Robots don't care about water. They don't care about anything until we tell them to care about it. So just hard-code them to care about water, and they'll care.
Does your computer care about your data? No, but you make it care by using it to back up your data. Robots can't do anything we don't tell them to do.
As my dad likes to say: "Environmentalism doesn't mean shivering in the dark." Just by thinking about a better way to solve a problem, you can make things more efficient without sacrificing anything. New technology or old, it's all in how you use it.
Case in point: He built a water preheater out of some foil-backed foam insulation, some pipe, black paint, and a 55 gallon drum. He built a box out of the insulation with the foil facing in, painted the drum black, and hooked it up between the water supply and the hot water heater. On sunny days it gets the water hot with free energy before sending it to the water heater. This reduces the amount of paid energy he had to use. Total material cost: $100. And it saved him $175 in the first year.
If you ride to work every day, you have my envy and admiration. Envy that you're getting exercise and not paying for gas; admiration for the death-defying feat you are performing, for not minding that you are sweaty and smelly when you get to work, and for choosing such an environmentally benign lifestyle.
I, too, would like to bike to work, but considering it's 10 miles through some of the most insane drivers around with no continuous sidewalk and very narrow streets with no shoulders, I'd rather chew on a live extension cord. I'd probably have a better chance at survival than riding to work every day.
Is there anywhere in the world with a transportation system designed to make use of bicycles? (Bike paths, special lanes, showers at work, etc?)
I am an American, but I feel less and less welcome here each day. I would prefer 1.859 or 1.86 to the rather sleazy notion of putting 1.85 in big letters and then 9/10 in small letters. I know I'm spending 1.86 on gas, but others see 1.85 and go there instead of the place that puts 1.86.
Besides, where the heck do you live that gas is $1.86 a gallon???:-)
Put a bar over the three and it means the same thing. And that's why you were taught significant digits in science class. Measure to however accurate you can, and drop the rest.
I heard they redefined the meter to be "the distance traveled by light in 1/299,792,458 seconds." (Which is 1/what my TI-89 says is c.) In any case, a unit based on a physical property of our planet is better than one based on a body part of a dead guy. Heck, that body part probably doesn't exist anymore.
The metric system also allows for easy changes between units. A gram is the mass of a cubic centimeter of water, which is also a milliliter. It makes problem solving a lot easier when you don't have to convert pounds/cubic foot -> gallons using godawful conversion rates.
And why the heck would you want to use fractions? They're hard to do addition and subtraction with. (But a little faster for multiplication and division.)
1/4 + 1/8 = 3/8 doesn't make sense (1+1=3???).25 +.125 =.375 makes sense.
That's why kids have such trouble with fractions; until you *get* it, it's counterintuitive. That's why I buy tape measures with decimals and fractions. (Of course, when I'm measuring stuff my fiance insists I use feet and inches instead of just inches, so I have to multiply, add, then divide by twelve, then find the modulus!!!)
Diebold suxx0rs, Dubya shoulda lost! Diebold does indeed suxx0rs. Even if you ignore their obvious bias in favor of the Republicans, their code is bad; it runs on Windows, and transmits results over a network. All of those are insecure. Dubya should have lost, but Al Gore ran a pretty bad campaign.
America sucks! As any physicist can tell you, nothing sucks. Things can only pull (with gravity) or push (with pressure). Sucking is just a function of creating a low pressure zone. Higher pressure moves to fill it, and can move things that get in its way.
India is great, they have a Communist party! So do we. But in India they have a possibility of winning, which does make them better. Two party systems produce very poor results. People vote for one candidate because they hate the other guy, rather than because they love their candidate. Creating more options stops this and allows people to voice their opinions. Eliminating winner-takes-all elections is a good way to do this. I'm sure there are some republicans out there who don't want to be associated with the Theo-cons.
India is great, they are poorer than we are! That didn't make any sense. If you are intimating that "unpatriotic" Americans want everyone to be poor, you're wrong. Actually, I would like to see a minimum wage in India, larger union activity, and better programs to help the poor and the environment in India. This would bring the poverty level down and increase upward mobility in the nation, which is good for their economy.
America is proud, they deserve to have egg in their face! We already have egg on our face. We deserve it for electing Bush and not stopping his revenge/oil/Freedom (as in beer) war. Disagree? Great, that's what being American is about.
America is too successful, they need to be taught a lesson! And how will having massive voter fraud teach America a lesson about being successful? By saying that Diebold hacking their own system so Bush can win again would be a lesson to not be so successful, you are admitting that Bush's economic policies are void.(Bush's plans don't work, therefore if he gets reelected it would be bad for the economy, therefore we would be taught a lesson about being successful.)
Whatever, I still want my tinfoil hat! There's a difference between paranoia and questioning of a corporation who have been shown to be biased and produce poor-quality goods. I don't want Diebold casting my votes. If I knew they were going to be used in my district, I would vote by absentee ballot.
The system that India uses is very similar to the one used in my district. It's customizable for every election, has a simple interface, and is very tamper-proof. We don't need networked voting machines when I've been using this kind of equipment since I could vote.
I'm sick of people always saying that blogs are annoying or stupid. I have family and friends all over the country. Email isn't efficient because A) their email addresses change and B)I don't have the time to write a long email every week. Blogging provides me with an efficient communications medium that lets them stay up with what I'm doing in my life. This, combined with Gallery has made it easier for me to keep in touch with people I care about.
The development of a meta tag that stopped Google from indexing a blog (or any site, really) would keep them from interfering with people who don't care about it, but could be removed for applications like political blogs or news sites. (Most of the people who blog couldn't tell the difference between a meta tag and a meat tag, so including it by default wouldn't be a bad idea.)
Blogging has genuinely useful features, the least of which is the recording of the human experience in a way unprecedented in the history of the world.
I have a great idea... How about we don't kill anyone?!? There are things called InterPol and World Court, where terrorists can be tried for their crimes. You want justice? It doesn't come out of the end of a gun, it comes from a court.
A standing army is a waste of taxpayer money. Just like owning a gun makes you more likely to be killed by it, owning a standing army makes us more likely to have it turned on us.
I, too, like twilight. However, plants don't, and I depend on them for oxygen and food. I can always go inside or wear sunglasses (or both, since the lights at work are too damn bright), but plants need light and lots of it.
They'll simply add a warning to the CD/DVD that "Possession of operable, original media is proof of license." That way a broken CD is also a lost license, regardless of backups.
Not that it'll stop me from ripping my CDs for use on my iPod, then storing them in a safe place. What happens when a "VideoPod" comes out, capable of showing movies and holding three or four hundred/thousand DVDs? Will I not be allowed to rip the DVDs and play them? Technically, they're backups.
I meant that there are actually people who use computers in the Middle East. If you ask Americans they would probably say that almost everyone in the Middle East doesn't even know what a computer is let alone how to use one, but the answers here show that people are aware of the digital world, and they are connected. It doesn't mean they have one, just that they are aware. Heck, everyone who can afford one and use one has one. I'd say that's pretty close to what we have in the US. 50% adoption just shows that people in the US make more or computers are cheaper here.
I'm sorry to say that a lot of the western world thinks of the East as backwards. Maybe it's American cockiness, but we like to think of ourselves as more advanced. It's nice to see that notion being chipped away. It's great remind people that we're all on this Pale Blue Dot together.
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That's weird. I'm in south central PA (Harrisburg) and I can't find anything under $1.90/gal
Does your computer care about your data? No, but you make it care by using it to back up your data. Robots can't do anything we don't tell them to do.
Yet.
Case in point: He built a water preheater out of some foil-backed foam insulation, some pipe, black paint, and a 55 gallon drum. He built a box out of the insulation with the foil facing in, painted the drum black, and hooked it up between the water supply and the hot water heater. On sunny days it gets the water hot with free energy before sending it to the water heater. This reduces the amount of paid energy he had to use. Total material cost: $100. And it saved him $175 in the first year.
I, too, would like to bike to work, but considering it's 10 miles through some of the most insane drivers around with no continuous sidewalk and very narrow streets with no shoulders, I'd rather chew on a live extension cord. I'd probably have a better chance at survival than riding to work every day.
Is there anywhere in the world with a transportation system designed to make use of bicycles? (Bike paths, special lanes, showers at work, etc?)
Besides, where the heck do you live that gas is $1.86 a gallon??? :-)
Put a bar over the three and it means the same thing. And that's why you were taught significant digits in science class. Measure to however accurate you can, and drop the rest.
The metric system also allows for easy changes between units. A gram is the mass of a cubic centimeter of water, which is also a milliliter. It makes problem solving a lot easier when you don't have to convert pounds/cubic foot -> gallons using godawful conversion rates.
And why the heck would you want to use fractions? They're hard to do addition and subtraction with. (But a little faster for multiplication and division.)
.25 + .125 = .375 makes sense.
1/4 + 1/8 = 3/8 doesn't make sense (1+1=3???)
That's why kids have such trouble with fractions; until you *get* it, it's counterintuitive. That's why I buy tape measures with decimals and fractions. (Of course, when I'm measuring stuff my fiance insists I use feet and inches instead of just inches, so I have to multiply, add, then divide by twelve, then find the modulus!!!)
There would never be any elections at all then.
I think that's the point.
Diebold does indeed suxx0rs. Even if you ignore their obvious bias in favor of the Republicans, their code is bad; it runs on Windows, and transmits results over a network. All of those are insecure. Dubya should have lost, but Al Gore ran a pretty bad campaign.
America sucks!
As any physicist can tell you, nothing sucks. Things can only pull (with gravity) or push (with pressure). Sucking is just a function of creating a low pressure zone. Higher pressure moves to fill it, and can move things that get in its way.
India is great, they have a Communist party!
So do we. But in India they have a possibility of winning, which does make them better. Two party systems produce very poor results. People vote for one candidate because they hate the other guy, rather than because they love their candidate. Creating more options stops this and allows people to voice their opinions. Eliminating winner-takes-all elections is a good way to do this. I'm sure there are some republicans out there who don't want to be associated with the Theo-cons.
India is great, they are poorer than we are!
That didn't make any sense. If you are intimating that "unpatriotic" Americans want everyone to be poor, you're wrong. Actually, I would like to see a minimum wage in India, larger union activity, and better programs to help the poor and the environment in India. This would bring the poverty level down and increase upward mobility in the nation, which is good for their economy.
America is proud, they deserve to have egg in their face!
We already have egg on our face. We deserve it for electing Bush and not stopping his revenge/oil/Freedom (as in beer) war. Disagree? Great, that's what being American is about.
America is too successful, they need to be taught a lesson!
And how will having massive voter fraud teach America a lesson about being successful? By saying that Diebold hacking their own system so Bush can win again would be a lesson to not be so successful, you are admitting that Bush's economic policies are void.(Bush's plans don't work, therefore if he gets reelected it would be bad for the economy, therefore we would be taught a lesson about being successful.)
Whatever, I still want my tinfoil hat!
There's a difference between paranoia and questioning of a corporation who have been shown to be biased and produce poor-quality goods. I don't want Diebold casting my votes. If I knew they were going to be used in my district, I would vote by absentee ballot.
The system that India uses is very similar to the one used in my district. It's customizable for every election, has a simple interface, and is very tamper-proof. We don't need networked voting machines when I've been using this kind of equipment since I could vote.
And I think there's a certain irony in cooking burgers over a flame made by cow poo.
The development of a meta tag that stopped Google from indexing a blog (or any site, really) would keep them from interfering with people who don't care about it, but could be removed for applications like political blogs or news sites. (Most of the people who blog couldn't tell the difference between a meta tag and a meat tag, so including it by default wouldn't be a bad idea.)
Blogging has genuinely useful features, the least of which is the recording of the human experience in a way unprecedented in the history of the world.
And in related news: Tina Turner sues poop power generator makers for patent infringement; claims prior art.
I have a great idea... How about we don't kill anyone?!? There are things called InterPol and World Court, where terrorists can be tried for their crimes. You want justice? It doesn't come out of the end of a gun, it comes from a court.
If he puts on a gold bikini I will not be held responsible for my actions.
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
*Realizes he hated PSU*
On second thought, you can have him.
Perhaps your sig should be changed to "Not all who wander are 404."
I, too, like twilight. However, plants don't, and I depend on them for oxygen and food. I can always go inside or wear sunglasses (or both, since the lights at work are too damn bright), but plants need light and lots of it.
Not that it'll stop me from ripping my CDs for use on my iPod, then storing them in a safe place. What happens when a "VideoPod" comes out, capable of showing movies and holding three or four hundred/thousand DVDs? Will I not be allowed to rip the DVDs and play them? Technically, they're backups.
We could use the judicial system, but then they would complain about activist judges making law.
I meant that there are actually people who use computers in the Middle East. If you ask Americans they would probably say that almost everyone in the Middle East doesn't even know what a computer is let alone how to use one, but the answers here show that people are aware of the digital world, and they are connected. It doesn't mean they have one, just that they are aware. Heck, everyone who can afford one and use one has one. I'd say that's pretty close to what we have in the US. 50% adoption just shows that people in the US make more or computers are cheaper here.
I'm sorry to say that a lot of the western world thinks of the East as backwards. Maybe it's American cockiness, but we like to think of ourselves as more advanced. It's nice to see that notion being chipped away. It's great remind people that we're all on this Pale Blue Dot together.
How about this: if you love it (you will), tell everyone. If you hate it, keep it to yourself.
Solution: Wake up at 1.