They are shooting mud into the leak and, for the moment, the oil flow is stopped:
CNN.com Live
According to BP, the lack of flow shouldn't make anyone jump up and down just yet, but they are currently doing the Top Kill.
They are shooting mud into the leak and, for the moment, the oil flow is stopped:
CNN.com Live
According to BP, the lack of flow shouldn't make anyone jump up and down just yet, but they are currently doing the Top Kill.
Code://try //{ if (a) do { f( b); } while(1); else do { f(!b); } while(1); //}
Great news! Now they just need to figure out how to clean up that mess...
Code:#include <cmath> #include <complex> bool euler_flip(bool value) { return std::pow ( std::complex<float>(std::exp(1.0)), std::complex<float>(0, 1) * std::complex<float>(std::atan(1.0) *(1 << (value + 2))) ).real() < 0; }
The automobile should never have been made
available to the common man. It's destroying us
all for the sake of convenience.
Last edited by Cheeze-It; 05-26-2010 at 02:22 AM.
Staying away from General.
Oh give it a rest, Luddite.Originally Posted by ethic
Code:#include <cmath> #include <complex> bool euler_flip(bool value) { return std::pow ( std::complex<float>(std::exp(1.0)), std::complex<float>(0, 1) * std::complex<float>(std::atan(1.0) *(1 << (value + 2))) ).real() < 0; }
I just saw a commercial that said, "Chemistry is making theOh give it a rest, Luddite.
world a better place."
LOL
Staying away from General.
Knowledge is power, and power can be a very dangerous thing. Then again, it could very well "make the world a better place", too. All depends on how it's used, brother...
Code:#include <cmath> #include <complex> bool euler_flip(bool value) { return std::pow ( std::complex<float>(std::exp(1.0)), std::complex<float>(0, 1) * std::complex<float>(std::atan(1.0) *(1 << (value + 2))) ).real() < 0; }
Chlorofluorocarbon
'nuff said.
Staying away from General.
...which has since been replaced by safer alternatives. Need I say more?
Code:#include <cmath> #include <complex> bool euler_flip(bool value) { return std::pow ( std::complex<float>(std::exp(1.0)), std::complex<float>(0, 1) * std::complex<float>(std::atan(1.0) *(1 << (value + 2))) ).real() < 0; }
Safer or not; whatever alternatives that were developed
are still damaging to the planet. Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
still deplete ozone and contribute to global warming. Maybe
they're "better" than CFCs, but they're still detrimental to
the environment. So they're not, "making the world a
better place." They're just making it less bad than CFCs
were.
But it doesn't matter, because the CFC problem still exists
even though they've been phased out. CFC molecules can
take up to 30 years to reach the stratosphere; and the
Montreal Protocol was enacted in 1989. That means this
next decade CFCs will have their greatest impact on the
stratosphere.
Staying away from General.
2012 falls in the next decade.
What will you choose? Cannibalism or having your thumbs cut off? I haven't decided myself yet.
EDIT: BTW, lets leave thread tags for what they are meant...
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
Is there any other source? CNN Live shows the pipe still gushing oil to me, and all the most recent news articles I can find indicate that BP is still some time away from making a decision about the 'top kill' option.They are shooting mud into the leak and, for the moment, the oil flow is stopped:
CNN.com Live
They are currently planning to do the top kill.
BP’s ‘Top Kill’ Plan to Plug Oil Leak Awaiting CEO’s Approval - BusinessWeek
Chlorine-containing halokane propellants and coolants are BANNED in most countries. Nobody is using "hydrochlorofluorocarbons," they are just fluorocarbons, and they don't have the same effect.
That part is correct.But it doesn't matter, because the CFC problem still exists
even though they've been phased out. CFC molecules can
take up to 30 years to reach the stratosphere; and the
Montreal Protocol was enacted in 1989. That means this
next decade CFCs will have their greatest impact on the
stratosphere.
Code://try //{ if (a) do { f( b); } while(1); else do { f(!b); } while(1); //}
Well, there's that news article, and then there's what I see on the screen, which is a downtube pumping mud into the hole. It's an exploratory first pass but I'd call it "started."
Code://try //{ if (a) do { f( b); } while(1); else do { f(!b); } while(1); //}
Banned in "most countries" is irrelevant to the main point;
if it were even true. Which it isn't. Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
are still indeed in production and aren't schedule to be
phased out completely, according to the Montreal Protocol,
until 2030.
Here, you can apply for a licence to manufacture, import
or export them in Australia. Only $15,000
Ozone Depleting Substances - Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) controlled substances licences
And again, whether any replacement has the "same effect"
as chlorine or not is still irrelevant. The effect is still bad (even
without the Chlorine which is responsible for destroying the O3
molecules; putting anything into the air that doesn't belong
there isn't good)
Staying away from General.
