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In the east channel of the East River, next to Roosevelt Island and in the shadow of the largest power plant in NY State, Verdant Power has been deploying a small farm of low speed turbines to tap the force of the tidal stream that flows back and forth in the channel.
In the scale you're interested in, a ten foot turbine can power 25 homes.
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Folks in my neighborhood are giddy about Fresh Direct. The trucks are lined up down the block.
One complaint:
Taking an note from Dell, they deliver everything in huge indestructible cardboard boxes. Their efficiencies apparently involve using one box per department. I have often gotten shipments with 5 boxes, one containing a single yogurt, and another containing a pair of potatoes.
They make no attempt to reuse the boxes.
I can't imagine this is good for their bottom line, Mother Nature, or the guys who take out the trash in our neighborhood.
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My Palm m100 has lasted me over a year. I carry it, use it everywhere. I wouldn't have bought it if it wasn't cheap, because I knew I would drop it, lose it, walk in the rain with it. Gadgets are mortal.
It lives in my pants pocket without the flip cover, for quick access (and I think the cover fell off a few times). I had to dissect it gingerly once to get rid of the lint on the screen. Canned air got rid of problems with the power button not responding.
2mb is fine for addresses and a couple of days worth of subway platform reading via AvantGo. It would be fun to have more memory for geeking out with oddball programs, but once I discovered that trying to use it as a remote control was impractical, I lost interest anyway.
I've found that "premium" ultra batteries really don't need changing as often. Sync early and often and you won't be inconvenience when the inevitable dead battery, shock or dust induced crash occurs.
When the Treo sprouts an Ogg/Vorbis player and a camera, and the price drops to that of the m100, I'm all over it. Until then...
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Here's something that sounds just like what you're looking for:
In the east channel of the East River, next to Roosevelt Island and in the shadow of the largest power plant in NY State, Verdant Power has been deploying a small farm of low speed turbines to tap the force of the tidal stream that flows back and forth in the channel.
In the scale you're interested in, a ten foot turbine can power 25 homes.
There is an article about it at the Roosevelt Island Wire website.
Folks in my neighborhood are giddy about Fresh Direct. The trucks are lined up down the block. One complaint: Taking an note from Dell, they deliver everything in huge indestructible cardboard boxes. Their efficiencies apparently involve using one box per department. I have often gotten shipments with 5 boxes, one containing a single yogurt, and another containing a pair of potatoes. They make no attempt to reuse the boxes. I can't imagine this is good for their bottom line, Mother Nature, or the guys who take out the trash in our neighborhood.
Congratulations! Your m100 bashing has incited me into my first ever /. post!
My Palm m100 has lasted me over a year. I carry it, use it everywhere. I wouldn't have bought it if it wasn't cheap, because I knew I would drop it, lose it, walk in the rain with it. Gadgets are mortal.
It lives in my pants pocket without the flip cover, for quick access (and I think the cover fell off a few times). I had to dissect it gingerly once to get rid of the lint on the screen. Canned air got rid of problems with the power button not responding.
2mb is fine for addresses and a couple of days worth of subway platform reading via AvantGo. It would be fun to have more memory for geeking out with oddball programs, but once I discovered that trying to use it as a remote control was impractical, I lost interest anyway.
I've found that "premium" ultra batteries really don't need changing as often. Sync early and often and you won't be inconvenience when the inevitable dead battery, shock or dust induced crash occurs.
When the Treo sprouts an Ogg/Vorbis player and a camera, and the price drops to that of the m100, I'm all over it. Until then...