The only conclusion that anyone is drawing anywhere here on this page right now is the following: I conclude that SCVonSteroids doesn't understand what the word "conclusion" means.
I know. It was absurd on the face of it back then. But that was the phrase used just as a general indication of just how cheap nuclear was and why it was adopted so quickly by so many.
Nuclear costs about 4-8 times the cost of solar and wind in the US.
No Nuclear does not. Nuclear projects governed by the regulations in place do.
Also, you're extremely wrong on which country invested heavily in nuclear. France kicked the USA's ass on that
Just checking, nope I didn't say anywhere the country which invested most. Just that the USA invested heavily in nuclear. That must be my USA the one that still has 20% of the energy mix nuclear, and not your USA which apparently didn't play with atoms at all.
and France is also abandoning nuclear plants that are under construction because they cost too much compared to "alternative" sources.
The government and regulations are not local. I didn't say "USA" I said Governments. In this case the international governance bodies which oversee these nuclear projects.
Nuclear has never been cheap.
Only too cheap to meter. Which obviously never happened, but comparing a technology that once was shown to drive countries towards energy independence to the current state of no project getting off the ground without risking bankruptcy would show something has changed no? Or do you think nations were just magically wealthier in the past?
Let's Encrypt has become a single point of failure
How so? You do realise there are systems in place to handle faults in certificate issuing processes, and outside of the issuing process they are not in any way involved right?
Before you declare something a single point of failure and a major drama, maybe define what the failure mechanism and the consequence is first.
If you can't figure out how to set cron to execute a command every 3 months then you really shouldn't be even remotely in charge of something as important as the encryption on your server.
Why yes when you take over a host with a lowish UID then I guess you do accellerate the process somewhat. Good effort finding one with a Slashdot accout. I applaud you.
The station is effectively the size and weight of a laptop
Err no, it's the size of the phone. And why do you carry your docking station around with you? Do you even understand the concepts or are you just trying to form sentences with a random word generator?
I also notice that many or most enthusiast motherboards are shipping with Windows-independent bios updaters now.
They always have. You just slot in your 3.5" floppy and go on your way.:-)
No seriously... I don't think I've ever seen a BIOS update that depended on Windows. If anything most updates used to depend on either a bootable device, or worked from within the BIOS itself.
The issue isn't comparing a ThinkPad with a business caliber laptop. But convincing to get ThinkPads compared to the Cheapo sub $600 laptop with the same specs at best buy.
I take it you work for a pathetically small business? No company that has a global contract in place for anything would be buying a consumer laptop.
Thank christ! No one should be innovating in this field. They should be working on adopting and implimenting the existing standards that allow far more power delievered than any phone is capable of using as it is from the universally available sources that already exist.
The USB-Micro standard is fragile, uni-directional and has skinny-ass wires that can't cary much current for fast charging.
And yet fast charging works just fine.
The USB-C standard is anything but standard [digitaltrends.com] with a mixed bag of features and compatibility from device to device.
The USB-C standard is perfectly fine from a charging perspective and implimented 100% consistently on every mobile out there. It gets greyer on Laptops, but this isn't in scope.
Judging by the plethora of shitty cables out there, I would guess that the standard is simply too expensive or too difficult to comply with.
Wrong conclusion. Regardless of how simple and cheap you make something, someone will bring to market something non-compliant and shite. The standard has nothing to do with it.
An entire internet of information and you pick the most obviously biased reference you can find? I'm not disagreeing with the conclusion but you just made an absolutely horrible arguement.
Being that most phones even with heavy usage can be charged over night and last a full day.
You sound like someone who uses a phone. Many of us use a computer. 3 hours in the car? Battery dead. Trip out to play Pokemon Go? Battery dead. Using GearVR headset? Battery dead. Playing a game? Battery dead. Incompatible wireless charger where you are currently? Battery dead. Bump your phone at night and misalign it from the charger? Battery dead.
The "future" is wireless charging, but as a complement, not as a replacement.
He's also missing the point. Gasoline? What's that. Is that this old thing that the 3rd world without functional public transport burn to get around? Electricity? His 10c/kWh lead to far higher monthly bills thanks to the stupidly wasteful practices in the USA. Prices of houses? Don't know what you're talking about. It may surprise the GP that not everyone lives in central London.
Do it worry. With the advent if autocorrect out does nits matter of you misstype dir the lack of tactile feedback anymore. I an using a touch keyboard and I an fine.
Don't be daft. No functionality is obfuscated. Microsoft doesn't bother playing those games. They simply outright remove functionality. Who needs camera settings anyway.
Slashdot Mirror
This is europe, we do that even in the cold weather.
I haven't seen that. It looks like they've been trending down.
Looks like they have been pretty damn flat for the past year. https://projects.fivethirtyeig...
To be clear he still has the worst approval rating is dismal, but then that's where it also started.
The only conclusion that anyone is drawing anywhere here on this page right now is the following: I conclude that SCVonSteroids doesn't understand what the word "conclusion" means.
You're not referring to me I hope. I would have thought based on our previous conversations you would know better than that.
Or are you saying that wind and solar provide baseload power and nuclear doesn't?
I know. It was absurd on the face of it back then. But that was the phrase used just as a general indication of just how cheap nuclear was and why it was adopted so quickly by so many.
yet can't manage to find the time
Who said that? Must have been that magical person who can edit Slashdot posts.
Nuclear costs about 4-8 times the cost of solar and wind in the US.
No Nuclear does not. Nuclear projects governed by the regulations in place do.
Also, you're extremely wrong on which country invested heavily in nuclear. France kicked the USA's ass on that
Just checking, nope I didn't say anywhere the country which invested most. Just that the USA invested heavily in nuclear. That must be my USA the one that still has 20% of the energy mix nuclear, and not your USA which apparently didn't play with atoms at all.
and France is also abandoning nuclear plants that are under construction because they cost too much compared to "alternative" sources.
The government and regulations are not local. I didn't say "USA" I said Governments. In this case the international governance bodies which oversee these nuclear projects.
Nuclear has never been cheap.
Only too cheap to meter. Which obviously never happened, but comparing a technology that once was shown to drive countries towards energy independence to the current state of no project getting off the ground without risking bankruptcy would show something has changed no? Or do you think nations were just magically wealthier in the past?
Get a clue son, get a clue.
OOooh cut. Burn. Hisss. boooo!
Another high value post brought to you by an opportunist who was hoping no one noticed that he added nothing to the conversation.
All of that would be a real problem if Lets Encrypt depended on the TXT record. It does not.
Let's Encrypt has become a single point of failure
How so? You do realise there are systems in place to handle faults in certificate issuing processes, and outside of the issuing process they are not in any way involved right?
Before you declare something a single point of failure and a major drama, maybe define what the failure mechanism and the consequence is first.
If you can't figure out how to set cron to execute a command every 3 months then you really shouldn't be even remotely in charge of something as important as the encryption on your server.
I know it can record where your workplace is
I'm working on site at the moment and I get constant notifications from Maps asking me "do you still work here? Update your work address".
So not only does it know where I work, but it knows I haven't been there for a while.
accelerated reincarnation is totally a thing
Why yes when you take over a host with a lowish UID then I guess you do accellerate the process somewhat. Good effort finding one with a Slashdot accout. I applaud you.
Also don't die. I don't want to be next.
The station is effectively the size and weight of a laptop
Err no, it's the size of the phone. And why do you carry your docking station around with you? Do you even understand the concepts or are you just trying to form sentences with a random word generator?
And for 15 years the mail client has worked so yes, "minor" by definition.
I also notice that many or most enthusiast motherboards are shipping with Windows-independent bios updaters now.
They always have. You just slot in your 3.5" floppy and go on your way. :-)
No seriously... I don't think I've ever seen a BIOS update that depended on Windows. If anything most updates used to depend on either a bootable device, or worked from within the BIOS itself.
The issue isn't comparing a ThinkPad with a business caliber laptop. But convincing to get ThinkPads compared to the Cheapo sub $600 laptop with the same specs at best buy.
I take it you work for a pathetically small business? No company that has a global contract in place for anything would be buying a consumer laptop.
You may no longer innovate!
Thank christ! No one should be innovating in this field. They should be working on adopting and implimenting the existing standards that allow far more power delievered than any phone is capable of using as it is from the universally available sources that already exist.
The USB-Micro standard is fragile, uni-directional and has skinny-ass wires that can't cary much current for fast charging.
And yet fast charging works just fine.
The USB-C standard is anything but standard [digitaltrends.com] with a mixed bag of features and compatibility from device to device.
The USB-C standard is perfectly fine from a charging perspective and implimented 100% consistently on every mobile out there. It gets greyer on Laptops, but this isn't in scope.
Judging by the plethora of shitty cables out there, I would guess that the standard is simply too expensive or too difficult to comply with.
Wrong conclusion. Regardless of how simple and cheap you make something, someone will bring to market something non-compliant and shite. The standard has nothing to do with it.
An entire internet of information and you pick the most obviously biased reference you can find? I'm not disagreeing with the conclusion but you just made an absolutely horrible arguement.
Being that most phones even with heavy usage can be charged over night and last a full day.
You sound like someone who uses a phone. Many of us use a computer. 3 hours in the car? Battery dead. Trip out to play Pokemon Go? Battery dead. Using GearVR headset? Battery dead. Playing a game? Battery dead. Incompatible wireless charger where you are currently? Battery dead. Bump your phone at night and misalign it from the charger? Battery dead.
The "future" is wireless charging, but as a complement, not as a replacement.
He's also missing the point. Gasoline? What's that. Is that this old thing that the 3rd world without functional public transport burn to get around?
Electricity? His 10c/kWh lead to far higher monthly bills thanks to the stupidly wasteful practices in the USA.
Prices of houses? Don't know what you're talking about. It may surprise the GP that not everyone lives in central London.
Do it worry. With the advent if autocorrect out does nits matter of you misstype dir the lack of tactile feedback anymore. I an using a touch keyboard and I an fine.
I doubt it.
Why doubt when you can research? The implications of HFT have been quite actively analysed for many years now.
Obfuscation Of Functionality
Don't be daft. No functionality is obfuscated. Microsoft doesn't bother playing those games. They simply outright remove functionality. Who needs camera settings anyway.