You might now think that Germany is the land of the sane and bright, but this isn't true.
In fact in some German states ISP are required to use censorship filters to filter content which is showing disrespect to human dignity like infamous rotten [rotten.com] or neo nazi propaganda
Indeed taking the new decision of congress to ensure free, uncensored internet access everywhere on the world, then you'll see very soon that Germany will be besides North Korea, China, Vietman, Iran and Lybia on the list of offenders.
As would the United States, if you look at the matter objectively. Please understand that many Germans feel as strongly about neo nazi propaganda as Americans do about kiddie porn...or certain decryption tools, for that matter.
...is that the rulin states that if the owner of a web site wants to prevent deep linking, it may feel free to use technical measures to prevent it. (That could be as simple as using the referrer= tag.) It goes on to state that circumventing technical measures designed to prevent deep-linking very well may be illegal (and that they'd rule on that if and when it comes up.)
Hardly. By making an unexpected statement like this, he generates additional coverage; the slashdot coverage alone is probably worth an additional ratings point or two!
After all, aren't *you* now more likely to watch it than before--if only to find out for yourself what all the fuss was about? I know I am.
...makes no sense. If the proponents of this law believe - as they apparently do - that virtual violence causes real violence, why on earth would they stop at protecting law enforcement officers therefrom? In my day, it was women and children that we sought to protect from violence: In fact, I thought that's what we invented police for to begin with!
Not to mention space aliens: imagine the war that might get started one day, if the first emissary of the Galactic Federation to land on Earth gets his head blown off in an FPS-inspired, xenophobic killing rampage.
Yes, electrolysis is an option--however, it is significantly more economical (as well as energy-efficient) to produce hydrogen directly from natural gas (methane) rather than burning the methane to generate electricity with which to electrolyze water. Electrolysis is a good option only when you need to generate the hydrogen at the point of consumption in order to eliminate the problem of transporting it, or if you temporarily have excess electrical power from e.g. a wind turbine, solar array or of couse fusion power plant.
Well, methane doesn't burn as completely as pure hydrogen, meaning it doesn't have as much energy per litre.
Wrong! Methane is significantly denser than hydrogen, and so while it does release more energy per gram, it contains significantly less energy per liter. That is true both in liquid and gas (at any pressure) form. In addition, methane has a much higher boilng point than hydrogen.
It's not really a threat to the petroleum industry. The cost is low compared to previous renewable technology, but still sky-high compared to hydrogen produced from natural gas. IMO, the petroleum industry is likely to fund further deveopment of this technology, as it (especially BP) has done with other green energy technology. The image gain from such actions is substantial, and biomass isn't going to replace a meaningful portion of our fossil fuel consumption anytime soon anyway.
Another option would be to restrict the screener to a booth so no passing peepers can see the image, said Randal Null, the agency's chief technology officer.
However, putting the screener in the privacy of a fully enclosed booth entails the risk of having him sit around masturbating all day instead of watching for guns and bombs.
Hmm...my guess is that $8-$12 is just the process input, and doesn't include the cost of running the plant or depreciation of construction costs. Read what the online article linked from the slashdot story says under the subheading _Issue of Economics_.
Not sure what article you read, but according to the one at http://www.springfieldnews-leader.com/projects/ste wardship/turkey120402.html, the first commercial-scale plant (which is still under construction) is not expected to break even, even though an EPA grant paid a good part of the construction cost.
if we looked at methane digesters for manure of all marge animal farms, this sort of project, etc. it would reduce our petrolium consumption and allow us to leave a smaller ecological footprint
Yes, but we'd need higher fossil fuel prices in order for that to be economical. I've often contemplated all the neat technologies that would be commericalized if we saw sustained crude oil prices above $50. In the long run, that would be a very good thing for everyone.
While your numbers may hold true for the average, it obviously takes less money for the likes of William Shatner or David Hasselhoff to produce an album than U2.
... and standard deviation was born.
So who are you saying is The Standard Deviant - Shatner or Hasselhoff?
The median cost of production (studio time plus cutting and mastering) should be somewhere between $10k and $20k. Marketing and promotion is where most of the money goes. Sad, but true - an album doesn't have to be good to sell well.
why talk about fossil fuels, and not Uranium or solar/hydro/wind power?
While I agree kWh (not kW/h!!) would have been better, stating energy use in terms of fossile fuel is valid, because nuclear and renewable power sources always run at capacity so incremental power is always produced from fossile sources. IOW, if this energy weren't used for this purpose, less fossile fuel would be burned while the other sources run at capacity in any case.
I mean, I hear from environmentalist types that every glass of water you drink takes 2 glasses to wash and another 2 to rinse it. But, the water doesnt dissappear or become unusable. It makes its way back into the system.
Available supply of clean water has long been a major factor in siting new chip plants. Sewage cannot be converted back to clean (potable) water at anywhere near the price we currently pay for municipal water. Clean water used for industrial processes becomes unavailable for other purposes, such as irrigation and municipal water supply. Clean water is a limited resource, even more so than fossil fuel.
I wonder why they even list nitrogen separately as a material, instead of just adding the energy used to separate it out of air. After all, when "used" it goes back into the same air it campe from.
...did Intel come up with that name in response to AMD's Hypertransport bus architecture, or did they independently decide that the Xeon needed something hyper?
Since the vehicle is controlled exclusively by electronic signals, you'll be able to mount a video camera and hire a remote driver somewhere in Southeast Asia.
the company monitors Napster/OpenNap, Aimster, Swapnut, Gnutella (Bearshare, Limewire & others), AudioGalaxy, Hotline, iMesh, KaZaA, Morpheus/MusicCity, Grokster, Xolox, FTP Sites and IRC.
Note the absence of eDonkey/eMule and overnet, which AFAIK are the first places most people look for downloadable movies. I wonder whether it's because Mediaforce just doesn't know any better, or because these protocols make it more difficult to identify who is sharing what (they are not anonymous like Freenet.)
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You might now think that Germany is the land of the sane and bright, but this isn't true.
In fact in some German states ISP are required to use censorship filters to filter content which is showing disrespect to human dignity like infamous rotten [rotten.com] or neo nazi propaganda
Indeed taking the new decision of congress to ensure free, uncensored internet access everywhere on the world, then you'll see very soon that Germany will be besides North Korea, China, Vietman, Iran and Lybia on the list of offenders.
As would the United States, if you look at the matter objectively. Please understand that many Germans feel as strongly about neo nazi propaganda as Americans do about kiddie porn...or certain decryption tools, for that matter.
...is that the rulin states that if the owner of a web site wants to prevent deep linking, it may feel free to use technical measures to prevent it. (That could be as simple as using the referrer= tag.) It goes on to state that circumventing technical measures designed to prevent deep-linking very well may be illegal (and that they'd rule on that if and when it comes up.)
The only language stores understand today is "I'm going to sue your ass!"
Nah, the time-honored "I'll be taking my business elsewhere!" still comes acrosss just fine.
He's going to be sued for this.
Hardly. By making an unexpected statement like this, he generates additional coverage; the slashdot coverage alone is probably worth an additional ratings point or two!
After all, aren't *you* now more likely to watch it than before--if only to find out for yourself what all the fuss was about? I know I am.
...makes no sense. If the proponents of this law believe - as they apparently do - that virtual violence causes real violence, why on earth would they stop at protecting law enforcement officers therefrom? In my day, it was women and children that we sought to protect from violence: In fact, I thought that's what we invented police for to begin with!
Not to mention space aliens: imagine the war that might get started one day, if the first emissary of the Galactic Federation to land on Earth gets his head blown off in an FPS-inspired, xenophobic killing rampage.
See for example Switzerland's first vote via the Internet passed successfully
and
American expats will be able to vote in the 2004 US election over the Internet following the launch of a new experiment.
Yes, electrolysis is an option--however, it is significantly more economical (as well as energy-efficient) to produce hydrogen directly from natural gas (methane) rather than burning the methane to generate electricity with which to electrolyze water. Electrolysis is a good option only when you need to generate the hydrogen at the point of consumption in order to eliminate the problem of transporting it, or if you temporarily have excess electrical power from e.g. a wind turbine, solar array or of couse fusion power plant.
Sorry, typo--I meant: while hydrogen does release more energy per gram, it contains significantly less energy per liter.
Well, methane doesn't burn as completely as pure hydrogen, meaning it doesn't have as much energy per litre.
Wrong! Methane is significantly denser than hydrogen, and so while it does release more energy per gram, it contains significantly less energy per liter. That is true both in liquid and gas (at any pressure) form. In addition, methane has a much higher boilng point than hydrogen.
It's not really a threat to the petroleum industry. The cost is low compared to previous renewable technology, but still sky-high compared to hydrogen produced from natural gas. IMO, the petroleum industry is likely to fund further deveopment of this technology, as it (especially BP) has done with other green energy technology. The image gain from such actions is substantial, and biomass isn't going to replace a meaningful portion of our fossil fuel consumption anytime soon anyway.
Another option would be to restrict the screener to a booth so no passing peepers can see the image, said Randal Null, the agency's chief technology officer. However, putting the screener in the privacy of a fully enclosed booth entails the risk of having him sit around masturbating all day instead of watching for guns and bombs.
Hmm...my guess is that $8-$12 is just the process input, and doesn't include the cost of running the plant or depreciation of construction costs. Read what the online article linked from the slashdot story says under the subheading _Issue of Economics_.
Not sure what article you read, but according to the one at http://www.springfieldnews-leader.com/projects/ste wardship/turkey120402.html, the first commercial-scale plant (which is still under construction) is not expected to break even, even though an EPA grant paid a good part of the construction cost.
if we looked at methane digesters for manure of all marge animal farms, this sort of project, etc. it would reduce our petrolium consumption and allow us to leave a smaller ecological footprint
Yes, but we'd need higher fossil fuel prices in order for that to be economical. I've often contemplated all the neat technologies that would be commericalized if we saw sustained crude oil prices above $50. In the long run, that would be a very good thing for everyone.
While your numbers may hold true for the average, it obviously takes less money for the likes of William Shatner or David Hasselhoff to produce an album than U2.
... and standard deviation was born.
So who are you saying is The Standard Deviant - Shatner or Hasselhoff?
The median cost of production (studio time plus cutting and mastering) should be somewhere between $10k and $20k. Marketing and promotion is where most of the money goes. Sad, but true - an album doesn't have to be good to sell well.
why talk about fossil fuels, and not Uranium or solar/hydro/wind power?
While I agree kWh (not kW/h!!) would have been better, stating energy use in terms of fossile fuel is valid, because nuclear and renewable power sources always run at capacity so incremental power is always produced from fossile sources. IOW, if this energy weren't used for this purpose, less fossile fuel would be burned while the other sources run at capacity in any case.
I mean, I hear from environmentalist types that every glass of water you drink takes 2 glasses to wash and another 2 to rinse it. But, the water doesnt dissappear or become unusable. It makes its way back into the system.
Available supply of clean water has long been a major factor in siting new chip plants. Sewage cannot be converted back to clean (potable) water at anywhere near the price we currently pay for municipal water. Clean water used for industrial processes becomes unavailable for other purposes, such as irrigation and municipal water supply. Clean water is a limited resource, even more so than fossil fuel.
I wonder why they even list nitrogen separately as a material, instead of just adding the energy used to separate it out of air. After all, when "used" it goes back into the same air it campe from.
It sure sounds more like the kind of weapon the RIAA would be developing to finally even the odds in their war against P2P nets.
A English lesson in a sig? Gee, our education system must be in even worse shape than I thought.
The combination of the Fab and the Dresden Design Center (DDC) was said to require a $2.3 million investment, with close to $2M already spent
Those figures should be billions (G$), not millions.
...did Intel come up with that name in response to AMD's Hypertransport bus architecture, or did they independently decide that the Xeon needed something hyper?
Since the vehicle is controlled exclusively by electronic signals, you'll be able to mount a video camera and hire a remote driver somewhere in Southeast Asia.
the company monitors Napster/OpenNap, Aimster, Swapnut, Gnutella (Bearshare, Limewire & others), AudioGalaxy, Hotline, iMesh, KaZaA, Morpheus/MusicCity, Grokster, Xolox, FTP Sites and IRC.
Note the absence of eDonkey/eMule and overnet, which AFAIK are the first places most people look for downloadable movies. I wonder whether it's because Mediaforce just doesn't know any better, or because these protocols make it more difficult to identify who is sharing what (they are not anonymous like Freenet.)
...it was three elections ago. I hate it when people only count (and vote in) presidential elections, as though the other ones didn't matter!