This is a good point. And many companies do this with no intention of milking obvious patents for profit. They just don't want some patent troll to cause them problems in the future.
When my employer started setting up HP-UX engineering workstations, I was the second person to receive one. The first guy came over and said we should name them all with some sort of series. He had named his homer (obviously going for the Simpsons characters). So I named mine ulysses.
When the NT servers started appearing on our system, I told the admin to name the domain controller sophocles. But he wasn't going to fall for the tragedy joke.
Who should be allowed to do it and who should not. As if the bad guys will give a rat's ass about your silly laws. On the other hand, it's possible that the NSA is already ahead of private industry in QC and these bills are just a move to drag commercial development down into a giant bureaucratic clusterfuck.
... power factor and harmonic correction. Yes, this will help. But it is already a thing, particularly in switch-mode power supplies. Chip sets already exist that implement such correction. No "OS for electricity" required. 3DFS may have a better algorithm. But I doubt that there's more than a fraction of a percent to be gained in power supply efficiency. But this isn't a novel idea (unless one is making a pitch for a patent). Just incremental improvement in established practice.
Some places that finer control of electrical load equipment might pay off are in things like variable speed motor control. Instead of spinning a pump or fan at a fixed speed, vary it to match system demand. This is becoming more economical as the power electronics needed are dropping in price. But it is already prior art.
This is all true. Keep in mind that the pilot plant is running in British Columbia, where cheap carbon neutral power is available from hydroelectric sources. As long as you have to get the CO2 out of the atmosphere, the news about the economics is good. But it is probably better to use the electricity directly for end uses than to have to chase all the CO2 around afterwards.
This does open up some interesting markets for locations that have abundant power available. If some sort of global payment system could compensate the people running the scrubbers, people could burn fossil fuels wherever they want and send the check for cleanup to Canada. Of course, increased hydro power demand will be met by Indians (First Nation) by cries of "Muh fish!"
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Last I checked the nation isn't actually communist.
Standard rebuttal from a communist. Communism is great and beautiful. Until it represses the people. Then it's "not actually communist".
Bees would probably use base 6.
So throw a 6, 7, 8 or 9 in and see if they get confused.
This is a good point. And many companies do this with no intention of milking obvious patents for profit. They just don't want some patent troll to cause them problems in the future.
Which is no longer novel or non obvious. Google should not be granted a patent. Even on the derivative use.
So lets see if I understand your argument:
Yadda, yadda, tax. Mumble, tax, mumble, mumble. Something, something, tax.
How about you put your hands back in your own pockets. The paramount goal of an economy is not to feed the bureaucrats.
fake registrations
chuck.u.farley@mouse-potato.com
Gives their admins something to clean up as well.
Thank you
No problem Mr. Coward Anonymous.
When my employer started setting up HP-UX engineering workstations, I was the second person to receive one. The first guy came over and said we should name them all with some sort of series. He had named his homer (obviously going for the Simpsons characters). So I named mine ulysses.
When the NT servers started appearing on our system, I told the admin to name the domain controller sophocles. But he wasn't going to fall for the tragedy joke.
Poettering! Don't try to sneak away.
Yeah. And Hitler was Austrian.
G'day, mate!
didn't turn out well for those pesky humans
Define 'not well'. Dr. Forbin got it on with Susan Clark.
Like banging my head against the wall, I do it because it feels so good when I stop.
Most used is the language with all the four-letter command names.
Who should be allowed to do it and who should not. As if the bad guys will give a rat's ass about your silly laws. On the other hand, it's possible that the NSA is already ahead of private industry in QC and these bills are just a move to drag commercial development down into a giant bureaucratic clusterfuck.
You'd think a defense contractor would know
They have a really good example.
nobody "dictates" me how I should live
May I carry a gun?
Non!
Some places that finer control of electrical load equipment might pay off are in things like variable speed motor control. Instead of spinning a pump or fan at a fixed speed, vary it to match system demand. This is becoming more economical as the power electronics needed are dropping in price. But it is already prior art.
I've got to keep my crew entertained with something while we're hiding out in Tortuga.
5 degrees warmer than your setting
Is that Fahrenheit or Celsius?
At any rate, my response would just be to turn down the AC setpoint 5 degrees (units TBD).
This is all true. Keep in mind that the pilot plant is running in British Columbia, where cheap carbon neutral power is available from hydroelectric sources. As long as you have to get the CO2 out of the atmosphere, the news about the economics is good. But it is probably better to use the electricity directly for end uses than to have to chase all the CO2 around afterwards.
This does open up some interesting markets for locations that have abundant power available. If some sort of global payment system could compensate the people running the scrubbers, people could burn fossil fuels wherever they want and send the check for cleanup to Canada. Of course, increased hydro power demand will be met by Indians (First Nation) by cries of "Muh fish!"
It was something he ate.
Too soon?
[Stops you at door] Where do you think you are going with your winnings, buddy? Aren't you going to give us a chance to win some back?
Most people want either less corruption or more of a chance to participate in it.