They actually have a valid point, *gasp*, I mean when I can get a laptop with an LCD near/cheaper than a LCD on its own, something is wrong. There is a demand for these displays, so manufacturers can't claim that that's the reason prices are high, so maybe price fixing could be in place.
"Why do the chemists and chemical engineers keep coming up with such volitile compounds -- why can't we start fueling devices out of garbage like that dude on back to the future?"
One of the major things about fuels is that they have to be volatile to react. Otherwise, no power.
On the flip side of your argument, what if the EPA guys you saw didn't wear their body suits? I mean, it's just one isolated incident, right? They shouldn't need full-body protection for a little dust. Well, EPA scientists (and most other environmental scientists) are involved in a lot more than one teeny-weeny cleanup and without these protective measures, they would have that chronic exposure you're talking about. So what would you rather have, an excess (it seems) of protection, or a risk of developing some health problem?
I can name quite a few incidents where people have actually stolen old oil from discarded transformers and spilled the crap everywhere in the process. We folks at the EPA would then have to go out there and clean the frickin' mess up. If you read my comment, I said that PCBs were used until the early nineties, not through the nineties. And by the way, every compound that contains stereocenters is enantiomeric, and since most oils do in fact have stereocenters (they're not pure hydrocarbons as everyone seems to think) they do have enantiomers. Also, nearly all oils contain unsaturated carbons and are usuaully carcinogenic (even the quaker state you put in your car). And as far as/.ers being more responsible than average, most of them are applauding a guy who is balancing a bowl of water on a frickin' computer. Yeah, really responsible.....
The use of PCB's in transformer oil continued into the early nineties. They just used the "less toxic" (i.e. less chlorinated) PCBs. Anyways, we've found out that these enantiomers are probably more dangerous than their heavier counterparts. Besides, if most/.ers had a choice between buying transformer oil and finding an old ruined transformer in a junkyard (yes, you can actually find them there) and making the oil "open source", what do you think they would choose?
I'll tell you why. It is extremely hazardous stuff. In order to increase the boiling point of the oil, PCB's (ya know, polychlorinated biphenyls) and other toxic nonvolatiles are added to the oil. If you spill that crap, it's worse for you and the environment compared to Freon.
"When on a bike assume all other road users are idiots"
This is probably the single best piece of advice that you can give anyone, regardless of whether they're a biker or a cager. If more drivers spent more time paying attention to the other drivers around them and the road,instead of their cell phones, we wouldn't have as many accidents as we do. I'm sure this device may help, but the best defense is plenty of road experience and half of a brain.
Actually, natural gas does combust "cleaner" than ordinary fuels. However, all this means is that it produces more CO2 and H20 and less of the bad stuff (NO2,unreacted hydrocarbons, etc...). However, natural gas burns more completely than ordinary fuels so a bit less fuel is needed to burn, hence lower levels of CO2 (not anything really drastic though).
People... Let's step out of our U.S. centric views and honestly look at The Register. 1.) The Register is British so one would expect to find 2.) British humour. This is an example of their British wit (and yes they do take a bash at linux every once in a while) so 3.) it's o.k. for them to place this on their site. O.K.... time to reload our ignorant U.S. centric views...
P.S. That was an example of humour
P.P.S. The 12 year-old that writes The Reg must be the one Microscrew(I mean soft) used for it's infamous ad.
Well, drug companies did get pissed at poor sick africans that didn't have ten gazillion dollars to pay for the anti-HIV drugs. I personally think MS is just as ruthless.
Actually, as it has been mentioned above, U.S. courts do not usually reveal verdicts concerning publicly traded companies until after the markets close. This is done to prevent the market from severely fluctuating at the news (whether good or bad). It is also interesting to point out that the ruling will be available on a Friday after the markets close. Methinks that this ruling is going to have some serious impact....
Well, since the state owns nearly all of the beachfront in CA, putting up a seawall wouldn't be letting all of the people (in CA) "do whatever the fuck they want with their own damn property".
"A better use would be to take the computer and beat in the skull of the head of the Army Corps of Engineers and the greenie-weenie's he serves."
I certainly hope that you're being sarcastic for two reasons:
1.) Contrary to popular belief, not everyone who does environmental research is a tree-hugging activist. In fact, most true environmental surveys (including those done by the Army Corps of Engineers on seawalls, I have read most of them) are actually despised by "greenie-weenies" unless the facts can be malformed into some perverse statement. At the last environmental lab I worked at, an unnamed radical "environmental" group refused further funding to us because our papers were not "open-ended enough for *****(name of "environmentalist" group) to publish their own favorable interpertations of" (Actual Quote). Working in environmental labs suck for those who are slightly interested in that field of work.
2.) Slamming the head of a greenie-weenie who mutilates your data into a GC-MS's door is a lot more gratifying than hitting him in the head with a computer.
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They actually have a valid point, *gasp*, I mean when I can get a laptop with an LCD near/cheaper than a LCD on its own, something is wrong. There is a demand for these displays, so manufacturers can't claim that that's the reason prices are high, so maybe price fixing could be in place.
A geek is an intelligent with horrible social skills. A dork is a male sperm whale's genitalia (although some geeks are six foot long dicks).
"Why do the chemists and chemical engineers keep coming up with such volitile compounds -- why can't we start fueling devices out of garbage like that dude on back to the future?" One of the major things about fuels is that they have to be volatile to react. Otherwise, no power.
On the flip side of your argument, what if the EPA guys you saw didn't wear their body suits? I mean, it's just one isolated incident, right? They shouldn't need full-body protection for a little dust. Well, EPA scientists (and most other environmental scientists) are involved in a lot more than one teeny-weeny cleanup and without these protective measures, they would have that chronic exposure you're talking about. So what would you rather have, an excess (it seems) of protection, or a risk of developing some health problem?
I can name quite a few incidents where people have actually stolen old oil from discarded transformers and spilled the crap everywhere in the process. We folks at the EPA would then have to go out there and clean the frickin' mess up. If you read my comment, I said that PCBs were used until the early nineties, not through the nineties. And by the way, every compound that contains stereocenters is enantiomeric, and since most oils do in fact have stereocenters (they're not pure hydrocarbons as everyone seems to think) they do have enantiomers. Also, nearly all oils contain unsaturated carbons and are usuaully carcinogenic (even the quaker state you put in your car). And as far as /.ers being more responsible than average, most of them are applauding a guy who is balancing a bowl of water on a frickin' computer. Yeah, really responsible.....
The use of PCB's in transformer oil continued into the early nineties. They just used the "less toxic" (i.e. less chlorinated) PCBs. Anyways, we've found out that these enantiomers are probably more dangerous than their heavier counterparts. Besides, if most /.ers had a choice between buying transformer oil and finding an old ruined transformer in a junkyard (yes, you can actually find them there) and making the oil "open source", what do you think they would choose?
I'll tell you why. It is extremely hazardous stuff. In order to increase the boiling point of the oil, PCB's (ya know, polychlorinated biphenyls) and other toxic nonvolatiles are added to the oil. If you spill that crap, it's worse for you and the environment compared to Freon.
I quote:
"When on a bike assume all other road users are idiots"
This is probably the single best piece of advice that you can give anyone, regardless of whether they're a biker or a cager. If more drivers spent more time paying attention to the other drivers around them and the road,instead of their cell phones, we wouldn't have as many accidents as we do. I'm sure this device may help, but the best defense is plenty of road experience and half of a brain.
They do this at a lot of colleges in Michigan in order to attract more students. It's really not anything new, why is this news?
Actually, natural gas does combust "cleaner" than ordinary fuels. However, all this means is that it produces more CO2 and H20 and less of the bad stuff (NO2,unreacted hydrocarbons, etc...). However, natural gas burns more completely than ordinary fuels so a bit less fuel is needed to burn, hence lower levels of CO2 (not anything really drastic though).
People... Let's step out of our U.S. centric views and honestly look at The Register. 1.) The Register is British so one would expect to find 2.) British humour. This is an example of their British wit (and yes they do take a bash at linux every once in a while) so 3.) it's o.k. for them to place this on their site. O.K.... time to reload our ignorant U.S. centric views...
P.S. That was an example of humour
P.P.S. The 12 year-old that writes The Reg must be the one Microscrew(I mean soft) used for it's infamous ad.
Well, drug companies did get pissed at poor sick africans that didn't have ten gazillion dollars to pay for the anti-HIV drugs. I personally think MS is just as ruthless.
Actually, as it has been mentioned above, U.S. courts do not usually reveal verdicts concerning publicly traded companies until after the markets close. This is done to prevent the market from severely fluctuating at the news (whether good or bad). It is also interesting to point out that the ruling will be available on a Friday after the markets close. Methinks that this ruling is going to have some serious impact....
Well, since the state owns nearly all of the beachfront in CA, putting up a seawall wouldn't be letting all of the people (in CA) "do whatever the fuck they want with their own damn property".
And I quote:
"A better use would be to take the computer and beat in the skull of the head of the Army Corps of Engineers and the greenie-weenie's he serves."
I certainly hope that you're being sarcastic for two reasons:
1.) Contrary to popular belief, not everyone who does environmental research is a tree-hugging activist. In fact, most true environmental surveys (including those done by the Army Corps of Engineers on seawalls, I have read most of them) are actually despised by "greenie-weenies" unless the facts can be malformed into some perverse statement. At the last environmental lab I worked at, an unnamed radical "environmental" group refused further funding to us because our papers were not "open-ended enough for *****(name of "environmentalist" group) to publish their own favorable interpertations of" (Actual Quote). Working in environmental labs suck for those who are slightly interested in that field of work.
2.) Slamming the head of a greenie-weenie who mutilates your data into a GC-MS's door is a lot more gratifying than hitting him in the head with a computer.
I think that this "standard" will be around for a very long time...(andd I have no complaints about that =:p
"So I'm paying more to have a crappier picture in essentially every way (color, speed, viewing angle, brightness are all superiour on a CRT)"--
Umm... I don't know if you're trolling or just an idiot. My LCD display is way better than any CRT I've ever owned.
I was always taught that highschool is actually two words, high and school.
Yeah, that's why you can find titanium dioxide in deoderant, toothpaste, etc...