I'd suggest Butanol is a better gasoline/petrol replacement. It's the "B" in the A.B.E. process. It's an alcohol, but is largely compatible with gasoline in both the engine and the distribution infrastructure. It has a slightly lower energy density than gasoline, but it's pretty straightforward to manufacture from biomass. It would certainly present a less catastrophic cut-over than hydrogen.
And yes, I've ridden my Honda VT700C behind the most egregious smoke-belchers on the road. Twisting your right wrist generally clears the problem. Mercedes has some wonderful diesels in the production line. I wish Subaru would get off their collective ass and put the boxer diesel into full production, dammit. Subaru has been promising this since 2007, but I can't buy one in the States yet.
PepsiBot: Would you like to send a friend a soda?
you: No thanks.
PepsiBot: You are a bad person. Not much of a friend, are you?
you: What?
PepsiBot: FuzzyCat369@hotmail.com recently sent you a soda. You should reciprocate.
you: Oh, well, yes... I guess.
PepsiBot: Please enter FuzzyCat369@hotmail.com's real name, address and telephone number so that we may ensure delivery of the soda certificate.
And if you think your friends won't cough up your personal information in exchange for a soda or shiny trinket, I have a lovely bridge in lower New York state that I'd like to discuss with you. It's a wonderful investment opportunity!
Biofuels are also your best best for carbon sequestration. Pumping CO2 into a salt dome is asinine. The carbon sequestration pundits are really bad at math, and don't comprehend large numbers. You can only sweep so much dirt under the carpet...
Bathtub semiconductors? I've developed B&W film in my bathtub, and I've done some small scale glass etching with silkscreens and Armour Etch. Maybe this would provide an opportunity to re-task all those photo enlargers that are gathering dust in the closet.
The wife will have my head if I try to convert her new LG front-load dryer into a CVD oven.
UPS offers logistics management and order fulfillment services. They're much more than just a common-carrier. So if Amazon had contracted it's order fulfillment process through UPS, would you claim that Amazon has a business presence in Louisville, Kentucky, because UPS has a contract to accept and fulfill orders on behalf of Amazon? Given the same contractual arrangement, but with UPS's call center in Bangalore, India, would you claim Amazon has a business presence simply because UPS hubs it's shipments through Louisville, KY?
In the US, the FAA has rules for untethered balloons. If you're below certain size and material restrictions, you're good to go. Issuing a NOTAM (Notice To Airmen) is highly recommended, even if you're not required to file one. Demonstrates that you're being professional about your activities.
If you want an insightful read, follow the "it might be possible after all" link at the end of the summary, and try to comprehend the comments after the article. It's disturbing to see just how poorly Average Joe understands the concept of property ownership.
Additionally, HD monitors have killed-off the 4:3 aspect-ratio displays. I manufacture OEM equipment, and there are sooooo many situations where the 4:3 monitor was superior. I can't buy new ones now to save my life.
Flapping your arms is free, a high-end private jet can be about $50M, so a mid-range personal jet should be about $25M.
According to this list of prices, the Gulfstream G550 has a MSRP of about $46M, and a "mid-range" Cessna Citation is in the $15M-$25M range. How about that. Note, this doesn't imply that a Ford Focus should cost $25M. While the Focus is "transportation," it's lacking wings. You been hanging out with BadAnalogyGuy?
Looks like the issue is a commercial entity providing the space-shifting service. This isn't an individual setting up his own DVR and using a VPN to watch recorded shows. This case involves a company acting as a proxy for the individual, hoping that the following claim will protect them - .
Nagano Shoten said it is just renting out space to install the devices belonging to its customers, who chiefly live abroad, and is not infringing copyright.
Having not seen actual court documents, I'm inclined to think that the third-party service is the real issue. Oh, and that pesky part about the media cartels not getting a cut.
Further, Verizon (et al) were granted access to municipal right-of-way property. If they don't like government regulation, they're welcome to remove their crummy wires and arrange for individual access to privately-owned property.
You refer to yourself as a "consumer." You seem perfectly willing to choke-down whatever DRM crapola Sony ant their ilk are willing to shove at you, justified by their wafer-thin argument that "it's just good business."
Try refusing to use the term "consumer," and expect to be treated as a "customer" of a company. It'll change your outlook. You are not a wallet with legs that serves at their convenience.
My father imparted a pearl of wisdom unto me many years ago:
TheDad: You've heard the saying "One man's trash is another man's treasure," right? Me: Yeah. TheDad: How do you make the distinction? Me: I dunno. TheDad: "Treasure" is desired by someone in addition to just yourself.
See, I *was* actually paying attention in my yout.
Unfortunately, the media outlets can't wrap that up with a bow and sell it. "Video Games are teh Ev1l" might sell additional copies. Pointing out that "Jane is a bookworm, and reads to escape society," or "Bobby is addicted to model railroading" just makes people shrug and look at you funny. In high school, eons ago, before fire had been invented, I had a friend on the track team. He was effectively addicted to running. Eat, sleep, run... that pretty much described his life. Note that there wasn't a lot of time for homework or social interaction. He was a C-minus student, not because he was stupid, but because "C-minus is passing," and he optimized his behavior to run as much as possible. I can't say if he had a chemical or psych dependency... probably some of both. Today, he'd be labeled as a "pathological runner," with experts pointing out how dangerous exercise can be.
The pathological behavior is a symptom, not a root cause.
I used Rapidshare for a perfectly legitimate reason recently. I was discussing a topic in a forum that doesn't allow arbitrary file uploads. I wanted to post a schematic diagram, that I drew from scratch. The forum post contains a link to a Rapidshare upload. The upload is a zip archive containing a PDF schematic and a bunch of supporting data sheets - it wasn't just a.jpg, which is why I couldn't include it in the forum directly. This is a nice solution, as I don't have to maintain a dedicated server to support the linked information.
Thieves don't like exposure. Picking a lock requires finesse and time. It's generally the "time" element that's an issue. If kicking the door in, grabbing the purse, and leaving takes 20 seconds, that has the same exposure as picking the lock by itself.
Slashdot Mirror
I'd suggest Butanol is a better gasoline/petrol replacement. It's the "B" in the A.B.E. process. It's an alcohol, but is largely compatible with gasoline in both the engine and the distribution infrastructure. It has a slightly lower energy density than gasoline, but it's pretty straightforward to manufacture from biomass. It would certainly present a less catastrophic cut-over than hydrogen.
And yes, I've ridden my Honda VT700C behind the most egregious smoke-belchers on the road. Twisting your right wrist generally clears the problem. Mercedes has some wonderful diesels in the production line. I wish Subaru would get off their collective ass and put the boxer diesel into full production, dammit. Subaru has been promising this since 2007, but I can't buy one in the States yet.
and anything diesel. I'm pretty sure Clarkson called diesel "Satan's Fuel." (and if he didn't, he would.)
Watching every move you make ....
PepsiBot: Would you like to send a friend a soda? ... I guess.
you: No thanks.
PepsiBot: You are a bad person. Not much of a friend, are you?
you: What?
PepsiBot: FuzzyCat369@hotmail.com recently sent you a soda. You should reciprocate.
you: Oh, well, yes
PepsiBot: Please enter FuzzyCat369@hotmail.com's real name, address and telephone number so that we may ensure delivery of the soda certificate.
And if you think your friends won't cough up your personal information in exchange for a soda or shiny trinket, I have a lovely bridge in lower New York state that I'd like to discuss with you. It's a wonderful investment opportunity!
The $250 unit doesn't include a power supply either. Sheesh.
Biofuels are also your best best for carbon sequestration. Pumping CO2 into a salt dome is asinine. The carbon sequestration pundits are really bad at math, and don't comprehend large numbers. You can only sweep so much dirt under the carpet ...
Bathtub semiconductors? I've developed B&W film in my bathtub, and I've done some small scale glass etching with silkscreens and Armour Etch. Maybe this would provide an opportunity to re-task all those photo enlargers that are gathering dust in the closet.
The wife will have my head if I try to convert her new LG front-load dryer into a CVD oven.
No idea where that ratio came from. It's not true and irrelevant.
Probably came from the Starfleet Tech Manual. You know, the section that also specifies the proper matter/anti-matter intermix ratio.
UPS offers logistics management and order fulfillment services. They're much more than just a common-carrier. So if Amazon had contracted it's order fulfillment process through UPS, would you claim that Amazon has a business presence in Louisville, Kentucky, because UPS has a contract to accept and fulfill orders on behalf of Amazon? Given the same contractual arrangement, but with UPS's call center in Bangalore, India, would you claim Amazon has a business presence simply because UPS hubs it's shipments through Louisville, KY?
Not so cut-and-dried, is it?
In the US, the FAA has rules for untethered balloons. If you're below certain size and material restrictions, you're good to go. Issuing a NOTAM (Notice To Airmen) is highly recommended, even if you're not required to file one. Demonstrates that you're being professional about your activities.
Agreed. Also, consider Frank's Red Hot sauce ... goes well with damned near everything.
If you want an insightful read, follow the "it might be possible after all" link at the end of the summary, and try to comprehend the comments after the article. It's disturbing to see just how poorly Average Joe understands the concept of property ownership.
Consumer (as viewed by big business) - one who has goods or services thrust upon him.
A customer has a choice, and his patronage must be earned.
Stop calling me a "consumer." I'm a customer, and I don't appreciate being treated like a wallet with legs.
Additionally, HD monitors have killed-off the 4:3 aspect-ratio displays. I manufacture OEM equipment, and there are sooooo many situations where the 4:3 monitor was superior. I can't buy new ones now to save my life.
Aw c'mon, you're not even trying.
Flapping your arms is free, a high-end private jet can be about $50M, so a mid-range personal jet should be about $25M.
According to this list of prices, the Gulfstream G550 has a MSRP of about $46M, and a "mid-range" Cessna Citation is in the $15M-$25M range. How about that. Note, this doesn't imply that a Ford Focus should cost $25M. While the Focus is "transportation," it's lacking wings. You been hanging out with BadAnalogyGuy?
Looks like the issue is a commercial entity providing the space-shifting service. This isn't an individual setting up his own DVR and using a VPN to watch recorded shows. This case involves a company acting as a proxy for the individual, hoping that the following claim will protect them -
.
Having not seen actual court documents, I'm inclined to think that the third-party service is the real issue. Oh, and that pesky part about the media cartels not getting a cut.
Further, Verizon (et al) were granted access to municipal right-of-way property. If they don't like government regulation, they're welcome to remove their crummy wires and arrange for individual access to privately-owned property.
You refer to yourself as a "consumer." You seem perfectly willing to choke-down whatever DRM crapola Sony ant their ilk are willing to shove at you, justified by their wafer-thin argument that "it's just good business."
Try refusing to use the term "consumer," and expect to be treated as a "customer" of a company. It'll change your outlook. You are not a wallet with legs that serves at their convenience.
My apologies for the southern drawl ... "in my yoot, sir".
My father imparted a pearl of wisdom unto me many years ago:
TheDad: You've heard the saying "One man's trash is another man's treasure," right?
Me: Yeah.
TheDad: How do you make the distinction?
Me: I dunno.
TheDad: "Treasure" is desired by someone in addition to just yourself.
See, I *was* actually paying attention in my yout.
Unfortunately, the media outlets can't wrap that up with a bow and sell it. "Video Games are teh Ev1l" might sell additional copies. Pointing out that "Jane is a bookworm, and reads to escape society," or "Bobby is addicted to model railroading" just makes people shrug and look at you funny. In high school, eons ago, before fire had been invented, I had a friend on the track team. He was effectively addicted to running. Eat, sleep, run ... that pretty much described his life. Note that there wasn't a lot of time for homework or social interaction. He was a C-minus student, not because he was stupid, but because "C-minus is passing," and he optimized his behavior to run as much as possible. I can't say if he had a chemical or psych dependency ... probably some of both. Today, he'd be labeled as a "pathological runner," with experts pointing out how dangerous exercise can be.
The pathological behavior is a symptom, not a root cause.
I used Rapidshare for a perfectly legitimate reason recently. I was discussing a topic in a forum that doesn't allow arbitrary file uploads. I wanted to post a schematic diagram, that I drew from scratch. The forum post contains a link to a Rapidshare upload. The upload is a zip archive containing a PDF schematic and a bunch of supporting data sheets - it wasn't just a .jpg, which is why I couldn't include it in the forum directly. This is a nice solution, as I don't have to maintain a dedicated server to support the linked information.
Apoligies for self-replying. This demo is better.
Thieves don't like exposure. Picking a lock requires finesse and time. It's generally the "time" element that's an issue. If kicking the door in, grabbing the purse, and leaving takes 20 seconds, that has the same exposure as picking the lock by itself.