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You've got to remember, we're very early in the game....It is only recently that the real fighting back began, and court cases take time.

I expect we'll be seeing Rule 11 sanctions against them down the road....

A number of interests feel it is important to undermine confidence in science by teaching bogus controversies. Slashdot gets quite a bit of this in both submissions and comments. This one is so bogus that it is suprising it slipped through but you'll notice its is attracting its share of global warming is non-anthropogenic posts. Unltimately, this kind of thing teaches us to look more closely at the sources of information. The attempts to manipulate us through our skepicism will eventually be recognized as dishonest: http://mdsolar.blogspot.com/2007/01/your-opinion-c ould-be-paid-for-by.html.
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A number of interests feel it is important to undermine confidence in science by teaching bogus controversies. Slashdot gets quite a bit of this in both submissions and comments. This one is so bogus that it is suprising it slipped through but you'll notice its is attracting its share of global warming is non-anthropogenic posts. Unltimately, this kind of thing teaches us to look more closely at the sources of information. The attempts to manipulate us through our skepicism will eventually be recognized as dishonest: http://mdsolar.blogspot.com/2007/01/your-opinion-c ould-be-paid-for-by.html.
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There is, as far as I can tell, only one place in the world where GNOME is more popular than KDE, and that is, surprise surprise, on the Ubuntu Forums. Everywhere else, KDE appears to lead my a margin of roughly 2:1. In particular, it is a consistent winner of the LinuxQuestions Members Choice awards. It's also very popular on the desktops of European government, being used on 10.2% of desktops, compared to GNOME's 5.5% (see page 29).

It always saddens me to see the Big Distros rallying around GNOME and pouring funds into it as I've always viewed Open Source as a meritocracy, whereas the decision to back GNOME development is quite clearly not based on its merits (or at least, not its technical ones), nor even, clearly, on what the end users want. It also strikes me as a terrible waste of resources: GNOME's shaky technical base and general bureaucratic attitude means that even though money is thrown at it, nothing ever seems to get done, with GNOME's busiest days barely matching KDE's laziest, while the KDE team are completely shaking up the code and architecture of their massive code-base on a shoestring. A real shame, but - c'est la vie, I guess!

That is FUCKING GREAT!!!! http://renigade.blogspot.com/

Police officials still busy pursuing nerds while more harmful crimes such as "rapes" continue to rise in Sweden: http://fjordman.blogspot.com/2005/08/rape-charges- are-rapidly-increasing-in.html

Are these the right priorities?

Or, as the RIAA has itself expressed it, "when you fish with a driftnet you're going to catch some dolphins", see Capitol v. Foster and Lava v. Amurao amicus curiae briefs.

Or, as the RIAA has itself expressed it, "when you fish with a driftnet you're going to catch some dolphins", see Capitol v. Foster and Lava v. Amurao amicus curiae briefs.

See this comment at TFA which conjectures that RIAA offered to pay something to allow them to dismiss the case without prejudice and keep the deal secret. That lets the RIAA avoid the bad publicity and precedent that would result from losing a motion from the defendant to recover legal fees, and gives the defendant their money without further court battle, legal expense, and some uncertainty of winning.

That's what I get for learning about copyright here.

Since he's not copying disks, though, doesn't this mean he'd just be breaking a contract?

and hope he gets a good job at a reputable publication.

Almost the same thing happened to my local news paper when many key people at the paper quit over bias which was being pushed down from above by the paper's owner. It's been a long messy trail since then.

At the top of this http://www.ecobusinesslinks.com/solar_panels.htm price comparison list I found Aten Solar http://www.atensolar.com/14.html selling at $3.15/Watt for thin film solar (minimum 32 panel purchase). They provide a 20 year better than 80% warranty similar to standard silicon panels. This won't fit on your roof and cover you power usage, but if you have yard space, this might get you going right away and be less costly to mount. This is amourphous silicon technology.
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By installing a larger hot water tank, you can use solar thermal energy to heat your hot water. Some installations work reliably for long periods. They do contain moving parts though. The plant you link to needs scale to work because it is going for a high delta T to run a turbine. Because of scale they get to about 20% efficiency. With smaller delta T and smaller turbines it would be substantially less efficient.
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Since we are on the subject of IE, can someone tell me why Microsoft started hiding the menu bar and then only make it visible under the address bar!? I know that this is a hack to get it back to the right place, but I am interested what the human interface designers were thinking over there?

Sadly as the Month of Active X Bugs blog is illustrating this is true across all MS'Active X applications

Bucky Fuller wanted just this. I've linked to a site that is working on this issue here: http://mdsolar.blogspot.com/2007/03/coast-to-coast .html.
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Bucky Fuller wanted just this. I've linked to a site that is working on this issue here: http://mdsolar.blogspot.com/2007/03/coast-to-coast .html.
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I got interested in ammonia as a power storage medium after learning of a new (solar) process to produce it. See what you think: http://mdsolar.blogspot.com/2007/04/smelling-salts .html.

We can get a pretty large install base before storage becomes a big issue. When you do net metering, solar displaces peak load generation, often natural gas and has the effect of bringing electricity costs down since those expensive sources are not used so much. Going up to about 20% of the grid supply is not a big problem. It is when you start getting close to covering 50% of demand at peak that things get dicey. Then the base load power supply is shutting down and this is not what it was built to do. So, you'd like to shunt the renewable power that is "extra" into power storage to handle night time variable demand. But, at that point, you might not want to use PV, so there is a bit of a dilemma http://mdsolar.blogspot.com/2007/04/smelling-salts .html. But, by that time, if batteries for cars are getting broad deployment, they might be used as storage along with PV, getting a charge at work, then covering some nighttime use at home if employers are willing to supply charging facilities.

It is hard to find panels that cheap because the raw material supply is tight just now. As this clears up in the next couple years $3/Watt should be pretty common (delivered not installed). The other thing that has kept prices high is lack of industrial scale. You can look at page 20 of this report http://www.redrok.com/pvreport.pdf to see that a 500 MW production plant reduces costs by a factor of 4. One of at least two plants of this size going into the US this year is described here: http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/stor y?id=47621. As these crank up, you should see prices drop even farther. If you want to signup for renting panels from the other plant follow the links at http://mdsolar.blogspot.com/2007/01/slashdot-users -selling-solar.html.

Seantor Menendez of NJ has introduced legislation that would deal with the HOA situation with solar power http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/partner/s tory?id=47928. It has also been introduced in the house by Reps. Cardoza (CA) and Ferguson (NJ). Some states already have this kind of legislation so you might want to check to see if you are already covered.
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A typical home needs about a 5 kW peak system to cover its annual power use. At the surface of the Earth you get about a kW (peak) per square meter so at 15% efficiency you need about 33 square meters of panels. That's a little under 6 meters on a side. Granted, 5 kW does not cover your peak draw, but in 41 states and DC you can do net metering http://mdsolar.blogspot.com/2007/03/net-metering.h tml. So, having a really big yard is not needed unless you want to become a commercial power generator.

I kind of understand the attraction of space, but you can get ground based solar now for what you are already paying for electricity just by renting it so there is not any need to wait http://mdsolar.blogspot.com/2007/01/slashdot-users -selling-solar.html

A typical home needs about a 5 kW peak system to cover its annual power use. At the surface of the Earth you get about a kW (peak) per square meter so at 15% efficiency you need about 33 square meters of panels. That's a little under 6 meters on a side. Granted, 5 kW does not cover your peak draw, but in 41 states and DC you can do net metering http://mdsolar.blogspot.com/2007/03/net-metering.h tml. So, having a really big yard is not needed unless you want to become a commercial power generator.

I kind of understand the attraction of space, but you can get ground based solar now for what you are already paying for electricity just by renting it so there is not any need to wait http://mdsolar.blogspot.com/2007/01/slashdot-users -selling-solar.html

"Greenpeace has responded already, demanding more action, specifically, the products being green from the outset."

If you read your link, they say they want worldwide recycling, not just US recycling. This is not a new request, it was part of the original, and all manufacturers are asked the same.
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You're exactly right. Greenpeace has been asking for information and Apple has been refusing to provide it. Now, apparently Apple will provide information on what it is doing and what it plans to do. That was co-operative. At this point Apple can be ranked and its progress monitored so long as they keep to their new policy.
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Yes, but has Fake Steve Jobs posted a reply yet? That'll be the one worth reading.

It looks like you are using ps. ps on Linux can give misleading memory usage reports. Specifically, it counts the entire shared library against every process that loads it. For a program that loads shared libraries, like bash, this results in a significant memory allocation that isn't "real". If one copy of bash was the only program on the system, then bash would use 1 GB. However, 3 copies of bash, don't use 3 GB. They use much less. Additionally, if the same shared libraries used in bash are used in any other programs running on your system, and on Linux they probably are, then the total memory allocation falls further.

This website explains the problem better: http://virtualthreads.blogspot.com/2006/02/underst anding-memory-usage-on-linux.html

This is a well documented bug. I don't actually use a Mac, but likely the Mac O/S running bash exhibits the same behaviors as Linux.

LINK and LINK2 and LINK3 .

I personally kinda liked the guy at first...but, with these and some other issues I've started hearing, I think he merits closer investigation to see what this guy is all about.

Has anyone else heard about this speach in particular and how he supposedly really blew it due to dates of when what happened?

Portlanders (the Oregonian variety) have coughed up $50 cash to pay for shipment postal charges.
A game store, Rainy Day Games, discounts purchases for donation and accepts donations to be held for shipment.
My wife's Girrll Gamers group sewed their little fingers to the bone making dice bags and packaging sets of dice, as well as donating several pounds of dice, many, many miniatrues, and many books and games.
Details at the blog for Operation Dice Drop.

Well said. You inspired me.

http://theamazingrolo.blogspot.com/2007/03/wii-loo p-machine.html

Some are trying to find out.

..anyone else just print out this number to stick on their wall?

http://smallflowerscrackconcrete.blogspot.com/

http://09f911029d74e35bd84156c5635688c0.us/ Ah yes, capitalism at its finest. Read my rant too... http://rhyssleary.blogspot.com/2007/05/censorship- corporations-and-coercion.html

That sounds familiar. http://spetskod.blogspot.com/2007/04/learn-to-love -net.html

And Cory Doctorow received a C&D letter for the same thing. On the advice of his lawyer he caved. I think he should get a new lawyer!

Vista has the silliest bugs that has taken 4 months to fix. It goes withouth saying the kind of design thatgoes in http://cacheyourcash.blogspot.com/2007/04/refresh- or-io-problem-with-vista.html

Here.

* - May not be the real Steve Jobs. Contents may have settled in transit. Void if removed. Etc.

Capitol vs Foster: Again, really bad, so bad it seems the RIAA pissed off the judge with "questionable motives." You don't want the judge to use those words, they tend to be rather forgiving people. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/#Cap itol_v_Foster

SONY v. Merchant: My favorite of the bunch. Not only did they name a dead man as defendant, his lawyer wrote possibly the most hysterical letter I've read in a long while. The lawyer agreed to everything, securing the HDD, getting two experts, etc, but threatened the hell out of the RIAA, including pointing out they have no standing to practice law in California. Read it, it's great. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007 /03/model-letter-for-lawyers-representing.html

I can think of two more times off the top of my head where the RIAA had their cases dismissed with prejudice (means they couldn't provide near decent evidence, and are not allowed to bring suit again). That's at least 5 cases that have made the cable news networks. Ray Beckerman's blog is a good place to look. He defends people against the RIAA for a living, and is a pretty decent guy. A biased view to be sure, but a good place to start.

Capitol vs Foster: Again, really bad, so bad it seems the RIAA pissed off the judge with "questionable motives." You don't want the judge to use those words, they tend to be rather forgiving people. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/#Cap itol_v_Foster

SONY v. Merchant: My favorite of the bunch. Not only did they name a dead man as defendant, his lawyer wrote possibly the most hysterical letter I've read in a long while. The lawyer agreed to everything, securing the HDD, getting two experts, etc, but threatened the hell out of the RIAA, including pointing out they have no standing to practice law in California. Read it, it's great. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007 /03/model-letter-for-lawyers-representing.html

I can think of two more times off the top of my head where the RIAA had their cases dismissed with prejudice (means they couldn't provide near decent evidence, and are not allowed to bring suit again). That's at least 5 cases that have made the cable news networks. Ray Beckerman's blog is a good place to look. He defends people against the RIAA for a living, and is a pretty decent guy. A biased view to be sure, but a good place to start.

Capitol vs Foster: Again, really bad, so bad it seems the RIAA pissed off the judge with "questionable motives." You don't want the judge to use those words, they tend to be rather forgiving people. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/#Cap itol_v_Foster

SONY v. Merchant: My favorite of the bunch. Not only did they name a dead man as defendant, his lawyer wrote possibly the most hysterical letter I've read in a long while. The lawyer agreed to everything, securing the HDD, getting two experts, etc, but threatened the hell out of the RIAA, including pointing out they have no standing to practice law in California. Read it, it's great. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007 /03/model-letter-for-lawyers-representing.html

I can think of two more times off the top of my head where the RIAA had their cases dismissed with prejudice (means they couldn't provide near decent evidence, and are not allowed to bring suit again). That's at least 5 cases that have made the cable news networks. Ray Beckerman's blog is a good place to look. He defends people against the RIAA for a living, and is a pretty decent guy. A biased view to be sure, but a good place to start.

If you're a woman in Iran and wear lipstick, the religious police can very well wipe it off your face using cotton-swabs with blades in them. Yes, I've been to Iran; stayed there for a while, in fact. The Religious Police are a bunch of lawfully-sanctioned thugs set to enforce their hukm (will, law, power) on others.

I haven't been to the US, but this morality police you speak of, you were only being metaphorical weren't you.

1. Shorter battery life.

2. Load times

3. Dead pixel fiasco

4. Really limited games (no legacy library to pull from)

5. Big shiny screen, totally exposed for the scratching when put in a bag

6. Costs more than a DS

7. No homebrew, or not as well supported as GBA/DS homebrew

8. Lack of insight to use Pro memory stick slot for games [e.g. no need to spin up UMD], etc...

3. The UMD cartridge also does not protect the UMD disk nearly as well as it should. Last I checked, Sony was still refusing to acknowledge the problem of the cartridge's flimsiness. Here's my blog post on how to work around the most common UMD cartridge failure:

UMD Repair: Less Is More

In the United States, where most electric power comes from coal, a CFL will result in about 1/4 the mercury emissions of an incandescent bulb. This document from the Energystar program notes that the mercury emissions reduction is greater than the amount of Hg in the CFL bulb itself: http://tinyurl.com/2elryb (pdf)

So while it may be an issue to consider proper disposal of a broken (or whole) bulb, reducing overall mercury emissions in the environment probably outweighs the disadvantage of having some mercury in each bulb.

In shameless self-promotion, I also discuss some of the issues around CFLs on my blog:
http://moldybluecheesecurds.blogspot.com/search/la bel/compact%20fluorescent

I got 6 for $10 at Lowes and these turned out a little brighter than the last batch I bought. Seems to me a drop cloth would be a reasonable precaution if working over carpet. People from California have posted that CFLs are recycled there. Is that happening elsewhere?
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I sent in a bug report a while back that I could vote for my own submission on the firehose. This appears to have been fixed in a strange way:
In my most recent submission (yesterday on fascism, digg it ;-) the submission turned up in the firehose as already voted. Don't know if it was voted up or down though.
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Last Thursday we did a coolhunt on the standing of Steve Jobs on slashdot. . What we found is that while it seems that most people still think he is cool, there seems to be serious doubt about how much he knew about the options backdating. True coolness also means honesty and transparency!

Last Thursday we did a coolhunt on the standing of Steve Jobs on slashdot. . What we found is that while it seems that most people still think he is cool, there seems to be serious doubt about how much he knew about the options backdating. True coolness also means honesty and transparency!