It would have been a lot better if the article had linked directly to the YouTube video. Then thousands of slashdot readers possible would have opened it.
Rushed? You don't think there is a need to get a bloody move on already? We have wasted the last 8 years of Bush admin on trying to avoid facing up to the enormous task ahead of us, and I won't be surprised at all if the next ten administrations are going to do the same. It is urgent that we do something - we still have time to think (quickly) before we act, but act we must.
Well, the nice thing about a totalitarian state is that things happen because the powers that be say so. This kind of initiative will take a lot longer anywhere that public buy-in is required. After all, there's nothing to stop you and 4,999 other like-minded individuals from starting your own town under the same model in some quiet corner of the US (and even some not-so-quiet corners). There's just that whole buy-in thing...
As for your cheap dig at the Dam - what, in your opinion would have been best, or at least the lesser of evils: building X new coal-fired powerstations or the Three Gorges Dam?
If those were the only two options, I'd have to agree with you. But they aren't, are they?
When I lived there (about 10 years ago) Calgary was pretty good for public transit. Reasonably priced, free zone downtown, 3 high-speed branches, and feeders to the rail transit via buses.
I'm curious how hydrogen bonding would work with this. Graphene honeycomb materials may even be able to improve the density of compressed hydrogen, which would get us past one of the hurdles of using hydrogen gas. Of course, you also have to have a technique to release the gas, too.
Well, then. Allow me to introduce two new words into your vocabulary: thesaurus and homonym. You may have to pick a hard copy thesaurus for this to work - the online ones appear to lack homonyms.
Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary proof. In any case, you don't let any researcher (or institution) off the hook because of his popularity - what kind of science would that be?
While I agree with your statement, what is extraordinary about the idea that water can be cracked efficiently? Plants do it all the time. And where there's one way to do it (the cool little biochemical process plants use), there is often something else that may or may not be as efficient as what nature has discovered (catalysis).
And do you remember a time when oil from biomass (not just other kinds of oil) was considered very inefficient, and water was an inhibitor? Now we have TDP. Now that was more what I'd call extraordinary - not too many processes in nature that reflect that (in an observable time frame, anyway).
Of course, I really hope this is reproduced soon - that's just good science.
Well, the fact of the matter is that the disks are floppy. It would be just as disingenuous to say that CD's aren't round just because you happen to keep all yours in cartridges for your cartridge-loaded CD-ROM drive. And I've seen the 11" hard disks. They bend, too, but they don't work afterward - the aluminum doesn't straighten out terribly well. Just like VHS, and tape cartridges, are called tapes, even though they aren't on open-ended spools like in the good old days.
As for the other names, some are just silly, like mouse, and some had far more relevance when they were first coined than they do today, like RAID. None of which makes floppy disks any less flexible.
This is absolutely *not* the right time for the government to pick a system and inflict it on everyone.
This is the perfect time for the government to step in. It's going to affect the nation (if not the whole world), and standards can be set now, with little or no negative impact on current users. And we already have standards (in North America) for 110-120V, 220-240V, and probably higher, and for different phase types, too. So the easy way for the government to mandate this is that the charge system has to be compatible with one or more of these systems, perhaps to those typically found in residential settings. If safety is a concern (how often do you plug in your dryer of stove?), they could require that any replacement system has to match one of the existing modes for infrastructure (same voltage/phase as a more typical plug), and that the specifications be available with no royalties applied.
I want you all to know that i am going to file a patent on thinking. if you as much as think of a wish list i will sue. if you think about a counter suit i will just sue you for thinking that.
i am sure there is not a patent on thinking so i should be gold!
If there is a patent on thinking, it's pretty obvious the USPTO isn't violating it.
That XP sucked when it was released and gradually improved into something useable?
Well, half of that statement is true...
-jcr
How quickly we forget. Doesn't anyone remember that on WinXP, before SP1, 'defrag' was just another way to start reformatting your HDD? It has improved into something usable, for very generous definitions of 'usable'.
Actually, we do our best to smugly mock all religions without prejudice whenever we get the chance. That's because most fundamentalists of any stripe think all unbelievers will burn equally well in hell, so we return the favour as best we can.
And this is the single biggest problem with humanity. "They did it to me, so it's okay if I do it to them." And so the vast majority of humanity plays the game of topper on a global scale, seeing who can commit the biggest atrocity, rather than decrying said atrocities no matter who commits them and striving to a more tolerant attitude towards others.
Or, to put it another way, there are far too few people following the motto of "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
I've often thought that more or less self-sustaining colonies in the oceans and on Antarctica would be a good indication that we're ready to start colonizing other planets. After all, both of those two environments are easier to live in than space and you don't have to spend millions to get to either one.
I can't say for sure about Venus, but the weather on the moon is pretty stable, except for the solar flares. Ironically, it's also faster to get to the moon most days than it is to get to most places on Antarctica.
Come to think of it, that's what technology is - compensating for our inability to be from Krypton.
Blithe comments like this belie all the nights Superman wakes up in a cold sweat from all the kryptonite he runs into just about everywhere he goes. I know I can't fly, but that could change for him any minute!
I said the GPS said I wwas doing 75, the cop said his radar gun said 76 and it is calibrated. I responded thatt my GPS uses government satellite signals. He let me go.
I would have just claimed that I got hit by a nasty tailwind that bumped me over the edge. Seriously, if a cop is pulling you over for one mph over the speed limit, he has too much time on his hands and will be seeing a lot of them turned over in court.
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It would have been a lot better if the article had linked directly to the YouTube video. Then thousands of slashdot readers possible would have opened it.
RTFA?? You must be new here.
Abe Simpson: Hey! You stole my soul!
You comment has much truthiness. Stephen, is that you??
Rushed? You don't think there is a need to get a bloody move on already? We have wasted the last 8 years of Bush admin on trying to avoid facing up to the enormous task ahead of us, and I won't be surprised at all if the next ten administrations are going to do the same. It is urgent that we do something - we still have time to think (quickly) before we act, but act we must.
Well, the nice thing about a totalitarian state is that things happen because the powers that be say so. This kind of initiative will take a lot longer anywhere that public buy-in is required. After all, there's nothing to stop you and 4,999 other like-minded individuals from starting your own town under the same model in some quiet corner of the US (and even some not-so-quiet corners). There's just that whole buy-in thing...
As for your cheap dig at the Dam - what, in your opinion would have been best, or at least the lesser of evils: building X new coal-fired powerstations or the Three Gorges Dam?
If those were the only two options, I'd have to agree with you. But they aren't, are they?
When I lived there (about 10 years ago) Calgary was pretty good for public transit. Reasonably priced, free zone downtown, 3 high-speed branches, and feeders to the rail transit via buses.
I'm curious how hydrogen bonding would work with this. Graphene honeycomb materials may even be able to improve the density of compressed hydrogen, which would get us past one of the hurdles of using hydrogen gas. Of course, you also have to have a technique to release the gas, too.
Okay, I'm glad I wasn't drinking when I read that.
Well, then. Allow me to introduce two new words into your vocabulary: thesaurus and homonym. You may have to pick a hard copy thesaurus for this to work - the online ones appear to lack homonyms.
Making hateful statements against a particular identifiable group is illegal in Canada.
Does it depend on the group? Can I hate lawyers, politicians, and statisticians?
Sure. No one identifies with them...
Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary proof. In any case, you don't let any researcher (or institution) off the hook because of his popularity - what kind of science would that be?
While I agree with your statement, what is extraordinary about the idea that water can be cracked efficiently? Plants do it all the time. And where there's one way to do it (the cool little biochemical process plants use), there is often something else that may or may not be as efficient as what nature has discovered (catalysis).
And do you remember a time when oil from biomass (not just other kinds of oil) was considered very inefficient, and water was an inhibitor? Now we have TDP. Now that was more what I'd call extraordinary - not too many processes in nature that reflect that (in an observable time frame, anyway).
Of course, I really hope this is reproduced soon - that's just good science.
Well, the fact of the matter is that the disks are floppy. It would be just as disingenuous to say that CD's aren't round just because you happen to keep all yours in cartridges for your cartridge-loaded CD-ROM drive. And I've seen the 11" hard disks. They bend, too, but they don't work afterward - the aluminum doesn't straighten out terribly well. Just like VHS, and tape cartridges, are called tapes, even though they aren't on open-ended spools like in the good old days.
As for the other names, some are just silly, like mouse, and some had far more relevance when they were first coined than they do today, like RAID. None of which makes floppy disks any less flexible.
Ever tried to bend or even fold a 3.5" "floppy disc"?
I've not only tried, I've done it. The media is floppy, ya know...just don't mistake the cover for the media.
I checked the mod settings, but there's no +1 Paranoid. I suspect it's a conspiracy.
This is absolutely *not* the right time for the government to pick a system and inflict it on everyone.
This is the perfect time for the government to step in. It's going to affect the nation (if not the whole world), and standards can be set now, with little or no negative impact on current users. And we already have standards (in North America) for 110-120V, 220-240V, and probably higher, and for different phase types, too. So the easy way for the government to mandate this is that the charge system has to be compatible with one or more of these systems, perhaps to those typically found in residential settings. If safety is a concern (how often do you plug in your dryer of stove?), they could require that any replacement system has to match one of the existing modes for infrastructure (same voltage/phase as a more typical plug), and that the specifications be available with no royalties applied.
I want you all to know that i am going to file a patent on thinking. if you as much as think of a wish list i will sue. if you think about a counter suit i will just sue you for thinking that.
i am sure there is not a patent on thinking so i should be gold!
If there is a patent on thinking, it's pretty obvious the USPTO isn't violating it.
So basically, Vista murders your disks? Steve Ballmer should be worried. Didn't they put Hans Reiser in jail for something like this?
No jail that has chairs will ever be able to hold him!
That XP sucked when it was released and gradually improved into something useable?
Well, half of that statement is true...
-jcr
How quickly we forget. Doesn't anyone remember that on WinXP, before SP1, 'defrag' was just another way to start reformatting your HDD? It has improved into something usable, for very generous definitions of 'usable'.
Actually, we do our best to smugly mock all religions without prejudice whenever we get the chance. That's because most fundamentalists of any stripe think all unbelievers will burn equally well in hell, so we return the favour as best we can.
And this is the single biggest problem with humanity. "They did it to me, so it's okay if I do it to them." And so the vast majority of humanity plays the game of topper on a global scale, seeing who can commit the biggest atrocity, rather than decrying said atrocities no matter who commits them and striving to a more tolerant attitude towards others.
Or, to put it another way, there are far too few people following the motto of "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
My favorite is the coral reef some geniuses made out of... used tires.
Its now considered an ecological disaster.
Granted, that idea was a failure of phenomenal proportions, but others have turned out well enough to become tourist attractions.
I've often thought that more or less self-sustaining colonies in the oceans and on Antarctica would be a good indication that we're ready to start colonizing other planets. After all, both of those two environments are easier to live in than space and you don't have to spend millions to get to either one.
I can't say for sure about Venus, but the weather on the moon is pretty stable, except for the solar flares. Ironically, it's also faster to get to the moon most days than it is to get to most places on Antarctica.
"Two wrongs don't make a right, dude."
Two wrights made an airplane!
And three lefts make a right. Therefore, six lefts make an airplane!
...yep, that dead horse is officially flogged.
Come to think of it, that's what technology is - compensating for our inability to be from Krypton.
Blithe comments like this belie all the nights Superman wakes up in a cold sweat from all the kryptonite he runs into just about everywhere he goes. I know I can't fly, but that could change for him any minute!
I said the GPS said I wwas doing 75, the cop said his radar gun said 76 and it is calibrated. I responded thatt my GPS uses government satellite signals. He let me go.
I would have just claimed that I got hit by a nasty tailwind that bumped me over the edge. Seriously, if a cop is pulling you over for one mph over the speed limit, he has too much time on his hands and will be seeing a lot of them turned over in court.
Have some balls and use hydrogen.
If they do, I'm guessing those balls are going to be quite small and come in pairs.
The fact that some party thrown by a rich 15 year old girl is national news is kind-of depressing. Am I missing something?
Yes. The being rich part. Don't worry, I miss it, too.