Electricity - from fossil fuels: 95.5% of total installed capacity (2015 est.) (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/is.html)
Not exactly the best way to "stick it to the Saudis".
My employer just prohibited the iOS outlook app and shut down the access to the exchange server. This behavior will change very soon - as many will follow. This violates any halfway decent safety protocol.
Considering that the theoretical minimal energy requirement for seawater desalination is approx. 0.75 kWh/m3 and current RO technology can be as low as 1.5 to 2 kWh/m3 (+ an other 2 kWh/m3 to pretreat the seawater) then I am really wondering how they will gain two orders of magnitude less energy? Can anybody enlighten us about that?
Paying tax as an US citizen living abroad is not fun. You are double taxed, the rules change every second year, you don't get any straight forward answer from the IRS, you HAVE TO use a tax lawyer to file taxes and you're still not sure that you did things correct. The punishments for doing something wrong are ridiculous (e.g. my friend suppose to pay a 5% fine on her German husbands bank account, as a punishment that she did not list his account in her tax form although she has access (credit card) to his account).
Even if you try to do the right thing you get treated as a potential criminal. And this for paying money to the US and not using any of the benefits you suppose to get from taxes.
As long as the IRS doesn't make it easier for their citizens abroad to get rid of their money they will see many more of these cases.
It's not new that there are huge groundwater resources in Africa. The only new thing in the article is that they mapped it in more detail then ever before. And these resources are also heavily utilized today. However, using groundwater for food production is not without great danger - the keyword here is salinification.
You can use nanofiltration or reverse osmosis for making salty waters drinkable. The difference is that RO eliminates all the salts (ions) and nanofiltration most of it. Nanofiltration less energy intensive and therefore cheaper.
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At the gas station: Hey this car looks too good. Is it really yours? I am refusing to fill the tank unless you show me your last paycheck! I do not want to be responsible for helping you to get away with a stolen car...:-) It's a sad world when Walmart clerks have to enforce copyrights....
The reason why I am not blaming it on DateBK is, because I encountered this problem with any program that uses links (e.g. Shadowplan). As soon as any program accesses a second database it takes for ever. I solved the problem for the ToDo list (purging), but for my very extensive AdressDB there is no cure.
The DateBK creator is really responsive - he reported that PalmOne released the DB structure about a month ago so that he's working on a workaround right now.
Nevertheless, I think PalmOne should get their act together and solve the painful cache error - together with a few other minor bugs. Yes, the TT5 is sweet and I really like the hardware - but in my case productivity comes first.
Unfortunately the latest OS5.4 Palms (Tungsten 5 and Treo 650) are not branded under the JustWorks(tm) trademarks. Crashes with wired error messages are very common. Substantial bugs (such as the global find function that does not work) are persistent and not resolved by PalmOne. Daily work with my new Tungsten T5 with 416 MHz XScale Processor is slower then with my 5 year old PalmV (e.g. opening up a split screen in DateBK5 takes 50 seconds - 0.5s on my old PalmV), due to the inefficient handling of the data management between flash and ram.
The flash memory has 512 byte minimal cluster size. This increased the DB sizes substantially and did not help to make the slow flash access faster...
There is a patch out there for some Treo650. The Tungsten T5 is still waiting for the second patch. The first patch improved the TT5 from unworkable to buggy! Hope there *will* be a second patch. Hope is all we can do...
Together with me there are many other ex-loyal Palm follower that are severly disappointed about the latest models and the way Palm is not dealing with it (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tungsten-t5/).
This is a cool story - do you have a source for it?
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Opera runs very decent on my 300 MHz system (yes, the OS is from the dark side). After using Firefox for a while I had the urge to get a new computer. So, spending 30 bucks for Opera is much cheaper then the 300 bucks for new hardware.
Same argument holds for Thunderbird and Eudora.
Quote from the "Conclusions":... a disc may fail due to exposure to direct sunlight in as little as a few weeks.!!!!
Ok, ok - from now on I am going to clear my messy desk at least regularly from all CDs.
This is the famouse Japanese wafer defense (SP, 310 - Chinpokomon), slightly inferior to the Chewbacca defense (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewbacca_Defense).
Good point! However, for a cooling system I do not agree that the absolut max. temperature counts. From an ecological (and econimical) point of view it is not the most efficient strategy to install a system that is only needed a few days per year (1 month is still less then 10% of the time - just imagine an industry that only is working 10% of the time). In addition the main reason for cooling is not the insulation (this also would take care of insulating against the heat), but the insane glass and steel constructions that trap the heat in the summer like in a glass house and leak energy in the winter. Yes, they might look modern and impressiv, but from an engergetical point of view (this was the main underlying topic of the post) just insane.
Look outside of your igloo and you will find many countries that can handle the hoooooot tropic climate in Toronto just fine. The mean maximum air temperature is 26.1 C (79 F; mean max. Temperature in July for the last 105 years). The mean minimum air temperature for the same month of July is 15 C (59 F). There is always a way to spend more money on stupid constructions, so that you can spend even more money in solving the problem (heat). But Canada is a rich country and they can afford it....
Why does a city at 43 degrees north latitude need cooling systems at all? How's about think first and then build intelligently - instead of build first and then cool down? This lake cooling system is a typical example for an environmental improvement of a system that sucks in the first place.
Very clever of microsoft. This helps to convince asian governements to enforce copyright laws. With 'normal' prices for software a copyright enforcement is e.g. in China about equal to a ban of XP, Office, you name it. However if there is a reasonable alternative to comply with the WTO / US request for enforced copyrights then e.g. the Chinese governement will think about this option twice. For the moment beeing: why should anybody pay $50 for a crippled version, when he can get the full thing for $1 in the CD store around the corner (China). Legally - or at least mostly legally.
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Electricity - from fossil fuels: 95.5% of total installed capacity (2015 est.) (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/is.html) Not exactly the best way to "stick it to the Saudis".
Also other logistics companies are trying to utilize this new mode of transportation: https://www.post.ch/en/about-u....
Not sure if chickens are the right thing to deliver, but Bolivia certainly does not know how to feed their population properly: https://www.wfp.org/stories/10... or http://www.unicef.org/bolivia/... I am always baffled, when pride is willing to kill people.
My employer just prohibited the iOS outlook app and shut down the access to the exchange server. This behavior will change very soon - as many will follow. This violates any halfway decent safety protocol.
Considering that the theoretical minimal energy requirement for seawater desalination is approx. 0.75 kWh/m3 and current RO technology can be as low as 1.5 to 2 kWh/m3 (+ an other 2 kWh/m3 to pretreat the seawater) then I am really wondering how they will gain two orders of magnitude less energy? Can anybody enlighten us about that?
Paying tax as an US citizen living abroad is not fun. You are double taxed, the rules change every second year, you don't get any straight forward answer from the IRS, you HAVE TO use a tax lawyer to file taxes and you're still not sure that you did things correct. The punishments for doing something wrong are ridiculous (e.g. my friend suppose to pay a 5% fine on her German husbands bank account, as a punishment that she did not list his account in her tax form although she has access (credit card) to his account). Even if you try to do the right thing you get treated as a potential criminal. And this for paying money to the US and not using any of the benefits you suppose to get from taxes. As long as the IRS doesn't make it easier for their citizens abroad to get rid of their money they will see many more of these cases.
It's not new that there are huge groundwater resources in Africa. The only new thing in the article is that they mapped it in more detail then ever before. And these resources are also heavily utilized today. However, using groundwater for food production is not without great danger - the keyword here is salinification.
You can use nanofiltration or reverse osmosis for making salty waters drinkable. The difference is that RO eliminates all the salts (ions) and nanofiltration most of it. Nanofiltration less energy intensive and therefore cheaper.
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/05/07/0144241.shtml
Any different?
[quote:] I don't get British humor and I hate Monty Python.[/quote] ... and I always thought I am the only one out there. Welcome brother....
I SOOOO want to have mod-points for /. stories ....
... men I am so tired of this bs.
At the gas station: Hey this car looks too good. Is it really yours? I am refusing to fill the tank unless you show me your last paycheck! I do not want to be responsible for helping you to get away with a stolen car... :-) It's a sad world when Walmart clerks have to enforce copyrights....
The reason why I am not blaming it on DateBK is, because I encountered this problem with any program that uses links (e.g. Shadowplan). As soon as any program accesses a second database it takes for ever. I solved the problem for the ToDo list (purging), but for my very extensive AdressDB there is no cure. The DateBK creator is really responsive - he reported that PalmOne released the DB structure about a month ago so that he's working on a workaround right now. Nevertheless, I think PalmOne should get their act together and solve the painful cache error - together with a few other minor bugs. Yes, the TT5 is sweet and I really like the hardware - but in my case productivity comes first.
Unfortunately the latest OS5.4 Palms (Tungsten 5 and Treo 650) are not branded under the JustWorks(tm) trademarks. Crashes with wired error messages are very common. Substantial bugs (such as the global find function that does not work) are persistent and not resolved by PalmOne. Daily work with my new Tungsten T5 with 416 MHz XScale Processor is slower then with my 5 year old PalmV (e.g. opening up a split screen in DateBK5 takes 50 seconds - 0.5s on my old PalmV), due to the inefficient handling of the data management between flash and ram. The flash memory has 512 byte minimal cluster size. This increased the DB sizes substantially and did not help to make the slow flash access faster... There is a patch out there for some Treo650. The Tungsten T5 is still waiting for the second patch. The first patch improved the TT5 from unworkable to buggy! Hope there *will* be a second patch. Hope is all we can do... Together with me there are many other ex-loyal Palm follower that are severly disappointed about the latest models and the way Palm is not dealing with it (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tungsten-t5/).
Thanks!
This is a cool story - do you have a source for it?
Opera runs very decent on my 300 MHz system (yes, the OS is from the dark side). After using Firefox for a while I had the urge to get a new computer. So, spending 30 bucks for Opera is much cheaper then the 300 bucks for new hardware. Same argument holds for Thunderbird and Eudora.
they try - it's called Longhorn - they are just soooo many of them...
Quote from the "Conclusions": ... a disc may fail due to exposure to direct sunlight in as little as a few weeks.!!!!
Ok, ok - from now on I am going to clear my messy desk at least regularly from all CDs.
This is the famouse Japanese wafer defense (SP, 310 - Chinpokomon), slightly inferior to the Chewbacca defense (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewbacca_Defense).
Good point!
However, for a cooling system I do not agree that the absolut max. temperature counts. From an ecological (and econimical) point of view it is not the most efficient strategy to install a system that is only needed a few days per year (1 month is still less then 10% of the time - just imagine an industry that only is working 10% of the time).
In addition the main reason for cooling is not the insulation (this also would take care of insulating against the heat), but the insane glass and steel constructions that trap the heat in the summer like in a glass house and leak energy in the winter. Yes, they might look modern and impressiv, but from an engergetical point of view (this was the main underlying topic of the post) just insane.
Look outside of your igloo and you will find many countries that can handle the hoooooot tropic climate in Toronto just fine.
The mean maximum air temperature is 26.1 C (79 F; mean max. Temperature in July for the last 105 years). The mean minimum air temperature for the same month of July is 15 C (59 F). There is always a way to spend more money on stupid constructions, so that you can spend even more money in solving the problem (heat). But Canada is a rich country and they can afford it....
Why does a city at 43 degrees north latitude need cooling systems at all? How's about think first and then build intelligently - instead of build first and then cool down?
This lake cooling system is a typical example for an environmental improvement of a system that sucks in the first place.
Very clever of microsoft. This helps to convince asian governements to enforce copyright laws. With 'normal' prices for software a copyright enforcement is e.g. in China about equal to a ban of XP, Office, you name it.
However if there is a reasonable alternative to comply with the WTO / US request for enforced copyrights then e.g. the Chinese governement will think about this option twice.
For the moment beeing: why should anybody pay $50 for a crippled version, when he can get the full thing for $1 in the CD store around the corner (China). Legally - or at least mostly legally.