something to do with one superpower currently controlling almost the entire supply of the metals needed to make the special magnets that allow efficient wind turbines?
facebook is where pics of my cats go, after raw processing and colour grading.
JPEG is fine for my lolcats.
it's probably just my anal retentiveness (is that a word?), but i don't unleash any photo, even on facebook, without grading it to a satisfactory level.
i'm not saying go down the pressurized water reactor path (with it's associated "waste" problems), but i think that nuclear power presents far more possibilities than those that have been investigated, like the ability to get rid of all that nuclear waste by burning it for power (including the lighter fission products).
also, being of anglo-celtic descent, i am well aware of the solar radiation problem australia has. however, i'd also like to see figures relating to the amount of power current practical solar can get us, and the carbon cost of implementing all that.
i don't mind the wind farms.
usually what i (glibly) say to nuclear kneejerk types is "why not mine it? surely it's dangerous to have all that radioactive stuff just sitting underground in a world heritage area", but of course this is said in sarcasm.
though nuke may not be the most elegant solution, it is a realistic one at least in theory. the blind fear of it by the public and legislators i think is a major obstacle in lowering carbon emissions while maintaining industry and our own decadent lifestyles (come on, we don't really need tellies that big do we?).
aside - on the port at Hastings thing, i doubt anyone would notice:) it's a grey and smelly area in an oasis of lovely coastline. i'd say it's the perfect place to build a port, so long as the monash freeway doesn't get any more clogged than it is already.
i get quite annoyed at the constant arrogance and elitism on/.
sorry to burst your bubble - this isn't an elite site, and the "99% of the masses" argument is pure shit that i hear everywhere all the time, in many different disciplines.
whenever someone asks me to recommend them a TV, the conversation will lead to "nobody would ever notice that", but yet we're talking about it and a choice about what to buy is being made based on it.
what do the masses do when they need advice? they ask that nerd friend of theirs. if the nerd has communication skills slightly above the lower end of the Autism Spectrum, the masses will even get a useful answer.
be honest, how many times have you heard a friend say something to the effect of "i'm looking for a smartphone but i don't want an iPhone... what should i get?".
consider each time someone asks that as a lost sale for Motorola...
i don't think it'll kill their business, but their overall crap products certainly are having an effect, and political issues such as this (yes! political! not technical and therefore outside the grasp of the average simian on the street!) will certainly make a large dent in the long run.
government-hating and bush-hating are different things...
a whacko is usually paranoid about the government, and the sight of it's figurehead would just be a trigger.
fucking false dichotomies shit me to tears. you really think there's any substantial difference between the two parties in a two party system? the civil service is the same. the politicians are the same. we just see a different face standing at a podium with the same books and the same flag behind them.
they also tend to pay the _wrong_ artist, too. administrative errors aren't that unusual....perhaps if there were global surveillance and sufficiently advanced recognition software (shazam on steroids), they could get the figures right and pay everyone a representative amount?
i think there'd be unfortunate implications to global surveillance somehow.
i've long thought that amoung "environmentalists", a further distinction needs to be made between the rational ones and the loonies, hippies, and people afraid of weasel-words like "chemicals" etc.
you could almost split environmentalists down the middle along the lines of pro-nuclear and anti-nuclear and you'd get most of the reasonable ones on one side and the loons on the other.
in most people's limited experience, there are many thousands of jobs that we would never have imagined even needed to exist.
when one of them fucks up, then they are nocited.
hell, my last job was a very creative, well respected position in post production. working with big cheese directors and all that. but what it boiled down to was if i did it right, it wouldn't be noticed (in fact, if anything the cinematographer would get the credit).
where i am now (completely different field), the same can be said.
imagine being a parking inspector or football umpire... now there's a thankless task.
you might be looking for psychopathic or sociopathic.
psychotic is just what people are when they go crazy.
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widely accepted usage = evolution.
do you also lament the loss of the word "gay"?
already uppercase usage has disappeared except in formal situations.
and words are being conjoined all the time - upper case -> upper-case -> uppercase
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which would have unfortunate implications for people who typed "masturbate" and "bisexual" etc, if the phone is picking the more frequently used possibility.
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ach! stupid mods don't understand sarcasm. they're too stupid.
something to do with one superpower currently controlling almost the entire supply of the metals needed to make the special magnets that allow efficient wind turbines?
facebook is where pics of my cats go, after raw processing and colour grading.
JPEG is fine for my lolcats.
it's probably just my anal retentiveness (is that a word?), but i don't unleash any photo, even on facebook, without grading it to a satisfactory level.
i would love to be able to afford a RED camera...
way to understand sarcasm. i think my point is proved.
i'd be interested in seeing those stats (as another Melbournite).
btw, check this out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveling_wave_reactor
i'm not saying go down the pressurized water reactor path (with it's associated "waste" problems), but i think that nuclear power presents far more possibilities than those that have been investigated, like the ability to get rid of all that nuclear waste by burning it for power (including the lighter fission products).
also, being of anglo-celtic descent, i am well aware of the solar radiation problem australia has. however, i'd also like to see figures relating to the amount of power current practical solar can get us, and the carbon cost of implementing all that.
i don't mind the wind farms.
usually what i (glibly) say to nuclear kneejerk types is "why not mine it? surely it's dangerous to have all that radioactive stuff just sitting underground in a world heritage area", but of course this is said in sarcasm.
though nuke may not be the most elegant solution, it is a realistic one at least in theory. the blind fear of it by the public and legislators i think is a major obstacle in lowering carbon emissions while maintaining industry and our own decadent lifestyles (come on, we don't really need tellies that big do we?).
aside - on the port at Hastings thing, i doubt anyone would notice :) it's a grey and smelly area in an oasis of lovely coastline. i'd say it's the perfect place to build a port, so long as the monash freeway doesn't get any more clogged than it is already.
i get quite annoyed at the constant arrogance and elitism on /.
sorry to burst your bubble - this isn't an elite site, and the "99% of the masses" argument is pure shit that i hear everywhere all the time, in many different disciplines.
whenever someone asks me to recommend them a TV, the conversation will lead to "nobody would ever notice that", but yet we're talking about it and a choice about what to buy is being made based on it.
what do the masses do when they need advice? they ask that nerd friend of theirs. if the nerd has communication skills slightly above the lower end of the Autism Spectrum, the masses will even get a useful answer.
be honest, how many times have you heard a friend say something to the effect of "i'm looking for a smartphone but i don't want an iPhone... what should i get?".
consider each time someone asks that as a lost sale for Motorola...
i don't think it'll kill their business, but their overall crap products certainly are having an effect, and political issues such as this (yes! political! not technical and therefore outside the grasp of the average simian on the street!) will certainly make a large dent in the long run.
government-hating and bush-hating are different things...
a whacko is usually paranoid about the government, and the sight of it's figurehead would just be a trigger.
fucking false dichotomies shit me to tears. you really think there's any substantial difference between the two parties in a two party system? the civil service is the same. the politicians are the same. we just see a different face standing at a podium with the same books and the same flag behind them.
try $1.5M for a 3 BR house with modest garden. for a place with an average of ~$40K/y wages.
it's all gonna pop... and i'll be waiting to pick up the cheap pieces.
almost like reproduction is a biological imperative or something?
they also tend to pay the _wrong_ artist, too. administrative errors aren't that unusual. ...perhaps if there were global surveillance and sufficiently advanced recognition software (shazam on steroids), they could get the figures right and pay everyone a representative amount?
i think there'd be unfortunate implications to global surveillance somehow.
liquid sodium reactors? i'd say they're pretty warm.
lol. mods have no sense of humour.
i've long thought that amoung "environmentalists", a further distinction needs to be made between the rational ones and the loonies, hippies, and people afraid of weasel-words like "chemicals" etc.
you could almost split environmentalists down the middle along the lines of pro-nuclear and anti-nuclear and you'd get most of the reasonable ones on one side and the loons on the other.
how is IT special?
in most people's limited experience, there are many thousands of jobs that we would never have imagined even needed to exist.
when one of them fucks up, then they are nocited.
hell, my last job was a very creative, well respected position in post production. working with big cheese directors and all that. but what it boiled down to was if i did it right, it wouldn't be noticed (in fact, if anything the cinematographer would get the credit).
where i am now (completely different field), the same can be said.
imagine being a parking inspector or football umpire... now there's a thankless task.
thai food > indian food
(my wife is half indian, from a family of restauranteurs)
totally. the friday pub lunch is sacred. even the worst place i've ever worked at allowed a friday pub lunch.
"psychotic" means something else entirely.
you might be looking for psychopathic or sociopathic.
psychotic is just what people are when they go crazy.
widely accepted usage = evolution.
do you also lament the loss of the word "gay"?
already uppercase usage has disappeared except in formal situations.
and words are being conjoined all the time - upper case -> upper-case -> uppercase
which would have unfortunate implications for people who typed "masturbate" and "bisexual" etc, if the phone is picking the more frequently used possibility.
http://www.panavisionimaging.com/imagers_DMAX.htm
i get the feeling lots of people have been working on this.
oh, no. not again
what makes a war difficult to win is keeping civilians alive.
if it turned into a nuke fight, the US would win without question.
your mother's bedroom record is pristine.
i believe OP has China and Thailand confused.