There are many smaller scale solar units in the Research & Development phase right now. Some of them are solar pannels that sit on your roof, just like you said.
There are several nice things about that. First of all, in the summer, the total amount of heat entering your house is reduced because the energy is stored as potential electricity instead of heat. Secondly, it's free.
There are several downsides of course! as you would expect with any idea that sounds really good. The power is Direct Current instead of Alternating Current. There is nothing wrong with that, except that all major appliances use AC. The power isn't reliable either. Clouds = no power. And the major factor preventing major deployment is the cost. These systems use solar panels wich cost a lot!
Still, some of these are in use today. Similar systems run many electric fences on farms and ranches. Who knows, maybe we'll get these standard in homes some day. Free electricity with no transmission loss. How nice.
You have some issues you need to work out. And ease back on the foul language.
When's the last time a company went broke because they couldn't buy a large enough ip block? With PROPER CONFIGURATION, there are plenty of addresses for the time being.
As you stated, one of your complaints was about a client who wanted a VPN on his cell phone. To me, this is well beyond practical internet use. I'm not saying he can't buy a cell phone that connects to the internet, takes pictures, plays mp3s, and makes coffee. But I don't want to see an increase in maintainance charges for my IP address because the system was overhauled. Maybe it won't get more expensive. Some people think it will be cheaper in the long run. But there will surely be a large, short term cost that will be past on to someone. And I don't want it.
I don't care if they add extra address. If somebody wants his cell phone/toaster/toilet/whatever to have a dedicated IP address, then HE can pay the extra money, not the everyday joe who uses his resources responsibly.
The sad part about that two million jobs thing is that it's the entire legal basis of the suit. This is one in a string of lawsuits that are straying further from what's legal. Instead companies or class action groups just whine that they think something isn't fair. What's worse is that sometimes the courts go for it. If we keep going in this direction, there won't be laws or a constitution any longer. There will just be a judge who listens to two parties whine, until he proclaims the loudest one the winner.
I would like to see some legal basis behind this challenge. What rights does it infringe? Where does it protect these rights in the constitution? Remember that stuff? That's what court cases used to be about.
Are you totally sure we will be out of addresses? Would you bet your life on it?
I think if we gave the world 100,000 addresses, they would use 100,000. If we gave the world 1,000,000,000 they would use 1,000,000,000 if we gave... and so on. Perhaps wise use of addresses is in order. Does every cell phone need a static IP so all the teenagers can show off to their friends? I don't think so.
And who will be footing the bill for all the converting and maintainance? Will it be the United States? I don't think it's American-centric or clodlike to not want to take on a huge responsibility like that for nothing. If a bunch of countries approached the U.S. and said they would foot the bill, I think it would be much easier to change our minds.
This is not an American issue. This is a business issue. American's in general are not the one making decisions here. Most of the important decisions will be made by committees and powerful people. Those people answer to their companies and their respective shareholders. It is their perogative, and their duty to perform the best they can for those shareholders. In a sense, they are ethically bound to their shareholders to only spend money if it affects them directly. And yes, if they started to run out of IPs, they would be frantic about getting more, because then, it would be important to their company.
I don't think this is just an American thing either. I doubt greater Asia would start handing out money to the U.S. if we asked for it. That's just how a competative world works. Even if it doesn't seem all that nice.
The rest of the world doesn't need to make the switch just yet. If they make smart use of ip masquerading techniques, they can artificially add a large number of IP addresses that don't need to come from the IPv4 pool.
With multiple indirection and masquerading, the system would be much more complex. But it would serve the here-and-now need, and bide time until new standards are resolved.
Whenever I try to search for a file on my bosses computer, a little dog pops up and sniffs through the files. Whenever I try to open a word document, a little paperclip won't get out of my face. Even if I'm just sitting at the computer, a little updates box pops up at the lower right corner of the screen. These don't hog your resources if you aren't doing anything else, say operating one web browser window. But if you are doing anything processor intensive, they start to cut into your efficiency a little. Not to mention, they are annoying. You can't get work done, because the operating system is gettin gin your way.
Which gets to the worst part of Windows (any version) the Microsoft philosophy. You don't know what you want to do with your computer, so we will make it easier on you by not allowing you accesss to change any of your own stuff. And of the few things you can access, most of them will be hidden, cloaked, or in some way made very inconvenient to access. In short, we Microsoft, don't trust you with your own computer. That is the biggie for me.
"First of all, there's basically no difference between a galaxy (or a physical body) made of matter and antimatter... Actually you wouldn't be able to tell."
You may be familiar with the "right hand rule" which defines the direction of many physical interactions that are mathematically described by a cross-product. Antiparticles should behave oppositely, following an anti-right hand rule.
A favorite quote from my professor at Drake.
"If you go to shake hands with an alien and he reaches out with his left, DON'T TOUCH HIM!... He's antimatter."
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There are many smaller scale solar units in the Research & Development phase right now. Some of them are solar pannels that sit on your roof, just like you said.
There are several nice things about that. First of all, in the summer, the total amount of heat entering your house is reduced because the energy is stored as potential electricity instead of heat. Secondly, it's free.
There are several downsides of course! as you would expect with any idea that sounds really good. The power is Direct Current instead of Alternating Current. There is nothing wrong with that, except that all major appliances use AC. The power isn't reliable either. Clouds = no power. And the major factor preventing major deployment is the cost. These systems use solar panels wich cost a lot!
Still, some of these are in use today. Similar systems run many electric fences on farms and ranches. Who knows, maybe we'll get these standard in homes some day. Free electricity with no transmission loss. How nice.
Again, I don't care if he wants to use his device, but HE can pay for it. My apologies if I didn't make that clear enough in my previous post.
You have some issues you need to work out. And ease back on the foul language.
When's the last time a company went broke because they couldn't buy a large enough ip block? With PROPER CONFIGURATION, there are plenty of addresses for the time being.
As you stated, one of your complaints was about a client who wanted a VPN on his cell phone. To me, this is well beyond practical internet use. I'm not saying he can't buy a cell phone that connects to the internet, takes pictures, plays mp3s, and makes coffee. But I don't want to see an increase in maintainance charges for my IP address because the system was overhauled. Maybe it won't get more expensive. Some people think it will be cheaper in the long run. But there will surely be a large, short term cost that will be past on to someone. And I don't want it.
I don't care if they add extra address. If somebody wants his cell phone/toaster/toilet/whatever to have a dedicated IP address, then HE can pay the extra money, not the everyday joe who uses his resources responsibly.
The sad part about that two million jobs thing is that it's the entire legal basis of the suit. This is one in a string of lawsuits that are straying further from what's legal. Instead companies or class action groups just whine that they think something isn't fair. What's worse is that sometimes the courts go for it. If we keep going in this direction, there won't be laws or a constitution any longer. There will just be a judge who listens to two parties whine, until he proclaims the loudest one the winner.
I would like to see some legal basis behind this challenge. What rights does it infringe? Where does it protect these rights in the constitution? Remember that stuff? That's what court cases used to be about.
Are you totally sure we will be out of addresses? Would you bet your life on it?
... and so on. Perhaps wise use of addresses is in order. Does every cell phone need a static IP so all the teenagers can show off to their friends? I don't think so.
I think if we gave the world 100,000 addresses, they would use 100,000. If we gave the world 1,000,000,000 they would use 1,000,000,000 if we gave
And who will be footing the bill for all the converting and maintainance? Will it be the United States? I don't think it's American-centric or clodlike to not want to take on a huge responsibility like that for nothing. If a bunch of countries approached the U.S. and said they would foot the bill, I think it would be much easier to change our minds.
This is not an American issue. This is a business issue. American's in general are not the one making decisions here. Most of the important decisions will be made by committees and powerful people. Those people answer to their companies and their respective shareholders. It is their perogative, and their duty to perform the best they can for those shareholders. In a sense, they are ethically bound to their shareholders to only spend money if it affects them directly. And yes, if they started to run out of IPs, they would be frantic about getting more, because then, it would be important to their company.
I don't think this is just an American thing either. I doubt greater Asia would start handing out money to the U.S. if we asked for it. That's just how a competative world works. Even if it doesn't seem all that nice.
The rest of the world doesn't need to make the switch just yet. If they make smart use of ip masquerading techniques, they can artificially add a large number of IP addresses that don't need to come from the IPv4 pool.
With multiple indirection and masquerading, the system would be much more complex. But it would serve the here-and-now need, and bide time until new standards are resolved.
From the article: 219 years! They'd have to sue our great grand children!
I wouldn't put it past the RIAA. Imagine how much money our grandchildren will have. They can pay it all in damages to the RIAA with interest.
Maybe they will make vague SCO threats against our grandchildren telling them to pay for their grandparents licensing, or face litigation.
MS didn't do ALL the R&D. In fact, they copied the whole desktop, GUI thing from Apple the same way KDE and Gnome picked it up.
It's important to remember, MS never really invented anything. They just market stolen ideas well.
It [windows] doesn't hog your resources.
Whenever I try to search for a file on my bosses computer, a little dog pops up and sniffs through the files. Whenever I try to open a word document, a little paperclip won't get out of my face. Even if I'm just sitting at the computer, a little updates box pops up at the lower right corner of the screen. These don't hog your resources if you aren't doing anything else, say operating one web browser window. But if you are doing anything processor intensive, they start to cut into your efficiency a little. Not to mention, they are annoying. You can't get work done, because the operating system is gettin gin your way.
Which gets to the worst part of Windows (any version) the Microsoft philosophy. You don't know what you want to do with your computer, so we will make it easier on you by not allowing you accesss to change any of your own stuff. And of the few things you can access, most of them will be hidden, cloaked, or in some way made very inconvenient to access. In short, we Microsoft, don't trust you with your own computer. That is the biggie for me.
"First of all, there's basically no difference between a galaxy (or a physical body) made of matter and antimatter... Actually you wouldn't be able to tell." You may be familiar with the "right hand rule" which defines the direction of many physical interactions that are mathematically described by a cross-product. Antiparticles should behave oppositely, following an anti-right hand rule. A favorite quote from my professor at Drake. "If you go to shake hands with an alien and he reaches out with his left, DON'T TOUCH HIM! ... He's antimatter."