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vlad321 on 18 September 2008
Dogs Rule said:
vlad321 said:
Before we talk about this kid's age, what do his parents do? Many of my dad's colleagues help out their kids by putting their names on the paper, or outright do everything but give all the credit to them. This just reeks of such a scenario.

Do you think a parent would sign away a million or billion $ idea so their kid can get extra credit?

 

If the parent is already fine economically, as most professors are, yes, definetly. Also FYI, professors aren't in it for the money. I've seen enough of false research and breakthroughs going to the children while the parents actually worked it out to know not to take any of these just by what is said.

Even at the age of 12, the only thing Gauss had acreditted to him by that time was finding an easy way to sum up huge quantities of consecutive numbers.



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The Ghost of RubangB on 18 September 2008
NJ5 said:
senseinobaka said:
How did he solve the real problems of Solar Energy: Storage and AC conversion?

AC conversion is solved by inverters I believe.

Storage is not a solar energy problem... it's an energy problem. I don't think anyone proposes having an all-solar grid anyway.

Once we invent a giant grid of superbatteries that can handle both solar power and LIGHTNING, we can just make fields of it and cover it in solar panels and lightning rods and power the whole universe forever for free.

Let's not forget that a single thunderstorm worth of lightning can power the U.S. for 20 minutes, and that there are approximately 2,000 thunderstorms at any given moment worldwide.



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vlad321 on 18 September 2008
The Ghost of RubangB said:
NJ5 said:
senseinobaka said:
How did he solve the real problems of Solar Energy: Storage and AC conversion?

AC conversion is solved by inverters I believe.

Storage is not a solar energy problem... it's an energy problem. I don't think anyone proposes having an all-solar grid anyway.

Once we invent a giant grid of superbatteries that can handle both solar power and LIGHTNING, we can just make fields of it and cover it in solar panels and lightning rods and power the whole universe forever for free.

Let's not forget that a single thunderstorm worth of lightning can power the U.S. for 20 minutes, and that there are approximately 2,000 thunderstorms at any given moment worldwide.

 

Agreed, but then the same people who are for clean power and what not will whine and moan about the fact that we're covering some orchind and killing it by not giving it enough sunlight. Gerorge Carlin's "The Earth is Fine" bit always gets me, and it's so dunny cause it's all true.



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elgefe02 on 18 September 2008

When I was 12... A girl Kissed me.... I am not back yet from that trip.



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Tispower1 on 18 September 2008
megaman79 said:
Want to bet an oil company like BP or Mobil will buy the rights and then waste time for another 20 years maximising profit potential from dirty fuels?

 

Haha yeah! I hope he gets the patent first and doesnt sell it, otherwise that's what will happen!



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steven787 on 18 September 2008
vlad321 said:
The Ghost of RubangB said:
NJ5 said:
senseinobaka said:
How did he solve the real problems of Solar Energy: Storage and AC conversion?

AC conversion is solved by inverters I believe.

Storage is not a solar energy problem... it's an energy problem. I don't think anyone proposes having an all-solar grid anyway.

Once we invent a giant grid of superbatteries that can handle both solar power and LIGHTNING, we can just make fields of it and cover it in solar panels and lightning rods and power the whole universe forever for free.

Let's not forget that a single thunderstorm worth of lightning can power the U.S. for 20 minutes, and that there are approximately 2,000 thunderstorms at any given moment worldwide.

 

Agreed, but then the same people who are for clean power and what not will whine and moan about the fact that we're covering some orchind and killing it by not giving it enough sunlight. Gerorge Carlin's "The Earth is Fine" bit always gets me, and it's so dunny cause it's all true.

 

Dammit, I forgot about the poor orchids.



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SamuelRSmith on 18 September 2008
highwaystar101 said:

To be fair by the age of 12 I had already built two robots (one of them could walk ). And I have often thought that solar panels are criminally innefficient because they don't use as much surface area as could potentially be used.

This kid is just like me... except he is smart.

Edit: I once built a solar powered RC car, but it was crap

 

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akuma587 on 18 September 2008

Damn, we should elect this kid to be president.



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Kasz216 on 18 September 2008

I think the problem with Solar Power is that almost everyone had one of those Solar Powered Calculators that never seemed to work right. You'd all be taking a math test and you'd have to all hit it at a right angle to get it to work right.

Ahh man, I remember how funny it was when they started allowing you to use calculators on Math tests. One year they were completely illegal. The next... mandatory basically.



The Ghost of RubangB on 18 September 2008
vlad321 said:
The Ghost of RubangB said:
NJ5 said:
senseinobaka said:
How did he solve the real problems of Solar Energy: Storage and AC conversion?

AC conversion is solved by inverters I believe.

Storage is not a solar energy problem... it's an energy problem. I don't think anyone proposes having an all-solar grid anyway.

Once we invent a giant grid of superbatteries that can handle both solar power and LIGHTNING, we can just make fields of it and cover it in solar panels and lightning rods and power the whole universe forever for free.

Let's not forget that a single thunderstorm worth of lightning can power the U.S. for 20 minutes, and that there are approximately 2,000 thunderstorms at any given moment worldwide.

Agreed, but then the same people who are for clean power and what not will whine and moan about the fact that we're covering some orchind and killing it by not giving it enough sunlight. Gerorge Carlin's "The Earth is Fine" bit always gets me, and it's so dunny cause it's all true.

I'm for clean power and I'm for taking care of the environment.  I don't think these are contradictory positions.

We can cover just a tiny fraction of the Sahara Desert with solar panels and be fine.

I'm also a huge Carlin fan and love that bit too.



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