Yeah, who would guess that Blu-ray means the ray of light used to read the disc is blue?
Anyway, blu-ray sounds high-tech and cool. HDDVD sounds like something you have to clean up. I firmly believe people will always at least WANT to buy what sounds cool.
From what I've read (sorry I don't have specific sources), even charging a car from a dirty power plant ends up creating less emissions and requires less energy overall. You make a good point though about miners. Mining in the US is as safe as mining coal can probably be these days, but in China and other coal-exporting countries there aren't so many safety standards. And even no matter how safe it gets it's never going to be SAFE safe.
That's why it would be great to recharge these cars from a solar or wind source, where possible.
Let's not forget, if pure capitalism really had it's way, there'd eventually be one mega corporation controlling everything, and a handful of wealthy among the vast majority of the poor.
Democratic reform is the only reason there is a minimum wage and anti-monopoly laws. Even with all of our reform there is still a growing gap between the wealthy and the poor.
I think we should listen carefully to anyone who suggests something that could be an improvement.
That's a troubling point. Perhaps they should merge their game with America's Army so that we could counter any such rush with some bunkers full of marines.
I always think of all this as a form of natural selection. As people become more lazy, they will develop major health problems and die. Parents passing this lifestyle on, as described in your disappointment level four, are only ensuring that these health problems persist.
Maybe this will be what prevents the world from getting massively over-populated. Too bad it also has the effect of costing insane money in healthcare, and destroying people you care about.
In conclusion, fuck little debbie, and walk 30 minutes every day. It's as easy as delicious pie.
What if you borrow someone's book without asking them?
I don't look at connecting to wi-fi as stealing from an ISP at all. If anything I'd say you're stealing from whoever is buying that bandwidth. At the same time, though, you're not stealing their connection in the same way you're stealing a car. Their router and modem are still there, and if you're just surfing you're probably not causing any noticeable difference.
I say, if there's an unsecured wireless network, you may as well use it. Just don't be a jackass and prevent the poor old grandma who doesn't know what WEP is from googling proon smoothie recipes and using two very capable fingers to mail her grandkids every night at 5:30 right before bed.
I've recently found out just how little demand WoW puts on your graphics card. My x800xt plat died, so I had to revert to my ultra-stable 9800 pro. With just a couple settings turned down I'm still getting well above 30 frames in even the worst of overloaded spots. My processor is an fx-55, which is still plenty fast, and I think I saw one for sale on newegg for $130ish. Ridiculous!
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I think we should be working toward decentralized power. Certain technologies like ultracapacitors seem to hold a lot of promise with small-scale energy storage. As the cost of solar comes down and the efficiency rises, or even as hydrogen becomes available, decentralized power may start to make a lot of sense.
With regard to transportation energy (sort of off topic for your post, but there it is...), ride a bike! You'll be in good health, save money, and slow down enough to appreciate things you never even notice in a car!
That's with no redundancy. I wouldn't want just one person counting a set of votes. I'd want several people. So now we're talking maybe 1000 votes counted per person? Mistakes are bound to happen when people count. A properly designed system won't make mistakes.
The problem with Bush on environmental issues is that he's all talk. The environmental policies he promotes may sound good up front, but as with so much of what he says, things look worse and worse the more you look at them.
In 2003 he proposed a "hydrogen fuel initiative". Sounds good. But what if instead of wasting money on something that won't be feasible for ten or fifteen years we concentrate on high-yield biofuels like algae?
You say in his 2006 state of the union address he heavily promoted biofuels? Sounds good. But Bush and the rest of the government seem to back corn ethanol exclusively. Which is a shame since it's practically the least energy-dense crop possible, and there are questions as the whether or not the energy you get is worth the energy put in.
To me it's obvious that the problem is a lack of scientific understanding in the areas of the government responsible for implementing policy. Bush's solution is to throw money at things that sound good but aren't practical (giving him a false image of environmental stewardship), while paving the way for big business. Congress doesn't appear to have any idea of the science behind the mandates they argue about. We need realistic and common sense discourse about what works and what doesn't. Unfortunately this topic is too politicized for that. In the end everyone loses.
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Yeah, who would guess that Blu-ray means the ray of light used to read the disc is blue?
Anyway, blu-ray sounds high-tech and cool. HDDVD sounds like something you have to clean up. I firmly believe people will always at least WANT to buy what sounds cool.
From what I've read (sorry I don't have specific sources), even charging a car from a dirty power plant ends up creating less emissions and requires less energy overall. You make a good point though about miners. Mining in the US is as safe as mining coal can probably be these days, but in China and other coal-exporting countries there aren't so many safety standards. And even no matter how safe it gets it's never going to be SAFE safe.
That's why it would be great to recharge these cars from a solar or wind source, where possible.
Let's not forget, if pure capitalism really had it's way, there'd eventually be one mega corporation controlling everything, and a handful of wealthy among the vast majority of the poor.
Democratic reform is the only reason there is a minimum wage and anti-monopoly laws. Even with all of our reform there is still a growing gap between the wealthy and the poor.
I think we should listen carefully to anyone who suggests something that could be an improvement.
That's a troubling point. Perhaps they should merge their game with America's Army so that we could counter any such rush with some bunkers full of marines.
I always think of all this as a form of natural selection. As people become more lazy, they will develop major health problems and die. Parents passing this lifestyle on, as described in your disappointment level four, are only ensuring that these health problems persist.
Maybe this will be what prevents the world from getting massively over-populated. Too bad it also has the effect of costing insane money in healthcare, and destroying people you care about.
In conclusion, fuck little debbie, and walk 30 minutes every day. It's as easy as delicious pie.
That just goes to show that spell checkers don't matter if you have terrible grammar!
Although porn smoothies may not be such a bad idea either...
What if you borrow someone's book without asking them?
I don't look at connecting to wi-fi as stealing from an ISP at all. If anything I'd say you're stealing from whoever is buying that bandwidth. At the same time, though, you're not stealing their connection in the same way you're stealing a car. Their router and modem are still there, and if you're just surfing you're probably not causing any noticeable difference.
I say, if there's an unsecured wireless network, you may as well use it. Just don't be a jackass and prevent the poor old grandma who doesn't know what WEP is from googling proon smoothie recipes and using two very capable fingers to mail her grandkids every night at 5:30 right before bed.
I've recently found out just how little demand WoW puts on your graphics card. My x800xt plat died, so I had to revert to my ultra-stable 9800 pro. With just a couple settings turned down I'm still getting well above 30 frames in even the worst of overloaded spots. My processor is an fx-55, which is still plenty fast, and I think I saw one for sale on newegg for $130ish. Ridiculous!
I think we should be working toward decentralized power. Certain technologies like ultracapacitors seem to hold a lot of promise with small-scale energy storage. As the cost of solar comes down and the efficiency rises, or even as hydrogen becomes available, decentralized power may start to make a lot of sense.
With regard to transportation energy (sort of off topic for your post, but there it is...), ride a bike! You'll be in good health, save money, and slow down enough to appreciate things you never even notice in a car!
That's with no redundancy. I wouldn't want just one person counting a set of votes. I'd want several people. So now we're talking maybe 1000 votes counted per person? Mistakes are bound to happen when people count. A properly designed system won't make mistakes.
The problem with Bush on environmental issues is that he's all talk. The environmental policies he promotes may sound good up front, but as with so much of what he says, things look worse and worse the more you look at them.
In 2003 he proposed a "hydrogen fuel initiative". Sounds good. But what if instead of wasting money on something that won't be feasible for ten or fifteen years we concentrate on high-yield biofuels like algae?
You say in his 2006 state of the union address he heavily promoted biofuels? Sounds good. But Bush and the rest of the government seem to back corn ethanol exclusively. Which is a shame since it's practically the least energy-dense crop possible, and there are questions as the whether or not the energy you get is worth the energy put in.
And let's not even talk about the Bush administration's clear skies initiative and clean water act.
To me it's obvious that the problem is a lack of scientific understanding in the areas of the government responsible for implementing policy. Bush's solution is to throw money at things that sound good but aren't practical (giving him a false image of environmental stewardship), while paving the way for big business. Congress doesn't appear to have any idea of the science behind the mandates they argue about. We need realistic and common sense discourse about what works and what doesn't. Unfortunately this topic is too politicized for that. In the end everyone loses.