Recent content by Juncar

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    US Navy successfully demos jet fuel made from seawater

    I guess you missed my point, I'm not arguing against nuclear powered vessels. Most of those vessels are military ships with a handful of civilian ships. They are very tightly controlled and cost a lot to run. You think we'll just start slapping nuclear reactors on ships willy nilly without over...
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    US Navy successfully demos jet fuel made from seawater

    Edit: You should just read the Navy press release Not sure if you realize the cost, but especially the politics against putting nuclear reactors on all kinds of ships.
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    US Navy successfully demos jet fuel made from seawater

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg :)
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    US Navy successfully demos jet fuel made from seawater

    Ok...I'd be interested in where you are getting that info from about the Navy boat. The rest is just ... While that's technically feasible, it sounds like it'll cost a lot for very little gain. I would say this is more for producing fuels for vehicles on the ships from nuclear power rather...
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    US Navy successfully demos jet fuel made from seawater

    Yea ok... If you can miniaturize nuclear reactors that produce enough energy to convert enough sea water to power diesel engines, why not just power it directly from the nuclear reactor. Not to mention I doubt the nuclear reactors would be cheap to build, maintain, and whether there is the...
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    US Navy successfully demos jet fuel made from seawater

    Its interesting how so many here are scientifically illiterate. I would go on a stretch to say that the battle group still needs logistic support to refuel the ships in it. Jet fuel would pale in comparison to the amount needed by the ships so I doubt this would change a lot. Unless they start...
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    The hardest languages to learn for an English speaker.

    Mandarin and Japanese do not have genders as well. This is why I found French very hard to learn with all the le and la additive to words (there is no iron clad rules for which words are which genders).
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    Looks like Mt. Gox is dead...

    I don't think Bitcoin will ever work in a real economy because of the fixed currency supply. Deflation never works well for many reasons. Also, I do not think fractional reserve banking works for Bitcoin because there is no central body to back it up.
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    Looks like Mt. Gox is dead...

    I think the problem for Bitcoin is that unlike the Internet, there are better and safer alternatives. There really is no sticking point to use Bitcoin over the currencies we currently have. We have no equivalent alternative to the Internet and its just too useful to not get on to it (Internet)...
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    Looks like Mt. Gox is dead...

    I think you're being delusional. These cryptocurrency do not work because real life implementation is never perfect. Not sure why people think its safe, when it is not. The only way to take advantage of the safety feature is to perform one-to-one transfer which has its own pitfalls. Using an...
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    would we put all the Chinese in camps if war broke out?

    Unfortunately, too true. There are a lot of people of Chinese descent that is not from China (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc.) Plus you'll have to separate the people from Mainland and people from Hong Kong or Taiwan. I have no confidence in the dumb government to handle anything this...
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    would we put all the Chinese in camps if war broke out?

    LOL, that would be one dumb government then. Also, posting in a thinly veiled racist thread.
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    Civilization 5 Brave New World

    ^ pretty much. I got Civ 5 the same day it came out and was massively disappointed. I've recently tried the new DLCs after getting the Humble Bundle deal and it still has a lot of problems. It feels like they took away lot of the control from the game. The AI diplomacy is still crap and it is...
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    [H]Titanfall just 6v6

    I don't mind unlocks for guns if the default guns are competitive. I found the vehicle unlocks in BF really annoying. For example, the jet unlock was just massive face palm. Your first unlock is the flares, which you get at 800 points iirc. Till then, you were really useless as a fighter pilot...
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    help me analyze the ethics of this situation

    Were you trying to take a component or the circuit board out? Might want to contact the seller first because sometimes you do get grey market stuff that the seller might not know. Again, contact them first and then see what happens after that.