hell, that'd kill just about anything.... Retinas, monitors,, etc..but really, is there a way to protect existing cds? maybe lace the CD with a non-Aluminum eating bacterium, so the other one has no room to grow? Hey, it does work on human skin, after all...
oh yeah, like a difference in one letter is gonna be enough to stop goons from knocking down your door. If you wanted to make it sound hypothetical, you should have picked a name lacking in similarities with the other elements. But, knowing the government, you'd probably end up picking a code name they had used, so hey, either way, you're screwed:p
well, that's why it's better to use removable media. Floppies are less than $0.50 each, and they're big enough to store text documents. If you have a CD-RW with packet writing, you can do much the same thing.
Although removable media is less reliable than a hard drive, it's so much cheaper, you could easily make 2 copies, and store a backup copy in a secure safe somewhere. Plus, if all of your data is stored on CD, etc, it's pretty damn easy to upgrade to a new computer, and not have to copy the files over.
Umm. No. Nuclear is not the cleanest source of energy. and yes, it does pollute, although not all of it is immediate. First off, they do radiate heat, which is a form of pollution, and look at all of the water that the cooling towers pump into the air. That has to have some effect on the environment. The spent fuel continues to radiate heart for years, and then, even once it's cool, they have to figure out what to do with it. Yucca Mountain is out, or at least should be. They've had probelms with groundwater, and seismic activity has been registered in the area
And, we can't forget the time limitations to nuclear power. The longest a nuclear power station in the US can run is 60 years. And when they deactivate the plant, they have a hard time reusing the metal that was in the containment vessel & first coolant loop. Any other type of power, when they shut the place down, they just wash off the parts, if need be, melt 'em down, and reuse the metal for other purposes.
By far, the cleanest form of power is the fuel cell. Especially the hot fuel cell. IIRC, they run at about 1200 degrees, and when they run the exhaust (water vapor) through a turbine, they get a combined efficiency of roughly 70% Not much can beat that. And although they would still have to get rid of some of that heat, they wouldn't put out nearly as much a nuclear stations do, because the heat also makes it easier to split the water back into H2 and O2 (easier to dissolve electrolytic substances, etc.) And, if they were to use a thermocouple (sp?), they'd boot the energy further.
I've been using Mandrake for quite some timenow, and I haven't had problems with it. It seems to be quite stable (well, on my computer. My sister's OTOH, could crash just about anything. gotta love flaky hardware)
I like KDE better. I suppose it's just a matter of opinion, but I just like the look & feel, etc.
Not to say I don't like individual gnome apps (like GAIM, cause as of now, it's got a lot more features than KAIM, etc)
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Although, it would be kinda cool if they showed Sauron shitting his pants when he found out where the ring was....
ha ha ha !! sweeet! I got 42nd post! does this mean I get to turn into a jelly-doughnut?
that we should stop the /. polls? maybe we should just vote for jelly-doughnuts....
hell, that'd kill just about anything.... Retinas, monitors,, etc..but really, is there a way to protect existing cds? maybe lace the CD with a non-Aluminum eating bacterium, so the other one has no room to grow? Hey, it does work on human skin, after all...
.Hey, what're pacemakers made from?
oh yeah, like a difference in one letter is gonna be enough to stop goons from knocking down your door. If you wanted to make it sound hypothetical, you should have picked a name lacking in similarities with the other elements. But, knowing the government, you'd probably end up picking a code name they had used, so hey, either way, you're screwed :p
well, that's why it's better to use removable media. Floppies are less than $0.50 each, and they're big enough to store text documents. If you have a CD-RW with packet writing, you can do much the same thing.
Although removable media is less reliable than a hard drive, it's so much cheaper, you could easily make 2 copies, and store a backup copy in a secure safe somewhere. Plus, if all of your data is stored on CD, etc, it's pretty damn easy to upgrade to a new computer, and not have to copy the files over.
I believe the word is "titanium"
or, you could just shield it with a jelly-doughnut.
Umm. No. Nuclear is not the cleanest source of energy. and yes, it does pollute, although not all of it is immediate. First off, they do radiate heat, which is a form of pollution, and look at all of the water that the cooling towers pump into the air. That has to have some effect on the environment. The spent fuel continues to radiate heart for years, and then, even once it's cool, they have to figure out what to do with it. Yucca Mountain is out, or at least should be. They've had probelms with groundwater, and seismic activity has been registered in the area
And, we can't forget the time limitations to nuclear power. The longest a nuclear power station in the US can run is 60 years. And when they deactivate the plant, they have a hard time reusing the metal that was in the containment vessel & first coolant loop. Any other type of power, when they shut the place down, they just wash off the parts, if need be, melt 'em down, and reuse the metal for other purposes.
By far, the cleanest form of power is the fuel cell. Especially the hot fuel cell. IIRC, they run at about 1200 degrees, and when they run the exhaust (water vapor) through a turbine, they get a combined efficiency of roughly 70% Not much can beat that. And although they would still have to get rid of some of that heat, they wouldn't put out nearly as much a nuclear stations do, because the heat also makes it easier to split the water back into H2 and O2 (easier to dissolve electrolytic substances, etc.) And, if they were to use a thermocouple (sp?), they'd boot the energy further.
DAMN! you beat me to the Ihre ganze Unterseite sind gehören uns
I've been using Mandrake for quite some timenow, and I haven't had problems with it. It seems to be quite stable (well, on my computer. My sister's OTOH, could crash just about anything. gotta love flaky hardware)
I like KDE better. I suppose it's just a matter of opinion, but I just like the look & feel, etc. Not to say I don't like individual gnome apps (like GAIM, cause as of now, it's got a lot more features than KAIM, etc)
but OpenAL is an audio library.
and besides, it's more humane the way we do it :-)
is it still legal for me to hunt jelly doughnuts?