How is an IP address more "personal" than my GPS location at any given point in time? Sure an IP address can be "mine" if I have my own domain etc. This is not usually the case though. Most IP addresses are "owned" by the ISP and assigned to people via DHCP (except for static ones). This is not too much unlike a restaurant reserving tables for a customer, and sometimes reserving a table for a customer for a long time. It doesn't make the table being reserved the customers the customers personal property; the restaurant still owns it--it is no more personal than, well, any other table in an anonymous bar (for example). I can't see how IP addresses can be "personal".
That is an interesting observation. Normally he would probably qualify for the Special Olympics, but considering he cannot even compete in the standard Olympics, I am not sure where this leaves him... It's a catch-22, which seems unfortunate as he is obviously a commendable athlete.
Well, that makes me depressed. I work long hours and often record shows on TV (I am in Australia) to watch at my leisure. Australia will soon be changing broadcast to digital-only and I assume that at some point HDTV. If I get HDTV, then the lack of insert blank, choose channel, record is going to seriously affect me. Your comment has opened my eyes to something I had not even thought of. Sigh.
I guess the article should really define "light" a bit more tightly. From your link:
Although Planck's formula predicts that a black body will radiate energy at all frequencies, the formula is only applicable when many photons are being measured. For example, a black body at room temperature (300 K) with one square meter of surface area will emit a photon in the visible range once every thousand years or so, meaning that for most practical purposes, the black body does not emit in the visible range.
My, possibly incorrect, interpretation (assumption?) of the article was "light" in the broad sense of all electromagnetic radiation. This, however, does not make your link less interesting; in fact, in makes it more interesting. Thank-you.
I am not sure the black object gets hot; rather, the object converts more electromagnetic radiation into heat--it's not the object that is hot, it is a side-effect of the object being black. What I am trying to say is that it's not the object that is generating the heat, but the blackness of the object... yes, this sounds kind of vague.
If I was remotely religious I'd be touting that from darkness there comes light. But I am not. So erase that last sentence.
If the light is absorbed 99.9%, where does the energy go? Heat? If so, could this lead down the road to new power sources? Super-black nanotube network produces heat to produce steam to turn turbines... (??)
I think there is the assumption that the trees will be planted on already cleared or degraded land. In Australia, at least, it is more than an assumption and a requirement.
I think this is basically a summary of my previous comment. However, I am still divided on the merit of tree-planting projects. I don't know if they could work or not because I can't find any solid research. As your link also points out, there is the problem of "leakage". For example, carbon is stored in leaves, which fall to the ground, which eventually release the carbon back into the atmosphere. I've not seen any coherent studies that take this into account in a realistic way. Leaves dropping may seem trivial, but given that most trees planted for carbon-uptake purposes have an "expected" life of 76-100 years, this would add up (not to mention all the other ways leakage could occur). Thank-you for the link.
And, it possibly may be worse... "carbon-offset" programmes are usually really "Greenhouse-Gas programmes"--i.e. they are meant to offset other greenhouse gases as well. This is usually converted (by some factor) into "equivalent carbon" which can be offset by tree-planting etc. The problem, as I understand it, is that there aren't any long-term studies (correct me if I am wrong) to determine how much carbon tree species "A" can sequest over a given period of time. Without this baseline data, surely the models based on how much carbon a tree can offset are nothing more than a stab in the dark(?) Therefore, how can one determine that planting X tree will offset X tonnes of carbon?
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I wonder if this implies that medication that affects dopamine levels reduces (or increases) a persons failure to learn from mistakes.
Yeah; your IP address still isn't private though, so I stand by my original argument. There are ways to get around that of course.
How is an IP address more "personal" than my GPS location at any given point in time? Sure an IP address can be "mine" if I have my own domain etc. This is not usually the case though. Most IP addresses are "owned" by the ISP and assigned to people via DHCP (except for static ones). This is not too much unlike a restaurant reserving tables for a customer, and sometimes reserving a table for a customer for a long time. It doesn't make the table being reserved the customers the customers personal property; the restaurant still owns it--it is no more personal than, well, any other table in an anonymous bar (for example). I can't see how IP addresses can be "personal".
What is firehouse?
You're absolutely correct. Remote administration is the way to go. Until the power goes out, in which case it's a holiday for the workers.
You are correct. He will capture the nasty people, torture them and make them confess under duress... err wait
Indeed. Nature also produces nasty things like cyanide and strychnine, so the OP's argument is even more insane, even disregarding the smoking bit.
How can a comment that invokes such insightful responses be considered "Redundant"?
You can always take that clause out. But as another poster who replied to you commented, this may not be the best solution.
*burp* I dunno... I suspect they're heavies that are being thrust through the air by the trebuchet.
You're correct. Except that a trebuchet is still a catapult.
to offer my services as a target for this thing. Catapult a beer my way every 15 minutes. Thanks.
That is an interesting observation. Normally he would probably qualify for the Special Olympics, but considering he cannot even compete in the standard Olympics, I am not sure where this leaves him... It's a catch-22, which seems unfortunate as he is obviously a commendable athlete.
Good point. I don't know what I was thinking (one too many beers?)
Well, that makes me depressed. I work long hours and often record shows on TV (I am in Australia) to watch at my leisure. Australia will soon be changing broadcast to digital-only and I assume that at some point HDTV. If I get HDTV, then the lack of insert blank, choose channel, record is going to seriously affect me. Your comment has opened my eyes to something I had not even thought of. Sigh.
I guess the article should really define "light" a bit more tightly. From your link:
Although Planck's formula predicts that a black body will radiate energy at all frequencies, the formula is only applicable when many photons are being measured. For example, a black body at room temperature (300 K) with one square meter of surface area will emit a photon in the visible range once every thousand years or so, meaning that for most practical purposes, the black body does not emit in the visible range.
My, possibly incorrect, interpretation (assumption?) of the article was "light" in the broad sense of all electromagnetic radiation. This, however, does not make your link less interesting; in fact, in makes it more interesting. Thank-you.
I am not sure the black object gets hot; rather, the object converts more electromagnetic radiation into heat--it's not the object that is hot, it is a side-effect of the object being black. What I am trying to say is that it's not the object that is generating the heat, but the blackness of the object... yes, this sounds kind of vague.
If I was remotely religious I'd be touting that from darkness there comes light. But I am not. So erase that last sentence.
If the light is absorbed 99.9%, where does the energy go? Heat? If so, could this lead down the road to new power sources? Super-black nanotube network produces heat to produce steam to turn turbines... (??)
The summary seems to be wrong. No where in the article does it say the material "scatters light". Rather, it absorbs light.
Thank-you for the excellent link, it has made my day.
I think there is the assumption that the trees will be planted on already cleared or degraded land. In Australia, at least, it is more than an assumption and a requirement.
I think this is basically a summary of my previous comment. However, I am still divided on the merit of tree-planting projects. I don't know if they could work or not because I can't find any solid research. As your link also points out, there is the problem of "leakage". For example, carbon is stored in leaves, which fall to the ground, which eventually release the carbon back into the atmosphere. I've not seen any coherent studies that take this into account in a realistic way. Leaves dropping may seem trivial, but given that most trees planted for carbon-uptake purposes have an "expected" life of 76-100 years, this would add up (not to mention all the other ways leakage could occur). Thank-you for the link.
And, it possibly may be worse... "carbon-offset" programmes are usually really "Greenhouse-Gas programmes"--i.e. they are meant to offset other greenhouse gases as well. This is usually converted (by some factor) into "equivalent carbon" which can be offset by tree-planting etc. The problem, as I understand it, is that there aren't any long-term studies (correct me if I am wrong) to determine how much carbon tree species "A" can sequest over a given period of time. Without this baseline data, surely the models based on how much carbon a tree can offset are nothing more than a stab in the dark(?) Therefore, how can one determine that planting X tree will offset X tonnes of carbon?
Actually, I am the guy in the video. It's not my second life. Nor is it my second second life. It's my third life... err perhaps I divulging too much
Jeremy, consider it done. I have holidays, so am looking for a project to hook my teeth into. Thanks for the link. Craig