yup , that is why i mentioned the emergency stops. Everyone was cruising along and the light was green. Someone pulled out of a gas station and left everyone locking up their brakes. I looked up and watched the light go yellow and red above me before the chaos could clear. One of my passtimes at this intersection when waiting for the red to turn green was watching the flashes pop when the camera was taking pictures of the red-light runners. I knew I was screwed, but never got the ticket.
30 dollars at california prices means you arent driving very far. This distance can be handled on a bike.
Just consider the cost of insurance as part of the cost of the car. The cost of maintenance is also part of a car. It is not a one time expense, and there is no reason to force other people to be responsible and pay for your actions.
I dont have uninsured walking insurance. If you happened to hit me as a pedestrian, I am going to have a hell of a bill and possibly be out of work for a while. Will you just tell me that I shouldnt have been walking, and I would have been safer in a car?
ride a bike, carpool, bum a ride, cover gas for someone else to drive, move...
seems to me there are ways for a determined person to get to work to get this money that you need that do not require me being at risk of paying for your mistakes.
the cameras that I have seen have a speed printed on them. Depending on factors like your break lights being lit, you can likely prove your intent and reason for being in the intersection after the red light.
I know I have been in the box after a light turned, but the fact is I was bumper to bumper with the car in front of me, and everyone had made emergency stops. No picture ever came, and my only guess is that I was going zero with my break lights on, and that gave the system no need to take my picture in the first place.
question for this though... atmospheric pressure here on the ground, or at 65000 feet? Would the difference in the outside force cause this to become a problem, or is the idea to leak the bags to just over atmospheric after cruising altitude is attained ?
who says you have to shoot it down if you target it. I would be happy to just place a dot of graffiti on it with a paintball warhead, and to use a telescope for visual proof.
the entire premise is that people have to unite against the aliens in order to not blow themselves apart. The methods being debated is a simple ends vs means question. The squid may have been a bit silly, but it had to be alien.
The hero was victorious, but not acting hero-like, and in fact was the antagonist.
If that is ripped out for cleanliness, then it is settled for me, I am not going to watch this film.
This may be true for Trent Reznor or Prince or Stevie Wonder, but I dont think that Lars is really writing every bit of Metallica's songs. Of course, ever since someone's head got a little too big for his drum set, the band has sucked... so I could be wrong.
So are you saying that if we can perfect this for people, we can attach giant meteor dodging armor to the earth? How much electricity is required to make the planet jump to the side real quick?
easy, it just wraps a rope around your legs and you fall down. Now if the bad guys are smart enough to wait two seconds and fire another round of shots...
I agree, tons of fun to be had this way. Im not sure how the new boxes are going to look, but I have gotten plenty of odd comments from people who see rabbit ear antennae connected to a computer.
No. My inexpensive TV remembers just fine. Some of the home theater models require piles (to me) of fine tuning to get all of the settings correct. What version of HD, which inputs, which outputs, what type dolby... whatever. Sometimes the first time a tv is started it has to scan all channels, and sometimes that information isnt remembered.
People here are also discussing the TV downloading channel guide info, which I have no use for as that is in my satellite receiver.
so should we just leave everything turned on all the time to make sure there are no peaks and valleys to the grid? This way we dont need capacity estimates, we just know if it works or not. If EVERYTHING in the US cannot be turned on all the time, then build more plants fast! Or we can just try to be responsible as new technologies are made available.
and then multiply this result times a few million homes across the US. Even if this result isnt exactly typical,maybe even on the high end of energy savings, but the cash and energy saved ends up to quite a big number.
A definite deal breaker for me on a television right now is the inability to store my settings through a power failure. I want to be able to pull the plug if I need/want to and not have to go through resetting all of my sound, video and channel selections. If the thing is so damn complex that it has to scan inputs and create profiles to work correctly ( and cost a fortune), then it can be complex enough to remember how I had it set for a short time.
On another note, I have an old NSLU2 running a pair of USB drives and wireless and wired networking that pulls 5 watts. Putting a small amount of intelligence into this to not send power to drives that arent spinning should allow a much smaller power draw. This can accommodate drives downloading in the background while the tv is off. I cant imagine that the drives need to be on all the time... there is only so much content that can be pulled down to watch later.
Many pieces of energy star are being gamed at this point, and a refocus is needed to continue the improvements that are theorized.
well, it was supposed to be a bad joke. I should have ended it with "Max , its nap time, no more slashdot !" . But, he can press keys very well, usually while yelling beeeeep . He did teach me that f11 gives a great minimal browser in firefox, and has sent many half complete emails to my boss and co-workers.
Slashdot Mirror
a mac isnt a computer, it is a lifestyle choice. We all know a crowd brings a crowd.
the kids just like reading cursing in caps i guess.
Thankfully my sense of self worth isnt tied to judgements from the slashdot zeitgeist
yup , that is why i mentioned the emergency stops. Everyone was cruising along and the light was green. Someone pulled out of a gas station and left everyone locking up their brakes. I looked up and watched the light go yellow and red above me before the chaos could clear. One of my passtimes at this intersection when waiting for the red to turn green was watching the flashes pop when the camera was taking pictures of the red-light runners. I knew I was screwed, but never got the ticket.
30 dollars at california prices means you arent driving very far. This distance can be handled on a bike.
Just consider the cost of insurance as part of the cost of the car. The cost of maintenance is also part of a car. It is not a one time expense, and there is no reason to force other people to be responsible and pay for your actions.
I dont have uninsured walking insurance. If you happened to hit me as a pedestrian, I am going to have a hell of a bill and possibly be out of work for a while. Will you just tell me that I shouldnt have been walking, and I would have been safer in a car?
ride a bike, carpool, bum a ride, cover gas for someone else to drive, move...
seems to me there are ways for a determined person to get to work to get this money that you need that do not require me being at risk of paying for your mistakes.
Insurance is just part of owning a vehicle. If you dont want to insure it, dont drive.
Do you also believe that you shouldn't have to pay for gas?
the cameras that I have seen have a speed printed on them. Depending on factors like your break lights being lit, you can likely prove your intent and reason for being in the intersection after the red light.
I know I have been in the box after a light turned, but the fact is I was bumper to bumper with the car in front of me, and everyone had made emergency stops. No picture ever came, and my only guess is that I was going zero with my break lights on, and that gave the system no need to take my picture in the first place.
no no no .. it is solar powered. If you are going to screw with it from above you need a giant umbrella.
question for this though... atmospheric pressure here on the ground, or at 65000 feet? Would the difference in the outside force cause this to become a problem, or is the idea to leak the bags to just over atmospheric after cruising altitude is attained ?
who says you have to shoot it down if you target it. I would be happy to just place a dot of graffiti on it with a paintball warhead, and to use a telescope for visual proof.
not to mention that flying straight up and shooting straight ahead is a bit like spitting into the wind, but with deadly spit.
the entire premise is that people have to unite against the aliens in order to not blow themselves apart. The methods being debated is a simple ends vs means question. The squid may have been a bit silly, but it had to be alien.
The hero was victorious, but not acting hero-like, and in fact was the antagonist.
If that is ripped out for cleanliness, then it is settled for me, I am not going to watch this film.
This may be true for Trent Reznor or Prince or Stevie Wonder, but I dont think that Lars is really writing every bit of Metallica's songs. Of course, ever since someone's head got a little too big for his drum set, the band has sucked... so I could be wrong.
I havent tried it for hulu, but vixy.net helps me pull youtube down where I can watch it in mplayer locally.
yes, the crocs cant aim worth a damn. I imagine it will be a few millenia before they get opposable thumbs.
But when they do figure out how to add rifle shooting to the swing tail and bite heads off of beach bums attacks, it will be a blood bath !
yup, every step off of dry land is a step off of the top of the food chain!
wrong!
So are you saying that if we can perfect this for people, we can attach giant meteor dodging armor to the earth? How much electricity is required to make the planet jump to the side real quick?
easy, it just wraps a rope around your legs and you fall down. Now if the bad guys are smart enough to wait two seconds and fire another round of shots...
I agree, tons of fun to be had this way. Im not sure how the new boxes are going to look, but I have gotten plenty of odd comments from people who see rabbit ear antennae connected to a computer.
No. My inexpensive TV remembers just fine. Some of the home theater models require piles (to me) of fine tuning to get all of the settings correct. What version of HD, which inputs, which outputs, what type dolby ... whatever. Sometimes the first time a tv is started it has to scan all channels, and sometimes that information isnt remembered.
People here are also discussing the TV downloading channel guide info, which I have no use for as that is in my satellite receiver.
so should we just leave everything turned on all the time to make sure there are no peaks and valleys to the grid? This way we dont need capacity estimates, we just know if it works or not. If EVERYTHING in the US cannot be turned on all the time, then build more plants fast! Or we can just try to be responsible as new technologies are made available.
and then multiply this result times a few million homes across the US. Even if this result isnt exactly typical,maybe even on the high end of energy savings, but the cash and energy saved ends up to quite a big number.
A definite deal breaker for me on a television right now is the inability to store my settings through a power failure. I want to be able to pull the plug if I need/want to and not have to go through resetting all of my sound, video and channel selections. If the thing is so damn complex that it has to scan inputs and create profiles to work correctly ( and cost a fortune), then it can be complex enough to remember how I had it set for a short time.
On another note, I have an old NSLU2 running a pair of USB drives and wireless and wired networking that pulls 5 watts. Putting a small amount of intelligence into this to not send power to drives that arent spinning should allow a much smaller power draw. This can accommodate drives downloading in the background while the tv is off. I cant imagine that the drives need to be on all the time... there is only so much content that can be pulled down to watch later.
Many pieces of energy star are being gamed at this point, and a refocus is needed to continue the improvements that are theorized.
well, it was supposed to be a bad joke. I should have ended it with "Max , its nap time, no more slashdot !" .
But, he can press keys very well, usually while yelling beeeeep . He did teach me that f11 gives a great minimal browser in firefox, and has sent many half complete emails to my boss and co-workers.