I'd be happier if the USA began doing nuclear fuel reprocessing, which I believe is currently banned. Uranium fuel production will peak in the next few decades, much like oil and gas, so reprocessing is a good way to guarantee a supply of fuel and allow the reuse of existing spent fuel.
The OpenMoko platform is looking like a good bet for a Linux-based phone/pda platform. ARM-based, iPhone-like touchscreen and a nice development kit available. It's due in Oct/Nov I beleve.
What worries me about solar cells is the life-span. For such a big up-front investment, would be good to have a guaranteed 30-year lifespan for them, but I have my doubts.
Semiconductors (having no moving parts) are effectively immortal, granted, but the regular thermal stresses that full-time solar cells see every 24 hours can make them prone to cracking I believe - after which they are pretty much bricked.
Given the low price of RAM these days (1 or 2 gigs being standard) minimising the need for swapping, and availability of tmpfs in the Linux kernel, I'm surprised there are not more flashdrive based linux boxes available these days.
What ever happened to the impending release of Wine 1.0? I seem to remember it was coming very soon 6 months ago. It would be a great publicity boost for the software if it reached that point.
With their Vaio PCG range of laptops. Beautiful hardware. With a modern harddrive and memory maxed out they still make usable and ultraportable laptops.
I think it would be more efficient if the people who go to the gym instead would just put on a pair of running shoes and would not have to exercise in a room that had not to be lit and heated for the purpose of them having a place to exercise.
You've obviously never been to Hong Kong. Until quite recently it was the most densely populated place on the planet. A sprawling city like this is not really a place for running. A better source of excercise might be to take the staris instead of the elevator occasionally in your 40 story apartment block.
Hey, I'm already doing this. My entire life is being recorded, audio, visual, olfactory, the works. And the boring bits are getting edited out automatically, leaving all the interesting and eventful stuff. I can play it back anytime too, although I'm the only one that can view it unfortunately. I've got some accessories that can help with capturing and sharing any important bits with others though. Not much point sharing the dull boring rest of it with others anyway.
"When deep space exploration ramps up, it'll be the corporations that name everything, the IBM Stellar Sphere, the Microsoft Galaxy, Planet Starbucks."
This whole scandal seems to go against the original HP Way ethos of having "trust and respect for individuals" that used to be a guiding principle in the company (albeit a long time ago now). It's not the same HP it used to be.
For Ghost in the Shell fans I'd strongly recommend getting hold of Avalon, another film by Mamoru Oshii. Not Anime, Japanese film set in a future Poland, Polish with English subtitles, shot mostly in sepia, it is beautiful to watch. High art, opera and cool VR tech.
Human impact on the environment is going to drop significantly in any case as the oil runs out and the population drops/stabalises over the next 50-100 years.
Check out: http://freshmeat.net/projects/sunplasma/ It looks beautiful on an accelerated-X Linux box. 76K compressed download, again textures (trees and landscape) fractal-generated at compile-time.
Is it just me or is putting information about chemical/biological/nuclear weaponry in prominent places on the internet not just asking for trouble? I know I know, obscurity is no security, but it beats the hell out of this kind of stuff.
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I'd be happier if the USA began doing nuclear fuel reprocessing, which I believe is currently banned. Uranium fuel production will peak in the next few decades, much like oil and gas, so reprocessing is a good way to guarantee a supply of fuel and allow the reuse of existing spent fuel.
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. "
The OpenMoko platform is looking like a good bet for a Linux-based phone/pda platform. ARM-based, iPhone-like touchscreen and a nice development kit available. It's due in Oct/Nov I beleve.
What worries me about solar cells is the life-span. For such a big up-front investment, would be good to have a guaranteed 30-year lifespan for them, but I have my doubts.
Semiconductors (having no moving parts) are effectively immortal, granted, but the regular thermal stresses that full-time solar cells see every 24 hours can make them prone to cracking I believe - after which they are pretty much bricked.
Given the low price of RAM these days (1 or 2 gigs being standard) minimising the need for swapping, and availability of tmpfs in the Linux kernel, I'm surprised there are not more flashdrive based linux boxes available these days.
I suspect they will only have distant childhood memories of everybody driving their own cars wherever they wanted.
What ever happened to the impending release of Wine 1.0? I seem to remember it was coming very soon 6 months ago. It would be a great publicity boost for the software if it reached that point.
Actually, the poorest here in Britain are likely to live longer than the _richest_ Americans. Crazy but true.
With their Vaio PCG range of laptops. Beautiful hardware. With a modern harddrive and memory maxed out they still make usable and ultraportable laptops.
You've obviously never been to Hong Kong. Until quite recently it was the most densely populated place on the planet. A sprawling city like this is not really a place for running. A better source of excercise might be to take the staris instead of the elevator occasionally in your 40 story apartment block.
Hey, I'm already doing this. My entire life is being recorded, audio, visual, olfactory, the works. And the boring bits are getting edited out automatically, leaving all the interesting and eventful stuff. I can play it back anytime too, although I'm the only one that can view it unfortunately. I've got some accessories that can help with capturing and sharing any important bits with others though. Not much point sharing the dull boring rest of it with others anyway.
"When deep space exploration ramps up, it'll be the corporations that name everything, the IBM Stellar Sphere, the Microsoft Galaxy, Planet Starbucks."
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This whole scandal seems to go against the original HP Way ethos of having "trust and respect for individuals" that used to be a guiding principle in the company (albeit a long time ago now). It's not the same HP it used to be.
Looks like Mamoru has adopted the same beautiful sepia style for the film as Avalon
Interesting that the vocoder, invented in 1940, is still being used to distort the vocals in some pop songs today.
For Ghost in the Shell fans I'd strongly recommend getting hold of Avalon, another film by Mamoru Oshii. Not Anime, Japanese film set in a future Poland, Polish with English subtitles, shot mostly in sepia, it is beautiful to watch. High art, opera and cool VR tech.
Human impact on the environment is going to drop significantly in any case as the oil runs out and the population drops/stabalises over the next 50-100 years.
Check out:t looks beautiful on an accelerated-X Linux box.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/sunplasma/
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76K compressed download, again textures (trees and landscape) fractal-generated at compile-time.
Although the 911 disaster the following day has probably drowned out the billenuim in history.
Is it just me or is putting information about chemical/biological/nuclear weaponry in prominent places on the internet not just asking for trouble? I know I know, obscurity is no security, but it beats the hell out of this kind of stuff.
And if they put a big 'DONT PANIC' sticker on all the drives, DVD-R is sure to win out.
sheesh. 2 words. Lan Party.
Jeez, in an age where a gig of core costs less that 100 bucks, do we really need the abstraction layer of VM any more?
Dragon's Lair has already been ported to DVD format.
It's available
here