1) Virus proof - at least in the modern sense - x86 xploits will not work.. 2) Huge library of legacy free/cheap small-memory demand programs, at least by modern standards. Same could be said for CBM64, but AmigaOS apps are actually useful.. 3) Lots of code written for the RISC chip of its day, the 68K, the chip that should by rights be in every PC today.. 4) Great graphics 4 time=good apps 5) Guaranteed gooey nostalgic warm feeling when you use it, as opposed to fear/lothing/desparation when using Gates-evil-empire-designed software.. 6) I want the Amiga to be popular again so I can sell my old Amiga tat^H^H^H collectables on ebay. 6) ??? 7) Profit.. 8) Thats no moon, its lunar lander.. 9) Processing power enhanced if you imagine a Beowulf stylee cluster.. 10) Able to run Linux.. 11) You could attatch a Friggin laser to the Fish PD collection.. 11) Hence, we welcome our new retro-AmigaOS4 overlords.
er sorry, force of habit. Rewind to point 5, care to add any more?
What Earth was like? Yeah right, the Earth was really fucking cold and bathed in radiation from a nearby gas giant?
The young Earth was really cold - much colder than today, because the sun was cooler. Earth was (and continues to be) bathed in lethal radiation - it just happens to come from the Sun, not Saturn.. Not identical, but close enough to be of interest..
Message from Huygens: "Thats no moon!" But does Huygens run Linux? Huygens photographs new lifeform - a shark with a friggin laser.. Saturn, All your moon are belong to us!
Unfortunately further comments will cease, because I have served Slashdot with a writ for infringing my US software patent (#230754729835) - "Arranging letters on a web page to make words and sentences"..
Negociations between me and Slashdot for back-payment of royalty fees ($1.20 per word)have commenced..
There are plenty of oil products that are used both for burning as well as for other (non-CO2 yeilding) product production. The vast bulk of oil is burnt - even the heavier hydrocarbons. We would need to pump far less if we used oil to make plastic& other products only - particulatly if we were a bit more careful about wasting plastic.
If you want an example of wastage, check all the plastic you are throwing away from the stuff you buy next time you go to the supermarket..
If you want to be pedantic, ok. But the original author was talking about the BURNING of oil, which is probably the #1 current concern - ie CO2 & global warming, etc. Current projections suggest a more-than 10 degree rise by 2099 - that would be utterly catastrophic.
It looks very much like a bit of a lame counter-argument - I doubt there is any real evidence that the scale of threat is comparable to the danger posed by CO2.
Burning Hydrocarbons does indeed produce H20 - but part of the reaction is generation of CO2 so it is not as much as burning Hydrogen does, admittedly.
"Iceland plans to become the first oil-free country by 2050." Wow. That's impressive. So they're not going to use any products made from plastic, or oil-based paints, lubricants, etc?
If we stopped burning oil, it could then be more slowly used to provide plastics for millenia to come - without releasing very much CO2..
By the way it would also be possible to synthesise Hydrocarbons - although currently this would be very expensive..
Many of the smaller moons/asteroids are barely spherical, and having been hit so often, barely held together by gravity. given the size of the impact crater, it is possible this moon was nearly torn apart by that impact, and the belt is a relic of that event.
Some of the smaller moons & asteroids out there are more like piles of rubble held together by gravity than solid bodies - thus the headaches in what to do if one were ever found to be on collision course with earth, since an attempt to move it of course would merely fragment the body..
I would probably say even if less, its questionable. The hubble was brilliant as a late 70's design, but is well outmoded now - even the new cameras to be sent up are well behind current designs, and will be even more so by the time they are fitted. Hubble is wearing out in all areas - at some stage a critical failure will render it useless, whatever repairs are carried out.
Modern space-telescope mirrors weigh much less than the Hubble's, the Hubble's orbit is less than satisfactory, and so on. It has been proposed that modern space scopes with the same capability could be produced even cheaper than the JWST..
If it costs $200mil+ to deorbit, I doubt even that is worth it - many more lifes could be saved by spending $200mil in other areas than are risked by hubble re-entry - although I realise that is a political decision..
Its a truely beautiful island, one of the few of the Canaries not messed up by development/tourism. Its still retains a lot of its original forests, including its own unique species of pine, and the volcano in the center is awesome - the second largest in the world, I understand. I remember the vivid impossible looking & unscalable peaks - they do look like a strong wind could blow them into the Atlantic.
As for the Tsunami it is hard to know what can be done - I suppose a system of alarms and planned evacuations could help.
All the same, I would say to anyone that it is worth a visit..
We use coal, oil, and natural gas because they're CHEAPER than other energy sources. When they actually DO start to run short the price will rise and we'll (incrementally) switch to using something else.
There can be other reasons for reigning back on carbon fuel usage - such as the effects of greenhouse gases and pollution. Also there are already increasingly viable alternatives - but these will find it hard to compete with dirty cheap "dig'n'burn" fuels - hence the argument for starting to impose green taxes on such polluting energy sources, and pushing for alternatives. It is almost immaterial as to whether there are hidden reserves - we know for sure that they will run out in the not too distant future, so why not bite the bullet now, and make life easier for future generations?
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You mean it won't run x86 code presumably, given that I had Amiga viruses 15 years ago.
Indeed, but an Amiga on the internet today would be proof against what is out there now.
The 68000 was a CISC chip.
Technically yes, but its instruction set was closer to RISC than x86, and would be easier to implement in a fast way..
I can't tell you how much I really wanted the PC to run on 68000s instead of those shitty Intel chips.
Yup, I agree..
1) Virus proof - at least in the modern sense - x86 xploits will not work..
2) Huge library of legacy free/cheap small-memory demand programs, at least by modern standards. Same could be said for CBM64, but AmigaOS apps are actually useful..
3) Lots of code written for the RISC chip of its day, the 68K, the chip that should by rights be in every PC today..
4) Great graphics 4 time=good apps
5) Guaranteed gooey nostalgic warm feeling when you use it, as opposed to fear/lothing/desparation when using Gates-evil-empire-designed software..
6) I want the Amiga to be popular again so I can sell my old Amiga tat^H^H^H collectables on ebay.
6) ???
7) Profit..
8) Thats no moon, its lunar lander..
9) Processing power enhanced if you imagine a Beowulf stylee cluster..
10) Able to run Linux..
11) You could attatch a Friggin laser to the Fish PD collection..
11) Hence, we welcome our new retro-AmigaOS4 overlords.
er sorry, force of habit. Rewind to point 5, care to add any more?
Just behind your back, jack..
or..
"Ready?? POSE!!" - Teen Girl Squad
What Earth was like? Yeah right, the Earth was really fucking cold and bathed in radiation from a nearby gas giant?
The young Earth was really cold - much colder than today, because the sun was cooler. Earth was (and continues to be) bathed in lethal radiation - it just happens to come from the Sun, not Saturn.. Not identical, but close enough to be of interest..
Let's see, what else have I forgotten...
You forgot these, you insensitive clod!
Message from Huygens: "Thats no moon!"
But does Huygens run Linux?
Huygens photographs new lifeform - a shark with a friggin laser..
Saturn, All your moon are belong to us!
Thats no moon!
Unfortunately further comments will cease, because I have served Slashdot with a writ for infringing my US software patent (#230754729835) - "Arranging letters on a web page to make words and sentences"..
Negociations between me and Slashdot for back-payment of royalty fees ($1.20 per word)have commenced..
There are plenty of oil products that are used both for burning as well as for other (non-CO2 yeilding) product production. The vast bulk of oil is burnt - even the heavier hydrocarbons. We would need to pump far less if we used oil to make plastic& other products only - particulatly if we were a bit more careful about wasting plastic.
If you want an example of wastage, check all the plastic you are throwing away from the stuff you buy next time you go to the supermarket..
If you want to be pedantic, ok. But the original author was talking about the BURNING of oil, which is probably the #1 current concern - ie CO2 & global warming, etc. Current projections suggest a more-than 10 degree rise by 2099 - that would be utterly catastrophic.
It looks very much like a bit of a lame counter-argument - I doubt there is any real evidence that the scale of threat is comparable to the danger posed by CO2.
Burning Hydrocarbons does indeed produce H20 - but part of the reaction is generation of CO2 so it is not as much as burning Hydrogen does, admittedly.
"Iceland plans to become the first oil-free country by 2050." Wow. That's impressive. So they're not going to use any products made from plastic, or oil-based paints, lubricants, etc?
If we stopped burning oil, it could then be more slowly used to provide plastics for millenia to come - without releasing very much CO2..
By the way it would also be possible to synthesise Hydrocarbons - although currently this would be very expensive..
..with the remaining eye..
From article:
Oct 1991 Linus Torvalds' Linux announcement
" This is a program for hackers by a hacker."
He confesses! SCO note - He is a hacker! Burn him, hes a witch - burn him!
(Im not a witch, they just stuck a carrot on my nose.. etc..)
Many of the smaller moons/asteroids are barely spherical, and having been hit so often, barely held together by gravity. given the size of the impact crater, it is possible this moon was nearly torn apart by that impact, and the belt is a relic of that event.
Some of the smaller moons & asteroids out there are more like piles of rubble held together by gravity than solid bodies - thus the headaches in what to do if one were ever found to be on collision course with earth, since an attempt to move it of course would merely fragment the body..
The rapid radish is by far the swiftest of all vegetable crops! Kneel to the power of the radish! Bow, I tell you!
I would probably say even if less, its questionable. The hubble was brilliant as a late 70's design, but is well outmoded now - even the new cameras to be sent up are well behind current designs, and will be even more so by the time they are fitted. Hubble is wearing out in all areas - at some stage a critical failure will render it useless, whatever repairs are carried out.
Modern space-telescope mirrors weigh much less than the Hubble's, the Hubble's orbit is less than satisfactory, and so on. It has been proposed that modern space scopes with the same capability could be produced even cheaper than the JWST..
See:
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/hubble-04p.html
If it costs $200mil+ to deorbit, I doubt even that is worth it - many more lifes could be saved by spending $200mil in other areas than are risked by hubble re-entry - although I realise that is a political decision..
Call me an old-fashioned fool..
Here..
http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/m/marvin.htm
Remember, he's Your Plastic Pal Who's Fun To Be With..
You will now need around 100 DVD-Rs & a day or more to back your drive up..
But that is not likely is it? It all depends on the final cost - if that is over $500 mil, its cheaper to build a new one..
How's that jumbo airliner come out against a schooner?
About the same as it does against the hot-air balloon..
Not a burger was left!
Its a truely beautiful island, one of the few of the Canaries not messed up by development/tourism. Its still retains a lot of its original forests, including its own unique species of pine, and the volcano in the center is awesome - the second largest in the world, I understand. I remember the vivid impossible looking & unscalable peaks - they do look like a strong wind could blow them into the Atlantic.
As for the Tsunami it is hard to know what can be done - I suppose a system of alarms and planned evacuations could help.
All the same, I would say to anyone that it is worth a visit..
We use coal, oil, and natural gas because they're CHEAPER than other energy sources. When they actually DO start to run short the price will rise and we'll (incrementally) switch to using something else.
There can be other reasons for reigning back on carbon fuel usage - such as the effects of greenhouse gases and pollution. Also there are already increasingly viable alternatives - but these will find it hard to compete with dirty cheap "dig'n'burn" fuels - hence the argument for starting to impose green taxes on such polluting energy sources, and pushing for alternatives. It is almost immaterial as to whether there are hidden reserves - we know for sure that they will run out in the not too distant future, so why not bite the bullet now, and make life easier for future generations?
Alternatives? Wind can generate electricity at under £0.03/kw/hr
(British Wind Energy Association page)
(American Wind Energy Association page)
Solar towers in hot regions could supply limitless clean cheap power, Tidal power, Wave power.. Its all doable now.
Yes space exploration should be persued, although most of the benefits will be in the longer term..
98% of all accidents happen within a 5 mile radius of a persons home.. so I moved.