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I'm guessing that they managed to coax the potatoes into maintaining their normal osmotic balance when watered with brackish water.
Wouldn't this lead to a build-up of salt in the soil itself? At some point, that's bound to cause problems... They don't call it "salting the earth" for nothing.
the only part their panels can replace is the upper layer (and only partially, as they don't seem to be counting paint).
You're assuming there would be paint.
FTFA: "The base contains power and data lines and is overlaid by the electronics strata that contains solar cells, LEDs and supercapacitors which would produce and store electricity while the LEDs would "paint" the surface with light."
I can't argue with most of what you said, I just thought I'd point that out.
You typed your zipcode into online submission form?
To be fair, that tells you when it will be overhead. You may still need to break out a compass with an inclinometer to find out where to actually expect it, and that can be a bit of work I suppose.
Of course, if you can get your bearings, you can make good estimations using nothing more than your own hands. Last time I tried (it's been a few years, come to think of it), I was able to estimate alt/az to within about 3-5 degrees... Not as good as many, but good enough for most things. Not everyone seems able to figure that out, though.
Who said I didn't? I was responding to your statement of them being equal, not to whom you voted for.
If you'd rather not lose any freedoms then I hope you found someone else to vote for.> I took your second quote to mean that you didn't read the whole comment that I posted. When I make politically loaded statement, I often have people only make it halfway through my comments before responding - that's one of the hazards of being a critic of Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Greens, and everyone else - you're always going to offend someone and have them jump on you before you can finish.
I see your Dr. Chu and raise you a Eric "pro war on drugs/pro gun control" Holder
You've got a point there. Gun control doesn't worry me too much, even if a lot of Democrats want it, they're not in a position to make it happen right now... The backlash would be too much, there is no way they'd push for it. The drug war thing does worry me a bit. I'm hopeful that Obama will push back against the DEA and raids on medical marijuana, and get Holder in line. There have still been raids, but it's a bit too early to say that it's business as usual. Give it a few months, and if that's still going on, I'll be pissed.
He's made some very good pledges about openness and anti-corruption measures, so now's the time for him to live up to them.
It may or may not be a token gesture, but it certainly makes me smile to read the White House's new Copyright Policy:
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