It did not say anything about having plenty extra to sell. It did not say anything about the ability to produce much more, and in fact, most good hydroelectric sites are already producing. There aren't any more.
Conawapa is one. "Conawapa will require no significant water storage upstream and will cause limited flooding, approximately 5 sq. km, of land almost entirely within the natural banks of the Nelson River."
It didn't say anything at all about solar and wind.
Because that particular site is from a hydroelectric producer. See here for a more general view.
Where is that being done currently? All I found was this:
The West Valley plant was deserted by its owners in 1972, leaving 600,000 gallons of high-level liquid waste and 30,000 gallons of radioactive sludge as a legacy to the State of New York. Solidification of this waste has been estimated by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to cost about $500 million, once they solve the associated technical problems, which (it is estimated) will take a minimum of 14 years.
Occupational exposures to radiation were very high at West Valley. In 1971, almost 1000 transient workers were hired to keep exposures to the 162 full-time workers down. Nevertheless, over three-quarters of the full-timers were over-exposed.
Radioactive effluents into the environment from West Valley were very high. Concentrations of strontium-90 in local creeks were from 1000 to 10,000 times higher than projected. Over 65% of all the available Iodine-129 (half-life 17 million years) was released, either as a gas of liquid, showing up in the thyroids of wildlife and in cow's milk.
That would take years, and a lot of individual, personal, risk.
And complete and total reversal of beliefs. In a predominantly Buddhist society, taking up arms against an oppressor isn't an acceptable way to express dissent.
I thought Torvalds only owned the copyright to the Linux Kernel, not to Linux.
He owns neither. "Linux" (not the kernel) isn't a real product, it's just what a GNU distro running on the Linux kernel is called. The copyright on Linux the kernel isn't in one persons hands. Many many many people collectively have copyright on the kernel itself. You have to look at individual files within the source tree to see who has copyright on what.
The only three things I believe are left to discover are 1; can Novell be first to the Buffet and 2; can they pierce the corporate veil, and 3; is there a prosecutable criminal case here.
You forgot: 4; will they sell us out to Microsoft again if there is
What evidence? The only evidence I've given you is anecdotal. It has nothing to do with what the reality is. The word "free" to many people equates to cheap crap. There's nothing you or I can do about that except use other words instead. At least to begin the discussion anyway.
but that doesn't have quite the marketing value that "Free Software" does.
That would be a good thing. "Free Software" still has a stigma associated with "shareware" and other useless crap. Whenever you mention free software to people not familiar with it, it immediately puts you on the defensive about its quality. Most people seem to glaze over when having the free as in freedom discussion. Open source may mean a different thing, but people respond to it much better than free software.
Well that should be next week then according to this
They confirmed the rumors reported earlier on Slashdot, that everything necessary for community-driven and -maintained 2-D and 3-D drivers for ATI Radeon X1000 and HD 2000 graphics will be made available next week.
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A formal press release regarding the open sourcing of the ATI drivers is expected from AMD after market close today.
Without sex, existence can't really be called life, its just survival. You suffer emptiness and lack of meaning, wondering why you continue to exist when all you feel is pain.
Wow. You watch too much television. That's the only explanation.
Well that's the choice that each individual has to make. According to the pope, if you have sex then expect children. I think the pope is a lunatic personally, and I would hope other people can recognize that when they hear him speak about the evils of contraception. I hope he keeps saying it too, it helps validate my opinion of him.
Simply put, to 99% of users the GUI is the OS, and to hell with facts.
To which users? Linux is strongest in the server room/data center. Why would you bother with running X on your db server when you can just ssh in and use GUI tools from a desktop that is running X? That desktop might even be a Windows box running cygwin/Xorg. X is not Linux, and Linux is not X.
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Plus some that don't. As in: "Pass me a beer 'eh"
Conawapa is one. "Conawapa will require no significant water storage upstream and will cause limited flooding, approximately 5 sq. km, of land almost entirely within the natural banks of the Nelson River."
Because that particular site is from a hydroelectric producer. See here for a more general view.
Bullshit.
We've got plenty of hydroelectric, solar and wind power to sell you, and the ability to produce much much more.
I'd rather you bought that and leave our air and water alone.
Where is that being done currently? All I found was this:
- The West Valley plant was deserted by its owners in 1972, leaving 600,000 gallons of high-level liquid waste and 30,000 gallons of radioactive sludge as a legacy to the State of New York. Solidification of this waste has been estimated by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to cost about $500 million, once they solve the associated technical problems, which (it is estimated) will take a minimum of 14 years.
- Occupational exposures to radiation were very high at West Valley. In 1971, almost 1000 transient workers were hired to keep exposures to the 162 full-time workers down. Nevertheless, over three-quarters of the full-timers were over-exposed.
- Radioactive effluents into the environment from West Valley were very high. Concentrations of strontium-90 in local creeks were from 1000 to 10,000 times higher than projected. Over 65% of all the available Iodine-129 (half-life 17 million years) was released, either as a gas of liquid, showing up in the thyroids of wildlife and in cow's milk.
Yummy.For some values of 'deal with' maybe. Bury it underground, and hope for the best. That's not a sustainable plan.
And complete and total reversal of beliefs. In a predominantly Buddhist society, taking up arms against an oppressor isn't an acceptable way to express dissent.
That's going to be harder to do while your dollar is dropping like a stone.
You shouldn't have to pay duty on computer hardware anyway. That's part of the FTA which became NAFTA.
Is that U.S. or Canadian dollars? Or right, it doesn't matter anymore.
He owns neither. "Linux" (not the kernel) isn't a real product, it's just what a GNU distro running on the Linux kernel is called. The copyright on Linux the kernel isn't in one persons hands. Many many many people collectively have copyright on the kernel itself. You have to look at individual files within the source tree to see who has copyright on what.
Yeah, and it let you play pacman while you waited for it to install. That was the most innovative thing Caldera ever did as far as I'm concerned.
You forgot:
4; will they sell us out to Microsoft again if there is
No they would do it. But they'd surely find their precious IP in your crapper and sue you for it.
What evidence? The only evidence I've given you is anecdotal. It has nothing to do with what the reality is. The word "free" to many people equates to cheap crap. There's nothing you or I can do about that except use other words instead. At least to begin the discussion anyway.
More likely you'll want to "emerge xf86-video-ati", that's the free one, and the one we need to stop sucking.
Gamers aren't the center of the universe. Sorry to burst your bubble.
Best news so far this year.
Being recognized as a bigot maybe? Or maybe being mistaken as one based on a facetious remark?
So you figure that home users are the most lucrative part of the market. You're a fool.
Wow. You watch too much television. That's the only explanation.
Well that's the choice that each individual has to make. According to the pope, if you have sex then expect children. I think the pope is a lunatic personally, and I would hope other people can recognize that when they hear him speak about the evils of contraception. I hope he keeps saying it too, it helps validate my opinion of him.
Strange how it's already surpassed Vista isn't it?
To which users? Linux is strongest in the server room/data center. Why would you bother with running X on your db server when you can just ssh in and use GUI tools from a desktop that is running X? That desktop might even be a Windows box running cygwin/Xorg. X is not Linux, and Linux is not X.