Before we put it on the ISS, let's start by putting one on a cheap metal box with some dumb sensors and communication equipment on it. I'd rather test this on something that doesn't have somebody living in it.
> When somebody sounds like a total fucking crackpot, they almost always are.
At this point, we need to ask if he does indeed sound like a total crackpot.
A crackpot would say: "THIS WORKS! By mechanism xyz, this Definitely works, and you should PAY ME!"
A real scientist would say "Umm, when I do this, it does that. Anybody know why? This doesn't make sense." Then, with enough people saying the same, things get exciting.
The question is, are we the former or the latter? The former sounds like Rossi with his e-cat. The latter sounds like this situation. I think we're just starting to get to the exciting phase; let's hope we get more experiments to confirm what we think is happening is really happening.
He's the better politician, for sure. He's more educated, obviously. But, I've got one thing on him - I'm not dumb enough to run for president, that's for sure. I know I'm not qualified for the position. He doesn't.
That, and how dirty, sooty, and smelly the pre-EPA regulated diesel was. And the higher taxes levied by states in order to tax trucking more than cars due to their higher incidence of damage to the roads. And the tendency for non-treated diesel to gel in the winter time making it unreliable for cold environments until relatively recently.
The failure of diesel to catch on in the USA is hardly mysterious.
In that case, either hire low wage "lumpers", or design your warehouse or loading dock with automated forklifts to unload cargo - whatever's cheaper. In any case, none of that would be considered middle class work - all low wage stuff if that.
> Desalination from seawater costs about 8.5 kWH / m^3 {fixed}
At rates I pay (Illinois), that works out to be around $.35 per gallon. What's the problem? Charge farmers appropriately for what they use and everything will magically work, as they cut their production and raise their prices to a new equilibrium.
If that's windows support, linux support is as follows:
Check/var/log messages for errors. Find cryptic bizarro language pointing to some subsystem you've never heard of. Craft messages as follows and post to Slashdot:
"Linux is terrible! I'm going back to Windows! I can't even get function XYZ to work! Every time I try, error message $ERR shows up in my/var/log/messages!"
Wait one hour before you get a response as follows:
"You moron, All you have to do to get that to go away is edit $CONFIG_FILE and restart $DAEMON! Windows sucks!"
SteamOS is still under active development and works quite well. I anticipate we'll see some dedicated hardware halfway through 2015.
You can roll your own Steam Box today if you like. I ran it dual-boot on my gaming PC for a little while, but I got rid of it in favor of Slackware and a Steam on Linux installation.
Yeah, I don't see this project moving forward. For one, Russia is broke. Their economy is in tatters. For two, I don't see the Japanese or Europeans siding with the Russians on much of anything; there's too much bad blood there. The Russians have burned just about every diplomatic bridge they have right now - they're stuck being buddies with thugs and failed states because nobody else will return Putin's phone call.
Habitable does not necessarily mean earthlike. Just getting it to the point of having floating colonies, actively working on fixing the planet - of putting up sun shields over the planet to even start cooling, getting cheap, efficient interplanetary transportation - all of that will take hundreds of years. Turning it into a place we can walk around on the ground would take a lot longer.
Short answer: Political ambitions, greed, and corruption - all things the Christian religion condemns. These things happened because Christendom wasn't following the teachings of its own religion. You can't blame the religion itself for the misdeeds of its followers. You must blame the followers themselves for not living according to their stated values.
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Until you see Russians who aren't carrying broomsticks.
At the same time, when you hear hoofbeats, you think horses, not zebras.
The problem we're having is a whole bunch of people claiming we have unicorns.
Let's wait and see what happens before we all go to Mars, eh?
Before we put it on the ISS, let's start by putting one on a cheap metal box with some dumb sensors and communication equipment on it. I'd rather test this on something that doesn't have somebody living in it.
> When somebody sounds like a total fucking crackpot, they almost always are.
At this point, we need to ask if he does indeed sound like a total crackpot.
A crackpot would say: "THIS WORKS! By mechanism xyz, this Definitely works, and you should PAY ME!"
A real scientist would say "Umm, when I do this, it does that. Anybody know why? This doesn't make sense." Then, with enough people saying the same, things get exciting.
The question is, are we the former or the latter? The former sounds like Rossi with his e-cat. The latter sounds like this situation. I think we're just starting to get to the exciting phase; let's hope we get more experiments to confirm what we think is happening is really happening.
Do not underestimate Dell. Their ability to sell laptops by the pallet to corporations is impressive.
He's the better politician, for sure. He's more educated, obviously. But, I've got one thing on him - I'm not dumb enough to run for president, that's for sure. I know I'm not qualified for the position. He doesn't.
> there are of course many, many morons on the left. the difference being the right seems to have put their morons in charge
**Looks at current occupant of White House**
**Raises eyebrow**
This is what killed Diesel as a car fuel in the US
That, and how dirty, sooty, and smelly the pre-EPA regulated diesel was. And the higher taxes levied by states in order to tax trucking more than cars due to their higher incidence of damage to the roads. And the tendency for non-treated diesel to gel in the winter time making it unreliable for cold environments until relatively recently.
The failure of diesel to catch on in the USA is hardly mysterious.
> why own when you can rent an autonomous taxi at any time?
Because tragedy of the commons. I don't want to summon a cab to my house only to get one someone has defecated in.
In that case, either hire low wage "lumpers", or design your warehouse or loading dock with automated forklifts to unload cargo - whatever's cheaper. In any case, none of that would be considered middle class work - all low wage stuff if that.
Dammit, I can't edit my posts. Slashdot, fix your stupid comment system.
$.35 per cubic meter, not gallon. I'm an idiot. That would work out to 264 gallons for $.35. A bargain.
> Desalination from seawater costs about 8.5 kWH / m^3 {fixed}
At rates I pay (Illinois), that works out to be around $.35 per gallon. What's the problem? Charge farmers appropriately for what they use and everything will magically work, as they cut their production and raise their prices to a new equilibrium.
But there was a Tofudebeest...
If that's windows support, linux support is as follows:
Check /var/log messages for errors. Find cryptic bizarro language pointing to some subsystem you've never heard of. Craft messages as follows and post to Slashdot:
"Linux is terrible! I'm going back to Windows! I can't even get function XYZ to work! Every time I try, error message $ERR shows up in my /var/log/messages!"
Wait one hour before you get a response as follows:
"You moron, All you have to do to get that to go away is edit $CONFIG_FILE and restart $DAEMON! Windows sucks!"
Problem solved.
How is that different from the standard IBM business model?
Combine that with this guy's work and you'll have something.
THIS.
How many Chinese spies are embedded with major multinationals?
Stuff like this happens all over the world, from every country. Everybody spies on each other.
if it wasn't this that got him it would have been something else.
Yeah, 10 years from now...
I hope you're wrong, but you make a good argument.
I guess we'll see what happens when they unveil their latest progress next month.
SteamOS is still under active development and works quite well. I anticipate we'll see some dedicated hardware halfway through 2015.
You can roll your own Steam Box today if you like. I ran it dual-boot on my gaming PC for a little while, but I got rid of it in favor of Slackware and a Steam on Linux installation.
Yeah, I don't see this project moving forward. For one, Russia is broke. Their economy is in tatters. For two, I don't see the Japanese or Europeans siding with the Russians on much of anything; there's too much bad blood there. The Russians have burned just about every diplomatic bridge they have right now - they're stuck being buddies with thugs and failed states because nobody else will return Putin's phone call.
Habitable does not necessarily mean earthlike. Just getting it to the point of having floating colonies, actively working on fixing the planet - of putting up sun shields over the planet to even start cooling, getting cheap, efficient interplanetary transportation - all of that will take hundreds of years. Turning it into a place we can walk around on the ground would take a lot longer.
Problem is, that will take hundreds of years to get habitable. By that time, this planet will have too many problems.
Plus, Venus's problems aren't the same as Earth's. They're similar, but far more severe, and different chemistry is involved.
That requires a level of sophistication among the general populace that simply doesn't exist.
Short answer: Political ambitions, greed, and corruption - all things the Christian religion condemns. These things happened because Christendom wasn't following the teachings of its own religion. You can't blame the religion itself for the misdeeds of its followers. You must blame the followers themselves for not living according to their stated values.