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Comment: Re:Because... (Score 1) 710

by Count_Froggy (#30623908) Attached to: Thorium, the Next Nuclear Fuel?
There are several countries in the Middle East who want new forms of reliable power and don't want to be targets for terrorists.
Thorium has the potential to generate power cheaply and without bomb-making potential; unlike uramium. As to the 'enrichment' question, once separated as a metal from the ores (a basic technology every metal needs to be recovered from the ground in any quantity), Thorium does not need enrichment. The primary isotope for nuclear fuel usage is the +90% content component. There are technical issues to solve, but the main issue to the willingness to concider nuclear power and forgo bombs.

Comment: Solar power panels as a road surface material. (Score 1) 484

by Count_Froggy (#29243645) Attached to: Solar Roadways Get DoT Funding
Whether the idea of using these panels on major, truck-carrying roads flies or not, the technology to make rugged, relatively low cost solar panels has a lot of value. Many commercial buildings have asphalt roofs, top floors of parking garages are often exposed all day, and there are lower use roads in many places around the country. Even if this is only used to power the streetlights and traffic lights (and sewage and waste water pumps), this could be significant savings to local government. If you did those things, even the AC/DC argument fades to insignificance as the usage is local and generally not current-type dependent.

Comment: Small dogs (Score 1) 497

by Count_Froggy (#28084481) Attached to: Should We Just Call Dog Breeds a Different Species?

Quote from the article;
"Amazingly, right now Chihuahuas are still considered C. lupus familiaris, a subspecies of wolf. And calling a Chihuahua a wolf is like calling someone at the Discovery Institute a scientist."

I can't speak to the Discovery Institute point directly; but without a doubt, small dogs can be as aggressive as a wolf. We own a 10 pound poodle and my daughter and SIL have a 7 pounder. DO NOT get on the wrong side of either. They may not take as big a bite, but it still hurts.

Comment: And this is meaningful, why? (Score 3, Insightful) 159

by Count_Froggy (#27825983) Attached to: First Graphics Game Written On/For a 16-Bit Home PC
So what if this was written on a 16-bit hardware computer. I know of graphic games written in the Apple ][ Sweet-16 interpreter (a 16-bit machine in software installed on all Apple ][ machines) long before this. And, this machine was a one-of-a-kind creation that had no meaningful volume, even by the standards of the time. Lastly, it isn't graphical if it used TEXT CHARACTERS to represent the game elements. There were other games written on PDP-11 and LSI-11 machines (also true 16-bit hardware) that predate this.

Comment: Quality vs. Quantity (Score 1) 198

by Count_Froggy (#27677355) Attached to: Ancient Books Go Online
Do not confuse quantity with quality; also recognize the results of theft by European conquerors in the quantity of materials in European hands that originated in the Middle East and other places. I am more familiar with the Western literary tradition, so I will use as examples the multiple books of the Hebrew Bible, the Dead sea scrolls (some of which are not in the Bible), the early Christian writings, the Talmud, and lots of Islamic works - all of which are of Middle Eastern origin.

Comment: Useless (Score 1) 617

by Count_Froggy (#26386541) Attached to: Palm Announces Killer New Phone
As a long-term PalmOS (since 1996) user, this device is useless to me. Some of my client do not allow cell phones and other radio (excluding WiFi and Bluetooth) devices on premises for security reasons. So a device dependent on the Web, as is indicated in the email sent to me by Palm, won't be available when I need it; it will be out in the car in the parking lot (if it even makes it in past the security gate). There is no indication if I could import data from existing PalmOS devices or if it can run any existing PalmOS third-party applications. For a device and OS supposedly 'in development' as long as this one has, it seems grossly inadequate to hold on to existing customers. And, I'm not even going to mention Sprint!

I just ate a whole package of Sweet Tarts and a can of Coke. I think I saw God. -- B. Hathrume Duk

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