Posts by Martin Budden
2493 publicly visible posts • joined 27 Apr 2007
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Boffins: Dolphins call each other NAMES. Not RUDE ones!
Australia to world: Ploughman, dig our rare earths
MYSTERY of 19th-century DEAD WALRUS found in London graveyard
Boffins, Tunnel Tigers and Scotland's world-first power mountain
Re: Pumped Storage Stations are bloody impressive
There is a huuuuge hydro thingamy not very far from where I live: "sixteen major dams; seven power stations; a pumping station; and 225 kilometres (140 mi) of tunnels, pipelines and aqueducts"
http://www.snowyhydro.com.au/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_Mountains_Scheme
Apple KILLER decloaked? Google lovingly unboxes Nexus 7 Android 4.3 slablette
Where is my 4G googlephone?
I really wanted this announcement to be about a 4G Nexus 4. I get that flying cars are not easy to invent, but how come we *still* don't have a googlephone with 4G???
(yes I am aware of the Google editions of the S4 and the One overseas, but they are unavailable here in Australia)
100-metre asteroid 2013 NE19 zipped past Earth today
US Marine Corps misses target, finds and bombs Nemo
ARTICLES without comment boxes - Climate, CO2, Anything authored by L. Page...
deserts are by nature extremely dry
But (with one or two exceptions) not entirely dry: most deserts have *some* rainfall. Did you miss the bit in the article which clearly explains "In Australia, our native vegetation is superbly adapted to surviving in arid environments and it consequently uses water very efficiently"???
Articles with no comments
Feeling HORNY? RHINOCEROS INCEST project underway at Cincinnati Zoo
Only 1 in 5 Americans believe in pure evolution – and that's an upswing
Curiosity team: Massive collision may have killed Red Planet
How our shaken Reg Playmonaut survived a 113,000ft stratodangle
Google teases hush-hush Android event on July 24
Re: 4G Googlephone please!
Thanks Jordan. I've heard that those phones will also be released with vanilla Android in Australia in the coming months, but unfortunately I don't see the magical 1800MHz mentioned in your post, so we're still screwed unless the manufacturers decide to put a different chip in phones being shipped to Oz.... which seems very unlikely to me.
Lasers to carry 622 Mbps Earth-Moon link
Planet-busting British space bullet ready to bomb ice moon Europa
IQ test: 'Artificial intelligence system as smart as a four year-old'
Re: Start with lower goals
This is how to kill a fly WITH YOUR BARE HANDS!!!
1. wait for the fly to land somewhere convenient
2. put your hand in "ready to flick" mode (index finger bent with nail against pad of thumb)
3. slowly slide your hand along the surface that the fly is sitting on until the fly is just within range
4. FLICK
5. go squish the fly which is now lying stunned on the floor a couple of metres away.
Scientist seeks smartphone snappers to scrub satellite searches
Boffins want toilets to become POWER PLANTS
Re: Stop!
(I swear, it seems to me that The Reg is following the same path Slashdot, Reddit, Kuro5hin, and all the other forums follow - serious posts downvoted, only trivial jokes allowed, echo chamber in full effect, deviate from the hivemind and be flamed.)
Just like RL then ;-)
Must be that hoomin naycha thing I've heard about.
1.5 MW 'demonstrator' solar plant hits the grid
I like the basic design concept.
Solar panels are expensive, especially the high-efficiency ones, but mirrors are cheap. It therefore makes good sense to cover a large area with mirrors to direct lots of sunlight onto a small area of solar panels.
Also, it will be easy to swap in even better panels in the future (if a significant advance in efficiency is made) and keep the existing mirrors & trackers the same.
Elon Musk to release open source Hyperloop plans in August
New moon discovered around Neptune brings total to 14
Cubesats to go interplanetary with tiny plasma drives
No scientific consensus' on sea-level rise?
or perhaps not
...seas might rise in the coming century, which is perhaps the primary reason to be concerned about global warming...
Do you think so? It is possible for everyone to avoid swimming by moving to higher ground (in most cases that's only a very short distance away). On the other hand increasingly extreme weather events can hit anyone anywhere, and a change in climate would have a significant impact on agriculture.
El Reg Playmonaut soars to 113,000ft
Seven snazzy smartphones for seven sorts of shoppers
Tickle my balls, stroke my button and blow the fluff from my crack
DARPA uncloaks unTerminator for $2 million robotics challenge
JPL wants to fire a laser at MARS!
Upturned boat sails to Shed of the Year title
Re: Please help a Canuck out here...
I have an independent building out in the back garden. It is used for storage, and as a work space, and as a man's hideaway. It has three rooms: one for garden stuff, one is my brewery & cheesery, one is a workshop/garage with a 32-foot long workbench and an inspection pit and space for four (generally vintage) cars. It is constructed from brick with a metal roof. It is my shed.
'Clippy' coup felled by Microsoft twitterati
Ashes latest: Don't show Ozzies THIS perfect spin bowl science ... too late
US Congress proposal: National Park will be FOUND ON MOON
ARTICLE: Boffins blast briny boat balloon bid as 'gross waste of helium'
Re: ARTICLE: Boffins blast briny boat balloon bid as 'gross waste of helium'
Why you no comment section put on this, puzzled we are yes...
Why hasn't Lewis put a comments section on this article either: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/11/co2_greens_the_deserts/
Is he scared of us?
Also, why can't I start a new topic in these forums???
NASA outlines 2020 plans for Mars life search with Curiosity v2.0
LOHAN team girds loins, aims to take SPEARS to heaven again
Brits: Give us £1m and we'll build a crack ALIEN-HUNTING TEAM
Elon Musk's Grasshopper tops 300m, lands safely
Your own £19 Pocket Spacecraft could be FOUND ON THE MOON
Part of me is thinking Yay for shiny space stuff! Part of me is thinking Boo for moon litter! On balance I think the Yay part of me is winning.
Serious questions: How long do these things stay alive and transmitting after landing? Does it make a difference whether it lands upside-down on the moon (i.e. solar cells against the ground)?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
