TFA states that water is the "kryptonite" of the superstrong paper.
Doesn't that kill its practicality in things like planes and automobiles? If it rains, then you could have a major catastrophe on your hands... I'm surprised you read that far and then stopped. From TFA:
So, the next task is to find other molecules that can replace water in the fabrication process. That research challenge and others probably puts commercialization of the technology at least 5 or 10 years away, Ruoff says.
I think you mean you need to keep your desktop plugged in more than your laptop. Otherwise, you're doing something wrong. Indeed. That's why I said this:
I don't know about you, but I need to plug in my desktop more often than my laptop.
Not to quibble, but something is either NP-hard or it isn't. There is no 'close'. Sure there is. For instance, k-colourability is NP-hard. 2-colourability is a tiny tweak of k-colourability (ie. setting k to 2), and it's not NP-hard, but it's damn close because if you had picked 3 instead of 2, then whoops, you're NP-hard. If you give the GP the benefit of the doubt, I think you'll see this is what he might have meant.
The P/E of the S&P 500 is 21 right now. Bond yields are 5% (a P/E of 20), so the market is a bit over-valued, but I wouldn't call it a "very fragile bubble".
Mods, don't be blinded because he started his post with "at risk of Karma".
This device which is really nothing more nor less than the exact same technology that NASA uses for orbital flyby which is how we get probes into deep space is just an application in electromagnetic fields rather than G fields.
Wrong. The gravitational slingshot technique conserves energy, so it could not be the basis for a perpetual motion machine.
Now as to those making jokes about the first and second laws of thermodynamics. If an object at rest remains at rest unless acted on by an outside force and an object in motion remains in motion unless acted upon by an outside force.... Is this not by definition perpetual motion? It keeps on doing whatever until forever.... Pretty obvious folks.
Don't be dense. Perpetual motion usually (as it does in this case) refers to a device that produces more energy than it consumes.
Of course those who oppose the idea that we can arrive at energy by some means such as this, openly preach to us that the whole universe erupted out of the head of a pin, [Big Bang anybody?] and are quite happy for all of its mass and all of its energy to have erupted out of nothing in that event. [Logic anybody?]
I'm not an astrophysicist, but my understanding is that time also began in the big bang. It's not like one moment there was lots of mass and energy when there was none the previous moment. There was no previous moment.
No I haven't done anything but point out the truth and that isn't troll.
it's important to remember the bad times, so you don't end up there again. something about those who can't remember history repeating it..... Yeah, those rape victims really should try harder next time not to get raped.
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Is the parent really a troll?
Doesn't that kill its practicality in things like planes and automobiles? If it rains, then you could have a major catastrophe on your hands... I'm surprised you read that far and then stopped. From TFA: So, the next task is to find other molecules that can replace water in the fabrication process. That research challenge and others probably puts commercialization of the technology at least 5 or 10 years away, Ruoff says.
I concede defeat in the pedantic nerd contest.
The prediction overlooks far too many inconveniences that technology hasn't yet resolved.
I don't know about you, but I need to plug in my desktop more often than my laptop.The need to regularly plug in the laptop.
Or, it could ask for a "master password" when it goes to fill in a password the first time.
WAIT! It already does that!! OMG
The video was very grainy and didn't play for me. Here's the same one at YouTube.
Any theories as to why the parent was modded "Troll"? I have no idea what the objection was.
Obviously the vendor puts together the best submission they can for their own product. Oracle did the same for theirs.
This would be a good time to put your fingers in your ears and start shouting "CAN'T HEAR YOU!! NANANANANANA!!!!"
It's a research tool really. I've tried it. It achieves phenomenal compression, but it takes several orders of magnitude longer to run than gzip.
And isn't it possible the offspring will actually improve on the parents?
That is all.
Do you think it's reasonable to compare a "good mouse" with a bargain-basement tablet?
The P/E of the S&P 500 is 21 right now. Bond yields are 5% (a P/E of 20), so the market is a bit over-valued, but I wouldn't call it a "very fragile bubble".
Quality is another issue. And so is quality.
Uh, that was his point. Read it again.
That means in Canada, the liter is a measure of mass.
Read some of his replies. This guy got the rating he deserved.
I'm not sure you read what I wrote. Take another look. I don't like "creatio ex nihlo" either but I have no problem with the Big Bang.
This device which is really nothing more nor less than the exact same technology that NASA uses for orbital flyby which is how we get probes into deep space is just an application in electromagnetic fields rather than G fields.
Wrong. The gravitational slingshot technique conserves energy, so it could not be the basis for a perpetual motion machine.Now as to those making jokes about the first and second laws of thermodynamics. If an object at rest remains at rest unless acted on by an outside force and an object in motion remains in motion unless acted upon by an outside force.... Is this not by definition perpetual motion? It keeps on doing whatever until forever.... Pretty obvious folks.
Don't be dense. Perpetual motion usually (as it does in this case) refers to a device that produces more energy than it consumes.Of course those who oppose the idea that we can arrive at energy by some means such as this, openly preach to us that the whole universe erupted out of the head of a pin, [Big Bang anybody?] and are quite happy for all of its mass and all of its energy to have erupted out of nothing in that event. [Logic anybody?]
I'm not an astrophysicist, but my understanding is that time also began in the big bang. It's not like one moment there was lots of mass and energy when there was none the previous moment. There was no previous moment.
Correction: you're not an intentional troll.No I haven't done anything but point out the truth and that isn't troll.