Re: Just wait a few billion years.
You're an Inhibitor aren't you.
Posts by Richard Wharram
1215 publicly visible posts • joined 7 Apr 2008
Revealing new pics of galactic princess Andromeda
Oracle 'fesses up: Java security flaws more than storm in teacup
The Oric-1 is 30
Star Trek saviour JJ Abrams joins the dark side: Star Wars VII
Panasonic: We'll save Earth by turning CO2 into booze
Friday 25th January 2013 19:29 GMT
Re: News flash from 25 years in the future...
No CO2 from cars is good though surely? What's the greenhouse effect of drinking booze? Beery-farts smell like the end of the world to me.
Also, I think the efficiency might need improving a touch to make this a cheap fuel for cars.
And farts for that matter.
Friday 25th January 2013 12:40 GMT
More likely...
More likely to produce methanol than ethanol at a guess.
My reasoning is that it current mainly produces formic acid. In humans formic acid is produced from the chain:
methanol -> formaldehyde -> formic acid
The reactions being triggered by the enzymes alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase respectively.
The chain for ethanol (non-tramp booze) is:
ethanol -> acetaldehyde -> acetic acid.
So from only my hazy memories of how hangovers work and why tramps go blind I deduce that it is more likely to produce meths than single malts.
Of course meths can run cars. There's a campaign for it somewhere. It's not a top tipple though.
Climate shocker: Carry on as we are until 2050, planet will be fine
Megaupload outed file-sharers to Feds months before Dotcom raid
Global mercury ban to hit electronics, plastics, power prices
Mega launches with mega FAIL
Monday 21st January 2013 10:53 GMT
Re: Hmm, this guy.
@AC
As I thought. He did DDoS Barrysworld in a hissy-fit as 155&Rising remembers here:
"And beating l33t professional hax0r www.kimble.org and his aimbot in ra2, only to have him nuke b0rk.co.uk's irc bouncer afterwards and throw dos attacks at Barrysworld for the next week or so in revenge. ph34r the hacker dog ;)"
My old Barrysworld chums will be full of stories of his great prickery.
Empire says ‘primitive’ Earth not ready for Death Star
Tuesday 15th January 2013 23:43 GMT 
Easily explained.
Because the galaxy is both a long long time ago AND far far away, a message sent via non-relativistic means then and there would reach us here here and now now.
Just requires some Force precognition to look into the future to know to send it.
(I can't believe I typed that to be honest.)
Amazon-bashed HMV calls in administrators, seeks buyer
Tuesday 15th January 2013 11:49 GMT
Browsing
The USP HMV had over supermarkets and the like was a large back-catalogue to browse through. Unfortunately that's been completely undermined by online retailers where you don't have to browse, you can search. From home.
A pincer movement of market developments has left HMV with nothing to offer.
Hey Lenovo, want to kill Apple? Look to Samsung hitman for tips
Apple appeals judge's decision to boot out its Moto patent suit
Brazilian slammer guards nab mobe-smuggling CAT
US patent office: Nice try Apple, but pinch-to-zoom is NOT a new invention
AFACT wants ushers to confront pirates
Judge: There'll be no US Samsung ban, BUT no new trial with Apple either
Search engines we have known ... before Google crushed them
Shh! Proxima Centauri can hear us!
'We are screwed!' Fonts eat a bullet in Microsoft security patch
Monday 17th December 2012 10:31 GMT
Re: If it gets rid of Arial and Times New Roman...
Arial is boring and was overused in the 90s. Get some imagination and pick something different :)
Personally I'd go for Ubuntu web-font for websites and Verdana for Windows but there's plenty of decent choices that don't make you look like a bank 20 years ago.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
