Recycling aluminum requires 95 percent less energy than producing aluminum from bauxite ore. Making paper from recycled stock requires 64 percent less energy than using wood pulp. Containers made from recycled plastic save up to 60 percent of the energy required to make the same product from virgin material. Recycled ferrous scrap consumes 75 percent less energy than new ore. Virtually every material recycled uses less energy than using virgin materials. How much energy is this? Using and discarding just two aluminum cans in one day uses more energy than is used daily by each of a billion people in less developed countries. The average saving, however, does not include added energy costs of collection and transportation. "
I'd post a comment on how the transit routes sound cool, but my AT&T contract expressly forbids me from making a positive comment regarding any iPhone competitors.
Yeah. Visual voicemail is great for quick mass deletes. "Hey honey, there are five messages from you. I'm deleting them all, let me know if you said anything important"
1) I remember my parents' number because it was mine for 17 years or so, and my wife's because she made me remember it. I don't dial either of those numbers anymore.
2) Don't most phones support clicking on the number in mobile maps or is it just iPhone? Sorry, couldn't resist:)
I've got a BMI over 25 and 35 inch waist, but I ride 60 miles at least once a week, can run a sub 20 minute 5k, have a resting heart rate in the 50s, low blood pressure and cholesterol. No doctor in America would say I'm unhealthy, but according to BMI I'm borderline obese, and according to waist measurement I'd be costing my Japanese employer a fortune.
As a dev lead, I would be ashamed to have to tell management that we have to remove a feature because we aren't competent enough to support it. Obviously any feature deserves a cost benefit analysis, and if cost trumps benefit then it's gone; otherwise that's just embarrassing.
My biggest problem with this is that if you give them unfettered access to your database, everything in it becomes an interface you need to support. If they build applications around that data, you can't even change a column name without (potentially) breaking their application. If you give them access to a small subset of tables, there is a smaller interface you need to support.
This is actually my favorite reason for using stored procedures (yes, above performance and security). It's a clear interface definition. Don't break the procedures and you're fine. If there is ad hoc sql running against your database, your interface is basically infinite.
Agreed. The reason the eee became such an instant cult classic was largely its price. At $299, it was a fun toy to pick up in addition to your main pc, or as a cheap laptop you can throw at your kids. Now, it's one of many in the $500 price range (See dell/hp/other).
If you buy something online from a shop you've never dealt with before, go to resellerratings.com and see how it is rated. Otherwise you are buying a watch from a guy on the street. And giving him $500 cash and waiting for him to go "around the corner" to get the watch for you.
It's sad that gp was modded as insightful for such a petty dig. DotNet is one of the best platforms available, is a massive improvement over vb6/com, has a very good support network and good to great tools available. Yet calling it sad is insightful. Soviet Russia Overlord supports Beowulf cluster window$ sucks mindless groupthink.
You said: "Read again. He was not saying EDGE is sufficient, he was saying it was necessary."
He said: "Also, honestly, who here has an iPhone, and thinks the EDGE speeds are slow for what they use them for?"
I say: It sounds Exactly like he is saying it's sufficient. In fact, I can't think of a better word than sufficient to paraphrase his comments. He had some great points about why edge was used. I didn't argue with any of those points. He explicitly asked if anyone thought EDGE was slow for what they do. I replied yes.
Also, I didn't say it was the same speed as dial up, I said it gave me "flashbacks to my dial up days". When I load espn.com, nytimes.com or slashdot, it takes 20 to 40 seconds to load. I agree that the pages are heavier than they were 5 years ago, but the experience of browsing the internet using the iPhone is VERY comparable to browsing the internet back in the dial up era.
Slashdot Mirror
What be a pirates favorite letter?
No, not Arrrh.
P - It's like an R but it be missing a leg.
If you're going to make a controversial statement like the energy cost of recycling is higher than disposing, please back it up with references.
Here's something I found about the energy benefits of recycling. From http://ohioline.osu.edu/cd-fact/0108.html.
"Energy
Recycling aluminum requires 95 percent less energy than producing aluminum from bauxite ore. Making paper from recycled stock requires 64 percent less energy than using wood pulp. Containers made from recycled plastic save up to 60 percent of the energy required to make the same product from virgin material. Recycled ferrous scrap consumes 75 percent less energy than new ore. Virtually every material recycled uses less energy than using virgin materials. How much energy is this? Using and discarding just two aluminum cans in one day uses more energy than is used daily by each of a billion people in less developed countries. The average saving, however, does not include added energy costs of collection and transportation. "
Not sure how this got flagged as a troll. Wish I had modpoints left.
I didn't pay any credit cards for a year, now I have an old fashioned credit freeze.
I've always noticed that, despite their propensity for hanging around roadkill on busy highways, I've never seen a dead crow on the road.
Since you are on slashdot, you probably have nothing to worry about.
http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm
In all fairness, your business was doomed when you named it "Slashdot Escorts". Male companions of the less social kind.
I'd post a comment on how the transit routes sound cool, but my AT&T contract expressly forbids me from making a positive comment regarding any iPhone competitors.
Actually, I think it's 2008 for Pwnage.
Yeah. Visual voicemail is great for quick mass deletes. "Hey honey, there are five messages from you. I'm deleting them all, let me know if you said anything important"
1) I remember my parents' number because it was mine for 17 years or so, and my wife's because she made me remember it. I don't dial either of those numbers anymore.
2) Don't most phones support clicking on the number in mobile maps or is it just iPhone? Sorry, couldn't resist :)
That's one way to end global warming.
credit to bill watterson:
Calving and Hobbes - verbing nouns
http://bp1.blogger.com/_sYWMelJX1xM/R4Tj-IMbKII/AAAAAAAAAQY/-pFxiVagBmA/s1600-h/Calvin+and+Hobbes+++verbing+ch930125.jpg
Actually, it's a hip to waist ratio that's the big indicator. Athletic people have bigger hips (muscular ass), but not necessarily a smaller waist.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9913508
I've got a BMI over 25 and 35 inch waist, but I ride 60 miles at least once a week, can run a sub 20 minute 5k, have a resting heart rate in the 50s, low blood pressure and cholesterol. No doctor in America would say I'm unhealthy, but according to BMI I'm borderline obese, and according to waist measurement I'd be costing my Japanese employer a fortune.
We're not all shaped the same Virginia.
"Few people will link to it" - except for the priceless publicity it just got through /.
As a dev lead, I would be ashamed to have to tell management that we have to remove a feature because we aren't competent enough to support it. Obviously any feature deserves a cost benefit analysis, and if cost trumps benefit then it's gone; otherwise that's just embarrassing.
You obviously don't have my internet connection. I was hoping they'd do this on the fall daylight savings time day so I'd have an extra hour.
re: A pizza of radius z and thickness a has a volume of pi z z a
Assuming a thickness of exactly 1 of whatever measurement you are using.
My biggest problem with this is that if you give them unfettered access to your database, everything in it becomes an interface you need to support. If they build applications around that data, you can't even change a column name without (potentially) breaking their application. If you give them access to a small subset of tables, there is a smaller interface you need to support.
This is actually my favorite reason for using stored procedures (yes, above performance and security). It's a clear interface definition. Don't break the procedures and you're fine. If there is ad hoc sql running against your database, your interface is basically infinite.
I believe the sentence was poorly written and the last clause is a dangling participle, but I got into engineering because I failed English.
(sorry to interrupt the flame war)
Agreed. The reason the eee became such an instant cult classic was largely its price. At $299, it was a fun toy to pick up in addition to your main pc, or as a cheap laptop you can throw at your kids. Now, it's one of many in the $500 price range (See dell/hp/other).
If you buy something online from a shop you've never dealt with before, go to resellerratings.com and see how it is rated. Otherwise you are buying a watch from a guy on the street. And giving him $500 cash and waiting for him to go "around the corner" to get the watch for you.
It's sad that gp was modded as insightful for such a petty dig. DotNet is one of the best platforms available, is a massive improvement over vb6/com, has a very good support network and good to great tools available. Yet calling it sad is insightful. Soviet Russia Overlord supports Beowulf cluster window$ sucks mindless groupthink.
You said: "Read again. He was not saying EDGE is sufficient, he was saying it was necessary." He said: "Also, honestly, who here has an iPhone, and thinks the EDGE speeds are slow for what they use them for?" I say: It sounds Exactly like he is saying it's sufficient. In fact, I can't think of a better word than sufficient to paraphrase his comments. He had some great points about why edge was used. I didn't argue with any of those points. He explicitly asked if anyone thought EDGE was slow for what they do. I replied yes. Also, I didn't say it was the same speed as dial up, I said it gave me "flashbacks to my dial up days". When I load espn.com, nytimes.com or slashdot, it takes 20 to 40 seconds to load. I agree that the pages are heavier than they were 5 years ago, but the experience of browsing the internet using the iPhone is VERY comparable to browsing the internet back in the dial up era.