I was just discussing this with Rodney Brooks at the DSTO today, and essentially the answer is that it shows that the company can deliver high tech solutions. A lot like the F1 grand prix, really, mostly advertising and some blue sky research.
It's fairly safe to assume that even if the FBI isn't looking then someone else (your employer? your ISP? Echelon?) is. Moral of the story: use one time pads. Or just hook your lava lamp up, they generate great spoof fodder, although not as interesting as the paranoid freaks on/.;)
However many items in a computer use plastic, so it's clearly wrong to say that coal is the only one used, and that all of the fossil fuels are used as fuels and not turned into plastic, say.
I'm sorry to offend your sense of accuracy by rounding up a whole 4.1%. It's the general relativity of their arugment that I'm addressing
Yes, and now multiply that 4.1% by millions of computers.
They are claiming it takes 240 kilograms of fossil fuels to create a 17" CRT that currently sells for $125. Now, coal is about the cheapest fossil fuel out there and it costs about $30 per metric ton of coal. So, that's $7.50 in the price of a 17" CRT just for coal. Now, in that $7.50 1/4 metric ton of coal, there are 5.1 million BTUs of energy
240 kg is not 1/4 of a tonne. Also, not all of the fossil fuels used in producing a CRT are used as fuel, and not all are coal. More lies, damned lies and statistics?
This brings up an interesting step in the path towards trying to settle Mars... would it be a smart idea to have communciations satellites orbiting Mars before we send the first humans?
The current set of satellites provide communication links between the landers and Earth.
Unless the real reason is to create space zombies for the purposes of space exploration. Think about it: no need to pack along food, no need to pack along oxygen...perfect for GW Bush's planned invasion of Mars.
We just need to clone GW, then we'll have plenty of zombies we can starve and suffocate.
The individuals being held indefinitely without trial were apprehended while trying to kill American soldiers "because Allah told them to."
Yes, that's why some were released... How are we to know without a public, open trial what those still being held were doing? Or are human rights only for people we *assume* are not "trying to kill American soldiers"?
Is there any way to get your money back, or is it gone forever?
In the terms of my credit/debit card it says if I notify the bank within a reasonable time period of unauthorized transactions I get the money back. I suspect most banks have a similar deal.
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But this discussion could go on forever! On a serious note, read Weyl's "The Continuum" for an interesting discussion of this.
Maybe people are buying more albums for a different reason.. Economies around the world upturned in 2003.. Maybe that's important factor too..
Well, I was going to blame it on Norah Jones, but...
I was just discussing this with Rodney Brooks at the DSTO today, and essentially the answer is that it shows that the company can deliver high tech solutions. A lot like the F1 grand prix, really, mostly advertising and some blue sky research.
It's fairly safe to assume that even if the FBI isn't looking then someone else (your employer? your ISP? Echelon?) is. Moral of the story: use one time pads. Or just hook your lava lamp up, they generate great spoof fodder, although not as interesting as the paranoid freaks on /. ;)
Yes, yes, it's 400GB... but how big is it in units that *I* can understand
It's one full archive of low quality pr0n!
No, the GPL is a licence
? It is still a contract.
If you violate the terms of the GPL, it no longer applies to you
It's still a legally enforcable contract.
Maybe one can use this against GPL violations. What does the legislation say about when, oh, Phillips or Vivendi might be violating GPL terms?
Violations of GPL are violations of contractual terms, not copyright, so it probably says nothing.
Phew, for a second there I thought it read "$2 Strategic Consulting".
They don't specify WHICH fossil fuels are used
However many items in a computer use plastic, so it's clearly wrong to say that coal is the only one used, and that all of the fossil fuels are used as fuels and not turned into plastic, say.
I'm sorry to offend your sense of accuracy by rounding up a whole 4.1%. It's the general relativity of their arugment that I'm addressing
Yes, and now multiply that 4.1% by millions of computers.
A metric ton - which is what he explicitly said - is 1000kg.
Well who would have guessed that a tonne is 1000 kg? Are slashdot readers really that dumb that the parent post needs to be modded informative?
They are claiming it takes 240 kilograms of fossil fuels to create a 17" CRT that currently sells for $125. Now, coal is about the cheapest fossil fuel out there and it costs about $30 per metric ton of coal. So, that's $7.50 in the price of a 17" CRT just for coal. Now, in that $7.50 1/4 metric ton of coal, there are 5.1 million BTUs of energy
240 kg is not 1/4 of a tonne. Also, not all of the fossil fuels used in producing a CRT are used as fuel, and not all are coal. More lies, damned lies and statistics?
I'm not even going to bother to RTFA, I won't remember it anyway ;)
Hello, Darl? This is irony calling.
Yeah, I'd like to take an iron to Darl too...
This brings up an interesting step in the path towards trying to settle Mars... would it be a smart idea to have communciations satellites orbiting Mars before we send the first humans?
The current set of satellites provide communication links between the landers and Earth.
So now Microsoft is gay?
The chip runs at a staggering speed of24 GHz (enabling it to transfer data as fast as the main network of the Internet)
How many Libraries of Congress is that?
I cannot speak for any others, but thats why I'm anti social. Because society disgusts me.
People who are anti-social *are* what's wrong with society. If you're not prepared to go out there and make a difference then that is disgusting.
EA owns your gold, your swords, your characters - they are all just digital bits.
Translation:
EA: pwn3d
I nominate "Ned Kelly"
The way the ISS is going, it seems Ned Kelly will be reappearing in the Australian outback sometime soon...
Unless the real reason is to create space zombies for the purposes of space exploration. Think about it: no need to pack along food, no need to pack along oxygen...perfect for GW Bush's planned invasion of Mars.
We just need to clone GW, then we'll have plenty of zombies we can starve and suffocate.
Officer: All your source are belong to us.
Sorry, had to be said.
The individuals being held indefinitely without trial were apprehended while trying to kill American soldiers "because Allah told them to."
Yes, that's why some were released... How are we to know without a public, open trial what those still being held were doing? Or are human rights only for people we *assume* are not "trying to kill American soldiers"?
What ever happened to "Stick 'em up"?
s/up/in/
Is there any way to get your money back, or is it gone forever?
In the terms of my credit/debit card it says if I notify the bank within a reasonable time period of unauthorized transactions I get the money back. I suspect most banks have a similar deal.
I for one, continue to welcome our curvaceous, female overlords...
:)
Sounds good