This is simply untrue. Your house could be powered by photovoltaic panels taking up just a portion of the roof. Obviously your first step would be to increase the efficiency of your home. Replace any old refigigerators (HUGE power drain), replace incodenscant lights with compact flourescant, etc etc. You have to be efficient before you put in a PV system, but if you weren't it would be silly since a watt off generation is about $5 before rebates.
You would want to put together a grid connected system. You would generate your power during the day when rates are high and your usage was low since you're at work. This excess power feeds into the power grid and your meter goes backwards. Then at night you come home and pull power off the grid making the meter go forwards, but nighttime power is cheaper. 100% efficient battery thanks to the utility.
It's actually the opposite depending on what insurance company you have. The high costs of repairing bumper damage on SUVs as well as the high medical payouts on at fault accidents are killing SUV prices. Some insurance companies consider your car type more than others.
For anyone who has ever wondered what that gas guzzler tax would cust a Hummer H2. $7,700. This is of course under the Tier I regulations. Under Tier II which will take effect for the Hummer's weight class in 2008 it will be required to put out the same level of pollution as a Civic and it will get that gas guzzler tax.
Honda S2000 engine. 120hp per litre N/A. Subaru makes damn nice cars, but they can't match Honda's hp/litre. 240hp out of a 2L engine. Anyone can respect that.
If Helium is a byproduct of natural gas then most of our Helium should be comming from Canada. According to the last Senate Subcommitee meeting on the natural gas shortage I read our largest supplier is Canada.
Your messing up how gas-electrics work. They just work at a certain speed. I mean they can, but they work all the time. If you're at a low speed then they will shut off the gas engine and run completely. Also to the guy who bought the Civic hybrid. Bad buy. Those are crappy hybrids. Should have bought the Prius. Much better technology.
A) less redundant equipment to increase costs
B) a smaller bill every month from your cable company
C) 1 less remote in your living room
D) 1 less thing to break
E) Less power used
NASA addressed this during the launch. They tried a lot of different methods of wiping the solar panels and found out it just wasn't cost effective to make something that would work. It added a ton of bulk and was prone to breakage. Hope that helps.
For anyone in the Bay Area you might want to the check out the Alameda Computer Resource Center (ACCRC). They recycle just about anything electronic, but they also load up Linux on old computers and give them to schools, non-profits, and developing nations. Very cool organization. Located in Berkeley. www.accrc.org
The 87 billion was on top of the normal cost of simply maintaining the troops and equipment so yes that was 87 billion that could have been spent elsewhere.
Try comming to Humboldt county in California. It's a joke. I'm at a 7000 student college and I get 1 bar. You'd think one of the big carriers would recognize the return on investment on a tower. That's 7000 potential customers.
I'd beg to differ. While the baby boomer generation may simply want a phone that makes calls and the gen x generation may want a phone that has a few more advanced features the current 13-20 generation is really driving the demand for all these new features. Just because you don't see that doesn't make it appropriate to say that this is an ATT conspiracy. They are making these phones available at low prices knowing that every picture I message to a friend will make them a pretty penny, but if no one in my generation wanted these phones they wouldn't sell them. Phones are a serious fashion accessory. If you don't believe it ask any girl that wont take a Nokia 51XX out of their purse because their embarassed by the damn thing.
There is no car that is computerized to the point that you cannot perform an oil change in your driveway. True some cars put the oil filter in a really bad place, but they've always done that. As for the computer it helps out in some ways. You can put together a really simple diagnostics system for the OBD systems at RadioShack for less than a Slurpee. At the very least slappin that thing in under the dash when your check engine light goes on will save you $60 at a dealership for them to do the same thing.
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Think of it like an SUV. Everyone wants and SUV they can go offroading in. They all want the AWD or 4WD models, but how many ppl see anything more than going over a curb in a parking lot?
Actually the problem is that the Sysadmins ARE the teachers. K12 schools usually don't have Sysadmins or at least none around here do (I speak for 3 local school districts I've been in/around). Teachers usually don't have the time / knowledge to admin the systems let alone migrate them to 2k/XP. There are plenty of solutions out there, but things like auto login to a network account don't leap out and let themselves be known without a bit of digging.
At San Jose State your port would be automatically shut down by the management software in a few minutes. Same thing would happen if you started pinging, port scanning, or were infected with a virus. You really have to have systems like this in place in a large university environment.
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It's not Solar Cell. It's Photovoltaic cell. This is slashdot for god's sake. Should I just call the computer the box on the side next to the TV?
The interesting thing is Shell is the largest provider of PV panels now. http://www.shell.com/home/Framework?siteId=shellso lar
This is simply untrue. Your house could be powered by photovoltaic panels taking up just a portion of the roof. Obviously your first step would be to increase the efficiency of your home. Replace any old refigigerators (HUGE power drain), replace incodenscant lights with compact flourescant, etc etc. You have to be efficient before you put in a PV system, but if you weren't it would be silly since a watt off generation is about $5 before rebates.
You would want to put together a grid connected system. You would generate your power during the day when rates are high and your usage was low since you're at work. This excess power feeds into the power grid and your meter goes backwards. Then at night you come home and pull power off the grid making the meter go forwards, but nighttime power is cheaper. 100% efficient battery thanks to the utility.
Apparently it's all in the training manual they receive. A manual that they're required to read. Not that that means they did.
It's actually the opposite depending on what insurance company you have. The high costs of repairing bumper damage on SUVs as well as the high medical payouts on at fault accidents are killing SUV prices. Some insurance companies consider your car type more than others.
For anyone who has ever wondered what that gas guzzler tax would cust a Hummer H2. $7,700. This is of course under the Tier I regulations. Under Tier II which will take effect for the Hummer's weight class in 2008 it will be required to put out the same level of pollution as a Civic and it will get that gas guzzler tax.
Honda S2000 engine. 120hp per litre N/A. Subaru makes damn nice cars, but they can't match Honda's hp/litre. 240hp out of a 2L engine. Anyone can respect that.
If you want a very efficient conventional refrigerator check out these guys. http://www.sunfrost.com/index.html
If Helium is a byproduct of natural gas then most of our Helium should be comming from Canada. According to the last Senate Subcommitee meeting on the natural gas shortage I read our largest supplier is Canada.
Your messing up how gas-electrics work. They just work at a certain speed. I mean they can, but they work all the time. If you're at a low speed then they will shut off the gas engine and run completely. Also to the guy who bought the Civic hybrid. Bad buy. Those are crappy hybrids. Should have bought the Prius. Much better technology.
A) less redundant equipment to increase costs B) a smaller bill every month from your cable company C) 1 less remote in your living room D) 1 less thing to break E) Less power used
NASA addressed this during the launch. They tried a lot of different methods of wiping the solar panels and found out it just wasn't cost effective to make something that would work. It added a ton of bulk and was prone to breakage. Hope that helps.
For anyone in the Bay Area you might want to the check out the Alameda Computer Resource Center (ACCRC). They recycle just about anything electronic, but they also load up Linux on old computers and give them to schools, non-profits, and developing nations. Very cool organization. Located in Berkeley. www.accrc.org
Maybe I'm a bit confused but who gets 1.25 to 4.25 to work. WTF is the minimum wage out there?
The 87 billion was on top of the normal cost of simply maintaining the troops and equipment so yes that was 87 billion that could have been spent elsewhere.
A lot of big cities are converting their fleets to natural gas to cut down on smog.
Try comming to Humboldt county in California. It's a joke. I'm at a 7000 student college and I get 1 bar. You'd think one of the big carriers would recognize the return on investment on a tower. That's 7000 potential customers.
I'd beg to differ. While the baby boomer generation may simply want a phone that makes calls and the gen x generation may want a phone that has a few more advanced features the current 13-20 generation is really driving the demand for all these new features. Just because you don't see that doesn't make it appropriate to say that this is an ATT conspiracy. They are making these phones available at low prices knowing that every picture I message to a friend will make them a pretty penny, but if no one in my generation wanted these phones they wouldn't sell them. Phones are a serious fashion accessory. If you don't believe it ask any girl that wont take a Nokia 51XX out of their purse because their embarassed by the damn thing.
If you want to combine the two fields you may also want to look into bioinformatics. It's a recent field, but it's having some fairly rapid growth.
There is no car that is computerized to the point that you cannot perform an oil change in your driveway. True some cars put the oil filter in a really bad place, but they've always done that. As for the computer it helps out in some ways. You can put together a really simple diagnostics system for the OBD systems at RadioShack for less than a Slurpee. At the very least slappin that thing in under the dash when your check engine light goes on will save you $60 at a dealership for them to do the same thing.
Think of it like an SUV. Everyone wants and SUV they can go offroading in. They all want the AWD or 4WD models, but how many ppl see anything more than going over a curb in a parking lot?
http://www.spscicomp.org/ScicomP7/Presentations/Bl ainey-SciComp7_compiler_update.pdf
Here's the correct address. The space in there screwed it up.
Actually the problem is that the Sysadmins ARE the teachers. K12 schools usually don't have Sysadmins or at least none around here do (I speak for 3 local school districts I've been in/around). Teachers usually don't have the time / knowledge to admin the systems let alone migrate them to 2k/XP. There are plenty of solutions out there, but things like auto login to a network account don't leap out and let themselves be known without a bit of digging.
At San Jose State your port would be automatically shut down by the management software in a few minutes. Same thing would happen if you started pinging, port scanning, or were infected with a virus. You really have to have systems like this in place in a large university environment.