If these bulbs can be as energy efficient as they claim, and they can keep the good qualities of incandescents, then CFL's may become obsolete. The two major benefits of CFL's are reduced energy usage and increased life expectancy. These bulbs promise the same energy savings while keeping the benefits of traditional bulbs (instant on, color sprectrum, ability to dim, bulb type varieties). The only thing not mentioned in the article is the life expectancy. Newer CFL's last anywhere from 4-10 times longer than traditional incandescents. If these new bulbs can last 2-5 times longer than current incandescents and cost less than CFL's, then they may eliminate the need/desire for CFL's.
To sell digital music you technically need to have the performance rights (a la BMI/ASCAP, etc...) but ALSO have a master agreement with the label. Oh... and you are also usually required to have a separate license for each region you are selling to. Do you think AllofMP3 has all of that in place?
Do you think I care if they have all of that in place? No, I care that they provide music I want, in a format I want (OGG), for a damn good price (ok, ~$0.05/song is a little cheap). I'd be willing to pay a little more for the same music if it was in a format I wanted and I was sure it was legal. I don't buy DRM music, never have, never will. I'll do what I want with my music when I want. If I do something illegal with the music, then you can sue me. But don't try and sue me when I'm buying the music.
I kind of doubt this kind of technology with dramatically change the way businesses currently use paper, because a lot of the paper that is currently "wasted" is printed out so it can be marked on. Kind of pointless to use reusable paper if you are going to mark on it.
Just think, if Anna Nicole had this, we wouldn't have to listen to all the media crap about who the father is. Just go to the tape. As an added bonus, we might have some good porn (unless it was that old guy married to Zsa Zsa).
So even if this legislation passes, you'll still need special enforcement units to track the real bad guys - exactly where we are now. Sounds like a lot of time, money, and hassle for a false sense of security.
I always love it when the government uses the "it'll help prevent terrorism" line. Umm, hello, they're terrorist, they don't exactly give a rats ass what laws you pass. In fact, all it does is piss them off more and make them develop new ways of hiding so it is even harder to track them. Surely we all realize by now that the government (just pick one, US federal, state, EU, whatever) uses the terrorist tag to get crap passed that otherwise wouldn't be allowed. This would also mean that even more personal info is available (obviously no way for it to be 100% secure) to the terrorist for identity theft purposes.
You couldn't send several million tons of water with them. We need it on Earth. I think more than anything else, this will be why we never colonize the Moon. We can't take that much water from the Earth. It would have drastic consequences.
Whatever happened to PV cells? Are we just gonna give up on those becoming a reasonable reality (i.e. not cost prohibitive)? Wait, I got it, lightning bugs! Harness their power!
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If these bulbs can be as energy efficient as they claim, and they can keep the good qualities of incandescents, then CFL's may become obsolete. The two major benefits of CFL's are reduced energy usage and increased life expectancy. These bulbs promise the same energy savings while keeping the benefits of traditional bulbs (instant on, color sprectrum, ability to dim, bulb type varieties). The only thing not mentioned in the article is the life expectancy. Newer CFL's last anywhere from 4-10 times longer than traditional incandescents. If these new bulbs can last 2-5 times longer than current incandescents and cost less than CFL's, then they may eliminate the need/desire for CFL's.
Do you think I care if they have all of that in place? No, I care that they provide music I want, in a format I want (OGG), for a damn good price (ok, ~$0.05/song is a little cheap). I'd be willing to pay a little more for the same music if it was in a format I wanted and I was sure it was legal. I don't buy DRM music, never have, never will. I'll do what I want with my music when I want. If I do something illegal with the music, then you can sue me. But don't try and sue me when I'm buying the music.
I kind of doubt this kind of technology with dramatically change the way businesses currently use paper, because a lot of the paper that is currently "wasted" is printed out so it can be marked on. Kind of pointless to use reusable paper if you are going to mark on it.
Just think, if Anna Nicole had this, we wouldn't have to listen to all the media crap about who the father is. Just go to the tape. As an added bonus, we might have some good porn (unless it was that old guy married to Zsa Zsa).
I always love it when the government uses the "it'll help prevent terrorism" line. Umm, hello, they're terrorist, they don't exactly give a rats ass what laws you pass. In fact, all it does is piss them off more and make them develop new ways of hiding so it is even harder to track them. Surely we all realize by now that the government (just pick one, US federal, state, EU, whatever) uses the terrorist tag to get crap passed that otherwise wouldn't be allowed. This would also mean that even more personal info is available (obviously no way for it to be 100% secure) to the terrorist for identity theft purposes.
I highly doubt that was unintentional. It's called a pun.
You couldn't send several million tons of water with them. We need it on Earth. I think more than anything else, this will be why we never colonize the Moon. We can't take that much water from the Earth. It would have drastic consequences.
Whatever happened to PV cells? Are we just gonna give up on those becoming a reasonable reality (i.e. not cost prohibitive)? Wait, I got it, lightning bugs! Harness their power!