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A Fully Distributed Power Grid?
rleyton writes "There's an interesting and topical black-out article on an "internet inspired" hydrogen powered energy network. The premise is homes, cars, factories and offices store up hydrogen when energy is available, and supply it into the new energy network when it's not. Certainly an intriguing idea, with some interesting comments on future power management. Feasible in the next "three decades"? Perhaps."
OMFG have you seen the Halo 2 trailer it's like slow and it's telling you all the stuff you did in the first one then the music kicks in and and the chief comes out and gets a gun the earf is on fire and chief is like fuck this im jumping and HE JUMPS PUT OF TEH SPACESHIP with angels singing and he lands on the bad guys and that annoying ai lady is like GO GET EM TIGER! WILDCAT IS ON TEH SPOKE!!!~`1 and theres less polys but rawkin bumb mappings you can view this on a special MICROSOFT xbox disk that comes with EB games store.
I want nothing more than to do a nice, big, moist log of shit right into your mouth, sliding down your throat, and you FUCKING LOVING IT!
until the terrorists attack the plentiful hydrogen stores that are lying around everywhere...
then they will take down the power grid
-- Adam
Is it just me, or does this sound really Communist?
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first of all, P-O-S-T
I really would like some feedback on this, does this piss-off the /. crowd? Someone check my results as well --
I have come to the realization that smoking has it's advantages. In my office building, I think, on average, it takes a person 15 minutes to take a smoke break. That is five minutes to walk downstairs, a ten minute smoke, and another five to return to your cubicle. Some might argue that 15 is too much time, some argue it's probably too little. But I think it's a good round number indicating, at the least, the total amount of time not working.
So, 15 minutes = 1 smoke break.
Now every once in a while I go outside to warm up from the air-conditioning or to catch a few rays and I always see the same smokers puffing away. The question is, how many smoke breaks does the average smoker take per day? I think it's four. That's one morning, one mid-morning, one mid-afternoon, one late-afternoon. Is this too frequent? I have a gut feel it's fairly accurate.
So, average smoker 4 smoke breaks per day. Given that 15 minutes is equal to one smoke break, that means in a given day, a smoker reduces his or her work day by one hour!
So, the non-smoker has to work 1 hour longer, on average, per day, than the smoker.
To make things equitable, the following should be allowed by the non-smoker (assume 8-5 workday, 20 business-day month):
Daily basis: Leave at 4 PM everyday.
Weekly basis: Leave at 12:00 PM on Friday.
Monthly basis: 2.5 days of vacation accumulated.
Quarterly basis: 7.5 days of vacation accumulated.
Six-month: 15 days of vacation accumulated.
Yearly: 30 days of vacation accumulated (get December off!)
Saving it all up until retirement:
Retire 5 years early -- the rest is paid vacation!!!
Excuse me while I go take a smoke-break.
"This isn't a study in computer science, its a study in human behavior"
WELCOME to the humor training course. It is simple. I will hook these electrodes up to your nuts and shock you until you laugh. I know it will be difficult for you, but you will be a giggly schoolgirl by the time I am finished with you. Then you can advance to the sarchasm training course.