And please. all the whining about 'oh this is so bad!', no it isn't. It has nothing to do with you nor any other consumer who buys the product for what's it suppose to do, nor will this lawsuit affect your life in any way.
I read of at least one research group who bought them because of the "other OS" feature. They were building a supercomputer out of commodity parts. Now, Sony's reverted that. Their purchase now is apparently worthless. They can't replace anything that burns out.
To paraphrase a Buddhist proverb, If you meet John Galt walking on the road, kill him.
What an incredible, fatal, ten car pile up of philosophy you've done there. Galt went on strike. Buddah'd never advocate harming a fly. Have you ever read either of them?
... or why Yeltsin-era Russia, with no holds barred capitalism after the destruction of the Soviet planning agencies, was so corrupt.
Oh, come on! Yeltsin's Russia was the very definition of crony capitalism. Olga driving an elevator all day wasn't in on the deal. Putin was. The USSR dissolves, and whoever has power grabs the spoils, in return for favours for powerful friends.
I look forward to seeing it happen in China, Burma/Myanmar, N. Korea, Iran, Saudis,...
Meanwhile, we in the West are being crushed by economic psychopaths.
If the continental U.S. lay on a major subduction zone...
About that, the Pacific plate is subducting under Vancouver Island, producing Yellowstone's volcanic activity. There's another off the coast of Mexico doing the same thing.
Hell, remember what happened not too long ago in Chile? Or San Fransisco around the turn of the last century? I remember hearing as a child of an earthquake devastating Mexico City. There's that earthquake during the World Series a few years ago, and the tsunami that devastated a few Alaskan towns a few decades ago?
Continental North, South, and Central America are all equally vulnerable to this. There's a lot of power in geology.
I think their estimate is ridiculously low compared to some proven technologies that handle/dissipate similar quantities of heat.
Uh, what am I missing here? The whole point of solar is to absorb solar energy, yes? This is an argument against phovoltaics.
Mirrors focussed on pipes superheating oil, which eventually drive steam generators, should be more efficient, simpler, and easier to maintain, possibly cheaper to build.
I haven't read the article. Hearing they're doing this with photovoltaics is a surprise to me.
They are concentrating sunlight at a ratio that liquefies asphalt.
However, the latest science show related to this I watched on TV was about shaped mirrors heating oil in pipes which ultimately powered a steam generator. With a huge insulatated underground tank holding superheated oil, it could go 24/7. The most complicated part was actuators that made the mirrors follow the sun for maximum efficiency.
Photovoltaics may work, but there's other (simpler?) ways to harness solar.
Many LiveCD distros can be dumped to a USB flash drive.
I'm not fond of those things. I've built a RAID array out of them for the heck of it, but I've seen copies to USB keys take all night, while a CD would take fifteen min. max. I don't trust that tech.
True. On the other hand, they may or may not be doing anything worthy, dependent upon their inclination, and actions speak much louder than words. I mostly agree with your inclination (hope for the best), but it's always wise to expect the worst at the same time.
Oh come on, I had Linux uptimes on that box of,...
Oh, wait. Yeah, it did mostly ignore Windows and just run Linux, full disclosure. But I did like ME at the time. Maybe it was just Dell's bluedisk background image that I'm pining for.
alias bd='/usr/bin/feh --bg-center/home/keeling/grf/bluedisc_1600.bmp'
Not true. You can install DOS 5 on a huge disk, but I don't think it will see anything above 512MB. You can use something like PartitionMagic to enlarge this to 2GB when you get to Windows 95, then to something larger when you get to an OS that supports NTFS.
Old B.C. joke: "I can stick my left big toe into my right ear." "Yeah, but who'd want to?"
Slashdot Mirror
Ouch.
I read of at least one research group who bought them because of the "other OS" feature. They were building a supercomputer out of commodity parts. Now, Sony's reverted that. Their purchase now is apparently worthless. They can't replace anything that burns out.
What an incredible, fatal, ten car pile up of philosophy you've done there. Galt went on strike. Buddah'd never advocate harming a fly. Have you ever read either of them?
Wow.
Oh, come on! Yeltsin's Russia was the very definition of crony capitalism. Olga driving an elevator all day wasn't in on the deal. Putin was. The USSR dissolves, and whoever has power grabs the spoils, in return for favours for powerful friends.
I look forward to seeing it happen in China, Burma/Myanmar, N. Korea, Iran, Saudis, ...
Meanwhile, we in the West are being crushed by economic psychopaths.
"Note to disaster preparedness planners: We need redundant power backup systems for McD's." :-P
Great link, thanks. That one near the end of cars bobbing like corks says it all.
Is that a joke, or are you wondering about whether you're going to be visiting a devastated zone? Honest, was that a joke? I can't tell.
How long's it take to scram a nuclear power plant?
Lucky you. That link fails to play anything for me (Canada, Linux, Firefox).
About that, the Pacific plate is subducting under Vancouver Island, producing Yellowstone's volcanic activity. There's another off the coast of Mexico doing the same thing.
Hell, remember what happened not too long ago in Chile? Or San Fransisco around the turn of the last century? I remember hearing as a child of an earthquake devastating Mexico City. There's that earthquake during the World Series a few years ago, and the tsunami that devastated a few Alaskan towns a few decades ago?
Continental North, South, and Central America are all equally vulnerable to this. There's a lot of power in geology.
Uh, what am I missing here? The whole point of solar is to absorb solar energy, yes? This is an argument against phovoltaics.
Mirrors focussed on pipes superheating oil, which eventually drive steam generators, should be more efficient, simpler, and easier to maintain, possibly cheaper to build.
I haven't read the article. Hearing they're doing this with photovoltaics is a surprise to me.
However, the latest science show related to this I watched on TV was about shaped mirrors heating oil in pipes which ultimately powered a steam generator. With a huge insulatated underground tank holding superheated oil, it could go 24/7. The most complicated part was actuators that made the mirrors follow the sun for maximum efficiency.
Photovoltaics may work, but there's other (simpler?) ways to harness solar.
Dear SOCAN, please what is your mailing address at your physical location?
Grr ...
[For the fibbies listening in, this is rhetorical. I'm not a unabomber, honest; not my thing.]
I'm not fond of those things. I've built a RAID array out of them for the heck of it, but I've seen copies to USB keys take all night, while a CD would take fifteen min. max. I don't trust that tech.
Yeah, I burn one every month. Or every month and every LiveCD I download.
Music CDs, no.
I'm Canadian, I don't download music, how do I opt out?
You shouldn't. Consider South Africa and their "truth comittees?" Aka., tell the truth, and you're good.
I like it when blame for bad things sticks to the correct monster.
True. On the other hand, they may or may not be doing anything worthy, dependent upon their inclination, and actions speak much louder than words. I mostly agree with your inclination (hope for the best), but it's always wise to expect the worst at the same time.
They're called ACs. I think they're still (so far) outnumbered by real /.ers, which explains why I'm still here.
Oh come on, I had Linux uptimes on that box of, ...
Oh, wait. Yeah, it did mostly ignore Windows and just run Linux, full disclosure. But I did like ME at the time. Maybe it was just Dell's bluedisk background image that I'm pining for.
alias bd='/usr/bin/feh --bg-center /home/keeling/grf/bluedisc_1600.bmp'
Aaaahh! :-)
Funniest comment ever.
Yup. Thanks.
Old B.C. joke: "I can stick my left big toe into my right ear." "Yeah, but who'd want to?"
No, he's not! WTF are you talking about?!?
It's mental masturbation. Why would anyone want to stir the entrails of Microsoft Windows 3.1 in 2011?!?
Sheesh.