Cadmium is also something that you want to keep out of landfills. I was reading that the millions of used Nickel-Cadmium batteries currently residing in the nation's garbage dumps are a potential problem for groundwater reserves.
That's correct. My original point is that people have a habit of promising breakthroughs "now", when they're decades away from commercializing their ideas. In reality it often takes the patient accumulation of knowledge over many years to achieve anything significant.
You know, in this case you may be right. Depends upon how tolerant the process is of power failures. Plants producing silicon wafers really need stable power, but this process might be different. If nothing else, lower power requirements might mean that solar could be effectively used to offset utility costs.
Hardly. But cheap solar power is like artificial intelligence... we've been told for the past forty or fifty years that it's just around the corner. If it turns out that this outfit really has something (and if they don't manage to get bought out and squelched) that's wonderful so far as I'm concerned. Just don't expect me to hold my breath waiting for it.
On the other hand, that's not the only criteria for using solar power. The upfront cost of the physical plant is significant of course, as are maintenance costs and the payback period. However, if widespread use of solar reduces overall environmental impact and lowers petroleum consumption it might still be worth it, even if the cells themselves are expensive.
What everyone seems to be waiting for is a cost-per-watt that is low enough so that ordinary people will decide to start buying them in large quantities without government subsidization. Suppose you're having a new house built: if you could install a ten or fifteen kilowatt solar plant and inverter for ten grand, you might figure it's worth it to borrow a little more money from the bank. I think we'll see more of that as our distribution grid continues to deteriorate and utility power becomes less and less reliable.
Look, the fact that postcards and most emails are sent in plaintext isn't what this is about.
So far as I'm aware, the United States Post Office doesn't scan, OCR, and store the contents of every postcard that goes through its facilities. If they did, and then made that information available to the government or anyone else that wanted it, you would have a point. In other words, unencrypted does not mean "indexed, cross-indexed and searchable."
I'd say it's more like Apple is dependent upon the consumers in their chosen market segment being (to a certain degree) computer illiterate. And let's face it, computer illiterates aren't likely to make an informed choice when it comes to buying a computer or choosing an OS. All they can do is follow marketing fluff about simplicity and ease-of-use.
Now, that's no dig at Apple's products... by and large they deliver on what their market-droids promise. It's just that Apple made the conscious choice to target people who are often really too stupid to use a computer.
'Marketing got wind of it, and nobody at Apple is ever allowed to speak publicly about anything without marketing approval,' a Black Hat spokesman said."
I'd say it's more likely that legal got wind of it, not marketing.
Homeschool your kids and do a god job, history, law and the local mythology are especially important subjects. Several languages and a good grasp of self defense, tactics and strategy are also quite important.
Mr. Heinlein, is that you?
Not that I can find much to dispute about your post.
Now, Cryptome has posted that the Hushmail encryption program is no longer the same program for which Hushmail releases their source. Is Hushmail even safe to use anymore?
Yeah , he's one of the lucky ones. I have a choice... Comcast (which I have, 'nuff said) or 768 kbit/sec DSL. Not much of a choice, although I suppose technically it is one.
The question is more along the lines of "why the hell do they need an obscenity filter for last names in the first place"?
I guess I could see it when it comes to choosing email address or screen names... but people have last names that are all over the map, spelling-wise. This is just stupid.
'I just think it makes us a lot more effective and a lot more efficient in how our time is being used,' [a senior detective] said.
Mindless seeking towards some arbitrary level of "efficiency" (which is never achieved, requiring yet more investment in equipment and technology and more loss of civil liberties) should not be the primary function of law enforcement.
Take it up with Mr. Webster if you don't agree, ScrewMaster.
Webster is irrelevant. Word usage as defined by a dictionary bears no intrinsic relationship to the same word used in a legal context, you should know that. What I'm referring to, of course, is how individual acts of copyright infringement are considered by the relevant statutes. Perhaps some copyright attorneys could comment on this in a bit more detail.
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I think you may be seriously underestimating the deliciousness of nachos.
Seriously. Just ask Hellboy.
No argument ... plus if you look at the whole picture of government subsidies, the tax breaks the oil outfits received should also be counted.
Given how much the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has done to promote and encourage the use of atomic power, I'd say you're probably right.
Cadmium is also something that you want to keep out of landfills. I was reading that the millions of used Nickel-Cadmium batteries currently residing in the nation's garbage dumps are a potential problem for groundwater reserves.
Define "grid parity".
That's correct. My original point is that people have a habit of promising breakthroughs "now", when they're decades away from commercializing their ideas. In reality it often takes the patient accumulation of knowledge over many years to achieve anything significant.
You know, in this case you may be right. Depends upon how tolerant the process is of power failures. Plants producing silicon wafers really need stable power, but this process might be different. If nothing else, lower power requirements might mean that solar could be effectively used to offset utility costs.
Hey. I like my stuff.
Their stock has grown spectacularly since the IPO and there is a large investment from the Walton family (insert TV joke here)
G'night, John-boy.
Hardly. But cheap solar power is like artificial intelligence ... we've been told for the past forty or fifty years that it's just around the corner. If it turns out that this outfit really has something (and if they don't manage to get bought out and squelched) that's wonderful so far as I'm concerned. Just don't expect me to hold my breath waiting for it.
On the other hand, that's not the only criteria for using solar power. The upfront cost of the physical plant is significant of course, as are maintenance costs and the payback period. However, if widespread use of solar reduces overall environmental impact and lowers petroleum consumption it might still be worth it, even if the cells themselves are expensive.
What everyone seems to be waiting for is a cost-per-watt that is low enough so that ordinary people will decide to start buying them in large quantities without government subsidization. Suppose you're having a new house built: if you could install a ten or fifteen kilowatt solar plant and inverter for ten grand, you might figure it's worth it to borrow a little more money from the bank. I think we'll see more of that as our distribution grid continues to deteriorate and utility power becomes less and less reliable.
Yet Another Solar Cell Story.
Or better still, a plain-text to spam encryption/decryption plugin for our E-mail applications.
"Make ur pen!s bigger in seconds! Satisfy your gf! We have name-brand v!agka on sale cheap!"
Would translate to:
Would you mind stopping off at the store for a loaf of bread on the way home, dear?
All right. How about an industrial cutting laser?
How is unencrypted email different to a postcard?
Look, the fact that postcards and most emails are sent in plaintext isn't what this is about.
So far as I'm aware, the United States Post Office doesn't scan, OCR, and store the contents of every postcard that goes through its facilities. If they did, and then made that information available to the government or anyone else that wanted it, you would have a point. In other words, unencrypted does not mean "indexed, cross-indexed and searchable."
The Governor refuses his salary, so that won't work.
Well, anything that's free is worth exactly what you paid for it.
I'd say it's more like Apple is dependent upon the consumers in their chosen market segment being (to a certain degree) computer illiterate. And let's face it, computer illiterates aren't likely to make an informed choice when it comes to buying a computer or choosing an OS. All they can do is follow marketing fluff about simplicity and ease-of-use.
... by and large they deliver on what their market-droids promise. It's just that Apple made the conscious choice to target people who are often really too stupid to use a computer.
Now, that's no dig at Apple's products
'Marketing got wind of it, and nobody at Apple is ever allowed to speak publicly about anything without marketing approval,' a Black Hat spokesman said."
I'd say it's more likely that legal got wind of it, not marketing.
So we've noticed.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Homeschool your kids and do a god job, history, law and the local mythology are especially important subjects. Several languages and a good grasp of self defense, tactics and strategy are also quite important.
Mr. Heinlein, is that you?
Not that I can find much to dispute about your post.
Now, Cryptome has posted that the Hushmail encryption program is no longer the same program for which Hushmail releases their source. Is Hushmail even safe to use anymore?
I think the submitter answered his own question.
Yeah , he's one of the lucky ones. I have a choice ... Comcast (which I have, 'nuff said) or 768 kbit/sec DSL. Not much of a choice, although I suppose technically it is one.
The question is more along the lines of "why the hell do they need an obscenity filter for last names in the first place"?
... but people have last names that are all over the map, spelling-wise. This is just stupid.
I guess I could see it when it comes to choosing email address or screen names
'I just think it makes us a lot more effective and a lot more efficient in how our time is being used,' [a senior detective] said.
Mindless seeking towards some arbitrary level of "efficiency" (which is never achieved, requiring yet more investment in equipment and technology and more loss of civil liberties) should not be the primary function of law enforcement.
Take it up with Mr. Webster if you don't agree, ScrewMaster.
Webster is irrelevant. Word usage as defined by a dictionary bears no intrinsic relationship to the same word used in a legal context, you should know that. What I'm referring to, of course, is how individual acts of copyright infringement are considered by the relevant statutes. Perhaps some copyright attorneys could comment on this in a bit more detail.