Comment Re:Yes it is. (Score 1) 421
I appreciate the spirit of your post but slashdot is no longer an independent blog/news site. Just because you're paranoid... doesn't mean XXXXXXX won't be modifying/moderating your post.
Comment Re:No problemo (Score 0) 69
Beans instead of fish? Have you adequately considered the effect of increased methane emissions from such a change? Also, household air quality!
Comment more like this plz (Score 1) 57
'nuff said, now that your DICE got limp and your TACO dropped.
Comment esc-y please! (Score 1) 506
This will be news when I can esc-y till I get the tab I wanted.
Comment Re:Out of context... (Score 1) 27
I thought it had a certain poetic ring to it but I can think like you.
Beer Drone Delivery Service For South African Music Festival 61
garymortimer writes "OppiKoppi music festival in South Africa plans to deliver beer to campers via flying robot."
All I want to know is, when is beer via flying robot distribution coming to a grocery store near me.
Fermi and Swift Observe Record-setting Gamma Ray Burst 107
symbolset writes "Phys.org shares a visual image of a 'shockingly bright' gamma ray burst observed April 27th, labelled GRB 130427A and subsequently observed by ground optical and radio telescopes. One gamma ray photon from the event measured 94 billion electron volts — three times the previous record. The burst lasted four hours and was observable for most of a day — another record. Typical duration of a gamma ray burst is from 10 milliseconds to a few minutes. Astronomers will now train optical telescopes on the spot searching for the supernova expected to have caused it — typically one is observed some few days after the burst. They expect to find one by the middle of May. The event occurred about 3.6 billion lightyears distant which is fairly close as gamma ray bursts go. Click on the GIF to view the actual burst."
Comment Re:Well... (Score 1) 414
No abdicating personal responsibility. The use of resources are precipitated by the choices you make. Make different choices!
Comment Re: SOCIALIZE! (Score 1) 351
Absolutely! The best service I've ever had is in a super rural area provided by a co-op. My parents who are serviced by Centurytel and less rural than I are still stuck with dialup or cellular.
Comment Re:Peak Oil (Score 1) 529
Wrong!
There isn't enough extra (non food producing) arable land to support biofuel production of more than a fraction of our current consumption. Studies have shown that it takes around 25% of the land producing biofuel just to fuel the tractor... not much better than draft animals, much worse when you figure that tractors don't make tractors. The embodied energy of creating and maintaining the tractor as well as processing the crop into fuel (something draft animals do on their own as well) puts this estimate at closer to 50% of the land. Check out these reports at The Sunshine Farm especially the report on Energy in Agriculture. The Land Institute / Sunshine Farm is pro-biofuel BTW, the scepticism is all mine.
One statistic states that if all the available cropland in the US was used to grow biodiesel it would only supply about half of our needs... not to mention a lack of something to eat.
Some folks are concerned enough to do something about it. I live next door to Dancing Rabbit an eco-village that recognizes the issues around peak oil. I'm not in total agreement about their choice of solutions, but they are trying.
--Chad Knepp
python -c 'import base64;print base64.decodestring("cHlnQGdhbGF0ZWEub3Jn")'
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The meat is rotten, but the booze is holding out. Computer translation of "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
