I noticed recently that several shows have started having 2 ads per break.
You know, when cable first came out, they touted the lack of ads, since you were paying for the shows with your subscription.. Then they slowly creeped in, more and more...
Isn't that kind of like the people that install every free game and puzzle they can find on their computer, then wonder why its slow? I mean 35 beta tools plugged into a web page?
Heh.. I have had people wonder why our web site stuff (work documents, sharepoint, webmail, etc) loads so slow for them when they are working at home, since they have a 5MB cable modem. They don't seem to understand that the systems they were connecting to back then just had a T1.
Hybrids are crap. Instead of an engine to maintain, or a battery to maintain, you now have both. Thats not only two engines to maintain, its also more weight, and more troubleshooting. Electric cars don't need a transmission, but a hybrid has to have one too, and a drive line, etc. I drive 25 miles each way to work each day, and an occasional jaunt across town. A leaf would be perfect to replace my vehicle. I have a Dodge Dakota, and spend about $300 a month on gas. (really don't need a pickup) My travelling costs would basically be free. For longer trips, we would use our family car (a minivan).
And by the way, the Leaf is going to sell in the mid $20k's, not the 100,000 wholesale you mentioned.
You know.. Some of those records are over a hundred years old. I dare you to show me any kind of electronic record from more than 30 years ago. Go ahead, I'll wait while you try to find a reel to reel, and a system to use it.
To modernize they need to re-enter everything, then ensure that backups are carefully followed, then they have to replace all the technology every few years, and pay support. Then they have to convert the data when new format/versions come out. That is a ton of Money and Time.
A Vet teacher had a sign on a door that pretty much summed up the Marine Corps feelings on Technology. A computer with a bullet hole in it is a paperweight. A map with a bullet hole is still a map.
That was the case for the first few months. But the recession caused lots of layoffs. They shut down a GM plant near me, that had 1200 full time employees. I think you will find that most people used to be able to afford their homes, but now cannot.
Well, if you plan ahead, you account for the attenuation in the cable. You can then counteract it, and get much greater distances. I know the strongest electromagnetic signal in my area is a country radio station, with a tower a few miles away. To counter that, I play hip hop, all day and all night, in my server room. Keeps my distribution switch from getting slowed down and depressed from the country music.
If I have a blade server, with 10 blades, each one running several virtual machines.. Do I want to deal with a each blade having at least two nics, and all that cabling, plus either FC cards, or additional 1GB iScsi cards?
Or do I want the back of the chasis for the blade server to just have two 40GB/s network connections?
your not thinking like an investor. Are they growing by more than 8% per quarter! then they are FAILING!
Screw this long term planning stuff, strip R&D, lay off most of your developers and outsource your coding to a cheaper country. We need you to show much improvement next quarter, so my stock will go up a point or two!
Your right, like the way WikiLeaks leaked info on how some Swiss banks were illegally handling funds, to help people escape taxes. Info the government has used to damn near disband UBS in the US, and force the banks to release all info. Heck, they even offered a "pay us what you owe by this date, and we won't come after you with pentalties" get out of jail card to people, and netted something like 15 billion. Transparency goes both ways..
Klamath falls, in Southern Oregon is already very much Geothermally active.
My Alma Mater, Oregon Institute of Technology is now the only school 100% powered by renewable energy. None of those sissy offsets or credits purchased like other schools, they dug a geothermal well in a parking lot, and generate their own power. They sell their spare power to the hospital next door. The whole college has been geothermally heated since it was built, and before the power plant was built, they spent something like $15k a year to heat and cool 800,000 sq. feet of buildings.. The big stair cases on campus, are also geo-thermally heated to keep ice off them. Downtown Klamath Falls has a geothermal heating grid, and they heat most downtown buildings, sidewalks (for winter snow), and a high school for the cost of running some well pumps. Many houses on the north side of town also have their own geothermal heat
When you use your employers email for all your personal stuff, and their cell phone as your personal phone it sure does save you money!
But if you get canned, or laid off, or whatever, you are in serious trouble. have to get everyone to switch to your new address, new phone number (good luck getting your employer to release the number for porting!)
Okay, so the dryer is networked. What now? Report its power drain? I know it drains power, I can hear it running. How much? Well, I know how much thank you, I can see it on the bill.
So your power company tells you how much of your bill is caused by the power draw of your dryer? Wow, I just get one big fat bill, and even worse, because of the delays in the readings, my bill can arrive 20 days after the meter reading, which means it can be 51 days from when I used the dryer, until its use shows up on my bill!
Most people don't know how much power the devices in their house consume. Seeing you used 1000KW/h is not very useful to most people. Having something that breaks it down, tells you that $12 of your power bill is from leaving your computers on at night when you are sleeping, is something that will help people think about their needs, and save money. Something that suggests they could save $0.50 by drying at night, instead of during the day (if they have time of day billing) would help lots people lower their bills, and lower the peaks that hit areas.
Most people do not have the time or knowledge of formulas/conversion (yes, I know they are easy) to figure out how much their LCD costs them a month by running around with a Kill-A-Watt meter..
I've seen some new hotels with some interesting energy saving stuff.. If it doesn't sense anyone in the room, it shuts off the heat/AC, turns off lights, TV, etc.
Personally, I would love something like that at home, or just a big frickin red button near each door to the house (especially the door to the garage) that would kill all non-essential outlets in the house, turn off lights (except maybe one or two on a timer) and knock the thermostat down (or up in summer)
Why is Intel working on this at the power supply side. It would seem to be much smarter to do this from the breaker box panel, (and those are actually pretty easy to replace/swap. You have the total house draw right there on the mains, and could monitor the load on each breaker going out. Define the "non-essential" ones, and then turn them off easily. All in one place. Breaker boxes haven't had much technology improvement since they upgraded from little glass fuses...
You can't in one hand Bitch about government debt, and then in the next, go off about "its only 25 Million".. Seriously. Stop getting your math lessons from Politcal hacks on TV.
I really can't afford to purchase this widget, but really, its only $50, and between my mortgage and student loans and credit cards, I have a huge amount of debt. Oh well, I guess I really don't need to bother plucking that extra $50 towards my debts.. Its too small to count..
The first "Cheese head" was worn in a brewers game in 1987. By 1990, it was an incredibly common site. In just a few years, the term "cheeseheads" stopped being a derogatory term Chicagoans referred to Wisconsinites as, and became a term of pride for Wisconsinites. Seriously, it was a couple of years. If these horns have been going for 9 years, and they are that annoying and still used, then that is not a fad.
A fad is something like the "who who who" people would chant at the start of the old Arsenio Hall show, that took off for one summer, then largely disappeared.
Isn't that how ESPN 360 works? They figure that rather than market to 100,000 people to give them $10/month, they just market to the ISP to give them $900,000, and have much less overhead. Some ISP's love it, since it differentiates them from the competition. I would love ESPN360, since I live in the midwest now, and I don't get to see my glorious Ducks rule the Pac 10 (or is that Pac11) every Saturday this fall. I have no ISP in my area that has ESPN360. I would gladly pay for the service, but its not an option..
Hey, if they had a way of network and linking between these servers, then people could "browse" thousands of different textbooks from all over the world. Any scholar anywhere could have access to incomprehensible amounts of information. More than they could ask for. Imagine the learning that could take place! The opportunities to combine knowledge to make the world a better place. Then you get back to the original ideals of the internet (yes, even gopher) and realize how commercial the internet has become...
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A guy in CA was collecting signatures for a bill to really protect the value and sanctity of marriage. He was trying to ban divorce.
Strangely, not many of these people were willing to sign.
does it have to be on ATT's network? What if I spoof the Caller ID of my home phone using asterisk? (or something else?)
I noticed recently that several shows have started having 2 ads per break.
You know, when cable first came out, they touted the lack of ads, since you were paying for the shows with your subscription.. Then they slowly creeped in, more and more...
That exists today. Its called Bittorrent. You didn't mention legal..
Isn't that kind of like the people that install every free game and puzzle they can find on their computer, then wonder why its slow? I mean 35 beta tools plugged into a web page?
One feature that the Gmail design team is now working on is the ability to drag files from the desktop into the browser
This has been working for over a month on Gmail now. its much nicer to attach files by dragging and dropping with HTML5. (chrome, in my case)
now if they would allow you to insert inline graphics...
Heh.. I have had people wonder why our web site stuff (work documents, sharepoint, webmail, etc) loads so slow for them when they are working at home, since they have a 5MB cable modem. They don't seem to understand that the systems they were connecting to back then just had a T1.
You can't charge a car fast enough to match gasoline.
But if you use Sony Batteries, you can match the burning ability of gasoline!
Hybrids are crap. Instead of an engine to maintain, or a battery to maintain, you now have both. Thats not only two engines to maintain, its also more weight, and more troubleshooting. Electric cars don't need a transmission, but a hybrid has to have one too, and a drive line, etc. I drive 25 miles each way to work each day, and an occasional jaunt across town. A leaf would be perfect to replace my vehicle. I have a Dodge Dakota, and spend about $300 a month on gas. (really don't need a pickup) My travelling costs would basically be free. For longer trips, we would use our family car (a minivan).
And by the way, the Leaf is going to sell in the mid $20k's, not the 100,000 wholesale you mentioned.
You know.. Some of those records are over a hundred years old. I dare you to show me any kind of electronic record from more than 30 years ago. Go ahead, I'll wait while you try to find a reel to reel, and a system to use it.
To modernize they need to re-enter everything, then ensure that backups are carefully followed, then they have to replace all the technology every few years, and pay support. Then they have to convert the data when new format/versions come out. That is a ton of Money and Time.
A Vet teacher had a sign on a door that pretty much summed up the Marine Corps feelings on Technology.
A computer with a bullet hole in it is a paperweight. A map with a bullet hole is still a map.
That was the case for the first few months. But the recession caused lots of layoffs. They shut down a GM plant near me, that had 1200 full time employees. I think you will find that most people used to be able to afford their homes, but now cannot.
But hey, welcome to 2010!
Well, if you plan ahead, you account for the attenuation in the cable. You can then counteract it, and get much greater distances. I know the strongest electromagnetic signal in my area is a country radio station, with a tower a few miles away. To counter that, I play hip hop, all day and all night, in my server room. Keeps my distribution switch from getting slowed down and depressed from the country music.
If I have a blade server, with 10 blades, each one running several virtual machines.. Do I want to deal with a each blade having at least two nics, and all that cabling, plus either FC cards, or additional 1GB iScsi cards?
Or do I want the back of the chasis for the blade server to just have two 40GB/s network connections?
your not thinking like an investor.
Are they growing by more than 8% per quarter! then they are FAILING!
Screw this long term planning stuff, strip R&D, lay off most of your developers and outsource your coding to a cheaper country. We need you to show much improvement next quarter, so my stock will go up a point or two!
Your right, like the way WikiLeaks leaked info on how some Swiss banks were illegally handling funds, to help people escape taxes. Info the government has used to damn near disband UBS in the US, and force the banks to release all info. Heck, they even offered a "pay us what you owe by this date, and we won't come after you with pentalties" get out of jail card to people, and netted something like 15 billion. Transparency goes both ways..
Klamath falls, in Southern Oregon is already very much Geothermally active.
My Alma Mater, Oregon Institute of Technology is now the only school 100% powered by renewable energy. None of those sissy offsets or credits purchased like other schools, they dug a geothermal well in a parking lot, and generate their own power. They sell their spare power to the hospital next door. The whole college has been geothermally heated since it was built, and before the power plant was built, they spent something like $15k a year to heat and cool 800,000 sq. feet of buildings.. The big stair cases on campus, are also geo-thermally heated to keep ice off them. Downtown Klamath Falls has a geothermal heating grid, and they heat most downtown buildings, sidewalks (for winter snow), and a high school for the cost of running some well pumps. Many houses on the north side of town also have their own geothermal heat
Nevada has very long ways to go to catch up.
When you use your employers email for all your personal stuff, and their cell phone as your personal phone it sure does save you money!
But if you get canned, or laid off, or whatever, you are in serious trouble. have to get everyone to switch to your new address, new phone number (good luck getting your employer to release the number for porting!)
Yet every time Britney spears gets in trouble, they have an escort of 20 cop cars to help clear through the paparazi....
Wow, way to think towards the future there!
Okay, so the dryer is networked. What now? Report its power drain? I know it drains power, I can hear it running. How much? Well, I know how much thank you, I can see it on the bill.
So your power company tells you how much of your bill is caused by the power draw of your dryer? Wow, I just get one big fat bill, and even worse, because of the delays in the readings, my bill can arrive 20 days after the meter reading, which means it can be 51 days from when I used the dryer, until its use shows up on my bill!
Most people don't know how much power the devices in their house consume. Seeing you used 1000KW/h is not very useful to most people. Having something that breaks it down, tells you that $12 of your power bill is from leaving your computers on at night when you are sleeping, is something that will help people think about their needs, and save money. Something that suggests they could save $0.50 by drying at night, instead of during the day (if they have time of day billing) would help lots people lower their bills, and lower the peaks that hit areas.
Most people do not have the time or knowledge of formulas/conversion (yes, I know they are easy) to figure out how much their LCD costs them a month by running around with a Kill-A-Watt meter..
I'm sorry, I'll get off your lawn now..
No.. Cheap is a bad word...
You are Frugal.
That sounds much better!
I've seen some new hotels with some interesting energy saving stuff.. If it doesn't sense anyone in the room, it shuts off the heat/AC, turns off lights, TV, etc.
Personally, I would love something like that at home, or just a big frickin red button near each door to the house (especially the door to the garage) that would kill all non-essential outlets in the house, turn off lights (except maybe one or two on a timer) and knock the thermostat down (or up in summer)
Why is Intel working on this at the power supply side. It would seem to be much smarter to do this from the breaker box panel, (and those are actually pretty easy to replace/swap. You have the total house draw right there on the mains, and could monitor the load on each breaker going out. Define the "non-essential" ones, and then turn them off easily. All in one place. Breaker boxes haven't had much technology improvement since they upgraded from little glass fuses...
You can't in one hand Bitch about government debt, and then in the next, go off about "its only 25 Million".. Seriously. Stop getting your math lessons from Politcal hacks on TV.
I really can't afford to purchase this widget, but really, its only $50, and between my mortgage and student loans and credit cards, I have a huge amount of debt. Oh well, I guess I really don't need to bother plucking that extra $50 towards my debts.. Its too small to count..
The first "Cheese head" was worn in a brewers game in 1987. By 1990, it was an incredibly common site. In just a few years, the term "cheeseheads" stopped being a derogatory term Chicagoans referred to Wisconsinites as, and became a term of pride for Wisconsinites. Seriously, it was a couple of years. If these horns have been going for 9 years, and they are that annoying and still used, then that is not a fad.
A fad is something like the "who who who" people would chant at the start of the old Arsenio Hall show, that took off for one summer, then largely disappeared.
Isn't that how ESPN 360 works? They figure that rather than market to 100,000 people to give them $10/month, they just market to the ISP to give them $900,000, and have much less overhead. Some ISP's love it, since it differentiates them from the competition. I would love ESPN360, since I live in the midwest now, and I don't get to see my glorious Ducks rule the Pac 10 (or is that Pac11) every Saturday this fall. I have no ISP in my area that has ESPN360. I would gladly pay for the service, but its not an option..
Hey, if they had a way of network and linking between these servers, then people could "browse" thousands of different textbooks from all over the world. Any scholar anywhere could have access to incomprehensible amounts of information. More than they could ask for. Imagine the learning that could take place! The opportunities to combine knowledge to make the world a better place. Then you get back to the original ideals of the internet (yes, even gopher) and realize how commercial the internet has become...