To me the Aboriginal who lived in their old ways sounds much more intelligent then myself and most of my fellow Australians and Americans.
From the wiki: Similarly Aboriginal people also seem to have lived a long time in the same environment as the now extinct Australian megafauna, stories of which are preserved in the oral culture of many Aboriginal groups (see Waugal, Rainbow Serpent and Bunyip). The recent European scientific belief that it was the arrival of the Australian Aboriginal people on the continent, and their introduction of fire-stick farming, that was responsible for these extinctions
I call BS, I have tried to find dimmable CFL's that dont suck. and have yet to find any. even the specalty $49.99 each dimmables from the specalty online shops are no better than the crap GE bulb for $9.25 at Walmart. None ofthese work in home automation or normal dimmers. Give me make and model numbers of what you have that work perfect in dimmers and I'll try it to prove you right.
If you want dimmable + home automation, this post won't help you.
But you can use normal CFL bulbs in lamps if you plug the lamp into a modified X10 appliance module.
Take a AM466/AM486 (the only difference seems to be the ground wire) and cut a diode to eliminate most of the local current sensing voltage. This stops the "flicker" that some bulbs get. Of course, you may lose local control, or still have some voltage. To eliminate all of the local current sensing voltage, cut the jumper the link tells you to as well. With just the diode cut, I still have local control, but YMMV.
I've been using two CFL lamps on AM466 controllers since this fall and haven't had a problem with either so far.
If you are wanting to control overheat lights, you need to add a neutral wire to the switch, which may or may not be possible depending on your wiring setup.
It's a nice principle to follow for systems designed by amateurs who don't know the first thing about actual principles, yes.
A system that relies on the administrator being a security guru probably isn't that secure in the real world where most administrators don't have time to become security experts...
So for $1000, that buys 1 kW of photovoltaic cells.
If the cells are run for 12,500 hours at full capacity, the price is equal to coal. Past 12,500 hours of full capacity, that's cheaper than coal.
That's 521 days of 24/7 sunlight, for almost two years. Rather unlikely on earth.
The Google tells me [I]A 1 kilowatt peak Solar System will generate around 1600 kilowatt hours per year in a sunny climate and about 750 kilowatt hours per year in a cloudy climate[/I]. Which means that we need to run the system for 7.8 years before we see it being cheaper than coal (double that in cloudy climates). And this assumes that the system still operates at full efficiency for the duration of those years.
This is not counting the related infrastructure needed for photovoltaic -- battery arrays, voltage converters, etc.
Considering that many manufacturing processes have a byproduct of heavy metals, and that heavy metals never become less dangerous, what isolates nuclear waste problems from the waste of (say) photovoltaic cells or the waste that comes from mining the ores to create wind generators?
"Not as dangerous as previously thought" is a far cry from "safe". This is sort of like estimating the number killed in the holocaust or sentencing guidelines for pedophiles, who wants to be on the low side?
People trying to have rational discussions about real world problems?
One does not have to exaggerate the number of dead in the holocaust for it to be a serious crime.
And considering that prison space is finite (meaning that we can and do run out), sentencing guidelines for pedophiles that are too high means either we will reduce sentences for other crimes (releasing potentially dangerous people back on the street) or prisons will require additional resources that could be put to better use. Case in point: There was an incident in Georgia where a sex offender went to jail for consensual sex with an underage girl while he was underage. Due to how Georgia law was written at the time, he faced a pretty stiff sentence. But considering the crime he was charged with, do you really think he's as large of a risk to the public as someone convicted of (say) homicide due to driving under the influence?
I think they know the difference. Specifically the difference between "chemical" (which doesn't scare the public as badly) and "radioactive fission" (which scares the bejebus out of the public).:p
If it was successful, it would be a serious blow to one of Microsoft's core revenue streams.
While it may be legal, I would not expect it to go unchallenged, either legally or by some other means.
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And, all of this would be compatible with MS Office, down to a UI switch that would allow the user to choose the MS style interface.
All of this would have MONO programmability for "macros". (Not the half-hearted programmability that MS offers, and sorry OO only pays lip service to.)
I always wondered what the incantation was for "summon Redmond lawsuit".
Of course, on the down side, with warmer skin you lose heat faster, and when your core temperature drops a few degrees, you go into hypothermia (and to make matters worse, with a few drinks in you, you might not notice until too late).
What's the cutoff for that?
Let me explain: There's a range of air temperatures where my body won't suffer from hypothermia, presumably since it can regulate how much heat it produces and loses.
When temperature gets too low, my body can't produce enough eat, and ergo, hypothermia.
But is there a temperature range where my body could produce more heat if it is needed, but due to evolutionary pressures to conserve energy, starts to reduce blood flow to the extremities? If so, drinking would warm oneself up without making one at risk for hypothermia.
I understand that "Oriental" is considered an offensive term by some, but I really wish that "Asian" didn't replace it.
Asia is the largest continent and has a wide amount of human diversity and different ethnic groups. It seems a tad dismissive to use "Asian" as a replacement for "Oriental" (does that make a billion Indians no longer Asian?).
Where does the energy come from to give existence to this second universe? This whole splitting of the universe thing seems common in physics, so I'm sure I'm not interpreting this correctly. It seems like there's entire universes being created because of the uncertainty of a single particle.
As opposed to the universe as a whole, who was created by the energy of God 6,000 years ago?;-)
There is actually two types of old music, the "classics" (i.e. Beattles, Sinatra, Rolling Stones, etc) which can command the higher price than the new stuff on iTunes. And the "non-classics" that cannot command a higher price because the market isn't there due to lack of popularity.
So why would my more obscure bands be some of my more expensive purchases?
IMO, any rational burglar will attempt to flee once he or she discovers that the residence is occupied and the occupant is armed.
Any burglar who does not flee once the occupant announces that he or she is armed loses the benefit of the doubt in my book. The burglar is clearly involved in an illegal act and is not making an attempt to flee when discovered. That is not a good sign, and the occupant is justified in assuming that his or her life is threatened, IMO.
Does your theory explain why Tasmanians were so dark skinned and Europeans are so pale?
There are many examples of people living at similar latitudes for similar periods of time and having different skin colors. There is also the issue of latitude-vs-amount-of-sunlight, and how some of the most cloud-covered areas of the world have some of the darkest people.
I am leaning towards the theory that skin color is strongly related towards sexual selection with a prevelant "founder effect" in play.
If only the Geek Squad was paid well enough that they could afford broadband, than they could steal music and download porn directly.:p
Seriously though, when I'm working on someone's computer, I try not to pay attention to what is on it, and I feel vaguely uncomfortable when I have to check something that may include me seeing private information like verifying that an email backup was restored in their email client.
I hope that any professional that I hire that is in a position to snoop through my possessions would not.
That being said, "hope" isn't the same as "expect". If I take my car to a mechanic, I make sure there's nothing I don't want to be seen in the car itself, even if it is out of sight.
I'm I the only American on the planet rooting for higher gas prices in the US? Higher gas equals less SUVs and trucks which equals less congestion. I live in England now, and $7.50 gallon gas is the norm. Get over yourselves already America.
I've always said that the most economically ideal solution to encourage fuel-efficient vehicle is a gradual (but preplanned) increase in the price of gasoline over the period of many years.
Consumers would be encouraged to buy more fuel efficient vehicles to maintain the same cost at the pump, while the time frame would give detroit time to adjust^W^W^W time to drop the ball and lose market share to overseas companies.:p
One of the design details of the Nevada site is that even if part of the waste leaks, the flow of water in that area (that we know of) is significantly slow enough that the radioactive material should take a long time to get back to the surface. By the time they finally do, many of them won't be significantly radioactive./p
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XMMS mostly works[1] for me, and it minimizes nicely, plus I can use xmms-shell to tie other things to it.
What feature of amarok/rhythmbox do I need?
Does amarok or rhythmbox even minimuze as small as xmms? I can't find a screenshot of either not taking up most of the screen.
[1]I would like XMMS to understand what UTF8 is when it is minimized.
Does the article's author know that the iPhone he praises is built around an open source core?
From the wiki: Similarly Aboriginal people also seem to have lived a long time in the same environment as the now extinct Australian megafauna, stories of which are preserved in the oral culture of many Aboriginal groups (see Waugal, Rainbow Serpent and Bunyip). The recent European scientific belief that it was the arrival of the Australian Aboriginal people on the continent, and their introduction of fire-stick farming, that was responsible for these extinctions
If you want dimmable + home automation, this post won't help you.
But you can use normal CFL bulbs in lamps if you plug the lamp into a modified X10 appliance module.
Take a AM466/AM486 (the only difference seems to be the ground wire) and cut a diode to eliminate most of the local current sensing voltage. This stops the "flicker" that some bulbs get. Of course, you may lose local control, or still have some voltage. To eliminate all of the local current sensing voltage, cut the jumper the link tells you to as well. With just the diode cut, I still have local control, but YMMV.
I've been using two CFL lamps on AM466 controllers since this fall and haven't had a problem with either so far.
If you are wanting to control overheat lights, you need to add a neutral wire to the switch, which may or may not be possible depending on your wiring setup.
A system that relies on the administrator being a security guru probably isn't that secure in the real world where most administrators don't have time to become security experts...
Er, wouldn't climate control have to be successful for nothing to happen?
If the environmentalists are successful and eliminate all human effects on climate, then natural climate change will still occur.
I am running the numbers.
Coal is .08$ a kWh.
So for $1000, that buys 1 kW of photovoltaic cells.
If the cells are run for 12,500 hours at full capacity, the price is equal to coal. Past 12,500 hours of full capacity, that's cheaper than coal.
That's 521 days of 24/7 sunlight, for almost two years. Rather unlikely on earth.
The Google tells me [I]A 1 kilowatt peak Solar System will generate around 1600 kilowatt hours per year in a sunny climate and about 750 kilowatt hours per year in a cloudy climate[/I]. Which means that we need to run the system for 7.8 years before we see it being cheaper than coal (double that in cloudy climates). And this assumes that the system still operates at full efficiency for the duration of those years.
This is not counting the related infrastructure needed for photovoltaic -- battery arrays, voltage converters, etc.
I'm doubting the numbers.
My personal favorite was the character who died of an infected wound several days after battle.
Now that's a way to realistically kill off a major character in an historic fantasy!
Considering that many manufacturing processes have a byproduct of heavy metals, and that heavy metals never become less dangerous, what isolates nuclear waste problems from the waste of (say) photovoltaic cells or the waste that comes from mining the ores to create wind generators?
Quick off-topic question:
In the movie "Sneakers", a blind character uses a braille interface to "read" a computer screen.
Are these common? Useful?
I've always been curious about that...
People trying to have rational discussions about real world problems?
One does not have to exaggerate the number of dead in the holocaust for it to be a serious crime.
And considering that prison space is finite (meaning that we can and do run out), sentencing guidelines for pedophiles that are too high means either we will reduce sentences for other crimes (releasing potentially dangerous people back on the street) or prisons will require additional resources that could be put to better use. Case in point: There was an incident in Georgia where a sex offender went to jail for consensual sex with an underage girl while he was underage. Due to how Georgia law was written at the time, he faced a pretty stiff sentence. But considering the crime he was charged with, do you really think he's as large of a risk to the public as someone convicted of (say) homicide due to driving under the influence?
I think they know the difference. Specifically the difference between "chemical" (which doesn't scare the public as badly) and "radioactive fission" (which scares the bejebus out of the public). :p
If it was successful, it would be a serious blow to one of Microsoft's core revenue streams. While it may be legal, I would not expect it to go unchallenged, either legally or by some other means.
I always wondered what the incantation was for "summon Redmond lawsuit".
What's the cutoff for that?
Let me explain: There's a range of air temperatures where my body won't suffer from hypothermia, presumably since it can regulate how much heat it produces and loses.
When temperature gets too low, my body can't produce enough eat, and ergo, hypothermia.
But is there a temperature range where my body could produce more heat if it is needed, but due to evolutionary pressures to conserve energy, starts to reduce blood flow to the extremities? If so, drinking would warm oneself up without making one at risk for hypothermia.
I understand that "Oriental" is considered an offensive term by some, but I really wish that "Asian" didn't replace it. Asia is the largest continent and has a wide amount of human diversity and different ethnic groups. It seems a tad dismissive to use "Asian" as a replacement for "Oriental" (does that make a billion Indians no longer Asian?).
As opposed to the universe as a whole, who was created by the energy of God 6,000 years ago? ;-)
So why would my more obscure bands be some of my more expensive purchases?
Agreed.
IMO, any rational burglar will attempt to flee once he or she discovers that the residence is occupied and the occupant is armed.
Any burglar who does not flee once the occupant announces that he or she is armed loses the benefit of the doubt in my book. The burglar is clearly involved in an illegal act and is not making an attempt to flee when discovered. That is not a good sign, and the occupant is justified in assuming that his or her life is threatened, IMO.
I called Snape's loyalties awhile back.
It is obvious once you have read the first 6 books and ask yourself how Snape can do what he does and why Dumbledore trusted him completely.
Does your theory explain why Tasmanians were so dark skinned and Europeans are so pale?
There are many examples of people living at similar latitudes for similar periods of time and having different skin colors. There is also the issue of latitude-vs-amount-of-sunlight, and how some of the most cloud-covered areas of the world have some of the darkest people.
I am leaning towards the theory that skin color is strongly related towards sexual selection with a prevelant "founder effect" in play.
If only the Geek Squad was paid well enough that they could afford broadband, than they could steal music and download porn directly. :p
Seriously though, when I'm working on someone's computer, I try not to pay attention to what is on it, and I feel vaguely uncomfortable when I have to check something that may include me seeing private information like verifying that an email backup was restored in their email client.
I hope that any professional that I hire that is in a position to snoop through my possessions would not.
That being said, "hope" isn't the same as "expect". If I take my car to a mechanic, I make sure there's nothing I don't want to be seen in the car itself, even if it is out of sight.
I've always said that the most economically ideal solution to encourage fuel-efficient vehicle is a gradual (but preplanned) increase in the price of gasoline over the period of many years.
Consumers would be encouraged to buy more fuel efficient vehicles to maintain the same cost at the pump, while the time frame would give detroit time to adjust^W^W^W time to drop the ball and lose market share to overseas companies. :p
Unfortunately, such a plan is political suicide.
I find it hilarious (and rather sad) when atheists try to debunk religion by debunking Christianity.
One of the design details of the Nevada site is that even if part of the waste leaks, the flow of water in that area (that we know of) is significantly slow enough that the radioactive material should take a long time to get back to the surface. By the time they finally do, many of them won't be significantly radioactive. /p