If the utility is going to charge me a grid-tie fee, make that fee the same as all of the subscribers. IE, any house with approximately the same service type (200A 240V Single Phase with Neutral) should have the same grid-tie fee as I as a solar user would have.
That sounds fair, but it actually isn't. Somebody who, at unpredictable intervals, will be feeding power into the grid requires a more expensive hookup than somebody who will only ever draw power from the grid.
I don't pick on fashion shows because the dresses wouldn't hold up to actual wear (although they wouldn't). I pick on fashion shows because the dresses are butt ugly.
(I didn't even have to work for this shot. It is literally the first image Google threw up for "Fashion show".)
Not to mention what the fuck is an "FB Ed Chief". Yes, it was explained in the summary, but the headline conveyed zero information to me, which is surely not how headlines are supposed to work. I briefly fantasized about being head of the "Ed, Edd and Eddy" fanclub in Foggy Bottom.
Last I checked, it was a landlocked country, so why do they have a "Maritime" service????
I would suggest you check again. Not only is Australia not landlocked, it in fact doesn't have any land borders. The coast is the border. Perhaps you are thinking of Austria.
Yeah, 8:45 AM or even 9 AM was usual for me too, but that was a long time ago. Most of the suburbs around the DC area had opening bells for high school of 7:25 AM until just recently (like this school year) when they moved them 20 minutes or more later, largely because of the research I just cited.
What does "memorizing a lot of facts" have to do with not re-invent the wheel?
If you don't know the wheel exists and what it does (if you haven't memorized those things), then you'll wind up re-inventing it through simple ignorance, won't you? And probably do a much worse job of it--something computer programmers have a depressing record of seeing every day.
If kids need more sleep, wouldn't it be sufficient to go to bed sooner?
No. We have times that are natural for us to go to sleep and to wake up, regulated mainly by our perception of sunlight. This is shown by studies of shift workers (Working nights and sleeping days is very bad for your health).
While the natural bedtime and waking time is different for each person, studies have also shown that both, on the whole, get later for teens (and then get earlier again as we age). It really would be better if high school students could sleep in. Making them be at school at 7 AM is not good. Your point that it was made for the convenience of the working parents is quite true, but doesn't make it any better physically for the kids.
Yes, but people run these cars on dynos all the time for performance figures, and they all saw the standard performance figures. They fixed it so that the cheat mode would kick in when EPA testing was done on a dyno, and only when EPA testing was done on a dyno. It's doable, thanks to the EPA's rigid testing protocol, but it wouldn't have been simple.
And the answer is that software cheat didn't kick in on ordinary dyno tests. VW wrote the software specifically to cheat only when the EPA tested it. They didn't just test to see if they were on a dyno...the EPA has a rigid testing protocol and the software tested to see if that protocol was being followed. If it wasn't, the cheat didn't kick in. So ordinary performance testers never saw the power loss.
how did it not get picked up that performance was below expectations... when on a dyno?
Because performance wasn't what they were measuring. They didn't have any performance expectations because that's not what they were there for. It was figures they didn't even look at.
Everybody tells me about this mythical WiFi that's as fast and reliable as a wire. Maybe someday I'll get to experience it--it's certainly not true of any WiFi I use now.
It's not so much that Groupon isn't useful, what they've always failed to do is convert the coupon users into repeat customers which frequently causes their clients to operate at a loss (making only the heavily-discounted deal and never cashing in on full-price sales). Flag as Inappropriate
Groupon can be quite useful to customers, but they aren't useful to vendors, who don't see their loss-leader offers turn into regular customers. And unless they're useful to both, it can't survive in the long run.
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That sounds fair, but it actually isn't. Somebody who, at unpredictable intervals, will be feeding power into the grid requires a more expensive hookup than somebody who will only ever draw power from the grid.
The only fantasy football you'll ever need.
Well, I suppose the monkey would solve the food problem, at least for a while.
Nope. That is a bona fide, you're-supposed-to-keep-a-straight-face-somehow, fashion show. Moscow, 2007. Designer's name is Slava Zaitsev.
I don't pick on fashion shows because the dresses wouldn't hold up to actual wear (although they wouldn't). I pick on fashion shows because the dresses are butt ugly.
(I didn't even have to work for this shot. It is literally the first image Google threw up for "Fashion show".)
In that case, this is a failure. He started with something simple and made it...simple.
Short form: You can deflect accusations of being an uncreative, lazy hack by shouting, "META!" at every opportunity.
In a very low-res font. That don't impress me much.
Not to mention what the fuck is an "FB Ed Chief". Yes, it was explained in the summary, but the headline conveyed zero information to me, which is surely not how headlines are supposed to work. I briefly fantasized about being head of the "Ed, Edd and Eddy" fanclub in Foggy Bottom.
'Cause it interferes with Apple's bloatware.
Then they should each have their own name, and their own version sequence.
I would suggest you check again. Not only is Australia not landlocked, it in fact doesn't have any land borders. The coast is the border. Perhaps you are thinking of Austria.
Yeah, 8:45 AM or even 9 AM was usual for me too, but that was a long time ago. Most of the suburbs around the DC area had opening bells for high school of 7:25 AM until just recently (like this school year) when they moved them 20 minutes or more later, largely because of the research I just cited.
If you don't know the wheel exists and what it does (if you haven't memorized those things), then you'll wind up re-inventing it through simple ignorance, won't you? And probably do a much worse job of it--something computer programmers have a depressing record of seeing every day.
No. We have times that are natural for us to go to sleep and to wake up, regulated mainly by our perception of sunlight. This is shown by studies of shift workers (Working nights and sleeping days is very bad for your health).
While the natural bedtime and waking time is different for each person, studies have also shown that both, on the whole, get later for teens (and then get earlier again as we age). It really would be better if high school students could sleep in. Making them be at school at 7 AM is not good. Your point that it was made for the convenience of the working parents is quite true, but doesn't make it any better physically for the kids.
Oh, if only there were a console we could bring the Red Lobster. We could call is a 3DS, or a PS Vita, perhaps. Alas that there is no such thing.
...Europe ran out." I'd be more impressed if I'd heard anything about this in Europe. If people are suffering there, nobody's talking about it...
Translation: both sides will work harder at hiding it.
Yes, but people run these cars on dynos all the time for performance figures, and they all saw the standard performance figures. They fixed it so that the cheat mode would kick in when EPA testing was done on a dyno, and only when EPA testing was done on a dyno. It's doable, thanks to the EPA's rigid testing protocol, but it wouldn't have been simple.
And the answer is that software cheat didn't kick in on ordinary dyno tests. VW wrote the software specifically to cheat only when the EPA tested it. They didn't just test to see if they were on a dyno...the EPA has a rigid testing protocol and the software tested to see if that protocol was being followed. If it wasn't, the cheat didn't kick in. So ordinary performance testers never saw the power loss.
Because performance wasn't what they were measuring. They didn't have any performance expectations because that's not what they were there for. It was figures they didn't even look at.
Everyone is a Republican except me and and three, and sometimes I'm not so sure about thee.
Everybody tells me about this mythical WiFi that's as fast and reliable as a wire. Maybe someday I'll get to experience it--it's certainly not true of any WiFi I use now.
But would be slower and less reliable.
Groupon can be quite useful to customers, but they aren't useful to vendors, who don't see their loss-leader offers turn into regular customers. And unless they're useful to both, it can't survive in the long run.