Bob Morris @ Aug 3rd 2008 21:53 - Category: Unfiled ;
A Macbook Pro with a 17″ screen, 2.5 Ghz Core 2 Duo, and 4 gb of RAM is about $3,000. A similarly equipped HP Pavillion dv7t is $1400 or so.
That’s a huge price differential, especially when much of the hardware is near-identical.
Bob Morris @ Aug 3rd 2008 16:10 - Category: Unfiled Tags: fuel cells;
From Gas 2.0.
Scientists have attached an air-electrode to Goretex, a breathable fiber, that acts as both a fuel cell electrode and catalyst. This eliminates the need for platinum in fuel cells.
“The important point to stress is that the team has come up with an alternative fuel cell design that is more economical, more easily sourced, outlasts platinum cells and is just as effective.”
Bob Morris @ Aug 3rd 2008 12:28 - Category: Unfiled Tags: Gaza, Israel, Palestine;
In August, unarmed Palestinians, Israelis and internationals will sail directly to Gaza without going through Israeli territory or seeking permission from Israeli authorities. They include an 81-year-old Catholic nun, an 83-year-old Holocaust survivor, Palestinians from Gaza, 17 nationalities, four major religions and the international press (including Tony Blair’s journalist sister-in-law, Lauren Booth).
On Monday, August 4, 2008, the Free Gaza Movement publicly introduces its international team that will take volunteers from Cyprus to Gaza in popular solidarity with Palestinian human rights. From that day, any attempt to damage the project will be considered an act of aggression against a nonviolent international human rights mission.
A press conference will be held tomorrow, Monday Aug 4 and you can watch live streaming video coverage of it and the voyage at FreeGaza.org
PS Sue says, my dad made me promise, never stand in front of a man with a loaded gun.
Bob Morris @ Aug 3rd 2008 07:15 - Category: Immigrant rights ;
There’s over 20,000 of them in New York City alone, bringing bizarre food customs with them (french fries with gravy and cheese curds?), taking highly skilled jobs from Americans, artfully blending in with the populace. Oh the horror. If this peril is not stopped they might attempt to make curling a national sport here.
Yes, Canadians are everywhere. Yet, I’ve never heard of a immigration raid that rounded up Canadians and sent them back to frost land, have you? The reasons for this are obvious enough. Canadians for the most part work highly skilled jobs, and aren’t in factory settings where rounding them up is simpler. Plus, they share a common language with us and their appearance doesn’t stand out.
Thus, their social class and ethnicity makes it less likely they will be deported. Not that I want anyone deported. Funny isn’t it, that neocons and conservatives yell that money and ideas must be allowed to cross borders freely, but want to stop people from doing the same.
Bob Morris @ Aug 3rd 2008 00:59 - Category: Solar power ;
Space based solar power sends the earth to transmitters on earth via microwave. The sun in space shines 24/7 and is much more powerful.
Tip: Disinfo
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