Indeed. The perfect piece of malware is one that you cannot detect. Unlikely as then it would do nothing, but if it was quietly collecting info (passwords, banking info, porn habits) etc, and quietly passing that info on it could be very very difficult to detect.
You're forgetting the cost of the utility. In the investment case you have a recurring monthly cost (the electric bill) that offsets the investment income. In the solar case, the whole point is that you are (hopefully, if you sized the system correctly) ending up with a $0 per month electric bill. If you include that as part of the financial analysis it comes up a bit differently, though it is still an expensive endeavor and one that takes 15-30 years to payback. There are other incentives for the solar case. My electric company will pay me $.13/ kWh of electricity produced (that is whether or not I use it) and will also run my meter back for excess production. Factor that in and installing the system results in a net cash flow immediately, and takes the payback (for my case and a 3kW system) to about 8 years.
Well said. The party left me behind before I could even vote. There's no way the inept Democratic party would be in power if conservatism still existed. There was a time that I thought the conservative view had jumped the aisle. That turns out to be embarrassingly naive. I don't understand why the Libertarians can't find a candidate who isn't a complete nut job. Ron Paul was not bad, but the rhetoric that comes from the rest of the libertarians is a stink that he could not overcome.
I wondered that too. Once the senator died, I think the door should have re-opened. Otherwise they could just have a bag of sand in the chair and an amputated finger dangling from the Keno.
I saw it as BSG meets Voyager . . . but was impressed at how quickly I liked the characters. It took me a couple of years to be interested in Atlantis, and (7of 9 aside) never really liked Voyager. I wonder how long the show will be able to keep up a story line that is not way too predictable while also keeping a strong primary line (getting back to earth) in play. I mean, the ship has a stargate, and is going to stop at planets that have stargates. Once their location relative to earth is known (with all of those gates and the ancients (admittedly ancient) ship it seems quite likely that they can figure it out sooner than later) then they are home. So perhaps the device is not set up as BSG or Voyager where the primary goal is to get home, but rather we have not been shown the primary line yet. I remain hopeful but a little wary.
Even better, when Mom gets a virus and needs to have some help, just install Linux and tell her you installed virus protection. Then she'll ask "where did my spider solitare go?". Perhaps you anticipate this and do some majik (apt-get install ), configure the gui to mostly resemble windows, etc. She may never know that she's now running Linux. Tell her after 1 year.
I don't think you've thought that through. While I won't argue that PV is green, the area for putting the PV (as you say, huge tracks of land) is not the problem. For starters, rooftops in urban centers gets you a lot of the way there (there are many other opportunities that won't add to the ecological damage from human development). In SanFran they put up a bunch of PV on tall buildings and found that on the cloudiest/foggiest of times they were still generating 70% of capacity. You are way overstating the area required for PV to meet demand. The usual reasons to say that PV can't handle the entire load are day/night and storage, which are valid. But even with the current state of the technology PV can be a very important part of the energy portfolio, along with solar thermal, geothermal, nuclear, and wind.
not quite true. radiant heat from above can be a very comfortable and effective way to heat, even with a delta T as low as 30F. Heat does not rise, it moves from warm to cold. vents are for forced air systems which behave a little differently, and are a much less efficient way to heat. with a massive floor (slab on grade) that has good perimeter insulation radiant heat from above is a very good way to heat. but you are correct that a light bulb is not the ideal radiant heater.
I keep my iPhone in my back pocket. It's not directly under me, taking my full weight, but I am partially sitting on it. So far no explosions. Also today I am wearing a black shirt. Though, I'd like to say in my defense that I don't always wear black shirts.
I have several friends who are working in the field, as psychiatrists, psychologists, and counselors, and they all say that most people who start on antidepressants will in fact never get off of them. Some won't because they will always truly need them, and some because of inertia. The medical establishment that prescribes seems not to have the ethical problem continuing to prescribe medication that could be eliminated, and the patients who could go off of them probably just never find the time (it's got to be a process, and perhaps a fairly intimidating one if the drugs have made a noticeable difference in their life).
I reccommend using flex copper that is in a gravel subgrade under the concrete. For better thermal performance you could use sand topping mix. The rc slab then sits on top of it all so there is no concern for the metal interaction. As for th resale just have a nice access panel in a wall so that it doesn't have to be an eyesore.
You piqued my interest so googling leads me to the dissapointing Fingerworks page . . . they have ceased operating as a business. Too bad as it may be that the multitouch keyboard is the next big thing . . . imagine it working as a keyboard at home, but take it on the road and it is the entire computer. No real thought into that, but an interesting concept . . .
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Indeed. The perfect piece of malware is one that you cannot detect. Unlikely as then it would do nothing, but if it was quietly collecting info (passwords, banking info, porn habits) etc, and quietly passing that info on it could be very very difficult to detect.
Unless it's on fire.
You married his mother?
Do you mean pro equality and freedom of religion? It seems your bias is showing, do you also say Pro-abortion?
You're forgetting the cost of the utility. In the investment case you have a recurring monthly cost (the electric bill) that offsets the investment income. In the solar case, the whole point is that you are (hopefully, if you sized the system correctly) ending up with a $0 per month electric bill. If you include that as part of the financial analysis it comes up a bit differently, though it is still an expensive endeavor and one that takes 15-30 years to payback. There are other incentives for the solar case. My electric company will pay me $.13/ kWh of electricity produced (that is whether or not I use it) and will also run my meter back for excess production. Factor that in and installing the system results in a net cash flow immediately, and takes the payback (for my case and a 3kW system) to about 8 years.
Playboy has to jump the shark?
Proof that both sides have people willing to believe the horseshit spin machines.
Well said. The party left me behind before I could even vote. There's no way the inept Democratic party would be in power if conservatism still existed. There was a time that I thought the conservative view had jumped the aisle. That turns out to be embarrassingly naive. I don't understand why the Libertarians can't find a candidate who isn't a complete nut job. Ron Paul was not bad, but the rhetoric that comes from the rest of the libertarians is a stink that he could not overcome.
We found a way home!!! Oh crap it didn't pan out at the last second!!!
Gilligan!
I wondered that too. Once the senator died, I think the door should have re-opened. Otherwise they could just have a bag of sand in the chair and an amputated finger dangling from the Keno.
I saw it as BSG meets Voyager . . . but was impressed at how quickly I liked the characters. It took me a couple of years to be interested in Atlantis, and (7of 9 aside) never really liked Voyager. I wonder how long the show will be able to keep up a story line that is not way too predictable while also keeping a strong primary line (getting back to earth) in play. I mean, the ship has a stargate, and is going to stop at planets that have stargates. Once their location relative to earth is known (with all of those gates and the ancients (admittedly ancient) ship it seems quite likely that they can figure it out sooner than later) then they are home. So perhaps the device is not set up as BSG or Voyager where the primary goal is to get home, but rather we have not been shown the primary line yet. I remain hopeful but a little wary.
Even better, when Mom gets a virus and needs to have some help, just install Linux and tell her you installed virus protection. Then she'll ask "where did my spider solitare go?". Perhaps you anticipate this and do some majik (apt-get install ), configure the gui to mostly resemble windows, etc. She may never know that she's now running Linux. Tell her after 1 year.
I don't think you've thought that through. While I won't argue that PV is green, the area for putting the PV (as you say, huge tracks of land) is not the problem. For starters, rooftops in urban centers gets you a lot of the way there (there are many other opportunities that won't add to the ecological damage from human development). In SanFran they put up a bunch of PV on tall buildings and found that on the cloudiest/foggiest of times they were still generating 70% of capacity. You are way overstating the area required for PV to meet demand. The usual reasons to say that PV can't handle the entire load are day/night and storage, which are valid. But even with the current state of the technology PV can be a very important part of the energy portfolio, along with solar thermal, geothermal, nuclear, and wind.
The number of puppies killed in creating it?
not quite true. radiant heat from above can be a very comfortable and effective way to heat, even with a delta T as low as 30F. Heat does not rise, it moves from warm to cold. vents are for forced air systems which behave a little differently, and are a much less efficient way to heat. with a massive floor (slab on grade) that has good perimeter insulation radiant heat from above is a very good way to heat. but you are correct that a light bulb is not the ideal radiant heater.
Agreed. The point being that this precedent is set, at least in the us, as the way it works because of revenues and despite of capability.
Victimless? Those plants are living things dood. Think of the plants. But hookers, yeah that's ok.
Dubious, as in a reasonable system you'd verify with some account details not available on the device.
I think in the case of gsm phones it's new sim, no problem.
I keep my iPhone in my back pocket. It's not directly under me, taking my full weight, but I am partially sitting on it. So far no explosions. Also today I am wearing a black shirt. Though, I'd like to say in my defense that I don't always wear black shirts.
he misspelled yrn't
I have several friends who are working in the field, as psychiatrists, psychologists, and counselors, and they all say that most people who start on antidepressants will in fact never get off of them. Some won't because they will always truly need them, and some because of inertia. The medical establishment that prescribes seems not to have the ethical problem continuing to prescribe medication that could be eliminated, and the patients who could go off of them probably just never find the time (it's got to be a process, and perhaps a fairly intimidating one if the drugs have made a noticeable difference in their life).
I reccommend using flex copper that is in a gravel subgrade under the concrete. For better thermal performance you could use sand topping mix. The rc slab then sits on top of it all so there is no concern for the metal interaction. As for th resale just have a nice access panel in a wall so that it doesn't have to be an eyesore.
Maybe Intel is thinking of some other, yet to be thought of design
huh?
You piqued my interest so googling leads me to the dissapointing Fingerworks page . . . they have ceased operating as a business. Too bad as it may be that the multitouch keyboard is the next big thing . . . imagine it working as a keyboard at home, but take it on the road and it is the entire computer. No real thought into that, but an interesting concept . . .