They still use it as fertilizer. While it's sitting in the lagoon decomposing, they capture the methane (instead of letting it outgas into the atmosphere). Then they take the good stuff out of the lagoon and spread it.
read the article. He's a real scientist (PhD in hand) doing real science. the conversion comments were part of an obviously tongue in cheek response to the question:
You're at an astrobiology conference, and the goal of astrobiology is to understand the origin of life on Earth and to search for life elsewhere, including other intelligent life. So let's just go for the big prize. Suppose another intelligent species is discovered. What would that do to the Church's beliefs about God creating the universe, and Earth, and the creatures on Earth, and sending his only son - which is what it says in the book - to this planet, where there is an intelligent species, perhaps one among millions?
Rember he's a Jesuit. BTW, he didn't actually say thus convertible to some terrestrial religion. That was some "poetic license" on the part of the poster. He actually said
They know who they are, they're self-aware, and they're able to do something about it. I think dogs are self-aware, but they don't have a whole lot of free will. Maybe computers are the same sort of thing. Human beings have to have both.
That means if you're going to have freedom, you've got the capability of doing right and wrong. There is evil in the world, that's an observed fact. There is the need to overcome evil in the world. There's that need for salvation that we all have. I can't imagine they wouldn't need it, if they've got the same freedom we've got...
If you want to trade good bible quotes, here's one: The beginning of the Gospel of John, "In the beginning was the Word."...
Is it possible that there are other Words in other languages to other cultures? Beats the heck out of me.
Now, I've taken some license and shortened the comment for the sake of posting; but, those are his exact words.
Ham radio is advanced. They're using Ham frequencies most likely because they can do so without requiring special liscensing from the FCC for the transponder channels. All they need is one person who is a liscensed Ham radio operator on the ground.
Yes. The EPA just approved the plan that reduces the amount of sulpher, etc. in the fuel. It's also impossing tighter requirements for off-road diesel, trucks, and locomotives. All of these take effect gradually over the next few years.
I'd find this funny (as in ROFLOL) if it wasn't for the fact it cost the government money to produce and then disprove; AND, it took time away from the President, who, should have more important things to do...
And the protesters, unfortunately, have been fed, and believe, a bunch of pseudoscience about the dangers of the RTG used. If, in fact, the launcher had exploded... The RTG's would have fallen, intact, harmlessly, into the ocean.
Actually that's covered under the "fair use" clauses of the copyright laws. It's legal to make a copy for personal use. Although, the RIAA would like to see that change...
I'd have to agree about the importance of VBA. Some might call it the source of all evil; but...
In one of my jobs we used Excel to do all of our analysis. It would import all of the raw data (text files) and we could use VBA scripts to do the harder calculations (field integrals, density calculations, beam trajectory, etc.) then post the results back into a sheet. From there it was extraordinarily easy to produce graphical plots of the results.
same thing. There are subtle differences; but, in general there's no difference.
BTW, if you're going to pirate Windows, you really should look at one of the linux or bsd distros. Same functionality (except for a few games that won't run) and legal...
That's typical Windows error creep. The win95/98 systems would slowly build up little corruptions of key system files until they eventually failed. Saw it all the time.
when we built a detector, we put in a mechanism for testing and calibration. So, we could apply artificial pulses to verify everything was working properly; and, because we knew the amplitude of the pulses we applied, we could calibrate the instrumentation.
I'm sure this is part of thier validation that the detector is working.
E85 fuel can be placed in the EXACT same fueling infrastructure that we have here in the US
Not true. Apparently you can't run the mix through long pipelines. Much of our fueling ifrastructure relies on these pipelines from the refineries to fueling depots where it is further distributed by truck.
When sent through the pipelines, E85 tends to separate back out... It's only available near locations where the alcohol is produced and can be mixed directly.
Of course it is. And many versions of "reformulated" gasoline are simple mods on gasahol.
However, there's also E85, which is 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline -- note they're still using gasoline as a component. E85 has been found to be more or less readily compatible with current technology and many cars/trucks currently produced will run off of E85 with no modifications required. Just fill up.
No. They do suffer from "wear and tear." As new models come out, you also have to buy all the specialty tools to work on that series of chassis or engine. Often these specialty tools can cost you in the range of thousands of dollars.
This doesn't count, of course, the diagnostics (computer) hardware that the shop usually buys. If you own your own shop you could easily spend 10's of thousands just trying to keep up with all the manufacturers changes each year.
You're off by an order of magnitude. The cheapest Holley fuel injection systems run around $1300. A full port injection system with manifold will run you close to $3000.
Of course, if you're diligent... With an oxygen sensor to monitor the state of tune you can keep your carburetor pretty close to ideal. It requires some effort. You'll have to adjust the jetting whenever you change altitude significantly, as the temperature changes (summer/winter), etc.
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They still use it as fertilizer. While it's sitting in the lagoon decomposing, they capture the methane (instead of letting it outgas into the atmosphere). Then they take the good stuff out of the lagoon and spread it.
Right; but, he's powering a whole dairy farm. If all you need is power for you're house you might be closer to your requirements than you think.
Natural Gas is methane (mostly).
No. No. No. You're supposed to keep the password a secret. Stick the Post-it note to the underside of the keyboard =)
You're at an astrobiology conference, and the goal of astrobiology is to understand the origin of life on Earth and to search for life elsewhere, including other intelligent life. So let's just go for the big prize. Suppose another intelligent species is discovered. What would that do to the Church's beliefs about God creating the universe, and Earth, and the creatures on Earth, and sending his only son - which is what it says in the book - to this planet, where there is an intelligent species, perhaps one among millions?
Rember he's a Jesuit. BTW, he didn't actually say thus convertible to some terrestrial religion. That was some "poetic license" on the part of the poster. He actually said
They know who they are, they're self-aware, and they're able to do something about it. I think dogs are self-aware, but they don't have a whole lot of free will. Maybe computers are the same sort of thing. Human beings have to have both.
That means if you're going to have freedom, you've got the capability of doing right and wrong. There is evil in the world, that's an observed fact. There is the need to overcome evil in the world. There's that need for salvation that we all have. I can't imagine they wouldn't need it, if they've got the same freedom we've got...
If you want to trade good bible quotes, here's one: The beginning of the Gospel of John, "In the beginning was the Word."...
Is it possible that there are other Words in other languages to other cultures? Beats the heck out of me.
Now, I've taken some license and shortened the comment for the sake of posting; but, those are his exact words.
apparently you have no idea how much paperwork they had to fill out and get approved before they were granted permission.
Ham radio is advanced. They're using Ham frequencies most likely because they can do so without requiring special liscensing from the FCC for the transponder channels. All they need is one person who is a liscensed Ham radio operator on the ground.
RTFAs. It has parachutes (plural). It wouldn't deploy them until it's close to the ground. They're expecting it to land 30+miles downrange.
Yes. The EPA just approved the plan that reduces the amount of sulpher, etc. in the fuel. It's also impossing tighter requirements for off-road diesel, trucks, and locomotives. All of these take effect gradually over the next few years.
I'd find this funny (as in ROFLOL) if it wasn't for the fact it cost the government money to produce and then disprove; AND, it took time away from the President, who, should have more important things to do...
And the protesters, unfortunately, have been fed, and believe, a bunch of pseudoscience about the dangers of the RTG used. If, in fact, the launcher had exploded... The RTG's would have fallen, intact, harmlessly, into the ocean.
Except your high energy magnetic field will have zero effect on the neutrally charged non-magnetic grain of silicon / aluminium oxide aka sand.
Actually that's covered under the "fair use" clauses of the copyright laws. It's legal to make a copy for personal use. Although, the RIAA would like to see that change...
Of course they'll be able to... Their servers are in China.
In one of my jobs we used Excel to do all of our analysis. It would import all of the raw data (text files) and we could use VBA scripts to do the harder calculations (field integrals, density calculations, beam trajectory, etc.) then post the results back into a sheet. From there it was extraordinarily easy to produce graphical plots of the results.
I think you see my point.
It ate my post...
that was supposed to be
Linux: under $100 with corporate support
Linux: Cost of CD without
Linux: Linux: cost of CD without support
BSD: cost of CD
Solaris: $99 with support
If I want to play games, I've got old legal liscenses of 98 and ME that I can dual boot, that I keep around just for this purpose...
BTW, if you're going to pirate Windows, you really should look at one of the linux or bsd distros. Same functionality (except for a few games that won't run) and legal...
That's typical Windows error creep. The win95/98 systems would slowly build up little corruptions of key system files until they eventually failed. Saw it all the time.
I'm sure this is part of thier validation that the detector is working.
Not true. Apparently you can't run the mix through long pipelines. Much of our fueling ifrastructure relies on these pipelines from the refineries to fueling depots where it is further distributed by truck.
When sent through the pipelines, E85 tends to separate back out... It's only available near locations where the alcohol is produced and can be mixed directly.
Of course it is. And many versions of "reformulated" gasoline are simple mods on gasahol. However, there's also E85, which is 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline -- note they're still using gasoline as a component. E85 has been found to be more or less readily compatible with current technology and many cars/trucks currently produced will run off of E85 with no modifications required. Just fill up.
coal fired plants release more radioactivity into the environment PER KWH than nuclear power plants.
This doesn't count, of course, the diagnostics (computer) hardware that the shop usually buys. If you own your own shop you could easily spend 10's of thousands just trying to keep up with all the manufacturers changes each year.
Of course, if you're diligent... With an oxygen sensor to monitor the state of tune you can keep your carburetor pretty close to ideal. It requires some effort. You'll have to adjust the jetting whenever you change altitude significantly, as the temperature changes (summer/winter), etc.