Light pollution is just one of the by-products of industrialization. Fifteen-hundred years ago the air was a lot cleaner, hence more transparent which means more starlight/moonlight reaches the surface at night, than it is today -less soot, smoke, dirt, suspended aerosols, smog- so much so it is estimated, that the light from the stars alone would have enough to read a newspaper by -had newspapers existed then. If we want to see the sky as Galileo saw it, we're going to need more than just turning off the lights to do so.
The article states that LCD TVs use more electricity then 'conventional' tube TVs. That's absolute crap. A few years back my old Sony 27" XBR went tits-up. Its power consumption was approx. 550 watts depending on screen brightness. Knowing that LCD and plasma sets where the 'wave of the future' -yet not wanting to be an early adopter- I decided to buy a cheap 27" Phillips CRT-based TV which has a power consumption of 275 watts at full screen brightness -since I don't run it that high it's actually averages about 225 watts. New LCD TVs have power ratings in the 215 to 275 watt range depending on the screen size -the CCFL is the big power user I guess. Plasma sets are considerably higher, closer to the range of the XBR. So what kind of savings in energy do these laws hope to legislate? Ten percent? Twenty Percent? There has to be some minimum power usage for LCD TVs even if they were to go to OLED by the time frame stated -which probably won't happen- so given the dollar savings figure cited, they seem to think that they can get a fifty-percent savings -or more- through legislation. I just don't see that happening.
you backup and archive the site on a daily (hourly) basis and continue to post articles. Why shutdown the whole thing? This makes no sense. Maybe they're taking some cues from \.-sister site, Linux.com.
Never really was a "major technical programmers' magazine". It was simply a rag filled with useless advertisements and a forum for John C. Dvorak to spout his nonsense. I stopped reading it ten years ago when it became irrelevant.
With the 'huge' gains in Mac market share in the last view years anti-virus companies are looking to a new market to grow their brands into. What better way than for some blogger and Mac noob like Brian Krebs -owner of his first Mac for three weeks- to slip them a bone by getting the other Mac noobs and recent Windows converts into a lather over some less than spectacular information. Granted, most Unixes and Unix-like OSes have a great deal more security 'out-of-the-box' than the other 'leading brand', to run anti-virus software is just being a good citizen, especially on a corporate network. Anyway, at least the wags over at ElReg apologized and they included a cute little bit of parody in their apology, Mr. Krebs and the other wonks haven't.
for the coolant metal is Mercury -a very dangerous material- because Bromine would be a far worse choice. So what does a company that produces a product that uses a highly toxic material do to limit its liability when some dumbass decides to 'mod' the LMC?
1. Know anyone that was hit by a bus?
2. Know anyone that was hit by a train?
3. Know anyone that was hit by a car?
4. Know anyone that was hit by lightning?
The odds are greater that he is six degrees of separation from Saddam Hussein than any of the above.
That still does not justify what he has done. Granted he is very dedicated and detail oriented, like most of us.
However, from the standpoint of personal responsibility -and integrity- he should have provided a means to allow some trusted individual the means to access these systems -or to provide the means- in the event that he might have been vaporised in a NEO asteroid impact.
Obviously, there is some other dynamic that controls what is occurring in this instance. More than likely there is one or more PHBs that have absolutely no clue as to what this guy does everyday and have elected to *choose a method* that would eliminate or reduce his position. What should be done is to eliminate the PHBs who have no clue and move this guy into management with a team that he can direct.
This matters, how, to the problems that we face at this moment in human history?
Seriously. To what end does this matter in relationship to the problems that the human race faces, today?
Anyone? Bueller?
Why is it that people seem to seek the most complex answer for these type of things? It's the wood. It's the varnish. It's the 'Little Ice Age'. Why not Stradivarius was the best violin craftsmen? Ever. Like other artists before him, he had a unique understanding of how to make this particular instrument and polished his abilities to perfection, the results of which the musicians and listeners still enjoy hundreds of years later.
Homer: I'm a white male, age 18 to 49. Everyone listens to me -- no matter how dumb my suggestions are.(Pulls out a "nuts and gum" mixture, starts chomping.)
"Seth Lesser, lead lawyer for the plaintiffs said that he is "disappointed" by the outcome, and doesn't understand why so many people don't care."
It is, after all, just a video game.
Against Mario Andretti, Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda, The Unser brothers, Dale Earnhardt, Cale Yarborough, Donnie Allison, Phil Hiil, Graham Hill, Tazio Nuvolari and all the other great names from racing's past. The current crop of drivers in motor racing are just so homogenized and boring.
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Light pollution is just one of the by-products of industrialization. Fifteen-hundred years ago the air was a lot cleaner, hence more transparent which means more starlight/moonlight reaches the surface at night, than it is today -less soot, smoke, dirt, suspended aerosols, smog- so much so it is estimated, that the light from the stars alone would have enough to read a newspaper by -had newspapers existed then. If we want to see the sky as Galileo saw it, we're going to need more than just turning off the lights to do so.
The article states that LCD TVs use more electricity then 'conventional' tube TVs. That's absolute crap. A few years back my old Sony 27" XBR went tits-up. Its power consumption was approx. 550 watts depending on screen brightness. Knowing that LCD and plasma sets where the 'wave of the future' -yet not wanting to be an early adopter- I decided to buy a cheap 27" Phillips CRT-based TV which has a power consumption of 275 watts at full screen brightness -since I don't run it that high it's actually averages about 225 watts. New LCD TVs have power ratings in the 215 to 275 watt range depending on the screen size -the CCFL is the big power user I guess. Plasma sets are considerably higher, closer to the range of the XBR. So what kind of savings in energy do these laws hope to legislate? Ten percent? Twenty Percent? There has to be some minimum power usage for LCD TVs even if they were to go to OLED by the time frame stated -which probably won't happen- so given the dollar savings figure cited, they seem to think that they can get a fifty-percent savings -or more- through legislation. I just don't see that happening.
you backup and archive the site on a daily (hourly) basis and continue to post articles. Why shutdown the whole thing? This makes no sense. Maybe they're taking some cues from \.-sister site, Linux.com.
Never really was a "major technical programmers' magazine". It was simply a rag filled with useless advertisements and a forum for John C. Dvorak to spout his nonsense. I stopped reading it ten years ago when it became irrelevant.
This has no effect on me.
welcome the ability to compile and run ancient PDP-11 binaries on my shiny new Mac..."values of B will give rise to dom!"
With the 'huge' gains in Mac market share in the last view years anti-virus companies are looking to a new market to grow their brands into. What better way than for some blogger and Mac noob like Brian Krebs -owner of his first Mac for three weeks- to slip them a bone by getting the other Mac noobs and recent Windows converts into a lather over some less than spectacular information. Granted, most Unixes and Unix-like OSes have a great deal more security 'out-of-the-box' than the other 'leading brand', to run anti-virus software is just being a good citizen, especially on a corporate network. Anyway, at least the wags over at ElReg apologized and they included a cute little bit of parody in their apology, Mr. Krebs and the other wonks haven't.
for the coolant metal is Mercury -a very dangerous material- because Bromine would be a far worse choice. So what does a company that produces a product that uses a highly toxic material do to limit its liability when some dumbass decides to 'mod' the LMC?
1. Know anyone that was hit by a bus?
2. Know anyone that was hit by a train?
3. Know anyone that was hit by a car?
4. Know anyone that was hit by lightning?
The odds are greater that he is six degrees of separation from Saddam Hussein than any of the above.
That still does not justify what he has done. Granted he is very dedicated and detail oriented, like most of us.
However, from the standpoint of personal responsibility -and integrity- he should have provided a means to allow some trusted individual the means to access these systems -or to provide the means- in the event that he might have been vaporised in a NEO asteroid impact.
Obviously, there is some other dynamic that controls what is occurring in this instance. More than likely there is one or more PHBs that have absolutely no clue as to what this guy does everyday and have elected to *choose a method* that would eliminate or reduce his position. What should be done is to eliminate the PHBs who have no clue and move this guy into management with a team that he can direct.
That's 'Asperger's' asshat.
"Besides, it's summer here now..."
Summer? Canada? Really?
This matters, how, to the problems that we face at this moment in human history?
Seriously. To what end does this matter in relationship to the problems that the human race faces, today?
Anyone? Bueller?
From angry /. posts
Asimov
Clarke
Elison
Niven
Why is it that people seem to seek the most complex answer for these type of things? It's the wood. It's the varnish. It's the 'Little Ice Age'. Why not Stradivarius was the best violin craftsmen? Ever. Like other artists before him, he had a unique understanding of how to make this particular instrument and polished his abilities to perfection, the results of which the musicians and listeners still enjoy hundreds of years later.
Homer: I'm a white male, age 18 to 49. Everyone listens to me -- no matter how dumb my suggestions are.(Pulls out a "nuts and gum" mixture, starts chomping.)
That the UK government had a ban on manned spaceflight. Does this only apply to UK government funded projects or to private ventures as well? Anyone?
Apple has been charging customers exorbitant fees for upgrades at time-of-sale since they started selling computers.
Their is nothing 'new' here.
"Some of my favorites when I was a kid were Short Circut and Runaway."
When you had so many others to choose from...
C. Montgomery Burns; "Damn their oily hides!"
1. Advertise unlimited Internet.
2. Throttle customer bandwidth.
3. ?
4. Profit!
Business for the 21st Century 101.
"Seth Lesser, lead lawyer for the plaintiffs said that he is "disappointed" by the outcome, and doesn't understand why so many people don't care."
It is, after all, just a video game.
Take off, eh.
Against Mario Andretti, Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda, The Unser brothers, Dale Earnhardt, Cale Yarborough, Donnie Allison, Phil Hiil, Graham Hill, Tazio Nuvolari and all the other great names from racing's past. The current crop of drivers in motor racing are just so homogenized and boring.
What strategy?
1. Make glitzy 'must have' consumer gadget.
2. Lock everyone into your distribution network.
3. Profit.
Business as usual.