I have to stop and think how things such as TV, Telephone, power, water and sewer are 'plumbed' into each suite. That would have to be an interesting problem to solve.
Communications, as the other person mentioned, could easily be covered by wireless.
A reasonably simple solution for electricity would be to have two rings of copper (one for ground), and use brushes to carry the connection as the building rotates.
Potentially, you could use a similar solution for sewer, using a circular troph (yeah, it grosses me out too). Water would be a bit more difficult because it has to be pressurized, although you could run water through a non-rotating core to the top, and use a similar method as above, get your water pressure old school--via gravity.
I think elevators would be more interesting: "On Monday to Thursday, turn left after exiting the elevators, on Friday to Sunday, turn right"
For all the people who care about which way their heads, feet, et al face during sleep, will they now be in a spiritual predicament? In other words, will they also need to get rotating beds that would counteract the rotation of the building?
It's just one building. Nobody's forcing these spiritual people (note that I used a PC term instead of "wahoos") to sleep in it.
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(Needless to say, I am not using my Karma bonus for this post)
One reason: Gravity. They have it on the moon. They don't have it in orbit.
Actually, they do have it in orbit, and that's the problem. If there were zero gravity in orbit, the ISS would stay up indefinitely, and wouldn't require constant effort to boost to higher altitudes.
My high school music teacher always told us to put our instruments on the ground, and not on chairs. If they're on the ground, they have no place to fall.
I estimate rather conservatively that my compact florescent (CF) bulbs will pay for themselves in less than 18 months
Sorry to burst your bulb, but this is a really dangerous style of reasoning.
For example, there are a lot of ads at the bus shelters here in Ottawa talking about how ethanol and biodiesel "reduces" greenhouse gases.
I'm sorry, but when you burn any hydrocarbon there are more--not less--GHGs in the atmosphere as a result. Carpooling with one other person will reduce your emissions by 50%; teleworking or cycling one day per week will reduce by 20%.
Similarly, CF bulbs (yes, I do use them) don't "pay for themselves": you don't get paid to use them, they only cost less, when compared to an older, less efficient technology. Do you still hear people talk about the money that they save from not having to pay for lamp oil by using incandescents?
That's why I don't bother with those LED Christmas lights: sure they use less energy than the old kind, but I use no energy at all when I don't have any Christmas lights! (well, plus I have it in for Christmas; see username)
The advantage of performing a task with less energy (or at less cost, or with fewer pollutants) often distracts people from asking themselves if that task needs to be done at all, or as much.
Are you the same guy who put "freelance writer" on his resume after the local paper printed his letter to the editor? Yeah, we totally didn't interview you.
If they don't want to cater to their customers, stop using their service!
Ever since I started seeing auto ads on the city buses in my region, I've stopped taking the bus (only about a dozen times this year) in favour of cycling. I've saved a lot of money doing it, too! (perhaps to save up for the cars they're advertising? Seriously, the Volvo ads say "Transit for the masses. $199/mo" How is that to encourage people to take the bus?!?)
I've also written to my city councillors and have had a letter printed in the paper on the topic. I also tried helping organize a Bus Rider's Union, but it fizzled.
When I see kids being forced to cram atomic numbers for a chemistry exam I cringe. No wonder nobody goes into the sciences these days! Make them memorize some facts, and don't bother to worry about whether they understand why things work that way... Are we teaching them science (the process of advancing knowledge in a systematic way), or magic (reciting mysterious incantations carefully lest you end up a newt)?
This has become the basis for all institutional education. Don't think, just know.
When you teach people to learn, they start to learn things that threaten the system. When you tell them what to know, they serve the system very well.
I remember when I got a job doing tech support and the preliminary interviewer asked me a question: "I'm thinking of a product in a grocery store, find out what it is in less than 15 questions."
Did you try rebooting your computer?
When you first thought of this product, did you write it down somewhere?
Turn the product over. There should be a white box with some vertical lines and some numbers. Can you read those out to me?
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Communications, as the other person mentioned, could easily be covered by wireless.
A reasonably simple solution for electricity would be to have two rings of copper (one for ground), and use brushes to carry the connection as the building rotates.
Potentially, you could use a similar solution for sewer, using a circular troph (yeah, it grosses me out too). Water would be a bit more difficult because it has to be pressurized, although you could run water through a non-rotating core to the top, and use a similar method as above, get your water pressure old school--via gravity.
I think elevators would be more interesting: "On Monday to Thursday, turn left after exiting the elevators, on Friday to Sunday, turn right"
It's just one building. Nobody's forcing these spiritual people (note that I used a PC term instead of "wahoos") to sleep in it.
- RG>
(Needless to say, I am not using my Karma bonus for this post)
Actually, they do have it in orbit, and that's the problem. If there were zero gravity in orbit, the ISS would stay up indefinitely, and wouldn't require constant effort to boost to higher altitudes.
My high school music teacher always told us to put our instruments on the ground, and not on chairs. If they're on the ground, they have no place to fall.
- RG>
Because they'd blow away?
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Exactly. That's why we should stop trying to fight or filter spam.
Now, getting back to the main point of the story, I'd like to interest you in a serios bussines opportunity...
- RG>
Joke's on you, Linux boys (and girls?)!
I don't have to worry about this. I use Windows!
Oh wait...
- RG>
Thank you very much.
All TFAs and comments up to this point either talks about "negative refractive index" or "invisibility cloak", or both.
Your post uses plain-spoken analogies that explain this very well.
Gold star.
- RG>
Sorry to burst your bulb, but this is a really dangerous style of reasoning.
For example, there are a lot of ads at the bus shelters here in Ottawa talking about how ethanol and biodiesel "reduces" greenhouse gases.
I'm sorry, but when you burn any hydrocarbon there are more--not less--GHGs in the atmosphere as a result. Carpooling with one other person will reduce your emissions by 50%; teleworking or cycling one day per week will reduce by 20%.
Similarly, CF bulbs (yes, I do use them) don't "pay for themselves": you don't get paid to use them, they only cost less, when compared to an older, less efficient technology. Do you still hear people talk about the money that they save from not having to pay for lamp oil by using incandescents?
That's why I don't bother with those LED Christmas lights: sure they use less energy than the old kind, but I use no energy at all when I don't have any Christmas lights! (well, plus I have it in for Christmas; see username)
The advantage of performing a task with less energy (or at less cost, or with fewer pollutants) often distracts people from asking themselves if that task needs to be done at all, or as much.
- RG>
Time issued a supplementary statement specifically excluding a Mr. Frank "Grimey" Grimes from the "Person of the Year" announcement.
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Or given the role of the internet in this decision, a lowercase "u".
And in the back cover, they could write "j/k lolz"
- RG>
In searching for the meaning of this term in TFAS, I discovered that the capital A is improperly used.
"Astroturf" is the green stuff.
"[An] astroturf [campaign]" is what gets 'the green stuff' (umm...money, not weed).
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IIRC, technically, it's not. It's simply illegal to do anything related to prostitution (communication with intent to..., etc.)
Wikipedia's article on "Prostitution in the United States" is not well developed.
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Notwithstanding your other points, if I were concerned about anonymity/privacy, I wouldn't be blabbing about this kind of stuff in an internet cafe.
- RG>
Are you the same guy who put "freelance writer" on his resume after the local paper printed his letter to the editor? Yeah, we totally didn't interview you.
- RG>
Because Kasparov is showing Bush how to *really* spread democracy.
- RG>
It's associated with the "RTFA", but you don't seem to know much about that, either.
- RG>
If they don't want to cater to their customers, stop using their service!
Ever since I started seeing auto ads on the city buses in my region, I've stopped taking the bus (only about a dozen times this year) in favour of cycling. I've saved a lot of money doing it, too! (perhaps to save up for the cars they're advertising? Seriously, the Volvo ads say "Transit for the masses. $199/mo" How is that to encourage people to take the bus?!?)
I've also written to my city councillors and have had a letter printed in the paper on the topic. I also tried helping organize a Bus Rider's Union, but it fizzled.
You, too, can be Grouchy!
- RG>
This has become the basis for all institutional education. Don't think, just know.
When you teach people to learn, they start to learn things that threaten the system. When you tell them what to know, they serve the system very well.
- RG>
Not stated in the article summary is that SQL Server is a Microsoft product.
Before I realized that, I wasn't sure exactly why this was MS's problem.
- RG>
Did you try rebooting your computer?
When you first thought of this product, did you write it down somewhere?
Turn the product over. There should be a white box with some vertical lines and some numbers. Can you read those out to me?
- RG>
Ah, it's so much easier for me to speculate blindly and let someone correct me than to actually do the research.
Thanks.
- RG>
Yes I can, but I only do so when I have sufficient evidence to believe it happened.
While Yahoo's page may predate Google's page, could it be the case that both came from a template provided by Microsoft in the IE Admin Kit?
If so, then neither is plagiarising, they are simply implementing a tool which they rightfully may.
- RG>
I hope it wasn't in his mouth at the time!
- RG>
Hm-whaa?
The article's lead misses it too.
- RG>
If you want to feel better, go watch Borat.
It's essentially the same argument.
- RG>