One thing sticks out to me, and I thought I would share.
3) Mutations occur but almost always bring harm and NEVER add new information to a genetic chain. New information is required for one species to change or evolve into another and this does not occur in observable nature anywhere. Infact, DNA which was discovered after the evolution theory is a huge slap in the face to evolution and a dramatic proof of intelligent design.
I said it before, "Correlation is not causation." Of course, I was being cynical at the time... Probably am being cynial now, too. Ah what the heck, let's toss in a fun one. Mutations always causing harm? What about the X-Men?
Looking around I have found a couple of possibilities. I think that heat engines might not be the best way, given that (in my head) the stored hot water cannot be recycled into the system very efficiently. I'm probably wrong about that. Anyways, from what I've read, the underlying heat engine is very efficient, it just has a limited range of applications (submarines!). I'm also intrigued by this Quasiturbine engine. It is said it can be configured as a steam engine: Store superheated water in a nice insulated place and use it to drive your electrical system. Perhaps the way to go?
Ah, right. I'll go looking then. Thermocouples spring to mind, but they're not so good on efficiency if I recall. Natural gas has a nice looking efficiency figure. Hrm, well, how about a wiki article for flavor (to keep from being too drastically lightweight)
Having switched our ancient house off of fuel oil heating and over to a massive geothermal heat pump system, I just felt like professing my love for it. Heating bill went down, down, down, and running it in reverse gives the old shack air conditioning besides. Yard was ugly for a while, though.
Sounds like good questions. I would point out, when you answer them, that the other methods you have above are not mutually exclusive. Biodiesel can only be expanded as far as the biomass producing farmland will go. A backup is needed, be it some form of battery or reserve generation capacity in the instances of a cloudy day.
The battery is the real kicker. I've wanted to see for some time where the grid was only tapped for part of the energy needed for a home (or car, given Honda's home refueling idea) where the rest came from built in power generation and utilization ability. But without a battery solution to store excess energy, the grid must be overbuilt to handle a day when little ambient energy is available and more energy is required from remote generation.
Put available farmland to use generating biomass for Biodiesel and Ethanol, put solar panels on roofs and solar windows in standard. Converting good, arable farmland into fields full of solar panels... well, I'll have to keep looking for numbers that would support that decision.
You're welcome, and thank you for the questions. Anything that gets me reading and thinking. Message more, if you get them. What answers did you come up with?
Some valid question raised. Let me add (or clarify) some more. What types of waste? Is the waste of a greater volume than the waste we dump into the air by continuing to use coal for power generation? How does France deal with its nuclear waste (they have an extensive program)? What exactly is the lifespan for a pebble-bed reactor?
It warms my heart to know the ball is rolling on these things, and more. I just have to keep pushing, but another set of hands makes the work lighter. Everyone?
Yes, as long as you are on Socket 939. If so, check your motherboard manufacturer's page for your motherboard, get the newest BIOS for it and flash the board up, and pick up a new X2 (might I suggest http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?Pr oductCode=80721-1 ) to pop in. You might double check that your power supply can bear the extra load.
HA! Thank you kindly. I have half a shelf of books by Larry Niven and/or Jerry Pournelle on my bookshelf that I "borrowed" from my father. Still chewing through them all, but I've gotten sidetracked on the Count of Monte Cristo at the moment... I guess I'll be going back to 'Oath' shortly too. And in fact, given today's various political climates, I invite anyone else to do the same. Interesting thoughts in there on the whole freedom/security balance some places are dealing with.
Possibly a story in "Asimov" magazine, or somewhere... I'm sure it gets repeated a fair amount. Regardless of the source, a quote springs to mind: "Just think of it as evolution in action." It is obviously not evolution when an elderly person who is betting their last hopes on this being real (as I hope to god they don't breed after 70). But for the rest of the greedy suckers who fall for this crap, well, let's just hope it was expensive education. Maybe the kids will turn out better.
Tales from the White Hart, almost a must read. I have a very old printing that was my father's favorite childhood book, and a copy of the most recent reprinting.
I posted this in the article thread dedicated to his send off, it seems to fit here as well. James Doohan had an autobiography, which I found to be quite interesting. Mine was hardcover, and I hope that local libraries for those interested have a copy. Here is an Amazon link to the thing.
I loved the book. His time in the war, everything he did (invented Klingon-ese, wouldn't you know), he was always very modest about himself. Please give it a read if you feel you might at all be interested. I should hope your local library has a copy, but here is the amazon link just in case.
Finally, a chance to post again. My original post was thoroughly misinterpreted, but oh well. It seems I just can't hand out a multiple-meaning phrase quite as offhandedly as I did.
Doc Ruby, All very good points. I do have to ask, where I am creating FUD in any of this. Above we have many, many posts rationally citing information to support either side. However, I have yet to offer my own opinion on the matter. And I would rather withhold it myself, as I am neither an experienced scientist in a related field, nor do I have an authoritative command of useful reference material.
I prefer to see a discussion where the distinction between hypothesis, theory and law is recognized. Fine posts above and below mine accomplish exactly that.
Actually, and I know this is going to get buried in the chatter, because it will have multiple meanings. In part, because there will numerous posts in this thread relating this same truism. More will disregard it and the resulting posts will be flawed. Not broken, just a little scratch marring what might be an otherwise perfectly informative post. Another level, it was just cynicism on my part. And, after all, it is one of the underlying rules governing scientific discovery.
Reading all of this, and especially the parents comments, remind me of this http://blanu.net/curious_yellow.html paper that was published a few years ago. I enjoy reading it, anyways.
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Of course, there is only one true answer:
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The Flying Spaghetti Monster caused it to work this way.
http://www.venganza.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Mon
Merry Christmas, cheers!
Doc Ruby and I had a running thought going on in another article:
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Doc,
Looking around I have found a couple of possibilities. I think that heat engines might not be the best way, given that (in my head) the stored hot water cannot be recycled into the system very efficiently. I'm probably wrong about that. Anyways, from what I've read, the underlying heat engine is very efficient, it just has a limited range of applications (submarines!). I'm also intrigued by this Quasiturbine engine. It is said it can be configured as a steam engine: Store superheated water in a nice insulated place and use it to drive your electrical system. Perhaps the way to go?
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/quasiturbine.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasiturbine
http://www.howstuffworks.com/stirling-engine.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_engine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnot_heat_engine
http://www.stirlingengine.com/
Some good reading for microkernel education:y
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L4_microkernel_famil
Well, you have compactflash anyways.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPPM
Ah, right. I'll go looking then. Thermocouples spring to mind, but they're not so good on efficiency if I recall. Natural gas has a nice looking efficiency figure. Hrm, well, how about a wiki article for flavor (to keep from being too drastically lightweight)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_cell
Just to be clear, which processes do you refer to in your first paragraph?
Having switched our ancient house off of fuel oil heating and over to a massive geothermal heat pump system, I just felt like professing my love for it. Heating bill went down, down, down, and running it in reverse gives the old shack air conditioning besides. Yard was ugly for a while, though.
Sounds like good questions. I would point out, when you answer them, that the other methods you have above are not mutually exclusive. Biodiesel can only be expanded as far as the biomass producing farmland will go. A backup is needed, be it some form of battery or reserve generation capacity in the instances of a cloudy day.
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... well, I'll have to keep looking for numbers that would support that decision.
WARNING: Linked PDF
http://web.mit.edu/pebble-bed/Economics.pdf
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.09/china.ht
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cell
http://www.biodiesel.org/resources/fuelfactsheets
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/analysispaper/biodies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_fuel
The battery is the real kicker. I've wanted to see for some time where the grid was only tapped for part of the energy needed for a home (or car, given Honda's home refueling idea) where the rest came from built in power generation and utilization ability. But without a battery solution to store excess energy, the grid must be overbuilt to handle a day when little ambient energy is available and more energy is required from remote generation.
Put available farmland to use generating biomass for Biodiesel and Ethanol, put solar panels on roofs and solar windows in standard. Converting good, arable farmland into fields full of solar panels
You're welcome, and thank you for the questions. Anything that gets me reading and thinking. Message more, if you get them. What answers did you come up with?
Some valid question raised. Let me add (or clarify) some more. What types of waste? Is the waste of a greater volume than the waste we dump into the air by continuing to use coal for power generation? How does France deal with its nuclear waste (they have an extensive program)? What exactly is the lifespan for a pebble-bed reactor?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitrification
http://web.mit.edu/pebble-bed/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synroc
http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev26-34/text
Some answers in these links, but not all of the answers. And the opinions you form will be your own, not mine.
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Pebble bed reactors (with built in steam cracking!), biodiesel & ethanol, a sprinkling of wind energy and solar where appropriate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble_bed_reactor
It warms my heart to know the ball is rolling on these things, and more. I just have to keep pushing, but another set of hands makes the work lighter. Everyone?
Yes, as long as you are on Socket 939. If so, check your motherboard manufacturer's page for your motherboard, get the newest BIOS for it and flash the board up, and pick up a new X2 (might I suggest http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?Pr oductCode=80721-1 ) to pop in. You might double check that your power supply can bear the extra load.
HA! Thank you kindly. I have half a shelf of books by Larry Niven and/or Jerry Pournelle on my bookshelf that I "borrowed" from my father. Still chewing through them all, but I've gotten sidetracked on the Count of Monte Cristo at the moment ... I guess I'll be going back to 'Oath' shortly too. And in fact, given today's various political climates, I invite anyone else to do the same. Interesting thoughts in there on the whole freedom/security balance some places are dealing with.
Wish I had mod points for you mate. Cheers!
Possibly a story in "Asimov" magazine, or somewhere ... I'm sure it gets repeated a fair amount. Regardless of the source, a quote springs to mind: "Just think of it as evolution in action." It is obviously not evolution when an elderly person who is betting their last hopes on this being real (as I hope to god they don't breed after 70). But for the rest of the greedy suckers who fall for this crap, well, let's just hope it was expensive education. Maybe the kids will turn out better.
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Then there are the fools that actually fly someplace for these deals, I guess they get educated most of all. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,
Seconded.
Tales from the White Hart, almost a must read. I have a very old printing that was my father's favorite childhood book, and a copy of the most recent reprinting.
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I posted this in the article thread dedicated to his send off, it seems to fit here as well. James Doohan had an autobiography, which I found to be quite interesting. Mine was hardcover, and I hope that local libraries for those interested have a copy. Here is an Amazon link to the thing.
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/067
I loved the book. His time in the war, everything he did (invented Klingon-ese, wouldn't you know), he was always very modest about himself. Please give it a read if you feel you might at all be interested. I should hope your local library has a copy, but here is the amazon link just in case.
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/067
Finally, a chance to post again. My original post was thoroughly misinterpreted, but oh well. It seems I just can't hand out a multiple-meaning phrase quite as offhandedly as I did.
Doc Ruby, All very good points. I do have to ask, where I am creating FUD in any of this. Above we have many, many posts rationally citing information to support either side. However, I have yet to offer my own opinion on the matter. And I would rather withhold it myself, as I am neither an experienced scientist in a related field, nor do I have an authoritative command of useful reference material.
I prefer to see a discussion where the distinction between hypothesis, theory and law is recognized. Fine posts above and below mine accomplish exactly that.
Actually, and I know this is going to get buried in the chatter, because it will have multiple meanings. In part, because there will numerous posts in this thread relating this same truism. More will disregard it and the resulting posts will be flawed. Not broken, just a little scratch marring what might be an otherwise perfectly informative post. Another level, it was just cynicism on my part. And, after all, it is one of the underlying rules governing scientific discovery.
Layers like an onion, not everyone likes them.
Correlation is not causation.
Reading all of this, and especially the parents comments, remind me of this http://blanu.net/curious_yellow.html paper that was published a few years ago. I enjoy reading it, anyways.