or does this patent apply only to collars worn on humans, not dolphins:-)
and What are this companies GPS coordinates?
The trouble with this is that if the company HQ isn't afloat somewhere its going to result in the navy dropping heavily armed HALO dolphins downtown again, and muttering something about acceptable losses.
Re:What's wrong with normal pets?
on
Upgrade Your Dog
·
· Score: 1
The solution, of course, is fusion power with its essentially waste-free power production. However the stopgap to fusion should not be fission.
Fusion will indeed be the solution, but how long have we got before we can use it, always assuming that we actually get it working in the first place!
If we run out of power before we get fusion working how are we going to get the simply huge amounts of power we need to continue to experiment?
We need something that can (reliably) take over from fossil fuels, and whilst sun/wind/wave/thermal might be able to supply our needs only thermal can be guarenteed as it might not be sunny/windy/wavy!
We need some technology that can generate power, and at the moment the only one, that is at least tried if not trusted, is fission. On top of that is the thought that if we don't start building some power stations to replace the fossil fuels soon, we might just be too late!
Sun/Wind/Wave/Thermal might power our radios and cars but I'm not sure they will be able to power the continued research into fusion.
Don't bother, just send the stuff you are not using over the horizon.
There are a number of SuperGrid ideas bandied about at the moment, and one (I failed to find a link for!) from some Japanese guy who was suggesting a Global Power Grid. Then when NZ has too much power from its nice and clean Hydro- stations, it can sell it to someone who needs it. Windy/Hot/Sunny places can generate income by generating power and selling it into the 'grid and as the 'peaks' of power usage are probably counteracted by the 'troughs' at a Global level, we won't have to actually store it, we just use it!
Of course the US doesn't even have a single power grid yet, so I guess a Global version is some way off!
Wind is good for neither of these. It can't be relied upon to provide baseline or peak output because the wind is always blowing.
Why not link Windpower to something like the Ffestiniog Pumped Water Power Station in Wales. Off peak, the station pumps water back into the resevoir, then lets it flow during peak times. Now with a bunch of Wind Power stations putting power into the National Grid, you could use places like Ffestiniog to "store" that power by pumping water back into its resevoir.
True math genius
and from one of the links... A reclusive Russian may have solved one of the world's toughest mathematics problems and stands to win $1 million (560 million pounds)
Shurly shome mishtake?
explain the behaviour of multi-dimensional shapes in space - CHECK
multiply 1 by a 0.56 - Vladivostok, we have a problem
At the moment I feel that I trust the British government enough that this is an acceptable situation...
OK, so lets say you're caught up in a terrible train crash that scars you for life, and this Government you seem to trust so much decides they need to dig up some dirt on you to try and discredit your testimony.
Explain to me how this is a trustworthy thing to do and please explain how this sort of misuse of information isn't going to get so much easier once the Government has us tagged and barcoded and watched 24/7?
I, for one, DO NOT welcome our old Government overlords!
Can you write a Perl script to generate music that captures the feeling of fear? Or lust? Or trepidation? Or loneliness?
OK, its late, the Reactor is about to go critical, and you have a couple of minutes to find the fault.
You discover its in some Perl code - There's the trepidation for you. ... and you didn't write it - enough with the fear already!
He's not a DJ. He's performing music by writing code (live on stage) that gets turned into music. Sheesh.
I almost agree with you there if you are thinking about some "Dave-Double-Decks" wedding DJ, but if you are talking about some of the (not so) new breed of superstar DJ's who mix tunes and beats to improve on originals and move into live mixing that is more akin to sampling, then I would have to go blow my whistle with the "disagree" crowd.
Re:Alex performs live on stage to program his musi
on
Live Nightclub Hacking
·
· Score: 2, Insightful
He writes code, live on stage, within an existing framework which interprets the code as he types it and that makes the music.
So he presses keys in various combinations and the program interprets this as notes or chords, the combined whole being called music (depending on how drunk/musical you are)?
Hmmmm. Isn't that rather what a piano does?
I'm off to build me that pig-cannon I always wanted.
After some new legislation coming into force (or already here?) in the UK that states that all creatures have rights we can no longer kill slugs and snails that eat our gardens, I wondered about fabricating some sort of Snail Trebouchet/Trebuchet. I'm thinking something triggered by the snail weight and garnished with lettuce!
If not the middle of next week, I should be able to fling the fuckers into the next garden!
And if the guy across the street suddenly decided he didn't like you, he'd just punch you in the face. The ease of access means nothing. If someone wants you fucked up, you WILL BE fucked up. Period.
OK, so do you set aside an hour or two every morning to allow all those people across the street to wander over and bitch-slap you, or do you try and make it difficult for them by, at the very least, ducking when they swing!
I agree that if a body as powerful as your government decides to have a pop at you there's not much you are going to be able to do about it, but you don't have to give them all the ammo up front and wear a T-shirt with a target on it!
Mibby I'm just sticking my head in the sand, but there's a difference between being watched and having data stored about me, and it being available to different people beyond it's intended purpose.
If the government suddenly decided they didn't like you, they could grab your file and furtle about until they dug up some dirt.
But why would your government decide they don't like you? Remember the Paddington Train Crash... Pam Warren was particularly effective in criticising the Government and they set the dogs on her. How much easier would this have been if they could just call up a 'central record' with political/medical/religous information in it.
Back in those days you didn't need special effects because kids still had imaginations. Now, if the film doesn't actually show the 'plot' in detailed brain-dead-o-color(tm) then the kids don't get it!
It was the writing and acting that set the scenes and it simply didn't matter if the scenes wobbled when the cast walked past! Unfortunately, expectations have been raised and it will likely be ruined by too many expensive F/X and the cost of cheap plots and actors.
Slashdot Mirror
I don't what to make of this.
I keep four of my ex-wife's digits in a jar.
Do I win a prize?
Good point, but of course with the ISS being staffed almost entirely by normal sized people, where oh where is one going to source the Giant Poo?
Perhaps a very large cannon for normal sized poo would be more use, in hindsight.
So the Trojan Horse was full of soldiers, perhaps the Trojan Condom would be full of seamen?
Easy ... A "Smelling Nose" dog - obvious really!
and
What are this companies GPS coordinates?
The trouble with this is that if the company HQ isn't afloat somewhere its going to result in the navy dropping heavily armed HALO dolphins downtown again, and muttering something about acceptable losses.
That always makes me laugh! Try Guide Dog.
So is a Guard dog a biting mouth dog then?
Fusion will indeed be the solution, but how long have we got before we can use it, always assuming that we actually get it working in the first place!
If we run out of power before we get fusion working how are we going to get the simply huge amounts of power we need to continue to experiment?
We need something that can (reliably) take over from fossil fuels, and whilst sun/wind/wave/thermal might be able to supply our needs only thermal can be guarenteed as it might not be sunny/windy/wavy!
We need some technology that can generate power, and at the moment the only one, that is at least tried if not trusted, is fission. On top of that is the thought that if we don't start building some power stations to replace the fossil fuels soon, we might just be too late!
Sun/Wind/Wave/Thermal might power our radios and cars but I'm not sure they will be able to power the continued research into fusion.
My take on this would be to remove just the driver's seatbelt and replace the steering wheel mounted airbag with a shiney spike.
I would suggest that speeding would rapidly become a thing of the past!
Hmmmm. Source please
I guess this will depend on the bird, but certainly it'll be cranberry for turkeys.
There are a number of SuperGrid ideas bandied about at the moment, and one (I failed to find a link for!) from some Japanese guy who was suggesting a Global Power Grid. Then when NZ has too much power from its nice and clean Hydro- stations, it can sell it to someone who needs it. Windy/Hot/Sunny places can generate income by generating power and selling it into the 'grid and as the 'peaks' of power usage are probably counteracted by the 'troughs' at a Global level, we won't have to actually store it, we just use it!
Of course the US doesn't even have a single power grid yet, so I guess a Global version is some way off!
Why not link Windpower to something like the Ffestiniog Pumped Water Power Station in Wales. Off peak, the station pumps water back into the resevoir, then lets it flow during peak times. Now with a bunch of Wind Power stations putting power into the National Grid, you could use places like Ffestiniog to "store" that power by pumping water back into its resevoir.
and from one of the links
A reclusive Russian may have solved one of the world's toughest mathematics problems and stands to win $1 million (560 million pounds)
Shurly shome mishtake?
explain the behaviour of multi-dimensional shapes in space - CHECK
multiply 1 by a 0.56 - Vladivostok, we have a problem
OK, so lets say you're caught up in a terrible train crash that scars you for life, and this Government you seem to trust so much decides they need to dig up some dirt on you to try and discredit your testimony.
Explain to me how this is a trustworthy thing to do and please explain how this sort of misuse of information isn't going to get so much easier once the Government has us tagged and barcoded and watched 24/7?
I, for one, DO NOT welcome our old Government overlords!
OK, its late, the Reactor is about to go critical, and you have a couple of minutes to find the fault.
... and you didn't write it - enough with the fear already!
You discover its in some Perl code - There's the trepidation for you.
I almost agree with you there if you are thinking about some "Dave-Double-Decks" wedding DJ, but if you are talking about some of the (not so) new breed of superstar DJ's who mix tunes and beats to improve on originals and move into live mixing that is more akin to sampling, then I would have to go blow my whistle with the "disagree" crowd.
So he presses keys in various combinations and the program interprets this as notes or chords, the combined whole being called music (depending on how drunk/musical you are)?
Hmmmm. Isn't that rather what a piano does?
I'm so old that in my world Perl's a singer, and as I recall, she stands up when she plays the piano.
Allergic to kangeroos perchance?
After some new legislation coming into force (or already here?) in the UK that states that all creatures have rights we can no longer kill slugs and snails that eat our gardens, I wondered about fabricating some sort of Snail Trebouchet/Trebuchet. I'm thinking something triggered by the snail weight and garnished with lettuce!
If not the middle of next week, I should be able to fling the fuckers into the next garden!
No, and don't call me ducks, sweetums.
OK, so do you set aside an hour or two every morning to allow all those people across the street to wander over and bitch-slap you, or do you try and make it difficult for them by, at the very least, ducking when they swing!
I agree that if a body as powerful as your government decides to have a pop at you there's not much you are going to be able to do about it, but you don't have to give them all the ammo up front and wear a T-shirt with a target on it!
If the government suddenly decided they didn't like you, they could grab your file and furtle about until they dug up some dirt.
But why would your government decide they don't like you? Remember the Paddington Train Crash ... Pam Warren was particularly effective in criticising the Government and they set the dogs on her. How much easier would this have been if they could just call up a 'central record' with political/medical/religous information in it.
And not forgetting Harry Enfield playing Davros' brother, Stavros ... Alright matey peeps - O B E Y.
Back in those days you didn't need special effects because kids still had imaginations. Now, if the film doesn't actually show the 'plot' in detailed brain-dead-o-color(tm) then the kids don't get it!
It was the writing and acting that set the scenes and it simply didn't matter if the scenes wobbled when the cast walked past! Unfortunately, expectations have been raised and it will likely be ruined by too many expensive F/X and the cost of cheap plots and actors.