Well, as according to the NRA all honest Americans are Militia and according to your own government you are at various wars, I can see an opportunity:)
What fragmentation? It's all the same Kernel and by and large the same applications.
The differences between the main Linux distro's are mainly visible in the desktop chosen an felt in the package manager used.
There is no easy (if at all) way to consolidate those in a single distro.
Personally I like the Debian dpkg-based package management and the KDE desktop so I ended up with Kubuntu.
KDE is by now the most complete desktop environment and especially since the intervention of Blue Systems with the best support. See www.bluemintlinux.com
Sure an OpenSuse can be nice too but for that damn package manager...
Linux on the desktop is not about different distro's, it's about hardware manufacturers putting in the effort to build and sell computers with any well integrated version of Linux.
In the late seventies our company build a logging system around the HP-9815 programmable calculators.
Especially when the 9815S and 9825A came out the increased space for lines of code was an incentive to expand the options of the standard programs.
We were given some basic instruction on how to use the system en do fault finding in the software but mostly it was a matter of printing it out on the paper roll, cutting it up to subroutines and just trying to figure out what it all meant.
A problem was the thermal paper would only remain readable for so long in the heat of the African and Middle Eastern deserts
A productive time with a tool that did not have a very steep learning curve.
I can't help but notice that the map not only uses the "north = up, therefore north = good" ideology but also places Europe square in the middle of the map. I expected better from an elite artist.
Oh no, north is better?
This is so way out of touch I can only suggest to go get some therapy.
You better learn to live with it that the majority of flight movements are concentrated in... Europe!
Slochteren is a very unusual sandstone formation because it's some 200 m. (600ft) in thickness, the porosity is fairly common.
Because of this thickness and the drop from the original pressure to it's present this sand will slowly subside under the pressure of the overbearing layers.
As predicted this subsidence will be in the order of 50 cm (18 in.) at the centre, the scaremongers predict half-meter clefts down the landscape.
Reality is this subsidence takes place over an about 50 km (30 mi) radius and thus the amount measured over say the with of your yard can hardly be expressed.
Reality is also this subsidence takes sometimes place in spurts, it's not everywhere a gradual process over time and those are the very local quakes that cause so much unrest and sometimes damage.
Because of the soft sedimentary nature of the soil and the historical building methods these small quakes can do significant damage.
Sometimes it's suggested to stop production but this would do nothing in preventing future quakes, 90% of the pressure is already gone and the subsidence will continue for many years to come.
Such is unthinkable in the typical shale field, porosity is very low and the thickness is way insufficient to allow for significant subsidence, please don't mix up the two!
You are absolutely correct there's a renaissance of coal fired power plants.
The reason being US coal has due to the abundance of shale gas gotten so cheap it is now flooding the world market and Europe is part of it.
Now don't worry too much, it won't be long and a nice CO2 levy will be slapped on to these plants returning them to the inefficient dinosaurs they are.
Specifically Germany is very much on it's way to a renewable energy economy, another reason they might not be so terrible interested in shale gas.
The problem in the US is a lack of regulation, Cheney took his chance and now the oil companies don't have to worry for legal shit due to stupid or irresponsible actions.
An irresponsible action can be over-fracking a small shale layer and thus damaging formations that should retain the gas but are now leaking and allowing the gas to migrate up.
Responsible action on behalf of regulator and oil company would exclude such very shallow shales from getting an exploration and production licence.
Except for a simple solids filter it's pretty much used the way it gets out of the ground, yes that's how these natural water supplies are, clean and ready for consumption.
Why purify the water when it's in natural shape pure enough?
Just make sure it stays pure and don't allow US-style rape of resources.
Under present EU and German legislation modern oilfield technology is quite well capable of extracting shale gas in a clean and responsible way without the American effects on the environment and population.
That's the utter Bull irresponsible and cheap oil companies come up with, there is no need to pollute the groundwater during a frack, it's as simple as that.
But working safely is in the short run obviously not the cheapest method.
Here in Europe a whole industry seems to have sprung up of clueless "experts" showing local populations the well known scare-video's from YouTube about the terrible things that happen when you frack.
I've myself gone to such meetings and it's quite astonishing the kind of utter rubbish that's being peddled as 'fact'.
When I get up and ask questions the organisers get nervous and the press interested:)
But these agitators seem to get away with it, at least for now.
As an example in my town they showed this slide that 'proves' how water is affected.
The scale is so ridiculous I can't imagine why we haven't produced this shallow gas a century ago.
Fact is the shale in my region sits below 3500 m (~10,000ft.)
Above it are huge salt layers that cap the Slochteren formation, the largest but 3/4 depleted on-shore gas field in Europe.
Would there be any leaks from the frack they'd logically end up in this reservoir.
A lady from the public jumped up and cried "Where should we go once our water is polluted", the organisers agreed with her, this crime should be stopped!
In the mean time they 'forget' to mention polluted water is produced at every conventional oil- and gas field, something that in this part of Europe has never been an issue.
But with shale gas it should be?
Thanks Cheney/Bush for fucking up a good idea with irresponsible legislation.
This might work at the scales presented but by the time the size goes up significantly the weight will be going up cubed and thus destroying the neat idea.
This can not at all be extrapolated to economic scales.
Time for the car analogy, not as reliable as a Porsche or as good looking as a Ferrari nor the space of a Bentley, I need to get my groceries but this must be crap.
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Sounds great, significant additional back up included in the price of a simple keyboard :)
Well, as according to the NRA all honest Americans are Militia and according to your own government you are at various wars, I can see an opportunity :)
Aha, so in your corner of the world reality is frowned upon?
The differences between the main Linux distro's are mainly visible in the desktop chosen an felt in the package manager used.
There is no easy (if at all) way to consolidate those in a single distro.
Personally I like the Debian dpkg-based package management and the KDE desktop so I ended up with Kubuntu.
KDE is by now the most complete desktop environment and especially since the intervention of Blue Systems with the best support. See www.bluemintlinux.com
Sure an OpenSuse can be nice too but for that damn package manager...
Linux on the desktop is not about different distro's, it's about hardware manufacturers putting in the effort to build and sell computers with any well integrated version of Linux.
Especially when the 9815S and 9825A came out the increased space for lines of code was an incentive to expand the options of the standard programs.
We were given some basic instruction on how to use the system en do fault finding in the software but mostly it was a matter of printing it out on the paper roll, cutting it up to subroutines and just trying to figure out what it all meant.
A problem was the thermal paper would only remain readable for so long in the heat of the African and Middle Eastern deserts
A productive time with a tool that did not have a very steep learning curve.
Conspiracy idiocy aside, yes climate and weather folks do consider these clouds.
I can't help but notice that the map not only uses the "north = up, therefore north = good" ideology but also places Europe square in the middle of the map. I expected better from an elite artist.
Oh no, north is better?
This is so way out of touch I can only suggest to go get some therapy.
You better learn to live with it that the majority of flight movements are concentrated in... Europe!
And you think this process of conversion to renewable energy is about to end?
It's PETA's self fabricated holier-than-thou attitude that is at odds with reality.
Because of this thickness and the drop from the original pressure to it's present this sand will slowly subside under the pressure of the overbearing layers.
As predicted this subsidence will be in the order of 50 cm (18 in.) at the centre, the scaremongers predict half-meter clefts down the landscape.
Reality is this subsidence takes place over an about 50 km (30 mi) radius and thus the amount measured over say the with of your yard can hardly be expressed.
Reality is also this subsidence takes sometimes place in spurts, it's not everywhere a gradual process over time and those are the very local quakes that cause so much unrest and sometimes damage.
Because of the soft sedimentary nature of the soil and the historical building methods these small quakes can do significant damage.
Sometimes it's suggested to stop production but this would do nothing in preventing future quakes, 90% of the pressure is already gone and the subsidence will continue for many years to come.
Such is unthinkable in the typical shale field, porosity is very low and the thickness is way insufficient to allow for significant subsidence, please don't mix up the two!
Many European countries have coalition governments, something I can warmly recommend.
The reason being US coal has due to the abundance of shale gas gotten so cheap it is now flooding the world market and Europe is part of it.
Now don't worry too much, it won't be long and a nice CO2 levy will be slapped on to these plants returning them to the inefficient dinosaurs they are.
Specifically Germany is very much on it's way to a renewable energy economy, another reason they might not be so terrible interested in shale gas.
An irresponsible action can be over-fracking a small shale layer and thus damaging formations that should retain the gas but are now leaking and allowing the gas to migrate up.
Responsible action on behalf of regulator and oil company would exclude such very shallow shales from getting an exploration and production licence.
Except for a simple solids filter it's pretty much used the way it gets out of the ground, yes that's how these natural water supplies are, clean and ready for consumption.
Just make sure it stays pure and don't allow US-style rape of resources.
Under present EU and German legislation modern oilfield technology is quite well capable of extracting shale gas in a clean and responsible way without the American effects on the environment and population.
The drilling and production of oil and gas is tightly regulated and monitored.
Which is more than offset by their very significant wind and solar farms.
But working safely is in the short run obviously not the cheapest method.
I've myself gone to such meetings and it's quite astonishing the kind of utter rubbish that's being peddled as 'fact'. :)
When I get up and ask questions the organisers get nervous and the press interested
But these agitators seem to get away with it, at least for now.
As an example in my town they showed this slide that 'proves' how water is affected.
The scale is so ridiculous I can't imagine why we haven't produced this shallow gas a century ago.
Fact is the shale in my region sits below 3500 m (~10,000ft.)
Above it are huge salt layers that cap the Slochteren formation, the largest but 3/4 depleted on-shore gas field in Europe.
Would there be any leaks from the frack they'd logically end up in this reservoir.
A lady from the public jumped up and cried "Where should we go once our water is polluted", the organisers agreed with her, this crime should be stopped!
In the mean time they 'forget' to mention polluted water is produced at every conventional oil- and gas field, something that in this part of Europe has never been an issue.
But with shale gas it should be?
Thanks Cheney/Bush for fucking up a good idea with irresponsible legislation.
This can not at all be extrapolated to economic scales.
That would keep proper Brits healthy!
Shhh!
Maybe you should ask your mom what those Preview and Continue Editing buttons below your fresh commend mean?
Always :)
Time for the car analogy, not as reliable as a Porsche or as good looking as a Ferrari nor the space of a Bentley, I need to get my groceries but this must be crap.