I think you could solve that pretty easily. At a certain height, have someone manually go around and lay down electrical conduit.
Go a little higher, and lay out the plumbing.
It might also work out to lay down pex tubing before the floor goes down for hydrionic radiant heat.
In any case, the article said the use would be other countries, so the first world is probably not the target market... Unless they come up with clever curved designs that prove popular.
For instance, how about a hobbit home with a round door, or maybe a castle with ramparts and walk-in fireplaces?
Yes, in the USA, with it's plentiful wood supply, there are not very many concrete houses.
But in other countries, concrete construction is the norm. Just about every house in mexico city is a concrete block structure. (Yes, I know, not poured concrete)
I met someone once who had a cockatiel that talked, and when they got a new bird (a parakeet), they came to find that the cockatiel had taught the parakeet to talk.
As far as humans teaching parrots, I found a fascinating way of getting them to learn well is a three-way teaching model.
It's called the Model/Rival technique where the teacher (model) teaches another person (rival) in front of the bird, and the bird learns very fast.
I *loved* the way you died. It was clever and made for a really fun game.
If you die during a firefight, a progress bar starts emptying and you can "save" yourself from dying by killing an enemy before it finishes.
Also, if you're not going to make it, your friends can come over and revive you.
And if you do end up dying, you lose like 10% of your cash, that's all.
All this makes you wade in hip deep into the mayhem.
The randomness didn't really matter. It keeps the game replayable, because we all know, a random reward is much more powerful than a predictable one.:)
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Actually, it's that it can build curves, and is customizable from the start.
or... tilt up homes.
Couldn't you put the wall sections on their sides? Like 4 sections 8' wide and 9 or 10' tall?
I agree. If this slashdot article compared it to Lego for homes, I think we'd see more ideas...
I think you could solve that pretty easily. At a certain height, have someone manually go around and lay down electrical conduit.
Go a little higher, and lay out the plumbing.
It might also work out to lay down pex tubing before the floor goes down for hydrionic radiant heat.
In any case, the article said the use would be other countries, so the first world is probably not the target market... Unless they come up with clever curved designs that prove popular.
For instance, how about a hobbit home with a round door, or maybe a castle with ramparts and walk-in fireplaces?
Yes, in the USA, with it's plentiful wood supply, there are not very many concrete houses.
But in other countries, concrete construction is the norm. Just about every house in mexico city is a concrete block structure. (Yes, I know, not poured concrete)
Maybe not an RTG, but Nuclear Reactors have been around for a long time.
Internet access is a communication medium, which can be incompatible with solitude.
Does it work in humans? We need to catch up with our video game characters.
All those countries where the politicians or religious leaders mucked around with science are still there. I think the risk was overblown.
Meanwhile, look at Atlantis, where scientists were given free reign. See what happened there?
Personally I stay away from that section like I stay away from the twilight movies.
Also, I stay away from the star wars section (and other movie/tv show fiction).
It seems to be a much much richer experience to read specific vetted authors who are not inheriting other people's "universes".
That said, some authors I enjoy...
John Scalzi - old mans war series
Brent Weeks - night angel series
Old stuff I fondly remember
Pohl - gateway series
Clarke - Rama series
Niven - ringworld series
Do not taunt happy fun ball.
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/happy-fun-ball/229058/
Throat creak? Vocal Fry?
I think it has a more common name... like growl.
grrr...
Bluray players/cellphones/etc will now be rented to you.
People don't realize that the department of education is not some long-standing government institution -- it started operating in 1980.
considering each Kindle Fire is a POS/cash register for Amazon.
According to my daughter, everyone has a cellphone in her class, except her.
(it also seems her classmates are particularly well equipped when it comes to pets, electric scooters and late bedtimes) :)
...After all, they're next!
(and then finally, AT&T will be back together)
Although the wild parrots are most likely learning to mimic the escaped parrots, parrots can indeed learn language, not just sounds.
I wonder if Alex the famous african grey escaped and taught wild parrots, if he could teach concepts as well as sounds.
I met someone once who had a cockatiel that talked, and when they got a new bird (a parakeet), they came to find that the cockatiel had taught the parakeet to talk.
As far as humans teaching parrots, I found a fascinating way of getting them to learn well is a three-way teaching model.
It's called the Model/Rival technique where the teacher (model) teaches another person (rival) in front of the bird, and the bird learns very fast.
I *loved* the way you died. It was clever and made for a really fun game.
If you die during a firefight, a progress bar starts emptying and you can "save" yourself from dying by killing an enemy before it finishes.
Also, if you're not going to make it, your friends can come over and revive you.
And if you do end up dying, you lose like 10% of your cash, that's all.
All this makes you wade in hip deep into the mayhem.
The randomness didn't really matter. It keeps the game replayable, because we all know, a random reward is much more powerful than a predictable one. :)
Las Vegas has been doing this for years. Eiffel tower, venice, new york city, etc etc etc :)
I'm wondering... what is the average age of a computer user in general? They may be similar or the same.
That insurance companies can now insure us for "acts of god" and then go after him for payment after a disaster?
Actually, what would be entirely possible and FAIR would be...