Wow, I don't think I'm going to read the 50 page paper but looks interesting. Biofuels from food crops is stupid. It sounds like he's saying biofuels from cellulose won't work either, though apparently he's talking about the UK and it might work better in the US. Researchers are looking into biofuels and lots of other stuff from algae, which might solve all the shortcomings.
Nuclear waste is solved in theory, but nobody has found an acceptable location for permanent storage, at least not in the US. Maybe if we reprocessed fuel or used thorium reactors the problem would be manageable.
The only way to get a real number for your connection to your ISP is to use a server on the ISPs network that is set up to perform such tests.
Who cares about that though? My ISP doesn't host anything I'm interested in. They could deliver me gigabit speeds to their network and it won't do me any good unless the speeds from outside their network are good too.
We should be able to keep advancing the power of software in ways that need more computing power and "because physics" the desktop will survive.
Already most people don't use software that exploits the full capability of a modern desktop computer. I think that trend is more likely to accelerate than reverse.
A big screen several feet away from your eyes really isn't all that different than having a tablet screen less than a foot away from your eyes, unless you're trying to play a movie for multiple viewers.
If the tablet is less than a foot away, you're either holding it in your hands (so no keyboard and mouse) or you're hunched over your desk (terrible). If your monitor is "several feet" away, you're doing it wrong. I did some rough measurement holding up a ruler, and I could have a tablet 18-24" away, or one or more monitors 30-36" away. A 23" monitor is way better than a tablet. Like, not even close. Is it necessary for all uses? No, but it is far superior.
The person who wrote this summary doesn't know the difference between "mobile home" and "RV". The former isn't really mobile in any meaningful sense so wouldn't make sense for this story. The latter is generally people who choose to live that way because they like traveling around.
I think it must be a combination of habit and shocking laziness. It's easier to turn the water on and off once than to turn it on, turn it off, then back on again and off.
Countries would probably have to drop out of the WTO to do that. It's effectively a tariff, and I would think they would be inundated with complaints trying to enact something like that. I'm not an international trade lawyer or anything though.
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Wow, I don't think I'm going to read the 50 page paper but looks interesting. Biofuels from food crops is stupid. It sounds like he's saying biofuels from cellulose won't work either, though apparently he's talking about the UK and it might work better in the US. Researchers are looking into biofuels and lots of other stuff from algae, which might solve all the shortcomings.
Nuclear waste is solved in theory, but nobody has found an acceptable location for permanent storage, at least not in the US. Maybe if we reprocessed fuel or used thorium reactors the problem would be manageable.
The only way to get a real number for your connection to your ISP is to use a server on the ISPs network that is set up to perform such tests.
Who cares about that though? My ISP doesn't host anything I'm interested in. They could deliver me gigabit speeds to their network and it won't do me any good unless the speeds from outside their network are good too.
Why not biofuels? No nasty radioactive waste to deal with.
Relative safety? A $500 car is safe compared to what?
There were large content creators that were also large nationwide ISPs in the 1980s? Because that's what we're dealing with now.
If they could include a seamless VM for running Windows software, it could be a hit.
We should be able to keep advancing the power of software in ways that need more computing power and "because physics" the desktop will survive.
Already most people don't use software that exploits the full capability of a modern desktop computer. I think that trend is more likely to accelerate than reverse.
A big screen several feet away from your eyes really isn't all that different than having a tablet screen less than a foot away from your eyes, unless you're trying to play a movie for multiple viewers.
If the tablet is less than a foot away, you're either holding it in your hands (so no keyboard and mouse) or you're hunched over your desk (terrible). If your monitor is "several feet" away, you're doing it wrong. I did some rough measurement holding up a ruler, and I could have a tablet 18-24" away, or one or more monitors 30-36" away. A 23" monitor is way better than a tablet. Like, not even close. Is it necessary for all uses? No, but it is far superior.
Email spam seems pretty solved. As you say, the new problem is forum spam.
"They" in my sentence being the people who Minnesotan employers can't find to fill their open positions (because they don't live in Minnesota).
The person who wrote this summary doesn't know the difference between "mobile home" and "RV". The former isn't really mobile in any meaningful sense so wouldn't make sense for this story. The latter is generally people who choose to live that way because they like traveling around.
Maybe they just don't want to live in Minnesota.
I like it better when the toothbrush starts out wet.
What do you propose to do with all the people who were manufacturing things in places like China?
I think it must be a combination of habit and shocking laziness. It's easier to turn the water on and off once than to turn it on, turn it off, then back on again and off.
Starting in 2018 more than 80 percent of all cars and trucks sold worldwide will be electric only or plug-in electric hybrids with a biodiesel option.
No, it will be 8%. No I'm not going to do the research for you, look it up yourself.
(am I doing this right?)
Is there something that makes analog signals more disaster resistant than digital?
Oh, OK, I don't envision roads in the UK having much room to go around. They seem just wide enough for one car per lane.
Sure. Not to be snarky but is that related to my comment? I'm not seeing the connection.
Who says we're only talking about desktop processors?
Countries would probably have to drop out of the WTO to do that. It's effectively a tariff, and I would think they would be inundated with complaints trying to enact something like that. I'm not an international trade lawyer or anything though.
I believe this is EU member countries seeking to change their tax laws, not a tax imposed by the EU.
As long as you can get quotes and shop around for insurance, why do you need to know what the formula is?
In the middle of the road, or the middle of the lane? If the former, so what? If the latter, what are drivers expected to do?
Maybe it will be like Bott's dots and used in places that don't get snow.