Assuming this is practical for production batteries, what I'd like to know is how using electrodes of this type would affect the overall lifespan of a battery in charge/discharge cycles. If it's dramatically shorter than current technology then it's not really very useful.
Ah. If I may be literal for a moment then: There is a Class D audio amplifier that has been considered to be a "digital amplifier", but I'd never heard of them being produced as musical instrument amplifiers. And no, I think many musicians would agree that that DSP emulators aren't anywhere near as good as a tube amp.
I don't think that's a good analogy. There is no accuracy in coffee that expensive coffee is closer to than Sanka is.
I completely disagree with you on this, since it's perception of sound quality (or coffee quality) that's the issue here. You can make all the arguments you want about the "purity" of a digital recording format (.wav versus.mp3 versus.aac, etc.) but how an individual or a demographic perceives it is the whole point here.
Literal much?:p Leave it to some people to attack the words and ignore the point. Tell you what: Substitute any two words you want for "Sanka" and "french press", k?
Are you kidding me? You've got to be kidding me!
If we were able to produce cheap, safe, reliable fusion reactors tomorrow, the world would be thrown into orders of magnitude worse chaos than it currently is! READ AS: THERE WOULD BE ***WAR***. I wouldn't at all be surprised to learn that we've already had the key to such technology for decades, and brighter, farther-seeing minds than ours have carefully delayed it's release to prevent it causing the end of the world! We're not READY for cheap, unlimited power sources, we'd use it to DESTROY ourselves!
I think what it really points out, is that people don't or won't differentiate between what they're used to hearing and what really qualifies as "high quality". It's like an older person who has been drinking Sanka all their lives not liking more expensive coffee brewed using a method like french press; the latter is acknowledged as infinitely better, but if it's not what you're used to then "different" is likely to be considered "bad", at least at first.
So they're condemning kids sitting around indoors playing video games all the time instead of going outside, running around, and being kids. Fine, I can deal with that. What I can't deal with, is that the UK government has become such a nanny-state that they keep preventing and even outlawing all sorts of activities "because someone might get hurt". So I ask you all: What the fuck are the kids supposed to do??!? MEMO TO UK GOVERNMENT: Make up your damned minds, do you want kids to go out and play or DON'T YOU??!?
Violations bring the same penalties as with "pirating" a mp3.
I agree with you and applaud you -- in theory, at least. When it came down to practical matters, it'd never be effective because the average private citizen doesn't have the financial resources to attack a large corporation with a civil lawsuit. More likely what would happen is you'd end up with large corporations being awarded the rights to someone else's life in the form of their personal data.
I'm glad I have TiVo. Rarely see commercials at all, and then it's mostly the tail-end of the one at the end of the break, before the program starts again. Yay TiVo!:)
Yeah! Then we can all go back to living in caves, and acting suspiciously/outright attacking anybody who isn't part of our clan! Then we'll REALLY be safe!
This is the kind of crap that starts WARS. Not political wars, but real, shooting wars where people die. Therefore, it'll never happen. If the UK wants to self-destruct, then that's their business, but if they think they can start grabbing information from other countries, they're insane. The UK government is rotten to the core, apparently, and needs some serious house-cleaning.
Point well taken; I used "Russian mobsters" as an example simply because it's the first thing to come to mind. Honestly, *I* don't even think anybody is really pirating CDs, except on a very small scale; it's another of the RIAA's red herrings, if you ask me seriously.
Oh, and BY THE WAY.. why doesn't Sony go and sue itself for contributing to copyright infringement? After all they're the ones who developed Compact Discs in the first place! Without them, we'd still be putting our vinyl music onto cassette tape, wouldn't we? For that matter, sue whoever invented cassette tapes! ASININE!!!
Why not sue the descendants of Von Neumann and Turing while you're at it, RIAA? Without digital computers, we'd all still be listening to nice, easily-controlled vinyl records, now wouldn't we? This story gets the "ASININE" tag, for sure. Time to put a bullet in the brains of the RIAA.
You took the words right out of my mouth, with that subject line. Seriously.
The RIAA has been swaggering around like they're Jack Bauer for years now, with all the self-justification that goes along with the reference, but instead of chasing terrorists, or even true "criminals" (copyright violation is really a civil law matter, not a criminal law matter), they're chasing down little kids, moms or grandmas who don't even know what BitTorrent or P2P is, let alone consciously making a decision to use it (kids or grandkids in this case), etc.; if they were chasing down Russian mobsters selling knock-off CDs to fund their other illegal activities then I can see some of it, but they're NOT. Even most of the artists they're claiming to protect don't want much of anything to do with them! It's about time the RIAA legal machine was dismantled, and the pieces destroyed, preferably with fire. They're a relic of a time and a business model whose usefulness and relevance has long since past; it's time for the music industry to stop being in denial about it, embrace the fact that downloading of music is a reality, a genie that can't be put back into it's bottle, and stop beating a dead horse.
Oh, and memo to the music industry: Please start backing and producing music that doesn't suck, k? We're sick to death of the crap you've been turning out lately.
Meaning, that the lottery relies on the poor math skills of most people. In this case, it's relying on the lack of common sense of most people, same way that sites like "freecreditreport.com" (which is just trying to sell you a service). If you can contest the ticket all by yourself and get it reduced, then do so. Wouldn't be surprised if they're actually selling people's personal information on the side (which would be how they REALLY make their money).
Make the basics work reliably first, then add bells and whistles to it. If the engine doesn't run reliably, I couldn't care less that the power windows and doorlocks work!
Finally, someone over there shows a modicum of common sense! Did anybody REALLY think that their absurd plans for filtering would actually see daylight?
Oh, and by the way: "revolting and abhorrent phenomena" that "offend against the standards of morality" read as: "goatse".
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Assuming this is practical for production batteries, what I'd like to know is how using electrodes of this type would affect the overall lifespan of a battery in charge/discharge cycles. If it's dramatically shorter than current technology then it's not really very useful.
Ah. If I may be literal for a moment then: There is a Class D audio amplifier that has been considered to be a "digital amplifier", but I'd never heard of them being produced as musical instrument amplifiers. And no, I think many musicians would agree that that DSP emulators aren't anywhere near as good as a tube amp.
I don't think that's a good analogy. There is no accuracy in coffee that expensive coffee is closer to than Sanka is.
I completely disagree with you on this, since it's perception of sound quality (or coffee quality) that's the issue here. You can make all the arguments you want about the "purity" of a digital recording format (.wav versus .mp3 versus .aac, etc.) but how an individual or a demographic perceives it is the whole point here.
Your argument is totally circular..
Literal much? :p Leave it to some people to attack the words and ignore the point. Tell you what: Substitute any two words you want for "Sanka" and "french press", k?
Are you kidding me? You've got to be kidding me!
If we were able to produce cheap, safe, reliable fusion reactors tomorrow, the world would be thrown into orders of magnitude worse chaos than it currently is! READ AS: THERE WOULD BE ***WAR***. I wouldn't at all be surprised to learn that we've already had the key to such technology for decades, and brighter, farther-seeing minds than ours have carefully delayed it's release to prevent it causing the end of the world! We're not READY for cheap, unlimited power sources, we'd use it to DESTROY ourselves!
I think if you're using NoScript, AdBlock Plus, and Flashblock with FireFox, then you're able to completely opt-out on whatever you don't want to see.
Speaking of which there is no comparison between a digital guitar amp..
I think you mean "solid state".
I think what it really points out, is that people don't or won't differentiate between what they're used to hearing and what really qualifies as "high quality". It's like an older person who has been drinking Sanka all their lives not liking more expensive coffee brewed using a method like french press; the latter is acknowledged as infinitely better, but if it's not what you're used to then "different" is likely to be considered "bad", at least at first.
So they're condemning kids sitting around indoors playing video games all the time instead of going outside, running around, and being kids. Fine, I can deal with that. What I can't deal with, is that the UK government has become such a nanny-state that they keep preventing and even outlawing all sorts of activities "because someone might get hurt". So I ask you all: What the fuck are the kids supposed to do??!?
MEMO TO UK GOVERNMENT: Make up your damned minds, do you want kids to go out and play or DON'T YOU??!?
Violations bring the same penalties as with "pirating" a mp3.
I agree with you and applaud you -- in theory, at least. When it came down to practical matters, it'd never be effective because the average private citizen doesn't have the financial resources to attack a large corporation with a civil lawsuit. More likely what would happen is you'd end up with large corporations being awarded the rights to someone else's life in the form of their personal data.
I'm glad I have TiVo. Rarely see commercials at all, and then it's mostly the tail-end of the one at the end of the break, before the program starts again. Yay TiVo! :)
Yeah! Then we can all go back to living in caves, and acting suspiciously/outright attacking anybody who isn't part of our clan! Then we'll REALLY be safe!
This is the kind of crap that starts WARS. Not political wars, but real, shooting wars where people die. Therefore, it'll never happen. If the UK wants to self-destruct, then that's their business, but if they think they can start grabbing information from other countries, they're insane. The UK government is rotten to the core, apparently, and needs some serious house-cleaning.
Please, tell me this guy didn't do this with government grant money!!!
Point well taken; I used "Russian mobsters" as an example simply because it's the first thing to come to mind. Honestly, *I* don't even think anybody is really pirating CDs, except on a very small scale; it's another of the RIAA's red herrings, if you ask me seriously.
Oh, and BY THE WAY.. why doesn't Sony go and sue itself for contributing to copyright infringement? After all they're the ones who developed Compact Discs in the first place! Without them, we'd still be putting our vinyl music onto cassette tape, wouldn't we? For that matter, sue whoever invented cassette tapes! ASININE!!!
Why not sue the descendants of Von Neumann and Turing while you're at it, RIAA? Without digital computers, we'd all still be listening to nice, easily-controlled vinyl records, now wouldn't we? This story gets the "ASININE" tag, for sure. Time to put a bullet in the brains of the RIAA.
The RIAA has been swaggering around like they're Jack Bauer for years now, with all the self-justification that goes along with the reference, but instead of chasing terrorists, or even true "criminals" (copyright violation is really a civil law matter, not a criminal law matter), they're chasing down little kids, moms or grandmas who don't even know what BitTorrent or P2P is, let alone consciously making a decision to use it (kids or grandkids in this case), etc.; if they were chasing down Russian mobsters selling knock-off CDs to fund their other illegal activities then I can see some of it, but they're NOT. Even most of the artists they're claiming to protect don't want much of anything to do with them! It's about time the RIAA legal machine was dismantled, and the pieces destroyed, preferably with fire. They're a relic of a time and a business model whose usefulness and relevance has long since past; it's time for the music industry to stop being in denial about it, embrace the fact that downloading of music is a reality, a genie that can't be put back into it's bottle, and stop beating a dead horse.
Oh, and memo to the music industry: Please start backing and producing music that doesn't suck, k? We're sick to death of the crap you've been turning out lately.
Meaning, that the lottery relies on the poor math skills of most people. In this case, it's relying on the lack of common sense of most people, same way that sites like "freecreditreport.com" (which is just trying to sell you a service). If you can contest the ticket all by yourself and get it reduced, then do so. Wouldn't be surprised if they're actually selling people's personal information on the side (which would be how they REALLY make their money).
Make the basics work reliably first, then add bells and whistles to it. If the engine doesn't run reliably, I couldn't care less that the power windows and doorlocks work!
If they applied the same filter to television, most channels would only display white noise.
But, most of television is already just white noise, ennit?
..I'm pretty sure they mean MySpace.
Nah, I'm pretty sure they mean Goatse.
Finally, someone over there shows a modicum of common sense! Did anybody REALLY think that their absurd plans for filtering would actually see daylight?
Oh, and by the way: "revolting and abhorrent phenomena" that "offend against the standards of morality" read as: "goatse".
Gattaca! Gattaca! GATTACA! :-)
Why not shoot the people of Florida? blah blah blah
Would you care to volunteer to be the first for this grand experiment? Reduce your carbon footprint, shoot yourself! :-)
Also, fuck you.