Wow! Thanks, Schmawy!

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
*promote

Nah, you did good. I tried to look for a dupe, but siftbot let me down...

In reply to this comment by EDD:
Darn, I hate shooting good things down - this is a dupe of http://www.videosift.com/video/Vicious-Turtle-PWNS-Cats-Left-And-Right

Do you have recommendations for how I can get comfortable at mahalo?

I know what you mean.

In reply to this comment by arvana:
Thanks; likewise. I just haven't been hanging out much in comment-land as it's become a bit too fratboyish for my tastes lately.

In reply to this comment by oxdottir:
hi there. I still notice how many of the videos I like are yours...

In reply to this comment by arvana:
Fixed.

Long time no talk -- how's you?  *hugs*


In reply to this comment by oxdottir:
*dead
It's not just slow loading, I checked at the original tube url.

hi there. I still notice how many of the videos I like are yours...

In reply to this comment by arvana:
Fixed.

Long time no talk -- how's you?  *hugs*


In reply to this comment by oxdottir:
*dead
It's not just slow loading, I checked at the original tube url.

that was funny!

In reply to this comment by ashes2flames:
bi-polar bear

you could have discarded it, jonny. I went looking and found it too, but it would have been fine with me if you had axed it.

In reply to this comment by jonny:
yeah, it's a dupe: http://www.videosift.com/video/Break-Dance-Battle-Between-Two-Disabled-People

NO, this ones new. the skellies were 20s

In reply to this comment by swampgirl:
Thanks, it's hard to see those dates on those old things uh

In reply to this comment by oxdottir:
30s: http://www.videosift.com/video/Felix-the-Cat-neptune-Nonsense

In reply to this comment by swampgirl:
I love stuff for my 20s playlist, thanks Oxdottir. Now get me even older sifts!

30s: http://www.videosift.com/video/Felix-the-Cat-neptune-Nonsense

In reply to this comment by swampgirl:
I love stuff for my 20s playlist, thanks Oxdottir. Now get me even older sifts!

I sent him a response too. I suspect he still has it up. Forgive errors: am on bus and latency too great for tolerable error correction. Cheers!

In reply to this comment by gorgonheap:
Hey Oxi,
So I just sent a reply to the Cap about the Geek and Engineering channels and their respective domains. I don't really see it as a problem but perhaps a clarification of the video types we look for in our channels would be welcome if there is confusion. I'll draw the Venn diagram! Cheers!

To Cap:
Well the supreme authority of what Geek means (Miriam Webster dictionary:) 1: a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken, bat or snake 2: a person often of an intellectual bent who is disliked 3: an enthusiast or expert especially in a technological field or activity". There is quite an overlap between the two channels.

engineering covers a wide range (computers, mechanics, architecture.) And Geek covers many overlapping fields (computers, mechanics, LARP fest.) I'll talk to the pastry looking owner of sifts newest channel.

Regards!

Well, I think the trolly problem is perfect for engineering. It's specifically addressed in engineering ethics. People are happier to use technology to kill. It's technology relevant. It's a moral dilemma, but one with a technological context. To me, that's one of the points of it being harder to push a person that a button. But it's your video, and I wouldn't overrule you. (I never took anything out of any channel so I could put it in engineering, but there was plenty of room in the trolly video).

I have a special button to throw things OUT of my channel, but none to put it in that I know of.

All those sound engineering relevant to me. I just got tired of puting htings in...

And thanks for the congrat.


In reply to this comment by jonny:
In reply to this comment by oxdottir:
*engineering

I took the trolley problem vid out of engineering since it doesn't really have any engineering connection. There's not even supposed to be one on the train. Seriously, though, it's a moral dilemma question in the context of a psychology experiment.

I've added some others though - the killacycle vid, the Kurzweil TED talk, and the space shuttle take-off. Obviously, if they don't belong, go ahead and knock them out.

There's a few others I wasn't sure about:

Coyote definitely knows the agony of engineering
Pinky's discussion of Edison and AC (engineering ethics?)
cool software engineering in the SIGGRAPH clip

Oh, and I think there's supposed to be a special button for channel owners to include/exclude vids from their channel, without having to use an invocation.

Congrats on the diamond and your new channel! It definitely fills the void left when the tech collective went away.

He was a pretty great guy. I suspect you would like him. He was all about doing what needed to be done and not whining about it. he served in the army before the heyday of vietnam.


In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
I meant to ask you if you'd care to write a better description for that video.
P.S. You must be very proud!

Thanks for inspecting my pqueue. And I love your avatar kitty's changing wardrobe.

Thanks for the vote. Personally, I always find it a bittersweet experience to find a video already here. I mean, it means I have to look more, but then, at least for once my taste wasn't diametrically opposed to that of the other sifters...

In reply to this comment by E_Nygma:
just tried to sift this myself

Sure, there are batteries, but batteries on that scale aren't really practical, and batteries are very inefficient storage mechanisms for energy.
There are other mechanisms for storing energy: for instance, Norwegians pump water to a great height and then effectively use hydrogeneration to produce the energy when required. This again is very inefficient.

But sure, I think this is simplified. I think they probably meant something like, "over demand for energy would cause a crash unless a surplus could be guaranteed via production or storage, but storage is economically infeasible given current resources.

Is that a good enough answer? I have to admit this isn't my field, but I think I have it right here.

In reply to this comment by rembar:
Hey Oxdottir, I know you're an engineer, so I was wondering what you think of this video. I'm curious as to why the video would say that over-production of energy would necessarily cause a crash of the distributed system. Aren't there ways to create power regulation and ways to store energy to prevent this from happening?