1. You rejuvenate and dance when you hear a windows flaw exposed
If that was possible and true, then the large demographic of people worried about their age would be begging for each version of Windows to be more insecure than the last...
a better implementation of tech to save on fuel costs would be using hybrid engines for the school buses.
Or, even easier than hybrid engines...the Warwick, RI school system is now using biodiesel for their heating and buses. I don't know if it's saving money yet, but their maintenance on those items has gotten cheaper, AFAIK.
Here is an interesting question how many/.ers build and maintain their own cars and homes from scratch? What about installing/repairing stoves, dish washers, washing machines, dryers, refrigators, and A/C? I know the basics of lots of stuff, but I'd much rather pay a slight premium for someone else to do most household and car repairs.
My family is in the construction business, but with my marriage coming up shortly, and the price/lack of availability of land, I chose to buy a home and get instant gratification. I will build my own garage, from scratch, although I will call a concrete company for the slab. If equipment rental is cheaper than a professional excavator, or if it's not much more, I'd enjoy doing the digging myself.
I'm neither equipped for nor capable of building my own car. I do much of my own maintenance, though.
Appliances, I repair when I can, and if I fail, I call somebody to do it. Now that I'm paying for the house, I haven't got the money to pay somebody to do stuff.
I am going to build a trailer for my little boat, just to get down my little road a short way, out of a salvaged metal-pipe childrens' swing set and some bicycle parts. It won't be highway worthy, but I'll make the effort to get the boat into my truckbed if I have to go far.
I've also salvaged a 26" snowthrower lawn-tractor-attachment, for which I will fabricate a way to mount and power it on my tractor (which I maintain and repair myself).
Your way works for you, and my way works for me -- neither could be described as "better" or "worse" unless you speak of an individual, or maybe even a whole demographic group.
As for a recorder, I don't record much -- and when I do, my old VCR does the job just fine. I just can't imagine what any healthy person would do with a whole terabyte of tv...but I guess some people really enjoy that much of what's on.
You actually listen to the radio? How can you tolerate that crap?
Then, when satellite radio was suggested, you said:
Why would I want to pay for radio?
Is there something I fail to understand here? First you suggest that free radio sucks, then you question why somebody would pay for something better? Heh...yeah.
"So, what's your plausible alternative warming mechanism,"
A. Sun (I know it's a crackpot theory, but some people actually do think the sun has something to do with Earths Climate, and the Suns output does vary)
You know, I hadn't taken the time to consider this, and now I'm probably missing something very basic and fundamental, but...The sun constantly adds energy to the earth. Animals convert matter into energy, and afaik, photosynthesis is merely the use of solar energy to mess with matter, rather than actually making matter out of energy.
Is that all correct? If so, where is the energy going?
Actually, I have a 1980 Buick Lesabre with 35,000 miles, given to me by my Grandmother. No modern vehicle rides so smoothly (and yet, it handles well enough to get out of it's own way). No modern vehicle has controls that feel so nice -- the pinky-strength steering, the curvy feel of the linkages in the shift. Indeed, it is a joy to ride, and indeed, it runs like brand new.
Does anybody know where I can find specifications on this car? The v6 moves it along surprisingly briskly. While wider than Rosanne Barr, and longer than...uhh...something, I believe it may be rather lightweight -- more than light enough to put modern vehicles to shame. I believe it could potentially be very efficient, if I find a retrofit TBI.
I digress. Did anybody else read "Europe to Join Russia" as smacking of Soviet Union before reading the rest of the headline?...In Soviet Russia, Europe Builds You!
Not that I am a big supporter of ID (especially the now common lobbying that it be taught as/instead of science)-- I prefer to believe in evolution, but by your argument, this offers support for ID, not against it.
See, by your logic, this proves that intelligence can brew life from no life...thereby supporting ID.
Tangent: Personally, I've never understood why science and religion must be at odds. Why can't one's deity be the one who caused these scientific laws and phenomena, and either nudged evolution a little bit here and there or maybe just planned it all in the beginning (like writing a program, or planning a chess game ahead) and set it loose?
Ajayan says the explosion occurs because the black carbon nanotubes absorb light so efficiently that, when it is converted into heat, the heat cannot dissipate quickly enough across bunched-up tubes.
Does this mean that we can use them to build the monolith from 2001, or maybe the spaceship stolen from the Milliways parking lot?
If we simply are 100% as perfectly careful as possible, fearing to tread anywhere but our exact previous footsteps, taking forever to inspect and re-inspect, we will never learn how to do it differently.
It is through our mistakes that we learn. Anybody willing to go up in a space shuttle knows they run a strong risk of death. Personally, I'd be excited to have the chance to risk my life in that noble work. Instead, for the sake of those who love me (okay, and for lack of ability or opportunity), I toil with my daily work, contributing my bit to the economy, so indirectly supporting the space program.
Buffalo are "Bubalus arnee", Bison are "Bison bison". They're both bovines, but that's where their similarity ends. It'd be like calling a cow a buffalo.
Blah blah blah...enough already! Just cook it and put it on some bread. Maybe throw some buffalo sauce on it...
querist wrote: If those power lines go down there will be no interference, but what if they are still up and there is a major emergency?
Er...if BPL is up in said emergency, and ham fails, then why not just use the BPL connection?
Also, consider that once BPL comes around, it probably won't be long before the same company sells digital phone over the same lines. Therefore, there will be internet and phone communications as long as BPL signal is up, and if lines or the signal are down, then ham can cut in.
Then, Gorkon wrote: The BIG reason power companies want BPL is so that THEY can use it for reading your meter. They want to make your electric meter to be adressable and able to be read over the internet. They also want to have teh transformers and what not be able to report their status over it as well. BPL is about cutting some costs for electrical companies and it's just a bonus that they can add ISP to thier hat as well.
Sounds great. I'd rather have them read my meter over the internet than have them snooping around in my yard. That's better privacy. Also, while meter readers will be out of a job, it will create IT jobs -- and IT labor demand benefits me, as well as many other slashdotters.
And if I could get some competition for cable internet, which is the ONLY broadband available in my rural location...that sounds like a win-win-win situation! Damn the ham, full speed ahead!
I'm NOT one whose research deals with the neuroscience of vision and blindness; I'm scarcely one whose day involves any kind of research, and I know nothing of neuroscience. That said, as I read the summary, the first thing I thought was exactly what you wrote (in a less articulate way, although using the word "attention").
This is like people who believe that "sleep" is anytime one's eyes are closed and said person is not responding to stimuli. I often close my eyes, maybe wishing for sleep, and remain aware of my surroundings; sometimes I'm told that I was asleep, when I know I wasn't.
Because if it were in orbit around Uranus, instead, the Enterprise would come along with a big roll of toilet paper and...umm...yeah.
Seriously, though, you're correct. It wouldn't. IANAE, but if it's in a stable orbit around Jupiter, it's inhabitants would experience the same microgravity they experience in stable orbit of Earth.
I wonder if a motion-damping suit, or just individual pieces, worn constantly would do the trick. It would just make it more difficult to move some chosen muscles...you could work different muscles each day.
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I'm neither equipped for nor capable of building my own car. I do much of my own maintenance, though.
Appliances, I repair when I can, and if I fail, I call somebody to do it. Now that I'm paying for the house, I haven't got the money to pay somebody to do stuff.
I am going to build a trailer for my little boat, just to get down my little road a short way, out of a salvaged metal-pipe childrens' swing set and some bicycle parts. It won't be highway worthy, but I'll make the effort to get the boat into my truckbed if I have to go far.
I've also salvaged a 26" snowthrower lawn-tractor-attachment, for which I will fabricate a way to mount and power it on my tractor (which I maintain and repair myself).
Your way works for you, and my way works for me -- neither could be described as "better" or "worse" unless you speak of an individual, or maybe even a whole demographic group.
As for a recorder, I don't record much -- and when I do, my old VCR does the job just fine. I just can't imagine what any healthy person would do with a whole terabyte of tv...but I guess some people really enjoy that much of what's on.
Just like somebody else said in reply to the last article, I got a "Nothing for you to see here. Please move along." when I clicked on "Read More...".
ObSleep: I'm frickin tired. Also, I'm prone to bouts of CRS (Can't Remember Schitt). Wait, make that constant CRS. I forgot how bad I have it...
Maybe I could take this. I suspect that I really do get enough sleep and just fail to believe that I do.
Is that all correct? If so, where is the energy going?
Actually, I have a 1980 Buick Lesabre with 35,000 miles, given to me by my Grandmother. No modern vehicle rides so smoothly (and yet, it handles well enough to get out of it's own way). No modern vehicle has controls that feel so nice -- the pinky-strength steering, the curvy feel of the linkages in the shift. Indeed, it is a joy to ride, and indeed, it runs like brand new.
...In Soviet Russia, Europe Builds You!
Does anybody know where I can find specifications on this car? The v6 moves it along surprisingly briskly. While wider than Rosanne Barr, and longer than...uhh...something, I believe it may be rather lightweight -- more than light enough to put modern vehicles to shame. I believe it could potentially be very efficient, if I find a retrofit TBI.
I digress. Did anybody else read "Europe to Join Russia" as smacking of Soviet Union before reading the rest of the headline?
Not that I am a big supporter of ID (especially the now common lobbying that it be taught as/instead of science)-- I prefer to believe in evolution, but by your argument, this offers support for ID, not against it.
See, by your logic, this proves that intelligence can brew life from no life...thereby supporting ID.
Tangent: Personally, I've never understood why science and religion must be at odds. Why can't one's deity be the one who caused these scientific laws and phenomena, and either nudged evolution a little bit here and there or maybe just planned it all in the beginning (like writing a program, or planning a chess game ahead) and set it loose?
Cue the wine jokes...
Does his wine run linux? Imagine a beowulf cluster of linux wine bottles.
Does he offer wine packages for many distributions?
Will his wine run Internet Explorer in Linux?
If we simply are 100% as perfectly careful as possible, fearing to tread anywhere but our exact previous footsteps, taking forever to inspect and re-inspect, we will never learn how to do it differently.
It is through our mistakes that we learn. Anybody willing to go up in a space shuttle knows they run a strong risk of death. Personally, I'd be excited to have the chance to risk my life in that noble work. Instead, for the sake of those who love me (okay, and for lack of ability or opportunity), I toil with my daily work, contributing my bit to the economy, so indirectly supporting the space program.
querist wrote: If those power lines go down there will be no interference, but what if they are still up and there is a major emergency?
Er...if BPL is up in said emergency, and ham fails, then why not just use the BPL connection?
Also, consider that once BPL comes around, it probably won't be long before the same company sells digital phone over the same lines. Therefore, there will be internet and phone communications as long as BPL signal is up, and if lines or the signal are down, then ham can cut in.
Then, Gorkon wrote: The BIG reason power companies want BPL is so that THEY can use it for reading your meter. They want to make your electric meter to be adressable and able to be read over the internet. They also want to have teh transformers and what not be able to report their status over it as well. BPL is about cutting some costs for electrical companies and it's just a bonus that they can add ISP to thier hat as well.
Sounds great. I'd rather have them read my meter over the internet than have them snooping around in my yard. That's better privacy. Also, while meter readers will be out of a job, it will create IT jobs -- and IT labor demand benefits me, as well as many other slashdotters.
And if I could get some competition for cable internet, which is the ONLY broadband available in my rural location...that sounds like a win-win-win situation! Damn the ham, full speed ahead!
I'm NOT one whose research deals with the neuroscience of vision and blindness; I'm scarcely one whose day involves any kind of research, and I know nothing of neuroscience. That said, as I read the summary, the first thing I thought was exactly what you wrote (in a less articulate way, although using the word "attention").
This is like people who believe that "sleep" is anytime one's eyes are closed and said person is not responding to stimuli. I often close my eyes, maybe wishing for sleep, and remain aware of my surroundings; sometimes I'm told that I was asleep, when I know I wasn't.
Maybe this sort of thing can compete with cable for rural broadband...DSL doesn't go to my house.
Too bad somebody beat me to the potato battery joke.
Computer to write email from: $1,000.
Electricity to run pc, server, etc: $20
The look on the cadet's face when he realizes what he's done: Priceless.
...imagine a beowulf cluster of these...
*sigh*
(and, plz, hold the Soviet Russia jokes, its stale )
In Soviet Russia, jokes hold you!
Because if it were in orbit around Uranus, instead, the Enterprise would come along with a big roll of toilet paper and...umm...yeah.
Seriously, though, you're correct. It wouldn't. IANAE, but if it's in a stable orbit around Jupiter, it's inhabitants would experience the same microgravity they experience in stable orbit of Earth.
I wonder if a motion-damping suit, or just individual pieces, worn constantly would do the trick. It would just make it more difficult to move some chosen muscles...you could work different muscles each day.
Sorry, my "" tags failed to show up in the post. Maybe I should have used the Preview button...
Look up "discloser". Then, look up "disclosure".
(I thought it would be obvious in my last post.)