One of the big problems with mains electric power is that it can't easily be stored. This means that wind/wave/solar power all need backup fossil or nuclear capacity for when it's not windy or sunny. Batteries are bulky (look in the basement of your data center), contain nasty chemicals, are expensive and have a short life. Maybe the answer is a few more schemes like Dinorwig? This was originally conceived as a means of responding instantly to spikes in demand, but fundamentally it's a clever way of storing excess power from the grid and releasing it later. How much would it cost to hollow out a few of the Rocky Mountains?
Maybe, but plutonium (being a good old-fashioned fissionable material) does not make a thermonuclear weapon. It's just a handy trigger for the really big bang.
In this specific case the lock has not been forced, therefore no payout.
But generally you're right - the fine print makes it hard to claim, there is a time limit (how does a lock deteriorate?) and they make you pay extra for the guarantee in most territories. You also need an original receipt for the bike and lock.
I couldn't be arsed to sign up at the end of the day, especially with the UK fee, and I suspect this applies to a majority of their buyers.
Cheap padlocks are really nasty. I have an old Squire padlock key that opens something like half of them.
When I first started work I rented a flat where the gas meter took 50 pence coins, and I never had change for it. Being honest (and knowing that the meter adds up what *should* be in the coin box according to the gas used) I used to pop the occasional five pound note in there using my trusty "skeleton key". Goodness knows what the landlady thought when I left - she never emptied the box while I was there.
The NYL weighs a freakin' ton though. Mine stays at work and if I'm out in the country I make do with something light and crappy. It's also not worth dragging 5lb of dead weight around on that $1k bike, because you end up with something the weight of a $100 bike.
The figures make perfect sense if you consider NT is on SP6a, 2000 is on SP4 but XP is only on SP2. Give them time to work the bugs out etc.
Given that XP isn't just Win2K SP5 but is in fact Win2K with an awful lot of extra chrome tacked on, it was never going to be more stable to begin with.
Possibly not, but the energy requirements mean it's wasteful to replace or supplement existing power stations with wind turbines before said power stations reach the end of their natural lives. If you made the wind turbines exclusively with new hydropower capacity you might have a better case, but AFAIK the potential for hydropower is already fully exploited in developed countries (that's "fully exploited" without building huge dams and wrecking the environment in other ways). And if you use existing hydropower to make the turbines, someone else has to use fossil fuel power.
I'm sure it's been posted before, but the word is that Han and Greedo shoot *simultaneously* in the DVD release, therefore preserving Han's new caring sharing persona while still confounding fans as to how Greedo can miss from point-blank range.
Because it includes airplay. How this is any indication of popularity with The Kids, I have no idea. DJs play what they're given (except Tony Blackburn).
Didn't Count Dooku - aka Darth Tyrannus - have one of these? Probably not the fastest vehicle for escaping Yoda's army of clones, but maybe it leaves no heat signature or something;-)
In most cases, you're right. But look how long it took MS to come up with a patch for Download.Ject - there are often unpatched vulnerabilities and you can't always just stop services and close ports against these threats for fear of losing other systems.
Like, a few years ago. I also remember seeing it on TV in Britain. IIRC there were problems keeping the thing from getting clagged up, because the body tries to coat foreign objects with tissue, but IANA physician.
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One of the big problems with mains electric power is that it can't easily be stored. This means that wind/wave/solar power all need backup fossil or nuclear capacity for when it's not windy or sunny. Batteries are bulky (look in the basement of your data center), contain nasty chemicals, are expensive and have a short life. Maybe the answer is a few more schemes like Dinorwig? This was originally conceived as a means of responding instantly to spikes in demand, but fundamentally it's a clever way of storing excess power from the grid and releasing it later. How much would it cost to hollow out a few of the Rocky Mountains?
Maybe, but plutonium (being a good old-fashioned fissionable material) does not make a thermonuclear weapon. It's just a handy trigger for the really big bang.
Imagine what *else* might be on the Goatse Man's memory card. Don't look, it's not worth it.
But generally you're right - the fine print makes it hard to claim, there is a time limit (how does a lock deteriorate?) and they make you pay extra for the guarantee in most territories. You also need an original receipt for the bike and lock.
I couldn't be arsed to sign up at the end of the day, especially with the UK fee, and I suspect this applies to a majority of their buyers.
When I first started work I rented a flat where the gas meter took 50 pence coins, and I never had change for it. Being honest (and knowing that the meter adds up what *should* be in the coin box according to the gas used) I used to pop the occasional five pound note in there using my trusty "skeleton key". Goodness knows what the landlady thought when I left - she never emptied the box while I was there.
The NYL weighs a freakin' ton though. Mine stays at work and if I'm out in the country I make do with something light and crappy. It's also not worth dragging 5lb of dead weight around on that $1k bike, because you end up with something the weight of a $100 bike.
Remember kids, you don't have to KNOW anything any more. This is the age of the search engine.
Given that XP isn't just Win2K SP5 but is in fact Win2K with an awful lot of extra chrome tacked on, it was never going to be more stable to begin with.
Possibly not, but the energy requirements mean it's wasteful to replace or supplement existing power stations with wind turbines before said power stations reach the end of their natural lives. If you made the wind turbines exclusively with new hydropower capacity you might have a better case, but AFAIK the potential for hydropower is already fully exploited in developed countries (that's "fully exploited" without building huge dams and wrecking the environment in other ways). And if you use existing hydropower to make the turbines, someone else has to use fossil fuel power.
2) Wind turbines take a lot of energy to manufacture, and viewed in energy terms the payback period is quite long.
God didn't give us Enrico Fermi for nothing!
It's full of stars!
I'm sure it's been posted before, but the word is that Han and Greedo shoot *simultaneously* in the DVD release, therefore preserving Han's new caring sharing persona while still confounding fans as to how Greedo can miss from point-blank range.
Because it includes airplay. How this is any indication of popularity with The Kids, I have no idea. DJs play what they're given (except Tony Blackburn).
Film at 11.
It could increase your options if you're stranded in Amsterdam without the bus fare home.
This site makes for weirdly compelling reading. Check out the scores for Scary Movie and American Psycho...
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[ ] National Free-Range Love Day
[ ] Thanksgiving
"It makes no difference which one of us you vote
for. Either way, your planet is doomed. DOOMED!" - Kang
Didn't Count Dooku - aka Darth Tyrannus - have one of these? Probably not the fastest vehicle for escaping Yoda's army of clones, but maybe it leaves no heat signature or something ;-)
Billie Piper will be the first to get exterminated ;-)
Why don't you go metric in the US? Then all the petrolheads could drive at 88 instead of 55 ;-)
In most cases, you're right. But look how long it took MS to come up with a patch for Download.Ject - there are often unpatched vulnerabilities and you can't always just stop services and close ports against these threats for fear of losing other systems.
Jobs should post a .jpeg of the tumor on the Apple website so we can see if it's translucent blue.
Like, a few years ago. I also remember seeing it on TV in Britain. IIRC there were problems keeping the thing from getting clagged up, because the body tries to coat foreign objects with tissue, but IANA physician.
Richard Stallman as Gandalf. Linus as Frodo. Orrin Hatch as the Witch-King of Angmar and Darl McBride as Sauron. Obviously.