Here is a very detailed report on cellulosic ethanol. In terms of efficiency, it has nothing on biodiesel and is less efficient than methanol. But there is already a market, and little in the way of regulatory hurdles.
And the third thing is that there's some uses of oil that fusion power just can't be used for.
What are those exactly? The only thing I can find that doesn't have a clear method of synthesis is Ethylene. And, while Ethylene is quite important, I'm not a chemist so there could be something obvious that I've overlooked. Are there any other examples?
While most professors encourage honest debate and discourse in their classes, there are always some who use their captive audiences, and discretion in grading, to further their political agendas.
You're paying for your education. You have a right to critique your professors.
APR stands for whatever the contract says it stands for. And many times, over the last 7 years, I and others have seen applications that say it stands for "Above the Prime Rate". Are you seriously denying this?
I'll leave it to you and Google to determine how much effect (if any) Ted Turner still has on the day-to-day operations of CNN.
You can't tell me it doesn't exist. I've seen it too many times. Although the practice seems to have died down in the last few years, for a while that phrase was on every credit offer I received.
Yes. And this isn't surprising, since many college graduates from 30 years ago can't figure them out today either.
My father believes that APR still stands for "annual percentage rate", when most of the time it actually means "above the prime rate". And the prime rate isn't the actual Fed prime rate, it's the "Wall Street Journal" prime rate. This is the same generation that lost most of their houses in the mortgage scams of the 80s, btw.
More interestingly, does anybody have any suggestions for cheap hardware to get started playing around with GnuRadio and what I can use it for? FM or shortwave radio would be nice...
When QOS finally made its way to the suits at the Bells, they decided to try to implement it in the most retarded-ass way possible. First, by destroying the existing standards. Then, by replacing them with a ridiculous scheme based on how much the customer is willing to pay for access, not based on what traffic needs higher priorities.
To the PHBs in charge of a typical ISP, higher priority traffic == all traffic from customers willing to pay 30% more per month, which is just retarded on so many levels. It's like ISPs and phone companies have been pushing their ridiculous communistic business models for so long that they've collectively forgotten how to offer different services at different prices competitively.
is Debian more of an enterprise-admin friendly-scalable distro than, say, RedHat Enterprise?
It depends on your definition of "enterprise". And it really depends on the admin. For your typical, point-and-click, illiterate computer monkey "enterprise" admin who only knows enough to install updates, reinstall the entire OS, and call for outside help, RedHat is perfect. In fact, it appears that this is RedHat's primary market.
For admins who know what they're doing and can invest time in making their jobs easier and more productive, however, Debian is an absolute dream.
AFAIK this is not a study of the current economic forces in the copper market. I agree there are fishy things going on that are probably inflating prices past the immediate market realities.
This is a review of the endgame for copper. Based on current usage in industrialized countries, how many people can the known quantity of copper on the planet support?
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you can only stream most (all?) of the content and not download it..
It explains right on the site how you can download the video lectures.
I live in a city with more PhD's per square mile anywhere on earth besides Silicon Valley. Education is prized, and PhD's are just given out.
Lapsus linguae...
Here is a very detailed report on cellulosic ethanol. In terms of efficiency, it has nothing on biodiesel and is less efficient than methanol. But there is already a market, and little in the way of regulatory hurdles.
That department was around long before 9/11 ;)
I can't tell if your post is sarcastic or serious, but the mods seem to be taking it seriously...
Why do you think content providers would let you do your own translating instead of providing you with an "official" translation?
Does this work?
Why would they? This scheme is basically substituting banks for government and legitimate heirs.
And the third thing is that there's some uses of oil that fusion power just can't be used for.
What are those exactly? The only thing I can find that doesn't have a clear method of synthesis is Ethylene. And, while Ethylene is quite important, I'm not a chemist so there could be something obvious that I've overlooked. Are there any other examples?
It's scientific proof of why kids' hair cannot be combed correctly.
While most professors encourage honest debate and discourse in their classes, there are always some who use their captive audiences, and discretion in grading, to further their political agendas.
You're paying for your education. You have a right to critique your professors.
APR stands for whatever the contract says it stands for. And many times, over the last 7 years, I and others have seen applications that say it stands for "Above the Prime Rate". Are you seriously denying this?
I'll leave it to you and Google to determine how much effect (if any) Ted Turner still has on the day-to-day operations of CNN.
The pressure to get people's money and get graduates out the door really means that any college that causes someone to drop out looses thus money.
Unless that person is on full academic scholarship, in which case causing them to drop out would gain them money.
Because, believe it or not, it actually helps your credit rating.
I didn't say my sig had anything to do with banking. You did.
The other is the SCAM some car sales lots pull. They hang the big sign out front or in the newspaper ad. Zero or 1% APR. Customer comes running in to take advantage of the deal and signs without reading the fine print on the loan. Surprise! The fine print read APR (above prime rate) So if the prime rate is 4.5% today. Customer just got jammed with finacing his car for 4.5% + Zero = 4.5% or 4.5% + 1% = 5.5%.
You can't tell me it doesn't exist. I've seen it too many times. Although the practice seems to have died down in the last few years, for a while that phrase was on every credit offer I received.
I'm not the only one who noticed this, although it seems to have gone away in the last few years:
But then think of our own credit cards. "4.9 percent interest" the ads say, but then there's those three little letters, APR--"above the prime rate"--and suddenly people can be paying fifteen percent which by anyone's calculations borders on the usurious.
No need to attack people because you're too stupid to pay attention to the lies and scams going on around you.
Yes. And this isn't surprising, since many college graduates from 30 years ago can't figure them out today either.
My father believes that APR still stands for "annual percentage rate", when most of the time it actually means "above the prime rate". And the prime rate isn't the actual Fed prime rate, it's the "Wall Street Journal" prime rate. This is the same generation that lost most of their houses in the mortgage scams of the 80s, btw.
Look at me, I can spend money...
More interestingly, does anybody have any suggestions for cheap hardware to get started playing around with GnuRadio and what I can use it for? FM or shortwave radio would be nice...
I would wet myself and hope that Google doesn't light up its dark fiber and enter the ISP business.
When QOS finally made its way to the suits at the Bells, they decided to try to implement it in the most retarded-ass way possible. First, by destroying the existing standards. Then, by replacing them with a ridiculous scheme based on how much the customer is willing to pay for access, not based on what traffic needs higher priorities.
To the PHBs in charge of a typical ISP, higher priority traffic == all traffic from customers willing to pay 30% more per month, which is just retarded on so many levels. It's like ISPs and phone companies have been pushing their ridiculous communistic business models for so long that they've collectively forgotten how to offer different services at different prices competitively.
Silly American, they aren't EMP "grenades", they're EMP "guns".
And if they ask, tell them it's for defending your State against the Federal government.
is Debian more of an enterprise-admin friendly-scalable distro than, say, RedHat Enterprise?
It depends on your definition of "enterprise". And it really depends on the admin. For your typical, point-and-click, illiterate computer monkey "enterprise" admin who only knows enough to install updates, reinstall the entire OS, and call for outside help, RedHat is perfect. In fact, it appears that this is RedHat's primary market.
For admins who know what they're doing and can invest time in making their jobs easier and more productive, however, Debian is an absolute dream.
AFAIK this is not a study of the current economic forces in the copper market. I agree there are fishy things going on that are probably inflating prices past the immediate market realities.
This is a review of the endgame for copper. Based on current usage in industrialized countries, how many people can the known quantity of copper on the planet support?
Of course that should have been CH4. Ammonium is not natural gas.