the article mentions: > According to its owners, Royal Caribbean, each of the Harmony’s three four-storey high 16-cylinder Wärtsilä engines will, at full power, burn 1,377 US gallons of fuel an hour, or about 96,000 gallons a day of some of the most polluting diesel fuel in the world. and > But marine pollution analysts in Germany and Brussels said that such a large ship would probably burn at least 150 tonnes of fuel a day, and emit more sulphur than several million cars, more NO2 gas than all the traffic passing through a medium-sized town and more particulate emissions than thousands of London buses.
Assuming that a cruise ship should normally not runs at full power, discussing about the impact of the ship running at full power the whole day seems kind of lame. (the thing is still doing lots of pollution no argue there, but it might be a wise idea to look at the average normal usage when talking about the impact on nature due to the fuel consumption,..)
"Each bottle is one fifth of a scientifically balanced daily meal plan, " $2.42 per 400-calorie bottle so $12.08 a day,... cooking my self I can manage a (I hope) tastier alternative for less,...
Sorry, but I really don't get why this is interesting at all, for a short moment I thought: "Okay, may be for long term 'food' storage, then I read '"However, we counter that by the fact that the drink does not require refrigeration and also does not spoil until at least one year."
> how come in a simple public discussion slashdot readers can come up with simple practical scenarios why mass-surveillance "solutions" like this will be completely ineffective, yet the people considering (or actually) deploying them cannot?
Must be that all/.ers are EVIL to the core and have a gift to fight against GOOD. Everything else would just cause to much upset.
unless the kids get 'borg-yfied' the problem isn't the amount of tech it's how it is introduced and utilized if you allow them to use facebook, whatsapp, twitter and who knows what all the time sure learning isn't that attractive unless it's done the right way, by teachers who know what they are doing,...
"The key to this system being used is, of course, first obtaining the code stylometries for a wide range of developers. The authors didn't address how, say, a database of programmers’ styles would be compiled. Also, to identify the author of a piece code would require access to the source code, and not just executables, though the authors mention there is some evidence that style is preserved in binaries." -> so once you post to github and similar 'they' can link every code you ever write to you,....
Not scared about slashdot reviews with 'cute', but seeing what is called 'cute' really scares me,... (if that thing is cute, what does a cute girl look like too you????)
Temps were around 80 degree, but they stayed there and I had to enable the turbo fan (Fn+1) mode which made it really loud. (Yes, I also have some normal systems which were also calculating stuff 24/7 during that time.)
Sure if the translation or pronunciation isn't good enough the whole thing will not be useful at all. No argument there.
but having to listen for a translation in between every exchange will be annoying
Sure it might be annoying, but have you ever tried to speak for example Chinese as a non-native speaker with a native speaker? There is a back and forth between the two parties to make sure the other understood it right. (pronunciation is a pain) This even happens when two native speakers from different regions run into another. Grabbing a cab in Shanghai is easy, making sure the cab driver understood where you want to go another thing.;) -> The delay might be annoying, but personally I don't think it will really be such big of an issue.
What about universal translators? In 100 years time, won't they be good enough for general use? -> my bet is that the world will still speak lots of languages and use translators.:)
> High Altitude Platform Stations > > STRATXX's 'High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) technology allows payload equipment to be lifted and maintained in the environment prevailing at high altitudes > (low temperature, low air density, high radiation). The concept combines modules that are relatively inexpensive to produce, assemble and operate. > > The X-Station is unique due to its innovative design, rapid deployment-redeployment characteristics, upgradeability and modular design. The technology is packaged in a simple, modular and upgradeable product range. By using emission free propulsion systems, there is minimal environmental impact. Furthermore, its perfect line-of-sight minimises electro-smog at ground level. > > The X-Station will be made from super-strength and super-light materials. With this novel technology developed by STRATXX our clients can communicate with a fixed "on station" platform 21 kilometres above the Earth. > source: http://www.stratxx.com/product... doesn't sound too bad, but it's not build in the U.S.A. (not sure if this is a plus)
390,127 Brits declared their religion as Jediism
vs. at least 2,000 of them are "genuine,"
doesn't the difference seem a bit high ?
If they assume that roughly 0.5% of the answers are genuine, I wonder what they think about other statements from that census. If you have to assume that less than a percent of the answers are genuine the whole thing doesn't really seem to be worth the effort. (or the goal of the census was quite a different one than one would suspect)
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Project Thor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... got commercialized?
the article mentions:
> According to its owners, Royal Caribbean, each of the Harmony’s three four-storey high 16-cylinder Wärtsilä engines will, at full power, burn 1,377 US gallons of fuel an hour, or about 96,000 gallons a day of some of the most polluting diesel fuel in the world.
and
> But marine pollution analysts in Germany and Brussels said that such a large ship would probably burn at least 150 tonnes of fuel a day, and emit more sulphur than several million cars, more NO2 gas than all the traffic passing through a medium-sized town and more particulate emissions than thousands of London buses.
Assuming that a cruise ship should normally not runs at full power, discussing about the impact of the ship running at full power the whole day seems kind of lame.
(the thing is still doing lots of pollution no argue there, but it might be a wise idea to look at the average normal usage when talking about the impact on nature due to the fuel consumption,..)
Avisynth (not Vapoursynth) is the main reason I use Windows nowadays, since running it through wine isn't that good.
"Each bottle is one fifth of a scientifically balanced daily meal plan, "
$2.42 per 400-calorie bottle so $12.08 a day,... cooking my self I can manage a (I hope) tastier alternative for less,...
Sorry, but I really don't get why this is interesting at all, for a short moment I thought: "Okay, may be for long term 'food' storage, then I read '"However, we counter that by the fact that the drink does not require refrigeration and also does not spoil until at least one year."
=> What is the gain in using this?
for me it were those animated flash ads, which sometimes overlay stuff or simply build an animated border around a page
> how come in a simple public discussion slashdot readers can come up with simple practical scenarios why mass-surveillance "solutions" like this will be completely ineffective, yet the people considering (or actually) deploying them cannot?
Must be that all /.ers are EVIL to the core and have a gift to fight against GOOD.
Everything else would just cause to much upset.
this is news how, come on there has den folks coding in their youtube-channel for ages,...
don't really see whats special or new about this,..
Come on, it would have been surprised if they did encrypt the data in a decent way,...
expandability rarely goes hand in hand with simplicity when looking at the whole code,..
You are hard pressed to find a legal consumer good which is more regulated than firearms with regards to it's manufacture, sale, transport and use.
You are also hard pressed to find other consumer goods which are potentially that harmful to other people.
unless the kids get 'borg-yfied' the problem isn't the amount of tech it's how it is introduced and utilized
if you allow them to use facebook, whatsapp, twitter and who knows what all the time sure learning isn't that attractive unless it's done the right way, by teachers who know what they are doing,...
"The key to this system being used is, of course, first obtaining the code stylometries for a wide range of developers. The authors didn't address how, say, a database of programmers’ styles would be compiled. Also, to identify the author of a piece code would require access to the source code, and not just executables, though the authors mention there is some evidence that style is preserved in binaries."
-> so once you post to github and similar 'they' can link every code you ever write to you,....
Not scared about slashdot reviews with 'cute', but seeing what is called 'cute' really scares me,...
(if that thing is cute, what does a cute girl look like too you????)
I forgot, to mention: mine is a i7-4702MQ
Temps were around 80 degree, but they stayed there and I had to enable the turbo fan (Fn+1) mode which made it really loud. (Yes, I also have some normal systems which were also calculating stuff 24/7 during that time.)
Oh,.. and yes, my laptop is still working fine.
And faulty.
Sure if the translation or pronunciation isn't good enough the whole thing will not be useful at all. No argument there.
but having to listen for a translation in between every exchange will be annoying
Sure it might be annoying, but have you ever tried to speak for example Chinese as a non-native speaker with a native speaker? ;)
There is a back and forth between the two parties to make sure the other understood it right. (pronunciation is a pain)
This even happens when two native speakers from different regions run into another.
Grabbing a cab in Shanghai is easy, making sure the cab driver understood where you want to go another thing.
-> The delay might be annoying, but personally I don't think it will really be such big of an issue.
What about universal translators? In 100 years time, won't they be good enough for general use? :)
-> my bet is that the world will still speak lots of languages and use translators.
> He's 5, what else would he be doing with his time?
Obviously, starting to build his own P0rn-Empire!!
Unless they offer the upgrade for free that will not really help their market share that much,....
wondering when they start to try to predict diseases (or may be pc sales) from /. posts
is there an easy way to check if the static ip one has is flagged as static`or dynamic?
is there also a virus that boosts brain power? :D
If not, they should go find one.
> High Altitude Platform Stations
>
> STRATXX's 'High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) technology allows payload equipment to be lifted and maintained in the environment prevailing at high altitudes > (low temperature, low air density, high radiation). The concept combines modules that are relatively inexpensive to produce, assemble and operate.
>
> The X-Station is unique due to its innovative design, rapid deployment-redeployment characteristics, upgradeability and modular design. The technology is packaged in a simple, modular and upgradeable product range. By using emission free propulsion systems, there is minimal environmental impact. Furthermore, its perfect line-of-sight minimises electro-smog at ground level.
>
> The X-Station will be made from super-strength and super-light materials. With this novel technology developed by STRATXX our clients can communicate with a fixed "on station" platform 21 kilometres above the Earth.
>
source: http://www.stratxx.com/product...
doesn't sound too bad, but it's not build in the U.S.A. (not sure if this is a plus)
390,127 Brits declared their religion as Jediism
vs.
at least 2,000 of them are "genuine,"
doesn't the difference seem a bit high ?
If they assume that roughly 0.5% of the answers are genuine, I wonder what they think about other statements from that census.
If you have to assume that less than a percent of the answers are genuine the whole thing doesn't really seem to be worth the effort.
(or the goal of the census was quite a different one than one would suspect)
Sounds more like a question for a support forum than for slashdot,...