Really? They've only been losing money from that? Not from their heavy handed tactics driving people away from buying CDs?
I haven't bought a CD in years because of the RIAA. It's *entertainment*. It's not air. I won't die without it. I actually enjoy driving with the radio off now.
Wow. You had all that info and you totally missed what the customer wanted.
They don't want to worry about surprise bills. Why? Because it's almost impossible for the customer to know how much bandwidth they've used. Solution? Build a widget that shows how much bandwidth they've used. It connects to their account on your servers and gets the correct total and what the user's limit is. Have it sit in their system tray and update every 15 minutes automatically, and have an option for manual update. Ta da.
It's like having a gas gauge on your car. Would you buy a car without one? Sure, you could just guess and fill the car up every couple of days. BUT THAT'S STUPID.
You're working against yourself when you go "Heil Bush".
Because that insinuates that everything will be just great once he leaves office. If you really care about those things you've mentioned, you should be fighting no matter what party is in office.
"For some reason a group of people seem totally convinced that Solar Cells are a uselss investment as they will never pay for them selves."
Well yeah. If it were so great, power companies would be going out of business. At the very least, you wouldn't need government subsidies.
Afterall, as PV effeciencies rise (and they have been rising for many years) and manufacturing techniques improve, they will inevitably reach the point where PV start to pay for themselves (both in $$ and in energy) will continue to get shorter and shorter!
Yes, but you've changed your time reference. Your first statement is saying that people think Solar Cells are useless *now*. Your rebuttal is that *someday* they'll pay for themselves.
"The 1983 book by Hu and White summarises the results from a 1977 Solarex study which found an energy payback time of 6.4 years for the manufacture of solar modules using silicon cells of 12.5 per cent efficiency."
You've linked to an article, that references a book, that relies on a study... from THIRTY YEARS ago? A study from a company that sold solar cells? Are you serious?
Today, with Colorado utility rebates and the Federal Energy Tax credit, that $6 per kWh cost has come down to around $.088/kWh, a 98% drop in only 24 years! What this means for you is that you'll be guaranteeing yourself an electrical rate of $.088/kWh for the next 30 years, over which time we all know electrical rates from the utilities will be sharply increasing.
Xcel Energy will issue a rebate and REC (Renewable Energy Credit) purchase that totals $4.50 per system DC watt, for systems under 10kw in size. What that means for you is on a qualifying 2.5kw system (typical installed costs for a 2.5kw system would be in the $20,000 to $25,000 range) you would be eligible for an $11,250 rebate. Combine that with the Federal Tax Credit available January 1, 2006 of 30% of the adjusted cost of the system up to $2000; you would have a $13,250 reduction in the total system cost! The Xcel Rebate and Federal Tax Credit would cover up to 66% of the installed system cost!
Ta da. Actual. Current. Numbers. No hand waving around. No vague promises on what things will be like in the future.
"Someone wants to be educated, they'll be educated. Don't make all my hard work mean nothing because lazy fucks think its too hard to go to class and work in the same week."
Are you kidding? They can't even get windmill farms built because "They're an eyesore".
I'm not arguing against the cooling tower. I love "Big Engineering" projects actually. But as a society, we've gotten to the point where our big problems are solvable, but not socially viable.
Are you kidding? Many states have a problem with voting fraud because they can't get laws passed that force you to show a valid ID at the voting booth.
An attack on the constitution won't kill you. The reason people don't respond to that stuff is because subtle changes in law tend to not effect them in an obvious way.
Doing something that will threaten a person's life *will* get them to react. Every time.
I'll just get to the point then also. A Gestapo with no real effective power is not something I worry about. All the US Gestapo can do is prevent you from flying.
[i]Terrorism is still a small fry cause of human death and suffering.[/i]
Yeeees. Yes, give into the dark side. influencing large populations through pain, suffering, and death isn't that big of a deal. It's like the Mafia. The amount of resources we spend on that is far out of proportion to the actual damages.
After all, it's not like they kill *that* many people.
Also, rape shouldn't be a crime anymore. It's just sex. Get over it.
Pretty much. If they take a plane these days, they'll have to kill all the passengers before they can take it anywhere. As far as anyone is concerned, letting the plane get hijacked means you're going to die anyway.
Are you kidding? At the *airport*? Ok, lets go with your scenario. The evil White House shuts down all the airports in the country. How does this help them do a "Coup d'etat"? I'm sure all those businessmen traveling to Arkansas would have saved the day. But are now stuck in Atlanta, powerless to fight the federalists! Grandmas who could have grabbed their shotguns and shell out 800$ for a last minute ticket to DC, are now denied!
Welcome to the US. Where public transportation is only really used in NYC. Everywhere else it's just to cart around people who can barely make rent.
And if the Federal Government wanted to shut down all air flights for a day it would be easy. They did it after 9/11 without security guards.
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I have no idea if what you describe works, or is even possible.
But it would be sweet if it is.
Actually, it's just stupid.
Really? They've only been losing money from that? Not from their heavy handed tactics driving people away from buying CDs?
I haven't bought a CD in years because of the RIAA. It's *entertainment*. It's not air. I won't die without it. I actually enjoy driving with the radio off now.
Wow. You had all that info and you totally missed what the customer wanted.
They don't want to worry about surprise bills. Why? Because it's almost impossible for the customer to know how much bandwidth they've used. Solution? Build a widget that shows how much bandwidth they've used. It connects to their account on your servers and gets the correct total and what the user's limit is. Have it sit in their system tray and update every 15 minutes automatically, and have an option for manual update. Ta da.
It's like having a gas gauge on your car. Would you buy a car without one? Sure, you could just guess and fill the car up every couple of days. BUT THAT'S STUPID.
I know! I was looking at this the other day: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap990623.html
And that just screams "Portable antenna"
There's no way to grab neutrinos man. The reason there's no interference in neutrino transmission, is because nothing can block it/pick it up.
You're working against yourself when you go "Heil Bush".
Because that insinuates that everything will be just great once he leaves office. If you really care about those things you've mentioned, you should be fighting no matter what party is in office.
HD-DVD's inevitable death? What makes you say that it cannot possibly survive?
Oh no! My budget for importing scones has gone through the roof!
The US has been in trade deficit since 1976. At what point does it start to be "Business as usual" instead of "Suffering"?
Well yeah. If it were so great, power companies would be going out of business. At the very least, you wouldn't need government subsidies.
Afterall, as PV effeciencies rise (and they have been rising for many years) and manufacturing techniques improve, they will inevitably reach the point where PV start to pay for themselves (both in $$ and in energy) will continue to get shorter and shorter!
Yes, but you've changed your time reference. Your first statement is saying that people think Solar Cells are useless *now*. Your rebuttal is that *someday* they'll pay for themselves.
"The 1983 book by Hu and White summarises the results from a 1977 Solarex study which found an energy payback time of 6.4 years for the manufacture of solar modules using silicon cells of 12.5 per cent efficiency."
You've linked to an article, that references a book, that relies on a study... from THIRTY YEARS ago? A study from a company that sold solar cells? Are you serious?
Let me grab a few choice quotes from my local solar sales page http://colorado.realgoodssolar.com/
Ta da. Actual. Current. Numbers. No hand waving around. No vague promises on what things will be like in the future.
This isn't rocket surgery folks!
Almost none of the things you mentioned would help the education system. Their main focus is helping YOU.
Give me more money.
Give me less students.
Give me more classroom money.
Give me more power.
"Someone wants to be educated, they'll be educated. Don't make all my hard work mean nothing because lazy fucks think its too hard to go to class and work in the same week."
Wow. Elitist bastard much?
The Mac market has always been "People with more money than time".
Obviously, not you. Otherwise you wouldn't have time to post about it on Slashdot.
This sounds very interesting, but I have no idea what you mean by a "Compressor".
I'm not really interested in becoming an audiophile, could you just point me at the component you bought?
Why don't you just post more recent information instead of telling the OP that they're ignorant?
What is this "Plot" that you speak of?
Are you kidding? They can't even get windmill farms built because "They're an eyesore".
I'm not arguing against the cooling tower. I love "Big Engineering" projects actually. But as a society, we've gotten to the point where our big problems are solvable, but not socially viable.
no.
A friend of mine does Embedded work. But he's a C freak. I wouldn't mind getting into it, but would have no idea how to.
Are you kidding? Many states have a problem with voting fraud because they can't get laws passed that force you to show a valid ID at the voting booth.
An attack on the constitution won't kill you. The reason people don't respond to that stuff is because subtle changes in law tend to not effect them in an obvious way.
Doing something that will threaten a person's life *will* get them to react. Every time.
I'll just get to the point then also. A Gestapo with no real effective power is not something I worry about. All the US Gestapo can do is prevent you from flying.
[i]Terrorism is still a small fry cause of human death and suffering.[/i]
Yeeees. Yes, give into the dark side. influencing large populations through pain, suffering, and death isn't that big of a deal. It's like the Mafia. The amount of resources we spend on that is far out of proportion to the actual damages.
After all, it's not like they kill *that* many people.
Also, rape shouldn't be a crime anymore. It's just sex. Get over it.
Pretty much. If they take a plane these days, they'll have to kill all the passengers before they can take it anywhere. As far as anyone is concerned, letting the plane get hijacked means you're going to die anyway.
Are you kidding? At the *airport*? Ok, lets go with your scenario. The evil White House shuts down all the airports in the country. How does this help them do a "Coup d'etat"? I'm sure all those businessmen traveling to Arkansas would have saved the day. But are now stuck in Atlanta, powerless to fight the federalists! Grandmas who could have grabbed their shotguns and shell out 800$ for a last minute ticket to DC, are now denied!
Welcome to the US. Where public transportation is only really used in NYC. Everywhere else it's just to cart around people who can barely make rent.
And if the Federal Government wanted to shut down all air flights for a day it would be easy. They did it after 9/11 without security guards.
Yeah, because doing surgery requires no more skill and focus as driving a car.