No. Conservation will never work; our power needs will continue to increase, and I have no problem with that. I don't want to live back in the dark ages again, sorry.
He's just another anti-science nut.
theres a big difference between anti-science and pro-environment. now first, what evidence do you have that conservation will 'never work'? now lets imagine for a minute that around the worldfor 1 year industries, lets take the computer industry for example, stopped focusing on innovating in the speed/power area and instead spent all their resources working on energy conservation and efficency. could you imagine the kinds of technological breakthroughs they could make? now before people start replying on how that could never happen, i know, it was just an anecdote on why you should be careful saying never.
i suppose my point is that you should stop being defensive because he said something that doesnt fit into your world-view. saying that he was just another anti-science nut is wrong, as im sure you could realise if you looked into it, and i feel the only reason you said it was to make it easier to reinforce your position in your head and write off what he said, feel free to prove me wrong.
I've never understood how the VOIP cos. expect to survive long-term. VOIP is just another TCP/IP protocol like ftp or smtp. The only reason a VOIP connection requires a third party provider is because most of the phone network is still POTS and so VOIP cos are essentially brokers between the POTS and the internet. But eventually, most calls will be peer-to-peer across the internet just like most other IP protocols and there will be no need for VOIP cos.
well lets not get ahead of ourselves here. right now most of the major phone carriers are making the tradition from the old PSTN to a VOIP backbone for national and international calls (Verizon is in transition, ATT already has switched for example). the industry as a whole is moving towards VOIP. the cellular induststry as well is moving towards VOIP, and probably within 10 years will have VOIP to the handset. in general this is A Good Thing from an infrastructure point of view, because if all you are carrying is packets of VOIP data then you simply need to make sure your network can handle peak calling data rates rather than having to worry about having enough available circuits to make a connection from phone to phone (like it was even 5-10 years ago) now the problem with tappign these companies is that it will provide a framework for which to continue to wiretap voice for the next several decades, and will give the fbi even more power.
now i dont mean to sound like another one of those 'crazy liberals' but i believe the US Gvt. would better serve the needs of the society it was created to serve if it spent less time and money trying to maintain its power and influence, which it seems to be doing a lot nowadays, and instead spent its energy helping the society reach new heights, whether it be scientifically, economically (well lets not get into that one), or societally. thats my two cents.
Bloat implies unnecessary cruftiness that I have no choice but to have on my system. Konquerer is a feature. IE is bloat.
well, i like to think im pretty good with computers (im on slashdot right?), but ive never been able to uninstall konquerer or any of the like 40 text editors that come with kde. (or ephiphany on the gnome side) now im sure i could go through and rebuild kde without some apps or go through one of the/bin directores and trash some executables, but for the 'average user' theres not much of a difference.
one of the nicest things in my opinion about gentoo is portage, being able to just emerge and unmerge programs. this is the problem i have with huge packages, when you merge them in, your stuck with the whole package. i still love linux, but i think this is one of the many things that needs to be dealt with before linux becomes mainstream.
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No. Conservation will never work; our power needs will continue to increase, and I have no problem with that. I don't want to live back in the dark ages again, sorry.
He's just another anti-science nut.
theres a big difference between anti-science and pro-environment. now first, what evidence do you have that conservation will 'never work'? now lets imagine for a minute that around the worldfor 1 year industries, lets take the computer industry for example, stopped focusing on innovating in the speed/power area and instead spent all their resources working on energy conservation and efficency. could you imagine the kinds of technological breakthroughs they could make? now before people start replying on how that could never happen, i know, it was just an anecdote on why you should be careful saying never.
i suppose my point is that you should stop being defensive because he said something that doesnt fit into your world-view. saying that he was just another anti-science nut is wrong, as im sure you could realise if you looked into it, and i feel the only reason you said it was to make it easier to reinforce your position in your head and write off what he said, feel free to prove me wrong.
I've never understood how the VOIP cos. expect to survive long-term. VOIP is just another TCP/IP protocol like ftp or smtp. The only reason a VOIP connection requires a third party provider is because most of the phone network is still POTS and so VOIP cos are essentially brokers between the POTS and the internet. But eventually, most calls will be peer-to-peer across the internet just like most other IP protocols and there will be no need for VOIP cos.
well lets not get ahead of ourselves here. right now most of the major phone carriers are making the tradition from the old PSTN to a VOIP backbone for national and international calls (Verizon is in transition, ATT already has switched for example). the industry as a whole is moving towards VOIP. the cellular induststry as well is moving towards VOIP, and probably within 10 years will have VOIP to the handset. in general this is A Good Thing from an infrastructure point of view, because if all you are carrying is packets of VOIP data then you simply need to make sure your network can handle peak calling data rates rather than having to worry about having enough available circuits to make a connection from phone to phone (like it was even 5-10 years ago) now the problem with tappign these companies is that it will provide a framework for which to continue to wiretap voice for the next several decades, and will give the fbi even more power.
now i dont mean to sound like another one of those 'crazy liberals' but i believe the US Gvt. would better serve the needs of the society it was created to serve if it spent less time and money trying to maintain its power and influence, which it seems to be doing a lot nowadays, and instead spent its energy helping the society reach new heights, whether it be scientifically, economically (well lets not get into that one), or societally. thats my two cents.
Bloat implies unnecessary cruftiness that I have no choice but to have on my system. Konquerer is a feature. IE is bloat.
/bin directores and trash some executables, but for the 'average user' theres not much of a difference.
well, i like to think im pretty good with computers (im on slashdot right?), but ive never been able to uninstall konquerer or any of the like 40 text editors that come with kde. (or ephiphany on the gnome side) now im sure i could go through and rebuild kde without some apps or go through one of the
one of the nicest things in my opinion about gentoo is portage, being able to just emerge and unmerge programs. this is the problem i have with huge packages, when you merge them in, your stuck with the whole package. i still love linux, but i think this is one of the many things that needs to be dealt with before linux becomes mainstream.