Is there a right to complain should he continue to communicate comfortably with strangers, either male or female? Absolutely not. Is she within her rights to complain if he is flirting and making advances on other people when supposedly in a committed relationship? Absolutely. What's more is this goes both ways.
I have no qualms talking to anyone. I have never been introverted and I can strike a conversation up with anyone from a small child to a octogenarian and everyone in between, it helps if people's stories fascinate you. I am also in a committed relationship and been married for over 7 years, so if I were to turn my skills to flirting or "pulling" other women I absolutely expect my wife to get pissed with me.
But exactly like dating the super attractive job seeker is the one who has the power. If you were a reservoir engineer or a geophysicist you can pick and choose and will have the company begging you to join.
You seem to have forgotten that all risks have a probability factor as well. That quake was huge, and very rare. Yeah they happen, but what is the life expectancy of the facility? 50 years? There will be a probability associated with earthquake risk during that period, does the risk out weigh the other benefits? Whether that probability is accurate is an entirely different question but it still exists.
Otherwise every seismic sensitive structure would be built in the centre of Australia.
There have been: (M1.5 or greater) 97 earthquakes today 909 earthquakes in the past 7 days 3,131 earthquakes in the past month 37,752 earthquakes in the past year
In addition to this the article (I know I know who reads articles!) says there has been an exodus of Japanese data centres post the major earth quakes they had. A quick bit of research found that is a load of crap and they only place that claims that is a press release from a company that sells data centre space.
What I actually found was talk about how the Japanese DCs stayed live during the quake and that their systems handled it perfectly.
The tabloid journalism is strong in this one. A 4.5 magnitude quake is utterly insignificant when it comes to structural design. If this project is as large as promised it will be designed by serious engineers to withstand significant quakes and not even notice something in the 4s.
From wikipedia
4.0–4.9 Light IV to VI Noticeable shaking of indoor objects and rattling noises. Felt by most people in the affected area. Slightly felt outside. Generally causes none to minimal damage. Moderate to significant damage very unlikely. Some objects may fall off shelves or be knocked over.
Frequency of occurrance - 10,000 to 15,000 per year
I never had a problem - travelling with a family with 2 suitcases and all the crap you need for young kids on an international holiday, we just got on the train. Generally there was loads of room and they have a cubby for larger bags which we made use of. Most of the time the carriage was less than half full so even having the suitcase across the aisle taking up another seat was more than viable.
The first time you are looking the wrong way on a platform and a Nozomi super fast flys through the station right next to you.... That gets the heart rate up!
Japan in particular can be difficult with literal translations. When you ask someone if they would like something, like a cup of coffee, you are unlikely to get an explicit no. You are more likely to get "choto" which literally translates to "a little".
Japanese and English are rated two of the hardest languages to learn because of the fine variations that occur during use of words that may not be immediately obvious when you are reading a definition.
It's the getting on and off that is the biggest plus for high speed trains. I have stayed in Shinjuku a number of times and the train station there is incredible. It takes about 3 hours just to walk round the outside of it.
Inside it has everything from shinkansen to local rail trams. You can jump off a local tube with your suitcase in tow, meander across to the shinkansen platform, jump on and away you go. No security checks, no checking luggage nothing. And they are way more comfortable than planes, the seating space is bigger, the chairs flip from front to rear facing. They have an awesome food carriage. I love them.
For a tourist as well if you buy a JR pass before you get there they are super cheap (not so cheap if you buy the ticket there)
I never said that solar doesn't work when there is less sun. But it is obvious that the greater the period of sunlight and the more energy in that sunlight the greater your electricity production will be.
My parents system (5kw) sees a fluctuation between 22kwhs produced in summer to 14khw produced in Winter. Winter here is mins of about 5c and max temps of 22c. If that looks a lot like your summer then you will produce lower power all year round. So your system has to be larger to cope.
Just because your system has to be larger doesn't make it necessarily uneconomical to an individual depending on unit cost of electricity and whether there are any feed in subsidies.
Also I have made a choice not to have solar on my house because I would have to cut down lots of trees. Kinda feels a little perverted to me that I would have to cut down over a dozen 20m+ trees so my solar doesn't get dappled by their leaves.
Maybe I'm reading this wrong but I read this as no different to wifi or bluetooth. you would have two devices talking over LTE - towers (and hence registatration on a network and monthly fees) not required.
So if I get this right you can have two phones communicate directly over LTE. In a couple of years time we will have these old LTE Direct capable phones just lying around doing nothing. To me that is the most awesome backbone of a decentralised wireless internet ever! Way way higher speeds then wifi, longer distance and built with hardware we would have otherwise discarded!
Plant is not the only capital cost. The poles, wires, transformers etc makes up a bigger component then the actual stations. It doesn't matter if you generate the energy via dirty coal or solar if the power has to be transmitted there will be a significant network cost.
Solar in the 'burbs may be incentivised by the increase in unit cost of electricity, but solar farms and wind farms will be impacted just as hard as traditional generation systems. Also as soon as density rises power needs cannot be met by localised solar.
Plenty of people have got to the point of being almost off grid but not decided to cut the cord. Also Australia is a really really really big place and while there are areas that get loads of sun there are areas that are like europe and get not so much.
There are plenty of nice DC & Gas fridge units. But they are expensive. Do the math on the lead acid batteries you need and you see that you need a lot. Also expensive.
The capital cost of going off grid is high and frankly I call bullshit on breaking even on the pannels and batteries in the first year. I have a high electric bill and it is $900 per quarter. That is still a huge amount less then the capital cost of even a 5kw system. Let alone the 20kw system and batteries you would need to be off grid.
We already see this today. But the investment in achieving it is huge AND it requires you to be a relatively low power user. Finally most people want the peace of mind of knowing they have a backup.
My parents have a grid tied solar system and they receive money from their utilities provider every quarter. Usually around $300. This was a change from them paying on average $450 per quarter. Quite simply why would they want to disconnect from the grid? The grid tie is less then the profit of selling their excess generation.
If the amount of money made from the actual electricity falls too far then the cost will be transferred to a network connection costs.
This is already the case in Australia where the cost per kw/h is predominately made up but the cost of the distribution network rather than the generation costs.
You may see an increase in people disconnecting from the grid all together but I would suggest that will remain a fringe component for the foreseeable future. Battery costs are too high and most people's electricity consumption is very lumpy meaning they need a lot of storage. Finally people will pay for the security of mains power.
In Australia you tend to see a feed-in tariff - ie the electricity you put into the grid is priced. For a while this was heavily subsidised meaning the feed in rate could be more than double the buy rate. Which skewed the market terribly, basically the people who could afford solar systems were funded by renters and those that couldn't.
Now the feed in rates are a commercial competition between the various energy retailers.
In the end someone has to provide the wires, transformers and sub-stations. Those don't care where the power comes from. If it cannot be paid for by the generators it will be paid for by the consumer directly.
Who knows what the impacts might be. I am 30 now, let say I live until my 90s. Since I have been born the transistor has completely changed life for most of us on this planet. 60 years before I was born cars were only really starting to have a big impact. By the time I die we have no idea what the major changes will be and where they will come from. Low gravity environments may be the key to materials or processes which enable us to do things we can't do now, and the value of those materials may make launching worth while, especially if India has a cost base as low as it seems.
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Is there a right to complain should he continue to communicate comfortably with strangers, either male or female? Absolutely not. Is she within her rights to complain if he is flirting and making advances on other people when supposedly in a committed relationship? Absolutely. What's more is this goes both ways.
I have no qualms talking to anyone. I have never been introverted and I can strike a conversation up with anyone from a small child to a octogenarian and everyone in between, it helps if people's stories fascinate you. I am also in a committed relationship and been married for over 7 years, so if I were to turn my skills to flirting or "pulling" other women I absolutely expect my wife to get pissed with me.
But exactly like dating the super attractive job seeker is the one who has the power. If you were a reservoir engineer or a geophysicist you can pick and choose and will have the company begging you to join.
You will get more shock from someone slamming a door near them, or accidentally driving a trolley cart into their cabinet.
You seem to have forgotten that all risks have a probability factor as well. That quake was huge, and very rare. Yeah they happen, but what is the life expectancy of the facility? 50 years? There will be a probability associated with earthquake risk during that period, does the risk out weigh the other benefits? Whether that probability is accurate is an entirely different question but it still exists.
Otherwise every seismic sensitive structure would be built in the centre of Australia.
Great link by the way!
I loved this
There have been: (M1.5 or greater)
97 earthquakes today
909 earthquakes in the past 7 days
3,131 earthquakes in the past month
37,752 earthquakes in the past year
In addition to this the article (I know I know who reads articles!) says there has been an exodus of Japanese data centres post the major earth quakes they had. A quick bit of research found that is a load of crap and they only place that claims that is a press release from a company that sells data centre space.
What I actually found was talk about how the Japanese DCs stayed live during the quake and that their systems handled it perfectly.
The tabloid journalism is strong in this one. A 4.5 magnitude quake is utterly insignificant when it comes to structural design. If this project is as large as promised it will be designed by serious engineers to withstand significant quakes and not even notice something in the 4s.
From wikipedia
4.0–4.9 Light IV to VI
Noticeable shaking of indoor objects and rattling noises. Felt by most people in the affected area. Slightly felt outside. Generally causes none to minimal damage. Moderate to significant damage very unlikely. Some objects may fall off shelves or be knocked over.
Frequency of occurrance - 10,000 to 15,000 per year
I never had a problem - travelling with a family with 2 suitcases and all the crap you need for young kids on an international holiday, we just got on the train. Generally there was loads of room and they have a cubby for larger bags which we made use of. Most of the time the carriage was less than half full so even having the suitcase across the aisle taking up another seat was more than viable.
The first time you are looking the wrong way on a platform and a Nozomi super fast flys through the station right next to you.... That gets the heart rate up!
Japan in particular can be difficult with literal translations. When you ask someone if they would like something, like a cup of coffee, you are unlikely to get an explicit no. You are more likely to get "choto" which literally translates to "a little".
Japanese and English are rated two of the hardest languages to learn because of the fine variations that occur during use of words that may not be immediately obvious when you are reading a definition.
It's the getting on and off that is the biggest plus for high speed trains. I have stayed in Shinjuku a number of times and the train station there is incredible. It takes about 3 hours just to walk round the outside of it.
Inside it has everything from shinkansen to local rail trams. You can jump off a local tube with your suitcase in tow, meander across to the shinkansen platform, jump on and away you go. No security checks, no checking luggage nothing. And they are way more comfortable than planes, the seating space is bigger, the chairs flip from front to rear facing. They have an awesome food carriage. I love them.
For a tourist as well if you buy a JR pass before you get there they are super cheap (not so cheap if you buy the ticket there)
I never said that solar doesn't work when there is less sun. But it is obvious that the greater the period of sunlight and the more energy in that sunlight the greater your electricity production will be.
My parents system (5kw) sees a fluctuation between 22kwhs produced in summer to 14khw produced in Winter. Winter here is mins of about 5c and max temps of 22c. If that looks a lot like your summer then you will produce lower power all year round. So your system has to be larger to cope.
Just because your system has to be larger doesn't make it necessarily uneconomical to an individual depending on unit cost of electricity and whether there are any feed in subsidies.
Also I have made a choice not to have solar on my house because I would have to cut down lots of trees. Kinda feels a little perverted to me that I would have to cut down over a dozen 20m+ trees so my solar doesn't get dappled by their leaves.
Maybe I'm reading this wrong but I read this as no different to wifi or bluetooth. you would have two devices talking over LTE - towers (and hence registatration on a network and monthly fees) not required.
Over what time period? Depending on what your inflation rate that could easily be nominally the same if you are talking 7+ years.
Surely it would behave just like wifi and there would need to be some kind of authentication shared before traffic is passed over it.
Your phone is probably actively sniffing for wifi spots right now. This would just be another format.
How are you paying for it?
Also I see this as a way of joining my home network with a friends a couple of houses away without buying any new equipment.....
So if I get this right you can have two phones communicate directly over LTE. In a couple of years time we will have these old LTE Direct capable phones just lying around doing nothing. To me that is the most awesome backbone of a decentralised wireless internet ever! Way way higher speeds then wifi, longer distance and built with hardware we would have otherwise discarded!
Plant is not the only capital cost. The poles, wires, transformers etc makes up a bigger component then the actual stations. It doesn't matter if you generate the energy via dirty coal or solar if the power has to be transmitted there will be a significant network cost.
Solar in the 'burbs may be incentivised by the increase in unit cost of electricity, but solar farms and wind farms will be impacted just as hard as traditional generation systems. Also as soon as density rises power needs cannot be met by localised solar.
Plenty of people have got to the point of being almost off grid but not decided to cut the cord. Also Australia is a really really really big place and while there are areas that get loads of sun there are areas that are like europe and get not so much.
There are plenty of nice DC & Gas fridge units. But they are expensive. Do the math on the lead acid batteries you need and you see that you need a lot. Also expensive.
The capital cost of going off grid is high and frankly I call bullshit on breaking even on the pannels and batteries in the first year. I have a high electric bill and it is $900 per quarter. That is still a huge amount less then the capital cost of even a 5kw system. Let alone the 20kw system and batteries you would need to be off grid.
ps. I'm in Queensland which gets a LOT of sun.
We already see this today. But the investment in achieving it is huge AND it requires you to be a relatively low power user. Finally most people want the peace of mind of knowing they have a backup.
My parents have a grid tied solar system and they receive money from their utilities provider every quarter. Usually around $300. This was a change from them paying on average $450 per quarter. Quite simply why would they want to disconnect from the grid? The grid tie is less then the profit of selling their excess generation.
That only works if this usage is the fringe case - as soon as it becomes the norm the price will go to 3x. It has to. The asset must be maintained.
Posting to myself for additional information.
In Queensland the breakdown in a typical bill is
21% Generation
24% Retail
3% Green Schemes
8% Solar costs
48% Network
Source - http://www.dews.qld.gov.au/ene...
If the amount of money made from the actual electricity falls too far then the cost will be transferred to a network connection costs.
This is already the case in Australia where the cost per kw/h is predominately made up but the cost of the distribution network rather than the generation costs.
You may see an increase in people disconnecting from the grid all together but I would suggest that will remain a fringe component for the foreseeable future. Battery costs are too high and most people's electricity consumption is very lumpy meaning they need a lot of storage. Finally people will pay for the security of mains power.
In Australia you tend to see a feed-in tariff - ie the electricity you put into the grid is priced. For a while this was heavily subsidised meaning the feed in rate could be more than double the buy rate. Which skewed the market terribly, basically the people who could afford solar systems were funded by renters and those that couldn't.
Now the feed in rates are a commercial competition between the various energy retailers.
In the end someone has to provide the wires, transformers and sub-stations. Those don't care where the power comes from. If it cannot be paid for by the generators it will be paid for by the consumer directly.
Unfortunately you can guarantee that if you do get caught and issued with the fine you will be required to buy a backdated permit AND pay the fine.
Who knows what the impacts might be. I am 30 now, let say I live until my 90s. Since I have been born the transistor has completely changed life for most of us on this planet. 60 years before I was born cars were only really starting to have a big impact. By the time I die we have no idea what the major changes will be and where they will come from. Low gravity environments may be the key to materials or processes which enable us to do things we can't do now, and the value of those materials may make launching worth while, especially if India has a cost base as low as it seems.