Is this based on the lifetime of the panel? (What I'm really curious about is how much these things cost). Although, I suppose that based on a typical $20,000 home solar installation, using their figures of $3/W for conventional panels, a home installation should be around $2000. That would be pretty spiffy. (Yeah, I know I'm ignoring the fixed cost of the inverters and whatnot. It's an estimate, deal with it.)
As an aside- someone back there posted a very negative and dismissive argument about how this will take forever to eliminate the global dependence on oil. This may be. I, however, am more concerned with:
1. Eliminating MY dependence on oil- if I have cheap electricity I'll build or buy an electric car. 2. Assisting the US in eliminating our dependence on foreign oil. 3. Destroying the global oil market with extreme prejudice.
I will do anything in my power to make life as painful as possible for the countries in the Middle East. This nonsense has gone on long enough. It occurs to me as I type this that the US gov't should consider subsidizing the production of these things and start dumping them everywhere they can after some large percentage of homes in America are converted.
They aren't disclosing exact methodology because they believe it will hurt their chances of journal publication- which, although it may not be the entire truth, is in fact a valid reason. Also, the Post article contains quite a bit more detail than the one from The New Scientist; it's worth checking out.
(And dammit, Slashcode keeps putting a space in the URL, I don't know why, it shouldn't be there)
Sorry. It's one of my favorite books. Yes, books.:)
thermowax
Additional information-crypto and GUEST TRACKING?
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More info to be found at http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_ STO65816,00.html . They mention that it involves "128 bit encryption", which certainly leads one to think 128b WEP, but remain cagey about further security- I'll vager VPN. One thing that did catch my eye was the guest tracking. They propose the innocuous example of insuring guests have all returned to a cruise ship- but I think that sets a dangerous precedent...
Anyone else see Westworld/Futureworld?;)
Thermowax
Re:They skipped an entire generation.
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Yeah, they also skipped predecessors. Anyone else remember the "Cosmic Liquidator", circa 1980? It had a water-filled belt pack with a hand-operated air pump for pressure, and a delivery tube connecting it to the gun part. It was awesome.
J-.
Not only age discrimination, but sex discrimination. I pay much more than my younger wife, who has a record much worse than my (almost perfect) one. Go figure. I think we should take it to the next level of abstraction and start discriminating on the basis of race as well. Oh, wait, I'm sorry- that would be WRONG, wouldn't it? Can you imagine the howling that would result if someone tried that?
I find interesting that the vast majority of people proclaiming the uselessness of college degrees are those that don't have them. Also, let's be realistic here: a philosophy degree isn't going to help you much when you're configuring a router. However, in the course of completing my CS degree (and that's NOT IS, or IFSM, or IT; it's CS) I was exposed to a lot of good, current technology that has been quite helpful when configuring a router, designing a cryptosystem, or doing protocol engineering. If you want to be an NT admin, well, that's another story.
Are there degreed dolts? Fer sure. Are there undegreed idiots? Fer sure. However, if you take the time to interact with a good number of both, there is no question that those with a degree (well, a CS degree is most pertinent here) will have a broader, stronger grasp of the "why and how" rather than just the "how to configure this box". There are exceptions to every rule, of course. The bottom line is that a degree gives a hring manager another tool by which to judge applicants- and will almost always give the holder an edge except against someone with vastly more experience.
http://www.hns.com/spaceway/spaceway.htm contains a press release for Hughes' Spaceway product, coming RSN. It's basically a bidirectional DirecPC, data rate to 6Mb if you're willing to pay for it. Is uses a 66cm dish, on the same order of size magnitude as most DSS dishes. Keeping the thing pointed properly while in the water on anything smaller than a frigate is left as an exercise for the reader.:)
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Is this based on the lifetime of the panel? (What I'm really curious about is how much these things cost). Although, I suppose that based on a typical $20,000 home solar installation, using their figures of $3/W for conventional panels, a home installation should be around $2000. That would be pretty spiffy. (Yeah, I know I'm ignoring the fixed cost of the inverters and whatnot. It's an estimate, deal with it.)
As an aside- someone back there posted a very negative and dismissive argument about how this will take forever to eliminate the global dependence on oil. This may be. I, however, am more concerned with:
1. Eliminating MY dependence on oil- if I have cheap electricity I'll build or buy an electric car.
2. Assisting the US in eliminating our dependence on foreign oil.
3. Destroying the global oil market with extreme prejudice.
I will do anything in my power to make life as painful as possible for the countries in the Middle East. This nonsense has gone on long enough. It occurs to me as I type this that the US gov't should consider subsidizing the production of these things and start dumping them everywhere they can after some large percentage of homes in America are converted.
Got one right here:
i ?islamist_hypocrisy
http://www.sacredcowburgers.com/fresh/showpics.cg
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FP!
Meetings: None Of Us Is As Dumb As All Of Us.
http://www.despair.com/meetings.html
All you have to do is write a B1FF emulator.
"HE"S A K00L DOOD AN HE RITES REEL AWESUM THINGZ IN CAPITULL LETTRS LIKE THIS!!!"
(*&*^$ lameness filter won't let me post this- too many caps. Ho hum, let's add some random text to alter the caps ratio....
Heh.
J-.
According to The Washington Post coverage:
8 26 4-2002Jan29.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/articles/A5
They aren't disclosing exact methodology because they believe it will hurt their chances of journal publication- which, although it may not be the entire truth, is in fact a valid reason. Also, the Post article contains quite a bit more detail than the one from The New Scientist; it's worth checking out.
(And dammit, Slashcode keeps putting a space in the URL, I don't know why, it shouldn't be there)
Thermowax
it's stilsuit. http://www.darkholmekeep.net/dune/stilsuit.cfm
Sorry. It's one of my favorite books. Yes, books.
thermowax
More info to be found at http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_ STO65816,00.html . They mention that it involves "128 bit encryption", which certainly leads one to think 128b WEP, but remain cagey about further security- I'll vager VPN. One thing that did catch my eye was the guest tracking. They propose the innocuous example of insuring guests have all returned to a cruise ship- but I think that sets a dangerous precedent...
;)
Anyone else see Westworld/Futureworld?
Thermowax
Yeah, they also skipped predecessors. Anyone else remember the "Cosmic Liquidator", circa 1980? It had a water-filled belt pack with a hand-operated air pump for pressure, and a delivery tube connecting it to the gun part. It was awesome. J-.
Not only age discrimination, but sex discrimination. I pay much more than my younger wife, who has a record much worse than my (almost perfect) one. Go figure. I think we should take it to the next level of abstraction and start discriminating on the basis of race as well. Oh, wait, I'm sorry- that would be WRONG, wouldn't it? Can you imagine the howling that would result if someone tried that?
I find interesting that the vast majority of people proclaiming the uselessness of college degrees are those that don't have them. Also, let's be realistic here: a philosophy degree isn't going to help you much when you're configuring a router. However, in the course of completing my CS degree (and that's NOT IS, or IFSM, or IT; it's CS) I was exposed to a lot of good, current technology that has been quite helpful when configuring a router, designing a cryptosystem, or doing protocol engineering. If you want to be an NT admin, well, that's another story. Are there degreed dolts? Fer sure. Are there undegreed idiots? Fer sure. However, if you take the time to interact with a good number of both, there is no question that those with a degree (well, a CS degree is most pertinent here) will have a broader, stronger grasp of the "why and how" rather than just the "how to configure this box". There are exceptions to every rule, of course. The bottom line is that a degree gives a hring manager another tool by which to judge applicants- and will almost always give the holder an edge except against someone with vastly more experience.
http://www.hns.com/spaceway/spaceway.htm contains a press release for Hughes' Spaceway product, coming RSN. It's basically a bidirectional DirecPC, data rate to 6Mb if you're willing to pay for it. Is uses a 66cm dish, on the same order of size magnitude as most DSS dishes. Keeping the thing pointed properly while in the water on anything smaller than a frigate is left as an exercise for the reader. :)