Once you get down to iron, the energy cost to fuse is higher than the energy released by the fusion (please note that I'm talking about a best-case theoretical standpoint here, not what we can currently do in practice.)
A rechargable battery takes more energy to make and charge than you get back out of it, but that hasn't stopped battery powered devices from being in common use.
A battery is an energy storage device, while fusion is supposed to be an energy source.
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Wow....all you need to do is replace 'Gore' and 'Gov. G' with 'Bush' and 'Rossi' with 'Gore', and you have exactly what Dems were saying after the 2000 election.
Funny how being on the other side of the issue can change your tune, isn't it?
Panic swept through the community today as the Council of Elders confirmed the rumours that the sinister blue plane third from our star is preparing to send yet another of its mechanized invaders to ravage our peaceful world.
K'Breel, Speaker for the Council, stressed yet again that there was no cause for alarm:
"By now, it is obvious to even the most peaceful among us that there must be war. But fear not...the glorious Council has spent much time preparing contingincies for such a distasteful eventuality. The impudent inhabitants of the evil blue planet will find us no easy prey. Even now, preparations are being made to launch our vast war effort, where countless young podlings will find glory and honor as we crush the enemy beneath our tendrils."
When asked to comment upon an alleged image of the latest invader, circulated by a cabal of rogue scientists, K'Breel declined.
LINDON, Utah, June 1/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The SCO Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOX), owner of the UNIX operating system and a leading provider of UNIX-based solutions, today reported results for its fiscal second quarter ended April 30, 2005.
Revenue for the second quarter of fiscal year 2005 was $9,258,000 as compared to $10,137,000 from the comparable quarter of the prior year. The decrease in revenue in the second quarter of fiscal year 2005 from the comparable quarter of the prior year was primarily due to continued competitive pressures on the Company's UNIX products and services.
The net loss attributable to common stockholders for the second quarter of fiscal year 2005 was $1,962,000, or ($0.11) per diluted common share, as compared to a net loss attributable to common stockholders of $14,726,000, or ($1.04) per diluted common share for the comparable quarter of the prior year.
"Our core UNIX business remained profitable in the second quarter as expected, and we increased revenue over the prior quarter as a result of improved performance across all geographies," said Darl McBride, President and CEO, The SCO Group. "We have continued to focus our UNIX business on commercial success in the market place and look forward to launching SCO OpenServer 6 later this month. At the same time, our SCOsource business remains committed to pursuing our legal strategy in the courtroom, and we are well-positioned to see our litigation through to its conclusion."
Revenue for the first two quarters of fiscal year 2005 was $18,123,000 as compared to $21,529,000 from the first two quarters of fiscal year 2004. The net loss attributable to common stockholders for the first two quarters of fiscal year 2005 was $4,923,000, or ($0.28) per diluted common share, as compared to a net loss attributable to common stockholders of $17,212,000, or ($1.23) per diluted common share for the first two quarters of fiscal year 2004. Cash and cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities were $14,192,000 at April 30, 2005. In addition, $3,967,000 remains in an escrow account and is classified as a component of restricted cash as of April 30, 2005, that will be used to pay for certain expenses associated with our litigation.
UNIX Business
The Company plans to release SCO OpenServer 6 on June 22, 2005 at an event for SCO's software and hardware partners, customers, and members of the media and analyst community in New York City.
SCO OpenServer 6 has been a multi-year, multi-million dollar development effort and is the most significant upgrade in the product's history. The product has been designed to provide customers with increased performance and security enhancements, access to numerous applications, and integrates many popular Open Source technologies. The product has been in active pre-release testing since the beginning of the year with many of the Company's leading SCO OpenServer customers and has been favorably received.
Trolltech AS
On March 14, 2005, SCO sold shares of Trolltech AS it had owned since 1999 in a private transaction for total proceeds of $779,100. The Company accounted for the sale and proceeds of the sale as a component of other income in its second quarter and year-to-date statements of operations.
Conference Call
As previously announced, The SCO Group will host a conference call at 5:00 p.m. EDT today, June 1, 2005 to discuss its second quarter results. To participate in the teleconference, please call 800-818-5264 or 913-981-4910; confirmation code: 4988956, approximately five minutes prior to the time stated above. A listen-only Web cast of the call will be broadcast live with a replay available the following day. The Web cast and replay may be accessed from http://ir
Ever get that feeling of irrational rage or anger or just plain frustration when someone else uses your laptop. Heh...I've been there...my fiancee asks to use my laptop al the time so she can surf the web while we're watching TV. My first, knee-jerk reaction is to say, "Hell no, you can't use my laptop! What the hell is the matter with you???". Then I remember where I am, and say "Sure, honey." Then I shut down the laptop and boot up Puppy for her (I don't care if she's my fiancee, she's NOT gonna log onto MY OS!).
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Hey! I'm one of those overpaid, shoddy techs, you insensitive clod!
Exactly, and according to the doctrine of Quantum Uncertainty, it is entirely possible.
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You can fuse any element.
Once you get down to iron, the energy cost to fuse is higher than the energy released by the fusion (please note that I'm talking about a best-case theoretical standpoint here, not what we can currently do in practice.)
A rechargable battery takes more energy to make and charge than you get back out of it, but that hasn't stopped battery powered devices from being in common use.
A battery is an energy storage device, while fusion is supposed to be an energy source.
This story seems familiar somehow...
Just mod down ACs -1 and read at 0.
Problem solved.
Wow...here's something even more relevant.
Pretty spotty coverage...
A much more detailed picture can be found here.
Wow....all you need to do is replace 'Gore' and 'Gov. G' with 'Bush' and 'Rossi' with 'Gore', and you have exactly what Dems were saying after the 2000 election.
Funny how being on the other side of the issue can change your tune, isn't it?
The next step is for the proposal to be "market tested" with other industry players before a final assessment is given by the EU.
(Some time in the future...)
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Does anybody know anyone that has made their own diamond to set in a ring?
Sure...Superman used to do this all the time.
I think Vulcan did this quite a bit too.
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Sounds like an awesome idea...there's just two problems that most video gamers will have with your proposal:
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This reminds me of the live-action Pac-Man game shown in Club Dread.
Cause i'm fertile as an earthworm and I ate my grapes from a can.
You're a hermaphrodite?
Waaaaaay too much information...
If the crates are made of metal, then how am I going to break into them with the crowbar?
As for crates made of cardboard, they just aren't as satisfying to break...sorry.
Now...crates made of glass or ceramic...now that's something I could get behind...
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Don't forget banks...today's banks calculate interest down to fractions of a second.
A beryllium atomic clock...just what the Doctor ordered!
Jelly baby?
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Um...I thought the Martian polar ice caps were principally composed of frozen carbon dioxide.
Please correct if I'm mistaken...
Panic swept through the community today as the Council of Elders confirmed the rumours that the sinister blue plane third from our star is preparing to send yet another of its mechanized invaders to ravage our peaceful world.
K'Breel, Speaker for the Council, stressed yet again that there was no cause for alarm:
When asked to comment upon an alleged image of the latest invader, circulated by a cabal of rogue scientists, K'Breel declined.
And there are exactly HOW many 'Toothers out there with a gun shaped antenna?
That information is classified. What's your security clearance, Citizen?
The article says it can be done. The odds of it happening are _Vanishingly_ small.
The odds of being struck by lightning are small, too, but sensible people still refrain from golfing in thunderstorms.
You can't hack a bluetooth easily unless you are within 15 feet of a person who also has bluetooth.
Is that a fact?
Heh....that explains the text on their page:
Translated into English (courtesy of SYSTRAN), the page reads:
Ever get that feeling of irrational rage or anger or just plain frustration when someone else uses your laptop.
Heh...I've been there...my fiancee asks to use my laptop al the time so she can surf the web while we're watching TV.
My first, knee-jerk reaction is to say, "Hell no, you can't use my laptop! What the hell is the matter with you???".
Then I remember where I am, and say "Sure, honey."
Then I shut down the laptop and boot up Puppy for her (I don't care if she's my fiancee, she's NOT gonna log onto MY OS!).
I don't check my email obsessively...I have my Sidekick do it for me.
All my email is forwarded to my Sidekick, so I can know about email the instant it arrives.
Don't be like me.
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