it still does not even come close to what cars make.
"two-stroke vehicles spew great volumes of dangerous hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and smoke. A single two-stroke engine produces pollution equivalent to that of 30 to 50 four-stroke automobiles"
Good. The fact that two stroke engines are still allowed to be sold is a disgrace. Running a weed whacker for an hour causes a lot more pollution than driving a Hummer for an hour.
The source article that the linked article refers to says that Facebook records the fact that you entered text but never posted it. It does not record the text.
But after three levels of "telephone", we have this thread.
Yes, India is investing billions of dollars into Thorium and that's great. But they are very far from real industrial scale energy production.
The Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor is mostly built, and will eventually produce 500MW. The average US nuclear plant produces twice as much power. The PFBR *could* use Thorium, but will use Uranium for the foreseeable future.
The Advanced Heavy-Water Reactor will use Thorium, but it won't be completed for several years and it will only produce 300MW.
There is a very long road ahead and it will require a massive amount of money to get there.
This company can produce power now. Focus Fusion might be able to produce significant amounts of excess power in a 10-25 year time frame. Or maybe never.
The other companies won a few rounds of the lawsuits based on that, and I want to say Rambus was actually found to have committed fraud at one point. But Rambus won enough rounds of lawsuits to keep bringing in money.
This particular debacle started in 1990. In 2000, Rambus filed lawsuits against every memory manufacturer in a much larger debacle. That's the debacle that dominated Slashdot for months and contributed to a huge influx of users.
I remember back in 2000 when Rambus was the most hated company on Slashdot. Everyone hated Microsoft, but at least acknowledged that they were producing products. Rambus was just a dirty parasite.
Except there was nothing unsolicited about this incident. The customers initiated the transaction by ordering a game. The company screwed up filling those orders. It has no relation to the "scummy business practice" example you provide.
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Electricity is cheap. I pay $30/month for my car to go 1000 miles. How far does your car go for 30 bucks?
Moving a factories costs a fortune. Giving tax breaks in exchange for job creation is standard practice at the state and local levels across the US.
it still does not even come close to what cars make.
"two-stroke vehicles spew great volumes of dangerous hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and smoke. A single two-stroke engine produces pollution equivalent to that of 30 to 50 four-stroke automobiles"
http://discovermagazine.com/2008/may/21-two-strokes-and-youre-out#.UrHSxfRDvPo
>Define 'pollution'.
Everything that comes out of a gas engine besides water and CO2. Two stroke engines are dirty as hell.
You spend 10 hours a year using your two stroke engine. The tens of thousands of professional landscapers spend a few more.
Good. The fact that two stroke engines are still allowed to be sold is a disgrace. Running a weed whacker for an hour causes a lot more pollution than driving a Hummer for an hour.
Please explain how Al Gore was Vice President in 2005?
I loved that show. In the late 90s they changed the name to "Beyond Tomorrow".
Update- Those 12M bitcoin are now worth $9B.
So it was a secret article on a secret news site?
There was an article I read some time ago
With impeccable citations like that, you must be correct.
there is an unidentified guy with a fortune estimated to 1.8 trillion dollar
There are 12M bitcoins in existence, with a total value around $10B. So where are you getting $1.8T?
Which makes sense because they were never stored.
The source article that the linked article refers to says that Facebook records the fact that you entered text but never posted it. It does not record the text.
But after three levels of "telephone", we have this thread.
Slashdot never lets basic facts get in the way of a good bitch-fest.
You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FISA_Amendments_Act_of_2008
Yes, India is investing billions of dollars into Thorium and that's great. But they are very far from real industrial scale energy production.
The Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor is mostly built, and will eventually produce 500MW. The average US nuclear plant produces twice as much power. The PFBR *could* use Thorium, but will use Uranium for the foreseeable future.
The Advanced Heavy-Water Reactor will use Thorium, but it won't be completed for several years and it will only produce 300MW.
There is a very long road ahead and it will require a massive amount of money to get there.
And considering that Kim Il Sung was installed into power by Joseph Stalin, it is even less surprising.
Senator Obama voted for warrantless NSA spying 4 months before he was elected President. Try paying attention some time.
Of course we need to put funding into Thorium research ASAP. But $226M is not going to produce anything substantial.
Thorium reactors don't melt down, but they are fully capable of having major accidents with massive impacts. U-232 is nasty stuff.
This company can produce power now. Focus Fusion might be able to produce significant amounts of excess power in a 10-25 year time frame. Or maybe never.
Getting Thorium power off the ground is going to require at least $20B, two orders of magnitude more money than what we're talking about here.
I'm a proponent of Thorium power, but there is an absolutely massive amount of work to be done between now and industrial scale power generation.
I didn't say it wasn't scummy. I said that the scam described by the parent poster has nothing in common with this situation.
The other companies won a few rounds of the lawsuits based on that, and I want to say Rambus was actually found to have committed fraud at one point. But Rambus won enough rounds of lawsuits to keep bringing in money.
This particular debacle started in 1990. In 2000, Rambus filed lawsuits against every memory manufacturer in a much larger debacle. That's the debacle that dominated Slashdot for months and contributed to a huge influx of users.
I remember back in 2000 when Rambus was the most hated company on Slashdot. Everyone hated Microsoft, but at least acknowledged that they were producing products. Rambus was just a dirty parasite.
Except there was nothing unsolicited about this incident. The customers initiated the transaction by ordering a game. The company screwed up filling those orders. It has no relation to the "scummy business practice" example you provide.