thoper - Slashdot User

Comment Re:America leader on clean energy, not Europe (Score 1) 341

by thoper on Friday November 23, 2012 @01:37PM (#42075013) Attached to: The World Falls Back In Love With Coal

Well, to be fair, after a short google expedition, America does seems to be an accepted name for the United States of America, but it is so ONLY in the United States of America. remember, in the Americas there are about 911 Million persons, including the 315(35%) Million currently in the USA

Comment autograph (Score 1) 1142

by thoper on Thursday October 18, 2012 @03:48PM (#41697507) Attached to: Ask Richard Dawkins About Evolution, Religion, and Science Education

Can you answer this question as a sort of online autograph for me? your books had a great influence in my life. thank you

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: What book(s) you read that has significant impact on your life? 5

Submitted by gspec on Thursday October 11, 2012 @02:09PM

gspec writes: A little background about me: 36-yr old computer engineer working in the Bay Area. While I bring in about 100k annually after tax (actually, in the Bay Area this is not as much as it sounds), I consider my self as an underachiever and my career is stagnant (I have only been promoted 4 times in 12-yr career). I have led a couple projects, but I am not in any leadership/management position.
I realize I need to do something to enhance my career, and unfortunately at this point going back to school is not an option. I believe I need to read more quality books.
My question: Which books, any type/genre, that you have read and has significant impact on your life? Thank you all.

Submission + - Antarctic Ice hits an all-time record high level

Submitted by dtjohnson on Thursday October 11, 2012 @11:56AM

dtjohnson writes: "Two weeks after a new record was set in the Arctic Ocean for the least amount of sea ice coverage in the satellite record, the ice surrounding Antarctica reached its highest ever level. Sea ice extended over 19.44 million square kilometers (7.51 million square miles) in 2012, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). The previous record of 19.39 million kilometers (7.49 million square miles) was set in 2006." Ice extent is reaching an all-time record high on the bottom of the planet just after ice reached an all-time record low on the top of the planet. What can it mean? Either there will soon be more ice at the top or less ice at the bottom or the planet will become seriously 'bottom heavy.' Now there is something to worry about...

Comment least commented article (Score 1) 13

by thoper on Tuesday October 02, 2012 @04:26PM (#41530317) Attached to: RightScale, Scalr, EnStratus: Comparing the APIs

Only 12 post at the time of this writting (-1) is this tle least commented article in the recent story of slashdot??

Comment Re:Ice Tea... (Score 2) 370

by thoper on Friday September 07, 2012 @10:33AM (#41259993) Attached to: Arctic Sea Ice Hits Record Low

not a lot, concrete streets are very common in a lot of places, and are pretty white

Comment Re:The "A Better Informed Electorate" oxymoron (Score 1) 306

by thoper on Wednesday July 18, 2012 @09:00AM (#40684871) Attached to: Apple Wins Mobile Patent On Displaying Lists, Documents

All they want is to have an easy life, get laid, and be fed

but but... that's the dream...

Comment Re:Agreed (Score 1) 566

by thoper on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @03:32PM (#40677311) Attached to: Modest Proposal For Stopping Hackers: Get Them Girlfriends

I Agree!

Comment Re:Probably wrong argument anyway (Score 2) 545

by thoper on Wednesday May 30, 2012 @04:25PM (#40159841) Attached to: Scientific Literacy vs. Concern Over Climate Change

And 100% oxygen will kill you pretty damned quick, too. So your argument is nonsense.

100% oxygen at a "normal"atmospheric pressure (0.3 to 3 atm) is perfectly fine and secure to breathe, if used for a very long time can lead to a retinopathy and other problems but is not very dangerous. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_therapy

Comment only the beggining (Score 2, Interesting) 121

by thoper on Thursday April 12, 2012 @07:59PM (#39667557) Attached to: Apple Updates Java To Include Flashback Removal

apple's "security through scarcity" is starting to fade away as they gain marketshare. any popular OS will get viruses, malware, trojans, etc.

will mac os get a stonger walled garden as a result? i hope not as i was about to buy my first mac.

Comment may be dangerous (Score 1) 392

by thoper on Monday December 05, 2005 @11:24AM (#14184960) Attached to: Alaskan Cyclotron - Not in My Backyard!

near my house, in a principal hospital, they buy an linear accelerator for cancer treatment, they build a 2.5m concrete wall and a faraday cage made out of 30cm steel (not sure about the material) to shield the damm tning and protect the city.... if this guy is talking about one of those, i REALLY dont want one of those in my backyard... sorry bout the engrish

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