Note that anything over 30% was achieved by stacking multiple layers on top of one another, each absorbing light of different wavelength. Yes, they have higher efficiency, but obviously require disproportionately more materials. Currently I still think that sunlight is cheaper than silicon.
I saw an interesting comparison made by a professor: If you covered the entire area that was evacuated because of the Fukushima incident with solar cells, they would produce less power than the nuclear reactor did (not to mention how much more it would cost).
I doubt the ISPs will have a whole lot of luck getting their customers to all upgrade their home routers.
I find this interesting, is it common for people in America to own their own routers? Here in Slovenia, the standard practice is that the ISP leases you a router for the duration of your contract. I think this is a good system because most people don't know anything about routers, and having a single model makes tech support much easier. As an added bonus, it is very simple to replace the hardware, which they sometimes do.
I thought it was clear enough that Windows RT is to be the Windows version for ARM tablet devices that will compete directly with iPad and Android tablets.
Clear enough for a nation that has to put warning labels on microwaves so that buyers know not to dry pets in them?
Exactly this, I don't know why GP or GGP were modded down. Basically, when accused of some vague problem that is hard to determine, you have two options:
- say "You're holding it wrong" and do nothing about it
- say "Ok people, you are right, but we fixed it" and again do (almost) nothing about it
Google went with the second option. Yes, they probably made some small changes, but considering rapid advances in hardware, spending major resources just for removing small delays is a bad decision.
I was pleasantly surprised to see Ubuntu pushing QML/QtQuick on its phone, it's really a great platform.
A great advantage of using pure QML for apps is that it requires no linking, just source compatibility. So Ubuntu's GUI elements could look very different from KDE's, but using the same property names a single app would work and look native on both. If only they agreed on this, it's probably the only way anyone except free software enthusiasts would write software for any of these platforms.
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I don't think he meant "hot" as in "will burn your knees, even if your laptop in on a desk".
When are the Americans going to invade Brazil?
The main picture is a span that says "The Pirate Bay".
Also, the ship doesn't look like it's really sinking, I guess they just took a random picture of a ship and tilted it.
Yes, I just made that up. If you really want to use it, feel free, you don't have to credit me. My sig isn't quite original either.
These people consider the existence of the Christian god to be a proven fact.
I'm just dying to know what form of non-tautological proof they have. Sorry folks, "because I believe" is not a scientific fact.
I do not think, therefore He is.
In this case, you use something like "Found %d matching words in %s" and separate plural forms (such as in GNU gettext).
At least he didn't call it $ecure Boot.
My 16 year old daughter [...] her (admittedly, *Vista*) computer
You deserve to have your daughter taken away. Or at least your geek card.
No, this is different. What you describe is called Doppler cooling and is basically "slowing down" the atoms/ions.
TFA, on the other hand, talks about using a laser to cause fluorescence in the material. It's a completely different principle.
Arch appears quite portable, considering it also has a Hurd port: ArchHurd.
Note that anything over 30% was achieved by stacking multiple layers on top of one another, each absorbing light of different wavelength. Yes, they have higher efficiency, but obviously require disproportionately more materials. Currently I still think that sunlight is cheaper than silicon.
I saw an interesting comparison made by a professor: If you covered the entire area that was evacuated because of the Fukushima incident with solar cells, they would produce less power than the nuclear reactor did (not to mention how much more it would cost).
So you drink to the completion of "Cuba Fibre"?
A thousand Brazilions.
The voyages of Columbus and Magellan cost their countries a larger proportion of their GNP than the entire Apollo program cost the US.
I would really, really like a citation for that. I simply have no idea what the costs were for those voyages.
I doubt the ISPs will have a whole lot of luck getting their customers to all upgrade their home routers.
I find this interesting, is it common for people in America to own their own routers? Here in Slovenia, the standard practice is that the ISP leases you a router for the duration of your contract. I think this is a good system because most people don't know anything about routers, and having a single model makes tech support much easier. As an added bonus, it is very simple to replace the hardware, which they sometimes do.
You wouldn't go to the toilet in his hoodie.
I thought it was clear enough that Windows RT is to be the Windows version for ARM tablet devices that will compete directly with iPad and Android tablets.
Clear enough for a nation that has to put warning labels on microwaves so that buyers know not to dry pets in them?
But not Basic?
You might need to whip up a Visual Basic graphical GUI interface one day...
FTFY
Exactly this, I don't know why GP or GGP were modded down. Basically, when accused of some vague problem that is hard to determine, you have two options:
- say "You're holding it wrong" and do nothing about it
- say "Ok people, you are right, but we fixed it" and again do (almost) nothing about it
Google went with the second option. Yes, they probably made some small changes, but considering rapid advances in hardware, spending major resources just for removing small delays is a bad decision.
I've never heard of DoubleRAM, so it can't be that big. The biggest software scam has to be anti-virus.
The point of all such projects is purely PR. Google had to look like they were doing something about it.
I was pleasantly surprised to see Ubuntu pushing QML/QtQuick on its phone, it's really a great platform.
A great advantage of using pure QML for apps is that it requires no linking, just source compatibility. So Ubuntu's GUI elements could look very different from KDE's, but using the same property names a single app would work and look native on both. If only they agreed on this, it's probably the only way anyone except free software enthusiasts would write software for any of these platforms.
John von Neumann: "In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them."
The same applies in many ways to quantum mechanics. Even if you don't really understand something, it doesn't mean you can't use it.