Posts by Paul Read
10 posts • joined Tuesday 14th October 2008 14:53 GMT
migration notification
not warned? I received many e-mails, even months ago foretelling the move.
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Re: LFTR's
Thorium rocks!
that video actually shows the edited highlights of the technology in 5 minutes, for the weak of attention-span.
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neodymium
efficient turbines require lightweight magnets requires Neodymium requires rare earth mining means a giant hole in Inner Mongolia, China results in all our monies are belong to them.
how green is the rare earth mine in Bāotóu? But that's OK, because it's over there, along with all our jobs.
Posted in Ten... Star Wars videogame classics
TIE Fighter turned me to the Dark Side
X-Wing was cool, but flying a TIE Fighter was an epiphany. It turned me to the Emperor's side. Long Live Palpatine (and his clones)
Posted in LucasArts Day of the Tentacle
TIE Fighter turned me to the Dark Side
and don't forget the epic Grim Fandango!
bloody spoilers
Moffat is a genius and 100% right in this case. Having said that, the BBC itself trails upcoming episodes so heavily and explicitly these days, it's almost worse. At least you can avoid fan spoilers. Trailers for the next epi are on during the end credits of the previous.
Posted in Jaguar hybrid supercar gets green light
details (devil in the)
Pay attention please. The emission figures for the production version will be higher than the twin-turbine concept because most of the 250 cars to be built will have a turbocharged 4-cylinder 1.6L petrol engine.
No brainer
Surprised this has taken so long; shipping containers have been used to house generators and water-pumps for fire supression for years.
responsibilities
The flightdeck of the future airliner will comprise of a computer, a pilot and a dog. The computer will fly the plane, the pilot will feed the dog and the dog will make sure the pilot doesn't try to fly the plane.
Seeing as the largest share of air accidents is caused by human error, I'd feel safer being flown by computer.
