Alcan tried to commercialize the aluminum-air battery 30 years ago, and largely failed. They even spun off a subsidiary called Alupower, here's their patent portfolio: http://www.patentgenius.com/assignee/AlupowerInc.html
What gives you the right to complain about China if you live in USA or EU
That's right. China's per capita coal consumption is far less than typical Westerners, so until the Chinese have wrecked the environment at least as much as you have, for at least as long as you have, and a good deal worse and longer for good measure, then you need to shut your stupid fat face.
Well played sir... that went so far over their heads that they didn't even hear the whoosh.
What gives you the right to complain about China if you live in USA or EU.
Neither the US or the EU... but it doesn't really matter. I have the right to complain because it's my planet, my species at risk and my children and grandchildren who will pay the price and I'm sick and tired of naysayers, corporate croneys and nationalistic apologists on all sides.
Christ you've been fucking up the planet for decades - no centuries, and now you have the gall to complain about China.
China is doing better than most of the industrialized world per-capita. The problem is that they have 1/3 of the worlds population. If their emissions continue to grow to even half of the "west" that almost doubles emissions world wide. This is not a team sport, we're all in this together.
Where was all the work you did to avoid it?
You don't know me, so you can just blow that ad hominem right out your ass. I will confess that I have not devoted my life to CO2 emissions reductions, but I have managed to reduce my own footprint by telecommuting and using a turbo-diesel that blows most american cars out of the water efficiency wise.. Furthermore I live in a place where hydro-electricity provides 95% of our generating capacity.
It will probably particularly pique you that my father has been working the the "alternative" energy field for forty years, he was messing with solar panels and strange batteries even before the fuel crisis of the 70s and was the founder of several companies that have played important roles in the growth of alternative energy.
"Despite the foregoing, the human race by tens of thousands are knee-deep in the water around Zanzibar."
I agree 100%, China is doing better than most of the industrialized world per-capita. The problem is that they have 1/3 of the worlds population. If their emissions continue to grow to even half of the "west" that almost doubles emissions world wide.
You could comfortably emulate it on a modern desktop.
You could comfortably emulate it on a modern cellphone.
I like pointing this out to anyone who'll listen, today for a small monthly fee any cell company will GIVE you a device that 20 years ago would have cost millions of dollars.
... because right now they're leading in carbon emissions and unless it's changed recently, the RATE of emission growth is accelerating.
It used to be the West that was fucking up the planet and now China has taken over that role. If they want to continue to grow without killing the rest of us then they have a hell of a lot of work to do.
Fear of what Germany would turn into if they were not helped. It is commonly believed that the punative treaty that ended WWI was the primary cause of WWII.
Unintended consequence, Germany was getting aid and recovered faster than the UK, who were on the hook for all the loans and equipment. The UK was still rationing well into the 1950s.
A drinking game where you take a shot for every time someone uses "port" or "socket" incorrectly would probably get me arrested, I simply can't metabolise alcohol that fast.
Actually, that gets you dead. Arrested would be the least of your worries.
Based on previous experience, extreme silliness usually manages to disrupt the activity of ingestion.
For the record; It wasn't me. I don't even know the girl. Besides she said she was 18.
What do you mean, everybody knows that's not how you program. You have to create a GUI interface using Visual Basic that's how you track an IP address and incidentally that's how all modern applications are written.
In the past few months I've been watching 24 on Netflix since I missed the original broadcasts. Their mis-application of technology is fantastic.
A drinking game where you take a shot for every time someone uses "port" or "socket" incorrectly would probably get me arrested, I simply can't metabolise alcohol that fast.
... you also need to understand exactly how the existing software modeled the real-world problem.
Well... usually how the existing software failed to model the real-world problem. (That and understanding the difference between the code and the comments, never trust the comments.)
People seem to be expecting it to be as ubiquitous as USB or SATA, which is not ever going to happen, because its not a cheap CPU driven consumer-oriented bus.
Never say never. Before the iPad came out everyone and their dog had a field day saying how it would flop. Predicting the future is a tricky thing.
I was young when you arrived a PM. This country was on its knees. It was backrupt, dead people were in the streets unburied and weeks of garbage strewn the streets from leftism gone mad. Labour and the Unions were in full wrecking ball mode.
Yes, you were a bitch, but the medicine we had, and it was not nice, was in the most part - needed.
You played a part in ending the cold war, in hauling down the wall, and in supporting Solidarity in Poland when you'd normally prefer to drive a stake through any other union's heart.
And you helped pull a wall down and break up the cold war.
Rest in Peace.
This.
It was strike, after strike, after strike; the economy was paralyzed and the government was ineffective.
It was tough love, and mistakes were made, but can you imagine Britain without that change? (Think Greece...)
1) Typing on a real keyboard/mouse with a 24" or bigger display. Yes you can do this with some tablets, but most of them don't. 2) Run virtual machines to have multiple OS's simultaneously. 3) Play high-spec video games. 4) 3D CAD work 5) Software development (not just compilation, but writing code, debugging, etc. 6) Support dozens of open windows simultaneously, with many of them visible at the same time. 7) Full flash/shockwave/silverlight/java implementation in a browser. 8) Non-linear video editing, transcoding, etc. 9) AV recording via digital inputs. 10) Edit large (greater than 2GB) files of whatever kind. 11) Any sort of physics simulation or other number-crunching task. 12) Run specialty software like matlab/maple or R for statistics. 13) Run random x86-centric stuff for work or school.
Yes, some of these are higher-end things to do, but they're all things you can't do on your iPad.
Absolutely, however the average Joe does not need to do any of that. I do... and I have some nice machines to do it. (And some of them run windows, I'm a gamer....)
But I do my personal email, social media, casual web browsing and ebooks on an iPad.
So you're rejecting it on principal without even trying to read. Well we all have to draw the line somewhere, but that doesn't really qualify you to have an informed opinion.
I have been reading SF for over 30 years, I cut my teeth on Asimov, Bradbury, Heinlein and Piper.
IMHO the first Hunger Games novel is worth reading, like many trilogies, the last two have trouble keeping up.
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Software is engineering,
Bullshit, it's alchemy. Half of the software engineers are meeting with their covens and trying to transmute lead into gold.
If only it were possible to edit comments.
Here's the key, and definative patent for air-metal batteries using a liquid electrolyte. Notice the date on that sucker.
So they're patenting the use of a metal-air battery to power a car?
Exhausted combination patent anyone?
It can't be that simple.
Alcan tried to commercialize the aluminum-air battery 30 years ago, and largely failed. They even spun off a subsidiary called Alupower, here's their patent portfolio: http://www.patentgenius.com/assignee/AlupowerInc.html
A more knowledgable article here.
... because right now they're leading in carbon emissions and unless it's changed recently, the RATE of emission growth is accelerating.
Get back to us when they overtake the USA, mmmmkay?
(not holding breath...)
in 2008 by UN estimates China was at 23.5% of global emissions, while the US is at 18.27%
You were saying?
(HOLY SHIT, THE ENTIRE EU COMBINED IS LESS THAN EITHER THE US OR CHINA... )
What gives you the right to complain about China if you live in USA or EU
That's right. China's per capita coal consumption is far less than typical Westerners, so until the Chinese have wrecked the environment at least as much as you have, for at least as long as you have, and a good deal worse and longer for good measure, then you need to shut your stupid fat face.
Well played sir... that went so far over their heads that they didn't even hear the whoosh.
What gives you the right to complain about China if you live in USA or EU .
Neither the US or the EU... but it doesn't really matter. I have the right to complain because it's my planet, my species at risk and my children and grandchildren who will pay the price and I'm sick and tired of naysayers, corporate croneys and nationalistic apologists on all sides.
Christ you've been fucking up the planet for decades - no centuries, and now you have the gall to complain about China.
China is doing better than most of the industrialized world per-capita. The problem is that they have 1/3 of the worlds population. If their emissions continue to grow to even half of the "west" that almost doubles emissions world wide. This is not a team sport, we're all in this together.
Where was all the work you did to avoid it?
You don't know me, so you can just blow that ad hominem right out your ass. I will confess that I have not devoted my life to CO2 emissions reductions, but I have managed to reduce my own footprint by telecommuting and using a turbo-diesel that blows most american cars out of the water efficiency wise.. Furthermore I live in a place where hydro-electricity provides 95% of our generating capacity.
It will probably particularly pique you that my father has been working the the "alternative" energy field for forty years, he was messing with solar panels and strange batteries even before the fuel crisis of the 70s and was the founder of several companies that have played important roles in the growth of alternative energy.
"Despite the foregoing, the human race by tens of thousands are knee-deep in the water around Zanzibar."
actually per capita china is still doing pretty well
in 2008, china produced 5.3 tonnes per capita of CO2, whereas the US produced 18.5 tonnes per capita
if the US is telling china that it needs to clean up its act, it would definitely be a case of pot calling the kettle black
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita
I agree 100%, China is doing better than most of the industrialized world per-capita. The problem is that they have 1/3 of the worlds population. If their emissions continue to grow to even half of the "west" that almost doubles emissions world wide.
You could comfortably emulate it on a modern desktop.
You could comfortably emulate it on a modern cellphone.
I like pointing this out to anyone who'll listen, today for a small monthly fee any cell company will GIVE you a device that 20 years ago would have cost millions of dollars.
... because right now they're leading in carbon emissions and unless it's changed recently, the RATE of emission growth is accelerating.
It used to be the West that was fucking up the planet and now China has taken over that role. If they want to continue to grow without killing the rest of us then they have a hell of a lot of work to do.
I want to know why GPUs are so much better at some tasks than CPUs? And, why aren't they used more often if they are orders of magnitude faster?
Thanks.
I'm glad you put the preface in there, because it's basic comp. sci.
Never had that problem. Yes, I think you are full of fanboi AstroTurf bullshit...
Or his Windows machines aren't licensed... Funny world isn't it, where you have to pay for Windows, but Linux is free.
Imagine a world where a BMW is free, but people think you're wierd for wanting one.
Same here. But you should be aware that every time this topic comes up MSE is highly praised by Slashdotters.
The Marshall Plan?
Fear of what Germany would turn into if they were not helped. It is commonly believed that the punative treaty that ended WWI was the primary cause of WWII.
Unintended consequence, Germany was getting aid and recovered faster than the UK, who were on the hook for all the loans and equipment. The UK was still rationing well into the 1950s.
Actually, that gets you dead. Arrested would be the least of your worries.
Based on previous experience, extreme silliness usually manages to disrupt the activity of ingestion.
For the record; It wasn't me. I don't even know the girl. Besides she said she was 18.
What do you mean, everybody knows that's not how you program. You have to create a GUI interface using Visual Basic that's how you track an IP address and incidentally that's how all modern applications are written.
In the past few months I've been watching 24 on Netflix since I missed the original broadcasts. Their mis-application of technology is fantastic.
A drinking game where you take a shot for every time someone uses "port" or "socket" incorrectly would probably get me arrested, I simply can't metabolise alcohol that fast.
... you also need to understand exactly how the existing software modeled the real-world problem.
Well... usually how the existing software failed to model the real-world problem. (That and understanding the difference between the code and the comments, never trust the comments.)
OK, in Eclipse, how do I code & run at the same time.
Type and save it?
People Mag's intent is more honest.
Selling subscriber eyeballs to advertisers?
People seem to be expecting it to be as ubiquitous as USB or SATA, which is not ever going to happen, because its not a cheap CPU driven consumer-oriented bus.
Never say never. Before the iPad came out everyone and their dog had a field day saying how it would flop. Predicting the future is a tricky thing.
If your dumb ass didn't notice, it was a two-part joke pointing directly at a very specific recent incident in American politics...
Don't give up your day job.
<citation needed>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_Discontent#Burying_the_dead
I was young when you arrived a PM. This country was on its knees. It was backrupt, dead people were in the streets unburied and weeks of garbage strewn the streets from leftism gone mad. Labour and the Unions were in full wrecking ball mode.
Yes, you were a bitch, but the medicine we had, and it was not nice, was in the most part - needed.
You played a part in ending the cold war, in hauling down the wall, and in supporting Solidarity in Poland when you'd normally prefer to drive a stake through any other union's heart.
And you helped pull a wall down and break up the cold war.
Rest in Peace.
This.
It was strike, after strike, after strike; the economy was paralyzed and the government was ineffective.
It was tough love, and mistakes were made, but can you imagine Britain without that change? (Think Greece...)
1) Typing on a real keyboard/mouse with a 24" or bigger display. Yes you can do this with some tablets, but most of them don't.
2) Run virtual machines to have multiple OS's simultaneously.
3) Play high-spec video games.
4) 3D CAD work
5) Software development (not just compilation, but writing code, debugging, etc.
6) Support dozens of open windows simultaneously, with many of them visible at the same time.
7) Full flash/shockwave/silverlight/java implementation in a browser.
8) Non-linear video editing, transcoding, etc.
9) AV recording via digital inputs.
10) Edit large (greater than 2GB) files of whatever kind.
11) Any sort of physics simulation or other number-crunching task.
12) Run specialty software like matlab/maple or R for statistics.
13) Run random x86-centric stuff for work or school.
Yes, some of these are higher-end things to do, but they're all things you can't do on your iPad.
Absolutely, however the average Joe does not need to do any of that. I do... and I have some nice machines to do it. (And some of them run windows, I'm a gamer....)
But I do my personal email, social media, casual web browsing and ebooks on an iPad.
It's the right tool for the job.
Yeah, sorry, Hunger Games? No.
So you're rejecting it on principal without even trying to read. Well we all have to draw the line somewhere, but that doesn't really qualify you to have an informed opinion.
I have been reading SF for over 30 years, I cut my teeth on Asimov, Bradbury, Heinlein and Piper.
IMHO the first Hunger Games novel is worth reading, like many trilogies, the last two have trouble keeping up.