I know what you mean. Every night at work, I stop in to one area that always has a radio on(they never change stations). And, every night, I hear the same songs while in that area. Talk about predictable.
Nope, three Apollo astronauts didn't die in the capsule while sitting on the launchpad...
been doing this for years, just now more precise
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"Now we just need to do something similar for fertizilers, if a farmer could use a lower base level of fertiziler and have the machine add additional amounts only to those areas that most need it then the overall usage would probably go way down and the impact on the environment would be reduced."
The planters(corn, beans, etc.) already drop the fertilizer right where the row of seeds will go. It's been like this for decades. Also, when side-dressing crops(adding fertilizer later while cultivating) the fertilizer is added where it is needed(near the plants' roots) and only in an amount that the soil and crop needs; discovered by soil tests. Now, with the use of GPS for precision farming...the fertilizer application will be even more precise, which is good for all.
you need to go work on a farm
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Good idea, but what you are missing is the fact that the ground only holds so much in amount of nutients, water, etc, and even if some plants give back some nutrients to the soil while growing, the secondary plants will just be competition to the primary crop, resulting in stunted yields. Also, with the height that corn grows, it would be virtually impossible to grow anything in between the rows, since the corn would block all the sunlight to the shorter plants. The secondary crop would grow well until the corn grew taller than it, but in the end this hurts the very important early growth of the corn. This would also result in leaching of the soil, since there would be so much growing in such a small place, with neither growing to its full capability. Or...farmers can just continue rotating crops every year like they do and adding only as much fertilizer as needed, keeping their yields as high as possible.
"pesticide-aiming devices actually work as advertised. But why not take it to the next level: hook up a robotic hoe! Or a robotic weed-pulling arm. You get the idea. Removes the need for any pesticides."
That's cool to know...i guess all the IS people in our district probably don't know anything about that. I've always thought that somewhere someone has to be thinking about using linux...since the costs for MS licensing has to be astronomical. You are very right about the slow and well-educated decisions...that's probably a reason why the company is so stable. Well, lets hope to see them use Linux somewhere, sometime!
"The obvious/. question is: Can we run Linux on Brown? Maybe UPS can fund an OSS startup, "BrownHat"? We'll see..."
Just to let you know: I work at UPS. Switching to Linux will never happen. UPS is a Microsoft joint. Plain and simple, and i really doubt they will ever switch. They have too many programs written for Windows and that seems to be all the developers know. And, what's really scary, too much stuff runs on Access. A company their size takes forever to roll out new equipment and software, heck, the system i work with (runs all the scanning in the hub) is still on OS/2. We are waiting for our new scanners, which will run on a Windows 2000-based system. The new scanners for hub use(loading trucks) will even be running Windows CE. No chance of tux invading this place.
"Is it really going to be cheaper to transport several ordinary refrigerated trucks of methane hydrate than one very cold truck of liquid methane?"
It might not be cheaper to transport it by truck, but once necessary facilities are in place you could start using trains, resulting in the cost of transportation per ton dropping considerably. Not to mention that you could sure move thousands of tons of this stuff with a train rather easily.
Good story! there are definitely some retards out there drving these cars. And i know a few corners like the one you mention, the turn off the main highway to the road i lived on was like that one, gotta slow way down to make it even in a good car. I've grown up with Ford V8's, had a 5.0 HO in a T-Bird for my first car. It's been a dream growing up to own a brand-new Mustang, was finally able to buy one last August. I know my limits, i know the cars limits...and i'd rather take it easy and keep a bit below those limits. I guess a clean driving record kinda speaks some too. Just too bad there are tons of morons driving them, doesn't help my insurance rates.
What would you recommend sounds better? I won't put flowmasters on...since i think they sound like shit. I was thinking of going with a MagnaFlow cat-back system soon. I personally think the glasspacks sound really good...but i'm in the driver's seat, not outside it. Friends & family think it sounds good though...so i dunno, throw some ideas at me:-) you can also email me if ya want so we don't make a hughe thread here on/.
I bet you are! M3's are sweet..just wish i could afford one. I'm happy w/ the Mustang for now. Hopefuly the new job i start in a month will help me keep up with you guys:-)
"I am seriously tempted to carry around a couple of grapefruits in my bag, just so I can stuff them into any exhaust tip that looks big enough to hold one"
Make sure you slober some quick setting JB Weld on it so it's in there for good!
"I get really sick of seeing hondas with huge wings on the back and coffee can exhaust pipes. There are people out there that will till you adding a big exhaust TIP will give you like 5hp! WTF? What's wrong with these people!?"
I agree! I'm getting really sick of having to waste these retards w/ my Mustang GT every damn day. Although they usually give up once the glasspacks start roaring and i'm 80 feet ahead of them in a couple seconds:-)
As if people aren't fat enough...an endless supply of extra calories, extra sugar, and easy dehydration from too much caffeine. I'll install a water fountain: I perfer to keep my teeth and not get fat.
127 mph: Still faster than a Honda Civic with "cool" ground-effects, huge spoiler, and coffee can muffler...well, you could slap an "R" sticker on it and you might get close.
i have a silencer to already take care of those kind of bikes when i see(hear) them out on my fav. mountain bike trails...it mounts nicely on the end of my pistol.
I could see this possibly bringing the Counterstrike game to a more "Battlefield 1942" feel. Similar Counterstrike objectives, yet huge maps with many players forming smaller groups, each with different goals to help work towards the end result, (Either stopping the terrorists or blowing up some objective) Maybe with this we would see a newer version of Counterstrike that is a lot more than it is now, but keep a lot of the feel that tons of players enjoy.
True, there are differences with hauling passengers or a plane full of cardboard and paper. But, I'm also curious as to what would happen if you have to order these fuel cells and get them shipped through UPS. This would cost a lot to ship (since hazmat shipping is outrageous) Even if you ship something like lighters through UPS, they require hazmat papers and special packaging. So just ordering new fuel cells would be a major pain due to the extra shipping costs.
Not to mention that the FAA requires the pilot be notified of all hazardous materials shipped on airplanes. (I'm in charge of hazmat auditing at a UPS hub). Having these methanol cartidges would require the passenger to have to register it or something of that nature, have it inspected, and a report given to the pilot of all of the laptops of this type on the plane. If this wasn't followed by the wonderful employees in baggage...hefty, and i mean HEFTY fines could result. For example, Emery Airlines was nailed for $500,000 for not notifying pilots of hazmats onboard. So...I don't see these on planes anytime soon either.
Boot info on a the hd? Not a good idea! Why not keep it in a chunk of something, like CompactFlash or something similar right on the board? Plenty of storage, not horribly expensive. Plus, this can be kept completely free from the OS so there's no way for virii or scripts to get at it.
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I know what you mean. Every night at work, I stop in to one area that always has a radio on(they never change stations). And, every night, I hear the same songs while in that area. Talk about predictable.
Why do you need this? Radio just plays the same 10 songs over and over anyways. If you miss a good song, just wait an hour or two, it'll be back on.
Nope, three Apollo astronauts didn't die in the capsule while sitting on the launchpad...
"Now we just need to do something similar for fertizilers, if a farmer could use a lower base level of fertiziler and have the machine add additional amounts only to those areas that most need it then the overall usage would probably go way down and the impact on the environment would be reduced."
The planters(corn, beans, etc.) already drop the fertilizer right where the row of seeds will go. It's been like this for decades. Also, when side-dressing crops(adding fertilizer later while cultivating) the fertilizer is added where it is needed(near the plants' roots) and only in an amount that the soil and crop needs; discovered by soil tests. Now, with the use of GPS for precision farming...the fertilizer application will be even more precise, which is good for all.
Good idea, but what you are missing is the fact that the ground only holds so much in amount of nutients, water, etc, and even if some plants give back some nutrients to the soil while growing, the secondary plants will just be competition to the primary crop, resulting in stunted yields. Also, with the height that corn grows, it would be virtually impossible to grow anything in between the rows, since the corn would block all the sunlight to the shorter plants. The secondary crop would grow well until the corn grew taller than it, but in the end this hurts the very important early growth of the corn. This would also result in leaching of the soil, since there would be so much growing in such a small place, with neither growing to its full capability.
Or...farmers can just continue rotating crops every year like they do and adding only as much fertilizer as needed, keeping their yields as high as possible.
"pesticide-aiming devices actually work as advertised. But why not take it to the next level: hook up a robotic hoe! Or a robotic weed-pulling arm. You get the idea. Removes the need for any pesticides."
Pesticides kill bugs. Herbicides kill weeds.
That's cool to know...i guess all the IS people in our district probably don't know anything about that. I've always thought that somewhere someone has to be thinking about using linux...since the costs for MS licensing has to be astronomical. You are very right about the slow and well-educated decisions...that's probably a reason why the company is so stable. Well, lets hope to see them use Linux somewhere, sometime!
"The obvious /. question is: Can we run Linux on Brown? Maybe UPS can fund an OSS startup, "BrownHat"? We'll see..."
Just to let you know: I work at UPS. Switching to Linux will never happen. UPS is a Microsoft joint. Plain and simple, and i really doubt they will ever switch. They have too many programs written for Windows and that seems to be all the developers know. And, what's really scary, too much stuff runs on Access. A company their size takes forever to roll out new equipment and software, heck, the system i work with (runs all the scanning in the hub) is still on OS/2. We are waiting for our new scanners, which will run on a Windows 2000-based system. The new scanners for hub use(loading trucks) will even be running Windows CE. No chance of tux invading this place.
"Is it really going to be cheaper to transport several ordinary refrigerated trucks of methane hydrate than one very cold truck of liquid methane?"
It might not be cheaper to transport it by truck, but once necessary facilities are in place you could start using trains, resulting in the cost of transportation per ton dropping considerably. Not to mention that you could sure move thousands of tons of this stuff with a train rather easily.
Good story! there are definitely some retards out there drving these cars. And i know a few corners like the one you mention, the turn off the main highway to the road i lived on was like that one, gotta slow way down to make it even in a good car.
I've grown up with Ford V8's, had a 5.0 HO in a T-Bird for my first car. It's been a dream growing up to own a brand-new Mustang, was finally able to buy one last August. I know my limits, i know the cars limits...and i'd rather take it easy and keep a bit below those limits. I guess a clean driving record kinda speaks some too. Just too bad there are tons of morons driving them, doesn't help my insurance rates.
What would you recommend sounds better? I won't put flowmasters on...since i think they sound like shit. I was thinking of going with a MagnaFlow cat-back system soon. I personally think the glasspacks sound really good...but i'm in the driver's seat, not outside it. Friends & family think it sounds good though...so i dunno, throw some ideas at me :-) you can also email me if ya want so we don't make a hughe thread here on /.
I bet you are! M3's are sweet..just wish i could afford one. I'm happy w/ the Mustang for now. Hopefuly the new job i start in a month will help me keep up with you guys :-)
"I am seriously tempted to carry around a couple of grapefruits in my bag, just so I can stuff them into any exhaust tip that looks big enough to hold one"
Make sure you slober some quick setting JB Weld on it so it's in there for good!
"I get really sick of seeing hondas with huge wings on the back and coffee can exhaust pipes. There are people out there that will till you adding a big exhaust TIP will give you like 5hp! WTF? What's wrong with these people!?"
:-)
I agree! I'm getting really sick of having to waste these retards w/ my Mustang GT every damn day. Although they usually give up once the glasspacks start roaring and i'm 80 feet ahead of them in a couple seconds
why the hell....i bought a car that would run in the 13's stock...image if i cut a shitload of weight off my car too...i'd be in the 12's
As if people aren't fat enough...an endless supply of extra calories, extra sugar, and easy dehydration from too much caffeine. I'll install a water fountain: I perfer to keep my teeth and not get fat.
127 mph: Still faster than a Honda Civic with "cool" ground-effects, huge spoiler, and coffee can muffler...well, you could slap an "R" sticker on it and you might get close.
i have a silencer to already take care of those kind of bikes when i see(hear) them out on my fav. mountain bike trails...it mounts nicely on the end of my pistol.
I'm sure burning this stuff will be creating lots of pollution
ok, lets just keep burning coal...forget cleaner burning methane...
I could see this possibly bringing the Counterstrike game to a more "Battlefield 1942" feel. Similar Counterstrike objectives, yet huge maps with many players forming smaller groups, each with different goals to help work towards the end result, (Either stopping the terrorists or blowing up some objective) Maybe with this we would see a newer version of Counterstrike that is a lot more than it is now, but keep a lot of the feel that tons of players enjoy.
True, there are differences with hauling passengers or a plane full of cardboard and paper. But, I'm also curious as to what would happen if you have to order these fuel cells and get them shipped through UPS. This would cost a lot to ship (since hazmat shipping is outrageous) Even if you ship something like lighters through UPS, they require hazmat papers and special packaging. So just ordering new fuel cells would be a major pain due to the extra shipping costs.
Not to mention that the FAA requires the pilot be notified of all hazardous materials shipped on airplanes. (I'm in charge of hazmat auditing at a UPS hub). Having these methanol cartidges would require the passenger to have to register it or something of that nature, have it inspected, and a report given to the pilot of all of the laptops of this type on the plane. If this wasn't followed by the wonderful employees in baggage...hefty, and i mean HEFTY fines could result. For example, Emery Airlines was nailed for $500,000 for not notifying pilots of hazmats onboard. So...I don't see these on planes anytime soon either.
far as i remember "Redmond Linux" is now "Lycoris" NOT Lindows.
Not like America didn't ship arms, supplies, and even troops to Europe to help the allies before Pearl Harbor was bombed...
Boot info on a the hd? Not a good idea! Why not keep it in a chunk of something, like CompactFlash or something similar right on the board? Plenty of storage, not horribly expensive. Plus, this can be kept completely free from the OS so there's no way for virii or scripts to get at it.