Slashdot Beta Fail Why are the comments nested on both edges? Why so much white space on the right half of the screen How do you change the comment level (I want to only see >3) The upconing articles are gone.... never to returen ?? Option to post without preview is gone- almost good How to go back to original Slashdot ?
One of the reasons in gong with a major brand is the implied support that comes with the name. Changing the support paradigm has an effect on sales, it is just delayed. 3 years out is about the timing businesses are looking to upgrade their systems. If patching/drivers becomes a serious issue in managements collective "mind", this will influence the buying decision for next time.
A company can get away with this when they have a locked in market and customers with few alternatives. I don't believe this is the case in the desktop/server area.
Forget Wireless or Satellite signals, they are orders of magnitude less power than you can realistically use. You would do be much better off pointing your antenna at that 100KW FM transmitter up on the hill.
I for one, say good riddance. Would rather pay 50% more than to EVER set foot in one of their stores again. Poor customer service and excessive late fees drove them into the ground as much as competition did.
Maybe we will get a good Thai restaurant in that old Blockbuster location.......one can hope!
Check out the grid utilization from Midnight to 6am in any timezone. Would it surprise you to know the load is generally less than 40% of peak? Assuming reasonable charging models, there is no need to radically expand the electric grid.
And no, it is not zero emission, but certainly using an electric vehicle produces far less direct polution than driving a typical ICE car.
Yes, there is a savings, but how much is it going to cost NY taxpayers up front ? Would a better strategy be to replace the sodium lights with LED style lights, as they wear out?
Hydrogen has a wider range of flammability mixtures than any of those other gasses mentioned. Unlike propane, hyrdogen liquifies at temperatures too cold for normal use so this storage mechanism is not feasible. H2 also has a nasty habit of permeating the metal structure of high pressure tanks leading to embrittlement and reduced strength.
These, and other factors, combine to push Hydrogen higher on the list of "dangerous gasses".
So would it be an option to run Linux as your base operating system, then continue to have XP running under Wine for those specific programs that are either ancient or have no upgrade path under linux?
Is this a reasonable path to allow XP usage well past its expiration date ? ?
Breakthrough? This technique has been used for years in the manufacture of MEMS sensors. Ridges, bumps and non-perpendicular geometries all tend to reduce the surface to surface contact area and are standard in MEMS gyroscope and accelerometer designs, used to combat "Stiction".
Then do something about it. The way to make a difference is in the one thing we, ("the people") can directly affect....Voting !!
Make it an issue next November. If you make it known this is important to you, it will be important to them. Every candidate should be asked his/her position and be held accountable for following through once elected.
Keep a flame under the media, they print what they believe is interesting to their audience. If this is perceived as a persistent hot topic, it will not fade from public view.
I wonder how this would be different if Snowden had waited until 2014.......... ?
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You know, Dice could have avoided all of this if they allowed Beta to be optional.
Over time, people would migrate, or not.
They would have a VERY good indicator on what people thought of the changes.
But no, they want to ram it down out collective throats
There is a lesson in here, somwhere. I wonder if Dice will get it before it is too late ? Or have we passed that point already ?
Check out some of the predictions that came out when /. went to Dice. It is amazing how well some people can predict the future.
http://news.slashdot.org/story...
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Why are the comments nested on both edges?
Why so much white space on the right half of the screen
How do you change the comment level (I want to only see >3)
The upconing articles are gone.... never to returen ??
Option to post without preview is gone- almost good
How to go back to original Slashdot ?
One of the reasons in gong with a major brand is the implied support that comes with the name. Changing the support paradigm has an effect on sales, it is just delayed. 3 years out is about the timing businesses are looking to upgrade their systems. If patching/drivers becomes a serious issue in managements collective "mind", this will influence the buying decision for next time.
A company can get away with this when they have a locked in market and customers with few alternatives. I don't believe this is the case in the desktop/server area.
In a CYA move, the weather service always gives the worst case scenerio. We have been conditioned to expect weather to not be as bad as stated.
On the few occasions when it is, you get the "Great Atlanta Snowstorm of 2014"
While this may be off topic, I have not had good luck with Duracell 8G SD cards. 2 fails out of 4 devices within the first 24 hours.
Remind me to stay out of the discount aisle at Fry's
Thank goodness!! My "Easy Bake" oven may still
have a few more years of useful service.
Please take note of the names, you folks from CA
and TN. Maybe there are other candidates for
the Senate that would be MUCH BETTER at the
job.
Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Where are my mod points when I need them ?
Forget Wireless or Satellite signals, they are orders of magnitude less power than you can realistically use. You would do be much better off pointing your antenna at that 100KW FM transmitter up on the hill.
I for one, say good riddance. Would rather pay 50% more than to EVER set foot in one of their stores again. Poor customer service and excessive late fees drove them into the ground as much as competition did.
Maybe we will get a good Thai restaurant in that old Blockbuster location.......one can hope!
> There has been THREE full OS versions that have come out since XP
Don't you mean 2.5 ? Remember, Vista was on that list.
With a much more massive black hole, the radius increases so your 2 billion g's goes down to a
"much more comfortable" several 10's of millions of g's
Check out the grid utilization from Midnight to 6am in any timezone. Would it surprise you to know the load is generally less than 40% of peak? Assuming reasonable charging models, there is no need to radically expand the electric grid.
And no, it is not zero emission, but certainly using an electric vehicle produces far less direct polution than driving a typical ICE car.
A warrant should be very specific about what items are to be siezed. If the warrant was for guns, how does that get extended to files ?
Yes, there is a savings, but how much is it going to cost NY taxpayers up front ?
Would a better strategy be to replace the sodium lights with LED style lights, as they wear out?
> There will never be computer driven cars for the masses.
> It will always be cheaper for them to drive their own.
And more fun !!!
Hydrogen has a wider range of flammability mixtures than any of those other gasses mentioned.
Unlike propane, hyrdogen liquifies at temperatures too cold for normal use so this storage mechanism is not feasible.
H2 also has a nasty habit of permeating the metal structure of high pressure tanks leading to embrittlement and reduced strength.
These, and other factors, combine to push Hydrogen higher on the list of "dangerous gasses".
I often find myself in conflict:
Short, easy to type, but possibly ambiguous names
-or-
Clear detailed names in 26+ characters
The choice depends on the audience I believe will be reading, and if I am having a good/bad day
So would it be an option to run Linux as your base operating system, then continue to have XP running under Wine for those specific programs that are either ancient or have no upgrade path under linux?
Is this a reasonable path to allow XP usage well past its expiration date ? ?
Oops, you are right. That should have read "non-parallel surfaces"
Thanks for the feedback
Breakthrough?
This technique has been used for years in the manufacture of MEMS sensors.
Ridges, bumps and non-perpendicular geometries all tend to reduce the surface
to surface contact area and are standard in MEMS gyroscope and accelerometer
designs, used to combat "Stiction".
While interesting, this is not new news.
> At least in summer, Arizona and California need lots of power
> when the sun is shining, and not nearly as much in the middle
> of the night.
This may be true now, but what happens when everyone plugs in their cars at night?
The plant doesn't really store electricity. It can however, store heated salts that can be used to generate electricity well after sunset.
You want this to stop?
Then do something about it. The way to make a difference is in the one thing we, ("the people") can directly affect... .Voting !!
Make it an issue next November. If you make it known this is important to you, it will be important to them. Every candidate should be asked his/her position and be held accountable for following through once elected.
Keep a flame under the media, they print what they believe is interesting to their audience. If this is perceived as a persistent hot topic, it will not fade from public view.
I wonder how this would be different if Snowden had waited until 2014.......... ?