A drug addicted patient is doctor-shopping for the next one who will agree to prescribe him painkillers without questions asked. The doctor realizes that, and correctly and ethically refuses to do that. Next the addict goes to yelp or some other site and posts "OMG this is the worst doctor ever he left me in horrible pain and refused to treat me"
Explain what the fact is, and how should it be dealt with. Preferably without wasting the doctor's time so he can keep all his appointments with minimal wait, and without legal fees so that the practice's fees can be kept low.
To me, Apple seems to have started on another "program" to get rid of third party involvement with their platform, just like they did when they removed 3rd party hardware developers. Except this time it's 3rd party software developers. The barriers they put in front of them are staggering, and they seem to be an euphemistic way of telling them "get out of here, we don't want you"
Perhaps it's all another grand plan conceived by Steve Jobs.
Sure. Let's all do this. Let's power up our cars by improvised H2 generators using discarded aluminum cans. Ignore practical considerations such as: does the average household generate enough alumionum waste to cover its energy requirements, prioce and safe handling of sodium hydroxide, disposal of aluminum sodium oxide etc.
Fast forward 1 year. Most people who had started using the aluminum powered cars have abandoned the system. Why? Not enough waste aluminum generated by the household. Why? The price of canned soda has skyrocketed. Why? The deposit on cans has suddenly gone up from 5-10cents per can to %1.50 per can Why? Canners can't get cheap aluminum anymore Why? Aluminum doesn't get recycled anymore because it gets burned instead. So canners need to buy "new" aluminum, which costs a lot more. Why? It takes a lot of electricity to refine from ore.
No, wait, I don't want to know what you think. Do the experiment. Take a tube, fill it with water (if you use distilled water add a bit of salt to it, because distilled water is an insulator) and run a current through it. Measure the magnetic field around the tube, and you'll have the answer. But please keep the answer to yourself, because everyone else already knows it.
I assume the article author means _permanent_ magnets (and reading TFA confirms they talk about ferromagnetism), because otherwise any old piece of wire you pass an electric current through becomes a "magnet"
If we're talking of nitrogen fixation from the air, then here is the low down. yes, the most used (currently) process uses methane. The methane can be form natural gas (usually cheaper) or from other sources, such as fermentation of decaying organic matter (a renewable resource). There are alternative processes for generating "fixed" nitrogen from air, but they use a lot of electricity (which again can be generated from renewable sources).
Or you can replenish the nitrogen in the soil the natural way, by growing beans. A lot of beans. Beans use nitrifying bacteria to generate fixed nitrogen in the soil. Beans also have the side advantage of generating intestinal gases (which are another source of methane - see? Full circle)
Plus you can potentially use any renewable source of cellulose, not only grass: sawdust, old decaying wood, byproducts of cereals such as corncobs etc. Grass is just mentioned because of its rapid growth rate which likely translates in lower production costs.
Seriously. Irradiating people without their knowledge - what could possibly go wrong? Including children.
There are scientists who are concerned that the govt guys have their numbers on safety wrong - in fact they have the right numbers but they are interpreting them wrongly. Take the backscatter X-ray approach for instance. The total radiation dose divided by the total body volume is low - however in fact that's not true. Because the radiation doesn't penetrate the whole body, its energy gets dispersed only in a few millimeters at the surface of the body - and in those few millimeters, the volume dose is hundreds of times higher than what the govt says is safe.
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How is this for a fact.
A drug addicted patient is doctor-shopping for the next one who will agree to prescribe him painkillers without questions asked. The doctor realizes that, and correctly and ethically refuses to do that. Next the addict goes to yelp or some other site and posts "OMG this is the worst doctor ever he left me in horrible pain and refused to treat me"
Explain what the fact is, and how should it be dealt with. Preferably without wasting the doctor's time so he can keep all his appointments with minimal wait, and without legal fees so that the practice's fees can be kept low.
To me, Apple seems to have started on another "program" to get rid of third party involvement with their platform, just like they did when they removed 3rd party hardware developers. Except this time it's 3rd party software developers. The barriers they put in front of them are staggering, and they seem to be an euphemistic way of telling them "get out of here, we don't want you"
Perhaps it's all another grand plan conceived by Steve Jobs.
Forgot the clicky linky:
FUFMe
Reminds me of F-U-F-Me
http://www.welookdoyou.com/fufme/index.shtml.html
I disagree. Hydroxyl hydride is more appropriate. See formula: HO-H.
Sure. Let's all do this. Let's power up our cars by improvised H2 generators using discarded aluminum cans. Ignore practical considerations such as: does the average household generate enough alumionum waste to cover its energy requirements, prioce and safe handling of sodium hydroxide, disposal of aluminum sodium oxide etc.
Fast forward 1 year. Most people who had started using the aluminum powered cars have abandoned the system.
Why? Not enough waste aluminum generated by the household.
Why? The price of canned soda has skyrocketed.
Why? The deposit on cans has suddenly gone up from 5-10cents per can to %1.50 per can
Why? Canners can't get cheap aluminum anymore
Why? Aluminum doesn't get recycled anymore because it gets burned instead. So canners need to buy "new" aluminum, which costs a lot more. Why? It takes a lot of electricity to refine from ore.
Well, if they have 54468 cases on record, and they set the processing fee at $10/case...
I've done it dozens of times. My 13-year-old cheapo microwave oven didn't bat a lid. Still going strong.
I think the "easy to damage the microwave" is an urban legend. Someone should submit it to Mythbusters.
What do you think?
No, wait, I don't want to know what you think. Do the experiment. Take a tube, fill it with water (if you use distilled water add a bit of salt to it, because distilled water is an insulator) and run a current through it. Measure the magnetic field around the tube, and you'll have the answer. But please keep the answer to yourself, because everyone else already knows it.
I assume the article author means _permanent_ magnets (and reading TFA confirms they talk about ferromagnetism), because otherwise any old piece of wire you pass an electric current through becomes a "magnet"
You sunk my battleship.
You won't know for sure until you actually try it.
How many Space Shuttles can your attic hold?
BTW here's an idea. If you send your rig in close orbit around the sun, it's bound to catch a few of those fusion neutrons.
Just use a bigger magnet.
Cesium iodide - the breakfast of champions.
The Farnsworth fusor is real, despite today's date.
Actual plans at http://www.fusor.net/
Good luck. Keep us posted.
Avast, you scurvy scallawag!
I buy Macs from my greengrocer all the time.
Mac
If we're talking of nitrogen fixation from the air, then here is the low down. yes, the most used (currently) process uses methane. The methane can be form natural gas (usually cheaper) or from other sources, such as fermentation of decaying organic matter (a renewable resource). There are alternative processes for generating "fixed" nitrogen from air, but they use a lot of electricity (which again can be generated from renewable sources).
Or you can replenish the nitrogen in the soil the natural way, by growing beans. A lot of beans. Beans use nitrifying bacteria to generate fixed nitrogen in the soil. Beans also have the side advantage of generating intestinal gases (which are another source of methane - see? Full circle)
Plus you can potentially use any renewable source of cellulose, not only grass: sawdust, old decaying wood, byproducts of cereals such as corncobs etc. Grass is just mentioned because of its rapid growth rate which likely translates in lower production costs.
I call Boatmurdered on that.
It doesn't need to be mechanically strong. Aluminum.
Or if you're a Tolkien fan, mithril.
How do _you_ know police haven't used already radar and thermal cameras to look inside your house?
Seriously. Irradiating people without their knowledge - what could possibly go wrong? Including children.
There are scientists who are concerned that the govt guys have their numbers on safety wrong - in fact they have the right numbers but they are interpreting them wrongly. Take the backscatter X-ray approach for instance. The total radiation dose divided by the total body volume is low - however in fact that's not true. Because the radiation doesn't penetrate the whole body, its energy gets dispersed only in a few millimeters at the surface of the body - and in those few millimeters, the volume dose is hundreds of times higher than what the govt says is safe.
Skin cancer anyone?
True dat. No linuxconf in Slackware.