Comment Re:Solar power? (Score 1) 260
Because AC is a consumer standard? There are no consumer standard for DC power, other than AA, AAA, C, D, and 9V.
... Okay, and car cigarette lighters and microUSB.
Comment Re:The Elevator (Score 1) 701
"Good for you, you've decided to clean the elevator!" You have to be of a certain age to know the hilarious movie that came from.
I like, "We're on an express elevator to hell; going down!", better.
Comment Re:ESB has it all (Score 1) 701
Aside from "Punch it", I wouldn't call these go phrases. They are one off comments that just happened to coincide with a launch attempt.
Comment Re:My wife's favorite (Score 1) 701
That doesn't sound like a "Go!" phrase to me. What was being launched, a hearse?
Comment Re:Adam West (Score 1) 701
How did Bruce Wayne get away with unlicensed nuclear reactor under his house and where did he get fuel?
Probably the same way he gets away with trespassing, assault and battery, illegal wiretapping, stalking, unsafe operation of a motor vehicle, and a host of other illegal activities.
Comment Re:Question: (Score 1) 115
I would read it as:
Dear Interconnected Computer Network Customer. Would you like your children to think like Daily Mail readers?
[ ] Yes. God Save The King!
[ ] No. I am unfit to raise Britain's future ruling class.
Comment Re:Allons-y! (Score 1) 701
Well, there was that episode where someone drugged some wine, and everyone who drank it passed out immediately from one sip. The Doctor (Tom Baker) took two full gulps of wine, watched as everyone passed out, and stuttered out the phrase "p-p-potent stuff" before passing out himself. As far as a catch phrase, he was always offering people a jelly baby.
Still, it's not what I would call a "go!" phrase.
Still, it's not what I would call a "go!" phrase.
Comment call them (Score 5, Insightful) 354
netflix listened to customer feedback when they tried to spin off their disc rentals to another company. so call them and give them feedback. they are easy to reach by phone. if you dont complain to them please dont whine on slashdot
MIT Combines Carbon Foam and Graphite Flakes For Efficient Solar Steam Generati 110
rtoz (2530056) writes Researchers at MIT have developed a new spongelike material structure which can use 85% of incoming solar energy for converting water into steam. This spongelike structure has a layer of graphite flakes and an underlying carbon foam. This structure has many small pores. It can float on the water, and it will act as an insulator for preventing heat from escaping to the underlying liquid. As sunlight hits the structure, it creates a hotspot in the graphite layer, generating a pressure gradient that draws water up through the carbon foam. As water seeps into the graphite layer, the heat concentrated in the graphite turns the water into steam. This structure works much like a sponge. It is a significant improvement over recent approaches to solar-powered steam generation. And, this setup loses very little heat in the process, and can produce steam at relatively low solar intensity. If scaled up, this setup will not require complex, costly systems to highly concentrate sunlight.
Comment Re:Gentlemen, start your engines. (Score 1) 701
Remember that Denning is addressing the Heartland Institute organised ICCC6 conference.
You say that as if it is supposed to mean something to me - as if I am supposed to respond with "Oh! The HEARTLAND INSTITUTE organized the conference? Why didn't you say so! Oh, the irony! Denning is going to tear them a new corn hole!". Well, let me share my contextual understanding of your sentence: Remember that [Unknown individual] is addressing the [Unknown Institute] organised [Unknown Acronym] conference.
Comment Re:Allons-y! (Score 1) 701
Doctor who was on for what, 47 years before Tennant's catch phrase? But I instantly heard Rigel's voice when I read the launch vipers option.
Comment Re:Gentlemen, start your engines. (Score 1) 701
About your signature... I thought a Heartland Institute video would be good for a laugh, but it is actually very informative. It should be a wake up call for millions of people.
16 minutes? tl;dw
Comment Re:Newsflash! (Score 1) 362
I think this is less about genetics and more about how "Evolutionary Biology" and "biological anthropology" are entire disciplines founded on the notion that present day sexual prejudices can inform the study of extinct mammals.
Comment Re:Such harassment (Score 1) 362
It's hard to take your point seriously when the only link you provide is to a webcomic.
Comment Re:Some people are jerks (Score 3, Funny) 362
And very unfortunately, such jerks are more likely to be able to grub funding for their research labs from government offices.
