Why doesn't anyone suggest using algae fuel for a smaller part of the transportation workload instead? I'd suggest either buses or trucks, for example. They already don't use gas stations along with cars, and usually run on diesel already. Converting their stations and vehicles should be much easier than doing so for all the gas stations across the country. Even small steps add up.
This reminds me of the old discussions about realism in pen&paper RPGs.
It can work as a system incorporated into RPGs. There is a James Bond RPG that uses a damage system with about five stages to it, from uninjured, through moderate wounds, to outright killed. Depending on the weapon used, you may take one additional level of damage (say, by being hit with a rock), to five (rocket to the head). Your general effectivenes drops as your damage accrues, and the likelihood of scarring increases, making you a less effective spy in later missions.
Of course, there are advantages to paper-based gaming; the GM may alter the game accordingly to help players saddled with too many problems to be effective. If a computer game could effectively substitute for a human GM, then I might be more easily persuaded to try a game with such a realistic damage system.
They could get by with less. What if they just took panoramic views from the peaks of mountains? From there they could include other points of interest, like outcropping or waterfalls, etc.
Listen, and understand. That running robot is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.
I agree that it should be preserved, but there is room for discussion on how to preserve them.
Consider the case of Plymouth Rock. Taught in American schools as where the Pilgrims first set foot in the New World, it's really a shadow of its former self. Not only is it much smaller than it was, due to a few hundred years of people chipping off souvenirs, but it's even been dragged across town, so it's not in its original location!
Worse still, Plymouth isn't even where the Pilgrims first landed. They landed in Provincetown, and did some exploring along Cape Cod before settling in Plymouth.
How will the future see the significance of Apollo 11? Is only the base of the lander significant? Will it end up in the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum? Or will the lunar soil and footprints bee seen as significant as well?
When I first learned to program, I remember the teacher asking us how we got to school that day, in as minute details as possible. Example: awaken, open eyes, elevate torso, rotate 90 degrees, bend legs until they reach the floor, stand, walk to bathroom, etc.
From there, you can explain the concepts of procedures to compartmentalize the code. Brushing your teeth may take thousands of steps, yet cut down dramatically with looping, etc.
While it starts out as a new way of looking at how computers process the steps in a more methodical sense than we do, it soon becomes a way to introduce functions, procedures, and other syntax in a practical sense.
Sailboats tend to need keels if they plan on sailing in any direction other than directly downwind.
I'm not just mentioning this as another thing to factor into the cost of retrofitting ships; there is also the consideration of the added draft the ship needs in port in order to avoid running aground.
I see this as a potential problem for using sails, since ports may need to further dredge their channels and inlets in order to allow larger sailing craft to load and unload their cargo. Will they still consider this cost-effective?
I was thinking along captcha lines as well, but even less automated in nature. How about adding a chat window to the screen, for a little playful banter? It's certainly common in live poker, and anyone who has played a MMORPG is familiar with it. Let the people chat as they will, and if they don't get any response from somebody, they can report on their suspected bot to the admins. The admins can then run a more sophisticated process for testing the suspect.
"Hey Frank, weren't you supposed to transport Henderson to our base today? So far, all we've got is 200 pounds of chunky salsa, and it isn't even in jars!"
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Why doesn't anyone suggest using algae fuel for a smaller part of the transportation workload instead? I'd suggest either buses or trucks, for example. They already don't use gas stations along with cars, and usually run on diesel already. Converting their stations and vehicles should be much easier than doing so for all the gas stations across the country. Even small steps add up.
Do the Blinkenlights act like Blinkenlights?
This reminds me of the old discussions about realism in pen&paper RPGs.
It can work as a system incorporated into RPGs. There is a James Bond RPG that uses a damage system with about five stages to it, from uninjured, through moderate wounds, to outright killed. Depending on the weapon used, you may take one additional level of damage (say, by being hit with a rock), to five (rocket to the head). Your general effectivenes drops as your damage accrues, and the likelihood of scarring increases, making you a less effective spy in later missions.
Of course, there are advantages to paper-based gaming; the GM may alter the game accordingly to help players saddled with too many problems to be effective. If a computer game could effectively substitute for a human GM, then I might be more easily persuaded to try a game with such a realistic damage system.
They could get by with less. What if they just took panoramic views from the peaks of mountains? From there they could include other points of interest, like outcropping or waterfalls, etc.
When you hit forty, your tits will be hard as rocks. Hers are.
Oddly enough, I'm forty and after reading your comment I'm as hard as a rock.
I've also been called a boob before, but I never thought they were being literal.
Listen, and understand. That running robot is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.
I agree that it should be preserved, but there is room for discussion on how to preserve them.
Consider the case of Plymouth Rock. Taught in American schools as where the Pilgrims first set foot in the New World, it's really a shadow of its former self. Not only is it much smaller than it was, due to a few hundred years of people chipping off souvenirs, but it's even been dragged across town, so it's not in its original location!
Worse still, Plymouth isn't even where the Pilgrims first landed. They landed in Provincetown, and did some exploring along Cape Cod before settling in Plymouth.
How will the future see the significance of Apollo 11? Is only the base of the lander significant? Will it end up in the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum? Or will the lunar soil and footprints bee seen as significant as well?
When I first learned to program, I remember the teacher asking us how we got to school that day, in as minute details as possible. Example: awaken, open eyes, elevate torso, rotate 90 degrees, bend legs until they reach the floor, stand, walk to bathroom, etc.
From there, you can explain the concepts of procedures to compartmentalize the code. Brushing your teeth may take thousands of steps, yet cut down dramatically with looping, etc.
While it starts out as a new way of looking at how computers process the steps in a more methodical sense than we do, it soon becomes a way to introduce functions, procedures, and other syntax in a practical sense.
Anyone who has ever worked around a stable will tell you that a horse is not a low maintenance vehicle.
Tell me about it. Finding replacement parts for a '92 Clydesdale is damn near impossible.1. Hammer. 2. Glue.
Now I have the ideal excuse to have Kathleen Turner's number on speed dial!
Actually, Starship Troopers was also turned into an animated series. To me, it felt like a happy medium between the film and the novel.
I'd love to see more CGI animation based on Heinlein's works. If it was treated in a similar fashion to Roughnecks, I could see it work quite well.
A site where I can find hundreds of videos of Diet Coke and Mentos geysers!
This article reads like a truck.
The Time Lords do not exist, except as opposites - with a zero value existence. Add the opposites together and the Time Lords cease to exist.
Sailboats tend to need keels if they plan on sailing in any direction other than directly downwind.
I'm not just mentioning this as another thing to factor into the cost of retrofitting ships; there is also the consideration of the added draft the ship needs in port in order to avoid running aground.
I see this as a potential problem for using sails, since ports may need to further dredge their channels and inlets in order to allow larger sailing craft to load and unload their cargo. Will they still consider this cost-effective?
For some people it's a perk.
For one thing, you can cut down on doctors' visits significantly.
Even without skis or a snowboard, at least 130 feet is plausible without injury.
"Everything" turns up about 528,000,000 results.
"Google" turns up about 969,000,000 results.
I'd think getting involved with everything would be a step down for them...
It's true then. They say the Evil One eats Babies.
...this doesn't sound like some hare-brained scheme.
Sharks != Fish; Sharks = Invertebrates
I was thinking along captcha lines as well, but even less automated in nature. How about adding a chat window to the screen, for a little playful banter? It's certainly common in live poker, and anyone who has played a MMORPG is familiar with it. Let the people chat as they will, and if they don't get any response from somebody, they can report on their suspected bot to the admins. The admins can then run a more sophisticated process for testing the suspect.
I can picture this plan in action now:
"Hey Frank, weren't you supposed to transport Henderson to our base today? So far, all we've got is 200 pounds of chunky salsa, and it isn't even in jars!"
Perhaps you're handling the butterfly valve improperly.