Putting the gene into an organism that can survive in a range of environments which make the process commercially viable was researched at a public university and is patented by Butamax. Apparently Gevo also has some relevant patent so they have something to fight about.
I really don't see the purpose in giving a mobile phone to a kid who cannot read
It's not unusual for a four year old to be able to read. Lots of kids who can't read can manipulate iOS or hell, even Windows with a multitouch display.
Technology in the classroom...all of it...it's just **tools to teach**
Oddly, writing is a technology, and paper is a technology, you put them together and you can convey knowledge. But if you put computers together with writing then you can convey knowledge much more cheaply, because one computer can present an entire library.
A new generation of script kiddies.
Some years ago on a flight to (or was it from?) Vegas I was unfortunate enough to be seated next to a 13 year old girl who explained to me how the tool she used to get free internet access via AOL worked.
Those who don't probably also don't have WiFi.
Many if not most ISP-provided home router/modems now include WiFi, and it is turned on by default.
I can sort-of-touch-type at 75 wpm with about 99% accuracy. I do need a sort of overview of the keyboard; I don't have to look down at it, but I need to be able to sort of see my hands and the keyboard down below the screen someplace. I started chatting online at 14. Now I'm in my thirties, but I had this skill by the time I was 20 or so.
My hands are massive and it hurts me to place them on the home keys, my fingers don't want to be that close together in that position. So I type with about three fingers on each hand most of the time, backspace with the right ring finger, special keys with the pinkies, space bar with the right thumb like normal, most of the time. But sometimes I'll use the left, a habit from using it for paging while mousing.
IOW you really don't necessarily need to learn touch typing, but it's going to take a fuck of a lot of typing to gain proficiency otherwise. I spent most of the time between about 13 and 17 in front of a keyboard.
I'm surprised there are so many people who modded up a fundamentally wrong post.
Which website did you think this was?
As crazy and wrong as this guy is, his claim isn't completely out of left field.
Wrong. His claim is completely out of left field because he just made this shit up. It's not without precedent, but that is a very different thing, not least because the assertion is that all automobiles will damage all ovaries.
We can already make Butanol, a 1:1 replacement for gasoline, via the ABE process. The feedstock is any organic material. But we can't actually buy any, because Gevo and Butamax (a holding company owned by BP and Dupont) are fighting over the patents — which should have failed the test for obviousness.
Why would this process wind up any different?
I like the idea, but the only batteries that have seriously long lives also are heavy and have slow charge/discharge. I don't think you could get very good performance out of a rig like that. It might be a nifty use of a microbus, though you'd have to upgrade the suspension and tires.
Although the Unimog is a nice utility vehicle you would want an older one with fully mechanical fuel injection and plenty of spare parts such as brake components, suspension parts and driveline parts if you are in North America.
You're going to want all of that for any vehicle anyway. After a few years of sitting in junkyards or on the side of the road, most of that is useless anyway due to rusting. And yeah, I'm not talking about fancy pants new 'mogs, I'm talking about classics like the 404.
If you really want bulletproof get an old Dodge Ram diesel. The older 6BT series Cummins had fully mechanical injection which means even if the battery is dead and the alternator doesn't work, the engine will still happily keep running. Mechanical injection also means if you have a dead battery you can pull or push start the engine.
Ah, but only the (IIRC) 1994-1998 (might be off a year on one or both ends) has a decent injection pump with one pump per cylinder. That's another advantage of the particular bosch jetronic system used on the OM617; it's not unique but it is unusual because it makes for an expensive injection pump and expensive rebuilds. The OM617 has only five cylinders, so it was less additional expense. If you've got an IP with two pumps and a rotor that's more or less three cylinders already, why not get rid of that rotor and add a couple more pumps?
IPs with less than one pump per cylinder wear out faster. And in particular, the diesel chevys and early diesel fords use the Stanadyne DB-2, which is crap. Pretty much guaranteed to go out around 200k on modern fuel, probably faster on WMO or WVO.
Manual vs automatic transmission is debatable depending on the engine fuel type and years made.
Not really. I like driving automatics just fine, but they are more prone to failure, period the end. In particular, they will not work in the event of complete electrical failure, which again is a non-negotiable point. Even if you have a gasser, you still want to be able to bump start for those times when your battery won't run the starter but will run the ignition.
If you are looking for an apocalypse ready vehicle you are better off building your own.
At least with a 'mog you have a chance of locating a donor vehicle.
Everything sold today is so full of electronic junk and emissions systems that they are unreliable without a tow truck and garage on hand.
And that's why the proper vehicle is something very old. I've fantasized about putting my OM617 into an old F100 and putting a duramax or TDI into my 300SD. Then I could get rid of my F250 with its ridiculous 7.3. I just don't need this much engine, though it's fun to be able to pass the land rover that's been fucking with me uphill on the right while hauling a load of firewood, it's not necessary.
OK, who gave Chevrolet modpoints?
no that's bullshit, in the 'enlightened society' everybody is a mindless drone
You're a mindless drone. All you've done is utilize pieces of other people's comments.
the gpl is proof of this,
Oh, this is an anti-GPL rant. I was wondering.
if it were a fully free license people would be able to do whatever they like with it
If you were smarter you would know that this is about freedom for users from tyranny of developers, not for developers to extend tyranny.
but because they know that different people have different viewpoints on such matters and that not everybody feels the same way they know they needed to make it a restrictive license
The GPL is the opposite of a restrictive license. It is a forcibly open license. Default copyright is a restrictive license. The GPL uses copyright to fight copyright.
until such time as everybody thinks alike and nobody would dare to think otherwise
Until nobody is dumb enough to think otherwise, actually. Because the people who think a license which permits abuse increases freedom are dumb.
you cannot give absolute freedom until everybody turns into an unthinking stupid drone without differences of opinion.
That's not freedom. And nobody is forcing you to use the GPL. You can write the software yourself. Oh, you can't? And you're just upset that you can't go against the wishes of the people who can? Nobody cares. Stop crying.
We are also talking about boats with a useful drug carrying capacity.
If they're cheap, then each one doesn't have to hold much. You clearly have no idea what these economies look like.
Ford tried some cars with Capstone turbines in 'em, but I haven't heard anything about that in a while. Problem is, turbine engines are delicate and finicky, not the kind of thing you want to be relying upon in the post-apocalypse.
God doesn't play dice. -- Albert Einstein
