Agreed. I usually hunt for the "printer friendly" link when reading from these places which puts the whole article on one page and take out the irritating blinking ad-filled margins. Most sites will have this available if they're reasonably well-visited.
I'd see if there was one for this particular article, but the corporate firewall is blocking. bastages
Here's an ancient message board where these points are discussed. When it took place (in 1993) it appears that PV power was becoming much more efficient in terms of production energy costs vs solar power produced over the panel's lifetime. Purchase cost vs energy cost savings is also discussed.
I could have sworn I've seen more info refuting the "solar panels never pay back their production costs" assertion, but I couldn't find any. Someone back me up here:)
I'm really suprised that Taco makes a sweeping innuendo against Microsoft in that they were behind the entire thing.
It was quoted from the guy who submitted it. Note the italic text and the little " things (aptly named "quotaion marks") which have, in this case, been put to use delimiting what the author posted and what other people have said. In this case the author (CmdrTaco) said nothing but "jd writes".
If any of you have seen Being John Malkovich, you probably remember the scene where he travels into his own head. I think that's where they're keeping the Malkovich Pokemons until they can be unleashed upon the world.
While this isn't directly on topic, it might be a good idea to check out some of the legislation dealing with subscriber privacy going into effect soon. While may or may not affect you, it's probably worth a skim, especially if you're going to be sending user-identifiable information out of the organization. I know there are some hefty fines for non-compliance. At least you could maybe back up some of your paranoia with some legal documents. 8^)
From what I understand, DVD players themselves will need to be upgraded for (H)DTV. I don't think most of them are equipped to deal with any resolutions but standard NTSC/PAL stuff. Do they even have digital video outs? Oh well, one more reason to wait:)
DIVX. It died because people didn't want to have to ask somebody else permission to watch a movie they'd already (in their opinion) bought.
I agree with you here, but I have a feeling that as bandwidth becomes more plentiful and more content is put online, people may start shifting away from the need to have that box or shiny disc in their hand to represent what they spent their money on. I personally never buy movies. I don't see the value in having this pretty box containing a movie I may watch twice ever. Better to spend the money and take the wife to see it on the big screen once. If I absolutely had to spend $1.50 or $2 to watch it once online later, that seems OK. Better than spending $15 - $20 on a tape (or $20 - $30 on DVD).
This is sort of how the current cable pay-per-view model works. Image and sound is superior to VHS and it really doesn't cost any more than renting. I think DIVX was shooting for this sort of model but with superior sound/picture quality as an advantage. They just didn't market very well and got a little greedy with the pricing.:)
DIVX did suck though. It seemed more like they were duping people into thinking they were actually buying the movie. Oh well... RIP DIVX. May your successor be less lame.
Yep, it's been downhill since the scoring system came on-line.
I have to disagree. I was about ready to give up until Rob put that system in. I've set my threshold to 2 and never see any of the "first post!" or "NT rulz" crap. The only reason I even saw it today was because I read a post talking about it that had been moderated up. I bumped down the threshold to see what all of the commotion was about. Well, back up to 2, I guess.
Thank you for playing, and please try again next year after you've successfully passed English 101.
My, my... I've pushed somebody's hot button. I know I speak for everyone you've flamed today by humbly begging your pardon for my ignorance of the pluralization of the word "virus". Hopefully I will never again witness the wrath of the AC Latin Prof from Hell (ACLPfH?)
I can see, however, a genetically-altered virus, designed to combat some disorder, mutating and gaining the ability to reproduce, or inserting a different, more destructive snippet of genetic code into human cells resulting in who-knows-what.
While this is a definite possibility, I don't think it's really more likely to happen with genetically engineered virii since the mutation rate for a virus swarm is already ridiculously high. I remember a number stating that 1 in 10000 DNA replications in virii is faulty and each virus contains just about that many pairs. The conclusion being that, statistically, just about every virus is a mutant!
Sorry if the details are a bit foggy, but that was the gist of it.
Heh... check out the babelfish translation of the first paragraph:
Microsoft founder sits down with 44 to the peace
Number three pulls itself from talking moon with some billions back | Maritz was director/conductor of the software development | Contradictory predicates around completeness of the retreat | A quarter of all persons employed dollar millionaires are round
There is a problem present when a couple guys maliciously take out a some innocent people as opposed to when an accident (like a plane crash) occurs. The end result is similar, but the causes are night-and-day different.
That said, I do agree with you that Jon's being a bit hypocritical in denouncing media hysteria having participated substantially himself.
It's interesting you should mention this. As I saw the blurb on the front page for this article, something kinda fell into place in my head. Maybe, just maybe, Rob brought in JK to have/. actually generate some original content (discounting comments) instead of exclusively linking out to stories. Maybe there could be content on/. that could be linked to other than a rabid AC screaming bloody murder about this or that.
That said, I think JK goes for "broad appeal." Unfortunately "broad appeal" tends to bore the pants off of a lot of the folks around here.
Basically, the only people to benefit from Music piracy are people who copy - individually, individual gain from somebody elses work. This surely flies in the face of causes such as Free Software or Open Source? Becuase in this situation, the originator suffers - sucky eh?
I think this may have been brought up before with regards to software "piracy", but just because someone pirates a song/album does not necessarily mean that someone is losing out. This does not legitimize piracy, but claiming that it is inherently harmful to "the originator" is not correct. In fact, it could be beneficial to the originator. Say I get an MP3 from someone, I like the sound of it and buy the entire CD.
To address your point about free software... Every time you boot up your linux machine you're benefiting from someone else's work (at no cost to you, for that matter). Furthermore, you're allowed to distribute unlimited copies without compensating the originator. The only difference (besides that whole against-the-law stuff) is that artists (or more specifically, the record label) generally don't give their permission for you to do so without compensating them.
I had heard something similar recently, but IIRC the number of divisions was somewhere closer to 50 or 100 than 10^6. I could most certainly be wrong, though.
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Interesting, I was unaware of that. I always figured is was diesel, as in type of fuel, not Diesel, as in the guy who invented it. my mistake
I'd see if there was one for this particular article, but the corporate firewall is blocking. bastages
boggle "a Diesel running off a propane tank". Now that's a breakthrough!
Here's an ancient message board where these points are discussed. When it took place (in 1993) it appears that PV power was becoming much more efficient in terms of production energy costs vs solar power produced over the panel's lifetime. Purchase cost vs energy cost savings is also discussed.
:)
I could have sworn I've seen more info refuting the "solar panels never pay back their production costs" assertion, but I couldn't find any. Someone back me up here
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and outlink to an article @ Ace's hardware.
It may bother you to know this, but most religions are inherently evangelical.
This does not in any way change the fact that it is annoying.
I'm really suprised that Taco makes a sweeping innuendo against Microsoft in that they were behind the entire thing.
It was quoted from the guy who submitted it. Note the italic text and the little " things (aptly named "quotaion marks") which have, in this case, been put to use delimiting what the author posted and what other people have said. In this case the author (CmdrTaco) said nothing but "jd writes".
If any of you have seen Being John Malkovich, you probably remember the scene where he travels into his own head. I think that's where they're keeping the Malkovich Pokemons until they can be unleashed upon the world.
There's a bug driving around in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN) area w/ "Y2KBUG" plates. I thought it was kinda clever, actually. :)
bah... everyone knows A2K is just vaporware.
While this isn't directly on topic, it might be a good idea to check out some of the legislation dealing with subscriber privacy going into effect soon. While may or may not affect you, it's probably worth a skim, especially if you're going to be sending user-identifiable information out of the organization. I know there are some hefty fines for non-compliance. At least you could maybe back up some of your paranoia with some legal documents. 8^)
From what I understand, DVD players themselves will need to be upgraded for (H)DTV. I don't think most of them are equipped to deal with any resolutions but standard NTSC/PAL stuff. Do they even have digital video outs? Oh well, one more reason to wait :)
I agree with you here, but I have a feeling that as bandwidth becomes more plentiful and more content is put online, people may start shifting away from the need to have that box or shiny disc in their hand to represent what they spent their money on. I personally never buy movies. I don't see the value in having this pretty box containing a movie I may watch twice ever. Better to spend the money and take the wife to see it on the big screen once. If I absolutely had to spend $1.50 or $2 to watch it once online later, that seems OK. Better than spending $15 - $20 on a tape (or $20 - $30 on DVD).
This is sort of how the current cable pay-per-view model works. Image and sound is superior to VHS and it really doesn't cost any more than renting. I think DIVX was shooting for this sort of model but with superior sound/picture quality as an advantage. They just didn't market very well and got a little greedy with the pricing. :)
DIVX did suck though. It seemed more like they were duping people into thinking they were actually buying the movie. Oh well... RIP DIVX. May your successor be less lame.
Moderate this post down...
Why is it that the surest way to get moderated up is to complain about being moderated down?
Yep, it's been downhill since the scoring system came on-line.
I have to disagree. I was about ready to give up until Rob put that system in. I've set my threshold to 2 and never see any of the "first post!" or "NT rulz" crap. The only reason I even saw it today was because I read a post talking about it that had been moderated up. I bumped down the threshold to see what all of the commotion was about. Well, back up to 2, I guess.
...please. It does mention they were African penguins.
Thank you for playing, and please try again next year after you've successfully passed English 101.
My, my... I've pushed somebody's hot button. I know I speak for everyone you've flamed today by humbly begging your pardon for my ignorance of the pluralization of the word "virus". Hopefully I will never again witness the wrath of the AC Latin Prof from Hell (ACLPfH?)
I can see, however, a genetically-altered virus, designed to combat some disorder, mutating and gaining the ability to reproduce, or inserting a different, more destructive snippet of genetic code into human cells resulting in who-knows-what.
While this is a definite possibility, I don't think it's really more likely to happen with genetically engineered virii since the mutation rate for a virus swarm is already ridiculously high. I remember a number stating that 1 in 10000 DNA replications in virii is faulty and each virus contains just about that many pairs. The conclusion being that, statistically, just about every virus is a mutant!
Sorry if the details are a bit foggy, but that was the gist of it.
Heh... check out the babelfish translation of the first paragraph:
Microsoft founder sits down with 44 to the peace
Number three pulls itself from talking moon with some billions back | Maritz was director/conductor of the software development | Contradictory predicates around completeness of the retreat | A quarter of all persons employed dollar millionaires are round
Point taken... I think I'm just equating long-windedness with milking. :)
These two situations are quite different.
There is a problem present when a couple guys maliciously take out a some innocent people as opposed to when an accident (like a plane crash) occurs. The end result is similar, but the causes are night-and-day different.
That said, I do agree with you that Jon's being a bit hypocritical in denouncing media hysteria having participated substantially himself.
It's interesting you should mention this. As I saw the blurb on the front page for this article, something kinda fell into place in my head. /. actually generate some original content (discounting comments) instead of exclusively linking out to stories. Maybe there could be content on /. that could be linked to other than a rabid AC screaming bloody murder about this or that.
Maybe, just maybe, Rob brought in JK to have
That said, I think JK goes for "broad appeal." Unfortunately "broad appeal" tends to bore the pants off of a lot of the folks around here.
Basically, the only people to benefit from Music piracy are people who copy - individually, individual gain from somebody elses work. This surely flies in the face of causes such as Free Software or Open Source? Becuase in this situation, the originator suffers - sucky eh?
I think this may have been brought up before with regards to software "piracy", but just because someone pirates a song/album does not necessarily mean that someone is losing out. This does not legitimize piracy, but claiming that it is inherently harmful to "the originator" is not correct. In fact, it could be beneficial to the originator. Say I get an MP3 from someone, I like the sound of it and buy the entire CD.
To address your point about free software... Every time you boot up your linux machine you're benefiting from someone else's work (at no cost to you, for that matter). Furthermore, you're allowed to distribute unlimited copies without compensating the originator. The only difference (besides that whole against-the-law stuff) is that artists (or more specifically, the record label) generally don't give their permission for you to do so without compensating them.
Actually I think it's legal to export a _book_ detailing encryption methods, just not something that will actually do it. I could be wrong...
I had heard something similar recently, but IIRC the number of divisions was somewhere closer to 50 or 100 than 10^6. I could most certainly be wrong, though.