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  1. Re:Thermostat knows if I won't be home soon. on What Would Be Your Ideal Futuristic Home? · · Score: 1

    er...what if you go away...for the weekend/week?

  2. Re:SCREW THAT!!! ;-) on IBM's High Performance File System · · Score: 1

    base 10 comes from SI units.
    base 2 was used because it was easier to count with.
    and some jerkwad decided that 1024 is close enough.

  3. Re:binary prefixes on IBM's High Performance File System · · Score: 1

    yes well
    1000 Meter = 1 KiloMeter

    was around long before 'megabyte = 1024 kilobyte'
    the prefix's mean something.
    just cause some CS tard decided that 1024 is close enough, and that base 2 is easier then base 10
    does not make it correct

  4. Re:Why? on Google's New Calendar CL2 · · Score: 1

    phone, PDA, laptop?

    I own none of these.

  5. Re:Its very simple... on The Microsoft Salary and Review System · · Score: 1

    or form/join a union.
    or increase your worth (education, training, lie)

  6. Re:It's not nearly as bad as it sounds on Canada's CD Tax Out of Hand? · · Score: 1

    dude, when I was buying blank CD's in BC by the spindle back in 2002 I paid the tax.

  7. Re:I remember the 1950s. on New Nuclear Power Plants in the next 5 years · · Score: 1

    Of those five, only hydro produces any really significant amount of power

    Currently!
    If your talking about new development, you need to look at potential.
    and in this case depending on Geogrophy wind ususally comes out on top, of the green energy sources in terms of price per kWh.

    as for NIMBY...well the NIMBY's can up and move...:)
    then its not a problem anymore.

  8. Re:I remember the 1950s. on New Nuclear Power Plants in the next 5 years · · Score: 1

    Virtually all potential large-scale hydro sites are in use. So we're not going to see any new large hydro plants come on-line

    in North America Yes.
    but there is nothing wrong with small hydro.

    solar towers provide
    http://images.google.com/images?q=solar+tower
    24 hour power.

    as for location of wind my current one sucks
    http://www.windatlas.ca/en/nav.php?no=19&field=E1& height=50&roads=1&cities=1

    but I plan on moving to edge of lake superior soon..:)
    http://www.windatlas.ca/en/nav.php?no=24&field=E1& height=50

    We can disagree which is worse.

    I totally agree coal waste is worse.
    I mean that deep Geo storage of waste not a good idea.

    my point is spread out your power strategy

    In Nova Scotia use Tidal
    In NewfoundLand use Wind
    in IceLand use GeoThermal
    limit Big Nuclear plants
    push for smaller local power development
    as a good chunk of the power loss comes from transport.
    and in that case small hydro, wind, in some cases solar can fill a big role.

  9. Re:What they mean to say is.... on UK Government Confiscates Firefox CDs · · Score: 1

    You're quoting me out of context
    i am.

    my point is. Your Analisis rests on a few quotes from a news article.
    first I don't agree your conclusion is valid even if they were quoted in context.
    and being the nature of the news they may not have been.

    note that I was responding to someone else's explanation

    fair enough.
    I did miss the orig. Great Grand parent post as it was modded down.

  10. Re:What they mean to say is.... on UK Government Confiscates Firefox CDs · · Score: 0

    she thinks it is the duty of everyone to keep their works a secret and not publish them

    really oh great Jeti Master tell me more about this persons inner most thoughts.

  11. Re:I remember the 1950s. on New Nuclear Power Plants in the next 5 years · · Score: 1

    well Nuclear looks good if you compare it to coal.

    but what if you try to compare it to
      * Hydro
      * Wind
      * Solar
      * Geothermal
      * Tidal

    admitadly they all have problems, but Nuclear is Ripe with
      * cost over runs
      * high per KW/h of electricity (taking account initial investment)
      * and well we disagree on the Nuclear waste issue

  12. Re:you're sunk on Switching a College from Desktops to Laptops? · · Score: 1

    a laptop per student is much more expencive then a desktop for every 5 students.
    $600/student
    vs
    $80/student

    one day I agree with you
    but for now this school and others like it are pushing forward, into an idea the has little practical value. at the cost of higher total cost to students.

    its retarded.

  13. Re:Geographic Preferences Honored by Recruiters on What Do You Want in a Job Website? · · Score: 1

    so you built a scraper then?

    crawl ibm, Rim, gov, job sites.
    parse them for jobs. and display a link?

    all sites of this type miss one thing. universal apply procedure.
    RIM has one form you fill out takes a long time but then you can apply to 10 diffrent jobs easy.
    Canadian gov has the same thing, so does monster.

    Note: I am not trying to put down your website, there is a place scraper tools in the job search market. but there are limitations to what you can do.

  14. spreadsheets on Why Don't You Sleep On It? · · Score: 1

    Anytime I need to make a complex purchase choice, I make a spreadsheet.
    Stay in my current Apartment, or buy a House
    Buy a car or take the bus to work
    Take Whey protein or weight gainer.

    I think it's a way of off loading the mental task on something else

    Oh yah and Never ever impulse buy

  15. Re:There's still a question of shares on Has World Oil Production Passed Its Peak? · · Score: 1
  16. Foot Print Calc. on Has World Oil Production Passed Its Peak? · · Score: 1

    Foot print calculators.

    http://www.myfootprint.org/
    http://www.bestfootforward.com/footprintlife.htm
    http://www.safeclimate.net/calculator/
    http://www.mec.ca/Apps/ecoCalc/ecoCalc.jsp

    My score ranged from 2.2 and 3.5 hectares of land use.
    They all also tell me how many earths would be needed t support the worlds population at my standard of living they Ranged from 1.2 to 2.5 earths.

  17. Re:Dark matter eh. on Einstein's Theory Improved? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    the only logical explanation is gravity

    point of fact, I think you mean one of the following :
      * the only logical explanation I can think of is gravity.
      * A logical explanation apears to be gravity.

    normally I wouldn't complain being /. and all
    but still, science needs to be respected for what it is, and not what some would have it be

  18. Re:Money speaks loudest on Yahoo Allegedly Sells Reporter Out to Chinese Authorities · · Score: 1

    er...I was joking dude.
    I live in my nations capital and work for the Government.
    There is Coruption oh yes there is coruption.
    The portfolio is your bank acount, and the voters are the lobbyist.

    yes one person one vote, always and forever....but how to count?

  19. Re:Ordinary Criminals? on Yahoo Allegedly Sells Reporter Out to Chinese Authorities · · Score: 1

    It's us in the west who do not see political dissidents (at least I hope we don't...) as criminals.

    perhaps. perhaps not

  20. Re:Money speaks loudest on Yahoo Allegedly Sells Reporter Out to Chinese Authorities · · Score: 1

    Let your government know and don't give your business to companies that don't share your views.

    I have a vision of a world where rather then having democratic elections. where each person gets one vote.
    instead you bring a copy of your portfolio to the voting booth, then the worth of your vote is multiplied by the worth of your portfolio.

    Perhaps I should look out the window less, and then I would see this vision less often.

  21. Re:"The West" needs to make up its mind on Yahoo Allegedly Sells Reporter Out to Chinese Authorities · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "The West" as you say is made up of more then one person.
    and thus more then on view will be expressed, often these views will conflict.
    having trouble groking this concept?
    see /. for an example

  22. Re:Rockets don't work in a vacuum on Should We Land on the Moon's Poles or Equator? · · Score: 1

    Dear Mods. the article is from 1920.
    I think this is supposed to be +2 funny.
    not +4 Interesting.

  23. democracy? on Got a Question for Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales? · · Score: 1

    I have often heard Wiki technology described as a democracy.

    I would probably describe it better as an Aristocracy. at least how it functions at the large level of Wikipedia, and Wikinews.

    while sites like Kuro5hin, and digg
    would function like a traditional democracy.

    so my question is
    Do you see it as a feasible, that one might look to the oganizational structure of websites as a model for new forms of democratic renewal. at a local, state/province or national, or international levels?

  24. Re:How to market!? on Solar Energy Becoming More Pervasive · · Score: 1

    just a suggestion to help
    www.enterprise.com
    says they will pick you up at your home, or place of buisness

    They are often Late, but its an option, to consider

  25. Re:How to market!? on Solar Energy Becoming More Pervasive · · Score: 1

    er...
    well you could get the wood delivered!
    or you could do like GrandParent Post says.
    and Rent when you make a lumber pickup.

    as for feeling like less of a consumer.
    well a ipod + car + gas
    makes me feel like more of a consumer than public transit. (but thats just me)

    as for feeling like you "made it in life" because you can drive some highway, I think you need new priorities.