If god didn't want us to know that she exists, or for that nature, know the nature of her ( Read more... )

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I want to talk to you about "being really excited about writing"

I want to distinguish it from two other things.  One thing is: really liking a book or story of something.  I do this all the time.  Like, I just read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" and I really dug it and got psyched about the book.  The other thing is being really excited ( Read more... )

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This is what I tend to read:

The Oil Drum This is the best site for discussion of all things related to the peak energy concept.  It's cool because nothing is off limits: the discussions are full of hippies, militia-type survivalists, petroleum engineers, investors, and even the odd global warming denialist.  There are many contributors and they ( Read more... )

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Name a job and there are people trying to figure out how more machine labor and "computation" could replace more human labor and thought.  If there are certain jobs in society which we (people) do not want mechanized, it is important that those priorities get addressed as quickly as ( Read more... )

In ten years I think every new car will be hybrid but comparably few will have large batteries like the Prius.

Hydraulic, pneumatic, and flywheel hybrids make a lot more sense if all you're trying to do is absorb mechanical energy from braking then put that energy back into the drivetrain, possibly only a few seconds later.  These technologies offer ( Read more... )

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