In Denmark we have what is called a Robinson list. The list is made by a centralized government entity, and anyone can be added to the list without cost. All telemarketing firms have to download the list every three months and they are obliged by law not to call anyone from the list. Since I joined the list 3-4 years ago, I have only had one telemarketing call which apologized dearly when they saw their mistake.
However, this might not scale well from a nation of 5 million people to the 300 million of the US;-)
I just can't believe that not only do I have to deal with the Great Firewall of China, but also pay through the nose to use it!
As far as I remember, it is a specific requirement from IOC that the journalists have full access to the entire internet, so probably the connections go past the firewall. That said, it is still ridiculously expensive;-)
The possiblity of failure can be reduced, but never completely removed. It's a simple matter of probabilities. E.g. a certain component fails on any day with probability p, if we add n redunndant fail-overs, the total system will fail with probability 1-p^n, an equation which will never be one, but it can get close.
I believe that the expensive part about all this, is getting anchored securely to the floor. Doesn't the wind shift directions every dawn/dusk?
Can you even run a wind turbine in 'reverse'?
I can't imagine that they're going to build wind turbines that can rotate into the wind.
A vertical axis wind turbine wouldn't have that problem.
Horizontal axis wind turbines turn to face the wind using servo motors. If the wind is too powerful, the mill is turned perpendicular to the wind.
Admitted, I don't know much about alternative energy, but I do know that wave- and tidal-power is still on the experimental state. I think the primary problem with wave energy is the tremendous strain which is placed on the structure over extended periods of time.
Meanwhile Vestas, the turbine supplier for this project, has been producing wind turbines which has been used in practice since '79. I.e. wind energy is tried and tested technology which supplies my country (Denmark) with 19% of the total power consumed.
An article in a mainstream Danish newspaper says that the case is going to court, other ISP's are actually chipping in to fund Tele2's suit against the imposed restriction.
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In Denmark we have what is called a Robinson list. The list is made by a centralized government entity, and anyone can be added to the list without cost. All telemarketing firms have to download the list every three months and they are obliged by law not to call anyone from the list. Since I joined the list 3-4 years ago, I have only had one telemarketing call which apologized dearly when they saw their mistake. However, this might not scale well from a nation of 5 million people to the 300 million of the US ;-)
I just can't believe that not only do I have to deal with the Great Firewall of China, but also pay through the nose to use it!
As far as I remember, it is a specific requirement from IOC that the journalists have full access to the entire internet, so probably the connections go past the firewall. That said, it is still ridiculously expensive ;-)
The possiblity of failure can be reduced, but never completely removed. It's a simple matter of probabilities. E.g. a certain component fails on any day with probability p, if we add n redunndant fail-overs, the total system will fail with probability 1-p^n, an equation which will never be one, but it can get close.
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But who am I to complain, it worked on me ;-)
I can't imagine that they're going to build wind turbines that can rotate into the wind. A vertical axis wind turbine wouldn't have that problem.
Horizontal axis wind turbines turn to face the wind using servo motors. If the wind is too powerful, the mill is turned perpendicular to the wind.Admitted, I don't know much about alternative energy, but I do know that wave- and tidal-power is still on the experimental state. I think the primary problem with wave energy is the tremendous strain which is placed on the structure over extended periods of time. Meanwhile Vestas, the turbine supplier for this project, has been producing wind turbines which has been used in practice since '79. I.e. wind energy is tried and tested technology which supplies my country (Denmark) with 19% of the total power consumed.
An article in a mainstream Danish newspaper says that the case is going to court, other ISP's are actually chipping in to fund Tele2's suit against the imposed restriction.