Alright.
I guess its still a good idea I don't drink distilled water. I don't eat a massive amount.
I guess its still a good idea I don't drink distilled water. I don't eat a massive amount.
All you can say in this site's defence is that it, rather than reality, occupies the warped minds of some of the planet's most twisted people; gods know what they would get up to if it wasn't here. In these arguably insane times, any lessening or attenuation of madness is maybe something to be thankful for.
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What's wrong with distilled water?
Quote from: Felix on October 05, 2008, 10:11:42 PMQuote from: Kai on October 05, 2008, 09:38:37 PMQuote from: Felix on October 05, 2008, 08:11:57 PM
Huh. Okay, and I assume that includes storm drains too?
Output of storm drains is untreated, it is simply piped to the nearest stream or lake.
Right, so those storm pipes could possibly be used to generate power?
Especially if you designed a storm drain system that was meant to generate the most possible power.
Quote from: Felix on October 05, 2008, 08:38:21 PM
http://www.elementfour.com/
A device that extracts potable water from thin air.
I'm skeptical, myself. Anyone heard of these or seen them work?
Quote from: Felix on October 05, 2008, 08:11:57 PM
Huh. Okay, and I assume that includes storm drains too?
Quote from: Felix on October 05, 2008, 07:12:26 PMQuote from: Kai on October 05, 2008, 04:20:40 PMQuote from: East Coast Hustle on October 05, 2008, 02:11:10 PM
yeah, it's called "hydroelectric power".
Incidentally, I had an idea. I'm obviously no engineer, but what's stopping us from getting hydroelectric from certain city sewer systems?
Quote from: Cain on October 05, 2008, 04:27:07 PMQuote from: Vene on October 05, 2008, 02:05:56 PMQuote from: Iason Ouabache on October 05, 2008, 07:50:32 AMOh yeah, my college is ran by assholes who won't subscribe to Science or Nature. Never mind that we have sizable biology, biochemistry, and chemistry programs.Quote from: GA on October 05, 2008, 06:49:27 AMYou mean this paper?
Why don't newspapers ever link to the article in question, or even give its name?
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/322/5898/115
I can't read it since I don't have a subscription to Science magazine but you can probably see it since you are at a college.
Not even the library? We used to have a problem with Resnet not getting subscribed journals, but they fixed out the program by putting the library and resnet on the same system. It might be also worth checking sites like JSTOR to see if they have archived it at all.
Quote from: Vene on October 05, 2008, 02:05:56 PMQuote from: Iason Ouabache on October 05, 2008, 07:50:32 AMOh yeah, my college is ran by assholes who won't subscribe to Science or Nature. Never mind that we have sizable biology, biochemistry, and chemistry programs.Quote from: GA on October 05, 2008, 06:49:27 AMYou mean this paper?
Why don't newspapers ever link to the article in question, or even give its name?
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/322/5898/115
I can't read it since I don't have a subscription to Science magazine but you can probably see it since you are at a college.
Quote from: East Coast Hustle on October 05, 2008, 02:11:10 PM
yeah, it's called "hydroelectric power".
Quote from: Dr Goofy on October 04, 2008, 11:06:17 PMQuote from: LMNO on October 03, 2008, 06:02:48 PM
That was a cool piece of writing.
However, the title has now firmly locked into my mind that bit of Pabulum from "Godspell".
So I hate you.
Agreed a Cool peace of writing but what got stuck in my head was the theme song to Step by Step - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NpyGXErvpU
Quote from: Felix on October 04, 2008, 06:21:27 PM
So far, I've said or at least tried to say that every clean energy source is at least right now only part of the solution. Our energy is going to have to come from many sources. Noone wants to live in a nation that runs entirely on air power, for example. Many solutions at once is the key.
And yeah, lifestyle too. Not having people leave their computers on all night would help, for instance. Still, I'd argue that the economy and the environment would benefit from solar roofing in some areas. At very least it would reduce reliance on power companies.
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on October 03, 2008, 10:35:46 PMQuoteApplying Science to Alternative Medicine
from the New York Times (Registration Required)
More than 80 million adults in the United States are estimated to use some form of alternative medicine, from herbs and megavitamins to yoga and acupuncture. But while sweeping claims are made for these treatments, the scientific evidence for them often lags far behind: studies and clinical trials, when they exist at all, can be shoddy in design and too small to yield reliable insights.
Now the federal government is working hard to raise the standards of evidence, seeking to distinguish between what is effective, useless and harmful or even dangerous.
It's about fucking time!!! The FDA has been way too leinent on quackery for the last 7 years.Quote"The research has been making steady progress," said Dr. Josephine P. Briggs, director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a division of the National Institutes of Health. "It's reasonably new that rigorous methods are being used to study these health practices."
http://snipurl.com/40063
LOL! The CAM people actually do real research now? I'd love to see that.