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  1. Re:Capitalism on US Lags World In Broadband Access · · Score: 1

    Liken it to the telegraph system...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_telegraph# Morse_telegraphs

    first link in US funded by US congress.

  2. Nantero in 2007... on Carbon Nanotube-Based NVRAM In 2-3 Years? · · Score: 1
  3. Re:Plant Respiration on $25M Bounty Offered for Global Warming Fix · · Score: 1

    The best way to trap carbon is by VERY fast growing plants, the catch-22 is they
    will require a great deal of water and land.

    One way to help this would be plants that grow in the ocean, making a tougher
    hybrid type kelp or seaweed using grafting and genetic modification like we
    have done with some of our food.

    I am not a big fan of GM foods, or much in the way of GM, but it does offer
    an avenue here if we can cross kelp with a tougher hardier plant to expand its
    region of natural growth worldwide.

    Long term carbon reduction I would start reducing the use of fossil fuels by
    replacing them with thermal solar.

    Approximately 33% of US Co2 release is via electric power generation.

    The SEGS system in California is solar thermal and produces 350 MW over 1,000 acres,
    scaling that to half of the Mojave Desert[22,000 sq. mi.] = 11,000 sq. mi. = 7 million acres =
    2.45 Tera Watts of power.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEGS

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy:_world_resourc es_and_consumption#By_sector

    Global Electric production is 2 Tera-Watts as of 2005.

    So with half of one desert in one country, we can produce the current level of power while the sun
    is up here.

    If we build systems one per time zone, then the grid would never completely go down.

    This would take solar heat, and turn it into power, and greatly reduce the release of carbon
    from fossil fuels.

    The Sahara alone could power the world at 3.5 million sq. miles, the size of the US,
    at an estimated "318" times as much power as the Mojave desert.

    There are many other deserts all over the world that are sparsely populated.

    Large parts of the Australian Interior are unpopulated or very sparsely populated,
    mostly due to a lack of water. A pipeline to the Interior for a monolithic
    tree farm for would provide jobs, and trap carbon as long as the wood
    was used to make homes and it did not rot or burn.

    One of the fastest growing trees, certain sub species of Acacia Tree grow 30 feet
    in their first year under ideal conditions.

    Used for particle board, and OSB, it can become a long term carbon trap.

    In the oceans planting large kelp beds will trap a great deal of carbon growing
    up to 1 foot a day.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelp

    There are a lot more ideas out there, these are just the ones I have on short notice.

    Ex-MislTech

  4. Re:Needs fusion on NASA Considers Plans for Permanent Moon Base · · Score: 1

    Yes, power generation is considered a long term goal,
    largely due to the fact that the closest HE-3 available
    in large quantity is the moon.

    Also thus why china and other countries have it marked
    down as a long term goal to return there.

    http://fti.neep.wisc.edu/iec/potential_uses.htm

    http://fti.neep.wisc.edu/gallery/pdf/on_wis0604.pd f

  5. Why Comp Sci is on the decline in the US on The Death Of CS In Education? · · Score: 1

    1) More workers are available outside the US, and they work for less.

    2) It is becoming a specialized field, yet the education remains broad in scope, and expensive.

    3) Most people when asked if they want to work hard for less money, or just
    tell others when, where, and how to work and make 200%+ more are going to lean
    towards the jobs that pay MUCH more.

    4) people born in the US typically speak one language, maybe two or three fluently,
    In Comp Sci to be diversely available to the full scope of working languages
    you need to know a dozen, and you need to RELEARN them as they change and progress.

    5) Working with something tangible that once defined as a method/procedure in
    most engineering is a semi-static, in programming radical changes to methods/and tools
    can change rapidly and leave you out of the loop.

    6) Time/Expectations/Deadlines for code projects tend to leave people with a lesser
    family life, and for most ppl family comes first.

    7) Supporting spaghetti code written by numerous other ppl with modern styles,
    and legacy styles all "hacked" together to work across multiple threadings
    and operating system ports induces layers of dependant intrcacy that most sane
    beings would find unnerving.

    8) The lack of unified software and hardware standards, and interoperability,
    and code and hardware cross tested against other apps for interoperability.
    Often writing good code, that once deployed doesnt interoperate with
    legacy app "x" and makes management think "he doesn't know what he is doing",
    when if fact the sometimes hundreds of apps at some large corporations
    would take innumerable hours to fully cross test with every revision check in.

    9) The people that are often your boss not only could not do your job,
    they don't understand your job, and the ppl making marketing decisions
    ask for things that will either cause a bottom up redesign or are just
    not feasible with the current framework/hardware/dependencies,
    and the marketing decisions for "features" don't come in the 11th hour,
    they often come at 11:59....

    10) Intricate levels of version control and dependencies, on the same
    OS from version to the next no longer supporting code that used to
    work fine on the presvious OS version is now broke.

    Add it all up and that is why less and less ppl want to "endure" what CS
    has become for lower pay, and the likely hood of being laid off as soon
    as they can find ANYONE, ANYWHERE, who will do it for less.

  6. Re:Needs fusion on NASA Considers Plans for Permanent Moon Base · · Score: 1

    They just might be closer than you think ...

    http://fti.neep.wisc.edu/iec/GeneralOpPicsII.htm

  7. Re:WARNING: LINUX FAULT THRESHOLD CROSSED on 10 Years of Pushing For Linux — and Giving Up · · Score: 1

    Look at the dates on the replies, they are in the 2001 timeframe.

    Your LFT adequacy.org post is roughly almost 6 years old.

  8. Re:I was a lying media whore on I Was a Cybercrook for the FBI · · Score: 1

    I wonder how many of you people who scorn criminals would hold your ground if the tables were turned? Would you serve 10 years to keep your conscience clean?

    What the hell does that even mean?


    It means, if you were caught for "downloading" and offered a "deal", would you "work" for the Feds, or do the time.

  9. Re:*Tossing the BS Flag* on Global Warming May Have Killed the Dinosaurs · · Score: 1

    One of the volcanoes that had a sizable impact:

    Lake Toba was estimated to wipe out 60% of all human life on Earth.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_volcano#Known_e ruptions

    The Yellowstone one is showing deformation of the lake currently,
    so make sure and invest in geothermal and wind power, lol.

  10. Re:Ignorance != Stupidity on Microwave Experiments Cause Sponge Disasters · · Score: 1

    RADAR techs, RADAR engineers, and I know for a fact that there are more than 1,000
    of us worldwide that knows that microwave energy reflect off metal because it is used
    to reflect of airplanes.

    The reason it ruins the microwave is reflected power to the magnetron tube in the microwave.

    Every former Eletronics type from the military of every country in the world is
    taught this as are the engineers that design them.

    RADAR was invented 66 years ago : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar

    Most TV and radio and cell phones use similar tech.

    So...lots of those ppl understand it as well.

    If it was Sports or Religion, billions would chant about RADAR,
    and spend trillions of dollars on it, and know everything
    on the subject to every finite detail.

    Ppl just don't know because they find it boring...period.

    Apathy is King.

    Ex-MislTech

  11. Re:How is this provocative ? on China Tests Anti-Satellite Laser Weapon · · Score: 1

    Exactly what is the only country in the world, that has ever used nuclear weapon?

    Against japan the nation that attacked pearl harbor, and killed over 7 million "civilians" in china alone.

    In just one city, it is said that a third of a million civilians were slaughtered like animals:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_of_nanking

    The bataan death march is also a tasty bit of japanese military history, take a
    large bite off it and let it roll around in your mouth.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataan_death_march

    So when you bandy about the US using nukes, there was more than one reason,
    and children that were not even born then, sucj as yourself, could not hope
    to understand what was at stake.

    My personal favorite is the fourth paragraph under this link:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_war_2#Casualtie s.2C_civilian_impact.2C_and_atrocities

    I mean ... You just can't beat killing and eating your prisoners piece by piece.

    That takes a "special" mindset.

    An Excerpt:

    Those selected were taken to a hut where their flesh was cut from their bodies while
    they were alive and they were thrown into a ditch where they later died." [10]

    That is pretty tasty there eh buddy ?

  12. Re:500 million for that? Why not launch a satellit on Pirate Bay to Purchase Sealand? · · Score: 1

    They could buy an island in the south pacific for less.

    Then use the difference to defend it, and set it up proper
    for their needs, aka bi-directional satellite link.

    The island in the south pacific will also be totally out of
    US and Euro jurisdiction too.

    Hell they could buy an island in the Bahamas for less...

    Ex-MislTech

  13. The Telcos are full of $hit on Cringely's 2006 Results, 2007 Predictions · · Score: 1

    As someone who has worked in Telecom for Cisco Systems I know that the
    number one road block is poor infrastruture, and 90%+ of all fiber in
    the ground in most areas is dark fiber.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_fiber

    The capacity is more than there, and eurpoe and japan already have
    bi-directional 100Mb connections, and here is the REAL kicker.

    The US tax payer already paid to upgrade the internet to the tune of $200 billion,
    and it was SQUANDERED !

    http://www.newnetworks.com/broadbandscandals.htm
    http://www.muniwireless.com/community/1023

    My uncle worked for Southwestern Bell for over 20 yrs, they are greed driven
    cold hearted bastards of the worst kind.

    We are 16th in the world in broadband and falling rapidly, 3rd world countries
    are even passing us up, its fricking pathetic and SOLELY due to corporate greed and fear.

    They KNOW that if broadband is cheap and ubiquitous it is the end of
    their long distance phone call money train due to VoIP, and piracy will
    skyrocket in terms of video, audio, and other.

    So when the Telcos bemoan how it can't be done, they know they can DWDN multiple
    SONET lines down fiber, and hit 200+ channels of SONET DWDM, but they won't.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DWDM
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronous_optical_n etworking

    NONE of this is very new, its been around for a fairly long while,
    in fact.... SONET FAQ...Last updated January 24, 1998 .....

    So again, when they decry it can't be done, do not hesitate to SCREAM "BULLSHIT"
    at the top of your lungs.

  14. Re:DoE research on biodiesel from algae from '78-' on Newest Energy Source — Pond Scum · · Score: 1

    Don't forget the cost of ppls lives to go to the middle east and die
    to 'stabalize' the region. The cost of the Iraq war
    is in the 100's of billions of dollars, factor that into your pump price.

    Areas of africa have mass genocide and we do nothing.

    We do something in the middle east why ???? my first and last guess is oil.

    Otherwise we'd be content to let them all kill themselves too.

    Green Fuels should be tax free too, that would be a good motivator too,
    though our glut and spend government couldnt exist without sin taxes
    and fuel taxes.

    Oh well, wishful thinking.

  15. Re:enterprises also want on Open Source Databases "50% Cheaper" · · Score: 0, Troll

    Where I worked in a enginering support environment with a oracle front end
    we came up with a couple of different new names for oracle.

    1. Orsuckle

    2....

    O=Obtuse
    R=RAM
    A=Abusing
    C=Corrupting
    L=Lame
    E=Executible

    But at the time they didn't want to risk anything else , and so shelled out
    $1 million USD a year dutifully, though that was 7 years ago...and I moved on.

  16. Re:Disagree with a point on The Failure of the $100 Laptop? · · Score: 1

    Not that me chiming in matters, but an old adage:
    "teach ppl to help themselves, ie. a hand up instead of a hand out"
    the $100 laptop may show them how to make solar stills for
    fresh water, it may show them how to change their lives,
    and put them in touch with communities on the net that
    give information away for free that could radically alter
    their lives in just a few years.

    The net is viral knowledge, those laptops are their gateway to it.

    It could show them old style US dempser farm windmills that turned
    old car generators for basic electricity back in the old days
    of rural america.

    The internet and computers on their own solve nothing,
    its the knowledge and help they can access online for free
    24 hrs a day , 365 days a year that can solve things.

  17. Re:Cost Cutting Methods on OLPC Wins Popular Science Award · · Score: 1

    the idea of sufficiently upgrading my current system has been well outside my grasp for some time now.

    The OLPC are very low end laptops, not remotely like a full featured one.

    They serve a minimal purpose, they are just a first step.

    You might read the specs and find the PC your using is better than a OLPC unit.

    http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Hardware_specification

    On another note to get PC parts cheap, you might hit Ebay.com and www.pricewatch.com

  18. Re:I just don't get the point on OLPC Wins Popular Science Award · · Score: 1

    But how are laptops really going to help at all?

    Have you ever sat down in front of your computer by yourself
    and gone online and learned something ?

    I think the best lesson is teaching ppl to teach themselves,
    until recently that required shipping tons of books all
    over the planet and cutting down entire forests.

    Also understand this is not the final version/incarnation of OLPC,
    better things are to come, this is in truth just phase 1.

    Wifi via stratosphere based solar powered balloon platforms may be next, etc etc.

  19. Re:Polish passports... on US Citizens To Require ''Clearance'' To Leave? · · Score: 1

    Hello american dumbass; justice means obeying the rule of law, not allowing prisoners to be attacked just because you think that's a good idea.

    I'm not saying we should allow him to be attacked (or not). I'm saying that life in an American jail isn't exactly pleasant, and special military tribunals aren't needed nor desirable to mete out punishment to those who deserve it.


    Responding to that person is not worth your time, he can't see past his
    hate of Amerikans to take the time to read what you posted.

    Too much hate in the world, on all continents, and by alot of people.

    People are pouring billions into driving this hate machine too.

    Peace sells, but who is buying ?

    Some americans are bad, some people everywhere are bad, Mmmmkay ???

    We just happen to elect some of our bad people by mistake to public office,
    because some of us have been duped.

    I think that is soon to be corrected.

    Hopefully this "Zig Heil!, papers please!" nonsense will leave as well.

  20. Re:In a yet ste(a)lthier move... on Bush Signs Bill Enabling Martial Law · · Score: 1

    the white house quickly passes the law to cover the upcoming draft...

  21. Re:Look at the funding on Letter to European Commission Warns Against Open Source · · Score: 1

    Supporting, implmenting, integrating, migration of legacy apps.

    Red hat makes a decent living at it, as well as a few other major corporations.

  22. Re:Hurricane and winter storms on Bush Signs Bill Enabling Martial Law · · Score: 1

    Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

    In the past, in "many" countries, vast extensions of power were
    almost always abused, just like this one will be abused.

    History repeats itself almost always.

  23. Re:Look at the funding on Letter to European Commission Warns Against Open Source · · Score: 2, Interesting

    OSS has the potential of transferring the massive wealth from the few MBA types,
    back to the coders and grunts on the front lines.

    Companies really don't need 265 different applications to get their job done.

    A lot of the closed source out there could be written into modules that plug into
    a front end, and make it open source and transparent.

    That is what terrifies companies like M$, and the others.

    OSS has the potential to end their business model.

    Piling up billions at a few dozen companies will be replaced , by more workers
    and coders which is really what software/hardware support is about.

    Ppl that know code, fix code, know hardware, fix hardware, and those
    who network it all together.

    We don't need Dilbert Pointy Haired Bosses dragging us thru some Office
    Space altered reality to know, that is why dilbert and office space are
    so funny to those who have lived through the idiocy of non tech ppl running the show.

    I'd rather see those Mega-billions back in the hands of the workers and software recipients
    vs. the MBA capitalists.

    Bloatware like Vista simply is not needed to run a database, a web server, a file server,
    a printer server, or photoshop, or Acad.

    Lean and efficient does a better job.

    Bloated OS's sell more hardware, thus part of Intel's concern...

  24. Renewable Hydrogen production on Crunching the Numbers on a Hydrogen Economy · · Score: 1

    The phrase "hydrogen economy" is an idiocy at best; a fraud at worst.

    Considering that hydrogen use be intended for vehicles only, and I think
    bio-diesel is a better alternative to hydrogen in the near term.

    Alot of what "kfg" says is relevant, but the quoted phrase is not, if some
    ways to produce hydrogen are considered.

    Such as:

    Thermal Hydrogen production from sunlight, I'd like to see
    something on the scale of a solar furnace array of mirrors
    applied in Death Valley or the Sahara, and other low population
    high heat areas.

    http://www.hionsolar.com/n-hion96.htm

    High Efficiency solar production of electricity that can be used
    to produce hydrogen when the electricity demand is lower than production:

    http://www.sandia.gov/news/resources/releases/2004 /renew-energy-batt/Stirling.html

    The total amount of solar power reaching the earth's surface is:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power#Advantage s

    122 Peta-Watts or 122,000 Tera-Watts, and we use 13 Tera-watts,
    about 9,384 times less. Granted most of the earth we cannot
    cover in solar furnaces, but some areas that are brutally hot
    and not populated would be ideal for this use.

    Passive low-destructive tidal power generators located at
    the largest tidal shift on earth, non-dam type underwater turbines.

    The Bay of Fundy:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Fundy#Tidal_el ectrical_power_generation

    Each day 100 billion tonnes of seawater flows in and out of the Bay of Fundy
    during one tide cycle more than the combined flow of the world's freshwater rivers.

    Other high flow underwater locations are located around the world,
    but none on this scale.

    Hot spots like Iceland also exist in many places around the world and
    could be used to make hydrogen.

    Also wind power current makes 58 Giga-Watts, and is slated to soon be 120 Giga-Watts,
    and a large ramp up could help offset costs to make hydrogen, unless a
    better clean fuel can be derived.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power#Large_scal e

    Eletric cars might be viable if they can perfect the Super Capacitors.

    Solar, Wind, Tidal, GeoTherm, and others can help make hydrogen viable.

    Ex-MislTech

  25. Re:What is it? on Only a 'Moron' Would Buy YouTube · · Score: 1

    I don't think it would hurt, you might try making a youtube video
    of what kills an american every 2 hrs that you mentioned, then show
    your products way of stoppping it.

    Might also, try promoting it via OSHA or other similar avenues.