DrPhill
Having worked in some of these underdeveloped countries I know from experience the people there aspire to the living standards we have in the west. With the population we have on this planet that is just not possible.
I do not see how any Government will be able to or even want to...
To quote Dad's Army - We are DOOMED - DOOMED
No matter what we do in Europe and perhaps America the mega population centres of Asia and the Far east will be so far behind in adopting the technology that by they try the earth be completely screwed.
Too may people wanting too much of the...
I have seen that 11 billion estimate and it is only an estimate. Can the planet support that many ?? Perhaps if we make better use of the available land and all become vegetarians. But that of course implies there is enough fresh water for irrigation. Perhaps climate change will work in our...
Artie
Of course we can but I assuem that by we you are thinking about thye small percentage of the population who live the "1st world " countries. However the majority of the worlds population will strive to have the live style we have and so they should except that there are not the recources...
I totallt agree with RichardG.
Great for my turning tools - fast and accurate. A quich resharpen 2 or 3 seconds and it is done. You do not need more
Not so good for woodworking tools
There is this thing called the Fermi Paradox
The Fermi paradox, named after Italian-American physicist Enrico Fermi, is the apparent contradiction between the lack of evidence for extraterrestrial civilizations and various high estimates for their probability
There have been a lot of...
I have just moved my daughter to a new house. The Ikea furniture went down and up again with absolutely no problem as you would expect if done carefully. Ikea make very well designed products and not a scrap of glue anywhere. If the furniture had been traditionally built it would have been a...
Many years ago I used mercury diffusion pumps to create very high vaccums. One day a spill resulted in several Kg (or lbs as it was then) spilt on the floor. Not the easiest to gather until we poured liquid nitrogen over it and then picked up the now solid mercury.. Ah the good old days.
Startpaul
The critical thing to know is what do you want to use your computer for. I cannot see that in the above discussion but if it has been answered and you have sorted that out then OK you should be good to go.
Personally I would not touch Apple with a barge pole but that is just my...
Considering what the alternatives on TV are it was not that bad. It did bring back some memories of when we used to make things like that but it was not enough though to make us get the tools out again.. I
remember that casting was difficult and the smell of burnt cuttlefish. Enamelling was...
Dark matter by definition is extremely difficult to detect directly and so far all atempts have failed - that is not to say it is not out there.
At the moment something is needed to explain the rotational speed of stars in Galaxies and galaxies in galaxy clusters. These differences are well...
The correct answer at the moment is thought to be "on the tip of your nose and everywhere else" This can be difficult to think about but assuming the big bang theory is correct and it most likely is all the universe as we know it was once compressed into a infinately small space which has now...