(within the next few years, you'll see several competing technologies,...
There have been many competing technologies for the last 30 years! Polycrystalline, monocrystaline, CIGS, CdTe, etc. You also have various kinds of solar concentrators, reflectors, hot water heaters, etc.
I personally like Evergreen Solar. They seem to have the most efficient system for reducing the number of grams of silicon per watt.
(MUCH cheaper)
The thin film prices will not get cheaper as demand increases. They will get more expensive because they rely on rare earth elements like Telluride. Another thin film problem is cadmium, although recyclable, is a carcinogen.
That takes us back to silicon cells which are 3 or 4 times more efficient than thin film and have a longer operating lifetime. Evergreen Solar has a zero kerf loss process that uses less silicon per Watt with each subsequent revision of their string ribbon furnaces. (ticker: ESLR)
Those Apple stores drove off some of their biggest supporters, independent stores that specialized in Apple hardware and software.
Actually, Apple Retail Stores shook out a lot of the organized crime that was tarnishing the brand. Shreve Systems was a great example of that. That company (based in Louisiana) would reset the page counters on printers and sell them as new. They would sell broken motherboards and then charge a %15 restocking fee. The Better Business Bureau had hundreds of complaints.
There were dozens of shady mac repair shops back in the day.
My mom brought her laptop in one such place and had the modem replaced for $160. There was nothing wrong with the original modem, someone had just chosen the wrong driver in the modem control panel.
The GeoBulb, a tungsten white balanced LED lightbulb is already here. It is not quite commercially available, but I saw a prototype at Greenfest in November 2007. The price is high, but it lasts for decades. According to my calculations, at $99, it will actually be cheaper than the many tungsten bulbs it would replace over its lifespan (especially if the cost of electricity rises over the next few decades).
I completely agree. The iPhone weather widget shows everything I need to know.
Tufte's proposed redesign of the weather widget is rhetoric. He doesn't take into account the performance of the network or the device in his design. I don't want to wait a few seconds to download an animated map and then kill the battery displaying it. And why do I need this animated map anyway? It just shrinks the more relevant information to an unreadable size. Apple got it right...or at least better. This shows just how good Apple is at UI design. Even the 'Pro's' can't beat them at times. I'm not forgiving them for the Finder or other inconsistencies and problems in OS X though.
Felipe on this page brings up the valid point that low temperatures should be displayed before high temperatures in the form of a bar graph. Too bad Tufte didn't make this valid assertion in his revised weather widget. It would have been redeeming.
"...showing the low first seems to keep the time relationship in tact [sic]: on most (but not all days) the overnight low for a given calendar day occurs before the daytime high."
I'm serious. First, I think the 3 month claim was made to meet and exceed the expectations of the public. Internally, they obviously designed it to last. NASA isn't just getting 'lucky' that two of their rovers have lasted this long.
Second, I presume that the dust storm will not last forever and eventually the sun will shine on the rovers once more. At that time, it would be nice to somehow clean the solar panels and recharge the rover.
Why don't they have a high tech windshield wiper for the solar panel? Or a transparent window shade that could prevent dust from hitting the solar panel during the storm? Ultra sonic shaker to shake the dust off? There must be a way.
Ranked as the world's eighth largest emitter of greenhouse gases[17], Canada is a relatively large emitter given its population. The United States, which has not signed the Kyoto Protocol, is the world's largest emitter at a fluctuating 25% of the total. China is the second largest emitter at 20%, but as a developing country is exempt from controls. Its economy has been growing rapidly, and as a result the International Energy Agency expects it to exceed the U.S. as the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide by about 2008. Other developing countries in Asia and Africa have also been increasing their emissions rapidly. However, it is developed nations that are responsible for the vast majority of historic emissions which are now causing climate change. Most European countries have missed their reduction targets, as has Canada.
Together, these oil sand deposits cover about 141 000 km of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg (peat bogs).
Environmental impacts
Some critics contend that government and industry measures taken to minimize environmental and health risks posed by large-scale mining operations are inadequate, potentially causing damage to the natural environment. The open-pit mining of the Athabasca oils sands destroys the boreal forest and muskeg, as well as changing the natural landscape. The Alberta government does not require companies to restore the land to "original condition" but only to "equivalent land capability". This means that the ability of the land to support various land uses after reclamation is similar to what existed, but that the individual land uses will not necessarily be identical.[13] Since the government considers agricultural land to be equivalent to forest land, oil sands companies have reclaimed mined land to use as pasture for buffalo, rather than restoring it to the original boreal forest and muskeg. For every barrel of synthetic oil produced in Alberta, more than 80 kg of greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere and between 2 and 4 barrels of waste water are dumped into tailing ponds that have replaced about 50 km of forest. The forecast growth in synthetic oil production in Alberta also threatens Canada's international commitments. In ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, Canada agreed to reduce, by 2012, its greenhouse gas emissions by 6% with respect to [1990]. In 2002, Canada's total greenhouse gas emissions had increased by 24% since 1990.
Why the fuck do you expect anyone to listen to you when you're obviously lying.
North of Tulum, Quintana Roo, MX
2013'23.78"N
8725'29.99"W
Those coordinates are very approximate... maybe within one kilometer.
I was in an area that tourists would not frequent because I was looking for undiscovered underwater caves (I did not find what I was looking for). I did stumble upon a beach exactly as I described. This was in 2004.
I don't disagree with you. Those poor people with no concern for the environment have probably manufactured something within ten feet of us. Because their labor is inexpensive to us, we have the free time to be concerned for the environment. Conversely, because they are living hand to mouth they have no time to change their circumstances.
Maybe, but in my travel experience a lot of the pollution I've witnessed is american made. For example, who's fault is it that a coke a bottle is on the beach in Mexico? If it washed ashore, then it is not Mexico's fault. I blame the corporation for making a non biodegradable vessel for their product. I've been to mexican beaches that are literally 3 feet deep in plastic bottles that have washed up from Caribbean islands. Coke, Pepsi, Colgate Palmolive, Tetrapak et. al. are to blame for the non-biodegradable packaging (not to mention the harmful effects of the products themselves).
I don't know when they were setup (Im guessing the 20th century), but this is a clue:
I believe the first gas station was located in Seattle on E. Marginal Way S. according to a plaque on the west side of the sidewalk. I think its a parking lot now... heres the map of roughly where I think the plaque is/was:
High end engineering software was never ported to OS X because it requires stringent platform testing. I guess the companies I have in mind have yet to feel the need to risk the expense.
True, but this won't help the traveler thats going to villages in third world countries...etc. They still need a modem. Call me an off road warrior if you must. Wireless is catching on... but its not exactly ubiquitous globally.
In Apple's defense, I am all for the dropping of legacy hardware features, e.g. floppies and modems. If they don't draw the line of when its time to move ahead someone else will, and mac users will be left behind. Plus we benefit from lower prices and smaller laptops when they drop that old stuff.
IIRC Firewire becomes slower than GigE when you start daisy chaining devices. Firewire devices on a chain compete for bandwidth. GigE devices on a network don't have to compete for bandwidth.
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So much for my holography lab!
Check out the MTV Bling Bling Ad
http://www.superfad.com/clientlist.php?project=92
(within the next few years, you'll see several competing technologies,...
There have been many competing technologies for the last 30 years! Polycrystalline, monocrystaline, CIGS, CdTe, etc. You also have various kinds of solar concentrators, reflectors, hot water heaters, etc.
I personally like Evergreen Solar. They seem to have the most efficient system for reducing the number of grams of silicon per watt.
(MUCH cheaper)
The thin film prices will not get cheaper as demand increases. They will get more expensive because they rely on rare earth elements like Telluride. Another thin film problem is cadmium, although recyclable, is a carcinogen.
That takes us back to silicon cells which are 3 or 4 times more efficient than thin film and have a longer operating lifetime. Evergreen Solar has a zero kerf loss process that uses less silicon per Watt with each subsequent revision of their string ribbon furnaces. (ticker: ESLR)
Those Apple stores drove off some of their biggest supporters, independent stores that specialized in Apple hardware and software.
Actually, Apple Retail Stores shook out a lot of the organized crime that was tarnishing the brand. Shreve Systems was a great example of that. That company (based in Louisiana) would reset the page counters on printers and sell them as new. They would sell broken motherboards and then charge a %15 restocking fee. The Better Business Bureau had hundreds of complaints.There were dozens of shady mac repair shops back in the day.
My mom brought her laptop in one such place and had the modem replaced for $160. There was nothing wrong with the original modem, someone had just chosen the wrong driver in the modem control panel.
Actually, Apple has $19B+ in cash as of this quarter.
The GeoBulb, a tungsten white balanced LED lightbulb is already here. It is not quite commercially available, but I saw a prototype at Greenfest in November 2007. The price is high, but it lasts for decades. According to my calculations, at $99, it will actually be cheaper than the many tungsten bulbs it would replace over its lifespan (especially if the cost of electricity rises over the next few decades).
http://www.ccrane.com/geobulb/geo-bulb-flyer.pdf
I completely agree. The iPhone weather widget shows everything I need to know.
Tufte's proposed redesign of the weather widget is rhetoric. He doesn't take into account the performance of the network or the device in his design. I don't want to wait a few seconds to download an animated map and then kill the battery displaying it. And why do I need this animated map anyway? It just shrinks the more relevant information to an unreadable size. Apple got it right...or at least better. This shows just how good Apple is at UI design. Even the 'Pro's' can't beat them at times. I'm not forgiving them for the Finder or other inconsistencies and problems in OS X though.
Felipe on this page brings up the valid point that low temperatures should be displayed before high temperatures in the form of a bar graph. Too bad Tufte didn't make this valid assertion in his revised weather widget. It would have been redeeming.
"...showing the low first seems to keep the time relationship in tact [sic]: on most (but not all days) the overnight low for a given calendar day occurs before the daytime high."
Not if you're a kiwi! I figure they cran be berry punny from lime to lime.
I suggest the capital be Gnu York or Gnu Orleans.
I'm serious. First, I think the 3 month claim was made to meet and exceed the expectations of the public. Internally, they obviously designed it to last. NASA isn't just getting 'lucky' that two of their rovers have lasted this long.
Second, I presume that the dust storm will not last forever and eventually the sun will shine on the rovers once more. At that time, it would be nice to somehow clean the solar panels and recharge the rover.
Why don't they have a high tech windshield wiper for the solar panel? Or a transparent window shade that could prevent dust from hitting the solar panel during the storm? Ultra sonic shaker to shake the dust off? There must be a way.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athabasca_Oil_Sands
Ranked as the world's eighth largest emitter of greenhouse gases[17], Canada is a relatively large emitter given its population. The United States, which has not signed the Kyoto Protocol, is the world's largest emitter at a fluctuating 25% of the total. China is the second largest emitter at 20%, but as a developing country is exempt from controls. Its economy has been growing rapidly, and as a result the International Energy Agency expects it to exceed the U.S. as the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide by about 2008. Other developing countries in Asia and Africa have also been increasing their emissions rapidly. However, it is developed nations that are responsible for the vast majority of historic emissions which are now causing climate change. Most European countries have missed their reduction targets, as has Canada.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athabasca_Oil_Sands
Together, these oil sand deposits cover about 141 000 km of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg (peat bogs).
Environmental impacts
Some critics contend that government and industry measures taken to minimize environmental and health risks posed by large-scale mining operations are inadequate, potentially causing damage to the natural environment.
The open-pit mining of the Athabasca oils sands destroys the boreal forest and muskeg, as well as changing the natural landscape. The Alberta government does not require companies to restore the land to "original condition" but only to "equivalent land capability". This means that the ability of the land to support various land uses after reclamation is similar to what existed, but that the individual land uses will not necessarily be identical.[13] Since the government considers agricultural land to be equivalent to forest land, oil sands companies have reclaimed mined land to use as pasture for buffalo, rather than restoring it to the original boreal forest and muskeg.
For every barrel of synthetic oil produced in Alberta, more than 80 kg of greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere and between 2 and 4 barrels of waste water are dumped into tailing ponds that have replaced about 50 km of forest. The forecast growth in synthetic oil production in Alberta also threatens Canada's international commitments. In ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, Canada agreed to reduce, by 2012, its greenhouse gas emissions by 6% with respect to [1990]. In 2002, Canada's total greenhouse gas emissions had increased by 24% since 1990.
Why the fuck do you expect anyone to listen to you when you're obviously lying.
North of Tulum, Quintana Roo, MX
2013'23.78"N
8725'29.99"W
Those coordinates are very approximate... maybe within one kilometer.
I was in an area that tourists would not frequent because I was looking for undiscovered underwater caves (I did not find what I was looking for). I did stumble upon a beach exactly as I described. This was in 2004.
I don't disagree with you. Those poor people with no concern for the environment have probably manufactured something within ten feet of us. Because their labor is inexpensive to us, we have the free time to be concerned for the environment. Conversely, because they are living hand to mouth they have no time to change their circumstances.
Maybe, but in my travel experience a lot of the pollution I've witnessed is american made. For example, who's fault is it that a coke a bottle is on the beach in Mexico? If it washed ashore, then it is not Mexico's fault. I blame the corporation for making a non biodegradable vessel for their product. I've been to mexican beaches that are literally 3 feet deep in plastic bottles that have washed up from Caribbean islands. Coke, Pepsi, Colgate Palmolive, Tetrapak et. al. are to blame for the non-biodegradable packaging (not to mention the harmful effects of the products themselves).
Are the tar sands located under a forest in Canada? What will happen to that environment? Shouldn't we list that forest as a cost?
when were the first gas stations set up?
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I don't know when they were setup (Im guessing the 20th century), but this is a clue:
I believe the first gas station was located in Seattle on E. Marginal Way S. according to a plaque on the west side of the sidewalk. I think its a parking lot now... heres the map of roughly where I think the plaque is/was:
http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=+Seattle,+
The plaque says something like "This is the site of the first gas station....built by Standard Oil Co.".
Incidentally the first oil well was near Petrolia, CA. Hence the name.
... to coin the term GEvil? For shame, Columcille.
Isn't that a General Electric trademark?
West of House
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.
There is a small mailbox here.
>examine mailbox
The small mailbox reveals a leaflet.
>get leaflet
Taken.
>
What about a mountable disk image? Wouldn't that be the best of both worlds? My uninformed opinion.
Why would I want to run XP on it period?
High end engineering software was never ported to OS X because it requires stringent platform testing. I guess the companies I have in mind have yet to feel the need to risk the expense.
iiMac sounds like Mac II. There already was a Mac II.
http://lowendmac.com/ii/ii.shtml
Most hotels and buisnesses use WiFi 802.11b/g.
True, but this won't help the traveler thats going to villages in third world countries...etc. They still need a modem. Call me an off road warrior if you must. Wireless is catching on... but its not exactly ubiquitous globally.
In Apple's defense, I am all for the dropping of legacy hardware features, e.g. floppies and modems. If they don't draw the line of when its time to move ahead someone else will, and mac users will be left behind. Plus we benefit from lower prices and smaller laptops when they drop that old stuff.
IIRC Firewire becomes slower than GigE when you start daisy chaining devices. Firewire devices on a chain compete for bandwidth. GigE devices on a network don't have to compete for bandwidth.