The system would have definite points of extraction, therefore you have to consider local effects. You can't just calculate the energy of the whole ocean and then say, "we are only taking 1%, so it must be OK". If you are taking 1% of all the ocean's energy from 0.1% of its volume you are going to cause serious problems.
Except for the fact that they would only be taking 0.0000000001% of the ocean's "energy" from 0.0000000000000000001% of its volume. Oh damn, add a few more 0's on there. Even pretending that you have 100 24 inch pipes sucking up cold water from 3000' below sea level... don't forget how mind boggling huge the oceans are. Okay, not as big as "space"... but there's a damn lot of cold water down there, and anything we suck up isn't going to make much of a difference compared to oil pollution, etc.
That's where Proxomitron and Adblock (for Firefox) come into play. I get to use Yahoo! email without any ads because I've blocked the annoying ones already.:)
Because a lot of what Meetup does is basically send out email to members about an upcoming "meetup", and the bandwidth varys depending on the size of the group, I felt that they should make a graduated scale similar to below:
Unless disk space is their huge cost problem, having 20,000 5 member groups... but I suspect that isn't the case.
This way small groups don't shrivel up and die.. and if you've got up to 20 members even the most willing moderator could pony up $2 a month. If you're getting a LOT of members showing up, why not be able to ask for a buck or two to help.. rather than sticking it to the 3 people that show up once a month?
BUT I agree with their decision to scrap the EV1.
The biggest reason being safety. When parts such as brake pads, internal steering parts, etc. break down because this car was a "one-off" there aren't the replacement parts to fix it with. Some EV owner would keep running it into the ground, but even worse into another car possibly killing someone. Then GM would get sued, even if the owner signed a "I agree that GM isn't responsible if they sell me this EV1" form.
They hoped an (affordable) battery technology would come along.. it didn't. It doesn't make financial sense to try and support 800? or so cars just because a handful of people want to drive an electric car that can't go farther than 100 miles (or less) without being recharged.
I don't believe there is a "Big Oil" conspiracy to take these off the road. There just needs to be a portable fuel source for every car that can take it 300-400 miles before the average consumer will be interested, and currently the EV1 wasn't it.
There are other electric cars out there.. and other electric car companies. Those who are really into the EV1 can take their $24,000 and buy one of those if they really want an electric car.:)
I'm not certain that it's a waste of money for the "rebel billionaire"... but an investment.. in the future...
First off.. people will pay for the priviledge. People making more money than me, for sure, and maybe only people who get $10 million per movie... with an extra $200k sitting around. But they'll pay, and they'll into space, and they'll enjoy it.
Secondly... SpaceShipTwo.. far from being a dangerous rocket or space shuttle is... basically an airplane attached to another airplane. All fights are dangerous, from a you-never-know-what's-going-to-happen standpoint... but you're not going to blow up on the launchpad, and you're not going to run out of fuel on landing. Once they figure out that wierd shimmy... it'll be all good.
Thirdly.. imagine these wealthy people taking a flight from Palmdale... to Vegas... Who says they have to land back in the CA desert. Why not have a flight that just happens to end up in Vegas, or San Francisco, or Phoenix... Hey, an expensive one-way flight, but they get to end up somewhere else..
Fourthly... It's an airplane dammit. Not the Hindenburg!
Let Enterprise finish its run... but start work on a post ST:TNG/DS9/Voyager Trek with Wil Wheaton starring as Wesley Crusher as a captain on some ship... yeah, the same old story, but instead someone in Star Fleet who has a thing against Wesley for his hijinks at the Academy. So he's sent off with a crew who hates his guts, a ship that's barely functional, and sent to map some "badlands" type region of space.
Oh, or better yet... a new warp drive has been invented that appears to be able to traverse interstellar space and they need a crew to test drive it---so they point it at M33 and... No, not invented, that one that was "discovered" in the Gamma quadrant by Janeway and her crew...
Of course something goes horribly wrong... etc.
Not suggesting this because I hate Mr. Wheaton, of course.. but wouldn't it be cool to get him a job again NOT to mention the fact that many geek fans LOVE him. Not the ST:TNG character, as much, because he was a kid playing a role the best that he could written by adults who didn't know what they were doing.
Hm. I guess we'd have to get rid of Berman for that to ever happen, huh??
Just watched the 2004DVD trilogy this last weekend.
Near the end of Empire Strikes Back, where the Millenium Falcon is escaping from the Cloud City.. there's actually one shot of them being pursued by tie fighters where the original matted boxes were still around the tie fighters AND it wasn't fixed on this digital version EITHER!
I wonder how they missed that one?
So to any naysayers... there is at least one shot that did not get updated from 1977 and is still the original crappy shot. So... enjoy!:)
Perhaps the population who lives close to AM towers are lower class than those who don't live next to AM towers and as such smoke tobacco more or don't eat salads as much...
Why not get a PS2 with a few accessories thrown in for connecting and typing... get the software (Linux, of some sort, of course) on the thing... and it need not run $250---could be even less.
And it'll run most DVDs.. and as an added bonus plays both PlayStation 2 and PlayStation games as well as FinalFantasy XI...
Well, if you're stuck in a hut might as well indulge in a little Fantasy.:)
Does his computer include a monitor or no?
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My first thought when I read this headline was "I've never heard of that degree program before. Data Falsification, eh? Might be a fun field to go into!"
Well, I wouldn't want to lose my Degree for Data Falsification either... because then I wouldn't be able to go around making right data, well, wrong. Maybe it's a degree field dealing with random numbers or encryption?
Second thought was: "He probably got his degree from one of those d1pl0ma spammers..."
One advantage I see to 3D buildings might be driving in fog... or smog. They need to incorporate it with a HUD, I think, to really be worthwhile... and then have hazard avoidance to apply brakes in case of a car or other barrier in front of the car..
Well, like a pedestrian or something.
But imagine it on a HUD with the buildings perfectly matching what you see outside...
Well, for $2k I'll use my eyes.. but fog.. you know... FOG!:)
Actually, if they could accept a composite video signal (or SVHS)! that would be perfect for some industries. For example a video camera operator could output from his camera to it to see the shot... or just as a remote monitor.
Of course 1.25 hours is a little short for a full days work.. but short of being a geek wearing a huge brick on your arm, there could be a market for it.. just not here... yet.:)
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Except for the fact that they would only be taking 0.0000000001% of the ocean's "energy" from 0.0000000000000000001% of its volume. Oh damn, add a few more 0's on there. Even pretending that you have 100 24 inch pipes sucking up cold water from 3000' below sea level... don't forget how mind boggling huge the oceans are. Okay, not as big as "space"... but there's a damn lot of cold water down there, and anything we suck up isn't going to make much of a difference compared to oil pollution, etc.
That's where Proxomitron and Adblock (for Firefox) come into play. I get to use Yahoo! email without any ads because I've blocked the annoying ones already. :)
I always cringe whenever anybody says that "the kids are aging too fast" to finish the movies.
Doesn't anybody remember Dawson's Creek or Beverly Hills, 90210???
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Never mind I see your point...
So why did I think of cell phones from the title of this article???
1-10 members: Free
10-20 members: $2
20-50 members: $5
50-100 members: $10
100 members: $20
Unless disk space is their huge cost problem, having 20,000 5 member groups... but I suspect that isn't the case.
This way small groups don't shrivel up and die.. and if you've got up to 20 members even the most willing moderator could pony up $2 a month. If you're getting a LOT of members showing up, why not be able to ask for a buck or two to help.. rather than sticking it to the 3 people that show up once a month?
They hoped an (affordable) battery technology would come along.. it didn't. It doesn't make financial sense to try and support 800? or so cars just because a handful of people want to drive an electric car that can't go farther than 100 miles (or less) without being recharged.
I don't believe there is a "Big Oil" conspiracy to take these off the road. There just needs to be a portable fuel source for every car that can take it 300-400 miles before the average consumer will be interested, and currently the EV1 wasn't it.
There are other electric cars out there.. and other electric car companies. Those who are really into the EV1 can take their $24,000 and buy one of those if they really want an electric car. :)
Casey & Andy is probably the best geeky webcomic in existence! Though Irregular WebComic runs a close second...
First off.. people will pay for the priviledge. People making more money than me, for sure, and maybe only people who get $10 million per movie... with an extra $200k sitting around. But they'll pay, and they'll into space, and they'll enjoy it.
Secondly... SpaceShipTwo.. far from being a dangerous rocket or space shuttle is... basically an airplane attached to another airplane. All fights are dangerous, from a you-never-know-what's-going-to-happen standpoint... but you're not going to blow up on the launchpad, and you're not going to run out of fuel on landing. Once they figure out that wierd shimmy... it'll be all good.
Thirdly.. imagine these wealthy people taking a flight from Palmdale... to Vegas... Who says they have to land back in the CA desert. Why not have a flight that just happens to end up in Vegas, or San Francisco, or Phoenix... Hey, an expensive one-way flight, but they get to end up somewhere else..
Fourthly... It's an airplane dammit. Not the Hindenburg!
Fifthly. Godwin's Law.
Oh, or better yet... a new warp drive has been invented that appears to be able to traverse interstellar space and they need a crew to test drive it---so they point it at M33 and... No, not invented, that one that was "discovered" in the Gamma quadrant by Janeway and her crew...
Of course something goes horribly wrong... etc.
Not suggesting this because I hate Mr. Wheaton, of course.. but wouldn't it be cool to get him a job again NOT to mention the fact that many geek fans LOVE him. Not the ST:TNG character, as much, because he was a kid playing a role the best that he could written by adults who didn't know what they were doing.
Hm. I guess we'd have to get rid of Berman for that to ever happen, huh??
The Sonicare is about $70 and just has the bristly head as well as you have to restart it every 2 minutes... not a good thing for orgasmic pleasure.
Just pony up the extra $30 and get one that doesn't need to be recharged AND actually works... for that purpose, that is.
Just extend it to spyware writers.. and spammers... ;)
(Yes, I know spyware is a social issue... someone pays someone money to write spyware... start nuking THOSE companies and maybe we'd see a change...)
Near the end of Empire Strikes Back, where the Millenium Falcon is escaping from the Cloud City.. there's actually one shot of them being pursued by tie fighters where the original matted boxes were still around the tie fighters AND it wasn't fixed on this digital version EITHER!
I wonder how they missed that one?
So to any naysayers... there is at least one shot that did not get updated from 1977 and is still the original crappy shot. So... enjoy! :)
Do they have a multiplayer version of this? Will it run on Linux? ;)
It takes 12 minutes to get enough energy to take one step with a top speed of 10cm or 4 inches per hour....
You think that you can win by using Robotechnology, do you!? Ha ha ha!
Now where's this Minmei I keep hearing about?
Perhaps the population who lives close to AM towers are lower class than those who don't live next to AM towers and as such smoke tobacco more or don't eat salads as much...
Other factors could be contributing after all..
And it'll run most DVDs.. and as an added bonus plays both PlayStation 2 and PlayStation games as well as FinalFantasy XI...
Well, if you're stuck in a hut might as well indulge in a little Fantasy. :)
Does his computer include a monitor or no?
And now you know... The rest of the story.
Good day!
(Oh sorry, this joke has already been used once. I'm into recycling... ;) )
Well, I wouldn't want to lose my Degree for Data Falsification either... because then I wouldn't be able to go around making right data, well, wrong. Maybe it's a degree field dealing with random numbers or encryption?
Second thought was: "He probably got his degree from one of those d1pl0ma spammers..."
Well, like a pedestrian or something.
But imagine it on a HUD with the buildings perfectly matching what you see outside...
Well, for $2k I'll use my eyes.. but fog.. you know... FOG! :)
Of course 1.25 hours is a little short for a full days work.. but short of being a geek wearing a huge brick on your arm, there could be a market for it.. just not here... yet. :)
The next thing you know this will be used by spammers too.
"R U BIG ENUF?"
"V.I.A.G.R.A.!"
Well.. in 15 characters or less... They'll find a way I'm sure of it!
Yes, but it didn't have to worry about becoming obsolete during that time either. ;)
I, for one, welcome our purple dinosaur overlords!!!