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I might be picking at a minor point, but this isn't strictly true. For the most part, and on large industrial production scales it is accurate. However, in some applications radioisotope thermoelectric generators produce electrical power directly, using the heat of the reactor's core to power...

I'm wary of Rogers since I dumped them - but for personal use, not business. Rogers has the charming habit of suspending your account without warning if you go over bandwidth usage levels which "adversely affect users in your local network segment" - which I can understand, although I think a...

I just got an HTC S640 through Telus. I do get a $90 bill every month (but I got a $75 one with the Razr) as I tend to "max out" my usage, so I spring for the biggest data package they have which includes unlimited email, IM, SMS, and web browsing for $45. It might be pricey, but I think I...

Going to just toss a few points in the mix Hydrogen is explosive. Hydrogen is only explosive in the prescence of an oxidizing agent. Keep it isolated and it is fine. Hydrogen is probably not much more dangerous to store than any other flammable gas. We have had propane powered vehicles -...

Mark me down as confused - what's this about sex? I think I'm doing this all wrong ... :p

I was going to post my standard answer of "I'll take any birthday because the only alternative I see to having them is being dead" - but Euipides got there first, kind of. Hope it was a good one :)

Back ... the bad news is that the Jays don't win a world series for another 82 years ...

Text: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/08/10/propane-fire.html Video: http://www.cbc.ca/clips/mov/fires-2explosion-081008.mov

I said "get to know her" not "lurk outside her apartment in a trench coat" :p As for the rest ... No, no, no! I strive to exorcise the demons of stereotyping either in how I perceive other people, or how I think people might perceive me ... actually I do my best not to worry about how people...

My reaction to that is: Date people, not packages of statistics. I've been involved with a fairly broad range of "types", all the way from 4'11' and about 90lbs, to 5'8" and 240, because I connected with the person not her age, height, weight, or socioeconomic profile. I have done the whole...

Please! As if women are monolithic consumer demographic group. They don't all want the same thing (although a fetish for short blue guys with high libidos and squeaky voices is probably a small one). Trust me, I'm quite aware of this because what I want/demand in a partner is a very narrow...

scouser1, I go one step farther and say that "success" isn't always what people think it is, either. If you're clear about what you believe is important, what you value, and are making progress along the lines of realizing those things, and maximizing those values, someone will view that as a...

Bull. Napoleon conquered most of Europe and only failed because he didn't realize how bloody minded the Russians were (they employed the tactic of "scorched Earth", burn your homes, fields, kill your livestock, and run away from the approaching French army, which has nothing so seize in terms...

I think the term you wanted was "closed", which means does it curve enough (through higher dimensions) that it meets itself. It would only be closed if there is enough mass in the universe to warp space it on itself over the extent of the entire universe. It will be a hot issue in about 60...

No wonder the Meese I've seen this year have been downright mellow ...

In the same vein: Skysails is a German firm that retrofits ships with large towing kite sails for similar fuel savings.

"About a year ago" is a long time in software and website development. Since FF is a free download, I'd recommend trying it out again to see if you can access the sites you need to. Since FF just released version 3.0, odds are good it will work for you. Alternatively, you can use FF and IE...

I'm not suggesting that Firefox would allow you to use IE7 effectively now. I'm suggesting you use Firefox 3.0 instead of IE7 :) However, Firefox should not interfere with IE7 except that the two of them might keep prompting you "do you want me to be your default web browser?" if you keep...

If you search Google for the term "Quicktime check scriptable object" you'll find references to it as an ActiveX control - adding those is often tricky and not always the safest idea. I went back to Mirage's website with IE7 and got the same message as you are describing. Have you added the...

I've never had any problem with Mirage's website, nor have I ever had the website request that I install any plug-ins, nor can I see there being any "rich media" that would need a plug-in. And - being somewhat paranoid - I have my system fairly well armored, so if they tried, my system would...