May I ask where you live? You don't need "sunny days" to power solar cells : diffuse radiation from the sky is more than enough to deliver a significant amount of the cell's nominal power. In southern Germany, diffuse radiation accounts for more than 50% of the total irradiance.
If you need AC in summer, you probably could do with solar panels on your roof. Sure, you'll need the grid for feed-in tariff and to avoid having to use batteries, but it doesn't mean it isn't worthwhile all year long.
Have you ever had consensual sex for exactly $0 and without any commitment? You usually want to spend some time with the lady first, which means icecream/restaurant/bar/theater/whatever.
In theory, there shouldn't be any difference between Wikileaks and these newspapers.
In practice, the media organizations have much less degree of freedom since they get a decent share of income from ads and are linked to the government to a certain amount (taxes, donations, political interests from redactors, friendships).
"Le Monde" used to be the French newspaper of record, but is now merely repeating what Reuters says minus the information that could hurt advertisers or the french government.
If Wikileaks releases confidential stuff about Total or BNP Paribas, you'd better read "Der Spiegel" or "El País" if you want to know more about it.
You have it backwards : nothing in physics is "provable correct".
A theory is only useful till it is proven incomplete or incorrect. If it holds a very long time, it is only "probably correct" or "correct enough for today".
The phenomenon that led scientists to develop the concept of dark matter could very well be hints that our theory of gravity is wrong/incomplete.
Facebook does know a lot of stuff about a lot of people, and I totally understand that it can piss the Slashdot crowd off.
BUT, Google knows a lot more stuff about a lot more people.
For example, Facebook knows which kind of Pizzas I prefer and which skateboard videos I like to share, but that's about it.
On the other hand, Google : - can read my e-mails - can look at my calendar - knows my bank account number - knows my address and my telephone number. Ditto my girlfriend's, my parents', my friends'. - knows what I buy on Ebay/Amazon (thanks to confirmation e-mails) - knows what I look for on the Internet - knows which RSS feeds I'd like to read, and which I actually read.
I'd like to see them display a big "WARNING" page next time I log in to one of their services, just so that they can explain me what exactly they're doing with my data, why I should care and why I could think I don't like it.
Until then, they're just being a bunch of hypocrites, and use this "Don't be evil" & "Oh noes! Facebook doesn't let you export your data" to maintain their monopoly on screwing with the world data.
Why does every single discussion about Apple on Slashdot has to be so polarized? Why don't you make any effort to understand why nerds could like Apple products?
I'm a nerd, and I like my Mac Mini because: * it doesn't consume much power * Lightroom/Photoshop work flawlessly * Portal/Counter Strike work * I have access to a yakuake-like terminal, and I can administrate my Linux servers with ssh+zsh+vim without having to install any third party app on my client. Last time I tried, cygwin & putty terminals on Windows were close to unusable in comparison. * I know how to build a computer from scratch, install any Linux flavor on it with virtual machines in order to be able to do all the above. Been there, done that, but sometimes I want to get things done instead of experimenting with yet another setup. * If I want to feel good, I go write some bug reports for Ubuntu or answer newbie questions on forums.
See? I suppose those points could be valuable for nerds, and I didn't mention any "ooooohh, shiny!" factor.
The decimal expansion of a rational number always either terminates after finitely many digits or begins to repeat the same finite sequence of digits over and over. Moreover, any repeating or terminating decimal represents a rational number. These statements hold true not just for base 10, but also for binary, hexadecimal, or any other integer base.
So that means 0.999999..... is rational. Which rational you ask? Why! 9/9:D
Finally, if you say 0.99999999..... is less than 1 : what is the difference between both? We know it's less than any positive epsilon (0.1, 0.01, or 0.00000.....00001). Which means it's nil. There's no place for a single mosquito fart between 0.999999... and 1.
You can install it as a local plugin for Firefox or as bash/ruby scripts on your computer. You only need to remember one strong master password, and forget about the rest.
You get something like this, depending on domains (no phishing!) & the length of your master password: +1xhTRy7T for ebay.com fRrL2nI7+ for amazon.com TYZyfI0u+ for facebook.com 3yL+WQBF7 for skype.com +KwIr4FId for delicious.com
Those big engines in ships are the most efficient machines humans have ever built in terms of work done for energy input.
I know what you mean, but your phrasing is incorrect. What about electrical motors? They have just a bit less than 100% efficiency, while your gigantic two-strokes engine top at 52% (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A4rtsil%C3%A4-Sulzer_RTA96-C).
You might want to compare work done for exergy input.
Moreover, "e-waste" are specific because even though e.g. mobiles & laptops all kinda look the same, they really are very different from one model to another and all require different processing. The quick & dirty solution is, as you pointed out, to send them to Asia/Africa.
Also, the problem is that life cycles of those products are much shorter than usual. A washing machine can last 30 years, but the last IPhone or DSLR generation is already considered to be junk by many. If you think the problem is bad now, wait a few more years!
Have you been to Cordoba? Have you seen the Mezquita?
I'm also an atheist, but the Great Mosque is easily one of the most beautiful buildings I've seen in my entire life. I find it more impressive/peaceful/beautiful than the Alhambra, Notre Dame, Chrysler Building, Golden Gate or any iconic piece of architecture. Pictures don't make it justice. (http://www.trucospc.info/public/monu/La%20Mezquita%20de%20Cordoba.jpg)
I don't believe in God, but the Mezquita is one of the only places I know where I could begin to understand faith.
By the way, please don't brag about your history knowledge, it's really not adequate : The Mezquita has been converted from an old Basilica. The old building hasn't been destroyed, and only the parts that didn't fit into the new building have been removed. The rest has been painted over and used as foundation for the mosque. Oh, and given the amount of churches in Spain, it's pretty hard to find a large area in the city center without any church!:)
Eventually, a big chunk of the Mosque has been destroyed after the Reconquista. You know what for? To build a freaking Cathedral in the middle! The result is a tasteless stain in this masterpiece. When Charles V saw the building, he said "You have destroyed something unique in the world in order to make something you could have build anywhere else".
Really, Cordoba isn't the worst example Muslim people could choose for a new piece of architecture.
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Off the top of my head, Germany has 18GWp worth of solar panels.
The panels deliver their nominal power about 1000h per year.
A typical German "AKW" has 1.4GW, and delivers it (pulled out of my ass) 6000h/year.
The power ratio is almost 13, but the energy ratio is a bit more than 2.
I'd be very interested in knowing why.
Also, how come it isn't dangerous for the probe to cross the rings at very high speed?
May I ask where you live?
You don't need "sunny days" to power solar cells : diffuse radiation from the sky is more than enough to deliver a significant amount of the cell's nominal power.
In southern Germany, diffuse radiation accounts for more than 50% of the total irradiance.
If you need AC in summer, you probably could do with solar panels on your roof. Sure, you'll need the grid for feed-in tariff and to avoid having to use batteries, but it doesn't mean it isn't worthwhile all year long.
Have you ever had consensual sex for exactly $0 and without any commitment?
You usually want to spend some time with the lady first, which means icecream/restaurant/bar/theater/whatever.
Happy to see at least one reader found this fail.
/I/propose/to/use/slashes/everywhere/to/make/posts/and/titles/more/readable/and/accurate/!/./
Wrong and not funny. Congrats!
a/b/c = a/(b*c)
a/(b/c) = (a*c)/b
Since when do Swiss banks or government care about where the money comes from?
Hypocrite assholes.
In theory, there shouldn't be any difference between Wikileaks and these newspapers.
In practice, the media organizations have much less degree of freedom since they get a decent share of income from ads and are linked to the government to a certain amount (taxes, donations, political interests from redactors, friendships).
"Le Monde" used to be the French newspaper of record, but is now merely repeating what Reuters says minus the information that could hurt advertisers or the french government.
If Wikileaks releases confidential stuff about Total or BNP Paribas, you'd better read "Der Spiegel" or "El País" if you want to know more about it.
Please note that there were no "Top Secret" cables that have been released by Wikileaks.
Anything really embarrassing for the US would probably be classified as such.
Where is the "+1 Informative/-1 loose != lose" mod when you need it?
Thanks for the explanation.
Does it have any impact if you only have 1 CPU? If you only launch apps from Gnome/KDE?
Would it help to use GNU screen?
You have it backwards : nothing in physics is "provable correct".
A theory is only useful till it is proven incomplete or incorrect. If it holds a very long time, it is only "probably correct" or "correct enough for today".
The phenomenon that led scientists to develop the concept of dark matter could very well be hints that our theory of gravity is wrong/incomplete.
Indeed.
As we all know, pi = 3.
While I'm sure my theory is correct, it doesn't quite fit for some calculations so I introduce a dark number.
Thanks to this dark number, I can approximate the perimeter of a circle!
Problem solved.
Fair question.
I just happen to like their services, and didn't find any better offer in terms of convenience and price.
Just like nuclear energy, I think I kinda need it now, but I'd be happy not to use it anymore.
I totally agree with what you say.
Facebook does know a lot of stuff about a lot of people, and I totally understand that it can piss the Slashdot crowd off.
BUT, Google knows a lot more stuff about a lot more people.
For example, Facebook knows which kind of Pizzas I prefer and which skateboard videos I like to share, but that's about it.
On the other hand, Google :
- can read my e-mails
- can look at my calendar
- knows my bank account number
- knows my address and my telephone number. Ditto my girlfriend's, my parents', my friends'.
- knows what I buy on Ebay/Amazon (thanks to confirmation e-mails)
- knows what I look for on the Internet
- knows which RSS feeds I'd like to read, and which I actually read.
I'd like to see them display a big "WARNING" page next time I log in to one of their services, just so that they can explain me what exactly they're doing with my data, why I should care and why I could think I don't like it.
Until then, they're just being a bunch of hypocrites, and use this "Don't be evil" & "Oh noes! Facebook doesn't let you export your data" to maintain their monopoly on screwing with the world data.
Why does every single discussion about Apple on Slashdot has to be so polarized?
Why don't you make any effort to understand why nerds could like Apple products?
I'm a nerd, and I like my Mac Mini because:
* it doesn't consume much power
* Lightroom/Photoshop work flawlessly
* Portal/Counter Strike work
* I have access to a yakuake-like terminal, and I can administrate my Linux servers with ssh+zsh+vim without having to install any third party app on my client. Last time I tried, cygwin & putty terminals on Windows were close to unusable in comparison.
* I know how to build a computer from scratch, install any Linux flavor on it with virtual machines in order to be able to do all the above. Been there, done that, but sometimes I want to get things done instead of experimenting with yet another setup.
* If I want to feel good, I go write some bug reports for Ubuntu or answer newbie questions on forums.
See? I suppose those points could be valuable for nerds, and I didn't mention any "ooooohh, shiny!" factor.
Wrong, wrong and wrong.
First off, you're not talking about sets, but separate finite numbers.
Then, infinity is neither rational nor irrational.
Then, all numbers that have "infinite repeating decimals" are rational. See : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_number
So that means 0.999999..... is rational. Which rational you ask? Why! 9/9 :D
Finally, if you say 0.99999999..... is less than 1 : what is the difference between both?
We know it's less than any positive epsilon (0.1, 0.01, or 0.00000.....00001).
Which means it's nil.
There's no place for a single mosquito fart between 0.999999... and 1.
You can always download the page on your USB key. If you're paranoid, try Tamper or Firebug to check that the website doesn't call home.
One very good solution is to use pwdhash:
https://www.pwdhash.com/
You can install it as a local plugin for Firefox or as bash/ruby scripts on your computer.
You only need to remember one strong master password, and forget about the rest.
You get something like this, depending on domains (no phishing!) & the length of your master password:
+1xhTRy7T for ebay.com
fRrL2nI7+ for amazon.com
TYZyfI0u+ for facebook.com
3yL+WQBF7 for skype.com
+KwIr4FId for delicious.com
Enjoy!
I know what you mean, but your phrasing is incorrect.
What about electrical motors?
They have just a bit less than 100% efficiency, while your gigantic two-strokes engine top at 52% (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A4rtsil%C3%A4-Sulzer_RTA96-C).
You might want to compare work done for exergy input.
Several football pitches are approximately as big as several American Football fields.
Rain Man.
True.
Moreover, "e-waste" are specific because even though e.g. mobiles & laptops all kinda look the same, they really are very different from one model to another and all require different processing.
The quick & dirty solution is, as you pointed out, to send them to Asia/Africa.
Also, the problem is that life cycles of those products are much shorter than usual.
A washing machine can last 30 years, but the last IPhone or DSLR generation is already considered to be junk by many.
If you think the problem is bad now, wait a few more years!
FAIL.
Have you been to Cordoba?
Have you seen the Mezquita?
I'm also an atheist, but the Great Mosque is easily one of the most beautiful buildings I've seen in my entire life.
I find it more impressive/peaceful/beautiful than the Alhambra, Notre Dame, Chrysler Building, Golden Gate or any iconic piece of architecture.
Pictures don't make it justice. (http://www.trucospc.info/public/monu/La%20Mezquita%20de%20Cordoba.jpg)
I don't believe in God, but the Mezquita is one of the only places I know where I could begin to understand faith.
By the way, please don't brag about your history knowledge, it's really not adequate : :)
The Mezquita has been converted from an old Basilica.
The old building hasn't been destroyed, and only the parts that didn't fit into the new building have been removed. The rest has been painted over and used as foundation for the mosque.
Oh, and given the amount of churches in Spain, it's pretty hard to find a large area in the city center without any church!
Eventually, a big chunk of the Mosque has been destroyed after the Reconquista. You know what for? To build a freaking Cathedral in the middle!
The result is a tasteless stain in this masterpiece.
When Charles V saw the building, he said "You have destroyed something unique in the world in order to make something you could have build anywhere else".
Really, Cordoba isn't the worst example Muslim people could choose for a new piece of architecture.