the slashdot audience is already well versed in the idea that these killer electron waves can cause all sorts of conditions, regardless of what you call them. I just hope that if it happens to me that I'll get a good super-power and not be a reject from society.
I can go on for hours about why it's safe to live under power lines, but if it's your house, it's not going to sell. I'd take a pass. Not because of the microwaves, but because of the resale issues.
Umm, this is a penthouse in Manhattan. Most people that don't read/. wouldn't notice a cell phone antenna, and the ones that would might think it's a benefit.
In the midwest people won't live under powerlines because you can choose anywhere to live. How many penthouses are on the market and available in Manhattan?
Easy. Lead Paint. Throw a couple coats on. They say it's "dangerous" but it is still used all over the world where people aren't quite as "concerned".
You might even want to throw a little extra lead in there. Then you don't have to worry about radiation from the antennas, stray superheroes that might be looking in, or any fly-by RFID scanners...
Unadulterated ethanol would be perfectly effective for industrial purposes but that doesn't mean it would be usable.
As someone who deals with industrial chemicals all day, I can tell you that there are already enough problems with people finding unfit purposes for industrial chemicals. I want my ethanol denatured because I don't want to have to babysit every last ounce that I use. We already have chemical cages, authorization systems, and days worth of annual safety training. Last thing I need is some third-shift newbie who thinks he can blow off safety procedures finding out he can spike his drink with the solvent he's currently using.
Then he smuggles some out to his friends, starts selling a bit, and then I've got the cops or some insurance company/injury lawyer knocking on my door because I'm dispensing untaxed liquor that's killing people - because it's supposed to be a solvent.
Besides, if the gov't didn't require it, industry would anyway. Last thing the beverage industry wants is a cheap alternative competing against both gasoline and their business. Last thing the ethanol producers want is their solvents/fuels ending up in someone's glass and having the oversight that goes with it.
I would gladly pay 3k to power my home and help reduce CO2 emissions. I realize there is also the cost of fuel but that can be bio fuel among others. In addition, the fuels are not being combusted.
This only works if the CO2 emissions it creates are less than the alternatives. This seems to be more "green" in that it takes up less space than some alternatives and might require less environmentally harmful/rare materials. If you mean it doesn't "combust" fuels because it doesn't light them on fire, you still need to realize that it takes a hydrocarbon and oxygen, and exhausts CO2. This might be a major breakthrough in efficiency and fuel cell design, but it doesn't seem to be "alternative" or "zero-emmissions".
According to the 60 Minutes piece last night, the $800k is before subsidies, which bring the price per unit down to around $400k-$500k.
subsidies don't actually make the product cost less, it just means that the end user pays less. If subsidies come from power companies that spend less when their customers have these, then we see a real cost savings. If it comes from tax money, it just means I have to pay more for something I don't have.
It might be a nice power supplement for heavy power users or a good backup, but I'm not looking at these flying off the shelf unless the cost is cut to around the cost of a diesel generator
Shouldn't treaties be made by people who are responsible to an electorate? Isn't that the point of our entire system of government? This seems really shady to me.
Don't use the internet to point out obvious lapses in judgment that the US government might have made. If it seems shady to you it means you have something to hide, and it's because of people like you that we need treaties like ACTA.
Once the new cyberwarriors can finally get out and patrol the internet we won't have to worry about these weaknesses being released to the pirates.
Actually, I already have faxed papers in in varying positions. Up, down, left, right, both in frontwards and backwards. That's the idea I am trying to patent!
Is that better than being fat? I keep hearing that obesity is greater among people that spend an above average amount of time watching TV and surfing the web. I think they must have missed that link. Internets lead to obesity, obesity leads to poor self image, poor self image leads to depression, depression leads to loneliness, loneliness leads to porn! Hence the internets only lead to creating porn addicts and pirates. Which is why we need the FCC watching over the tubes...
There is a difference, but that also means I am less interested in ebooks than e-music. I want my music digital because I don't carry a CD/cassette/record player. E-books are nice to carry and read, but the filesystem on my paperback isn't ever going to get corrupted, and the format won't change. If it gets torn, spilled on, left in the sun, or bent in half - it has more character. Digital music I can maintain/convert to keep them forever. My kindle/iPhone/iPad will die in 2-5 years, but my paperbacks won't.
I'm pretty sure the latest trinket that we are trying to amuse ourselves is also the one that I've picked to screw us...I just don't know how long it'll be before the LHC can create red matter...
The blame belongs with the people that didn't have the foresight to limit traffic and allowed an open connection with the assumption that people would only use that connection in they desired. If you grant full access, then it isn't stealing. The "thief" is using a connection that they have been allowed to use by nature of the device and their ability to use it as they see fit. The blame belongs 100% with the thief when a crime is committed. Using the full capabilities of a device you have paid for is not a crime, and could only be considered wrong if you signed some agreement saying you wouldn't do so in the first place.
This might be even more simple. The device itself has a free cellular connection. If you hack the device to gain access to the connection then you aren't stealing unless you agreed not to do that.
If you aquire a nook and do not sign or agree to any EULA that prohibits you from opening the device and using the internet connection then there is no stealing happening. If you do that and the carriers aren't happy then it is their fault. If they don't like it, but you agreed to a EULA or something else that prohibited it, then it's not their fault.
get a spykee robot (erector set) if you can get one on woot.com for a 100 bucks. It's complicated, fun, and works if they just want to put something electronic/multimedia/fun together... and then if they get interested they can program it
And a referee is what they need. I live in an "underserved" area, and access to the internet has a big influence on where I live locally. If you live out very far you get nothing, even if you are willing to pay for the initial outlay of cable. I think access to broadband should essentially be a right. Not that everyone gets the same thing, but that you get broadband based inline with the population density of the area you live in - starting with 768k.
Of course, that's not how the free market works and makes higher costs at the expense of the few - but the broadband space isn't a free market already.
Why would you "walk away from the table" if an international treaty was being drawn up that affected you? Maybe Mr. Kirk needs to call a bluff?
Government: "People are getting upset, we need to open up about what we are talking about"
Content Owners: "No! They aren't going to like it. You're only helping the pirates! Only the pirates would object! Whine! Whine! If you want to talk to them, then we'll just leave!
Government: "Crap! They said they would leave! Hush up! Down with the pirates!"
seriously...if someone would walk away from an agreement just because it is "out in the open" then they are either not representing their constituency or they are really able to gain a competitive advantage by screwing someone else. Everyone that matters would want a say regardless. International politics are not hard to understand - ever observed a kindergarten class?
The goal for Implicit isn't to win this case. Patent trolls don't want a long drawn out case, they just want to be a thorn in the M$ side. The goal is to have someone at M$ say "x dollars to fight this is > x dollars to settle". Then Implicit gets money, they don't have to defend their patent in court (and possibly lose), the patent looks more legitimate, and they can then use those funds to go after Apple, Sun, Dell, IBM, Amazon, GE, Kraft, the NFL, the Girl Scouts, and anyone else that does business in Texas...
It's not that it matters if he has his staff "probe" into wikileaks. I encourage it as it only means that he and his staff might accidentally learn something. What does matter is that people like this are the ones that deal with issues like DMCA, ACTA, Net Neutrality, and a host of other issues they have no idea about. He will talk to his congressmen friends, and we all lose...
No, but if a tornado or hurricane comes, and my roof leaks, it's neither of our faults. If I live below sea level I might not consider my self stupid for the majority of year. If there is a hurricane coming, and I live below sea level protected only by an old levy-I'm getting the heck out to higher ground!!!!
yeah, but to calm any fears of the end times, remind them that Jesus said that they "would come like a thief in the night" (1 Thess 5:2). If anyone is expecting it, that is exactly not the time it is going to happen. If people have predicted that 2012 will be the end for hundreds of years, then I imagine that means it has one of the lowest probabilities of happening - the bible doesn't lie.
Deep Freeze is nice, but I don't like not being able to get to the computer remotely to fix it if it's really dead. I support a family member (with some cash) that liked the look of the macs, but didn't want to switch. I put VMware Fusion on to run windows. Now I can use LogMeIn to get to the underlying OSX and revert back to a previous image of Windows whenever there's a problem. It will automatically take snapshots every so often. No matter how bad windows gets, I can always remote in to OSX. You can do the same thing with ubuntu or whatever you feel like, she just wanted the "shiny new apple with only a single cord"
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the slashdot audience is already well versed in the idea that these killer electron waves can cause all sorts of conditions, regardless of what you call them. I just hope that if it happens to me that I'll get a good super-power and not be a reject from society.
I can go on for hours about why it's safe to live under power lines, but if it's your house, it's not going to sell. I'd take a pass. Not because of the microwaves, but because of the resale issues.
Umm, this is a penthouse in Manhattan. Most people that don't read /. wouldn't notice a cell phone antenna, and the ones that would might think it's a benefit.
In the midwest people won't live under powerlines because you can choose anywhere to live. How many penthouses are on the market and available in Manhattan?
You might even want to throw a little extra lead in there. Then you don't have to worry about radiation from the antennas, stray superheroes that might be looking in, or any fly-by RFID scanners...
As someone who deals with industrial chemicals all day, I can tell you that there are already enough problems with people finding unfit purposes for industrial chemicals. I want my ethanol denatured because I don't want to have to babysit every last ounce that I use. We already have chemical cages, authorization systems, and days worth of annual safety training. Last thing I need is some third-shift newbie who thinks he can blow off safety procedures finding out he can spike his drink with the solvent he's currently using.
Then he smuggles some out to his friends, starts selling a bit, and then I've got the cops or some insurance company/injury lawyer knocking on my door because I'm dispensing untaxed liquor that's killing people - because it's supposed to be a solvent.
Besides, if the gov't didn't require it, industry would anyway. Last thing the beverage industry wants is a cheap alternative competing against both gasoline and their business. Last thing the ethanol producers want is their solvents/fuels ending up in someone's glass and having the oversight that goes with it.
I would gladly pay 3k to power my home and help reduce CO2 emissions. I realize there is also the cost of fuel but that can be bio fuel among others. In addition, the fuels are not being combusted.
This only works if the CO2 emissions it creates are less than the alternatives. This seems to be more "green" in that it takes up less space than some alternatives and might require less environmentally harmful/rare materials. If you mean it doesn't "combust" fuels because it doesn't light them on fire, you still need to realize that it takes a hydrocarbon and oxygen, and exhausts CO2. This might be a major breakthrough in efficiency and fuel cell design, but it doesn't seem to be "alternative" or "zero-emmissions".
According to the 60 Minutes piece last night, the $800k is before subsidies, which bring the price per unit down to around $400k-$500k.
subsidies don't actually make the product cost less, it just means that the end user pays less. If subsidies come from power companies that spend less when their customers have these, then we see a real cost savings. If it comes from tax money, it just means I have to pay more for something I don't have.
It might be a nice power supplement for heavy power users or a good backup, but I'm not looking at these flying off the shelf unless the cost is cut to around the cost of a diesel generator
I'd lose the last couple hours to last couple days of email that I haven't backed up...
I'd have to change my default search provider...
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In America, our child pornographers are also considered terrorists. That's how we limit sexting -> texting -> texting while driving...
Shouldn't treaties be made by people who are responsible to an electorate? Isn't that the point of our entire system of government? This seems really shady to me.
Don't use the internet to point out obvious lapses in judgment that the US government might have made. If it seems shady to you it means you have something to hide, and it's because of people like you that we need treaties like ACTA.
Once the new cyberwarriors can finally get out and patrol the internet we won't have to worry about these weaknesses being released to the pirates.
Actually, I already have faxed papers in in varying positions. Up, down, left, right, both in frontwards and backwards. That's the idea I am trying to patent!
Is that better than being fat? I keep hearing that obesity is greater among people that spend an above average amount of time watching TV and surfing the web. I think they must have missed that link. Internets lead to obesity, obesity leads to poor self image, poor self image leads to depression, depression leads to loneliness, loneliness leads to porn! Hence the internets only lead to creating porn addicts and pirates. Which is why we need the FCC watching over the tubes...
There is a difference, but that also means I am less interested in ebooks than e-music. I want my music digital because I don't carry a CD/cassette/record player. E-books are nice to carry and read, but the filesystem on my paperback isn't ever going to get corrupted, and the format won't change. If it gets torn, spilled on, left in the sun, or bent in half - it has more character. Digital music I can maintain/convert to keep them forever. My kindle/iPhone/iPad will die in 2-5 years, but my paperbacks won't.
I have a perfect method. All you have to do is give me full access to your email account and 10 cents for every spam message I delete from it.
I'm pretty sure the latest trinket that we are trying to amuse ourselves is also the one that I've picked to screw us...I just don't know how long it'll be before the LHC can create red matter...
The blame belongs with the people that didn't have the foresight to limit traffic and allowed an open connection with the assumption that people would only use that connection in they desired. If you grant full access, then it isn't stealing. The "thief" is using a connection that they have been allowed to use by nature of the device and their ability to use it as they see fit. The blame belongs 100% with the thief when a crime is committed. Using the full capabilities of a device you have paid for is not a crime, and could only be considered wrong if you signed some agreement saying you wouldn't do so in the first place.
If you aquire a nook and do not sign or agree to any EULA that prohibits you from opening the device and using the internet connection then there is no stealing happening. If you do that and the carriers aren't happy then it is their fault. If they don't like it, but you agreed to a EULA or something else that prohibited it, then it's not their fault.
get a spykee robot (erector set) if you can get one on woot.com for a 100 bucks. It's complicated, fun, and works if they just want to put something electronic/multimedia/fun together... and then if they get interested they can program it
Of course, that's not how the free market works and makes higher costs at the expense of the few - but the broadband space isn't a free market already.
Why would you "walk away from the table" if an international treaty was being drawn up that affected you? Maybe Mr. Kirk needs to call a bluff?
Government: "People are getting upset, we need to open up about what we are talking about"
Content Owners: "No! They aren't going to like it. You're only helping the pirates! Only the pirates would object! Whine! Whine! If you want to talk to them, then we'll just leave!
Government: "Crap! They said they would leave! Hush up! Down with the pirates!"
seriously...if someone would walk away from an agreement just because it is "out in the open" then they are either not representing their constituency or they are really able to gain a competitive advantage by screwing someone else. Everyone that matters would want a say regardless. International politics are not hard to understand - ever observed a kindergarten class?
The goal for Implicit isn't to win this case. Patent trolls don't want a long drawn out case, they just want to be a thorn in the M$ side. The goal is to have someone at M$ say "x dollars to fight this is > x dollars to settle". Then Implicit gets money, they don't have to defend their patent in court (and possibly lose), the patent looks more legitimate, and they can then use those funds to go after Apple, Sun, Dell, IBM, Amazon, GE, Kraft, the NFL, the Girl Scouts, and anyone else that does business in Texas...
It's not that it matters if he has his staff "probe" into wikileaks. I encourage it as it only means that he and his staff might accidentally learn something. What does matter is that people like this are the ones that deal with issues like DMCA, ACTA, Net Neutrality, and a host of other issues they have no idea about. He will talk to his congressmen friends, and we all lose...
No, but if a tornado or hurricane comes, and my roof leaks, it's neither of our faults. If I live below sea level I might not consider my self stupid for the majority of year. If there is a hurricane coming, and I live below sea level protected only by an old levy-I'm getting the heck out to higher ground!!!!
crap! My mortgage isn't Y2K12 compliant!
yeah, but to calm any fears of the end times, remind them that Jesus said that they "would come like a thief in the night" (1 Thess 5:2). If anyone is expecting it, that is exactly not the time it is going to happen. If people have predicted that 2012 will be the end for hundreds of years, then I imagine that means it has one of the lowest probabilities of happening - the bible doesn't lie.
Deep Freeze is nice, but I don't like not being able to get to the computer remotely to fix it if it's really dead. I support a family member (with some cash) that liked the look of the macs, but didn't want to switch. I put VMware Fusion on to run windows. Now I can use LogMeIn to get to the underlying OSX and revert back to a previous image of Windows whenever there's a problem. It will automatically take snapshots every so often. No matter how bad windows gets, I can always remote in to OSX. You can do the same thing with ubuntu or whatever you feel like, she just wanted the "shiny new apple with only a single cord"