Deaths per kWh is very interesting and informative, though I would point out the person you replied to seems to have had a larger scope of cleanup costs in mind. I wonder how the facts stack up on that. I tried to google some of those, but didn't have much luck finding something that summarized it. There are plenty of sources discussing the costs of individual clean ups.
The problem I have with the Leaf is that my 25 mile commute would be way too much for it in the winter where I often get stuck in 2 hour traffic jams at temps from 32 to 0F, if my employer had a charge station it might be enough to risk it but draining 70+% of the battery just for locomotion during ideal temp days doesn't leave enough safety margin for cold weather performance plus heater usage.
I only drive about 5 miles a day, so an electric vehicle would work for me. The trouble I face is even a Nissan Leaf is too much car. Using the Nissan Leaf web site to compute my savings, for the $21,000 vehicle I would save $138 a year in gas over the fuel performance of a used Honda Accord that cost me $8000. A new Nissan Leaf compared to my Kawasaki Ninja is even worse. The Leaf saves me just $24 a year, though admittedly the Leaf would be useful in snow in rain when the motorcycle isn't.
I'm all for having an electric car, but overcoming the sticker price is the tough part. I need the electric car to be around $10,000 and last about 15 years, otherwise it makes more financial sense to drive fuel efficient used cars.
Someday I really need to submit my patent for my business process of securing patents for things I have no intention of manufacturing and then attempting to enforce those patents against others.
Could you hire one of the developers on the open source project as a contractor to implement a feature? It could be a modest feature at a generous hourly rate. It could be a feature the developer already had planned and perhaps could consider the feature to have been sponsored by your company, generating good will and a positive public image, in addition to enjoying a needed feature.
A favorite book of mine is "Refactoring - Improving the design of existing code" by Martin Fowler. It's probably best read after you've written code for a little while.
You might find "Head First - Servlets and JSP" kind of fun if you're interested in programming web applications. I'd save JSP for later and focus on servlets if you're just starting out.
Not to quibble, but clerics devoting themselves to a concepts/philosophy was possible in any version of D&D. It may not have been specifically mentioned in the rule book, but it was quite common. Some folks even let any/all of the "divine" casters claim they were really just tapping into a different form of "arcane" energy that for all intents and purposes acted like "divine" spells. It's really just a matter of separating the "special effects" of the game from the "mechanics."
Maybe I'm missing the obvious, but the story seems to be trying to sensationalize things. Look at the numbers they cite. You can see the following changes from Dec 08 to Dec 09.
Bing +2.4% Google +2.2%
Yahoo -3.3% AOL -1.2% Ask -0.2%
So it looks to me like Bing and Google are just gobbling up market share from the weak. Google grew at approximately the same rate as Bing. Yet the article seized on relative growth, which of course is going to favor growing new services.
Quote: There might be a few polar bears left if more people wanted one for breakfast.
I'd certainly be willing to try a bear steak. I just have a feeling that on the other end of the supply chain folks aren't that crazy about raising and harvesting the polar bears.
Many, many years ago I vaguely remembering a discussion between some relatives of mine about drafting to get better milage. I seem to recall one potential problem that was mentioned was that trailing cars might not get the airflow for cooling the engine that was expected by the designers. None involved in the discussion were experts. I wonder if there's anything to that line of thinking...?
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Deaths per kWh is very interesting and informative, though I would point out the person you replied to seems to have had a larger scope of cleanup costs in mind. I wonder how the facts stack up on that. I tried to google some of those, but didn't have much luck finding something that summarized it. There are plenty of sources discussing the costs of individual clean ups.
I saw a Tesla S with DC plates on it in Cape Cod over the 4th. While there are certainly other explanations it would appear that it was driven there.
was it towing a diesel generator?
It was all down-hill. :)
The problem I have with the Leaf is that my 25 mile commute would be way too much for it in the winter where I often get stuck in 2 hour traffic jams at temps from 32 to 0F, if my employer had a charge station it might be enough to risk it but draining 70+% of the battery just for locomotion during ideal temp days doesn't leave enough safety margin for cold weather performance plus heater usage.
Is telecommuting an option on weather days?
I only drive about 5 miles a day, so an electric vehicle would work for me. The trouble I face is even a Nissan Leaf is too much car. Using the Nissan Leaf web site to compute my savings, for the $21,000 vehicle I would save $138 a year in gas over the fuel performance of a used Honda Accord that cost me $8000. A new Nissan Leaf compared to my Kawasaki Ninja is even worse. The Leaf saves me just $24 a year, though admittedly the Leaf would be useful in snow in rain when the motorcycle isn't.
I'm all for having an electric car, but overcoming the sticker price is the tough part. I need the electric car to be around $10,000 and last about 15 years, otherwise it makes more financial sense to drive fuel efficient used cars.
Someday I really need to submit my patent for my business process of securing patents for things I have no intention of manufacturing and then attempting to enforce those patents against others.
I recall there once was Mike Rowe, who had "Mike Rowe Soft." Somebody else apparently remembers this and documented it...
http://txfx.net/2004/01/22/mike-rowe-soft/
And what if it's going the wrong way across a bridge?
TomTom will recalculate its route. Hopefully NASA payed for the updated maps.
Could you hire one of the developers on the open source project as a contractor to implement a feature? It could be a modest feature at a generous hourly rate. It could be a feature the developer already had planned and perhaps could consider the feature to have been sponsored by your company, generating good will and a positive public image, in addition to enjoying a needed feature.
Yes! Exactly! Glow in the dark cows -- go big or go home!
A favorite book of mine is "Refactoring - Improving the design of existing code" by Martin Fowler. It's probably best read after you've written code for a little while.
You might find "Head First - Servlets and JSP" kind of fun if you're interested in programming web applications. I'd save JSP for later and focus on servlets if you're just starting out.
I wonder if their Bankruptcy game will be realistic.
Not to quibble, but clerics devoting themselves to a concepts/philosophy was possible in any version of D&D. It may not have been specifically mentioned in the rule book, but it was quite common. Some folks even let any/all of the "divine" casters claim they were really just tapping into a different form of "arcane" energy that for all intents and purposes acted like "divine" spells. It's really just a matter of separating the "special effects" of the game from the "mechanics."
Well done. Pretty cool, really.
Now make an analogy using a cow, 5 bags of salt, and the Pacific Ocean. :)
You're right, plus the article doesn't make any sense. Asteroids just pass through one another.
How about putting it on static display in front of your house? Maybe you could park it in the back yard and let the kids play on it.
I always thought it would be cool to bury a WW2 submarine in the back yard as if it were running on the surface.
Maybe I'm missing the obvious, but the story seems to be trying to sensationalize things. Look at the numbers they cite. You can see the following changes from Dec 08 to Dec 09.
Bing +2.4%
Google +2.2%
Yahoo -3.3%
AOL -1.2%
Ask -0.2%
So it looks to me like Bing and Google are just gobbling up market share from the weak. Google grew at approximately the same rate as Bing. Yet the article seized on relative growth, which of course is going to favor growing new services.
Quote: he was surprised DirecTV refused to change its business practices voluntarily
Apparently he has never been a DirecTV customer.
Your vision somehow reminds me of The Matrix.
Oh phew. I'm glad you didn't say most software developers aren't human.
Quote: There might be a few polar bears left if more people wanted one for breakfast.
I'd certainly be willing to try a bear steak. I just have a feeling that on the other end of the supply chain folks aren't that crazy about raising and harvesting the polar bears.
Quote: "fire a payload of golf balls"
Do you yell "fire" or "four" before you trigger this weapon?
Who is Mark Cuban? I cannot seem to find him via Google...
Many, many years ago I vaguely remembering a discussion between some relatives of mine about drafting to get better milage. I seem to recall one potential problem that was mentioned was that trailing cars might not get the airflow for cooling the engine that was expected by the designers. None involved in the discussion were experts. I wonder if there's anything to that line of thinking...?
I guess turning up the volume is out of the question? :)
"we may need new protocols to deal with the large latency"
As others have noted, research along those lines is already in progress. Here's another reference:
http://www.ohio.edu/research/communications/space_communication.cfm