for *mass* production. Fuel cell tech is already in prototype production.
AMAF, in one of the magazines I subscribe to, there is an ad for a home power system based fuel cell technology. I forget - would have to go look it up - what the cost is, but I remember it's expensive; also that it runs on natgas. FC is already *here*; it's just a matter of bringing the costs down.
More than peanuts for R&D there would help, tho, certainly!
Instead of researching how we could be energy dependant, we've spent entirely too much damned time defending the status quo....meaning the companies which already supply our energy needs...
But in that, I think eventually the market will change things. It already is to some extent - in solar and fuel cell technologies. Question is: Will it be soon enough?
But... isn't it pretty much a cliche nowadays that the "keeping the lights on" thinking is what has led to a lot of our current problems?
I know that it simply doesn't work well when applied to one's own life - you can (and sometimes have to) think for the short term, but without long term thinking, you aren't likely to get out of the rut you're in that led to the short term problem in the first place....
I think about that one a lot...and if I find a solution, I'm going to patent it, and that will take care of my long term problems;-);-)
I grew up in Spamtown, USA (Austin, MN). It was a good place to grow up. Then (30 yrs ago) anyway.
Now it's called Spamtown, USA. There are actually signs when you enter town proclaiming that. They advertise it. Oh, you poor bastards.... obviously there aren't enough Internet aware people there anymore. So sad. I don't miss it. Not a bit.
So far as I know, there is no real connection between the junk email moniker and actual employees. Then again.....it wouldn't surprise me, either.
AFAIC, they deserve the title...and the fame....and "Whores'R'Us" would probably be a better name for what that town has become...seriously.
"Well, for most of you at least. I ain't got one yet..."
Me neither. I look at it like another way for people to annoy the hell out of me while I'm trying to get some work done...coming home to a full message machine is enough.
Hah! I resemble that remark. LOL Or at least I did....
You have no idea....
"How come it's taking so long? Drive *faster*" - while you're backed up in rush hour traffic on the shortest-time route thru town.
"I can't *believe* this fare!" - After you've run them miles around the city seeking their bar buddies, waiting for 10 minutes plus outside each bar while they fight their way thru crowds...and they're exhorting you to go *faster* so they don't miss their friends...while the dispatcher keeps wondering if you've dropped them off...
"Can I share this fare with my friends/buddies" - Ok, there's 14 of you, some will have to ride on top, and one or two in the trunk.
"What do you mean I can't put the 4x8s of plywood on top?"
"I'll pay you when I get my paycheck. Here's my address." - Yeah, right, dude. That's why I dropped you off somewhere else and you entered with the key...
"What do you mean you won't drive me out of town, it's only 20 inches of snow! Plowed? No, I don't know if they've plowed..."
"I have to go 60 miles in 40 minutes....what do you mean you can't?! I'm LATE!!"
Ad nauseum
(not intended as a troll, just an ex-cabbie's rant;-)) )
Screw parking, imagine the *accidents* considering that most people can't even drive decently on a *straight highway*/me shudders, worked as a cab driver in a big city for a couple years once
I too have had problems with the Deskstars. I just returned another one a few months ago; and have one that's been RMA'd twice - and the second time it was out of warranty, but failed in less than 6 months; they replaced it anyway. Interesting thing is that the computers these are in are only on about 2-3 hours per day. Hmm.
What I found fascinating about these drives - and still do - is all the CRC errors I see while booting Mandrake Linux.....and while the (replaced) drives operate correctly, I don't see those errors on any other drives, not even that old 2.5G Quantum bigfoot with stiction problems I have.
We have/had a similar problem here. USWest wouldn't bring in DSL until they had xxx# requests. We still don't have DSL - but the local cable company is signing up something like 20 people a day.
Thanks for the quote, never heard that one. It fits.;-) Little furry (lovable) rodents.
Or playing in the bathtub, leaving hair in it every day for me to wash out; sleeping in my clothes dresser drawers if I'm dumb enough to leave them open; playing with the computer cabl
Having had some experience along that line myself, I'd also say that part of the problem was mishandling of the vehicles. My experience was in grain truck/tractor repair, but we replaced a lot of tires that were way overworn from obvious bad handling (example: cutting tight turns at highway speeds with a full 20t+ load can produce massive outer tire wear including sidewall seperation).
I don't know how that applies to SUVs/Firestone, but I would be willing to bet some of it does, given how I've seen people driving those things on the roads. They think they're driving friccin' Ferraris.
I do know that no Firestone tire I've ever had on any heavy vehicle I've ever driven has caused problems. OTOH, Ford has *always* had funky suspensions (remember the IBeam suspensions? what a PITA!)
"In a physical access exploit, you are much more likely to leave a trail "
Or you were on camera, or known to building guards, or....
Remote attacks are much more common because they involve less personal risk. That doesn't mean your security can't be broken by an experienced and intelligent hacker. (Ever read "Art of Deception"?)
Thank you, that explains the problems I had with a customers system a couple months ago; we ended up formatting and doing data recovery from backup, as I couldn't find squat about this online.
I once experienced this problem (on several different machines) with a CMI sound driver for the onboard chip. Can't remember which chipset now, though. But man, was it a *headache* and some.
I think he might have meant that at least the org's he mentioned are *trying* to eliminate everything.....
But I'm not sure...it's for certain MS has no really serious commitment along those lines. Not yet, anyway. Heh. Otherwise they'd be rewriting everything.
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for *mass* production. Fuel cell tech is already in prototype production.
AMAF, in one of the magazines I subscribe to, there is an ad for a home power system based fuel cell technology. I forget - would have to go look it up - what the cost is, but I remember it's expensive; also that it runs on natgas. FC is already *here*; it's just a matter of bringing the costs down.
More than peanuts for R&D there would help, tho, certainly!
SB
Yep!
Instead of researching how we could be energy dependant, we've spent entirely too much damned time defending the status quo....meaning the companies which already supply our energy needs...
But in that, I think eventually the market will change things. It already is to some extent - in solar and fuel cell technologies. Question is: Will it be soon enough?
1.2 billion was chump change.
SB
But... isn't it pretty much a cliche nowadays that the "keeping the lights on" thinking is what has led to a lot of our current problems?
I know that it simply doesn't work well when applied to one's own life - you can (and sometimes have to) think for the short term, but without long term thinking, you aren't likely to get out of the rut you're in that led to the short term problem in the first place....
I think about that one a lot...and if I find a solution, I'm going to patent it, and that will take care of my long term problems
SB
Duuuuuuude! Now that's a BIG PIPE!!
You've just gotta love those guys in Amsterdam...
SB
and if they do, does anyone seriously think they take the time to deal with them?
I mean, really.....
SB
*shakes head*
I grew up in Spamtown, USA (Austin, MN). It was a good place to grow up. Then (30 yrs ago) anyway.
Now it's called Spamtown, USA. There are actually signs when you enter town proclaiming that. They advertise it. Oh, you poor bastards.... obviously there aren't enough Internet aware people there anymore. So sad. I don't miss it. Not a bit.
So far as I know, there is no real connection between the junk email moniker and actual employees. Then again.....it wouldn't surprise me, either.
AFAIC, they deserve the title...and the fame....and "Whores'R'Us" would probably be a better name for what that town has become...seriously.
SB
"Well, for most of you at least. I ain't got one yet..."
;-)
Me neither. I look at it like another way for people to annoy the hell out of me while I'm trying to get some work done...coming home to a full message machine is enough.
Modern convienences == modern annoyance
Don't watch TV either (tho I do read slashdot
Sb
"A courteous, polite cabbie that speaks English"
;-)) )
Hah! I resemble that remark. LOL Or at least I did....
You have no idea....
"How come it's taking so long? Drive *faster*" - while you're backed up in rush hour traffic on the shortest-time route thru town.
"I can't *believe* this fare!" - After you've run them miles around the city seeking their bar buddies, waiting for 10 minutes plus outside each bar while they fight their way thru crowds...and they're exhorting you to go *faster* so they don't miss their friends...while the dispatcher keeps wondering if you've dropped them off...
"Can I share this fare with my friends/buddies" - Ok, there's 14 of you, some will have to ride on top, and one or two in the trunk.
"What do you mean I can't put the 4x8s of plywood on top?"
"I'll pay you when I get my paycheck. Here's my address." - Yeah, right, dude. That's why I dropped you off somewhere else and you entered with the key...
"What do you mean you won't drive me out of town, it's only 20 inches of snow! Plowed? No, I don't know if they've plowed..."
"I have to go 60 miles in 40 minutes....what do you mean you can't?! I'm LATE!!"
Ad nauseum
(not intended as a troll, just an ex-cabbie's rant
SB
Screw parking, imagine the *accidents* considering that most people can't even drive decently on a *straight highway*
We'd HAVE to automate the cars....
SB
1. START
2. ??
3. Profit (lawyers?)
SB
" And if a state legislature were, for instance, to pass a law declaring that PI=3.2"
Genius is generally not recognized at the time it manifests itself.
Idiots, on the other hand, are rampant, and generally unstoppable. Just gotta pick away at 'em.
Weep for the human race, doodes.
Yeah, I'm drunk.
SB
I too have had problems with the Deskstars. I just returned another one a few months ago; and have one that's been RMA'd twice - and the second time it was out of warranty, but failed in less than 6 months; they replaced it anyway. Interesting thing is that the computers these are in are only on about 2-3 hours per day. Hmm.
What I found fascinating about these drives - and still do - is all the CRC errors I see while booting Mandrake Linux.....and while the (replaced) drives operate correctly, I don't see those errors on any other drives, not even that old 2.5G Quantum bigfoot with stiction problems I have.
Sigh.
SB
Didn't anyone ever tell them not to leave the electrons lying on the floor? ;-)
LOL funny post KFG
SB
Don'cha just hate it when that happens? ;=) LOL
We have/had a similar problem here. USWest wouldn't bring in DSL until they had xxx# requests. We still don't have DSL - but the local cable company is signing up something like 20 people a day.
Boo Hoo, USWest. You blew it.
SB
I find these types of discussions frankly fascinating, and find people with hangups about discussing sex embarassing.
Each to their own, I guess. Besides, have you ever read any of those "romance" novels? Ugh!
SB
Thanks for the quote, never heard that one. It fits.
Or playing in the bathtub, leaving hair in it every day for me to wash out; sleeping in my clothes dresser drawers if I'm dumb enough to leave them open; playing with the computer cabl
Calling Buffy "scifi" is like calling Hammer's Slammers Fantasy writing.
It's a whole different genre, dude.
SB
Still more of us have given up on it entirely, except when we have to watch it to see news like 9/11.
SB
Having had some experience along that line myself, I'd also say that part of the problem was mishandling of the vehicles. My experience was in grain truck/tractor repair, but we replaced a lot of tires that were way overworn from obvious bad handling (example: cutting tight turns at highway speeds with a full 20t+ load can produce massive outer tire wear including sidewall seperation).
I don't know how that applies to SUVs/Firestone, but I would be willing to bet some of it does, given how I've seen people driving those things on the roads. They think they're driving friccin' Ferraris.
I do know that no Firestone tire I've ever had on any heavy vehicle I've ever driven has caused problems. OTOH, Ford has *always* had funky suspensions (remember the IBeam suspensions? what a PITA!)
Would welcome comments.
SB
"In a physical access exploit, you are much more likely to leave a trail "
Or you were on camera, or known to building guards, or....
Remote attacks are much more common because they involve less personal risk. That doesn't mean your security can't be broken by an experienced and intelligent hacker. (Ever read "Art of Deception"?)
SB
Thank you, that explains the problems I had with a customers system a couple months ago; we ended up formatting and doing data recovery from backup, as I couldn't find squat about this online.
Sigh.
SB
LOL
I once experienced this problem (on several different machines) with a CMI sound driver for the onboard chip. Can't remember which chipset now, though. But man, was it a *headache* and some.
SB
" Anybody else stunned that Slashdot posted an article about MS that didn't involve an explanation as to how they're incompetant?"
It'd be redundant.
SB
I think he might have meant that at least the org's he mentioned are *trying* to eliminate everything.....
;-)
But I'm not sure...it's for certain MS has no really serious commitment along those lines. Not yet, anyway. Heh. Otherwise they'd be rewriting everything.
Oh, wait
SB