Doing the math before the most recent gas price increases, I came up with it taking 140,000 miles of driving before the gas savings of a hybrid over a regular version of the same car would overcome the price difference.
So, if you're buying a hybrid to spend less on gas, you're busy failing. If you're buying a hybrid for environmental reasons, you're paying a premium to make a social statement, and buying a band-aid technology that isn't the solution.
Bandwidth usage hovered around one percent at the height of Napster. My point was that WVU used the lie of excessive bandwidth consumption to avoid any sticky legal issues.
Of course, none of us were stopped by this, just righteously pissed. If I remember correctly, we weren't even supposed to use the net access for anything non-academic. Riiiiiight.
And I was annoyed when WVU blocked access to Napster, hiding behind the lie that it used too much bandwidth. I knew the guys who worked in the NOC; we never used anywhere near the amount of available bandwidth.
AllAdvantage. Ah, how I miss that little program. That plus FakeSurfer with about 10 friends signed up under me amounted to about a fifty dollar check one month, which was a lot of b33r. Those were the days! No wonder that company tanked.
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Actually, it is possible for the shuttle to reach the moon. The orbiter vehicle has an operational duration of 3-4 weeks, and it only takes four days to get to the moon. The OMS engines have the required thrust to enter the Trans-Lunar Insertion trajectory and break Earth orbit. So, all that would be required would be a landing method, and a craft that could fit in the payload bay could easily acheive that. This would be an economical solution to return to the moon.
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Didn't really need their permission, but thanks anyway.
Doing the math before the most recent gas price increases, I came up with it taking 140,000 miles of driving before the gas savings of a hybrid over a regular version of the same car would overcome the price difference. So, if you're buying a hybrid to spend less on gas, you're busy failing. If you're buying a hybrid for environmental reasons, you're paying a premium to make a social statement, and buying a band-aid technology that isn't the solution.
Bandwidth usage hovered around one percent at the height of Napster. My point was that WVU used the lie of excessive bandwidth consumption to avoid any sticky legal issues. Of course, none of us were stopped by this, just righteously pissed. If I remember correctly, we weren't even supposed to use the net access for anything non-academic. Riiiiiight.
And I was annoyed when WVU blocked access to Napster, hiding behind the lie that it used too much bandwidth. I knew the guys who worked in the NOC; we never used anywhere near the amount of available bandwidth.
AllAdvantage. Ah, how I miss that little program. That plus FakeSurfer with about 10 friends signed up under me amounted to about a fifty dollar check one month, which was a lot of b33r. Those were the days! No wonder that company tanked.
Actually, it is possible for the shuttle to reach the moon. The orbiter vehicle has an operational duration of 3-4 weeks, and it only takes four days to get to the moon. The OMS engines have the required thrust to enter the Trans-Lunar Insertion trajectory and break Earth orbit. So, all that would be required would be a landing method, and a craft that could fit in the payload bay could easily acheive that. This would be an economical solution to return to the moon.
I'm glad that this happened - RealPlayer is accursed spyware anyway. Hopefully it'll drive down their market share and put them out of business.