Why then was the global population less than a billion for 10,000 years before the advent of fossil fuels/green revolution? Without oil and gas (non-renewable resources), the carrying capacity of the planet drops substantially.
This strikes me as a kind of fast-track immunization, i.e. getting the relevant antibodies into a person's immune system quickly before an infection can take hold. Rather than having to spend time developing the relevant treatment, simply borrow from another human who already has the necessary lymphocytes. Nice!
I'm aware of the correlation between infection and various cancers - I had Hodgkins Lymphoma a few years ago myself.
As a 'child of the oil', I certainly dont want to be around after it is gone. The world will be vastly different after the oil age and I actually think a lot of room needs to be made, as opposed to taken up, in preperation for that future time.
It reminds me of an album called IBM 1401, A User's Manual by Jóhann Jóhannsson. It is simple computer music generated 30 years ago that has been orchestrated.
Personally, I am reassured that these reactors are designed to shut down at the drop of a hat. This is not a situation were fuck-ups should be masked, any discontinuity, however minor, really needs to be highlighted and dealt with immediately.
I cant help but wonder if the lack of ebook piracy is more down to the fact that old fashioned paper books are still much more prevalent that eboook readers, and can be had for a reasonable cost. I'd say the day ebook readers go the way of the iPod, piracy will explode.
This reminds me of the Psion Series 3a palmtop, which is almost 15 years old now.
It had a great usable keyboard for its size (similar to a glasses case) and a big clear greyscale 480x160 screen.
In terms of runtime, it would run for around 20 hours on a pair of AA's, with negliable standby power, ct1620 button-cell memory backup and instant-on giving literaly weeks of reliable operation between battery changes.
It ran rock-solid custom-made PDA software (agenda, word processor, timezons, the usual stuff), and included a programming language/editor/parser for coding.
Amazingly for its time, you could even surf the internet on it (albeit slowly) since a complete TCP stack and webbrowser were available for the later versions, connecting via the serial port on it. I used to run a usable full 80x24 terminal emulator connection over a 9600bps cellphone link on my one - oldschool pocket internet before the days of wifi.
Apparently the Elonex ONE is just a rebranded version of this system, i.e. a digital photoframe with a keyboard/mouse and wifi grafted on (which is how they manage to keep the cost down).
I'd recommend Slashdotters (especially from the UK) have a look at a 2000 documentary called Thumb Candy, presented by Ian Lee. It is about the history of computer games, and it has an interview with Miyamoto. Search for 'Thumb Candy' on YouTube to see it.
Given that this keeps the 'driver' standing upright, similar to the Segway, I dread to think what the aerodynamics of this thing are like at speed, it must be very inefficient.
How tiny is that screen? I think it is tending towards the infamous Dilbert 'Internet Ring' - an ultra-portable PDA that would let you surf the internet - one character at a time.
Molly and Armitage ate in silence, while Case sawed shakily at his steak, reducing it to uneaten bite-sized fragments, which he pushed around in the rich sauce, finally abandoning the whole thing.
"Jesus," Molly said, her own plate empty, "gimme that. You know what this costs?" She took his plate. 'They gotta raise a whole animal for years and then they kill it. This isn't vat stuff." She forked a mouthful up and chewed.
Um, seeing as the USA is slipping (slipped?) into recession and has a 9 trillion dollar debt, maybe your government should be planning on spending tax dollars a bit more conservatively? (say on public housing for the recently evicted, food stamps etc). Just my 2c.
Have a look at this ADSL ratings page and check out 'Karoo' - the only ADSL service in Hull allegedly and making optimum use of its monopoly position to be awful.
Since this is (presumably) doing analogue-based copying, I imagine it's inevitable it would suffer from degradation between copies, similar to copies of old-school video/audio tape.
And would interesting mutations get in, like in DNA replication, I wonder?
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Why then was the global population less than a billion for 10,000 years before the advent of fossil fuels/green revolution? Without oil and gas (non-renewable resources), the carrying capacity of the planet drops substantially.
Somehow, I don't think we'll be seeing a Director's Cut though...
The picture in the article shows the sphere being handled in what obviously isn't a cleanroom. Won't that mess up its surface?
This strikes me as a kind of fast-track immunization, i.e. getting the relevant antibodies into a person's immune system quickly before an infection can take hold. Rather than having to spend time developing the relevant treatment, simply borrow from another human who already has the necessary lymphocytes. Nice!
I'm aware of the correlation between infection and various cancers - I had Hodgkins Lymphoma a few years ago myself.
Make sure you get plenty of Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids while you're growing up (good source = cod liver oil), and you can avoid many mental problems in the first place
As a 'child of the oil', I certainly dont want to be around after it is gone. The world will be vastly different after the oil age and I actually think a lot of room needs to be made, as opposed to taken up, in preperation for that future time.
"Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. " - Susan Ertz
It reminds me of an album called IBM 1401, A User's Manual by Jóhann Jóhannsson. It is simple computer music generated 30 years ago that has been orchestrated.
I would add an appendage to their article on 'Alchohol' about the best drink in existence.
'cause then an American manned mission to Mars would be guaranteed!
/ducks.
Personally, I am reassured that these reactors are designed to shut down at the drop of a hat. This is not a situation were fuck-ups should be masked, any discontinuity, however minor, really needs to be highlighted and dealt with immediately.
I cant help but wonder if the lack of ebook piracy is more down to the fact that old fashioned paper books are still much more prevalent that eboook readers, and can be had for a reasonable cost. I'd say the day ebook readers go the way of the iPod, piracy will explode.
This reminds me of the Psion Series 3a palmtop, which is almost 15 years old now.
It had a great usable keyboard for its size (similar to a glasses case) and a big clear greyscale 480x160 screen.
In terms of runtime, it would run for around 20 hours on a pair of AA's, with negliable standby power, ct1620 button-cell memory backup and instant-on giving literaly weeks of reliable operation between battery changes.
It ran rock-solid custom-made PDA software (agenda, word processor, timezons, the usual stuff), and included a programming language/editor/parser for coding.
Amazingly for its time, you could even surf the internet on it (albeit slowly) since a complete TCP stack and webbrowser were available for the later versions, connecting via the serial port on it. I used to run a usable full 80x24 terminal emulator connection over a 9600bps cellphone link on my one - oldschool pocket internet before the days of wifi.
maybe sometime in the future we'll end up back in the situation of WWII rationing where a lot of children didn't even know what a banana looked like.
Apparently the Elonex ONE is just a rebranded version of this system, i.e. a digital photoframe with a keyboard/mouse and wifi grafted on (which is how they manage to keep the cost down).
I'd recommend Slashdotters (especially from the UK) have a look at a 2000 documentary called Thumb Candy, presented by Ian Lee. It is about the history of computer games, and it has an interview with Miyamoto. Search for 'Thumb Candy' on YouTube to see it.
Will this screw up when the earths field begins fluctuating when poles being going into reversal again?
Mind you, when this begins, I suspect the last thing we would be worried about if/when this comes would be the odd satellite crashing back to earth.
Given that this keeps the 'driver' standing upright, similar to the Segway, I dread to think what the aerodynamics of this thing are like at speed, it must be very inefficient.
How tiny is that screen? I think it is tending towards the infamous Dilbert 'Internet Ring' - an ultra-portable PDA that would let you surf the internet - one character at a time.
Molly and Armitage ate in silence, while Case sawed shakily
at his steak, reducing it to uneaten bite-sized fragments, which
he pushed around in the rich sauce, finally abandoning the
whole thing.
"Jesus," Molly said, her own plate empty, "gimme that.
You know what this costs?" She took his plate. 'They gotta
raise a whole animal for years and then they kill it. This isn't
vat stuff." She forked a mouthful up and chewed.
Um, seeing as the USA is slipping (slipped?) into recession and has a 9 trillion dollar debt, maybe your government should be planning on spending tax dollars a bit more conservatively? (say on public housing for the recently evicted, food stamps etc). Just my 2c.
That's the price we way for trying to see God's face. We're building a modern-day Tower of Babel with our tech in our quest for the singularity.
Have a look at this ADSL ratings page and check out 'Karoo' - the only ADSL service in Hull allegedly and making optimum use of its monopoly position to be awful.
Since this is (presumably) doing analogue-based copying, I imagine it's inevitable it would suffer from degradation between copies, similar to copies of old-school video/audio tape.
And would interesting mutations get in, like in DNA replication, I wonder?
for the SETI crowd to point their antennas to.