Well if countries that do not like the US decide to embargo oil to the US and or supply lines are cut, then you have the choice of syngas or no gas.
That is likely the reason they are considering this because if things continue to degrade with Israel and Iran, and the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan is going poorly.
If things go VERY wrong, then we could find ourselves with an oil embargo like we ran into in 1973.
Low heat, low power, can use cheaper diode lasers, and no EMI or RFI issues on the fiber.
I was hoping they would have 100Gb/sec working, but it appears it still in the works.
It can be done in a MUX'd method using DWDM to send multiple freqs of light down the same line on up to 160 channels on same strand of single mode last I checked.
This is correct, there are laws on the books in most countries that prohibit the exposure of medical and other data to risk by putting it out in the open. Some have even moved to private virtual circuits, and the SAN's with fast access via solid state storage of active files works fine, and it moves less accessed data to drive storage, but none the less quite fast and SAS technology is faster than SCSI tech in throughput.
As an authority on windows you might speak on its benefits.
As someone who cannot get any of the many distros to run at all while millions of other ppl can I am going to jump to the conclusion that one or all of the following happened...
1) Didn't bother to read any of the various walk thru sites.
2) Didn't bother to ask for help from anyone that does know linux.
3) Didn't check the HCL as it is called in Windows.
Doing anyone of the 3 would have likely allowed you to achieve Linux newb status.
So as something less than a linux newb, you cannot really make statements as to Linux and its reliability.
Linux is more stable as an OS, just a simple fact.
I will grant you that a Windows install for the uninformed is easier.
I will also say this, some of the linux ppl do not want the windows crowd invading their space, and I can sympathize with them after working in various support roles for close to 20 years.
The movie crude awakening explains what is going on, and what areas of the world have already hit their peaks and are in decline. the US peaked in the 70's when we had our oil crisis here.
Tech will eventually be sent overseas like most other work in the US.
The desired end game is to send any and all work that can be done for much less overseas, or pass 68 different types of visas to bring ppl here to do the work for less.
In some cases the Visas and offshoring has not been enough so that is where leaving the border wide open for 10's of millions of migrant workers to come to the US illegally and work for low pay comes in.
This giant vacuum of cheap foreign labor send the money out of the country mostly to never return.
Ppl say they buy US goods, but I counter with what goods are made here anymore ?
GM has already moved its eventual primary production plants to India, China, and Russia.
They talk of two separate companies, and you can see where this is going.
The dead man walking left here in the US, and the new and cleanly escaped International company that can escape US law because it surgically removed itself.
So join the paperwork pirates and loot what is left and you can fly off into the sunset with the financial pirates instead of staying in tech fighting over the scraps of what was the US.
Just my 2 cents.
My opinion is derived from the fact that the $134 Billion in US bonds were not fake.
The men were released along with the bonds.
And marketwatch says US embassies were told to stock up on 1 years of local foreign currency due to possibly lengthy banking shutdown in the US.
I think a US bond panic would start the final act on the 247 banks on the red list.
I wonder if he knows his beloved money is fiat currency that is backed by nothing and due to the derivatives bubble and the Fed secretly doling out 9 trillion it being depreciated faster than most ppl can make it ?
Jet Airliners already catch free rides in the jet stream to save fuel, and as there are thousands of planes up around the world with likely hundreds of them doing it no problems so far that we can detect.
Also, there are huge current underwater like the antarctic circumpolar current that has about 140 times the flow of all the rivers on Earth.
A minor tap on it would power the southern hemisphere most likely.
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Remember him in the good times, he'd want it that way.
We are all going to die, and ppl have been doing it for millions of years.
How we go out often is clinging to that last bit of life, some just
decide they have had enough of the pain and want it to end "right now"
I will not question anyones choice as long as it does no endanger or traumatize other ppl.
We all have to endure what life throws at us, and your choice of exit is usually well earned.
Ah come on everyone was forced to get their fix during the opium wars.
You know the Chinese are looking forward to the demise of the Brits.
I don't know how many died in the Opium Wars, but holding
Hong Kong for 150 years served as a pretty damn strong reminder.
Mod parent up !
There are actually a lot of Russian immigrants here in the US and Eastern Bloc ppl as well.
I think you could find some ppl here that look a lot like ppl there.
Mostly because their grandparents came from there.
Net traffic is Bit Torrent, then email, then porn, then the rest...
Well if countries that do not like the US decide to embargo oil to the US
and or supply lines are cut, then you have the choice of syngas or no gas.
That is likely the reason they are considering this because if things
continue to degrade with Israel and Iran, and the war in Afghanistan
and Pakistan is going poorly.
If things go VERY wrong, then we could find ourselves with an oil embargo
like we ran into in 1973.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis
The odds this will happen is high if several of the foreign powers
consolidate power due to some event.
Optical Switching with "no latency" via 10Gb/sec Multimode fiber up to 2 kilometers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_switching
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimode_fiber
Low heat, low power, can use cheaper diode lasers, and no EMI or RFI issues on the fiber.
I was hoping they would have 100Gb/sec working, but it appears it still in the works.
It can be done in a MUX'd method using DWDM to send multiple freqs of light down the same
line on up to 160 channels on same strand of single mode last I checked.
At least that is what Wiki says.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DWDM#Dense_WDM
The batteries are pricey for now, and the supply of materials to make Lion batteries will not last forever.
Another solution is needed.
I am kinda partial to biological hydrogen production via Algae, and then using it with a fuel cell.
The new hydrogen fuel tanks based on carbonized chicken feathers is the way to go.
The fuel cell materials won't last forever either, but I'd sure like to see OPEC sales go to zero.
Do not buy the left right paradigm, it is a game to divide and conquer
the different groups with different agendas.
As long as you keep thinking your politics are a soccer match
you are going to continue to be gamed.
Both sides are bought and paid for just like they are here
in the USA with a very few exceptions.
You can tell by their voting records which ones are the parasites
that do not represent their voters.
We no longer have a representative democracy, we have
a hybrid of a Corporatocracy, Plutocracy and Kleptocracy.
An example of SAS throughput pushing out 6 Gbps.
http://www.pmc-sierra.com/sas6g/performance.php
This is correct, there are laws on the books in most countries that prohibit the exposure of medical and other data
to risk by putting it out in the open. Some have even moved to private virtual circuits, and the SAN's with fast
access via solid state storage of active files works fine, and it moves less accessed data to drive storage,
but none the less quite fast and SAS technology is faster than SCSI tech in throughput.
Well if you went to a website with Apache on Linux then you must be gay.
LOL
It just goes to show you don't have to pay off the coders just the corrupt politicians.
This is a lesson M$ learned a LONG time ago.
As have most US corporations.
It is a CD eating fungus, it can be avoided if you store your discs in a highly dry container
with some kind of moisture absorber like desiccant.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1402533.stm
So it looks like if you store your CD's in a cool dry place your in good shape.
Even slashdot trolls have to resupply for coding and gaming.
As an authority on windows you might speak on its benefits.
As someone who cannot get any of the many distros to run at all ...
while millions of other ppl can I am going to jump to the conclusion
that one or all of the following happened
1) Didn't bother to read any of the various walk thru sites.
2) Didn't bother to ask for help from anyone that does know linux.
3) Didn't check the HCL as it is called in Windows.
Doing anyone of the 3 would have likely allowed you to achieve Linux newb status.
So as something less than a linux newb, you cannot really make statements as to
Linux and its reliability.
Linux is more stable as an OS, just a simple fact.
I will grant you that a Windows install for the uninformed is easier.
I will also say this, some of the linux ppl do not want the windows crowd
invading their space, and I can sympathize with them after working
in various support roles for close to 20 years.
Mr. Balmer go back to bed, you can count your stock options tomorrow to feel better.
Well if you use these very light discs that will eventually be able to hole 6 Tera each,
then a petabyte may weigh a lot less.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disc
We import almost 80% of our oil, luckily mostly from Canada.
The global slowdown reduced our oil usage a bit.
But give it time and China and India will gear back up.
As I stated in my post above, watch Crude Awakening on google video
and you will get a good idea what is coming.
The US peaked in the early 70's and now the World has peaked,
and we are on the downhill slide as of May 2005.
The dept of energy charts even show this.
I am afraid you are wrong.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbert's_peak
The world peaked in 2005.
The movie crude awakening explains what is going on, and what areas of the world
have already hit their peaks and are in decline. the US peaked in the 70's when
we had our oil crisis here.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-665674869982904386&ei=JvZUSq7FMpSEqQL9zpHkAQ&q=crude+awakening&hl=en
I'd say enjoy the show, but it has a grim message, and most ppl here in the
US are FIRMLY in denial.
We need to make out plans to get off oil, and wind is one option.
Getting utilities to cooperate is going to be difficult as some of the
interested parties are also invested in coal and natural gas.
So a conflict of interest is there and some view wind power as
cutting into their riches.
Greed wins again is my prognosis.
So until someone finds away around the money manipulators
we are stuck in their little escapade.
I think we also have a higher incident of drivers under the influence of something...
We also have a lot of ppl with a total lack of concern for other ppl.
The percentage of abuse of illegal and legal substances here in the US is truly mind boggling.
Most fatality accidents in the US are related to some type of impairment of the driver,
well til the cell phone came along, LOL.
Tech will eventually be sent overseas like most other work in the US.
The desired end game is to send any and all work that can be done
for much less overseas, or pass 68 different types of visas to bring
ppl here to do the work for less.
In some cases the Visas and offshoring has not been enough so
that is where leaving the border wide open for 10's of millions of migrant
workers to come to the US illegally and work for low pay comes in.
This giant vacuum of cheap foreign labor send the money out of the country
mostly to never return.
Ppl say they buy US goods, but I counter with what goods are made here anymore ?
GM has already moved its eventual primary production plants to India, China, and Russia.
They talk of two separate companies, and you can see where this is going.
The dead man walking left here in the US, and the new and cleanly escaped
International company that can escape US law because it surgically removed itself.
So join the paperwork pirates and loot what is left and you can fly off into the sunset
with the financial pirates instead of staying in tech fighting over the scraps of what was the US.
Just my 2 cents.
My opinion is derived from the fact that the $134 Billion in US bonds were not fake.
The men were released along with the bonds.
And marketwatch says US embassies were told to stock up on 1 years of local
foreign currency due to possibly lengthy banking shutdown in the US.
I think a US bond panic would start the final act on the 247 banks on the red list.
http://bankimplode.com/list/troubledbanks.htm
Prepare accordingly !
Good Luck to you all !
I wonder if he knows his beloved money is fiat currency that is backed by nothing and
due to the derivatives bubble and the Fed secretly doling out 9 trillion it being depreciated
faster than most ppl can make it ?
Jet Airliners already catch free rides in the jet stream to save fuel,
and as there are thousands of planes up around the world
with likely hundreds of them doing it no problems so far
that we can detect.
Also, there are huge current underwater like the antarctic circumpolar
current that has about 140 times the flow of all the rivers on Earth.
A minor tap on it would power the southern hemisphere most likely.
"Hell if computers and internet worked just fine here we'd all be unemployed or working at McDonalds."
Funny you should say that...
http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1142-The-Bond-Saga-It-Gets-More-Odd.html