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Comment on FLYing by Overfull

Overfull — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:34:45 +0000

Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Overfull!

Comment on FLYing by in control « dilettante

in control « dilettante — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:38:49 +0000

[...] Wednesday 18 June 2008 I’ve been flying solo since my last babystep in the third week of May. But I’ll be decluttering for a while [...]

Comment on nuclear problems by Ken

Ken — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:07:42 +0000

At current prices and current reserves uranium may peak in 50 to 100 years. However, if you were to pay 10 times more for it (which would do little to increase the cost of power production) and actually start prospecting for it (whch hasn’t been done in earnest for 20 years or more) the uranium supply is much greater. If you were to use plutonium breed from U238, it is virtually endless. Then there is Thorium. This element can be breed to produce U233 which when utilized produces very little transuranic waste. It is more abundant than uranium, about the same concentration in the crust as lead or tin, and has the potential for a much higher burn up. We have tons of it sitting around in partially pure form all over the world. Add Thorium into the mix and I would say that nuclear has a much better staying power than the author suggest.

I wouldn’t post this under science, it has very little to do with science, could you move it to a religion section instead?

Comment on my first pomegranate by dilettante

dilettante — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:14:32 +0000

There is only one other fruit on the tree, and I’m not sure whether that is going to ripen. The tree is only three years old.

I’ll be there next Mon, Tue, and Wed. The other things I’ve got to swap out of the garden at the moment are some herbs, and red chilli.

Comment on Midnight and the MacBook by Midnight and the MacBook | The Macbook Blog

Midnight and the MacBook | The Macbook Blog — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:02:34 +0000

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Comment on you put your right paw out by Midnight and the MacBook « dilettante

Midnight and the MacBook « dilettante — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:49:32 +0000

[...] The MacBook does not appear to give out much heat, but perhaps it is more discernible to Midnight. But then again, she now has her Snooza Cuddler. [...]

Comment on my first pomegranate by Anil

Anil — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:47:43 +0000

if you want more than your tree can provide, there is a pomegranate tree here for you to raid next time you’re on campus.

Comment on April reads by Books and Magazines Blog » Archive » Jacqueline McNally: April reads

Books and Magazines Blog » Archive » Jacqueline McNally: April reads — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:13:27 +0000

[...] Jacqueline McNally: April reads Reviewing my reading for April, I think I was really demonstrating my eclectic taste or desperation for reading - anything. Between reading scholarly papers for my studies, fiction was often a welcome reprieve. Timeline by Michael Crichton was obtained from Nigel at Pizza With Attitude with the inte… [...]

Comment on Etch from scratch - Java by KeithB

KeithB — Mon, 26 May 2008 09:20:01 +0000

The molecule wiggling site works with java5, which is in the Etch repositories (non-free). Installing sun-java5-plugin is supposed to bring the jre5 with it (I installed sun-java5-jre first then found out about the plug-in).

Thanks for these notes.

Comment on the Jones by Alasdair Worsley

Alasdair Worsley — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:14:17 +0000

I have the sewing machine and box that goes with this….