It's interesting that the state I live in has the cheapest electricity in the nation at $0.0875 per kwh and solar is easy to get, even encouraged with some of the most generous incentives in the nation.
Yet, you see few installations even though the power companies here will happily pay you if you produce excess.
The problem is, per kwh it is so inexpensive due to being mainly hydroelectric and has only increased 2% since 2011 that it takes a long time to pay off the investment as we just don't get the 200+ sunny days of Virginia or Florida. Western Washington gets around 160 days with at least partially sunny days and the east around 180 with moderate winters.
So if you live where you can get the most use out of it it's hard to get and heavily regulated. If you live where it's less effective and electricity prices are cheap (making for a very slow return on investment), it's easy to get. Why am I not surprised?
Yeah, I actually knew that standards were more popular in Europe, I didn't know why however, but I do recall that in some (most?) EU countries it is more difficult and expensive to obtain your general license than the states. Here, if you have a pulse, you can pretty much drive a car. Interestingly enough, that is very similar to N. American CDL* licensing where everyone learns a stick unless physical disabilities prevent it. Of course if you fall into the latter category, there are very few transporters who run automatic transmission fleets, so Owner Operator is generally the best way to go if you can't physically drive a stick. (I train CDL drivers).
"Imagine a world in which your wristwatch or other wearable device communicates directly with your online profiles, storing information about your daily activities where you can best access it â€" all without requiring batteries."
Because I certainly don't feel comforted by it.....
Thieves, like the majority of the motoring public, generally have limited, if any experience driving a standard transmission. The stick has become the Linux of transmissions.
According to the article, and that number seems about right, only about 10% of cars are sold with a stick.
I needed to transport my 1997 Camaro across town after an emergency surgery that coincided with a move. I had a hell of a time finding someone who could both drive a stick and was willing to drive the car. Most who sit in it are freaked out that your front vision ends at the windshield and you simply cannot see the hood at all. That seems to make most people a bit squeamish about driving it. On the plus side, no one EVER asks to borrow my car,
Even Kings wife Tabitha had a bit of revulsion about that one. (In an interview King said she referred to it as that 'book about shit monsters.....or something along that line anyway, old interview from around the time of production.)
It is just not the type of article I come to Slashdot for. I love history and absolutely agree with your sentiments about educated and knowledgeable commentators being drawn to such an article. To me, this particular article just seems out of place. Which is of course only a Pslytely Psycho opinion...;)
And I just couldn't resist a DICE troll....just for the fun of it.
Indeed! Washington state until recently (not counting the local raise in IIRC SeaTac) had the highest minimum in the country. We weathered the economic downturn better than a lot of states did. It was rough, but it never got Michigan rough. After all, if you pay someone enough to have a disposable income, they might just dispose of it with you! And rents (on the east side) are not prohibitively expensive. Seattle rents are comparable to any big city. Prices are not appreciably higher than anywhere else. It has not appeared to harm our economy at all. Washington isn't an economic powerhouse, but it is reasonably stable. Not to mention it's a pretty decent place to live. Lakes and mountains within an hours drive. The Pacific Ocean about 5 hours away. And we have legal Marijuana!
I was 10 at the time and felt the same way, wondrous.
I don't recall what the series was, but my parents subscribed for me a series of books with sticker photos of the ships and facilities. Each one came with a new model and I think they came every three months, but I don't recall exactly. I had all the models of the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo along with the Saturn V and LEM. (as well as the Enterprise, along with a Klingon and Romulan warbird of course!) I couldn't wait to open that package when it arrived. It was an incredible time to grow up.
All lost due to an accident moving up the west coast in 1972.
The really scary part of this article is that there is so much serious discussion about it.
Maybe we all should add a sockpuppet account and flood the submissions with Kardashian and the like just to see how much of it makes it through and just go ahead and kill the site quickly rather than watch it decline slowly into a popular general nonsense site.
I will miss Slashdot, but yeah, come join us hippies! Pipedot in particular could use more submitters and it has a very nice interface. Bryan is kinda doing it 'lone wolf' style, and most of the birthing drama with Soylent has passed. I would like to see both grow and replace Slashdot.
"Am i on Slashdot? Wait!!? is this buzz feed or some shite?!
"News for nerds, Stuff that matters - > is now -> Any shit we can post to get a few more random add impressions.
I mean people are engaging with the story too, the quality of comments you're creating by the stories your posting and the audience youre drawing 're getting close Youtube comments or Yahoo"
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And you will see its usage increase as it becomes part of the common lexicon. A very frequent place to find this misused is the pseudo-science programs on Science and History channels. And I'm sure the Duck Dynasty and Honey Boo Boos out their wouldn't understand the difference if you hit them in the head with a Star Encyclopedia, it would however, be enjoyable.
Sigh, I had such great hopes for those types of channels when they first appeared. Now they live off of Ancient Aliens and Blob People From The Depths (actually I'm writing that one, it will be on right after the Ancient Egyptian Flying Taxis episode, don't miss it!).
When I see those shows popularity ratings, then I fear George was giving the average person way too much credit when he said: "Just think how stupid the average person is - and then realize that half of them are even stupider"
Without generating some type of comparison chart, I Googled multiple variations of who spies on who. Spies caught, spy agencies....etc. And the winner of my informal who spies upon whom poll......Somalia! With no official Government they have no official spy agency. Don't want to be spied on by your government you live under, this appears to be the place. it seems that every modern country has been caught in some capacity. (This was not a thorough nor proper search, just an hour of casual searching, so I know someone will come up criticizing this, finding counter examples, etc. So I say this is opinion based upon limited data and subject to change with refinement of data.) As always, the easy target is the one who got outed. But Germany whining about spying? Now that's giggle worthy. I don't like what the alphabet soup agencies (ANY of them, regardless of country of origin) do either. But this just seems like mock outrage to me. Just like Diane Fienstien who supports NSA spying getting bent when she found out she was targeted as well. When you sleep with cobras, you're likely to get bitten.
"And as someone who has played in horrible bands, I say, screw artistic integrity, it's 'merica."
Admit it. That was some of the best times in your life. (My horrible bands: Forgiven Sin, Final Justice, FEAR, Revenge Weasel. Certainly you heard of us?:P )
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It's interesting that the state I live in has the cheapest electricity in the nation at $0.0875 per kwh and solar is easy to get, even encouraged with some of the most generous incentives in the nation.
http://www.sunergysystems.com/residential-solar/washington-state-solar-incentives
Yet, you see few installations even though the power companies here will happily pay you if you produce excess.
The problem is, per kwh it is so inexpensive due to being mainly hydroelectric and has only increased 2% since 2011 that it takes a long time to pay off the investment as we just don't get the 200+ sunny days of Virginia or Florida.
Western Washington gets around 160 days with at least partially sunny days and the east around 180 with moderate winters.
Florida:
http://www.currentresults.com/Weather/Florida/annual-days-of-sunshine.php
Virginia:
http://www.currentresults.com/Weather/Virginia/annual-days-of-sunshine.php
Washington:
http://www.currentresults.com/Weather/Washington/annual-days-of-sunshine.php
So if you live where you can get the most use out of it it's hard to get and heavily regulated. If you live where it's less effective and electricity prices are cheap (making for a very slow return on investment), it's easy to get.
Why am I not surprised?
2014 residential energy prices by state:
http://www.freeby50.com/2014/06/residential-electricity-costs-by-state.html
Yeah, I actually knew that standards were more popular in Europe, I didn't know why however, but I do recall that in some (most?) EU countries it is more difficult and expensive to obtain your general license than the states. Here, if you have a pulse, you can pretty much drive a car.
Interestingly enough, that is very similar to N. American CDL* licensing where everyone learns a stick unless physical disabilities prevent it. Of course if you fall into the latter category, there are very few transporters who run automatic transmission fleets, so Owner Operator is generally the best way to go if you can't physically drive a stick. (I train CDL drivers).
*CDL = Commercial Drivers License
"Imagine a world in which your wristwatch or other wearable device communicates directly with your online profiles, storing information about your daily activities where you can best access it â€" all without requiring batteries."
Because I certainly don't feel comforted by it.....
Well, if high end cars are vulnerable, I doubt that the security in lower end cars is better.
" I've often thought that a thief who wouldn't mind trashing the passenger side mirror could access the CAN bus and unlock the doors."
Heads to Hollywood script in hand for "Gone in sixty seconds...the mirror jackers....."
"Teenagers........are.......walking.......on.........our........lawns!!!"
Quickest way to be rid of them...
Roll out the lawnmower, hedge trimmers, edgers, fertilizer and watch them set new world records as they leave posthaste!!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/teens-steel-car-cant-drive-stick_n_5530996.html
I know, I. R. A. Idiot.....
Thieves, like the majority of the motoring public, generally have limited, if any experience driving a standard transmission. The stick has become the Linux of transmissions.
According to the article, and that number seems about right, only about 10% of cars are sold with a stick.
I needed to transport my 1997 Camaro across town after an emergency surgery that coincided with a move. I had a hell of a time finding someone who could both drive a stick and was willing to drive the car. Most who sit in it are freaked out that your front vision ends at the windshield and you simply cannot see the hood at all. That seems to make most people a bit squeamish about driving it.
On the plus side, no one EVER asks to borrow my car,
"touchscreen underwear"
(files patent)
Oh, you read Dreamcatcher as well.....
Even Kings wife Tabitha had a bit of revulsion about that one.
(In an interview King said she referred to it as that 'book about shit monsters.....or something along that line anyway, old interview from around the time of production.)
It is just not the type of article I come to Slashdot for. I love history and absolutely agree with your sentiments about educated and knowledgeable commentators being drawn to such an article.
To me, this particular article just seems out of place.
Which is of course only a Pslytely Psycho opinion...;)
And I just couldn't resist a DICE troll....just for the fun of it.
Indeed! Washington state until recently (not counting the local raise in IIRC SeaTac) had the highest minimum in the country. We weathered the economic downturn better than a lot of states did. It was rough, but it never got Michigan rough.
After all, if you pay someone enough to have a disposable income, they might just dispose of it with you!
And rents (on the east side) are not prohibitively expensive. Seattle rents are comparable to any big city. Prices are not appreciably higher than anywhere else. It has not appeared to harm our economy at all. Washington isn't an economic powerhouse, but it is reasonably stable.
Not to mention it's a pretty decent place to live.
Lakes and mountains within an hours drive. The Pacific Ocean about 5 hours away.
And we have legal Marijuana!
I was 10 at the time and felt the same way, wondrous.
I don't recall what the series was, but my parents subscribed for me a series of books with sticker photos of the ships and facilities. Each one came with a new model and I think they came every three months, but I don't recall exactly.
I had all the models of the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo along with the Saturn V and LEM. (as well as the Enterprise, along with a Klingon and Romulan warbird of course!)
I couldn't wait to open that package when it arrived.
It was an incredible time to grow up.
All lost due to an accident moving up the west coast in 1972.
The really scary part of this article is that there is so much serious discussion about it.
Maybe we all should add a sockpuppet account and flood the submissions with Kardashian and the like just to see how much of it makes it through and just go ahead and kill the site quickly rather than watch it decline slowly into a popular general nonsense site.
I will miss Slashdot, but yeah, come join us hippies! Pipedot in particular could use more submitters and it has a very nice interface. Bryan is kinda doing it 'lone wolf' style, and most of the birthing drama with Soylent has passed. I would like to see both grow and replace Slashdot.
"Am i on Slashdot? Wait!!? is this buzz feed or some shite?!
"News for nerds, Stuff that matters - > is now -> Any shit we can post to get a few more random add impressions.
I mean people are engaging with the story too, the quality of comments you're creating by the stories your posting and the audience youre drawing 're getting close Youtube comments or Yahoo"
From your friendly DICE overlords:
Most certainly you are on Slashdot! It's new, it's improved, and if you didn't notice, it is no longer news for nerds, we dropped that tired old tagline. And really, stuff that matters?
We are changing the site to make it really about stuff that matters! So we no longer need to proclaim it in the name!
Next week, we are going to start the first of many Sub-Slashdots. We have hired a number of people to write stories and comments and expect the Miley Cyrus Sub-Slashdot up and running soon.
At that time the main Slashdot page will be devoted to Kim Kardashian as we seek to improve the revenue and readership.
We know you will love the new formats!
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My wife is notorious for conducting 'science experiments.'
I wonder if anyone in her family tree was named Pasteur?
And you will see its usage increase as it becomes part of the common lexicon.
A very frequent place to find this misused is the pseudo-science programs on Science and History channels. And I'm sure the Duck Dynasty and Honey Boo Boos out their wouldn't understand the difference if you hit them in the head with a Star Encyclopedia, it would however, be enjoyable.
Sigh, I had such great hopes for those types of channels when they first appeared. Now they live off of Ancient Aliens and Blob People From The Depths (actually I'm writing that one, it will be on right after the Ancient Egyptian Flying Taxis episode, don't miss it!).
When I see those shows popularity ratings, then I fear George was giving the average person way too much credit when he said:
"Just think how stupid the average person is - and then realize that half of them are even stupider"
Parts of I-15 in Utah, I-10 and I-20 in Texas are 80 mph and a toll road in Houston Texas is 85 mph.
Has been for several years now.
Actually, the intent was to show my disgust with the G20 countries. Not to 'excuse them.'
Spaceport is in Texas, on the Gulf of Mexico.
Solidly in the U.S.
Lots of Taco Bells.
Why not?
Pizza Hut did it back in 2000.
http://www.spacedaily.com/images/proton-pizza-bg.jpg
"But for general gaming or home theater use? Nope. Send the audio out over the HDMI out, or SPDIF for DVI/VGA rigs, and let the amp sort it out."
Exactly this. I doubt I'm missing much in the way of subtle nuances in TitanFall or a Michael Bay film....
I do have a nice audio system though, I do appreciate good music (Rush Clockwork Angels sounds fucking awesome on a decent system)
Yeah, Somalia has a 'recognized' government, but it is almost completely ineffectual.
Without generating some type of comparison chart, I Googled multiple variations of who spies on who. Spies caught, spy agencies....etc.
And the winner of my informal who spies upon whom poll......Somalia! With no official Government they have no official spy agency.
Don't want to be spied on by your government you live under, this appears to be the place.
it seems that every modern country has been caught in some capacity.
(This was not a thorough nor proper search, just an hour of casual searching, so I know someone will come up criticizing this, finding counter examples, etc. So I say this is opinion based upon limited data and subject to change with refinement of data.)
As always, the easy target is the one who got outed. But Germany whining about spying? Now that's giggle worthy.
I don't like what the alphabet soup agencies (ANY of them, regardless of country of origin) do either. But this just seems like mock outrage to me. Just like Diane Fienstien who supports NSA spying getting bent when she found out she was targeted as well.
When you sleep with cobras, you're likely to get bitten.
"And as someone who has played in horrible bands, I say, screw artistic integrity, it's 'merica."
:P )
Admit it. That was some of the best times in your life.
(My horrible bands: Forgiven Sin, Final Justice, FEAR, Revenge Weasel. Certainly you heard of us?