The power consumption advantages are often nullified by the mortality rate of modern lighting if your power fluctuates as it does in many rural and semi-rural areas. I demand reliability. BTW incandescent bulbs are nice for heating my well pump house and chicken coop. I can buy separate heaters, but they cost more and nullify any ecological advantages from running "eco bulbs" to light those places. "Rugged" bulbs are often plastic coated and their fumes can be dangerous to birds:
Since mankind has no purpose beyond its own amusement, there is no particular requirement to leave or repopulate Earth. If/Deity is real, she will sort that issue out.
Notice that there were no more Wacos or Ruby Ridges after OK City? Sometimes force works. "Class" is bullshit when class doesn't succeed.
Of course mainly what I'm getting at is the all talk and zero action aspect of modern conservatards.
The lefty kids in the 1960s who had the balls to protest even when that ensured they'd be teargassed and beaten had the guts to keep doing it. The anti-WTO folks still do, but I don't see shit from the old Rightist gummers. The talk doesn't match the action!
If you SAY that Obama is the Antichrist and the end of the Republic then FAIL to act, that makes you a hypocrite.
Not really. If we are wise we'll work on the automated remote-manned systems we must have to interact with the permanently hostile environement of outer space and let others who don't have to overspend to protect crews send meat tourists first.
That humanity get into space would be useful, but that doesn't mean every nation should pursue it the same way.
Successful terrestrial exploration relied on cheap expendable ships and expendable crews. Life was cheap and so was wood.
Now it costs so much to protect a few humans to US/EU standards there is no advantage to sending them. However, robots are useful on Terra and in space, so there is every reason to send them. Robot development cycles can be rapid and they are ideal for risk-taking without the human drama.
What method of encryption would make such a storage business reasonably safe?
For example, could you offer encrypted storage of senstive items and not hold the keys yourself? If the customer loses theirs they'd be locked out of their stuff, but no one else could get to it either.
Find a model where you can't help the pigs, and even if you suddenly wanted to, no problem.
UEFI booting being required for the installer may not mean it's required to run an installed OS. Linux is rather portable, and it may be that writing an image or modified image may be written to disk then booted on non-UEFI systems. It is certain folks will work on this.
I can see Valve having their agenda, but they DID use the very, very versatile Debian as a base.
A barrier to entry for some things can act as an idiot filter while allowing those so inclined to do their thing. It isn't being unduly "leet" to perceive the advantages of idiot filtering.
You modern right-wingers collectively can't muster the balls of Timothy McVeigh (who failed to kickstart anything because the rest of you are gutless) so all you do is snivel on the internet, forward Faux News articles, and grumble like a bunch of blue-haired biddies in your little circle jerk of mutual affirmation.
You don't do shit, so quit bitching. You rant about the "Greatest Generation" but you aren't a bump on their collective posterior.
YOUR GOPs relentless incompetence and pathetic candidates are why Obama (who I also dislike) is in office in the first place! YOU got him elected twice.
The refusal of modern so-called "conservatism" to do anything other than preach like the White Trash Christian Taliban you are at heart while gargling the balls of rich people who wouldn't be caught dead with you is a disgrace.
I use foam ear plugs and sleep through most flights. I stay up late, crash on the plane perhaps with the help of some Dramamine, and I don't care what the other passengers do.
Let them have their communication so I may have mine when I wish.
Doing it to avoid NSA backdoors, however, is healthy and makes good sense long term.
What the NSA sees, its employees themselves may decide to exploit. It doesn't matter how "good" MSFT products are as they hail from a nation whose government is committed to global espionage on friend and foe and every one of its own citizens.
Let's also not forget that all commercial closed source software from US companies should be presumed to have been backdoored by the NSA with the vendors cooperation (coerced or bought).
Snowden proved the US government will stop at nothing to spy on every communication it can. Foreign governments running Microsoft operating systems hand the NSA the keys to their kingdom.
FOSS advocates should hammer this relentlessly. It is not at all fanciful in light of the US goal of total global communication surveillance.
Further, if a disgruntled "Snowden" has access and can leak data, that means others have the same ability and may use information for their own financial or other benefit. When you consent to NSA surveillance, you aren't trusting just an "agency", but everyone in that agency with access to your data. If they grab your proprietary corporate secrets and sell them to competitors they may financially ruin you.
As EV fleet vehicles become more common it will make perfect sense to take advantage of them during off hours. Building battery banks into a structure eats space and is inconvenient when those batteries require replacement. Vehicle fleets OTOH are sold off periodically and replaced. For the cost of wiring and the fleet-building interface a business can have upgraded battery tech every few years.
"Be quick and write that book where a large government structure, say like the Bastille,is being stormed by citizens, and the Repulbic of the truly Free can finally be established"
I confirmed the DNR order for my wife as she would have for me.
We were deeply in love for 24 years, and I did my duty to her until the end. I stayed for several days in her hospice room, holding her hand and touching her, until a bit after she drew her last breath. (Cessation of vitals isn't necessarily the cessation of brain activity even under deep sedation.)
Love means doing your duty, even when it's tough, because love is the willingness to sacrifice your self. Many of us will care for dying loved ones. Bereavement always carries regrets, but if I can pass on any advice to others, it is to know your duty and do it to the best of your ability.
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I don't have aggravation now because I don't use delicate bulbs and I already have surge protectors on electronics.
Reasons don't exist which would benefit me to spend more money on less reliable bulbs. I have tube flourescents in some areas which survive fine.
My electric company uses nuclear power (and are building more reactors) so my consumption makes no difference in fossil fuel consumption.
The power consumption advantages are often nullified by the mortality rate of modern lighting if your power fluctuates as it does in many rural and semi-rural areas.
I demand reliability.
BTW incandescent bulbs are nice for heating my well pump house and chicken coop. I can buy separate heaters, but they cost more and nullify any ecological advantages from running "eco bulbs" to light those places.
"Rugged" bulbs are often plastic coated and their fumes can be dangerous to birds:
http://www.t-g.com/blogs/stevemills/entry/50611/
Since mankind has no purpose beyond its own amusement, there is no particular requirement to leave or repopulate Earth. If /Deity is real, she will sort that issue out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjbPi00k_ME
" We know the French can get barricades-and-guillotines outraged, or at least their forebearors could."
So could ours. Now we are far too comfortable to fight.
Notice that there were no more Wacos or Ruby Ridges after OK City? Sometimes force works. "Class" is bullshit when class doesn't succeed.
Of course mainly what I'm getting at is the all talk and zero action aspect of modern conservatards.
The lefty kids in the 1960s who had the balls to protest even when that ensured they'd be teargassed and beaten had the guts to keep doing it. The anti-WTO folks still do, but I don't see shit from the old Rightist gummers. The talk doesn't match the action!
If you SAY that Obama is the Antichrist and the end of the Republic then FAIL to act, that makes you a hypocrite.
"The US has to step up its game!"
Not really. If we are wise we'll work on the automated remote-manned systems we must have to interact with the permanently hostile environement of outer space and let others who don't have to overspend to protect crews send meat tourists first.
That humanity get into space would be useful, but that doesn't mean every nation should pursue it the same way.
Successful terrestrial exploration relied on cheap expendable ships and expendable crews. Life was cheap and so was wood.
Now it costs so much to protect a few humans to US/EU standards there is no advantage to sending them. However, robots are useful on Terra and in space, so there is every reason to send them. Robot development cycles can be rapid and they are ideal for risk-taking without the human drama.
What method of encryption would make such a storage business reasonably safe?
For example, could you offer encrypted storage of senstive items and not hold the keys yourself? If the customer loses theirs they'd be locked out of their stuff, but no one else could get to it either.
Find a model where you can't help the pigs, and even if you suddenly wanted to, no problem.
UEFI booting being required for the installer may not mean it's required to run an installed OS. Linux is rather portable, and it may be that writing an image or modified image may be written to disk then booted on non-UEFI systems. It is certain folks will work on this.
I can see Valve having their agenda, but they DID use the very, very versatile Debian as a base.
A barrier to entry for some things can act as an idiot filter while allowing those so inclined to do their thing. It isn't being unduly "leet" to perceive the advantages of idiot filtering.
Cash out before the bubble bursts and you do well.
Gambling does have some winners.
"rotten, contaminated"
Citation would be useful here.
You modern right-wingers collectively can't muster the balls of Timothy McVeigh (who failed to kickstart anything because the rest of you are gutless) so all you do is snivel on the internet, forward Faux News articles, and grumble like a bunch of blue-haired biddies in your little circle jerk of mutual affirmation.
You don't do shit, so quit bitching. You rant about the "Greatest Generation" but you aren't a bump on their collective posterior.
YOUR GOPs relentless incompetence and pathetic candidates are why Obama (who I also dislike) is in office in the first place! YOU got him elected twice.
The refusal of modern so-called "conservatism" to do anything other than preach like the White Trash Christian Taliban you are at heart while gargling the balls of rich people who wouldn't be caught dead with you is a disgrace.
I see a Microshill modded me down without contesting any statement.
To be expected. The world has certainly benefitted from Windows, but that in no way means it is obliged to run MSFT products in perpetuity.
Stuxnet and friends prove that the same closed software monoculture can be instantly turned from a helper to a weapon against the user.
I use foam ear plugs and sleep through most flights. I stay up late, crash on the plane perhaps with the help of some Dramamine, and I don't care what the other passengers do.
Let them have their communication so I may have mine when I wish.
It's perfect Dicedot content.
Doing it to avoid NSA backdoors, however, is healthy and makes good sense long term.
What the NSA sees, its employees themselves may decide to exploit. It doesn't matter how "good" MSFT products are as they hail from a nation whose government is committed to global espionage on friend and foe and every one of its own citizens.
Let's also not forget that all commercial closed source software from US companies should be presumed to have been backdoored by the NSA with the vendors cooperation (coerced or bought).
Snowden proved the US government will stop at nothing to spy on every communication it can. Foreign governments running Microsoft operating systems hand the NSA the keys to their kingdom.
FOSS advocates should hammer this relentlessly. It is not at all fanciful in light of the US goal of total global communication surveillance.
Further, if a disgruntled "Snowden" has access and can leak data, that means others have the same ability and may use information for their own financial or other benefit. When you consent to NSA surveillance, you aren't trusting just an "agency", but everyone in that agency with access to your data. If they grab your proprietary corporate secrets and sell them to competitors they may financially ruin you.
Pleasant dreams.
As EV fleet vehicles become more common it will make perfect sense to take advantage of them during off hours.
Building battery banks into a structure eats space and is inconvenient when those batteries require replacement. Vehicle fleets OTOH are sold off periodically and replaced. For the cost of wiring and the fleet-building interface a business can have upgraded battery tech every few years.
We need a place where global laws don't apply, and there is no such place, for the lawmasters control all.
Now that I torrent whatever I want to watch I don't care how much paid services suck.
Saving money by dumping cable makes me smile too.
"Be quick and write that book where a large government structure, say like the Bastille,is being stormed by citizens, and the Repulbic of the truly Free can finally be established"
Even blackjack and hookers would do nicely.
"Do you have any idea what was happening in Russia after the USSR fell apart?"
Most Slashchan readers aren't that old, nor are they "nerdy" enough to care about ancient times.
Gaming is kiddy shit (sorry) and it's naive to expect much idealism from from the core audience.
For Linux to reach a larger audience means catering to portions of that audience who just want free stuff.
My bad.
Yes, they are lucky.
I confirmed the DNR order for my wife as she would have for me.
We were deeply in love for 24 years, and I did my duty to her until the end. I stayed for several days in her hospice room, holding her hand and touching her, until a bit after she drew her last breath. (Cessation of vitals isn't necessarily the cessation of brain activity even under deep sedation.)
Love means doing your duty, even when it's tough, because love is the willingness to sacrifice your self. Many of us will care for dying loved ones. Bereavement always carries regrets, but if I can pass on any advice to others, it is to know your duty and do it to the best of your ability.