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by Nova Andromeda
2015-08-29 01:09pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Canadian Scientist Suspended for Protest Song
Replies: 12
Views: 2928

Canadian Scientist Suspended for Protest Song

Canadian Scientist Suspended for Protest Song NPR Link Youtube Link Scientist Who Wrote Protest Song About Canada's PM Is Put On Leave August 28, 2015 8:44 PM ET Bill Chappell Both the song and its video fit many people's idea of Canada: clever and smiling. But the man who wrote lyrics telling Canad...
by Nova Andromeda
2015-08-16 01:10pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Greek debt crisis [update: 3rd Bailout deal reached]
Replies: 498
Views: 71290

Re: Greek debt crisis [update: 3rd Bailout deal reached]

Will the IMF participate as Merkel says or is she blowing smoke without any idea of knowing? Reuters Merkel says she expects IMF to take part in Greek bailout REUTERS — 30 MINUTES AGO * Merkel says room for mild forms of Greek debt relief * She rejects suggestions Berlin wants "German Europe&qu...
by Nova Andromeda
2015-07-07 02:55pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Greek debt crisis [update: 3rd Bailout deal reached]
Replies: 498
Views: 71290

Re: Greek debt crisis thread [update: GR voted No to proposa

So why does the Troika and its groupies have such a raging hard-on for inflicting austerity on Greece? For the same reason every other bully pushes others around: Because they fucking can. :banghead: Perhaps you know that the Euro was introduced in Germany with the explicit statement from the polit...
by Nova Andromeda
2015-07-06 07:39pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Greek debt crisis [update: 3rd Bailout deal reached]
Replies: 498
Views: 71290

Re: Greek debt crisis thread [update: GR voted No to proposa

Shit son we only just paid off some debts from 1720 this year give us time! Sure, no problem. We offer a very attractive time loan at prime + 2% interest. We just need any old oligarch's signature (a good legitimacy veneer for our best rates). Oh, we'll also need some collateral such as ownership o...
by Nova Andromeda
2015-07-06 06:30pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Greek debt crisis [update: 3rd Bailout deal reached]
Replies: 498
Views: 71290

Re: Greece Has Made Tough Choices. Now It's the IMF's Turn.

Alexis Tsipras certainly has his work cut out for him, but I wish him the very best. I was surprised the Greek Finance minister resigned and I'd like to know the real reason behind it. Perhaps it's just a political move and he'll still guide policy?? In any event, Tsipras will now have to do two ver...
by Nova Andromeda
2015-06-28 10:27am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Greek debt crisis [update: 3rd Bailout deal reached]
Replies: 498
Views: 71290

Re: General Greek debt crisis thread

Probably not, but it wouldn't put all the problems on business. What business? What does Greece produce? What does it export? What is consumed domestically? You know full well what I meant, don't fucking pull this stupid stunt unless you really are of the opinion that Greece has no business whatsoe...
by Nova Andromeda
2015-06-28 12:21am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Greek debt crisis [update: 3rd Bailout deal reached]
Replies: 498
Views: 71290

Re: General Greek debt crisis thread

Do you or Thanas have reliable 'review articles' that cover this and have accurate #'s? It's hard to make heads or tails out of Google results as I can't be sure how accurate any of it is (i.e., I don't know whom to trust). I have read a lot of articles on the subject but no I have not been keeping...
by Nova Andromeda
2015-06-27 09:31pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Greek debt crisis [update: 3rd Bailout deal reached]
Replies: 498
Views: 71290

Re: General Greek debt crisis thread

Discussions on boosting business, etc. is a red herring as Greece is probably as fucked as the rest of us without massive social / governance changes. Greece's government is hideously inefficient and dysfunctional; Syriza, being both a socialist party and a completely inexperienced party, is active...
by Nova Andromeda
2015-06-27 06:49pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Greek debt crisis [update: 3rd Bailout deal reached]
Replies: 498
Views: 71290

Re: General Greek debt crisis thread

I see a lot of back and forth about if/whether/when Greece should pay. I see very little about the current state of Greek governance. Specifically, has Greece made serious progress in reforming its corruption and tax collection problems? As far as I can tell, Greek public assistance is somewhat off ...
by Nova Andromeda
2015-06-20 02:36pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Greek debt crisis [update: 3rd Bailout deal reached]
Replies: 498
Views: 71290

Re: Greece Has Made Tough Choices. Now It's the IMF's Turn.

Note: the following assumes Greece has made serious progress in reforming its tax collection, corruption problems, public assistance, etc. As far as I can tell, Greece has made these changes or is making real sustained progress in that direction (especially with the election of the new gov.). The EU...
by Nova Andromeda
2015-02-06 09:58am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Cop acquitted after bean-bagging 95 year old man to death
Replies: 54
Views: 6433

Re: Cop acquitted after bean-bagging 95 year old man to deat

Some random ideas: A. What if every cop that killed someone, no matter the reason or circumstance, was retired immediately. Perhaps given 6 months desk duty to find a new job and some reasonable amount of severance. The idea here is that a cops will hence forth be forced to choose between their curr...
by Nova Andromeda
2015-02-04 01:57pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler: ... We Will Ensure Net Neutrality
Replies: 2
Views: 1208

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler: ... We Will Ensure Net Neutrality

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler: This Is How We Will Ensure Net Neutrality After more than a decade of debate and a record-setting proceeding that attracted nearly 4 million public comments, the time to settle the Net Neutrality question has arrived. This week, I will circulate to the members of the Feder...
by Nova Andromeda
2015-01-30 01:22pm
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: To meet global warming objectives we must expand nuclear.
Replies: 68
Views: 14467

Re: To meet global warming objectives we must expand nuclear

When not a year ago I spoke to this forum about my belief that all this renewable thing is just a band aid meant to allow people to delude them self and others into thinking everything will be OK even without atomic energy and that we should resist it and instead focus on atomic power I was shouted...
by Nova Andromeda
2015-01-30 10:59am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Russian credit downgraded to Junk status by S&P
Replies: 24
Views: 4162

Re: Russian credit downgraded to Junk status by S&P

The difference between Canada and Russia is that Canada has a massive friendly trade partner right next door and good relations with China. Even with falling oil prices we still have lumber, copper, and diamonds (among other things) to export and with access to cheap loans we can use our lower doll...
by Nova Andromeda
2014-12-10 11:12am
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: new record for solar cells efficiency
Replies: 25
Views: 6298

Re: new record for solar cells efficiency

How much better is this than using tech derived from DVD\Blu-Ray discs to increase solar cell efficiency? I'm talking about that article Mr Friendly Guy posted a while ago that noone replied to. In the article it was mentioned that they used a Blu-Ray disc to increase solar cell efficiency by 22% t...
by Nova Andromeda
2014-12-09 11:09am
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: new record for solar cells efficiency
Replies: 25
Views: 6298

Re: new record for solar cells efficiency

In theory, you could use the heat by using the cooling cycle to drive some kind of steam turbine. That would increase energy output by a few percent. Actually, I have a much better idea along the same lines and you'd improve the total efficiency by quite lot in addition. One might even be able to c...
by Nova Andromeda
2014-12-09 10:57am
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: new record for solar cells efficiency
Replies: 25
Views: 6298

Re: new record for solar cells efficiency

hydrogen is a bugger to store since the atoms are so small it leaks through most things, and has other nasty effects like embrittlement of stainless steel. One trick I've been investigating is the use of hydrogen as a feedstock for making methane, which is easier to store. Although then you have to...
by Nova Andromeda
2014-12-09 10:52am
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: new record for solar cells efficiency
Replies: 25
Views: 6298

Re: new record for solar cells efficiency

If we sum the costs of this and the necessary mirrors (maybe a parabolic dish like they use with solar thermal?) would the total costs be comparable? We'd only need a solar cell covering a ~0.07m2 area if we use the 35m2 total sun light area figure from above. Last time I checked the cost of conven...
by Nova Andromeda
2014-12-08 02:06pm
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: new record for solar cells efficiency
Replies: 25
Views: 6298

Re: new record for solar cells efficiency

We are going to be told that this is useless junk because lol no storage. Can someone explain to me why cracking water into hydrogen and oxygen isn't a perfectly good way to store the energy? Is 18% efficiency not worth it? Are the costs too high (even assuming bulk manufacture?)? Here is a Solar E...
by Nova Andromeda
2014-12-08 12:36pm
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: new record for solar cells efficiency
Replies: 25
Views: 6298

Re: new record for solar cells efficiency

Actually the problem is it requires highly concentrated sunlight to work, according to the article it needs 508 times normal sunlight. The other issue is it's a quad junction cell, ain't easy to make and will always be far more expensive than conventional cells. We've actually had high efficiency m...
by Nova Andromeda
2014-12-08 11:56am
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: new record for solar cells efficiency
Replies: 25
Views: 6298

Re: new record for solar cells efficiency

We are going to be told that this is useless junk because lol no storage. Can someone explain to me why cracking water into hydrogen and oxygen isn't a perfectly good way to store the energy? Is 18% efficiency not worth it? Are the costs too high (even assuming bulk manufacture?)? Here is a Solar E...
by Nova Andromeda
2014-11-05 12:30pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: U.S. Midterm Elections
Replies: 86
Views: 10473

Re: U.S. Midterm Elections

Yeah I dunno how I'm going to vote when Feinstein is up for re-election. She's a fucking idiot...but it'd leave a bad taste in my mouth to vote GOP. I'll probably have to show up to the polling booth drunk. Or hope there's a viable Democratic contender... Please use the proper strategy. Vote for an...
by Nova Andromeda
2014-11-03 10:32am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: 12 sons expecting number 13
Replies: 27
Views: 5967

Re: 12 sons expecting number 13

Kateri, who “loves being pregnant,” has said that juggling such a huge family can be challenging at times This sentiment is now being selected for very heavily, because (in most of the world) the most significant determining factors for how many viable offspring a human has are now (a) how many kid...
by Nova Andromeda
2014-10-28 06:12pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Is China a military threat to the US?
Replies: 70
Views: 13186

Re: Is China a military threat to the US?

That goes double for China, which is still an export-based economy that is far more dependent on the buying power of the US consumer than vice versa. We should take care to characterize China as an entity that will act in its own best interests and not a Fu-Man-Chu mustachioed yellow menace capable...
by Nova Andromeda
2014-10-27 05:10pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Is China a military threat to the US?
Replies: 70
Views: 13186

Re: Is China a military threat to the US?

It's good to be prepared, but let's face it, if China ever did decide to attack the US, they would attack our infrastructure digitally and we're too busy waving around our carrier-sized F-35 inch dicks to notice that everyone can count the polyps on our exposed cybersecurity assholes and we're crou...