It's the same things a Texas being condemned for a low graduation rate without recognizing the huge number of illegals that can't speak English and don't stick around long enough to graduate.
On the other hand, people from Texas do tend to be morons...
Hey! I resemble that remark, you insensitive clod!
But the reality is that you're about to screw over your biggest fans and supporters. And if they get wind of it, you consequently risk LOSING some of your biggest fans and supporters. Penalizing your fans for being your fans could result in an epic backlash.
Amen. I find it extremely frustrating when a service to which I've subscribed (for years!) offers extreme discounts to new customers, but won't help me with access to improved equipment or services [cough] -HughesNet- [cough].
When was the last time that they required smallpox vaccination in order to attend school? Heck, when was the last time they even recommended it outside of special circumstances?
I was required to have a second innoculation in 1972 for school.
... attack ads and other campaigning that can be best summed up by "my opponent will destroy this country," even though a rational, objective thinker would realize that neither major candidate will likely do so.
In my view, either major candidate will likely continue the destruction of the USA (in particular, the Constitution and Bill of Rights). Hurray for Corporatism!
The USF has yet to help my family secure a simple POTS line.
Eight years ago, we moved to an sparsely populated area, for reasons that are not germane to this discussion.
When we (because of health worries) asked the ILEC for an estimate to provide POTS to our residence, I was given an estimate of US$250k to $275k for a line. I (jokingly) said, "Bring three. They're small."
Cell phone signals are very *iffy* here, even though we spent US$2k for a commercial repeater.
HughesNet is a joke, too. It is unreliable, and doesn't meet any reasonable definition of "high speed". I am always *happy* when I can get/keep a connection to the 'net.
Are you trolling? What is 'inefficient' about a generator whose fuel is free, compared to (say) sub-50% thermal efficiency from burning coal (and dumping various toxic and radioactive nasties on your neighbours)?
Rgds
Damon
You must've missed the "in a grid system" part. Wind Farms are notoriously inefficient and unreliable in a grid system. They usually provide maximum output when the demand is low, and minimum (or NO) output when the demand is high. Hence, the grid has events like the rolling blackout in the DFW area several years ago (the winds in West Texas died, and too many conventional plants had been idled).
Grids that have wind in them also have conventional plants up and running (spinning reserve) to take up the slack when the wind stops, negating much of the "free" power on a grid.
Hmmm... perhaps my comprehension is suffering because of my advanced age, but I didn't see anything in TFA about the use of natural gas to power the compressors.
Since (I think) gas fired generators are fairly efficent, and can quickly respond to demand changes on the grid, why would one wish to lose the energy required to perform the compression?
It would make more sense to me to store energy from the many Wind Farms, which are horribly inefficient (and costly) in a grid system.
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There's a guy running for president who disagrees.
He knows corporations are people because he's fucked his fair share of them.
Actually, there are TWO guys who are running for US President who disagree. In their defense, it IS consensual sex.
It's the same things a Texas being condemned for a low graduation rate without recognizing the huge number of illegals that can't speak English and don't stick around long enough to graduate.
On the other hand, people from Texas do tend to be morons...
Hey! I resemble that remark, you insensitive clod!
But the reality is that you're about to screw over your biggest fans and supporters. And if they get wind of it, you consequently risk LOSING some of your biggest fans and supporters. Penalizing your fans for being your fans could result in an epic backlash.
Amen. I find it extremely frustrating when a service to which I've subscribed (for years!) offers extreme discounts to new customers, but won't help me with access to improved equipment or services [cough] -HughesNet- [cough].
So long as there are proprietary strings attached to the implementation of a "standard", it (in my view) can in no way be described as "open".
Serious question - do they still allow knitting needles on commercial flights?
I ask because I haven't flown commercial since 2000.
At the time of this post, the "fortune" was "I had pancake makeup for brunch!"
When was the last time that they required smallpox vaccination in order to attend school? Heck, when was the last time they even recommended it outside of special circumstances?
I was required to have a second innoculation in 1972 for school.
Or, two wrongs don't make a right
... but three lefts do.
In my view, either major candidate will likely continue the destruction of the USA (in particular, the Constitution and Bill of Rights). Hurray for Corporatism!
he was also voted prom king
Damn dislexia - I saw "porn king" instead of "prom king".
Problem solved. Many problems solved.
Might wanna go ahead to take out west texas too. Maybe flood the state, keep the big cities above water?
If you flood Texas, many of the big metro areas will inundate first. That might be a Real Good Thing (tm).
Fortunately, I live at a relatively high altitude in a sparsely populated area.
Bring it on!
This is a government project we're talking about here. Don't expect them to hand you the lube.
No, the lube is included, but contains sand.
Their receptionist Miss Mformation.
Shades of "TV or not TV" (Proctor & Bergmann)!
"so MS is grabbing on to it like a shipwreck survivor grabs onto anything that floats"
Anchors don't float. On the other hand, that's a poor analogy, because anchors are useful for something.
And, anchors don't sink intermittently.
1Mbps has been slow for at least a decade. In 2002 I had a 5/1Mbps connection and today 25/25.
Oh, but haven't you heard? HughesNet claims that their service is "high speed broadband" .
"Kalki", by Gore Vidal.
Why do so many recent postings remind me of Burgess' "The Wanting Seed"?
Spelling != language.
que?
No, "queue". After all, this is Slashdot! :-) (yo hablo espanol solimente un pocito, and I don't write it well, either)
If you want to give cops rabbinical training, you pay for it
The Muslims will cry foul
Fowl?
Redmond has always counted on the memory hole, and it's always worked for them. In a few decades the repubs will have Gates' face on a $3 stamp.
Shouldn't that be a $3 "Bill"?
Jim Beam is actually really shitty bourbon and a bad drink all-around.
Why do 9 out of 10 Southern Baptist preachers drink Jim Beam?
Because the square bottle won't roll out from under the seat.
The USF has yet to help my family secure a simple POTS line.
Eight years ago, we moved to an sparsely populated area, for reasons that are not germane to this discussion.
When we (because of health worries) asked the ILEC for an estimate to provide POTS to our residence, I was given an estimate of US$250k to $275k for a line. I (jokingly) said, "Bring three. They're small."
Cell phone signals are very *iffy* here, even though we spent US$2k for a commercial repeater.
HughesNet is a joke, too. It is unreliable, and doesn't meet any reasonable definition of "high speed". I am always *happy* when I can get/keep a connection to the 'net.
I'm not entirely comfortable with your post, but I do agree with what I think you are complaining about.
If I spend money on a device, it is *MINE*, and I should be able to what *I* want with it.
++1(000) for your post.
Are you trolling? What is 'inefficient' about a generator whose fuel is free, compared to (say) sub-50% thermal efficiency from burning coal (and dumping various toxic and radioactive nasties on your neighbours)?
Rgds
Damon
You must've missed the "in a grid system" part. Wind Farms are notoriously inefficient and unreliable in a grid system. They usually provide maximum output when the demand is low, and minimum (or NO) output when the demand is high. Hence, the grid has events like the rolling blackout in the DFW area several years ago (the winds in West Texas died, and too many conventional plants had been idled).
Grids that have wind in them also have conventional plants up and running (spinning reserve) to take up the slack when the wind stops, negating much of the "free" power on a grid.
Since (I think) gas fired generators are fairly efficent, and can quickly respond to demand changes on the grid, why would one wish to lose the energy required to perform the compression?
It would make more sense to me to store energy from the many Wind Farms, which are horribly inefficient (and costly) in a grid system.