency and intensity of storms
-more droughts etc. etc.
I'm not claiming all these are going to happen, but nobody can deny that all these possibilities are VERY, VERY serious.
It's absolutely reprehensible for politicians to give the benefit of the doubt to special interest groups (coal and oil companies) rather than the general consensus of scientists worldwide.
And don't reply by saying "kyoto is designed to hamstring the US economy". If the US government is serious about climate change but doesn't like kyoto, where is their alternative proposal?
Throwing a couple of billion at hydrogen over the next few years doesn't count. Hydrogen won't solve anything because it's an energy storage medium rather than source, and not a very efficient one at that.
Kyoto treaty won't do anything to help global warming (if such a thing exists, it can't be proven 100%..)
Christ. What standards of proof do you need when your gambling with the EARTH??
Risk = Consequences * Probability
I always hang my clothes out to dry. I have a colony of bats living in the trees above me. Can't remember the last time I had to re-wash (horror!) a shirt...
Similarly you might argue it's a waste of electricity to use a dishwasher especially if you don't set it on economy mode, but it's a much safer way to wash dishes because the heat gets strong enough to kill bacteria.
What is the hysteria over a few bacteria? I rinse my plates in cold water without soap until they look clean. They ARE clean!
If there's lots of grease, I use hot water and detergent if that doesn't work.
And you know what? I never get sick, and I use fuck all energy, way less water AND I don't pump the rivers full of detergents.
Don't try and justify your wasteful, lazy habits with some half-cocked health fear.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that Newton's theory was incorrect.
e.g. Astronomers at the time found that the planets weren't quite where they were supposed to be. It was a good approximation but not accurate enough to land a probe on mars.
(slightly offtopic)
Howard is a fucking idiot. Vote latham!M
I agree that Howard is one of the most cynical, lying, and manipulative politicians in living memory. For this reason alone the liberal party will NEVER recieve my vote as long as he remains leader.
Sadly, Mr Latham doesn't seem like a big improvement.
Government intervention in personal lives seems a big part of his platform, as does harping on about "ladders of opportunity". Come on, Mr Latham, policy detail and not empty rhetoric PLEASE!
There are two types of people:
Those who generalise, and those who don't.
Man sues white pages for listing his name and phone number. WTF!
I realise your joking, but if I asked them not to list it (silent number) number and they listed it anyway, I would consider suing.
Obviously google is a different ball game, but Scientology using the DMCA to de-list xenu.net has set a dangerous precedent.
Perhaps in future search engines will have teams of workers responding to complaints and de-listing libelous pages?
Think petty, think grammer nazi, think slashdot.
Ever seen a goldfish freeze in a pond over a cold winter? You can look through the ice and see dozens of fish frozen with stupid looking expressions of surprise...
Shit,
:(
Reading that page again, it says that it's got 8mb of RAM rather than ROM. 1mb ROM doesn't sound like enough to do anything cool
I live in university rezzies, but we're away from the main campus so the only internet options are ADSL or dialup.
I'd like to share my ADSL plan with other students without running cables, but am sure that if I declare open slather, everyone will leech until there's no bandwidth left...
Looking over the specs, it seems the minitar might be meaty enough to run some sort of quota system?
I'd rather not have a desktop running 24/7 just to share an internet connection...
Anyone think this is possible? The a$100 price point is about right...
I used to watch it religiously when I was 10. For those that remember, one of the main characters was a buddhist monk. I found myself strangely attracted to this feminine monk, but did my best to repress the thoughts. ;)
I was greatly relieved when I found out a few years later that the character was, in fact played by a woman and a great many other young boys had had the seem crisis of masculine identity.
The vitriol in this thread is pathetic. Are (both of you) so unsure of your opinion that you have to abuse others that question it?
that said, i'd like a straight answer to this question:
The rationale for invading iraq could be used to justify the invasion of a number of other countries. In two words; why iraq?
Have the slashdot trolls gone on strike today? 74 Posts and counting and not one person has dissed religion... ... Think page-views, stupid.
CmdrTaco (troll) would be very dissapointed in all of you
shut the fuck up.
Listen up!
Lacking something to do, I join the #gnaa on efnet. Below is the subject:
* Now talking in #gnaa
* Topic is 'GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA - official GNAA template @ http://216.82.101.38/~timecop/gnaa-troll.txt'
* Set by JesuitX!~Snak@h-66-134-52-222.LSANCA54.covad.net on Mon Jul 14 10:08:34
Some dick is hosting the template to allow others to quickly cut and paste into a post window...
I looked through the server and found that his email address is:
timecop@japan.co.jp
I also suggest that everybody mirror
http://pepper.idge.net
and
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/linux/timecop
Now go forth and slashdot him! (or at least use up all his bandwidth quota)
... the Recording Industry Association of America was widely condemned by popular geek discussion forum Slashdot.org for its practice of offering illegal mp3 downloads and then prosecuting takers.