IF ANYBODY should be on top of the world today, it is Amory Lovins. That is not just because the energy visionary makes his home on a mountain in Old Snowmass, Colorado. Rather, it is because today’s interrelated energy and climate difficulties have at last made the world see the importance of resource efficiency, energy [...]
Read more →This is how entire populations get starved to death. First move them off their land, making them dependent on the global economy, then if food prices spike, they die. In none of these places are the needs of local residents taken into account. In Ghana, BioFuel Africa wrested away land clearing and usage rights from [...]
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Read more →http://alumnit.ca/~apenwarr/log/?m=200809#08 They’re so big, there are likely to be problems on any given drive (56%) which is (the author notes) a big issue for RAID. Seems like exactly the sort of thing ZFS was designed to combat.
Read more →A direct drive 5 KWh electric motor carbon fiber lightweight 45 inch propeller gets the little airplane climbing at 500-600 feet per minute. The ElectraFlyer-C has a cruisng speed of 70 mph (112 kmph), a top speed of 144 kmph, and your flight time would be 1.5 to 2 hours. That is with the top [...]
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Read more →http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/08/207227&from=rss – fat statistical analysis on HIV http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/10/1849255&from=rss – webcams for remote diagnosis See supercomputer applications for the developing world for context.
Read more →http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/08/1643219&from=rss Talking about the psychological toll on the bot operators.
Read more →Books (then) Mayor Sarah Palin tried to remove from Wasilla library. When the librarian refused to ban the books, Palin tried to get her fired. This information is taken from the official minutes of the Wasilla Library Board. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle Annie on My Mind [...]
Read more →Consider: My niece was born in April (woohoo!) She was born on American soil. This means she’s American, and, adjusting for inflation, she can expect to be personally on the hook for more than $65,000 in federal debt the day she starts her first high school McJob at 14. … My niece was born into [...]
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