On the face of it it is but when you're a publicly traded company trying to explain to investors why you spent 12 cents a Kwh to store the electricity you generated at 6 cents a Kwh costing you a total of 18 cents a Kwh and then sold it at market price of 10 cents a Kwh it makes much more cents:).
And to your point this article from 2015 talks about the cost of storage in depth. Pumped hydro is the cheapest overall and relatively easy to implement given a large enough body of water but battery storage technology is starting to come down in price and is more practical in urban settings.
Until VERY recently this was not at all economically viable because the cost to store the electricity was higher than the cost to generate it. I work for the largest owner of wind energy in North America and for years they would routinely short their windmills electricity production directly to ground because the grid from their location in West Texas to Dallas where it was needed was saturated. If they had stored the electricity the cost of generation + storage would have meant they would have to sell it at a loss. Now that storage costs can beat peak rates you'll see large companies invest in electricity time shifting so they can charge the battery when electricity is cheapest and switch to battery during peak usage to save money. This will benefit the grid directly since it will lower the stress during peak usage overall.
I can't wait for the next one where agent Colson and Simmons join the rebel alliance and Simmons figures out how to combine the Midi-chlorians with Terrigen mist to create a super inHuman to defeat the dark side of the Hydra.
I was in the local mall last week and Nintendo has a popup shop right off the food court with about fifteen playable Switch consoles. Perhaps to increase impulse sales? It's an interesting device to be sure. Nintendo once again bucks the norm and blurs the line between portable and powerful. If they introduced an LTE accessory they might just upset the phablet ecosystem as well.
I don't know if Amazon started it but the war started much earlier than the recent spat. The Amazon Prime Video app works fine on any Android device that ISN'T Android TV. The app refuses to run on Android TV even if you sideload it. Most apps that aren't available for the TV are because they aren't formatted for the screen size and will still load just fine. They'll just have a different resolution than the native TV. Amazon refuses to address support requests on these devices. The app also does not include casting ability so the chromecast is out as well.
No, it wasn't. Paying an extortionist for the rest of your life is not a resolution. What people always miss is that the government is ALREADY involved in that it gave the power these telcos turned ISP's have in the first place by granting them exclusive rights of way. If you want to make it right then the infrastructure needs to be taken back and given to a third party to maintain much like the electric grid was when it was deregulated.
Prior to the rules being adopted, some two years back, had ISP's actually done this thing you fear?
Yes they had and there is proof. They didn't charge their subscribers they extorted money from companies wanting to get to their subscribers. "It would be a shame if everyone of our internet subscribers constantly got **buffering** screens when trying to stream content from your site. If you pay us a % of your revenue we'll make sure that doesn't happen."
I hear ya. Company switched from Sophos to Cylance this year. A program one of the units has used for years suddenly won't work after install. I find out the folder is empty except for a few readme files. I monitor the folder as I'm installing and watch as the files appear and disappear. Cyber security claims Cylance isn't doing it but nothing else has changed. Six months and I still can't install the program and they refuse to help me troubleshoot.
Google's next new feature will be to require users to raise their hand and ask permission before typing a URL in the address bar. If you aren't clicking a link in a Google search result page you're just asking for trouble!
You'll never convince me that using an internet browser on a television set is anything but awkward and bad
I've been using Waterfox for Android and a Logitech K400 wireless keyboard and it rocks! Perhaps it isn't the TV or the browser that is awkward and bad? I will admit though that every other browser I've tried (Chrome, Opera, Firefox) all felt a little off for one reason or another.
OS/2 had a task folder option that let you create a folder on the desktop and drop shortcuts of any apps or files you wanted to open when that folder opened. This sounds like they are going to merge the ChromeOS desktop with OS/2 task folders.
There hasn't been a new "franchise" granted in 70 years. They are using their pre-existing mandates for the phone/cable lines but saying they aren't subject to the rules dictated (common carrier) in those agreements since they aren't phone lines anymore. They are playing the system from both ends and getting away with it! And when someone tries to get a "franchise" as you call it they spend lots of money at the state level to get it blocked at the local level. If that doesn't work they sue the local government for unfair competition! Hypocrisy at its finest.
AT&T, Comcast and Verizon have government rights of way that are not granted to others. This gives them an unfair advantage and control of who gets to play in what markets. They have continually fought third party access to their sites and when they are forced to grant right of way to third parties they deliberately make the process slow and unmanageable to discourage (sabotage) their competition. Take away those rights and I would be able to get behind your argument. Until then government controls need to be in place since government rights have been granted.
I have seen numerous companies that had a tiered line where the lower end model is identical to the higher end just feature locked. Part of the fun of getting the lower end model was hacking it to unlock the higher end features. a good percentage of the automotive head units are this way. In fact the Ford I have now has a head unit that supports a backup camera but my model doesn't support the option so if I want to add a camera I have to flash a different model firmware.
Cheaper/Easier generally wins but it also tends to create a plethora of other problems. Case in point: The marketing group of the company I work for had a web store on Second Life back when it was still a thing. But of course Information security blocked the entire domain so there was no way to actually get to the store from the company network.
Outdated should have been inconvenient. Today's researchers survive by getting funding and they tend to get funding from groups with a preconceived agenda. The scientific method tends to conflict with those agendas frequently. As long as people are involved there will be deception
If you want the speed of Quantum with NPAPI support perhaps you should get behind the developer of Waterfox. He's working on that. And the current 55.2.2 release of Waterfox is faster than Firefox in my purely anecdotal opinion.
I've been using Waterfox for several years as my default browser. I keep a copy of Google IE6...er I mean Chrome for those web sites that employ less than compliant coding. I originally ran it on my Windows 7 gaming PC but now have it running on my Mint and Android devices as well. While purely anecdotal I feel like Waterfox is much faster than Firefox and comparable to Chrome in most regards. I haven't tried Pale Moon for a couple of years so I can't say how it compares to Waterfox currently.
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On the face of it it is but when you're a publicly traded company trying to explain to investors why you spent 12 cents a Kwh to store the electricity you generated at 6 cents a Kwh costing you a total of 18 cents a Kwh and then sold it at market price of 10 cents a Kwh it makes much more cents :).
And to your point this article from 2015 talks about the cost of storage in depth. Pumped hydro is the cheapest overall and relatively easy to implement given a large enough body of water but battery storage technology is starting to come down in price and is more practical in urban settings.
Until VERY recently this was not at all economically viable because the cost to store the electricity was higher than the cost to generate it. I work for the largest owner of wind energy in North America and for years they would routinely short their windmills electricity production directly to ground because the grid from their location in West Texas to Dallas where it was needed was saturated. If they had stored the electricity the cost of generation + storage would have meant they would have to sell it at a loss. Now that storage costs can beat peak rates you'll see large companies invest in electricity time shifting so they can charge the battery when electricity is cheapest and switch to battery during peak usage to save money. This will benefit the grid directly since it will lower the stress during peak usage overall.
Perhaps they realized they will need to work with Google against the ISPs now that they have no guarantee of access to their customers.
I can't wait for the next one where agent Colson and Simmons join the rebel alliance and Simmons figures out how to combine the Midi-chlorians with Terrigen mist to create a super inHuman to defeat the dark side of the Hydra.
I was in the local mall last week and Nintendo has a popup shop right off the food court with about fifteen playable Switch consoles. Perhaps to increase impulse sales? It's an interesting device to be sure. Nintendo once again bucks the norm and blurs the line between portable and powerful. If they introduced an LTE accessory they might just upset the phablet ecosystem as well.
These scientists better hope the Krogan don't find out. They are still mad about the genophage.
I don't know if Amazon started it but the war started much earlier than the recent spat. The Amazon Prime Video app works fine on any Android device that ISN'T Android TV. The app refuses to run on Android TV even if you sideload it. Most apps that aren't available for the TV are because they aren't formatted for the screen size and will still load just fine. They'll just have a different resolution than the native TV. Amazon refuses to address support requests on these devices. The app also does not include casting ability so the chromecast is out as well.
No, it wasn't. Paying an extortionist for the rest of your life is not a resolution. What people always miss is that the government is ALREADY involved in that it gave the power these telcos turned ISP's have in the first place by granting them exclusive rights of way. If you want to make it right then the infrastructure needs to be taken back and given to a third party to maintain much like the electric grid was when it was deregulated.
Prior to the rules being adopted, some two years back, had ISP's actually done this thing you fear?
Yes they had and there is proof. They didn't charge their subscribers they extorted money from companies wanting to get to their subscribers. "It would be a shame if everyone of our internet subscribers constantly got **buffering** screens when trying to stream content from your site. If you pay us a % of your revenue we'll make sure that doesn't happen."
I hear ya. Company switched from Sophos to Cylance this year. A program one of the units has used for years suddenly won't work after install. I find out the folder is empty except for a few readme files. I monitor the folder as I'm installing and watch as the files appear and disappear. Cyber security claims Cylance isn't doing it but nothing else has changed. Six months and I still can't install the program and they refuse to help me troubleshoot.
Google's next new feature will be to require users to raise their hand and ask permission before typing a URL in the address bar. If you aren't clicking a link in a Google search result page you're just asking for trouble!
You'll never convince me that using an internet browser on a television set is anything but awkward and bad
I've been using Waterfox for Android and a Logitech K400 wireless keyboard and it rocks! Perhaps it isn't the TV or the browser that is awkward and bad? I will admit though that every other browser I've tried (Chrome, Opera, Firefox) all felt a little off for one reason or another.
Yes, I used Stardock's Object Desktop for several years. In fact it was while I was using OS/2 that I discovered Stardock.
OS/2 had a task folder option that let you create a folder on the desktop and drop shortcuts of any apps or files you wanted to open when that folder opened. This sounds like they are going to merge the ChromeOS desktop with OS/2 task folders.
There have been many attempts to do this but the money spent lobbying to prevent it is in the millions. But lobbying isn't at all shady. /s
There hasn't been a new "franchise" granted in 70 years. They are using their pre-existing mandates for the phone/cable lines but saying they aren't subject to the rules dictated (common carrier) in those agreements since they aren't phone lines anymore. They are playing the system from both ends and getting away with it! And when someone tries to get a "franchise" as you call it they spend lots of money at the state level to get it blocked at the local level. If that doesn't work they sue the local government for unfair competition! Hypocrisy at its finest.
AT&T, Comcast and Verizon have government rights of way that are not granted to others. This gives them an unfair advantage and control of who gets to play in what markets. They have continually fought third party access to their sites and when they are forced to grant right of way to third parties they deliberately make the process slow and unmanageable to discourage (sabotage) their competition. Take away those rights and I would be able to get behind your argument. Until then government controls need to be in place since government rights have been granted.
I have seen numerous companies that had a tiered line where the lower end model is identical to the higher end just feature locked. Part of the fun of getting the lower end model was hacking it to unlock the higher end features. a good percentage of the automotive head units are this way. In fact the Ford I have now has a head unit that supports a backup camera but my model doesn't support the option so if I want to add a camera I have to flash a different model firmware.
I was so happy when Histamine blockers came out. They are SO much better than anti-histamines at blocking histamine.
At what temperature does a web site burn?
Cheaper/Easier generally wins but it also tends to create a plethora of other problems. Case in point: The marketing group of the company I work for had a web store on Second Life back when it was still a thing. But of course Information security blocked the entire domain so there was no way to actually get to the store from the company network.
Outdated should have been inconvenient. Today's researchers survive by getting funding and they tend to get funding from groups with a preconceived agenda. The scientific method tends to conflict with those agendas frequently. As long as people are involved there will be deception
If you want the speed of Quantum with NPAPI support perhaps you should get behind the developer of Waterfox. He's working on that. And the current 55.2.2 release of Waterfox is faster than Firefox in my purely anecdotal opinion.
I've been using Waterfox for several years as my default browser. I keep a copy of Google IE6...er I mean Chrome for those web sites that employ less than compliant coding. I originally ran it on my Windows 7 gaming PC but now have it running on my Mint and Android devices as well. While purely anecdotal I feel like Waterfox is much faster than Firefox and comparable to Chrome in most regards. I haven't tried Pale Moon for a couple of years so I can't say how it compares to Waterfox currently.
A merger of AT&T and Verizon would pretty much do it.