Why the bison was never domesticated...

Keynesian Ponzi scheme?

Well written, Dag. I think this site strikes the balance better than any other that I'm aware of. I don't comment a lot here but it's one of the few websites I visit multiple times a day (and probably much too often) and that's mostly because of the community involved here.

STRIKE!!!!

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It's back.
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I miss this video so much.


Sweet! Thanks Grim.

I miss this video so much.

These are actually getting pretty good. Seems like we'll eventually nail it. It'll take about 50 years longer than people thought it would but whaddya gonna do?

This is brilliant from start to finish. Why weren't there any teachers like this at my highschool?

Okay, this one's pretty damned good.

I don't know why I love this so much...

Oh that things were so simple...

>> ^FlowersInHisHair:

Are electric hand-dryers that rare in the US?


That infuriates me every time I go home. Paper towels are an idiotic way to dry your hands.

God I love this movie...

>> ^Reefie:

I was with the message for the first couple of minutes, but the final minute or so of the dialogue seemed to be suggesting "okay we screwed up with Earth, bugger it, let's find new planets".
Now I'm entirely for space exploration, getting to Mars, building a base on the Moon, baby steps in the grand scheme of exploring the universe, but necessary steps. However I would always put the priority of Earth first, would never abandon its well-being. We humans are nostalgic, and if we don't repair the damage we've done we'll forever be a lost species wandering from planet to planet, looking for places that are never quite the same as the Earth of textbooks (or should I say ebooks?) of old...
I guess what I'm saying is that this video could do with a bit more of a positive attitude towards fixing the problems we've created


What? I've watched this video 5 times and have no idea what you're talking about. I completely agree that space travel is no antidote to sustainability but there's nothing about this that implies we should abandon Earth. It merely states the fairly obvious fact that prosperity is a state of mind; one brought on by collective action rather than stagnation and depression. Exploration is the nature of our species and we could better address the little, petty problems we have here by imagining ourselves elsewhere than by pretending they have some crippling significance.

>> ^shole:

yea, these have been around for a while now; teraforma
It's a fun idea but it's not a replacement.
Ice doesn't absorb heat, so the drink stays the same temperature the entire time any ice exists, but the rock starts warming up immediately, slowly warming the drink with it.
The user has to choose if he wants to keep his drink cold or undiluted.
Also, cheap imitations give out dust, so get the real deal or check user reviews.


I think I get what you were going for here but this isn't strictly true. Ice does absorb heat and it does change temperature. It warms to 0 C and stays there as it melts - but the melt water warms from there. The stone on the other hand warms continuously up to room temperature but it will remain colder than the drink and never 'warm' it. The only real difference between the two is that the melted ice dilutes the drink and has an added heat capacity in the enthalpy of fusion required to change it from ice to liquid.

Yep, answering questions no one asked...