> There will finally be a new game release which Gabe and Tycho won't bitch about.
As they are fond of reminding their readers, they tend to not make comics about the games that they play that they like, because (to quote Tycho) "the muse is reticent." In other words, just because their comics are often critical doesn't mean that they hate all games.
This reminds me of the "power crisis" in California 7 or 8 years ago in which hundreds of power companies agreed to simulate brownouts in order to effectively hold energy to ransom, and raise energy prices to the insane amount that they are at today in California. Of course, many power companies went bankrupt in the resulting aftermath of legislation, but the big ones survived and profit from the scandal to this day.
What if these predictions are meant to set up a huge telecommunications breakdown on the day of the World Cup? Then AT&T and the Bells, et al., all simulate 100% traffic simulation on their networks, and "crash" their systems. Then they can say, "I told you so. Vote no on Net Neutrality so that the Internet keeps working," and effectively hold the Internet up for ransom. They may lose money in the short term, but they'd gain complete oligarchical control over the Internet.
Because the hydrogen makes a relatively small contribution to the overall mass (H:0 ratio in water is 1:8 by mass), and it's a LOT easier to carry around liquid or solid water than compressed oxygen. The extra mass of a tank suitable for carrying compressed O2 is much greater than the mass of hydrogen in an equivalent amount of water.
Even still, electrolysis of water takes a crap-ton of energy. It's likely that their method of pulling oxygen from the soil will end up being less energy-intensive. Then there are two benefits: 1) Less mass at take-off (which has many benefits), and 2) Faster/cheaper oxygen production once there.
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> I wont hold my breath. I'm still waiting for the next installment of their regularly scheduled podcast......
You conveniently fail to recognize that their comics have been consistently on time, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, for over 7 years.
> There will finally be a new game release which Gabe and Tycho won't bitch about.
As they are fond of reminding their readers, they tend to not make comics about the games that they play that they like, because (to quote Tycho) "the muse is reticent." In other words, just because their comics are often critical doesn't mean that they hate all games.
This reminds me of the "power crisis" in California 7 or 8 years ago in which hundreds of power companies agreed to simulate brownouts in order to effectively hold energy to ransom, and raise energy prices to the insane amount that they are at today in California. Of course, many power companies went bankrupt in the resulting aftermath of legislation, but the big ones survived and profit from the scandal to this day.
What if these predictions are meant to set up a huge telecommunications breakdown on the day of the World Cup? Then AT&T and the Bells, et al., all simulate 100% traffic simulation on their networks, and "crash" their systems. Then they can say, "I told you so. Vote no on Net Neutrality so that the Internet keeps working," and effectively hold the Internet up for ransom. They may lose money in the short term, but they'd gain complete oligarchical control over the Internet.
The possibility really does scare me.
Because the hydrogen makes a relatively small contribution to the overall mass (H:0 ratio in water is 1:8 by mass), and it's a LOT easier to carry around liquid or solid water than compressed oxygen. The extra mass of a tank suitable for carrying compressed O2 is much greater than the mass of hydrogen in an equivalent amount of water.
Even still, electrolysis of water takes a crap-ton of energy. It's likely that their method of pulling oxygen from the soil will end up being less energy-intensive. Then there are two benefits: 1) Less mass at take-off (which has many benefits), and 2) Faster/cheaper oxygen production once there.
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