The energy comes from the reaction of the hydrogen with the oxygen inside the fuel cell, there's your source... (And yes, you need a clean way of producing hydrogen from for instance water, but i still think it is better to start using fuel cells than waiting for that holy grail called nuclear fusion)
Once we can safely and cheaply launch it into space, we can simply fire it off at the sun where it will do nothing. Until that day, we need a place here to store it.
Sure launch it into space... I can't see it anymore so it's gone...
Until one container happened to be caught in an orbit around the sun that crosses earth's orbit. After 70 years the container gets back where it completely burns in the atmosphere, covering lets say Japan completely with radioactive dust...
Or we shoot the containers into the Sun... do whe know the effects of increasing the amount of haevier elements (anything above iron (Fe) in the periodic table)? Astronomers think that that's why stars die or even *explode*...
Like pointed out in earlier replies, the problem with nuclear power is not the dangers of a meltdown or any other accident at the power plant. The problem is the waste, radioactive material that will be active for hundreds or thousands of years, where do you leave the waste? Nobody wants it in their backyard and how do we safely transport it and savely store it until it is no longer harmful?
In my opinion this is why we need to look for alternative sources of power, so eventually we will no longer have to use nuclear power. The best thing to do is stop using it now, so the amount of waste will not grow anymore, simple math: when we stop using nuclear power in 50 years from now, we will have at least twice the amount of waste we have now(nucelar power is around for about 50 years). But stopping to use nuclear power now is impossible and imho it will still be around for the next 50 years.
The solution? Keep the powerplants we have until their designed lifetime is up, and keep looking for alternatives, nuclear fusion might be one, but I don't think that will happen this century or ever (because we won't need it anymore->read on). For alternative powersources I'm putting my money on the fuel cell, the cleanest form works on hydrogen but that still has some storage problems. Running the fuel cell on natural gas(GM already has one of 7kW that can be installed at your home) is easier (natural gas is already available in many homes) and a bit saver. However, eventually we need to run the fuel cells on hydrogen only, it is widely available(water) and the "waste" is pure and clean water. In the meantime we need to create a way to safely store and distribute hydrogen, this certainly can be done in the next 50 years or so...
Oh, and by the way: the efficiency of the average fuel cell is already at 40% and can still increasing.
For those who don't drink coffee...
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I don't drink coffee, but tea (some kinds have MORE caffeine than coffee). So I took the cooler off my Athlon and replaced it with a kettel... now whenever i compile my linux kernel I get a nice fresh cup of tea:)
Disclaimer: I don't take any resonsibility for the things happening (eg. implosion of the known universe) when you actually try this...
Sure and then your birthday is on the same day every year, just like any other holiday (christmas would always be at Thursday & Friday would make a great weekend;) )
But wouldn't this make life very boring? Just like everybody wearing the same clothes everyday, it would make life much simpler, but would it be better?
The 7 day period ( week ) is because GOD created the world in 7 days and this cannot be disputed:-)
Ok, my mistake. Probably because the names of the days were based on the names of the 7 known planets (including the sun and moon) at that time. It might not be so obvious in english, but with some french help it is:
Sunday (duh) lundi = Monday (moon)
mardi = Tuesday (mars)
mercredi = Wednesday (mercury)
jeudi = Thursday (jupiter)
vendredi = Friday (venus)
Saturday (saturn)
Or is this something from the french revolution as well?? you never know, with the french;)
Not when you know what the basis is of our present calendar. (It is a wonderful system,imho)
It's all in the solar system, and remember that the calendar was developed during the middle ages. The earth revolves around its axis once a day. The moon revolves around the earth in 29 days with 4 distinct periods(new moon, 1st quarter, full moon, third quarter), so that' once a month, with a new period once a week. And finally the earth revolves around the sun in 365 days.
Now we need to think in integers(fractions are evil): 29/4=7 365/29=12 so 1 lunar cycle is a month devided in 4 weeks of seven days and one year contains 12 months.
Because these are all fractional numbers so we need to use some tricks to keep the seasons in the same period each year. Know we have 4x7x12=336 days a year, the remaining 29(!) could be another month but then we'd have 13 months a year.... no can do that, 13 is a bad number! (again think middle ages!)
So lets give some months a few extra days (why februari wasn't included, i don't know, maybe it went to the bathroom or something;) )
This isn't the whole story about our calendar, but it will give you an understanding why it is like this. I think it is a wonderful way of keeping a calendar.
for the cd's: that's part of the unix philosophy: everything is a file (or document as Microsoft has recently come to realise) Moreover:windows doesn't mount anything!
Yes, remember kids - always treat the megalo-corp that strives to destroy, continually insults, and generally shits all over your favorite operating system with the utmost deference and respect.
Like publically humiliating them at the LinuxExpo will help the image of an OS that is generally regarded as something for geeks and l337 h4x0r5...
Nope... the only way to beat the evil empire is with patience and dignity, show the world that the open source community is truly a better place for everyone!
Clearly because of the economic downfall, they (microsoft) are looking for a cheap way to have a look at all the great stuff that linux has to offer!
They're only there to find more things to copy or for more things they can use for their FUD...
The optimistic among us might think in ways like: if you can't beat them, join them... but I don't think microsoft will ever use that tactic.(they're more the "if you can't beat them, buy them" kind...)
well uhm... i read over the readme in the isolinux dir, and it appears that if you want to create your own bootable cd, you have to leave out either kde or gnome... i'm wondering what the iso looks like, is it kde or gnome??
Sure it will come that far in 2004, and I'l start living underground with the other loteks:)
Do they really think I will pay for spam?? fsck it!
Really that's one reason why I don't think this will ever come true: You pay for the services AND you have to wade through advertisements? Normally things are free or inexpensive with a lot of "sponsoring", or they are expensive and you're free of most advertising.
Sure, it would be nice if my cellular would tell me if my preferred type of restaurant is nearby, but what if i wanted to try something different than french, italian or mexican?? And what's wrong with pulling up a list of restaurants on your cellular and choosing one yourself?
Same holds for the movie-example, plus another thing comes to mind here: most good movies are the ones that are completely different from the ones you've seen before, so based on your previous cinema-visits you're going to see the same type of movies over and over...
Mr. McNealy (cowboy Nealy??:) ) gives (bad) examples that are only convincing to lazy people who don't want to decide for themselves (ie. M$ costumers...), if he thinks that consumers are like that,well imho then he is no better than Bill Gates!
Freshly minted BSEE grads from universities are normally stuck into either tech support or sales as their first, entry-level position.
And I'm sure they've all read Simon's BOFH series:)
But tech support really sucks, I occasionally need it at my work as a systems administrator, there's only one company (whith an expensive service contract) that has actually resolved every problem. Most companies just seem to make a note of the problem and never answer again.
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oops.... the paranoid tags have disappeared...
Maybe they're trying to hide something they put there, like the remains of the UFO that crashed in Roswell...
The energy comes from the reaction of the hydrogen with the oxygen inside the fuel cell, there's your source...
(And yes, you need a clean way of producing hydrogen from for instance water, but i still think it is better to start using fuel cells than waiting for that holy grail called nuclear fusion)
Sure launch it into space... I can't see it anymore so it's gone...
Until one container happened to be caught in an orbit around the sun that crosses earth's orbit. After 70 years the container gets back where it completely burns in the atmosphere, covering lets say Japan completely with radioactive dust...
Or we shoot the containers into the Sun... do whe know the effects of increasing the amount of haevier elements (anything above iron (Fe) in the periodic table)? Astronomers think that that's why stars die or even *explode* ...
The problem is the waste, radioactive material that will be active for hundreds or thousands of years, where do you leave the waste? Nobody wants it in their backyard and how do we safely transport it and savely store it until it is no longer harmful?
In my opinion this is why we need to look for alternative sources of power, so eventually we will no longer have to use nuclear power. The best thing to do is stop using it now, so the amount of waste will not grow anymore, simple math: when we stop using nuclear power in 50 years from now, we will have at least twice the amount of waste we have now(nucelar power is around for about 50 years). But stopping to use nuclear power now is impossible and imho it will still be around for the next 50 years.
The solution? Keep the powerplants we have until their designed lifetime is up, and keep looking for alternatives, nuclear fusion might be one, but I don't think that will happen this century or ever (because we won't need it anymore->read on). For alternative powersources I'm putting my money on the fuel cell, the cleanest form works on hydrogen but that still has some storage problems. Running the fuel cell on natural gas(GM already has one of 7kW that can be installed at your home) is easier (natural gas is already available in many homes) and a bit saver. However, eventually we need to run the fuel cells on hydrogen only, it is widely available(water) and the "waste" is pure and clean water. In the meantime we need to create a way to safely store and distribute hydrogen, this certainly can be done in the next 50 years or so...
Oh, and by the way: the efficiency of the average fuel cell is already at 40% and can still increasing.
Disclaimer: I don't take any resonsibility for the things happening (eg. implosion of the known universe) when you actually try this...
Sure and then your birthday is on the same day every year, just like any other holiday (christmas would always be at Thursday & Friday would make a great weekend ;) )
But wouldn't this make life very boring? Just like everybody wearing the same clothes everyday, it would make life much simpler, but would it be better?
The 7 day period ( week ) is because GOD created the world in 7 days and this cannot be disputed :-)
;)
Ok, my mistake. Probably because the names of the days were based on the names of the 7 known planets (including the sun and moon) at that time. It might not be so obvious in english, but with some french help it is:
Sunday (duh)
lundi = Monday (moon)
mardi = Tuesday (mars)
mercredi = Wednesday (mercury)
jeudi = Thursday (jupiter)
vendredi = Friday (venus)
Saturday (saturn)
Or is this something from the french revolution as well?? you never know, with the french
yeah, lets make the orbit slightly bigger, that way we would also solve the problem of global warming! :)
It's all in the solar system, and remember that the calendar was developed during the middle ages.
The earth revolves around its axis once a day.
The moon revolves around the earth in 29 days with 4 distinct periods(new moon, 1st quarter, full moon, third quarter), so that' once a month, with a new period once a week.
And finally the earth revolves around the sun in 365 days.
Now we need to think in integers(fractions are evil): 29/4=7 365/29=12
so 1 lunar cycle is a month devided in 4 weeks of seven days and one year contains 12 months.
Because these are all fractional numbers so we need to use some tricks to keep the seasons in the same period each year. Know we have 4x7x12=336 days a year, the remaining 29(!) could be another month but then we'd have 13 months a year.... no can do that, 13 is a bad number! (again think middle ages!) ;) )
So lets give some months a few extra days (why februari wasn't included, i don't know, maybe it went to the bathroom or something
This isn't the whole story about our calendar, but it will give you an understanding why it is like this. I think it is a wonderful way of keeping a calendar.
Or I'll meet my girl for a dinner date at.... 0.8333333333? (but she probably will show up 0.208333333333 too late)
How the hell do you expect me to pronounce that?
bad troll, no cookie...
for the cd's: that's part of the unix philosophy: everything is a file (or document as Microsoft has recently come to realise)
Moreover:windows doesn't mount anything!
Yes, remember kids - always treat the megalo-corp that strives to destroy, continually insults, and generally shits all over your favorite operating system with the utmost deference and respect.
Like publically humiliating them at the LinuxExpo will help the image of an OS that is generally regarded as something for geeks and l337 h4x0r5...
Nope... the only way to beat the evil empire is with patience and dignity, show the world that the open source community is truly a better place for everyone!
Clearly because of the economic downfall, they (microsoft) are looking for a cheap way to have a look at all the great stuff that linux has to offer!
They're only there to find more things to copy or for more things they can use for their FUD...
The optimistic among us might think in ways like: if you can't beat them, join them... but I don't think microsoft will ever use that tactic.(they're more the "if you can't beat them, buy them" kind...)
from the article itself:
;)
(MSNBC is a Microsoft-NBC joint venture.)
Extra note: this prolly has been said before in the comments, but it can't be said too many times
guess why this is an anonymous coward...
this version come's with ALL journalling filesystems, I think deadrat only supports reiser and their "own" ext3...
unzip tgzes??? clearly you don't know what yer talking about! i suggest you move to redmond or something...
well uhm... i read over the readme in the isolinux dir, and it appears that if you want to create your own bootable cd, you have to leave out either kde or gnome...
i'm wondering what the iso looks like, is it kde or gnome??
this time i recommend you DO reformat your drives, with a journalling filesystem :) slack 8.1 supports 'em all (jfs,xfs,reiserfs,ext3fs)
i'm going for the jfs...
Good code speaks for itself, so the best comment is a not written (ie. dead) one ;)
this all reminds me a bit of that book...
:)
and also a bit of that movie johnny mnemonic...
Sure it will come that far in 2004, and I'l start living underground with the other loteks
Do they really think I will pay for spam?? fsck it!
Really that's one reason why I don't think this will ever come true: You pay for the services AND you have to wade through advertisements? Normally things are free or inexpensive with a lot of "sponsoring", or they are expensive and you're free of most advertising.
ok... when did you say this 10 Ghz chip is happening?? 2003 (page 14) or 2006 (page 15)??
:) )
or is that a side-effect of the time-travel??
(but probably just a little flaw in the AI of the editor
Damn! I just got 2.4.14 to compile using a part of the 2.4.15pre patch.
:)
I could have had some decent sleep!
Sure, it would be nice if my cellular would tell me if my preferred type of restaurant is nearby, but what if i wanted to try something different than french, italian or mexican?? And what's wrong with pulling up a list of restaurants on your cellular and choosing one yourself?
:) ) gives (bad) examples that are only convincing to lazy people who don't want to decide for themselves (ie. M$ costumers...), if he thinks that consumers are like that,well imho then he is no better than Bill Gates!
Same holds for the movie-example, plus another thing comes to mind here: most good movies are the ones that are completely different from the ones you've seen before, so based on your previous cinema-visits you're going to see the same type of movies over and over...
Mr. McNealy (cowboy Nealy??
Freshly minted BSEE grads from universities are normally stuck into either tech support or sales as their first, entry-level position.
:)
And I'm sure they've all read Simon's BOFH series
But tech support really sucks, I occasionally need it at my work as a systems administrator, there's only one company (whith an expensive service contract) that has actually resolved every problem. Most companies just seem to make a note of the problem and never answer again.