Funny enough when I clicked the first gangnam video link I saw I got a message that I can't see it due to the GEMA not allowing me to see it in Germany. (however it wasn't the original, but some live recording - I think the original is available)
I seem to live in a country that's especially crappy when it comes to copyright issues...
Whic h is kind of sad, as I was about to jump on and try it out. Still there's nothing wrong with calorie restriction, as the monkeys in the study seemed to live healthier than the control group - and obesity is definitely a risk of dying unneccessary early. But it probably won't prolong your life as it does in rats and worms.
What's currently gaining a lot of attention in Germany is the technology to transform electricity into hydrogen or methane.
The advantage: It can be put into the natural gas grid which is already there with lots of storage facilities. It can take up to 5 percent hydrogen (and there are discussions if it could be much more with slight technology changes). Methane can be put into the grid in an unlimited amount.
The disadvantage: It's relatively expensive and inefficient.
Hi, I completely agree with what you wrote and I sometimes think it was the biggest mistake of the free culture movement to accept the cc licensing concept of restrictions.
However, I would go one step further: I'd like to free culture even more and reject any restrictions like (legally required) attribution and share-alike. The reason? I could name a couple, but my main one would be: The freedom to mix. If you have two licenses that anyone would consider free in terms of the four freedoms (e. g. FDL and cc-by-sa, or GPL2 + GPL3), it can still be forbidden to create something new out of two "free" things. I find that very non-free. Thus I mainly release under CC-zero (which is, for those who don't know, a legal text for public domain-alike licensing).
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Gangnam and region blocking (as Hanno)
I seem to live in a country that's especially crappy when it comes to copyright issues...
Calorie restriction likely doesn't prolong life (as Hanno)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/aug/29/calorie-restriction-ageing-monkey-study
Whic h is kind of sad, as I was about to jump on and try it out. Still there's nothing wrong with calorie restriction, as the monkeys in the study seemed to live healthier than the control group - and obesity is definitely a risk of dying unneccessary early. But it probably won't prolong your life as it does in rats and worms.
Love that Douglas Adams quote (as Hanno)
Although.. I'm already 31... Have to think which technology from the last 1,5 years I find introducing the end of civilization ;-)
Hydrogen and Methane (as Hanno)
The advantage: It can be put into the natural gas grid which is already there with lots of storage facilities. It can take up to 5 percent hydrogen (and there are discussions if it could be much more with slight technology changes). Methane can be put into the grid in an unlimited amount.
The disadvantage: It's relatively expensive and inefficient.
Enertrag, one of the companies engaged in it, has some english info:
https://www.enertrag.com/en/project-development/hybrid-power-plant.html
Agree, but addition (as Hanno)
However, I would go one step further: I'd like to free culture even more and reject any restrictions like (legally required) attribution and share-alike. The reason? I could name a couple, but my main one would be: The freedom to mix. If you have two licenses that anyone would consider free in terms of the four freedoms (e. g. FDL and cc-by-sa, or GPL2 + GPL3), it can still be forbidden to create something new out of two "free" things. I find that very non-free. Thus I mainly release under CC-zero (which is, for those who don't know, a legal text for public domain-alike licensing).