Why oh why do people, who feel they have somethin to tell that involves references to species ALWAYS abbreviate the generic name? How the hell is anybody to guess WTF things like 'E. coli', 'D. radiourans' or other phrases refer to? So what does the 'C' in 'C. hydrogenoformans' mean - assuming that 'hydrogenoformans' shouldn't have been 'hydrogeniformans' as well?
Oh, come on. Ever heard of Google? I got "Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans", plus a bunch of articles on the subject, in about 10 seconds.
The ride gets bumpier from here on out, until about 2011 or 2012, which is the end of a cycle in the Mayan calendar. As I understand it, their calendar cycles back to zero on December 21, 2012. (The universe has an "overflow bug" too!:)
Well, actually it's the Mayan calendar that has the bug. The designers of the Mayan calendar probably figured that their product would no longer be in use by the time it became a problem. At least they had the good sense to put their bug far enough into the future that they wouldn't be alive to take the blame when the problem surfaced.
Problem is, even if we could produce all the BioD we wanted to for nothing, we will STILL rely on foreign oil. Here's why:
Perochemical [sic] products like plastics and lubricants still have not been figured out with alternative sources. Things like plastics (the keyboard you are typing on) can not be made without dino oil.
Where do the lube oil basestocks come from that we use in cars and trucks? Natural gas and dino oil. Even synthetic oils start out as some form of foriegn [sic] energy source.
You do realize that we produce something like 40% of the oil we use? If we could replace all our fuel needs (heating, electricity, transportation, etc.) with biological sources, we might very well be able to satisfy all our other petrochemical needs (plastics, fertilizer, etc.) from domestic oil sources.
There are a couple cars that get in the 40mpg, but not many. There are laws of physics that make it really hard to get that high, without compromises that most people do not wish to make.
VW was getting over 50 mpg way back in the '70s with the Rabbit Diesel. Today they've got the Lupo 3 that gets over 80 mpg. Even the Passat TDI got 41 mpg while it was for sale in the US. A hybrid like the Honda Accord could easily get over 40 mpg (it already gets 37 on the highway), if they didn't feel the need to make it do 0-60 mph in under 8 seconds.
I'm convinced that we'll see, in the next 20 years, a project to do just that with the purpose of raising temperatures in the northern latitudes during winter.
Yep, I'm pretty sure we're going to see rising temperatures in the northern latitudes, too - only it's going to be all year round, not just the northern latitudes, and not because of any special project.
It is sad that one of the greatest science fiction writers of all time is represented only by one he openly stated was one of his worst (IIRC, in one of his later books, he has one of his characters comment on it saying something like "it's sad how far some authors stoop when they're desparate for money" (anybody remember that, or is my memory playing tricks on me?)
Ironically, the passage you're referring to is from an even worse Heinlein novel, The Number of the Beast, which really demonstrates how far some authors will stoop when they're desperate for money.
BTW, I agree - Heinlein should be represented on this list by The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (or maybe Starship Troopers), not Stranger.
I think that "Seppo" is an Austrailian term. It's an abbreviated term for "Septic tank", which rymes with yank.
It's Cockney rhyming slang, and has since been adopted by the Ozzies. (Gee, do you think they object to that term?) What it means is: yank -> septic tank -> full of shit. It's an insult, whereas "Brit" is not meant as such.
Someone cracks a router at your ISP (not too improbable considering certain Cisco fiascos, right?) and sets up a route to your network. Now what? You NAT box suddenly makes your internal network "public" to the attacker.
How does a compromised router at my ISP make the NATed IP addresses on my home network available to the attacker? My machines' addresses are still 192.168.0.x; only my NAT/router has an address on my ISP's subnet. How does that attacker get to me without also cracking my router?
While it is nice to say we don't have enough IP address to cover everyone now, be realistic. Not everyone will need one. There are a lot of people like me who will have lots and lots of them with all the toys I accumulate. However, there is also going to be a lot of people who won't.
Right. And in other news, 640K oughta be enough for anybody.
Get serious. In the future, everyone will use multiple IP addresses. Someday, they'll be assigning everyone an IP range at birth.
Speakers, whether powered or not, have an impedance that must be watched if you're going to hook up more than two to each channel.
Uh, no. Yes, a powered speaker has an impedance, but it's going to be at least 10Kohms. Any audio output can drive such a load; that's how line-level audio is designed - low output impedance, high input impedance. Actual direct driving of speaker drivers by a power amplifier is an entirely different matter.
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Most likely by only allowing vehicles so equipped to operate on the public roads.
What about the dozens of millions of cars already on the road?
So why are content providers so determined to turn away the fraction of their potential customers that don't run Windows?
Well, given that in this case the content provider is Microsoft...
Yes, here in
And in the US as well. The compounds used are called mercaptans.
Why oh why do people, who feel they have somethin to tell that involves references to species ALWAYS abbreviate the generic name? How the hell is anybody to guess WTF things like 'E. coli', 'D. radiourans' or other phrases refer to? So what does the 'C' in 'C. hydrogenoformans' mean - assuming that 'hydrogenoformans' shouldn't have been 'hydrogeniformans' as well?
Oh, come on. Ever heard of Google? I got "Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans", plus a bunch of articles on the subject, in about 10 seconds.
I don't mean to troll, but I wonder if Negreponte and crew have any experimental evidence that these laptops will actually help.
Who cares, dude? Two words: Beowulf cluster. ;-)
The ride gets bumpier from here on out, until about 2011 or 2012, which is the end of a cycle in the Mayan calendar. As I understand it, their calendar cycles back to zero on December 21, 2012. (The universe has an "overflow bug" too!
Well, actually it's the Mayan calendar that has the bug. The designers of the Mayan calendar probably figured that their product would no longer be in use by the time it became a problem. At least they had the good sense to put their bug far enough into the future that they wouldn't be alive to take the blame when the problem surfaced.
Here take a look at this svg demo [dojotoolkit.org].
Now that's pretty damn cool.
OK, I've got it. It's working. It supposedly has SVG support built in. So, now, where can I go see some? Anyone know any Web sites that use SVG?
There used to be Redmond Linux. Now it's Lycoris.
Is that red lycoris, or black lycoris?
Remember the 5 D's of cannon dodgeball - dodge, duck, dive, dip, and... dodge!
Problem is, even if we could produce all the BioD we wanted to for nothing, we will STILL rely on foreign oil. Here's why:
Perochemical [sic] products like plastics and lubricants still have not been figured out with alternative sources. Things like plastics (the keyboard you are typing on) can not be made without dino oil.
Where do the lube oil basestocks come from that we use in cars and trucks? Natural gas and dino oil. Even synthetic oils start out as some form of foriegn [sic] energy source.
You do realize that we produce something like 40% of the oil we use? If we could replace all our fuel needs (heating, electricity, transportation, etc.) with biological sources, we might very well be able to satisfy all our other petrochemical needs (plastics, fertilizer, etc.) from domestic oil sources.
Urine is sterile unless one of the following conditions are == true.
However, this is only the case at the instant the urine leaves the body. Once exposed to air, urine does not remain sterile indefinitely.
There are a couple cars that get in the 40mpg, but not many. There are laws of physics that make it really hard to get that high, without compromises that most people do not wish to make.
VW was getting over 50 mpg way back in the '70s with the Rabbit Diesel. Today they've got the Lupo 3 that gets over 80 mpg. Even the Passat TDI got 41 mpg while it was for sale in the US. A hybrid like the Honda Accord could easily get over 40 mpg (it already gets 37 on the highway), if they didn't feel the need to make it do 0-60 mph in under 8 seconds.
The true geek would have made the "house full of popcorn" joke before either of us.
Frostalicious? This is Jesus, Frostalicious. Stop playing with yourself!
I'm convinced that we'll see, in the next 20 years, a project to do just that with the purpose of raising temperatures in the northern latitudes during winter.
Yep, I'm pretty sure we're going to see rising temperatures in the northern latitudes, too - only it's going to be all year round, not just the northern latitudes, and not because of any special project.
It is sad that one of the greatest science fiction writers of all time is represented only by one he openly stated was one of his worst (IIRC, in one of his later books, he has one of his characters comment on it saying something like "it's sad how far some authors stoop when they're desparate for money" (anybody remember that, or is my memory playing tricks on me?)
Ironically, the passage you're referring to is from an even worse Heinlein novel, The Number of the Beast, which really demonstrates how far some authors will stoop when they're desperate for money.
BTW, I agree - Heinlein should be represented on this list by The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (or maybe Starship Troopers), not Stranger.
wouldn't it be more interesting to demolish part of the mountain?
Naw, put it on rails so they can move it out of the way in the winter...
Call me hard to entertain, but that half-hour of entralling HIGH-SPEED SOVIET HIGHWAY FOOTAGE failed to tickle my fancy.
Boy, am I glad to hear I wasn't the only one. ;-) Boooooo-ring!
I think that "Seppo" is an Austrailian term. It's an abbreviated term for "Septic tank", which rymes with yank.
It's Cockney rhyming slang, and has since been adopted by the Ozzies. (Gee, do you think they object to that term?) What it means is: yank -> septic tank -> full of shit. It's an insult, whereas "Brit" is not meant as such.
Can we stop the "brits" thing.
Not until you stop calling us "seppos". (BTW, some of us do know what that term means, you know.)
Instead of Shatner crying out KHAAAAAN [khaaan.com], does he go on a rampage for an hour in the Genesis cave?
It's two hours of Kirk gettin' busy with Carol Marcus. I hear he screams "KHAAAAANNN!" a few times during that bit also.
Someone cracks a router at your ISP (not too improbable considering certain Cisco fiascos, right?) and sets up a route to your network. Now what? You NAT box suddenly makes your internal network "public" to the attacker.
How does a compromised router at my ISP make the NATed IP addresses on my home network available to the attacker? My machines' addresses are still 192.168.0.x; only my NAT/router has an address on my ISP's subnet. How does that attacker get to me without also cracking my router?
Sex with a steak apparently?
Sure. Or a lamb chop, or a chicken wing, or a brook trout, or a bowl of calamari. It's the INTARWEBS, baby!
While it is nice to say we don't have enough IP address to cover everyone now, be realistic. Not everyone will need one. There are a lot of people like me who will have lots and lots of them with all the toys I accumulate. However, there is also going to be a lot of people who won't.
Right. And in other news, 640K oughta be enough for anybody.
Get serious. In the future, everyone will use multiple IP addresses. Someday, they'll be assigning everyone an IP range at birth.
Speakers, whether powered or not, have an impedance that must be watched if you're going to hook up more than two to each channel.
Uh, no. Yes, a powered speaker has an impedance, but it's going to be at least 10Kohms. Any audio output can drive such a load; that's how line-level audio is designed - low output impedance, high input impedance. Actual direct driving of speaker drivers by a power amplifier is an entirely different matter.