Renewables, because of their inherent low energy density, will force us either to conserve or use most of our available open land for energy production.
(BTW, I don't have solar, and it might actually not make sense for me because of my already low energy usage....)
Your roof isn't "doing anything". In fact, covering your roof with solar would make use of otherwise unused space, and doesn't it potentially help keep your house cooler? (Not heating up the roof which by convection heats the attic and the house.) And if you live in an area with snow, doesn't the heat from the solar *slightly* reduce snow buildup? (Seems like it could be combined with solar water heating to do even better snow melting on the roof.)
Just 496,905 square kilometers. That's really nothing compared to the total world area: Less than the surface of Spain (504,030 square kilometers) covered with solar panels, distributed across deserts and areas with almost 24/7 sun, all year around.
Plus, with so many people here arguing against patents and copyrights, it would seem to me that that would also lead to the argument AGAINST being paid *extra* (beyond salary) "for your ideas".
I recently stayed at one of the Casino/Resort Hotels in Reno and found the "Free WiFi" was only good for an hour.
Seems like false advertising. Did you complain to the BBB or whichever government organization is appropriate? (BTW, I KNOW the BBB isn't a government organization, I'm not meaning to imply it is.)
If it is not wrong, then try to get the law changed, instead of breaking the law selling it illicitly. Since it is "contraband", it is by definition wrong to sell it.
OK, so then I'm not trying to be a jerk, but I think the other ones (fidonet, other BBSes using UUCP) were doing it way before you. I'm simply trying to point out earlier implementations of "that many said [weren't] possible".
Apple blew it that way, too. More than once. The original Mac was a cool toy, but too slow, and lacked a hard drive. IBM built their PC market share selling DOS machines with a hard drive to businesses. The user interface was ugly, but there was no need to change floppies.
Are you claiming that between 1981 and 1985(*), IBM was selling DOS machines with hard drives to businesses? They weren't just using machines with floppies, like everyone else?
(*) The earlier ProFile couldn't be used on the Mac, so at least according to Wikipedia, the first Apple hard drive for the Mac was the Hard Disk 20, for the Mac 512K, in Sept 1985.
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In many respects the first iPhone didn't have much to offer over your average Blackberry
Did your "average Blackberry" have "full" web browsing? Yes, I put full in quotes, to hopefully quell the "it doesn't/didn't do Flash" responses. It did work with 'regular' web sites, not only mobile versions/that stripped down HTML that didn't really take off.
I had a friend who managed the network for Bechtel, set my BBS up to pull in usenet that many said it wasn't possible; my setup was his proof.
What year? Didn't many BBSes do this with (non-UNIX) implementations of the UUCP protocol? I also thought some FidoNET systems had gateways to Usenet (I saw a brief mention on the wikipedia article but not sure how long back that went).
I'm sure you felt better after passing that little sermon, but quality of life in Western Europe and Scandinavia, which still has at least some social democracy, is way better than in the US except for the few at the top (those few also giving the impression that the US is "richer").
How many "few"?
How is your weather? (Yes, I realize you're covering a large area..)
How much taxes do you pay? (Yes, I think we should pay less, you possibly disagree...)
When does he cheerlead capitalism? Seriously. Esp using "Tivoisation" as a bad thing regarding in terms of GPLv3. (There are plenty of things I personally wish Tivos would do that they don't, but I know I personally wouldn't have the time nor ambition to do all of them, and the (un-)reliability of the existing open source DVRs in comparison shows that having it all open source ISN'T the panacea.)
your pancreas knows how much insulin to manufacture not just because it's measuring your blood glucose (all over your body, all the time)
I presume you really mean [something] around the body is sending info via nerves to the pancreas about blood glucose throughout the body? If so, what is the 'something'? (Or do you mean that the pancreas itself is measuring blood glucose *in the pancreas* and that that's an approximation of "all over your body" due to blood flow?)
Don't they shuffle decks more often too, to make card counting more difficult?
Also, how far can you get in your favor? The Wikipedia page says approx 1% over the casino for a 'typical' card counter, but "Advantages of up to 2.5% are possible at normal penetrations from counting 6-deck Spanish 21, for the S17 or H17 with redoubling games.". Do you have more info than that?
and casinos are allowed to operate there because it's not subject to state jurisdiction
Nitpicky: then I think "allowed" is the wrong word.
But seriously, is there really no state jurisdiction? Maybe because I'm in CA, I've not gotten the whole story. I thought the states did have some control, which is why I thought states had to allow casinos on Indian reservations.. Just that (I thought) there was less control than over the main part of the state. If the states don't have jurisdiction, are the reservations still considered part of the state for census, etc?
And as one further perk, most dealers won't actually let you put a whole car on plastic (usually limiting it to something like $5k or 10% as a down-payment),
Do any? Heck, I would go through the hoops of getting my limit temporarily raised "just" to get the 1% back (even 1% of the limits you're talking about).
The post says "online sales of cars will be made illegal", then refers to a dealer.
That leaves out the possibility of buying online *through* a dealer, so by definition online sales won't be made illegal.
Plus, the existing laws are decades old, has been stated, so they have nothing to do with online sales directly, they have to do with buying directly from the manufacturer. (E.g. in this case, Amazon is a "dealer" for anything you buy.)
Perhaps someone else can clarify, but didn't Saturn do away with the fixed price thing later in their existence?
I've made references to the "they were trying to be like Japanese cars" (yes, I know they were a GM brand), but apparently that wasn't true for later Saturn cars, based upon responses I've had in the past mentioning that.
BTW, I essentially bought my current car over the net, in 1998. I never went to a dealer to test drive one, but had driven friends' and acquaintences'.. So I ordered exactly the kind I wanted through an auto broker. I probably talked to someone on the phone at some point, but remember doing at least a lot of it via web & email.
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Gee, the founder doesn't like X and (presumably) gets to determine where the money is spent -> nobody else gets to play X (and say they don't like it either)
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(BTW, I don't have solar, and it might actually not make sense for me because of my already low energy usage....)
Your roof isn't "doing anything". In fact, covering your roof with solar would make use of otherwise unused space, and doesn't it potentially help keep your house cooler? (Not heating up the roof which by convection heats the attic and the house.) And if you live in an area with snow, doesn't the heat from the solar *slightly* reduce snow buildup? (Seems like it could be combined with solar water heating to do even better snow melting on the roof.)
Plus, "most of our available land" is not true. From:
http://gizmodo.com/5350191/how-many-solar-panels-would-it-take-to-power-the-entire-world
Just 496,905 square kilometers. That's really nothing compared to the total world area: Less than the surface of Spain (504,030 square kilometers) covered with solar panels, distributed across deserts and areas with almost 24/7 sun, all year around.
You are being compensated.. with your salary.
Plus, with so many people here arguing against patents and copyrights, it would seem to me that that would also lead to the argument AGAINST being paid *extra* (beyond salary) "for your ideas".
Buy stock in Herman Miller!
This seems *even worse* than the open seating at Google, FB, etc.
Seems like false advertising. Did you complain to the BBB or whichever government organization is appropriate? (BTW, I KNOW the BBB isn't a government organization, I'm not meaning to imply it is.)
Not if I never get a drink and everybody else does.
Toonces was driving, right?
If it is not wrong, then try to get the law changed, instead of breaking the law selling it illicitly. Since it is "contraband", it is by definition wrong to sell it.
OK, so then I'm not trying to be a jerk, but I think the other ones (fidonet, other BBSes using UUCP) were doing it way before you. I'm simply trying to point out earlier implementations of "that many said [weren't] possible".
Yeah, just like Buffett's line of (paraphrased) "Nobody ever decided not to earn another dollar because they would have to pay tax on it".
Are you claiming that between 1981 and 1985(*), IBM was selling DOS machines with hard drives to businesses? They weren't just using machines with floppies, like everyone else?
(*) The earlier ProFile couldn't be used on the Mac, so at least according to Wikipedia, the first Apple hard drive for the Mac was the Hard Disk 20, for the Mac 512K, in Sept 1985.
Did your "average Blackberry" have "full" web browsing? Yes, I put full in quotes, to hopefully quell the "it doesn't/didn't do Flash" responses. It did work with 'regular' web sites, not only mobile versions/that stripped down HTML that didn't really take off.
I was asking serious questions. No, I haven't lived in those places listed, but I wanted to know really why they thought they're better.
Plus, why, even in places where "they hate the U.S.", the "American dream" still seems to be very prevalent.
What year? Didn't many BBSes do this with (non-UNIX) implementations of the UUCP protocol? I also thought some FidoNET systems had gateways to Usenet (I saw a brief mention on the wikipedia article but not sure how long back that went).
"For Dummies" books actually started 3 years earlier, in 1991.
How many "few"?
How is your weather? (Yes, I realize you're covering a large area..)
How much taxes do you pay? (Yes, I think we should pay less, you possibly disagree...)
When does he cheerlead capitalism? Seriously. Esp using "Tivoisation" as a bad thing regarding in terms of GPLv3. (There are plenty of things I personally wish Tivos would do that they don't, but I know I personally wouldn't have the time nor ambition to do all of them, and the (un-)reliability of the existing open source DVRs in comparison shows that having it all open source ISN'T the panacea.)
I presume you really mean [something] around the body is sending info via nerves to the pancreas about blood glucose throughout the body? If so, what is the 'something'? (Or do you mean that the pancreas itself is measuring blood glucose *in the pancreas* and that that's an approximation of "all over your body" due to blood flow?)
Don't they shuffle decks more often too, to make card counting more difficult?
Also, how far can you get in your favor? The Wikipedia page says approx 1% over the casino for a 'typical' card counter, but "Advantages of up to 2.5% are possible at normal penetrations from counting 6-deck Spanish 21, for the S17 or H17 with redoubling games.". Do you have more info than that?
Nitpicky: then I think "allowed" is the wrong word.
But seriously, is there really no state jurisdiction? Maybe because I'm in CA, I've not gotten the whole story. I thought the states did have some control, which is why I thought states had to allow casinos on Indian reservations.. Just that (I thought) there was less control than over the main part of the state. If the states don't have jurisdiction, are the reservations still considered part of the state for census, etc?
Do any? Heck, I would go through the hoops of getting my limit temporarily raised "just" to get the 1% back (even 1% of the limits you're talking about).
If you could build one on the site, why couldn't you do that, and have it delivered locally?
The post says "online sales of cars will be made illegal", then refers to a dealer.
That leaves out the possibility of buying online *through* a dealer, so by definition online sales won't be made illegal.
Plus, the existing laws are decades old, has been stated, so they have nothing to do with online sales directly, they have to do with buying directly from the manufacturer. (E.g. in this case, Amazon is a "dealer" for anything you buy.)
Perhaps someone else can clarify, but didn't Saturn do away with the fixed price thing later in their existence?
I've made references to the "they were trying to be like Japanese cars" (yes, I know they were a GM brand), but apparently that wasn't true for later Saturn cars, based upon responses I've had in the past mentioning that.
BTW, I essentially bought my current car over the net, in 1998. I never went to a dealer to test drive one, but had driven friends' and acquaintences'.. So I ordered exactly the kind I wanted through an auto broker. I probably talked to someone on the phone at some point, but remember doing at least a lot of it via web & email.
Gee, the founder doesn't like X and (presumably) gets to determine where the money is spent -> nobody else gets to play X (and say they don't like it either)