I appreciate the spirit of your post but slashdot is no longer an independent blog/news site. Just because you're paranoid... doesn't mean XXXXXXX won't be modifying/moderating your post.
Absolutely! The best service I've ever had is in a super rural area provided by a co-op. My parents who are serviced by Centurytel and less rural than I are still stuck with dialup or cellular.
There isn't enough extra (non food producing) arable land to support
biofuel production of more than a fraction of our current consumption.
Studies have shown that it takes around 25% of the land producing
biofuel just to fuel the tractor... not much better than draft
animals, much worse when you figure that tractors don't make tractors.
The embodied energy of creating and maintaining the tractor as well as
processing the crop into fuel (something draft animals do on their own
as well) puts this estimate at closer to 50% of the land. Check out
these reports at The
Sunshine Farm especially the report on Energy
in Agriculture. The Land Institute / Sunshine Farm is pro-biofuel
BTW, the scepticism is all mine.
One
statistic states that if all the available cropland in the US was
used to grow biodiesel it would only supply about half of our
needs... not to mention a lack of something to eat.
Some folks are concerned enough to do something about it. I live next
door to Dancing Rabbit an
eco-village that recognizes the issues around peak oil. I'm not in
total agreement about their choice of solutions, but they are trying.
--
Chad Knepp
python -c 'import base64;print base64.decodestring("cHlnQGdhbGF0ZWEub3Jn")'
I don't but that. We are talking about a home network here. Server isolation is not really an option. Besides which if your firewall is lossy than so is your server. I'd trust <a href="http://openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a> to do both of those any day... way more than Linksys anyway.
Lwn.net has had articles about cdrecord for two weeks in a row.
The first being about the development of cdrecord
and the role GNU/Linux distributers (Red Hat, et. al.) play in adding dvd capabilities. The
second is about alternatives to cdrecord.
In case you happen to live under a rock somewhere lwn.net is possibly the best Linux/FOSS news
source on the net.
Yes, studies of ethanol production have calculated an energy return
ratio of somewhere between.7-1.8 to 1. This does not mean that
production of biofuels are unfeasible even if current agricultural
practices and methods of extraction are used. The production of
vegetable oil (a precursor to bio-diesel) can have an energy return
ratio higher than 4 to 1. Look at this
study about biofuel production and page 3 of the accompanying pdf
showing comparative energy
sources.
WTF: the artwork is the #2 issue about OpenBSD? How the fuck did this get to where it is? Come on people, this is an OPERATING SYSTEM, not an advanced form of cosmetology (sp?). Besides, I think the cat/fishbowl thing rocks regardless.
Yes, I'm a bit curious as to the state of SMP on FreeBSD boxe(n/s). I'm somewhat aware/experienced with OpenBSD's non-SMP kernel and wondered to what level FreeBSD supports SMP.
Slashdot Mirror
I appreciate the spirit of your post but slashdot is no longer an independent blog/news site. Just because you're paranoid... doesn't mean XXXXXXX won't be modifying/moderating your post.
Beans instead of fish? Have you adequately considered the effect of increased methane emissions from such a change? Also, household air quality!
'nuff said, now that your DICE got limp and your TACO dropped.
This will be news when I can esc-y till I get the tab I wanted.
I thought it had a certain poetic ring to it but I can think like you.
No abdicating personal responsibility. The use of resources are precipitated by the choices you make. Make different choices!
Absolutely! The best service I've ever had is in a super rural area provided by a co-op. My parents who are serviced by Centurytel and less rural than I are still stuck with dialup or cellular.
Wrong!
There isn't enough extra (non food producing) arable land to support biofuel production of more than a fraction of our current consumption. Studies have shown that it takes around 25% of the land producing biofuel just to fuel the tractor... not much better than draft animals, much worse when you figure that tractors don't make tractors. The embodied energy of creating and maintaining the tractor as well as processing the crop into fuel (something draft animals do on their own as well) puts this estimate at closer to 50% of the land. Check out these reports at The Sunshine Farm especially the report on Energy in Agriculture. The Land Institute / Sunshine Farm is pro-biofuel BTW, the scepticism is all mine.
One statistic states that if all the available cropland in the US was used to grow biodiesel it would only supply about half of our needs... not to mention a lack of something to eat.
Some folks are concerned enough to do something about it. I live next door to Dancing Rabbit an eco-village that recognizes the issues around peak oil. I'm not in total agreement about their choice of solutions, but they are trying.
--Chad Knepp
python -c 'import base64;print base64.decodestring("cHlnQGdhbGF0ZWEub3Jn")'
Wow! I didn't know so may folks were 'Jackson Pollack' type artists... I just thought they were shitty coders.
...and variants (moria, nethack, *angband)? 'nuff said.
Right on brotha'. If you don't believe him, I have three for sale.
I don't but that. We are talking about a home network here. Server isolation
is not really an option. Besides which if your firewall is lossy than so is your
server. I'd trust <a href="http://openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a> to do both of
those any day... way more than Linksys anyway.
Yeah, we better start cutting down trees now! I'm sure they slow down the wind and affect weather patterns as well.
In case you happen to live under a rock somewhere lwn.net is possibly the best Linux/FOSS news source on the net.
Yes, studies of ethanol production have calculated an energy return ratio of somewhere between .7-1.8 to 1. This does not mean that
production of biofuels are unfeasible even if current agricultural
practices and methods of extraction are used. The production of
vegetable oil (a precursor to bio-diesel) can have an energy return
ratio higher than 4 to 1. Look at this
study about biofuel production and page 3 of the accompanying pdf
showing comparative energy
sources.
... but that of the mislead/violent corporations [the true leaders] of this country. I apologize on behalf of it's people.
Chad Knepp
A permaculturalist would choose the chickens.
This comment should be moderated up... This AC answers a number of good questions acurately.
WTF: the artwork is the #2 issue about OpenBSD? How the fuck did this get to where it is? Come on people, this is an OPERATING SYSTEM, not an advanced form of cosmetology (sp?). Besides, I think the cat/fishbowl thing rocks regardless.
Do them all!
And don't just stop with *BSD, try out a couple of *real* Unix products. The results will suprise and educate you.
...improved OpenSSL integration and all the IPSec stuff.
Yes, I'm a bit curious as to the state of SMP on FreeBSD boxe(n/s). I'm somewhat aware/experienced with OpenBSD's non-SMP kernel and wondered to what level FreeBSD supports SMP.
--pygster
We don't need no steenkin' cases for just three boards. Check this out.
--oink