el_munkie - Slashdot User

Comment The moon (Score 1) 508

by el_munkie on Monday June 28, 2010 @06:25PM (#32723714) Attached to: NASA Should Focus On Going To..

Getting matter out of Earth's atmosphere and gravity well is expensive and dangerous. If we were to mine the moon, we'd have an abundant source of raw materials to build ships that can go elsewhere while not having to engineer them to deal with an atmosphere or a significant gravity well. Additionally, the tunnels that would be a byproduct of mining operations could be made into living spaces, offering free shielding from radiation.

Comment Re:why not nuclear? (Score 2, Informative) 389

by el_munkie on Sunday May 16, 2010 @02:10AM (#32225254) Attached to: Obama Sends Nuclear Experts To Tackle BP Oil Spill

Methane is quite harmless in the absence of an oxidizer. As it is underwater.

Bill To Ban All Salt In Restaurant Cooking 794

Posted by timothy on Thursday March 11, 2010 @03:22PM from the too-stupid-to-live-as-long-as-possible dept.

lord_rotorooter writes "Felix Ortiz, D-Brooklyn, introduced a bill that would ruin restaurant food and baked goods as we know them. The measure (if passed) would ban the use of all forms of salt in the preparation and cooking of food for all restaurants or bakeries. While the use of too much salt can contribute to health problems, the complete banning of salt would have negative impacts on food chemistry. Not only does salt enhance flavor, it controls bacteria, slows yeast activity and strengthens dough by tightening gluten. Salt also inhibits the growth of microbes that spoil cheese."

Comment Re:So much for not sacrificing ideals for safety. (Score 1) 906

by el_munkie on Saturday January 24, 2009 @11:24PM (#26595183) Attached to: Obama Sides With Bush In Spy Case

A six-pack of domestic beer at the State Liquor store costs $14. Free healthcare, indeed.

Submission + - Ron Paul Delegates Locked Out of Straw Poll (abovetopsecret.com) 1

Submitted by TheSkepticGuy on Saturday September 01, 2007 @10:02PM

TheSkepticGuy writes: Several stories are emerging that Ron Paul is doing very well in Republican straw polls, but is being neglected by mainstream news. Now we find one group of Ron Paul delegates actually being locked out of a straw poll. "The Convention center opened at 9am and was supposed to allow delegates to vote until around 1pm. At 10 am the security gaurds locked the doors and stopped anyone from entering who did not have a pre printed pass." Video and first-person account at AboveTopSecret.com

Submission + - Ted Stevens' Home Raided

Submitted by el_munkie on Monday July 30, 2007 @07:15PM

el_munkie writes: It appears that the home of Senator Ted Stevens is in the process of being raided by the FBI and the IRS. According to the article, a remodeling project at Stevens' home and the involvement of Veco, an oil company, are the focus of the raid.

Submission + - New reactor to recycle nuclear waste

Submitted by w42w42 on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @11:53PM

w42w42 writes: This article details a $405-million DOE project to develop a process that can use what is now considered nuclear waste to generate electricity. It is supposed to "...transform nuclear leftovers into fuel for a new breed of reactors. The new reactor/fuel combo, GNEP officials say, could produce up to 100 times as much energy as conventional reactors and could generate 40 percent less waste"

Submission + - Non-digital computing theory from Rudy Rucker

Submitted by

destinyland

on Friday March 02, 2007 @02:15AM

destinyland writes: "Mathematician Rudy Rucker argues that any natural process can be regarded as a computation — which means "The digital thing is sort of a red herring." If one system can be "mapped" using another — since they share a recurring pattern — a universal computation is expressed in any number of systems, including living beings. Taking the idea to an extreme, he's explored the idea in a new science fiction book asking if existing patterns approximate ongoing patterns, could it generate partial predictions of the future?"

Submission + - Sealand For Sale

Submitted by coaxial on Thursday January 04, 2007 @07:17PM

coaxial writes: Everyone's favorite digital haven and nation of questionable legitimacy, Sealand is up for sale. (Link in Spanish only.) Technically you're not buying the countyr, but rather "custodianship" of the platform and all property within the "country". All of which can be yours for the low low price of 750 million euros.

Submission + - Conscientious Rejector?

Submitted by p0werhouse on Thursday January 04, 2007 @06:32PM

p0werhouse writes: First Lt. Ehren Watada, a 28-year-old Hawaii native, is the first commissioned officer in the U.S. to publicly refuse deployment to Iraq. He announced last June his decision not to deploy on the grounds the war is illegal. Lt. Watada was based at Fort Lewis, Washington, with the Army's 3rd (Stryker) Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. He has remained on base, thus avoiding charges of desertion. He does, however, face one count of "missing troop movement" and four counts of "conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman." If convicted, he faces up to six years in prison. Preliminary hearings are set for Thursday

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