I'll just add to that the fact that it takes about 10 years from blueprint to grid-connected nuclear plant. Countries that are investing in renewables are adding several nuclear plants worth to the grid each year/2 years.
"It already produces 90% of its electricity from renewable sources" (Yes, I now: small country, but other small countries are far worse renewable-wise).
Spanish power grid report 2010 http://bit.ly/oj6jfE "Renewable energy covered 35.4% of demand in 2010, seven points ahead of 2009."
If I remember correctly, Spain will also quit nuclear power in the next 2 decades, unless there's a change in policy. They're not building more nuclear plants, and plants that reach EOL will be kept on only for a minimal time, then decommissioned.
Also, until 2008-9, Spain was a net importer of electricity. Now it's a net exporter.
I'm not anti-nuclear. I just wanted to point out that uranium mining also entails problems: deaths during mining, deaths due to mining, toxic waste ponds, CO2 footprint of mining. I'm not saying "ZOMG! uranium mining is evil!" Just pointing out some facts that I hope add to the debate. Cheers.
I've sometimes wondered about this possibility too. I'm no transgender, but I'm human and can empathize with their plight (if not completely understand what they feel). No more need for surgical "hacks" to try to mend nature. This opens the possibility of a streamlined "patch/tweak/upgrade":) I hope you get your own vagina as soon as possible! Also, I hope more complex organs can be made soon too. This thought is purely egotistical: you never know when you'll get a cancer or lose a limb.
"Professor Paolo Macchiarini from Italy led the pioneering surgery, which took place at the Karolinska University Hospital."
The only reference to Spain I saw:
"Professor Macchiarini already has 10 other windpipe transplants under his belt - most notably the world's first tissue-engineered tracheal transplant in 2008 on 30-year-old Spanish woman Claudia Costillo"
Not to diminish Spanish doctors, just pointing out what I think is an error in the title.
According to Wikipedia there are 22 aircraft carriers in operation in the world. 11 of them are American. All the American carriers are supercarriers (over 100,000 tons of displacement). The rest of the world's carriers are ligth and middle carriers. In other words: When you see pictures of American carriers close to any other carrier, the non-US carriers look like toys. Despite this tremendous naval superiority, the US military still wants MOAR!
At least 3 SGAE/SDAE bosses are facing prison charges. Two of them are in prison now (they didn't pay their EUR 300,000 & EUR150,000 bailouts). Another one of remains free for now but he faces charges of up to 10 years for one of the crimes and 12 more for another one --at least.
Why Chrome's share is rising: http://bit.ly/ipbCaT This is _one_ reason. Then, there's the fact that Chrome is fast, good and "just works (tm)" for many, many people. Google also pushes adverts for Chrome in mass media/specialized media web sites, on other Google services (Gmail, YouTube...) and tries to bundle Chrome with some of its products. (eg: Google Earth). Add to that the people who just plain like it over Firefox or IE. So there are many factors involved, but bear in mind that Chrome is simple, fast, slick, responsive and "just works (tm)" for the average (and not so average) Joe. I use Fx myself because I'm addicted to some extensions that are not available in Chrome, but I think Chrome really is a good browser. Opera too, by the way.
There's no room for debate because the debate is settled. Global warming is happening. Human activity is responsible for part of it. Solar minima won't offset global warming. If some people speculate with carbon credits that doesn't make global warming less true. Also, some people --incredible as it may sound to some-- DO really care about things (like trying to explain the science of global warming), regardless of money involved. It's a shame that AGW has got into politics when it should be something all parties should acknowledge as fact, like the Earth revolving around the Sun. Glaciers, snow packs, ice sheets, ice shelves, permafrost... are not partisan, They are all dwindling. It's hard to imagine dwindling ice in a stable/cooling world. Well, some people have an extraordinary ability to ignore the facts. *sigh*
Sorry I can't help more, but it seems that bug 660577 could be relevant to your problem: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660577 (Image-heavy sites are slow and often abort due to OOM; regression from 3.6). Cutting down from 120 secs to 10 secs alleviates the problem... sometimes, depending on how much RAM you have.
I think it's a widely known fact that IP is one of the main exports of the US, so they fight fiercely to get US IP secured from piracy. Along the way, some other foreign IPs might get some protection too, so all the big fish are happy. That's also the reason the RIAA files suits that won't provide them with any cash, but will set precedents of millions of dollars of fines and/or prison. Chilling effect -> people stop pirating.
Nowadays, storage is cheap. Selling CDs doesn't make (much) sense. Song files are really easy to store and copy. They are ALMOST worthless. No need to buy CDs. You get an mp3 player and a computer and the music will always be with you. The important stuff is the music in the files, the talent they contain. Record labels see now that their world is crumbling under their feet. And they want to keep doing business as usual and even control what the user can('t) do with the music once they've purchased it. Well, now it's more like a software license: you don't own DRM music, you lease/rent it while their owners (the record labels, not the artists) can do whatever they want to it.
Well, it has been said countless times: Record labels should change gear or perish. It could be better for the artists since now they can skip proxies and sell their music very cheap and still make a profit. And, of course, concerts, merchandise, special editions...
Well, it has happened a lot to me that the "net" was down (HTTP only) but torrents and eDonkey files were working normally (both up and downloads). Solution: restart the router.
‘You can download whatever you want from eMule. Just DON'T SELL IT.’
--Jorge Martín, Head of the Security Group of the Judicial Police Technology Investigation Brigade (BIT)
Downloads have always been legal in Spain as long as you don't do it for profit (e.g. Selling downloaded bootleg copies of X-Men on the street = NO. Downloading and sharing (for free) X-Men = YES). Pro-Copyright groups, such as SGAE and PROMUSICAE, keep spinning as fast as they can that downloads are illegal/alegal in Spain, which is a blatant lie. Not true. False. And they know it. Time after time judges have acquitted file-sharers & file-sharing sites webmasters. Hell, the judges even understood how torrent links work. Double hell! Spain's chief attorney issued a memo to all courts warning them that file-sharing links and P2P are absolutely legal in Spain. SGAE suffered such appalling, brutal defeats in the courts (some of the judges' comments are specially harsh on them) that they had to change strategy: lobby to get the law changed. That was just what the US wanted too! So all aboard the lobby boat! And that's just what has happened, as the relevant Wikileaks papers show: US Embassy lobbied to get the law changed. And that's, my friends, why in Spain they are going to put up with the "Sinde Act". Because downloads were (are still) LEGAL and the only way around that was to make new laws.
TL;DR: FACT: Donwloads in Spain are LEGAL (so far). Pro-Copyright SPIN 1: Downloads in Span are A-legal. Pro-Copyright SPIN 2: Downloads in Spain are I-llegal but there are loopholes. Pro-Copyright SPIN 3: Downloads in Spain are I-llegal but police won't enforce the law because they consider them petty offenses/Spain is lawless/... FACT: Both domestic pro-Copyright groups and US Gov. lobbied to get the laws changed since they couldn't win in court. FACT: Wikileaks papers show how the US Embassy lobbied to get the law changed and how easily and readily the local authorities bent.
There are tons of info on this topic, but mostly in Spanish. However, at Torrentfreak they have some posts on these issues.
I use Thunderbird. I have e-mail accounts with different e-mail providers. It's nice to be able to have them all centralized in one place. Plus, when not in front of my home PC I can always check the web e-mail versions. Cloud + local storage for the win!:)
America is on a path to perpetual war (if it's not there already). There's always a reason to intervene in faraway countries lest they jeopardize American interests (tm). There's always an enemy out there, somewhere, trying to harm America. Anyone who questions/disagrees/demands accountability on America's constant war/support of wars/cuts on constitutional rights is anti-American, un-patriotic, probably a Communist and possibly a pedophile.
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I'll just add to that the fact that it takes about 10 years from blueprint to grid-connected nuclear plant. Countries that are investing in renewables are adding several nuclear plants worth to the grid each year/2 years.
"Germany is already far ahead of most of the world"
Costa Rica Nears Carbon-Neutral Goal http://internationalliving.com/2010/07/26-costa-rica-nears-carbon-neutral-goal/
"It already produces 90% of its electricity from renewable sources" (Yes, I now: small country, but other small countries are far worse renewable-wise).
Spanish power grid report 2010 http://bit.ly/oj6jfE "Renewable energy covered 35.4% of demand in 2010, seven points ahead of 2009."
If I remember correctly, Spain will also quit nuclear power in the next 2 decades, unless there's a change in policy. They're not building more nuclear plants, and plants that reach EOL will be kept on only for a minimal time, then decommissioned.
Also, until 2008-9, Spain was a net importer of electricity. Now it's a net exporter.
I'm not anti-nuclear. I just wanted to point out that uranium mining also entails problems: deaths during mining, deaths due to mining, toxic waste ponds, CO2 footprint of mining. I'm not saying "ZOMG! uranium mining is evil!" Just pointing out some facts that I hope add to the debate. Cheers.
I've sometimes wondered about this possibility too. I'm no transgender, but I'm human and can empathize with their plight (if not completely understand what they feel). No more need for surgical "hacks" to try to mend nature. This opens the possibility of a streamlined "patch/tweak/upgrade" :) I hope you get your own vagina as soon as possible! Also, I hope more complex organs can be made soon too. This thought is purely egotistical: you never know when you'll get a cancer or lose a limb.
I did read TFA:
"Professor Paolo Macchiarini from Italy led the pioneering surgery, which took place at the Karolinska University Hospital."
The only reference to Spain I saw:
"Professor Macchiarini already has 10 other windpipe transplants under his belt - most notably the world's first tissue-engineered tracheal transplant in 2008 on 30-year-old Spanish woman Claudia Costillo"
Not to diminish Spanish doctors, just pointing out what I think is an error in the title.
According to Wikipedia there are 22 aircraft carriers in operation in the world. 11 of them are American. All the American carriers are supercarriers (over 100,000 tons of displacement). The rest of the world's carriers are ligth and middle carriers. In other words: When you see pictures of American carriers close to any other carrier, the non-US carriers look like toys. Despite this tremendous naval superiority, the US military still wants MOAR!
/facepalm
At least 3 SGAE/SDAE bosses are facing prison charges. Two of them are in prison now (they didn't pay their EUR 300,000 & EUR150,000 bailouts). Another one of remains free for now but he faces charges of up to 10 years for one of the crimes and 12 more for another one --at least.
IFPI Boss and CEO Accused of Tax Evasion in Germany http://www.zeropaid.com/news/94106/ifpi-boss-and-ceo-accused-of-tax-evasion-in-germany/ After the SGAE, Germany investigates IFPI and its dome accused of tax fraud http://en.wikinoticia.com/Technology/general-technology/90182-after-the-sgae-germany-investigates-ifpi-and-its-dome-accused-of-tax-fraud
Why Chrome's share is rising: http://bit.ly/ipbCaT This is _one_ reason. Then, there's the fact that Chrome is fast, good and "just works (tm)" for many, many people. Google also pushes adverts for Chrome in mass media/specialized media web sites, on other Google services (Gmail, YouTube...) and tries to bundle Chrome with some of its products. (eg: Google Earth). Add to that the people who just plain like it over Firefox or IE. So there are many factors involved, but bear in mind that Chrome is simple, fast, slick, responsive and "just works (tm)" for the average (and not so average) Joe. I use Fx myself because I'm addicted to some extensions that are not available in Chrome, but I think Chrome really is a good browser. Opera too, by the way.
Somebody mod parent up, please. Thanks.
There's no room for debate because the debate is settled. Global warming is happening. Human activity is responsible for part of it. Solar minima won't offset global warming. If some people speculate with carbon credits that doesn't make global warming less true. Also, some people --incredible as it may sound to some-- DO really care about things (like trying to explain the science of global warming), regardless of money involved. It's a shame that AGW has got into politics when it should be something all parties should acknowledge as fact, like the Earth revolving around the Sun. Glaciers, snow packs, ice sheets, ice shelves, permafrost... are not partisan, They are all dwindling. It's hard to imagine dwindling ice in a stable/cooling world. Well, some people have an extraordinary ability to ignore the facts. *sigh*
http://news.discovery.com/animals/mammoth-cloning-technology-reserrect-110117.html "The long-extinct pachyderm could be back to life in five years time." - Just like any other awesome/game-changing discovery/technological feat!
50 MB here.
Bug 660577 - Image-heavy sites are slow and often abort due to OOM; regression from 3.6 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660577 Bug 661304 - Not discarding images that are not visible on the current tab causes a memory usage problem https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=661304
It's not the first time Mozilla does an about-face after ignoring multiple reports for years and/or closing the relevant bugs as wont'fix or WFM.
Sorry I can't help more, but it seems that bug 660577 could be relevant to your problem: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660577 (Image-heavy sites are slow and often abort due to OOM; regression from 3.6). Cutting down from 120 secs to 10 secs alleviates the problem... sometimes, depending on how much RAM you have.
I see what you did there... and I like it. :)
I think it's a widely known fact that IP is one of the main exports of the US, so they fight fiercely to get US IP secured from piracy. Along the way, some other foreign IPs might get some protection too, so all the big fish are happy. That's also the reason the RIAA files suits that won't provide them with any cash, but will set precedents of millions of dollars of fines and/or prison. Chilling effect -> people stop pirating.
Nowadays, storage is cheap. Selling CDs doesn't make (much) sense. Song files are really easy to store and copy. They are ALMOST worthless. No need to buy CDs. You get an mp3 player and a computer and the music will always be with you. The important stuff is the music in the files, the talent they contain. Record labels see now that their world is crumbling under their feet. And they want to keep doing business as usual and even control what the user can('t) do with the music once they've purchased it. Well, now it's more like a software license: you don't own DRM music, you lease/rent it while their owners (the record labels, not the artists) can do whatever they want to it.
Well, it has been said countless times: Record labels should change gear or perish. It could be better for the artists since now they can skip proxies and sell their music very cheap and still make a profit. And, of course, concerts, merchandise, special editions...
Well, it has happened a lot to me that the "net" was down (HTTP only) but torrents and eDonkey files were working normally (both up and downloads). Solution: restart the router.
Police chief says downloading content from eMule is no problem
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_13688.shtml
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk7j_Pe1itg 2:48 - 3:12 (Spanish)
‘You can download whatever you want from eMule. Just DON'T SELL IT.’
--Jorge Martín, Head of the Security Group of the Judicial Police Technology Investigation Brigade (BIT)
Downloads have always been legal in Spain as long as you don't do it for profit (e.g. Selling downloaded bootleg copies of X-Men on the street = NO. Downloading and sharing (for free) X-Men = YES). Pro-Copyright groups, such as SGAE and PROMUSICAE, keep spinning as fast as they can that downloads are illegal/alegal in Spain, which is a blatant lie. Not true. False. And they know it. Time after time judges have acquitted file-sharers & file-sharing sites webmasters. Hell, the judges even understood how torrent links work. Double hell! Spain's chief attorney issued a memo to all courts warning them that file-sharing links and P2P are absolutely legal in Spain. SGAE suffered such appalling, brutal defeats in the courts (some of the judges' comments are specially harsh on them) that they had to change strategy: lobby to get the law changed. That was just what the US wanted too! So all aboard the lobby boat! And that's just what has happened, as the relevant Wikileaks papers show: US Embassy lobbied to get the law changed. And that's, my friends, why in Spain they are going to put up with the "Sinde Act". Because downloads were (are still) LEGAL and the only way around that was to make new laws.
TL;DR: FACT: Donwloads in Spain are LEGAL (so far). Pro-Copyright SPIN 1: Downloads in Span are A-legal. Pro-Copyright SPIN 2: Downloads in Spain are I-llegal but there are loopholes. Pro-Copyright SPIN 3: Downloads in Spain are I-llegal but police won't enforce the law because they consider them petty offenses/Spain is lawless/... FACT: Both domestic pro-Copyright groups and US Gov. lobbied to get the laws changed since they couldn't win in court. FACT: Wikileaks papers show how the US Embassy lobbied to get the law changed and how easily and readily the local authorities bent.
There are tons of info on this topic, but mostly in Spanish. However, at Torrentfreak they have some posts on these issues.
philosoraptor
Slashdot slashdotted?
/philosoraptor
I use Thunderbird. I have e-mail accounts with different e-mail providers. It's nice to be able to have them all centralized in one place. Plus, when not in front of my home PC I can always check the web e-mail versions. Cloud + local storage for the win! :)
Mozilla plans to do automatic updates a la Chrome in future versions. They are still working on it, and they might not implement it before Fx 8 or so.
America is on a path to perpetual war (if it's not there already). There's always a reason to intervene in faraway countries lest they jeopardize American interests (tm). There's always an enemy out there, somewhere, trying to harm America. Anyone who questions/disagrees/demands accountability on America's constant war/support of wars/cuts on constitutional rights is anti-American, un-patriotic, probably a Communist and possibly a pedophile.