Isn't that what slashdot has been ripping into the cable ISPs for? Throttling certain services, and charging for "excessive" use (bandwidth caps)? AT&T and Verizon are always bragging about their networks... why don't we make them live up to the hype?
Oh, yeah, because it's hype...
No it is not. Cable service advertises and unlimited service. Bandwidth caps are a limit, throttling a connection to sub-dialup speeds after some time is a limit. We are upset about the cable co's because they are lying to us. Except for Australians (and a few others) who are complaining the download caps are ridiculously low (and they are from what I hear, 1 to 10 Gb/month?).
The long delay can be attributed to the scientist actually doing his job. Catalog, research verify, then publish. Its the difference between reactionary pseudo science and actual work that produces results.
Really. Just take one look at the average school board handing out restrictions left and right to children. Thou shalt wear the uniform approved by the state, thou shalt not disrupt class by having the wrong color hair. Thou shalt not express wear the any symbol of a faith other than our own (crosses are ok, pentagrams, jewish and islamic symbols are not). Thou shalt not question our authority to suppress you beneath our jack booted thugs. Thou shalt not have tattoos or piercings, thou shalt not be gay, etc.
Children have no rights and no real representation, yet when they do work they are taxed, when they spend money they are taxed (in locations with sales tax). Yet they can not vote, nor can they legally protest. This bothered me when I was young, and it still bothers me now that I am old. Unfortunately I have no answers, no solutions. Allowing young workers and buyers to go tax free would inevitably be exploited. Allowing the vote is not a good idea due to their lack of knowledge and critical thinking (though the same could be said for many adults).
Last I heard, the pollution generated by 8 supercargo ships was equivalent to the total released by every road vehicle in America. That is quite significant.
I don't really care about global warming that much (ok, I do, but its not my primary motivation for my energy policy beliefs). The climate will change, one way or the other regardless of what we do. We are in a warm period of an ice age, sooner or later that ice age will end, it may also return to global glaciation at some point before that.
WHAT? EIGHT ships? Eight?
Are you kidding?
Somebody yanked your chain good and yanked it good.
And you apparently didn't even think about it.
If you put 2 20,000 HP diesels in those 8 ships - that's 16 diesel engines. Hell, put four in each vessel - that'd be 32 diesel engins. Just have them spewing raw exhaust into the atmosphere, you'd match what? A few hundred 18-wheeler trucks?
For at least some kinds of pollution? probably. "The 15 biggest ships emit about as much sulphur oxide pollution as all cars combined." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_pollution
Was the battery not a solution for a time when devices were used temporarily then set aside? Wouldn't personal-perpetual power make more sense for an age when devices spend more time being on rather than off?
Sure would be great if it were possible. But its not.
The closest you could get is some kind of solar powered fabric you could wear as clothing and charge your devices.
Another option is piezo electric generators in your shoes, charged as you walk, but that is hardly perpetual either.
Another option is a device that filters organic material from your blood stream and metabolizes it for fuel, there is some research in this area, but its far from being usable.
Archive your work in glass, stone or fired clay tablets. Its the only thing that even somewhat reliably lasts for thousands of years. If you can get a data density of 1 byte / cm^3 a 4 gig data file will only take up a block of stacked tablets a little over 16 meters cubed. I am pretty sure you could get slightly better data density though.
Last I heard, the pollution generated by 8 supercargo ships was equivalent to the total released by every road vehicle in America. That is quite significant.
I don't really care about global warming that much (ok, I do, but its not my primary motivation for my energy policy beliefs). The climate will change, one way or the other regardless of what we do. We are in a warm period of an ice age, sooner or later that ice age will end, it may also return to global glaciation at some point before that.
if you had RTFA, you would notice that the hot swapping bays support both 3.5" and 2.5" disks. But yes, it does look oversized, over weight and uncomfortable to transport.
Exactly. Its not expensive, is very stylish and easily modifiable. Unlike the huge clunky piece of steel the original article is about (some could justifiable argue that the Level 10 is stylish, but that is in the eye of the beholder).
One thing that I plan on doing is modding the top panel to hinge open instead of screw down, in that space above the drive bays I will have space for a multimedia remote, wireless mouse and possibly a wireless keyboard if I can find one small enough for a reasonable price.
I would prefer something with more class, more style, more customization and a price tag that doesn't make one vomit blood.
This is going to be my next case. Wood and brass (fake brass, but close enough). Great thing about a wood case is that it is easily modifiable with simple household tools. http://www.nmediapc.com/htpc8000.htm
Who the fuck was talking about Australia? I wasn't.
I wasn't even particularly talking about salmon either. The rapidly approaching extinction of a significant human food source just happened to be the one example of the environment destruction brought on by damning rivers that I chose to mention.
water (hydro electric via damning rivers) is not green. It destroys the ecosystem in any river it is implemented in. Migratory river fish such as salmon are rapidly going extinct due to damning of rivers.
Avast ye matey! I am pro piracy you insensitive clod.
Now for something serious. Piracy is the crime of hijacking ships at sea. This happens frequently off the coast of Somalia, and infrequently in the Caribbean and south-east Asia. Theft is the crime of removing something from another without permission/compensation. They key is that the property is removed from its owner or the service of the provider is consumed without agreed recompense.
Copyright infringement is neither. Words have meaning.
Besides that, why would anyone think that open source advocates are pro copyright infringment? Copyright is the foundation of all open source licenses, its what gives them power.
Yes, the optimus tacticus I linked to above tends to gets universally bad reviews due to no tactile response causing slow and inaccurate typing.
To me, nothing says quality like a good old IBM model m keyboard. Big heavy keys that go click. With the weight and durability to bash someone over the head and get back to typing without damaging the keyboard.
In many cases its actually impossible to release something to public domain. Many nations have "natural rights" laws that prevent an author from releasing all rights to something.
Public domain also does not ensure that derivative works based on your work remain open and free.
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A quick look at that Dell link shows me the Latitude has a Core 2 processor, not an atom?
Protecting the liability of employees/owners in the case of lawsuit, misconduct or fraud.
It has some merit, but really, its gone way to far in recent years.
I am more dangerous drunk with empty beer bottles than sober with full ones.
Fortunately, there is an easy way to transform from the later state to the former.
Isn't that what slashdot has been ripping into the cable ISPs for? Throttling certain services, and charging for "excessive" use (bandwidth caps)? AT&T and Verizon are always bragging about their networks ... why don't we make them live up to the hype?
Oh, yeah, because it's hype ...
No it is not. Cable service advertises and unlimited service. Bandwidth caps are a limit, throttling a connection to sub-dialup speeds after some time is a limit. We are upset about the cable co's because they are lying to us. Except for Australians (and a few others) who are complaining the download caps are ridiculously low (and they are from what I hear, 1 to 10 Gb/month?).
The long delay can be attributed to the scientist actually doing his job. Catalog, research verify, then publish. Its the difference between reactionary pseudo science and actual work that produces results.
I want to run around shooting guns and have working inexpensive health-care!
silly rabbit. Civil liberties are not for kids.
Really. Just take one look at the average school board handing out restrictions left and right to children.
Thou shalt wear the uniform approved by the state, thou shalt not disrupt class by having the wrong color hair.
Thou shalt not express wear the any symbol of a faith other than our own (crosses are ok, pentagrams, jewish and islamic symbols are not).
Thou shalt not question our authority to suppress you beneath our jack booted thugs.
Thou shalt not have tattoos or piercings, thou shalt not be gay, etc.
Children have no rights and no real representation, yet when they do work they are taxed, when they spend money they are taxed (in locations with sales tax).
Yet they can not vote, nor can they legally protest. This bothered me when I was young, and it still bothers me now that I am old.
Unfortunately I have no answers, no solutions.
Allowing young workers and buyers to go tax free would inevitably be exploited.
Allowing the vote is not a good idea due to their lack of knowledge and critical thinking (though the same could be said for many adults).
If you use a less active material, one that requires less shielding, you can't get the same energy out of it in a given volume.
I am not sure, but I don't think even plutonium is hot enough to provide enough energy to run a cell phone in a practical size.
Last I heard, the pollution generated by 8 supercargo ships was equivalent to the total released by every road vehicle in America. That is quite significant.
I don't really care about global warming that much (ok, I do, but its not my primary motivation for my energy policy beliefs). The climate will change, one way or the other regardless of what we do. We are in a warm period of an ice age, sooner or later that ice age will end, it may also return to global glaciation at some point before that.
WHAT? EIGHT ships? Eight?
Are you kidding?
Somebody yanked your chain good and yanked it good.
And you apparently didn't even think about it.
If you put 2 20,000 HP diesels in those 8 ships - that's 16 diesel engines. Hell, put four in each vessel - that'd be 32 diesel engins. Just have them spewing raw exhaust into the atmosphere, you'd match what? A few hundred 18-wheeler trucks?
For at least some kinds of pollution? probably. "The 15 biggest ships emit about as much sulphur oxide pollution as all cars combined." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_pollution
Was the battery not a solution for a time when devices were used temporarily then set aside? Wouldn't personal-perpetual power make more sense for an age when devices spend more time being on rather than off?
Sure would be great if it were possible. But its not.
The closest you could get is some kind of solar powered fabric you could wear as clothing and charge your devices.
Another option is piezo electric generators in your shoes, charged as you walk, but that is hardly perpetual either.
Another option is a device that filters organic material from your blood stream and metabolizes it for fuel, there is some research in this area, but its far from being usable.
Archive your work in glass, stone or fired clay tablets. Its the only thing that even somewhat reliably lasts for thousands of years. If you can get a data density of 1 byte / cm^3 a 4 gig data file will only take up a block of stacked tablets a little over 16 meters cubed. I am pretty sure you could get slightly better data density though.
Last I heard, the pollution generated by 8 supercargo ships was equivalent to the total released by every road vehicle in America. That is quite significant.
I don't really care about global warming that much (ok, I do, but its not my primary motivation for my energy policy beliefs). The climate will change, one way or the other regardless of what we do. We are in a warm period of an ice age, sooner or later that ice age will end, it may also return to global glaciation at some point before that.
Lian Li definitely makes some nice stuff as well. I just like the uniqueness of wood.
Thermite. Its the only way to be sure.
if you had RTFA, you would notice that the hot swapping bays support both 3.5" and 2.5" disks. But yes, it does look oversized, over weight and uncomfortable to transport.
Exactly. Its not expensive, is very stylish and easily modifiable. Unlike the huge clunky piece of steel the original article is about (some could justifiable argue that the Level 10 is stylish, but that is in the eye of the beholder).
One thing that I plan on doing is modding the top panel to hinge open instead of screw down, in that space above the drive bays I will have space for a multimedia remote, wireless mouse and possibly a wireless keyboard if I can find one small enough for a reasonable price.
I would prefer something with more class, more style, more customization and a price tag that doesn't make one vomit blood.
This is going to be my next case. Wood and brass (fake brass, but close enough). Great thing about a wood case is that it is easily modifiable with simple household tools.
http://www.nmediapc.com/htpc8000.htm
Who the fuck was talking about Australia? I wasn't.
I wasn't even particularly talking about salmon either. The rapidly approaching extinction of a significant human food source just happened to be the one example of the environment destruction brought on by damning rivers that I chose to mention.
Hydro power isn't green. That was the point.
water (hydro electric via damning rivers) is not green. It destroys the ecosystem in any river it is implemented in. Migratory river fish such as salmon are rapidly going extinct due to damning of rivers.
Avast ye matey! I am pro piracy you insensitive clod.
Now for something serious.
Piracy is the crime of hijacking ships at sea. This happens frequently off the coast of Somalia, and infrequently in the Caribbean and south-east Asia.
Theft is the crime of removing something from another without permission/compensation. They key is that the property is removed from its owner or the service of the provider is consumed without agreed recompense.
Copyright infringement is neither. Words have meaning.
Besides that, why would anyone think that open source advocates are pro copyright infringment? Copyright is the foundation of all open source licenses, its what gives them power.
A slightly different but overlapping set of campaign contributors.
here is a little hint...
All those Mac users? They use BSD.
Yes, the optimus tacticus I linked to above tends to gets universally bad reviews due to no tactile response causing slow and inaccurate typing.
To me, nothing says quality like a good old IBM model m keyboard. Big heavy keys that go click. With the weight and durability to bash someone over the head and get back to typing without damaging the keyboard.
http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus-tactus/
http://www.techrevision.com/2007/06/13/lcd_keyboard
In many cases its actually impossible to release something to public domain. Many nations have "natural rights" laws that prevent an author from releasing all rights to something.
Public domain also does not ensure that derivative works based on your work remain open and free.