>> ^westy:

surely when building tall buildings would u not want a way to bring them down in a compact space personally i would design that into the building for safety , Imagen how much destruction buildings of this size would cause if they fell over sideways instead of right down.
For example WTC falling sideways would probably kill 2-3x more people than one falling right down.


Yeah but the extra energy added to propel that shit sideways would account for the extra harm done. If the structure just gives out its all coming straight down every time.

surely when building tall buildings would u not want a way to bring them down in a compact space personally i would design that into the building for safety , Imagen how much destruction buildings of this size would cause if they fell over sideways instead of right down.

For example WTC falling sideways would probably kill 2-3x more people than one falling right down.

Exactly. Deepak's argument is nothing more than a sound bite based on a flimsy premise. I think this guy exposed exactly how flimsy Chopra's premise is. Deepak should have worded his argument more carefully. It may not be as catchy and compact as his original argument, but hey, neither are life's complexities. Let him defend himself; don't do the job for him.

Why does anyone here want to give this 'new age' spirituality and alternative medicine pusher the benefit of the doubt anyway? Screw him. >> ^bcglorf:

The sad part is that the guy probably thinks he totally demolished his entire argument when he really just got a nice play on words in.
Deepak's argument was "all belief is a cover up for insecurity". If he doesn't really mean ALL belief, his argument is really just a nice play on words. So, I would say the speaker really did demolish the entire argument, since the entire argument was nothing more than a play on words itself.

The main problem all these blindly repeated "arguments" have is the fact that the answers to them require a literally mind boggling amount of time to occur. You see the explanation that a star came from a compaction of gases etc but to wrap your head around the idea that it took an unfathomably long amount of time and not *poof* is just to hard for the average (or even above average) mind to conceive of except in the vaguest of terms. The brain can't really grasp the sheer size of it, so they prefer the simpler explanation of a wish granting genie man taking 6 days (omnipotence only goes so far apparently) to put it all in order.

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Really?? La Mex, Garcias? Got pics?>> ^deathcow:

Sarah Palin held the door for us today at our favorite Mexican restaurant. She is more compact than I had assigned her mentally.

Sarah Palin held the door for us today at our favorite Mexican restaurant. She is more compact than I had assigned her mentally.

@Porksandwich @MarineGunrock

http://inhabitat.com/2010/11/15/amazing-brick-machine-rolls-out-roads-like-carpet/

Says the bricks are held together by gravity...as in the pattern along with the weight of the bricks above keeps them together. I'd like to see how you get that started. I assume they finish the end bits by hand.

It also looked like they were driving the thing over slag sand, which is ideal for any kind of paving job. It didn't look like the machine was dispensing and compacting the sand, but I'm sure it could. I can only hope they've got several inches of crushed stone under there as well.

The biggest advancement of this thing is the ergonomics...and given that the video is from the Netherlands, it's not surprising. I've studied some ergonomics and Northern Europe seems rather obsessed with the topic. Not hard to see why once you've done the hands and knees version of the paving job you see here or sat at a computer desk all day. Once you realize your labor is much more effective when they aren't physically broken for life at age 30, you can see the benefits of actually providing a comfortable work environment.

>> ^Porksandwich:

I've seen a few brick layers work while doing asphalt work off to the side. I was under the impression that a good brick design needs a layer of sand underneath and sand spread in between and over top of it to fill in voids. Where the sand in between is from the top and bottom layers of sand being shifted around as they place the bricks. Which doesn't appear to be happening here. So are there steps left out, or is this a "cheap" brick job versus someone who takes time to work the sand by hand to make them stable and last longer? And the machine loading and dropping like that is going to chip and break bricks more often as well...and cutting to fit patterns, etc is still manual.
Need more footage to see if this is an actual advancement or one of those machines that is trying to justify it's existence.

I know with asphalt the machine actually lays a better job than people can do by hand in the same time frame, but there's a lot of prep work to be ready for the machine and an hour or two of post work monitoring and rolling/compacting it when needed. Less time investment on the post work on highway jobs because they use low temperature material and it cools off much faster, and they tend to lay a lot of layers which cools off quicker because they aren't as thick.


I've laid a bit of brick in my time and I'm not sure one way or another if it's really an advancement. But I think the most important thing would be the surface you laid on. If it was sand/mortar/dirt that was also laid and leveled by machine then you'd get the job done in much less time. Having a level surface or adjusting the bricks one at time is probably the hardest part. You could then do the top layer of sand the old fashioned way. Pouring it on and sweeping off the excess doesn't take much time at all. As for the cuts. This is probably a pre-set pattern where the bricks are made to fit at the factory and sent out in the appropriate amounts.

It certainly is cool.

I've seen a few brick layers work while doing asphalt work off to the side. I was under the impression that a good brick design needs a layer of sand underneath and sand spread in between and over top of it to fill in voids. Where the sand in between is from the top and bottom layers of sand being shifted around as they place the bricks. Which doesn't appear to be happening here. So are there steps left out, or is this a "cheap" brick job versus someone who takes time to work the sand by hand to make them stable and last longer? And the machine loading and dropping like that is going to chip and break bricks more often as well...and cutting to fit patterns, etc is still manual.

Need more footage to see if this is an actual advancement or one of those machines that is trying to justify it's existence.


I know with asphalt the machine actually lays a better job than people can do by hand in the same time frame, but there's a lot of prep work to be ready for the machine and an hour or two of post work monitoring and rolling/compacting it when needed. Less time investment on the post work on highway jobs because they use low temperature material and it cools off much faster, and they tend to lay a lot of layers which cools off quicker because they aren't as thick.

That was incredible. They looked like a bunch of amateurs...

1. They should have assaulted from multiple angles
2. They should have distracted the gunman prior to gaining entry
3. They should have made entry *much* quicker and used surprise and VoA
4. They should learn how to use a sledgehammer properly (and not drop it inside!)
5. They should know you don't arm everyone on the team with full-sized M4s! Pistols and compact subguns are a much better option when storming very confined spaces (like buses, trains, aircraft, ships)
6. They need to improve their aim and practice throwing a lot more (on that note, why throw in a glowstick and not something like, I dunno, a flashbang?!)

That was such a poor display it would almost be funny if it was a training run. Unfortunately it wasn't and people lost their lives, which just makes it sad and frustrating.

Remind me never to go to the Philippines.

>> ^Yogi:

Why is a blood clot silly?


clot
–noun
1.a mass or lump.
2.a semisolid mass, as of coagulated blood.
3.a small compact group of individuals: a clot of sightseers massed at the entrance.
4. British Informal . blockhead, dolt, clod.


^ :>

CD discs? Sorry, I have to do this. "Hey Donna, I got me a compact CD disc in that thar digital video DVD disc player!"

Hey Net, I agree with you and am in pretty much the same area as you... I would like, however, to point out what runs your opponents' mindset. Fear. Now, remember, fear is natural and is even necessary to survival. We are running into the problem of a world with finate resources, and that world is getting ever smaller. America is losing its once mighty grip on the things we have had for so long we assumed we were entitled to the wealth.

Now, blame is thrown all around except back at those who hurried along the process to begin with (Voters and their demands for low taxes and high services... Humans and their undending need to consume, etcetera...) So, social security has been raided to pay, money borrowed, etcetera. The Oceans overfished. Dead zones. Farm land is being compacted... Our debt is soaring... And the piper has to be paid at some point.

We must realize all our blank checks were foolish. This cannot be blamed on the half-black president--though he is a reasonable target. This must be blamed on our grandparents and parents and so on and so forth. And of course--us! Most of our generation does not undersand why things happen the way they do and yet, they are all about fixes... Sad...

>> ^NetRunner:
@<A rel="nofollow" class=profilelink title="member since June 27th, 2008" href="http://videosift.com/member/Winstonfield_Pennypacker">Winstonfield_Pennypacker, @<A rel="nofollow" class=profilelink title="member since August 1st, 2008" href="http://videosift.com/member/GeeSussFreeK">GeeSussFreeK, if the President asks for something from someone, and they voluntarily agree to it, how is it some sort of breach of executive power? He didn't exert any legal authority at all.
For example, BP's own press release says they agreed to establish the fund.
Now, if you guys have some sort of actual evidence that BP was resistant until Obama threatened them, making this a coercive agreement, bring it forth.
Otherwise you're just making bullshit accusations based on your own misguided ideas of who Obama is, based on lies trumped up by the propaganda arms of the corporate overlords (i.e. conservative media) to make it seem like BP is some sort of victim in all this.

I'm waiting for a well priced and usable Windows 7 pad. Unfortunately most of the ones out right now really aren't up to scratch. Something like this would fit the bill quite nicely, but it doesn't come out until next year:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/asus-eee-pad-official-intel-culv-processors-windows-7-and-a-1/

Proprietary OS besides purely a Windows 7 overlay just isn't going to cut it. Just seems like an unnecessary hassle to have to learn an entirely new OS, and potentially buy software you already have on your desktop for it when familiarity is around the corner.

The iPhone's OS makes sense. It would be impractical to consider either attempting to run desktop applications or a desktop UI on such a small form factor. Hell, I'm considering getting one now that the older models can be found for very cheap. But when you're in 10" territory, inching (apologies) towards the lower end 13" laptops, there's really no excuse. Besides exploiting their Apps Store for revenue, and besides wanting to not encroach on their other product ranges that is.

Right now Apple is doing well because besides being a marketing and cultural behemoth it's tapped into a niche which previously barely existed, certainly not in the mainstream. Sure tablet PCs have existed for years but not relatively lightweight, compact and highly functional, or at least not all at the same time. I have no doubt when the other big manufacturers start rolling out their Windows 7 alternatives, assuming they get their touch interfaces right, the iPad as it is now, will be forgotten.

In the middle of this clip, the line "turn this record over..." makes me think about how significant an impact records had on culture. Records have been around for over 100 years, their popularity growing again now that the compact disc is emitting a death rattle. CDs have only be in existence for 30 years and they're on their way out already? Is this a trend? If so, what will it mean for digital files? What comes after digital files?

Are there songs out there today that make reference to the medium like Roy Brown did with "turn this record over?" And what would it be? "Listen to the next queued song before you run out of power, baby." "Push mah shuffle button harder!" Meh, it's not the same.