The iJohn digitizes both liquid and solid waste products and sends them electronically to a central facility for processing and disposal. Because of the high level of redundancy in the waste stream it can be compressed to a small fraction of its original size resulting in transport costs far lower than with traditional methods. And because the waste products are in digital form they can be easily routed to alternate destinations based on available capacity, labor costs, and the regulatory environment.
Are the MPAA and RIAA next going to target highway administrators (e.g. NJ Turnpike, Garden State Parkway) to control what is carried on their roads? Are they going to target public storage facilities to control what is stored therein? Safe Harbor must be protected. And while we're at it let's protect all linking.
I suspect that the list of objectors is much longer than that of supporters. It would be good to see that, too. It would be especially good for Congress to see that side-by-side with the list of supporters.
Bill
A wet towel around the neck is an efficient way to stay cool. The evaporating water cools the towel and the adjacent arteries and veins going between the brain and torso.
Bill
I found
http://mysuperpc.com/
very helpful the last time I built a pc from scratch. I have no connection with the site, just appreciate the advice.
Bill
The easiest way to avoid any piracy is to GIVE your book away. Cory Doctorow did this with his novel "Little Brother". It was on the NY Times bestseller list for weeks, if not months, and has a sales rank of 1800 at Amazon. All that despite the fact that it was available for free online. To quote Cory: "For me -- for pretty much every writer -- the big problem isn't piracy, it's obscurity (thanks to Tim O'Reilly for this great aphorism)."
I have been using Fastmail for several years and love it. Well worth $20.00 per year for the benefits it provides. Try it for free until you bump into the limits, then pay.
I remember "talk tty3" on a (probably unnamed) timesharing operating system running on a DEC PDP-6 in 1967. That set up a one-to-one conversation with the person at a specific TTY (teletypewriter) that could be local or remote via modem. It was the '60's equivalent of current chats such as IM.
I love the belt generator - simple, few moving parts, no bearings, etc. But it is far from new. I remember reading about such a device in a science fiction article back in the late 1960's. The real problem expressed in the story is that these things will make an awful lot of noise when they are scaled up in size or count to practical levels.
This is a good question but it is hard to sift through all of the replies looking for recommendations. It would be very helpful if the person orignally posting the query would post a follow-up summary of the responses, perhaps with an indication of the frequency of each suggestion.
Thanks,
Bill
In chemistry we are taught that when we combine two chemicals in a reaction, each with their own unique set of properties, a new compound is formed with a new set properties, distinct from those of the component chemicals.
My question: Where do the new properties come from and where do the old properties go?
Bill
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrwetzel/7585494254/in/set-72157630609076830
In the words of the product description:
The iJohn digitizes both liquid and solid waste products and sends them electronically to a central facility for processing and disposal. Because of the high level of redundancy in the waste stream it can be compressed to a small fraction of its original size resulting in transport costs far lower than with traditional methods. And because the waste products are in digital form they can be easily routed to alternate destinations based on available capacity, labor costs, and the regulatory environment.
Good point.
Are the MPAA and RIAA next going to target highway administrators (e.g. NJ Turnpike, Garden State Parkway) to control what is carried on their roads? Are they going to target public storage facilities to control what is stored therein? Safe Harbor must be protected. And while we're at it let's protect all linking.
I suspect that the list of objectors is much longer than that of supporters. It would be good to see that, too. It would be especially good for Congress to see that side-by-side with the list of supporters. Bill
A wet towel around the neck is an efficient way to stay cool. The evaporating water cools the towel and the adjacent arteries and veins going between the brain and torso. Bill
I found http://mysuperpc.com/ very helpful the last time I built a pc from scratch. I have no connection with the site, just appreciate the advice. Bill
The easiest way to avoid any piracy is to GIVE your book away. Cory Doctorow did this with his novel "Little Brother". It was on the NY Times bestseller list for weeks, if not months, and has a sales rank of 1800 at Amazon. All that despite the fact that it was available for free online. To quote Cory: "For me -- for pretty much every writer -- the big problem isn't piracy, it's obscurity (thanks to Tim O'Reilly for this great aphorism)."
I have been using Fastmail for several years and love it. Well worth $20.00 per year for the benefits it provides. Try it for free until you bump into the limits, then pay.
I remember "talk tty3" on a (probably unnamed) timesharing operating system running on a DEC PDP-6 in 1967. That set up a one-to-one conversation with the person at a specific TTY (teletypewriter) that could be local or remote via modem. It was the '60's equivalent of current chats such as IM.
I love the belt generator - simple, few moving parts, no bearings, etc. But it is far from new. I remember reading about such a device in a science fiction article back in the late 1960's. The real problem expressed in the story is that these things will make an awful lot of noise when they are scaled up in size or count to practical levels.
This is a good question but it is hard to sift through all of the replies looking for recommendations. It would be very helpful if the person orignally posting the query would post a follow-up summary of the responses, perhaps with an indication of the frequency of each suggestion. Thanks, Bill
In chemistry we are taught that when we combine two chemicals in a reaction, each with their own unique set of properties, a new compound is formed with a new set properties, distinct from those of the component chemicals. My question: Where do the new properties come from and where do the old properties go? Bill