Only thing you can do is create hydrogen as a fuel using vast solar arrays.. Unfortunately the fuel tanks would need to be 4x bigger, cooled, and instead of leaking, will explode. This may qualify as the dumbest question on slashdot I've seen.
Slush hydrogen solves some of these problems, the energy density is higher, the tanks can be smaller, but you still need cooling and added complexity.
History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of men...
Now I have to go home and play Guitar Hero
And lastly good luck breaking into my safe if I don't tell you where it is or what the combo is.
No problem. Just have a 3-year-old open it.
Clearly it was a minor typo, and he meant:
Depth to America!
Depth to America!
Depth to America!
close, but it's actually
Debt to America!
Debt to America!
Debt to America!
Before you get too caught up in your jingoism, do remember that the Obama administration had the guy who made the "Innocence of Muslims" movie thrown in jail through some trumped-up parole violation. (Apparently posting a video with a screen name is "using an alias" now.)
Even in the grand old United States, you only have "freedom" of speech until they figure out some other way to send you to jail.
Apparently, posting a video to YouTube under a screen name is a violation of his parole agreement to
a) not use the Internet
b) not use fictitious names.
I thought oh, Amazon is buying Texas. That should help with the sales tax issue
replying to undo accidental redundant moderation.
Wasn't one of those examples related to recipes? Have you ever tried to surf the web while cooking?
If you thought your keyboard was dirty now...
yes, all the time. I have a netbook that is my kitchen computer. I look up recipes, etc. It's not dirty, because I don't have it in the same part of the kitchen that I'm measuring ingredients in.
100% sounds efficient, but if you're set on electric heating then it's pretty lousy compared to an electric heat-pump. For example, I have an aircon at home that runs at about 400-500% efficiency for heating - not unusual these days. Admittedly, though, it's not so easy to fit as a light bulb, and not so bright either!
I've got a heat pump and it's much more affordable in the winter than electric heating. My wife's previous apartment was the bottom floor of a converted old house with electric radiant panels in the ceiling. It was a terrible design, because if you were right under them, you'd feel a bit of warmth, but they didn't heat the house at all (well, probably the upstairs neighbors). Her 2-room apartment had a $350 / month electric bill in the winter, and she kept her thermostat at 50F. Now, we live in a 6-room house with a heat pump, and our electric bill is about $160 in the winter, with the thermostat at 68F.
Will it blend?
Yeah, I think http://www.betterplace.com/ has the better idea. Swapping out a battery in just a few minutes is far superior to waiting 30 minutes for a charge.
I'd love to see Tesla working with those guys. The Tesla cars with the Better Place battery swap system would be great!
Nobody read Marooned Off Vesta? By tyhe end of the story and since it was written in 1938 I'd expect some of the water would have made it there....
One of the first "hard" sf stories I ever read.
PayPal is highly profitable. Even though Musk is no longer involved in the company, it helped to bankroll his future endeavors. SpaceX has the potential to be highly profitable, although its fortunes (at least initially) will be tied closely to the whims and political meanderings of NASA's budget.
According to TFA, SpaceX is _already_ profitable, with a backlog of orders.
The problem is that you have to support all of that equipment you just threw together all piecemeal-like. Do you have spare parts available? If no, how much does it cost to have them shipped overnight? Are they still available via retail channels or do you have to dredge through eBay? How much does it cost to purchase and store spare inventory? Do you have the equipment to test for failed components without the possibility of frying other equipment?
Those "Big Three" server companies charge more because of service and support so you don't have to worry as much about those things. RMA and forget. And yeah, I'm saying that with a straight face.
There are times where a company is small enough to where your tech has enough idle time to deal with a white box server. Other times, your techs are better utilized doing other work.
The Big 3 have the same problems. I've seen lots of IBM servers have failed RAID controller batteries, which IBM won't replace under warranty because they're "consumable", and won't replace for a fee because they aren't available anymore. On the other hand, installing a third-party part voids the warranty anyway.
I was recently asked by a client to 3D print some replacement parts for his pet duck.
But he balked when I gave him the bill.
worst... pun... evar...
Two can Live as Cheaply as One for Half as Long. -- Howard Kandel
