The summary covers a lot of it, but this is pretty fascinating (if it reaches production): something that can be added to the exhaust of a fossil fuel power generation station that reduces the carbon footprint and provides fuel to use in either that or other processes in addition to supplying oxygen for other processes. All it really takes is concentrated sunlight for an energy source.
I'd be interested to see in a few years what other uses are figured out for it.
However, for the heat engine pole encircling tube thing to work, it doesn't matter which 'side' of the moon is dark or at what time. It's a continuous loop.
Of course, would it be worth it considering the scale of creating a tube large enough to encircle the pole of a small planetoid?
You know; I'm one of the most left-leaning people you'll find when it comes to taxes and socialism, but recently I've been thinking: "why should it be taxed twice?" If the money's being paid out in the millions to the big executives, shouldn't it just be taxed as income for them? Why should corporations be taxed at all? (Assuming you can stop the income tax from being evaded.) Shouldn't it only be taxed when it actually benefits a person (and not the legal entity of a corporation... those aren't persons no matter what the courts have said)?
More to-the-point example: bankruptcy and overwhelming debt; sometimes the only real choice one has is to quit and start over (of course there are still real-world consequences to choosing a bankruptcy option).
How does "[p]roof of pre-planning pretty much [kill] an insanity plea"? Have you never read "The Tell-Tale Heart"? Sure it's fiction, but many insane individuals (especially schizophrenics) are capable of extensive planning in their "madness".
However, speciation can also occur when the differences in appearance between two groups of the same species make the members of each group so unattractive to each other that they choose not to breed with each other.
In an environment like Mars with significant differences in gravity, atmosphere, and sunlight, significant differences in height, build and skintone could occur in a very few generations; perhaps as quickly as a hundred years.
Not taking the effort to spell correctly or use proper grammar is a sign that you don't think your audience is worth it (assuming it's not merely a sign of ignorance). Why should arrogance be rewarded?
I took a high school computer science class in 1981.
We learned the parts (CPU, memory, input, output, etc.) of an electro-mechanical system for processing information and we learned to program in assembly on mapo cards. We learned theory before we put anything into practice.
It seems unbelievable that compsci classes today are keyboarding classes and no one (in the school boards) sees anything wrong with that.
Quite easily actually. If you want to test it have your girlfriend clench her thighs just before you thrust... many women know this and use it as a test of their boyfriend's fidelity. (As in, "which is more important to him, my safety or his pleasure?")
... the bank and the scam is to deposit the cheque in a daily interest savings account, wait for it to clear then hold off the scammer for six weeks or so to make sure it really clears (telling him "I'm still waiting for it to clear").
Then if the cheque does ultimately bounce, you still have the money to be rescinded, and if you're lucky you get the interest. The scammer gets nothing if the cheque doesn't fully clear (of course, then he's not a scammer, is he?).
With all the in-game rumours about "syndicates of wizards leading a boycott of imperial goods in the land of the Altmer" I was certain that the next game would be set in Summerset Isles too.
My primary character was an albino altmer atronach and I was really looking forward to playing with "psijics" and learning "the old ways".
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But by creating syngas, this process also "frees up fossil fuels". I see this being used IN ADDITION TO new solar plants.
The summary covers a lot of it, but this is pretty fascinating (if it reaches production): something that can be added to the exhaust of a fossil fuel power generation station that reduces the carbon footprint and provides fuel to use in either that or other processes in addition to supplying oxygen for other processes. All it really takes is concentrated sunlight for an energy source.
I'd be interested to see in a few years what other uses are figured out for it.
We live in interesting times...
Because "graphy", "thermal", and "tectonic" are greek suffixes.
However, for the heat engine pole encircling tube thing to work, it doesn't matter which 'side' of the moon is dark or at what time. It's a continuous loop.
Of course, would it be worth it considering the scale of creating a tube large enough to encircle the pole of a small planetoid?
Those are some badass anecdotes.
If the only force dark matter reacts to is gravity, wouldn't it all coalesce into one big lump? There must be some other force affecting it.
You know; I'm one of the most left-leaning people you'll find when it comes to taxes and socialism, but recently I've been thinking: "why should it be taxed twice?" If the money's being paid out in the millions to the big executives, shouldn't it just be taxed as income for them? Why should corporations be taxed at all? (Assuming you can stop the income tax from being evaded.) Shouldn't it only be taxed when it actually benefits a person (and not the legal entity of a corporation... those aren't persons no matter what the courts have said)?
You wrong, and I can prove it:
While the emphasis is correct to say "I couldn't care less", let's dissect that, shall we?
The least someone can care, logically, is zero, so in order to not be able to care less, you must care zero.
Yet you (and anyone else saying "I couldn't care less") posted, so you care more than zero.
Therefore, you could care less... you could care zero. If you post then the only true thing you can say is "I could care less... but not much less."
Q.E.D.
s/he/it/ Personifying computers is a bad idea. just sayin'
I like to combine all those into one word.
AFAIC, the third person gender neutral pronoun is "shit".
More to-the-point example: bankruptcy and overwhelming debt; sometimes the only real choice one has is to quit and start over (of course there are still real-world consequences to choosing a bankruptcy option).
How does "[p]roof of pre-planning pretty much [kill] an insanity plea"? Have you never read "The Tell-Tale Heart"? Sure it's fiction, but many insane individuals (especially schizophrenics) are capable of extensive planning in their "madness".
However, speciation can also occur when the differences in appearance between two groups of the same species make the members of each group so unattractive to each other that they choose not to breed with each other.
In an environment like Mars with significant differences in gravity, atmosphere, and sunlight, significant differences in height, build and skintone could occur in a very few generations; perhaps as quickly as a hundred years.
Not taking the effort to spell correctly or use proper grammar is a sign that you don't think your audience is worth it (assuming it's not merely a sign of ignorance). Why should arrogance be rewarded?
The feeling's entirely different. You know when your condom breaks.
Probably; that's why I said "if you're lucky". But the banks never lose when it's between us and them.
I took a high school computer science class in 1981.
We learned the parts (CPU, memory, input, output, etc.) of an electro-mechanical system for processing information and we learned to program in assembly on mapo cards. We learned theory before we put anything into practice.
It seems unbelievable that compsci classes today are keyboarding classes and no one (in the school boards) sees anything wrong with that.
Quite easily actually. If you want to test it have your girlfriend clench her thighs just before you thrust... many women know this and use it as a test of their boyfriend's fidelity. (As in, "which is more important to him, my safety or his pleasure?")
... the bank and the scam is to deposit the cheque in a daily interest savings account, wait for it to clear then hold off the scammer for six weeks or so to make sure it really clears (telling him "I'm still waiting for it to clear").
Then if the cheque does ultimately bounce, you still have the money to be rescinded, and if you're lucky you get the interest. The scammer gets nothing if the cheque doesn't fully clear (of course, then he's not a scammer, is he?).
Maybe some tech from China improved by German engineering! We could test it on say the Bible, first runs might be worth a bit of money perhaps.
Best lines ever!
Why the reference to Romeo and Juliet and not to Oedipus Rex? Wouldn't that be more relevant?
I heard that syndicates of wizards are leading a boycott of imperial goods in the land of the Altmer.
With all the in-game rumours about "syndicates of wizards leading a boycott of imperial goods in the land of the Altmer" I was certain that the next game would be set in Summerset Isles too.
My primary character was an albino altmer atronach and I was really looking forward to playing with "psijics" and learning "the old ways".
The wikipedia article on Kurosawa is a fascinating read; you should try it sometime.
Turns out that most of western culture's "filmmaking" is just inspired selection of the right sources to rip off.
Magnificent Seven = Seven Samuraii
Fistful of Dollars = Yojimbo (=Dashell Hammett's The Glass Key and Red Harvest)
Star Wars = The Hidden Fortress
Just culture building on culture coming before it: this is why copyright needs to be reined back
You realise that trackers that require everyone to upload greater than 1:1 can't work in the long run?
That's effectively a pyramid scam: someone has to lose out.
Basically, yes.