"The people who truly want to do bad things will get their info from elsewhere."
Right. And in the spirit of that logic, I suggest you disable your firewall, leave your keys in your car, unlock your front door, and post your daughter's picture, name, address, and phone number on mySpace. After all, the people who really want your computer, car, TV, and/or daughter will get them, so why not make doing so as easy as possible?
"Hence why oil is currently at its highest price ever."
No, it's because speculators are driving up the price due to possible disruptions in supply in Iran, Niger, and South America.
"THE answer is with renewables which don't face physically-determined production peaks."
No, they just face naturally-determined production limitations: night time and calm skies. As the article states, and as should be obvious to anyone, wind and solar can help, but can not be counted on to maintain baseline loads 365/24/7.
"And yes, we'll also have to reduce our demand for energy."
"Waste can be stored in a safe and isolated location."
Actually, as per the article waste is only a big problem when you can't recycle it to make more fuel. Doing so cuts down the amount of "waste" dramatically.
You may have had "unlimited" service... right up until the agreement changed. And I suspect that if one checked the advertising, there'd be a weasel-word like "virtually" unlimited service, or a conspicuosly place asterisk leading to some fine print like "subject to conditions and terms of service."
So now one person's facts are nothing more than preferences? And no one else could possibly have the same reasons?
Apparently, to use an analogy, anyone who buys an expensive sports car does so solely because they're making a statement. And not because they appreciate the clean lines and precision engineering. And not because they admire the fit and finish and fine interior. Nor can they enjoy the performance and handling.
Nope, none of those things could possibly apply. Paying more money for an expensive vehicle is always a statement. I take it back. It's not that you don't get it. It's just that you're an idiot who's firmly wedded to his preconceived notions.
I'll leave you to have the last word, as I'm sure you can't refrain from doing so...
FACT: It has great industrial design. FACT: I appreciate well-designed tools. FACT: I enjoy using it, and even look forward to using it. FACT: I take it with me more places, and use it more often, than I did the Dell. FACT: My frustration level is lower. FACT: My productivity on it as opposed to my Dell is higher.
FACT: There are people who appreciate design, many of whom are designers. Lack of design grates upon their senses.
Like I said, if you can't understand that, then you can't. But if your sense of superiority is reinforced by the delusion that I paid more to make some kind of "statement", then feel free. You're wrong, but feel free.
Please. You're signing up for a month-to-month service and could literally be a customer for decades. You tell me you expect no changes at all over that period of time? No increase in price? No change whatsoever in service?
Mind telling me one other utility who's price has remained static over the last decade?
False advertising, maybe, but I'll bet anything their contracts (especially for a month-to-month service) are written like those of the credit card industry, whereby they can change the terms of the deal at any time they choose. If you continue to use the "service", you agree to the change.
"And the damage was to the heat resistant tile; it was the failure of the tile that brought the aircraft to its end."
I thought that, according to the findings of the review board, the damage was to one of the curved carbon-carbon panels that covered the leading edge of the wing, and not to the heat resistant tiles the cover the underside? Carbon-carbon composite is not the same thing as heat resistant ceramic tile.
"Yes yes, many Mac users are artists or graphic designers or what-have-you, but people such as that purchased their equipment on its merits and have no need to impress anyone..."
To quote, "Baloney." Keep in mind that artists and graphic designers happen to be the exact same types who'd appreciate Apple's elegant lines and strong industrial design.
I have an Apple Powerbook, and I bought it not because it makes a statement to others, but because it works, works well, and I enjoy using it. I love solid well crafted tools, and I hate the flimsy creaky cheap plastic crap that other manufacturers pass off as "design".
I work better on my Mac. It's a synergistic effect.
Characterizing Apple owners as mere status-seekers is as simplistic as my characterizing Linux-types as people too cheap to pay for software. Sure, some might qualify as such, but it would be unfair, unwise, and, well... stupid for me to tar all of them with the same brush.
Personally, I think that the second a domain name expires it should return to the public domain, as meaningful names are a finite resource, and speculators shouldn't be able to hold new businesses ransom.
Also, the second you put up "this domain for sale" on your page, it's stripped and returned as well.
The Dell listed off your own link is $1,899 with the 60GB drive, $2,114 upgraded to the 100GB drive. So now the difference is $400. It also has a has a Intel® Pentium® M Processor 760 (2 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB) chip in it, so.......where's the dual-core processor? It would be nice if one compared Apples to "apples".
"..because the photosites on the sensor are packed so close together."
Uh, just to clarify, it's because the individual pixel wells (photosites) are a lot smaller (1-2um), don't capture as many photons, and as such sensor noise is a higher proportion of the total signal. The distance between pixels on a DSLR (7um) are about as close together (0.2um) as those on a pocket camera.
So it's true that "the photosites on the sensor are packed so close together", but the image characteristics come mainly from the pixel size, manufacturing process, and the amount of image processing done.
A cheap camera phone uses a cheap CMOS process, tiny pixel wells, and as little image processing and noise reduction circuitry as they can get away with.
Go there and type in a word like energy (2374 matching domains) or success (1364 matching domains). Hey! You can get energyaustralia.com for just $10,000.
Let me be clear...
[sarcasm] "and from that, we'll get enough free content to fill several hundred channels 365/24/7" [/sarcasm]
Or in other words, I'm with you. I fail to see how we, for example, are best served by having my favorite author working days and making piad personal appearances just so he can make score money to write his next book.
Personally, I'd rather he spend all of his time WRITING his next book, so I can get it and buy it as soon as possible. If enough people do it, then he's a success. If no one likes it, thne no one buys it, and eventually he goes back to flipping burgers. We already have a remarkably efficient feedback mechanism in place.
"What I don't understand is why people think that all of this content should be free."
Stealing it is easy to do, the risks are relatively non-existent compared to shoplifting, they want it, and because of that they believe they're entitled to it. Being entertained for free is their "right".
My new super-de-duper compression algorithm is now ready and can in fact reduce files to one byte in size. Feel free to try it out. Ah... the decompression algorithm still has a few bugs in it, and has yet to be released.
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"This is another 'blame the tool, not the user' type of mentality."
Yeah, because rootkits have so many other benign and benevolent purposes...
"The people who truly want to do bad things will get their info from elsewhere."
Right. And in the spirit of that logic, I suggest you disable your firewall, leave your keys in your car, unlock your front door, and post your daughter's picture, name, address, and phone number on mySpace. After all, the people who really want your computer, car, TV, and/or daughter will get them, so why not make doing so as easy as possible?
"Hence why oil is currently at its highest price ever."
No, it's because speculators are driving up the price due to possible disruptions in supply in Iran, Niger, and South America.
"THE answer is with renewables which don't face physically-determined production peaks."
No, they just face naturally-determined production limitations: night time and calm skies. As the article states, and as should be obvious to anyone, wind and solar can help, but can not be counted on to maintain baseline loads 365/24/7.
"And yes, we'll also have to reduce our demand for energy."
Agreed. I suggest you turn off your computer.
"Waste can be stored in a safe and isolated location."
Actually, as per the article waste is only a big problem when you can't recycle it to make more fuel. Doing so cuts down the amount of "waste" dramatically.
".....maybe we could just use the existing failure of a TLD, .info for this purpose."
.name
Or the other failure:
You may have had "unlimited" service... right up until the agreement changed. And I suspect that if one checked the advertising, there'd be a weasel-word like "virtually" unlimited service, or a conspicuosly place asterisk leading to some fine print like "subject to conditions and terms of service."
So now one person's facts are nothing more than preferences? And no one else could possibly have the same reasons?
Apparently, to use an analogy, anyone who buys an expensive sports car does so solely because they're making a statement. And not because they appreciate the clean lines and precision engineering. And not because they admire the fit and finish and fine interior. Nor can they enjoy the performance and handling.
Nope, none of those things could possibly apply. Paying more money for an expensive vehicle is always a statement. I take it back. It's not that you don't get it. It's just that you're an idiot who's firmly wedded to his preconceived notions.
I'll leave you to have the last word, as I'm sure you can't refrain from doing so...
FACT: It has great industrial design. FACT: I appreciate well-designed tools. FACT: I enjoy using it, and even look forward to using it. FACT: I take it with me more places, and use it more often, than I did the Dell. FACT: My frustration level is lower. FACT: My productivity on it as opposed to my Dell is higher.
FACT: There are people who appreciate design, many of whom are designers. Lack of design grates upon their senses.
Like I said, if you can't understand that, then you can't. But if your sense of superiority is reinforced by the delusion that I paid more to make some kind of "statement", then feel free. You're wrong, but feel free.
"I'm willing to pay $100+ for it with an SLA."
Fine. What happens if that service, if used to capacity, costs $400 a month to provide?
Please. You're signing up for a month-to-month service and could literally be a customer for decades. You tell me you expect no changes at all over that period of time? No increase in price? No change whatsoever in service?
Mind telling me one other utility who's price has remained static over the last decade?
"...for this is ISP generated slowdown when there isn't contention to save the ISP upsteam fees."
What goes up must come down. 30% of traffice is 30% of traffic, no matter how you slice it.
False advertising, maybe, but I'll bet anything their contracts (especially for a month-to-month service) are written like those of the credit card industry, whereby they can change the terms of the deal at any time they choose. If you continue to use the "service", you agree to the change.
"And the damage was to the heat resistant tile; it was the failure of the tile that brought the aircraft to its end."
I thought that, according to the findings of the review board, the damage was to one of the curved carbon-carbon panels that covered the leading edge of the wing, and not to the heat resistant tiles the cover the underside? Carbon-carbon composite is not the same thing as heat resistant ceramic tile.
"However, don't try and tell me that the case colour and design have anything to do with "working better"."
If you don't get then it you don't get it. That's okay. Some people don't care about such things. Just keep in mind that others do.
"Yes yes, many Mac users are artists or graphic designers or what-have-you, but people such as that purchased their equipment on its merits and have no need to impress anyone..."
To quote, "Baloney." Keep in mind that artists and graphic designers happen to be the exact same types who'd appreciate Apple's elegant lines and strong industrial design.
I have an Apple Powerbook, and I bought it not because it makes a statement to others, but because it works, works well, and I enjoy using it. I love solid well crafted tools, and I hate the flimsy creaky cheap plastic crap that other manufacturers pass off as "design".
I work better on my Mac. It's a synergistic effect.
Characterizing Apple owners as mere status-seekers is as simplistic as my characterizing Linux-types as people too cheap to pay for software. Sure, some might qualify as such, but it would be unfair, unwise, and, well... stupid for me to tar all of them with the same brush.
Personally, I think that the second a domain name expires it should return to the public domain, as meaningful names are a finite resource, and speculators shouldn't be able to hold new businesses ransom.
Also, the second you put up "this domain for sale" on your page, it's stripped and returned as well.
Yeah. That's why there's usually a big link in the corner saying, "This domain for sale!"
Precisely. After all, in the end who's paying the bills? The employees or the customers?
The Dell listed off your own link is $1,899 with the 60GB drive, $2,114 upgraded to the 100GB drive. So now the difference is $400. It also has a has a Intel® Pentium® M Processor 760 (2 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB) chip in it, so.... ...where's the dual-core processor? It would be nice if one compared Apples to "apples".
As such, don't bother bookmarking the links.
"the grad student testing ways to correct for the urban heat island effect"
One of the problems as far as I'm concerned. Once you start "correcting" data the end result is only as good as, and often reflects, your assumptions.
"Everything is fuzzy, and you can litterally see that the images are assembled with colored hexagons.
Printer? Keep in mind too that while many people shoot with a 5MP camera, they often then crop it down to less than a MP to get their kids "portrait".
"..because the photosites on the sensor are packed so close together." Uh, just to clarify, it's because the individual pixel wells (photosites) are a lot smaller (1-2um), don't capture as many photons, and as such sensor noise is a higher proportion of the total signal. The distance between pixels on a DSLR (7um) are about as close together (0.2um) as those on a pocket camera. So it's true that "the photosites on the sensor are packed so close together", but the image characteristics come mainly from the pixel size, manufacturing process, and the amount of image processing done. A cheap camera phone uses a cheap CMOS process, tiny pixel wells, and as little image processing and noise reduction circuitry as they can get away with.
Right.... perhaps you missed this? http://www.yafla.com/dforbes/2006/03/29.html
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Or do you think recent dot coms have devolved to misspelling names (digg, Flickr, Syndic8) because they're cute?
Or perhaps you've never visited a site like Sedo? http://www.sedo.com/main.php3?language=us&partner
Go there and type in a word like energy (2374 matching domains) or success (1364 matching domains). Hey! You can get energyaustralia.com for just $10,000.
Let me be clear... [sarcasm] "and from that, we'll get enough free content to fill several hundred channels 365/24/7" [/sarcasm] Or in other words, I'm with you. I fail to see how we, for example, are best served by having my favorite author working days and making piad personal appearances just so he can make score money to write his next book. Personally, I'd rather he spend all of his time WRITING his next book, so I can get it and buy it as soon as possible. If enough people do it, then he's a success. If no one likes it, thne no one buys it, and eventually he goes back to flipping burgers. We already have a remarkably efficient feedback mechanism in place. "What I don't understand is why people think that all of this content should be free." Stealing it is easy to do, the risks are relatively non-existent compared to shoplifting, they want it, and because of that they believe they're entitled to it. Being entertained for free is their "right".
My new super-de-duper compression algorithm is now ready and can in fact reduce files to one byte in size. Feel free to try it out. Ah... the decompression algorithm still has a few bugs in it, and has yet to be released.