a Chinese company called Infervision that aims to help lower the number of people in China who die from lung cancer ever year
So they're trying to improve air quality and reduce smoking? Those seem like the best methods, and they're huge problems in China. Still any effort to detect cancer earlier will help people survive longer. Hopefully this works and can be expanded to other types of cancer soon.
With those assumptions, the cost to pull an iceberg for a year is only about $20 to $100 million.
Another idea- they could buy a used container ship and strengthen the frame for towing for less than that. They'd get higher horsepower and lower annual costs. Plus might not want to take a tugboat on the open ocean for a year.
They may be able to reduce the transport costs by moving the iceberg into a favorable ocean current, if one is available, and just letting it drift until it gets close.
It is definitely and objectively better to blow the loose fibers out of the clothes with a traditional dryer and dispose of them.
How many of those fibers are broken off by a traditional dryer in the first place? Seems like previously loose fibers would have come off in the washer, as evidenced by the lint trap located on the drain line. The video in TFA shows this technology using a traditional horizontal drum configuration, apparently with air blowing through and including a lint trap, which should alleviate your concerns. If anything you should be supporting this because of the shorter drying time and lower temperatures, which would produce less lint in the first place.
Some e-commerce sites have tags on reviews for verified buyers- maybe the movie studios should implement a similar system for movie reviews. Get a code after watching a movie, maybe by dispensing them as viewers leave (not connecting to a specific ticket to avoid privacy concerns) or when you download or buy a DVD. Use the code when reviewing the movie. Allow people to see confirmed viewer and non-confirmed ratings. Of course this could be abused, but seems no worse than the current system and might offer some improvements.
Remember Samsung’s burning phones? That won’t be an issue with the LI-RAM because the light system could produce almost no heat.
Wow. Just how easy is it to get a job as a tech analyst at CTV? This seems to be attributed to CTV tech analyst Carmi Levy. Was it her or the author that screwed this up?
If they took a step or two backward from the North Pole then the Sun would then appear to be rising in the West. So the ones who believe things like this are the ones who are a little backwards.
Those two options are so useful, but I've been waiting for them to fill in the obvious remaining choices: - Close tabs to the left - Close this tab and tabs to the right/left (this is two options) - Close odd numbered tabs - Close tabs I don't want my Boss/Mom to see (shortcut keys: Ctrl+Ctrl+Ctrl+Ctrl) - Close tabs with numbers in the Fibonacci sequence - Close tabs with pages originating in travel ban countries - Close tabs except those with numbers on my lucky number list (default values will be provided)
If the intent was to have "packing for shipment or distribution" as one item it would read "storing, OR packing for shipment or distribution of:" It's also not clear to me why any of those should be excluded from overtime.
I like to build my systems small with micro-ATX and mini-ITX boards.
Well, Amazon doesn't have any Ryzen CPUs or Motherboards, but they do have this Wait for Ryzen t-shirt, perhaps you could order it in small while you wait?
Newegg has 7 Ryzen motherboards listed. They're posted as 'out of stock' probably until the launch on March 2. Found them simply by searching for 'ryzen'. No CPUs listed yet.
Well, was already planning on switching to T-Mobile, if they don't give us the deal we want at Sprint we will continue with that plan. We're adding a line, which should be justification enough- at the local Sprint store they're pretty flexible. We're off contract so we can just walk away if we want to.
... until the promotional pricing expires on March 31, 2018. After which pricing goes up to $160 a month for the same four lines.
Still not bad pricing for a year. Was just looking into switching away, this adds more weight to staying. Hope they improve their network soon, otherwise it won't be a price-based decision.
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So they're trying to improve air quality and reduce smoking? Those seem like the best methods, and they're huge problems in China. Still any effort to detect cancer earlier will help people survive longer. Hopefully this works and can be expanded to other types of cancer soon.
With those assumptions, the cost to pull an iceberg for a year is only about $20 to $100 million.
Another idea- they could buy a used container ship and strengthen the frame for towing for less than that. They'd get higher horsepower and lower annual costs. Plus might not want to take a tugboat on the open ocean for a year.
They may be able to reduce the transport costs by moving the iceberg into a favorable ocean current, if one is available, and just letting it drift until it gets close.
... and lives of those involved in the production.
Song now playing in my head*: "I'm a Lumberjack and I'm Carbon Neutral"
(to the tune of Monty Pythons "I'm a Lumberjack and I'm OK" for those who didn't get it. Which is OK.)
It is definitely and objectively better to blow the loose fibers out of the clothes with a traditional dryer and dispose of them.
How many of those fibers are broken off by a traditional dryer in the first place? Seems like previously loose fibers would have come off in the washer, as evidenced by the lint trap located on the drain line. The video in TFA shows this technology using a traditional horizontal drum configuration, apparently with air blowing through and including a lint trap, which should alleviate your concerns. If anything you should be supporting this because of the shorter drying time and lower temperatures, which would produce less lint in the first place.
Yeah, but now they're hiring American lawyers!
Some e-commerce sites have tags on reviews for verified buyers- maybe the movie studios should implement a similar system for movie reviews. Get a code after watching a movie, maybe by dispensing them as viewers leave (not connecting to a specific ticket to avoid privacy concerns) or when you download or buy a DVD. Use the code when reviewing the movie. Allow people to see confirmed viewer and non-confirmed ratings. Of course this could be abused, but seems no worse than the current system and might offer some improvements.
FTFA:
Wow. Just how easy is it to get a job as a tech analyst at CTV? This seems to be attributed to CTV tech analyst Carmi Levy. Was it her or the author that screwed this up?
This was definitely one of:
a) Sarcasm;
b) Someone typing this while Bannon held a gun to their head; or
c) Bannon.
Choice a seems most likely to me, can't tell the odds between b and c.
If they took a step or two backward from the North Pole then the Sun would then appear to be rising in the West. So the ones who believe things like this are the ones who are a little backwards.
Those two options are so useful, but I've been waiting for them to fill in the obvious remaining choices:
- Close tabs to the left
- Close this tab and tabs to the right/left (this is two options)
- Close odd numbered tabs
- Close tabs I don't want my Boss/Mom to see (shortcut keys: Ctrl+Ctrl+Ctrl+Ctrl)
- Close tabs with numbers in the Fibonacci sequence
- Close tabs with pages originating in travel ban countries
- Close tabs except those with numbers on my lucky number list (default values will be provided)
If the intent was to have "packing for shipment or distribution" as one item it would read "storing, OR packing for shipment or distribution of:"
It's also not clear to me why any of those should be excluded from overtime.
Would like to use this list to seed my e-mail blacklist...
Fish drink considerably less diet soda than humans, so according to this test it would be much safer (assuming lower levels of urine == safer).
But Hastings said he believed mobile carriers will eventually create a two-tear system
How many tears does he think we shed with the current system? Hopefully the new plans will decrease sadness.
They have an alternative use of the word practical.
I like to build my systems small with micro-ATX and mini-ITX boards.
Well, Amazon doesn't have any Ryzen CPUs or Motherboards, but they do have this Wait for Ryzen t-shirt, perhaps you could order it in small while you wait?
Newegg has 7 Ryzen motherboards listed. They're posted as 'out of stock' probably until the launch on March 2. Found them simply by searching for 'ryzen'. No CPUs listed yet.
They'd probably sell better in areas above the Arctic circle (especially if they left the original battery in).
Well, was already planning on switching to T-Mobile, if they don't give us the deal we want at Sprint we will continue with that plan. We're adding a line, which should be justification enough- at the local Sprint store they're pretty flexible. We're off contract so we can just walk away if we want to.
From TFA:
Still not bad pricing for a year. Was just looking into switching away, this adds more weight to staying. Hope they improve their network soon, otherwise it won't be a price-based decision.
I don't even want to know...
So Google says the average temperature on Earth is 16 C, or 289.3 K. 90x that is about 26,000 K.
The article (yes, I looked at it) actually says the pressure is about 90 times that on Earth.
Did you seriously ever think we wouldn't be?
There is no new owner, there is only a different person in possession of stolen property. It doesn't matter if the buyer doesn't know it's stolen.
I bet an intact Note 7 will be worth some money to collectors in a few dozen years.
Is the next ice age expected so soon?