Fusion drive, ion drive, chemical, blending down hamsters and spewing them out the exhaust, I don't really care! Whatever we use, let's just get out there and colonize some damn rock!
(sorry for the wildly irrational rant, but this is how this issue makes me feel)
Well yeah. "Correlation doesn't imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing: 'look over there'."
Here's a link (paywall) to the research paper and a free preprint, if anyone cares to read. These *** news sites are never able to publish a link to the original paper.
Graphene is a single sheet of carbon -> this material starts off as graphite, and ends up as graphite. Despite the fancy processing and techniques they have devised, the sample is the thickness of paper, not the thickness of a monolayer of carbon atoms.
The thing here is that the graphene layers are interconnected by covalent bonds. This improves the mechanical properties because the graphene planes can not slip and slide on each other as a result of strain on the sample.
As somebody working with graphene and having read the paper; IMHO this can be improved even further by improving the micro-structure of the material (less defects). Less defects could prolly be achieved by annealing at a higher temperature (in vacuum or argon). Also irradiation with high energy ions could be useful in improving the interlocking of the graphene layers.
Of course higher annealing temperature would make the material more expensive.
"We don't learn science by doing science, we learn science by reading and memorizing. The same way we learn history.
The school where science is taught by memorizing and not understanding is a very very sad place.
First and foremost, the biggest difference between science and faith is that science can be understood, whereas things of faith are,... well just faith. You may not understand it, your neighbor may not understand it, but there is the possibility and potential for understanding. Work hard enough, be smart enough and you can learn the secrets of Nature.
While I agree with what the article is trying to say, it is quite misleading in the things it implies.
This is all fascinating. I even listened in to one of his lectures and things like Diaspora have always been appealing to me. However, what he actually proposes is changing the very topology of the net, changing the whole client server relationship and buildup, which kind of "evolved" as the internet grew. If this structure, topology can be changed in a... more peer to peer oriented fashion it would be an accomplishment equal to creating the internet itself. This gets those geek nerves pulsing doesn't it?
that, this whole bickering has a negative effect on the willingness of potential leak sources to actually leak information. I sincerely hope this war of egos will not escalate any further.
It's also worth mentioning here that science and technology has some "Tahrir square moments", that nobody expects. The paradigm shifts and disruptive technologies. 20th century physics and technology is full of these moments. These have the strength to break through the "lock-in". Oh and most of the disruptive ideas etc. have come from the "developed world" of the day. Quantum mechanics and internet? Come on Neal, gimme a break.
Just another example, regarding the "globalization effect" he's talking about: Thorium based reactors that the US doesn't give a rat's ass about, but may well play a major part in solving the energy crysis and how China is thinking about building them.
I'd definitely eat it:) I think an end product wouldn't differ much (from a taste and texture point of view) from a McDonald's chicken nugget with how highly processed that stuff is.
One question though. In order to get the texture right (not a chicken nugget, but a side of steak) wouldn't you need to somehow exercise the muscle tissue? Subject it to some kind of mechanical stress? This would seem to be an important part of the development of the tissue, with the cows moving about for a large part of their life (or just standing if in a factory farm).
And about the "yuck factor". Try killing, gutting and skinning your own meat:) I used to watch my grandfather skin and gut a rabbit, the smell alone was hardly tolerable.
First AlJazeera and now NYT. IF they implement these things well and IF this catches on, this could be the biggest contribution Wikileaks has made to the World. Those are big ifs and the devil is in the details, but one can be hopeful.
... but this way we can just fork Oracle and move on.
They didn't actually fork Oracle, they forked the office suite project. Although, I kinda wish we could just "fork" Oracle (in the a**) and move on. If you know what I mean;)
Would everyone just stop for a moment. If something is a glass (is in a glassy, amorphous state) it only means that it lacks long range crystallographic order. IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT TO BE A GLASS!! For example glassy metals.
Not only that, but you could give about 7 IPs to every atom in the body of every human alive on Earth!
Taking the number of stars in the observable Universe, each star could get about a quadrillion IP addresses. So yeah, there's plenty of IPs for your toaster:)
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Fusion drive, ion drive, chemical, blending down hamsters and spewing them out the exhaust, I don't really care! Whatever we use, let's just get out there and colonize some damn rock!
(sorry for the wildly irrational rant, but this is how this issue makes me feel)
Well yeah. "Correlation doesn't imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing: 'look over there'."
Hear Hear!!! I have the BBC, NYT, etc for that. Keep it news for nerds.
Here's a link (paywall) to the research paper and a free preprint, if anyone cares to read. These *** news sites are never able to publish a link to the original paper.
... you *** twits!
Why was this posted in IDLE?
Graphene is a single sheet of carbon -> this material starts off as graphite, and ends up as graphite. Despite the fancy processing and techniques they have devised, the sample is the thickness of paper, not the thickness of a monolayer of carbon atoms.
The thing here is that the graphene layers are interconnected by covalent bonds. This improves the mechanical properties because the graphene planes can not slip and slide on each other as a result of strain on the sample.
As somebody working with graphene and having read the paper; IMHO this can be improved even further by improving the micro-structure of the material (less defects). Less defects could prolly be achieved by annealing at a higher temperature (in vacuum or argon). Also irradiation with high energy ions could be useful in improving the interlocking of the graphene layers.
Of course higher annealing temperature would make the material more expensive.
That's very principled of you. I'll be pirating my ebooks until publishers get their fingers out of their arses and start offering DRM-free books
Thanks! We need more readers like you, who have principles!
Best Regards,
The content creators.
"We don't learn science by doing science, we learn science by reading and memorizing. The same way we learn history.
The school where science is taught by memorizing and not understanding is a very very sad place.
... well just faith. You may not understand it, your neighbor may not understand it, but there is the possibility and potential for understanding. Work hard enough, be smart enough and you can learn the secrets of Nature.
While I agree with what the article is trying to say, it is quite misleading in the things it implies.
First and foremost, the biggest difference between science and faith is that science can be understood, whereas things of faith are,
The visualization looks like some virus outbreak :)) :D
If this is so, Europe got a Firefox epidemic on its hands
This is all fascinating. I even listened in to one of his lectures and things like Diaspora have always been appealing to me. However, what he actually proposes is changing the very topology of the net, changing the whole client server relationship and buildup, which kind of "evolved" as the internet grew. If this structure, topology can be changed in a... more peer to peer oriented fashion it would be an accomplishment equal to creating the internet itself. This gets those geek nerves pulsing doesn't it?
that, this whole bickering has a negative effect on the willingness of potential leak sources to actually leak information. I sincerely hope this war of egos will not escalate any further.
A leak originating from the Saudis themselves could be the real news.
I can haz cheeseburger.
Correlation does not imply Causation.
No, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing 'look over there'.
Just another example, regarding the "globalization effect" he's talking about: Thorium based reactors that the US doesn't give a rat's ass about, but may well play a major part in solving the energy crysis and how China is thinking about building them.
I'd definitely eat it :) I think an end product wouldn't differ much (from a taste and texture point of view) from a McDonald's chicken nugget with how highly processed that stuff is.
One question though. In order to get the texture right (not a chicken nugget, but a side of steak) wouldn't you need to somehow exercise the muscle tissue? Subject it to some kind of mechanical stress? This would seem to be an important part of the development of the tissue, with the cows moving about for a large part of their life (or just standing if in a factory farm).
And about the "yuck factor". Try killing, gutting and skinning your own meat :) I used to watch my grandfather skin and gut a rabbit, the smell alone was hardly tolerable.
First AlJazeera and now NYT. IF they implement these things well and IF this catches on, this could be the biggest contribution Wikileaks has made to the World. Those are big ifs and the devil is in the details, but one can be hopeful.
... but this way we can just fork Oracle and move on.
They didn't actually fork Oracle, they forked the office suite project. Although, I kinda wish we could just "fork" Oracle (in the a**) and move on. If you know what I mean ;)
Seems we have more to worry about than just viruses.
Sorry for the shouting.
Would everyone just stop for a moment. If something is a glass (is in a glassy, amorphous state) it only means that it lacks long range crystallographic order. IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT TO BE A GLASS!! For example glassy metals.
Not only that, but you could give about 7 IPs to every atom in the body of every human alive on Earth! Taking the number of stars in the observable Universe, each star could get about a quadrillion IP addresses. So yeah, there's plenty of IPs for your toaster :)
According to this guy on TED, you eat lots of insects with processed foods already.