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It's released a lot of times... usually during intimacy.
it's released: - during sex - when a mother holds her baby - when nursing - when two people are holding each other
I had a professor who called it "the Cuddle Drug". It's been thought to play a major part of the "bonding" process, parent/child as well as romantic relationships.
And no, it's not Oxycontin, which is a completely different thing.
I don't hate LCDs or anything, but for print publishing, CRTs are still the standard.
I haven't found an LCD yet (including the otherwise beautiful Apple 30") with anything like the color gamut of even a mid-range CRT. This may not matter to most people, but if someone's doing color correction and wants to be able to see find gradations of color (especially in dark areas), there simply is no substitute.
My favorite monitors right now are the high-end Sony and NEC 22" displays. The price doesn't matter to me, I would buy LCDs in a heartbeat if I had ever met one I could live with.
Same goes for people doing video editing: your audience is largely represented by people viewing CRTs. Don't you want to see what they will see?
(Every time this topic comes up, I get flamed by LCD fanboys who can't accept that the technology just isn't perfect for everyone.)
The problem with the UK is that there isn't a strong thermocline (difference between surface temp and bottom temp), and since you're trying to generate power on that difference, you'll have a much harder time of it than somewhere warmer.
For the record, it wouldn't work well in Monterey either: the weather's too cool and mild.
Well, there are some other places... for example the Monterey Bay submarine canyon (bigger than the Grand Canyon, all underwater.). Fantastic place for deep-sea ROVs to explore.
The biggest problem that I see is one of location. For a lot of this stuff to work, you need a few different things: 1. Cold, deep water. 2. Warm surface water. 3. Warm, humid air.
So you're limited to equatorial regions with available deep water. The UK won't be using this.
I don't believe I implied that this is a purely artifical phenomenon. However, between our elevated CO2 (and other greenhouse gas) emissions and the reduction of rainforests, we're having an impact, above and beyond natural greenhouse sources (vulcanism, etc).
More importantly, it's happening very fast (as these things go). There's a pretty good body of evidence for this. (google "global warming")
Mind you, we're adding so much energy to the ocean already (through the greenhouse effect) that what miniscule amount we would be taking out through this process would actually be helping.
It's not untouched by man. From shipwrecks to dumping of garbage to all the usual pollutants, the deep-ocean is most certainly affected by our presence already. Of course, there's nothing new about this, it's just harder to tell when you can't actually visit most of this stuff in person, and have to send ROVs.
As far as benthic thermal pollution, it already exists in the form of deep ocean thermal vents. Of course these are natural, even though they spew vast amounts of sulphur etc. I would suspect the ecosystem down there would handle this pretty well, since by the time the warm water got back down it would be nearly the same temperature as the surrounding water.
Of course, it would be wise to run a full-scale test for a few years to determine the localized impact on the biosphere,(before widely deploying it) but I wouldn't jump to any conclusions until we see the findings.
My favorite blog at the moment has to be boingboing.net
It's a collaborative blog from the likes of:
- Cory Doctorow, one of the best voices in contemporary SF, and a co-founder (iirc) of the EFF.
- Xeni Jardin, tech culture journalist and regular contributer to Wired and NPR. (oh, and not that it matters, but she's spectacularly cute)
- Mark Frauenfelder, writer and illustrator.
- David Pescovitz, well-known science and tech writer.
- John Battelle, web search pundit....they're all smart, funny and cool. If my best friends had time to get together and make a blog, it would look like this.
Nearly all blanket generalizations (CPU speed doesn't matter! CPU speed is the only important thing!) in this area seem to be false to one degree or another.
I still think it is more accurate to say that a fast processor is an important element of a fast system....by that logic, my home-built games PC would have seen no significant performance improvement when I replaced the 2.8ghz P4 with a 3.4ghz P4. Of course, this was not the case. (Mind you, I had taken care to build an optimized system, SATA RAID 0, fast DDR, etc.)
CPU speed isn't the only thing, but it does matter.
Also, I tend to doubt that my g5's ram-limited... 8gb goes a long way.
As someone who lives in Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator for 45+ hours a week, I wouldn't complain if my filters were twice as fast. Not every cpu-intensive process is bus- or disk-limited.
I regularly peg my dual 2ghz g5s. If it were dual 4ghz, I would peg that too, just not as often.
Well, I'm sorry you're offended. It wasn't my intention.
My observations are based on who shops at (and works at) the closest one to me (30 miles away, in a semi-rural area), as well as the one that my cousin manages at (way out in the boonies).
Mind you, this isn't a terribly rural area, and WM's wages aren't even slightly competitive here. The result here is that anyone competent/informed got a better job a long time ago. YMMV.
I never said anyone was stupid, btw. Just not tech-savvy....and if you're going to be offended by negative comments about WM, you must spend a lot of your time being offended.
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It's released a lot of times... usually during intimacy.
it's released:
- during sex
- when a mother holds her baby
- when nursing
- when two people are holding each other
I had a professor who called it "the Cuddle Drug". It's been thought to play a major part of the "bonding" process, parent/child as well as romantic relationships.
And no, it's not Oxycontin, which is a completely different thing.
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I always just took it for granted that "My" meant "Bill G's"
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Agreed, you always need to have a studio monitor for final previews. ...but for setting up composites, AE etc, CRT is better than LCD.
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I don't hate LCDs or anything, but for print publishing, CRTs are still the standard.
I haven't found an LCD yet (including the otherwise beautiful Apple 30") with anything like the color gamut of even a mid-range CRT. This may not matter to most people, but if someone's doing color correction and wants to be able to see find gradations of color (especially in dark areas), there simply is no substitute.
My favorite monitors right now are the high-end Sony and NEC 22" displays. The price doesn't matter to me, I would buy LCDs in a heartbeat if I had ever met one I could live with.
Same goes for people doing video editing: your audience is largely represented by people viewing CRTs. Don't you want to see what they will see?
(Every time this topic comes up, I get flamed by LCD fanboys who can't accept that the technology just isn't perfect for everyone.)
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I've been at a bunch of them, and let me tell you, they'll bore the paints off you ...
In my experience, any party that ends up with me not wearing pants is generally a good one.
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Yeah, I hated those too. Creeping around trying not to be noticed just isn't my thing. Too much like High School.
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I take it that he didn't play Deus Ex (the original). I think it is the best game of all time.
Yeah, I guess if you like hiding behind boxes.
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The problem with the UK is that there isn't a strong thermocline (difference between surface temp and bottom temp), and since you're trying to generate power on that difference, you'll have a much harder time of it than somewhere warmer.
For the record, it wouldn't work well in Monterey either: the weather's too cool and mild.
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Well, there are some other places... for example the Monterey Bay submarine canyon (bigger than the Grand Canyon, all underwater.). Fantastic place for deep-sea ROVs to explore.
The biggest problem that I see is one of location. For a lot of this stuff to work, you need a few different things:
1. Cold, deep water.
2. Warm surface water.
3. Warm, humid air.
So you're limited to equatorial regions with available deep water. The UK won't be using this.
m-
I don't believe I implied that this is a purely artifical phenomenon. However, between our elevated CO2 (and other greenhouse gas) emissions and the reduction of rainforests, we're having an impact, above and beyond natural greenhouse sources (vulcanism, etc).
More importantly, it's happening very fast (as these things go). There's a pretty good body of evidence for this. (google "global warming")
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Yeah, pretty much.
Mind you, we're adding so much energy to the ocean already (through the greenhouse effect) that what miniscule amount we would be taking out through this process would actually be helping.
I hate knee-jerk reactions.
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It's not untouched by man. From shipwrecks to dumping of garbage to all the usual pollutants, the deep-ocean is most certainly affected by our presence already. Of course, there's nothing new about this, it's just harder to tell when you can't actually visit most of this stuff in person, and have to send ROVs.
As far as benthic thermal pollution, it already exists in the form of deep ocean thermal vents. Of course these are natural, even though they spew vast amounts of sulphur etc. I would suspect the ecosystem down there would handle this pretty well, since by the time the warm water got back down it would be nearly the same temperature as the surrounding water.
Of course, it would be wise to run a full-scale test for a few years to determine the localized impact on the biosphere,(before widely deploying it) but I wouldn't jump to any conclusions until we see the findings.
m-
My favorite blog at the moment has to be boingboing.net
...they're all smart, funny and cool. If my best friends had time to get together and make a blog, it would look like this.
It's a collaborative blog from the likes of:
- Cory Doctorow, one of the best voices in contemporary SF, and a co-founder (iirc) of the EFF.
- Xeni Jardin, tech culture journalist and regular contributer to Wired and NPR. (oh, and not that it matters, but she's spectacularly cute)
- Mark Frauenfelder, writer and illustrator.
- David Pescovitz, well-known science and tech writer.
- John Battelle, web search pundit.
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...even better, these new discs will be a critical tool in the War on Terra.
Or something.
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....thanks for the perfect example of "breathy overstatement."
Last time I heard something like that, it was when a friend had just bought a Tivo.
(I have a Tivo, which I love, and I like the idea of podcasting, but let's not get silly.)
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Nearly all blanket generalizations (CPU speed doesn't matter! CPU speed is the only important thing!) in this area seem to be false to one degree or another.
...by that logic, my home-built games PC would have seen no significant performance improvement when I replaced the 2.8ghz P4 with a 3.4ghz P4. Of course, this was not the case.
I still think it is more accurate to say that a fast processor is an important element of a fast system.
(Mind you, I had taken care to build an optimized system, SATA RAID 0, fast DDR, etc.)
CPU speed isn't the only thing, but it does matter.
Also, I tend to doubt that my g5's ram-limited... 8gb goes a long way.
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Would it increase Mac sales by having an "Intel Inside" sticker on it? Maybe not, but it would have a lot more consumer brand recognition.
Right, because Apple isn't already one of the most recognized brands on the planet.
Intel? Less so. In my experience, your average consumer doesn't give a damn what's inside.
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Fortunately, slashdot provides a never-ending supply.
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That's a bit of a blanket statement...
As someone who lives in Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator for 45+ hours a week, I wouldn't complain if my filters were twice as fast. Not every cpu-intensive process is bus- or disk-limited.
I regularly peg my dual 2ghz g5s. If it were dual 4ghz, I would peg that too, just not as often.
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why the editors makde a mistake
Ah, meta-irony, how I love thee.
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I haven't a clue what the solution to this is, but with the explosion of notebook sales...
That would be from the poor-choice-of-words dept.
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Well, I'm sorry you're offended. It wasn't my intention.
...and if you're going to be offended by negative comments about WM, you must spend a lot of your time being offended.
My observations are based on who shops at (and works at) the closest one to me (30 miles away, in a semi-rural area), as well as the one that my cousin manages at (way out in the boonies).
Mind you, this isn't a terribly rural area, and WM's wages aren't even slightly competitive here. The result here is that anyone competent/informed got a better job a long time ago. YMMV.
I never said anyone was stupid, btw. Just not tech-savvy.
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Yeah, I can't wait till that damn Blockbuster Petsmart goes under so I don't get kitty litter in my microwave popcorn anymore!
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Well, the thing is that the WM brand is big in rural areas where they are THE sole bastion of high technology. Stop laughing.
I mean, have you seen those commercials where the hip teenager explains how these new DVD thingys are just da BOMB?
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Come on, these people have never even heard of Netflix. The geeks among them have AOL.
For everyone else, was there really any question who would win?
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Right. I've been hearing this for about the last 10 years, but last time it was Blockbuster that would be going down the tubes due to VoD.
All we need to do is equip every home in the US with a gigabit-class network connection and a computer that can handle the flow.
Simple, right?
(perhaps your definition of "soon" is different than mine?)
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