For general cooking, measurements don't need to be so exact you have to measure it to the gram.

Money, get away
Get a good job with more pay
And your O.K.

Money, it's a gas
Grab that cash with both hands
And make a stash

New car, caviar, four star daydream
Think I'll buy me a football team

Lots of sites with mandatory periodic password changes won't let you pick a password that is "too similar" to a previous one. Do you run into that problem?

Awhile back, one of my systems kept rejecting attempts to change my password. The stated reason was unclear, but I suspect it was because it was "too similar". Ultimately, I used a pw that would have gotten my mouth washed with soap.

No, I used a novel new approach to acquiring information — I read the article.

Yes, it's much better if we let the earlier poster continue to propogate the notion that we have no rights unless we get them from Nancy Pelosi. That's a much better idea.

I'm comparing a solar panel in space with a solar panel on Earth

Fair enough. But then you also need to factor in the cost of either a night time power supply or energy storage capabilities.

Plus, since northern latitudes don't really get great sun a good percent of the year, you'll need a way to provide them with the added power they'll need.

and cloudy places, power during dust storms, or anything else that might obstruct the terrestrial panels.

I agree it's a *very* ambitious plan that may or may not be feasible, but you do need to make sure the results are the same (full 24/hr power) before making a true comparison.

Besides, have you ever seen a rocket? Not exactly green power!

you mean like the H2+O2=H2O rocket that powers the space shuttle and Delta IVs? Obviously the Shuttle SRB's aren't exactly green but quite a bit of the Shuttle's thrust is actually quite green. (or at least could be assuming solar power to produce the H2 & O2)

I wonder what percentage of slashdot readers *actually* didn't know about wearable computers. Probably less than 20%. The means of taking a gumstix, attaching a bluetooth twiddler, and a kopin eyepiece and looking like one of the Borg is pretty widespread knowledge. Or just mounting a smartphone on your waist and using it with a bluetooth keyboard and an audial interface.

Yeah, those caseless digits are annoying, aren't they ?

I stared out the window while I was studying to watch the cars drive and people walk.

Those of us who descended from the mammalian evolutionary tree, keep our bodies warmer than ambient temperatures.