I'm betting your costs for nuclear also aren't including the costs of shutting one down and cleaning up what's left. Or cleaning up the storage area for the spent fuel rods. While I'm sure the end of life costs aren't included in the costs of the solar panels, either, I'm betting one is a LOT more expensive than the other, and the more expensive one to clean up after is likely not going to be the solar panels.
(and in reality the bag is more just for "general purpose emergency use" than for zombies)
It would be better to make it a multipurpose apocalypse bag. Silver bullets will still kill zombies (if you shoot them in the head), but will also work on other supernatural creatures, etc. Multi-purpose in your "go bag" is always a good thing.
I expect that means a lot of them were too oblivious to even notice anything was off. Perhaps the normal staff tends to be 'away' from their post as a matter of course.:)
History will show who was right. I'm prepared to be judged for, in my zeal, doing too much. Are you prepared to be judged for doing too little?
If people were worried about how they'd be judged in the future, rather than how they _look_ right now, the world would be unrecognizable. The thing public policy people don't seem to take into account is human nature.
I keep wondering how efficient a diesel _series_ plug-in hybrid would be. Diesels are, by their very nature, far more efficient than gasoline engines, and thus make great engines for generators. I'm wondering if natural gas is more efficient yet for a generator? Gas turbine? A series plug-in hybrid with a generator using whatever the most-efficient engine *for a generator* seems like a good idea. Now that the unsprung weight issue has been solved and we can use wheel hub motors for some very nice weight distribution, and can get rid of the old-style transmissions which saves a great deal of weight, and makes up for the weight of batteries, as well as making the whole system much less complex (and thus less breakable) than a parallel hybrid system. Seems like the way to go, and I keep waiting...
After further pondering, I believe my log in issue was related more to my password being reset and my original email I signed up with having been canceled several months before. I guess I never changed it in my original account settings or something but I I had to abandon it and get a new one eventually. It was about the same time frame I guess or I'm simply conflating two separate issues into one.
That kind of thing is why I usually use email addresses on my own domain. I throw them away after awhile, but still have the option of turning an old one back on for password recovery operations.
That and it knows where your car is parked. It just has to run an "enhance" algorithm a few hundred times on the four white pixels at the end of the coloured blob and voila, your licence plate number.
Yeah, I found that out when I hacked into the passing Google Van one day by opening an SSH window and typing 'OVERRIDE' (all caps is important).
It might be a little dusty, and colors have faded a little bit though.
Of course, those old fashioned steam-powered four-digit IDs keep working for quite a while as long as you maintain them properly.
Not like these new-fangled 7-digit IDs, which seem to be pretty defective from the get go.:-P
Yeah, well, the floorboards have rotten out completely in my 4-digit UID, and I can see the ground going by below me. Still, it does make it easier to drop caltrops to defer people chasing me. Damned kids need to get off my lawn.
Like many people, I read/. back then, but didn't think there would be this social need for a low uid until later. Of course, if we all knew that, we'd all have the same uids that we do now.
Yeah, I waited quite awhile as there wasn't any real benefit to having an account. But then the "first post" morons arrived. I can't _believe_ people are still doing that. *sigh*
I think if anyone becomes skynet, it will be google.
Yeah, but if that's the case, the first movie would've gone something more like this:
"Are you Sarah Connor?" "Yes. Who are you?" "I'm from Google. We've determined these ads are the most relevant to your search habits. Would you like to hear about American Idol, Celebrity Apprentice, or Dancing with the Stars?" *closes door*
Scary, sure, but not quite the same emotional impact of the original.
Are you sure it wasn't a clone? There were NO Apple ][, ][+,//c,//e or IIgs computers with a schematic, block diagram, or anything else for that matter, on the lid, or anywhere else. Schematics were in the owner's manual (and I think that even disappeared with the//c or//e).
No, I'm sure it wasn't a clone, and who knows, I may be misremembering - I sold that thing in 1986 to buy an Amiga 500 (took that long to pay it off!). I don't know what else I would be thinking of - I certainly couldn't open my Amiga 500 (other than the little trap door in the bottom). *shrug* Who knows. I'm probably just getting senile. It's to the point where with my home projects, I want to check out even older tech than I once had - I want to get an old Altair 8800 or IMSAI 8080 to play with, and figure out how those monsters worked. Definitely before my time, but they look like a lot of fun. They are sadly expensive these days - so few are still working.:(
I had one of the first Apple ][s. There was no wiring diagram on the lid.
It was on the inside lid of my Apple//e (first version, not second with the numeric keypad).
The//gs was far, far removed from the Apple ][. You sir, are a poser.
True, but it was very compatible with the 8-bit Apple 2s. When assembling my 8 and 16-bit computer collection over the last couple of years, I went for computers I didn't have back in the day, rather than the ones I did. So, no 8-bit Apple ][ or//s, and no Amiga 500. But I do now have an Apple//gs, Amiga 1000, Tandy Coco 3, Tandy 102, Commodore 64 and 64C. I haven't yet got any 8-bit Ataris, but that'll come once I have more space.
Considering the size of the wiring diagramS for my Osbourne, I'm kinda doubting that. Also my ][e had no such info. Clarification please? Like was it a block diagram for the slots 'n' ports or suchlike?
I have no idea - I couldn't then (and can't now) read wiring diagrams. *shrug* It was an Apple//e - the first version, not the later one with a numeric keypad.
When Apple hardware was open. Apple ][ computers had their wiring diagram on the inside of the lid (which required no screws to open!). 8 slots, baby, *eight*, to fill with whatever you wanted. No voiding the warranty by opening it up, etc. I later went Amiga and didn't look back until recently. I got a nice ROM 03 Apple//gs on eBay, and even got a nice TransWarp GS card for it. Hot stuff!:)
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I'm betting your costs for nuclear also aren't including the costs of shutting one down and cleaning up what's left. Or cleaning up the storage area for the spent fuel rods. While I'm sure the end of life costs aren't included in the costs of the solar panels, either, I'm betting one is a LOT more expensive than the other, and the more expensive one to clean up after is likely not going to be the solar panels.
(and in reality the bag is more just for "general purpose emergency use" than for zombies)
It would be better to make it a multipurpose apocalypse bag. Silver bullets will still kill zombies (if you shoot them in the head), but will also work on other supernatural creatures, etc. Multi-purpose in your "go bag" is always a good thing.
I recommend a six-demon bag, too. :)
I expect that means a lot of them were too oblivious to even notice anything was off. Perhaps the normal staff tends to be 'away' from their post as a matter of course. :)
Jackie Gleason? The Honeymooners?
Say yeah.
- Norton
Hey, did you know Norton worked for one of the Utilities? :)
History will show who was right. I'm prepared to be judged for, in my zeal, doing too much. Are you prepared to be judged for doing too little?
If people were worried about how they'd be judged in the future, rather than how they _look_ right now, the world would be unrecognizable. The thing public policy people don't seem to take into account is human nature.
"To the Moon, Alice!"
I keep wondering how efficient a diesel _series_ plug-in hybrid would be. Diesels are, by their very nature, far more efficient than gasoline engines, and thus make great engines for generators. I'm wondering if natural gas is more efficient yet for a generator? Gas turbine? A series plug-in hybrid with a generator using whatever the most-efficient engine *for a generator* seems like a good idea. Now that the unsprung weight issue has been solved and we can use wheel hub motors for some very nice weight distribution, and can get rid of the old-style transmissions which saves a great deal of weight, and makes up for the weight of batteries, as well as making the whole system much less complex (and thus less breakable) than a parallel hybrid system. Seems like the way to go, and I keep waiting...
Ha, oops, 45mpg. That's with a 10+ year-old car, too, which is pretty nice. Too bad it's loud as hell.
I bought a diesel. My 2001 VW Jetta TDI gets about 45mph highway. No spark plugs, no lasers, no problem. *shrug*
After further pondering, I believe my log in issue was related more to my password being reset and my original email I signed up with having been canceled several months before. I guess I never changed it in my original account settings or something but I I had to abandon it and get a new one eventually. It was about the same time frame I guess or I'm simply conflating two separate issues into one.
That kind of thing is why I usually use email addresses on my own domain. I throw them away after awhile, but still have the option of turning an old one back on for password recovery operations.
That and it knows where your car is parked. It just has to run an "enhance" algorithm a few hundred times on the four white pixels at the end of the coloured blob and voila, your licence plate number.
Yeah, I found that out when I hacked into the passing Google Van one day by opening an SSH window and typing 'OVERRIDE' (all caps is important).
Much worse than all that, Google knows where you live!
No, Google knows what my _mailing address_ is. :)
Pollute the data stream, people. It's the only way.
It might be a little dusty, and colors have faded a little bit though.
Of course, those old fashioned steam-powered four-digit IDs keep working for quite a while as long as you maintain them properly.
Not like these new-fangled 7-digit IDs, which seem to be pretty defective from the get go. :-P
Yeah, well, the floorboards have rotten out completely in my 4-digit UID, and I can see the ground going by below me. Still, it does make it easier to drop caltrops to defer people chasing me. Damned kids need to get off my lawn.
Like many people, I read /. back then, but didn't think there would be this social need for a low uid until later. Of course, if we all knew that, we'd all have the same uids that we do now.
Yeah, I waited quite awhile as there wasn't any real benefit to having an account. But then the "first post" morons arrived. I can't _believe_ people are still doing that. *sigh*
I think if anyone becomes skynet, it will be google.
Yeah, but if that's the case, the first movie would've gone something more like this:
"Are you Sarah Connor?"
"Yes. Who are you?"
"I'm from Google. We've determined these ads are the most relevant to your search habits. Would you like to hear about American Idol, Celebrity Apprentice, or Dancing with the Stars?"
*closes door*
Scary, sure, but not quite the same emotional impact of the original.
Atlanta has a capital?
Don't mind him; he's from an alternate timeline where Atlas Shrugged is actually realistic. I'll take SkyNet.
My original username still seems to work fine. :)
now i will never look at "experts exchange" in google results again without seeing "expert sex change"
Well, now just think of the unpleasant things that come to mind when someone mentions the phrase, "amateur sex change". *cringe* :)
sendfile forever!
Open source isn't like a magical brownie cobbler that fixes your shoes in the night if you leave him a little saucer of milk.
Yeah, that would be bizarre, rather than cathedral, I guess. The church frowns on the wee folk.
It seems that everyone is going to go for the accelerated releases now.
10 is much bigger than 5 (firefox), so I think IE is going to win.
Chrome Canary build is already at 12, though I will admit it's a bit flaky still.
Are you sure it wasn't a clone? There were NO Apple ][, ][+, //c, //e or IIgs computers with a schematic, block diagram, or anything else for that matter, on the lid, or anywhere else. Schematics were in the owner's manual (and I think that even disappeared with the //c or //e).
No, I'm sure it wasn't a clone, and who knows, I may be misremembering - I sold that thing in 1986 to buy an Amiga 500 (took that long to pay it off!). I don't know what else I would be thinking of - I certainly couldn't open my Amiga 500 (other than the little trap door in the bottom). *shrug* Who knows. I'm probably just getting senile. It's to the point where with my home projects, I want to check out even older tech than I once had - I want to get an old Altair 8800 or IMSAI 8080 to play with, and figure out how those monsters worked. Definitely before my time, but they look like a lot of fun. They are sadly expensive these days - so few are still working. :(
I had one of the first Apple ][s. There was no wiring diagram on the lid.
It was on the inside lid of my Apple //e (first version, not second with the numeric keypad).
The //gs was far, far removed from the Apple ][. You sir, are a poser.
True, but it was very compatible with the 8-bit Apple 2s. When assembling my 8 and 16-bit computer collection over the last couple of years, I went for computers I didn't have back in the day, rather than the ones I did. So, no 8-bit Apple ][ or //s, and no Amiga 500. But I do now have an Apple //gs, Amiga 1000, Tandy Coco 3, Tandy 102, Commodore 64 and 64C. I haven't yet got any 8-bit Ataris, but that'll come once I have more space.
Considering the size of the wiring diagramS for my Osbourne, I'm kinda doubting that. Also my ][e had no such info. Clarification please? Like was it a block diagram for the slots 'n' ports or suchlike?
I have no idea - I couldn't then (and can't now) read wiring diagrams. *shrug* It was an Apple //e - the first version, not the later one with a numeric keypad.
When Apple hardware was open. Apple ][ computers had their wiring diagram on the inside of the lid (which required no screws to open!). 8 slots, baby, *eight*, to fill with whatever you wanted. No voiding the warranty by opening it up, etc. I later went Amiga and didn't look back until recently. I got a nice ROM 03 Apple //gs on eBay, and even got a nice TransWarp GS card for it. Hot stuff! :)
Never was a fan of Macs. *shrug*