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  1. Re:It's not dead. on Windows 8 Even Less Popular Than Vista · · Score: 1

    lets see they took windows 7 have it a bad ui nobody wants or likes then try to lock down your hardware with secure boot. no thanks.

  2. Re:For me, the iPad killed the netbook on Does 2012 Mark the End of the Netbook? · · Score: 1

    well amd got around that bs with there apu net-books by just tossing windows home on it. and still kept them in the 250$-300$ range.

  3. Re:No Vision on Does 2012 Mark the End of the Netbook? · · Score: 1

    your correct Microsoft told them to shove it when they first came out then came back in telling them how to build them like they have any frigging say manly due to the linux machines selling like crazy. but they did start making more powerful net-books like my acer 722 it has a amd c60 apu with a ati 6290 and still gets 7hrs battery time. smokes any atom offering. can handle most light games fine being it has dedicated vram and dx11 support. nivida tried to get them in games as will with the ion series gpu for atom but due to push back from intel to keep using there super crap gma and ion not getting any better then there first gen it just stalled out. so netbooks did try to become better wile still being low power but then the tablet boom came along killing sales.

  4. Re:I have no problem with UEFI as long as.... on Free Software Foundation Campaigning To Stop UEFI SecureBoot · · Score: 1

    thats supposed to be the rule with uefi is there has to be some sort of disable so Microsoft responds to that if you do disable it windows 8 does not run.

  5. Re:My Solution on Pirate Radio Station In Florida Jams Automotive Electronics · · Score: 1

    your telling me i had a auto lot at one time. i had them brake glass on unlocked cars and steal stock shitty radios and one of them didn't even work. and they stole plastic Walmart spinner off a Bonneville i had there. so to fix that i just removed the stock radios off any new cars i got tagged them and put them back when the buyer would pick up the car.

  6. Re:Reasonable network management? on ISP Data Caps Just a 'Cash Cow' · · Score: 1

    bandwidth caps are bs and i do not ever go to any isp with them.

  7. Re:Netflix on ISP Data Caps Just a 'Cash Cow' · · Score: 1

    netflicks has been trying to make to so there data does not count on caps but that's a uphill battle.

  8. Re:Bullshit-o-meter on Facebook Ordered To End Its Real Name Policy In Germany · · Score: 3, Insightful

    the real answer is Any accounts set up under fake names will be removed from the site when discovered in order to keep the ad money roiling in.

  9. Re:typical on Facebook Ordered To End Its Real Name Policy In Germany · · Score: 1

    if its such a wast of time and money then why are you going to wast more time and money fighting it,

  10. Re:PV panel won't survive storm on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 1

    unless a tree falls on them they can handle hurricanes.

  11. Re:Totally missing several points. on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 1

    you can add backup power to a grid-tie system using dc-ac converter and a battery bank. so when the grid goes down your panels start charging the bank and the power switches to a off grid system.

  12. Re:Totally missing several points. on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 1

    i really have no clue what your talking bought. hertz variation only effects sentive stuff. and back feed killing a linemen that's what a auto or manual switch is for to disconnect you from the grid. i don't think a lineman has even been killed by a solar array back feeding more rednecks with generators doing illagle connections to there house.

  13. Re:I love Slashdot commentators on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 1

    that's like saying cars that get better mpg lower gas prices. we all know it does not even if the demand goes down they will just raise prices to make up for the lost demand.

  14. Re:I love Slashdot commentators on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 1

    i have a kit on my rv and it is cool and can run most things. but every 2 or 3 years the battery's junk out and need replacing and that's 89$ a battery i use cheap ones but even if you got a expensive one it would be dead in 5 years and cost twice as much. so when you get into large scale systems that's going to run thousands of dollers every few years to keep working how many working class people living check to check in a failing economy is going to have the time or money to do it.

  15. Re:Best solar panels per dollar on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 1

    panels are not the issue they last 25+ years. the means to store the generated power is the expense.

  16. Re:A practical hyrbird approach on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 1

    the flaw in this is not the install cost don't you think people would have done this 40 years ago. the battery's are the big cost and do not have a long shelf live. solar in its self does not suck but the means to store it still does.

  17. Re:I like how the summary answers its own question on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 1

    panel cost isn't what gets you the battery's are still very expensive and well needs to be serviced or replaced in 3-5 years.

  18. Re:Solar panels are cheaper but the rest isn't on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 1

    even if it 1000w as you said it may only once for 5 minutes that entire hr but fridges have another nasty habit there surge is normally twice the power stamped on them. that means if you need a 600 watt inverter to Handel the surge start-up of a 350 watt fridge despite it only being for a few seconds.

  19. Re:Solar panels are cheaper but the rest isn't on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 1

    lol i wish they made battery's that big.the biggest i have seen is 3kw group d used in tractor trailers. i think your mistaking cranking amps for amp hrs. its volts times amp hrs = total wattage. but rember some is lost using a inverter as well as factors like outside temp battery age etc.

  20. Re:Solar panels are cheaper but the rest isn't on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 1

    that's what the switch is for. it cuts mains power at the box to your generator or solar array.

  21. Re:Can they make enough juice? on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 1

    its all on how much power you use. eg many rv owners have switched to solar because they can install enough to skip the need for a generator on nice days. but there is things a solar system has trouble with like cooling the draw of a ac unit will quickly drain your battery's. and if you went with a heat pump the same thing the draw would be to big. this may not be true for house systems i never had one myself just my rv system. but fans,tv,fridge,hot water,microwave,lp forced air heater,lighting the solar system is more then enough. if i wanna run the ac i do have to plug in or start the generator.

  22. Re:Don't forget housing and condo boards on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 1

    yes they are. i love the ones that try to tell you cant fix your own car i had a wannabe hoa where i used to live they would harass me whenever i was working on my cars trans rebuilds motor swaps etc its not like i had the parts in my yard for 3 years i had a shed and they where all sent to the scrap yard when i was done. anyways they would come over telling me i cant do that i would tell them to get the fuck off my property they would call the city they would show up look around and say they cant do anything bought it because all the cars where mine. this went on for a few years before the city quit taking there calls.

  23. Re:Don't forget housing and condo boards on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 1

    eh yes housing associations trying to force there ordnance like there law.sad part is they get away with it because most of the time if you drag it to court the judge is a member.

  24. Re:Extremely expensive on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 1

    the cheap 900 watt Chinese 2 strokes i have seen put threw utter hell for years and still run strong. but you are correct Honda and Yamaha boast there generators are so epic but they are not direct drive and there belts brake and the generator trashes its self. .

  25. Re:Extremely expensive on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 1

    your panels do have a long life your battery bank does not. and if your using them heavily even the most expensive battery will be junk in 2 or 3 years. and for load balancing needs once one dies the entire bank needs to be replaced.