"Given that the OS is the first software building block of a system and due to the sheer complexity of the thing, it has evolved into a continually updated and polished piece of engineering,"
I was think of a another word instead of engineering.
The version that's up and running of Windows on the XO is very fast, it's very, very successful. We're working very hard to do both," said Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of OLPC.
Why can't the rest of us have Windows that works like that?
"cannot wait until the day Windows 7 is rolled out and all the people with their snide Vista comments begin to proclaim Vista to have been the be-all and end-all of Windows OS' and that Windows 7 is a failure on all counts."
Right, just like all the people lamenting ME when XP came out.
"They used the law as a weapon to destroy a person who offended them personally. They succeeded only in proving that feeble people, when given power, tend to abuse it, and that Duluth has plenty of feeble people."
"On the one hand, I'm not touching Vista with a 10 foot pole until service pack one at the earliest. On the other hand, any self-professed Ubuntu/Mac guy is not who I look to for advice about Windows."
MS has learned from Vista. The Vista follow on (7?) will be released simultaneously with it's SP1 so people don't have to wait.
I would mod you up for that if I could. I try to not think about places that require AC at night:-)
FWIW, this area has around 30 days over 100 per year. Nights are usually comfortable and the daytime humidity is low.
OTOH, there is a whole spectrum of useful levels of solar power that don't require independence. If you're on the grid it makes more sense to use the grid to off load excess power instead of going to the expense of a battery system.
The power companies 2 real objections are easily overcome.
1. A meter that measures and records power going both directions so the power company can pay less for the power it gets from the home owner than the home owner pays the power company.
2. Circuitry that disconnects the solar system from the power grid in the event of a power company power failure so the linemen working on the power lines don't get electrocuted.
There are several houses on my area in Northern California that have photovoltaic installations that produce more electricity than the homes consume. The excess goes to the power company for a credit against future use. These are homes with air conditioning and people that don't live austere lives. Their installations cover less than the entire south facing slope of a conventional roof. The problem is that they wouldn't come close to paying off without big fat gumnt subsidies. At $2.00/Watt they would be economically feasible without subsidies.
Assume the panels are 1/2 the cost of the system so the total system costs $4/Watt, or $8,000 for a 2 kW system. Assuming 6 hours a day generation, that's 4380 kW-hrs a year, or at $0.10 kW/hr that's $438 worth of electricity. 438/8000 = 5.4% tax free return on investment. If you live in the US with a decent income, you would have to earn over $700 to have $438 for your power bill after taxes.
If you don't like my numbers feel free to substitute your own.
I hope it's better than his fathers hardware. Overpriced crap that only clueless people who like to pay too much for popular brand name products buy. And unavoidably bought by millions of car buyers that don't have a choice.
"In order to see anything useful, you should also plot the Euro and the Yen. While the CAD has increased slightly in buying power in recent years, the bigger news is that the USD has plummeted, likely due to bad fiscal policy (war debt)."
Yes indeed. My first thought was that the title should have read "US dollar reaches parity with Canadian dollar."
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"Given that the OS is the first software building block of a system and due to the sheer complexity of the thing, it has evolved into a continually updated and polished piece of engineering,"
I was think of a another word instead of engineering.
If very many competent engineers were terrorists, terrorism would be far more devastating than it is today.
I think they are being blackmailed into this.
It's that video Linus has of Balmer having sex with a goat...or was it a chair.
This just in, high priced prostitute predicts end of free sex*
*Yes, I'm aware sex is never really free.
I'm a Scorpio, Scorpios don't believe in astrology.
The best humor has a large element of truth to it. In this case, it was completely true.
The fact that it upsets MS fanbois is a bonus.
"I never thought there would be a day when XP would be considered a step up from the current state of affairs.
Then again, these days, Nixon would be considered a step up from the current state of affairs, so..."
30+ years ago when things turned to crap, I used to say "sometime these will be the good old days". It was kind of funny then.
Why can't the rest of us have Windows that works like that?
They have been hired as technical advisers for a new Olympic event. Water boarding.
It's the Golden Rule in action. Those who have the gold rule.
John interfaces with Hooker
"cannot wait until the day Windows 7 is rolled out and all the people with their snide Vista comments begin to proclaim Vista to have been the be-all and end-all of Windows OS' and that Windows 7 is a failure on all counts."
Right, just like all the people lamenting ME when XP came out.
"Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything." Josef Stalin
"They used the law as a weapon to destroy a person who offended them personally. They succeeded only in proving that feeble people, when given power, tend to abuse it, and that Duluth has plenty of feeble people."
You betcha.
Just think of the hundreds of idiots without mod points that would have modded it interesting if they could have.
"On the one hand, I'm not touching Vista with a 10 foot pole until service pack one at the earliest. On the other hand, any self-professed Ubuntu/Mac guy is not who I look to for advice about Windows."
MS has learned from Vista. The Vista follow on (7?) will be released simultaneously with it's SP1 so people don't have to wait.
Sorry, I should have said sales projections.
It's used in the algorithm that MS uses to report Vista sales.
Parent obviously maked flamebait by some wanker who hasn't bought several cars where the sound system included in the price of the car was by Bloes.
I would mod you up for that if I could. I try to not think about places that require AC at night :-)
FWIW, this area has around 30 days over 100 per year. Nights are usually comfortable and the daytime humidity is low.
OTOH, there is a whole spectrum of useful levels of solar power that don't require independence. If you're on the grid it makes more sense to use the grid to off load excess power instead of going to the expense of a battery system.
The power companies 2 real objections are easily overcome.
1. A meter that measures and records power going both directions so the power company can pay less for the power it gets from the home owner than the home owner pays the power company.
2. Circuitry that disconnects the solar system from the power grid in the event of a power company power failure so the linemen working on the power lines don't get electrocuted.
There are several houses on my area in Northern California that have photovoltaic installations that produce more electricity than the homes consume. The excess goes to the power company for a credit against future use. These are homes with air conditioning and people that don't live austere lives. Their installations cover less than the entire south facing slope of a conventional roof. The problem is that they wouldn't come close to paying off without big fat gumnt subsidies. At $2.00/Watt they would be economically feasible without subsidies.
Assume the panels are 1/2 the cost of the system so the total system costs $4/Watt, or $8,000 for a 2 kW system. Assuming 6 hours a day generation, that's 4380 kW-hrs a year, or at $0.10 kW/hr that's $438 worth of electricity. 438/8000 = 5.4% tax free return on investment. If you live in the US with a decent income, you would have to earn over $700 to have $438 for your power bill after taxes.
If you don't like my numbers feel free to substitute your own.
I hope it's better than his fathers hardware. Overpriced crap that only clueless people who like to pay too much for popular brand name products buy. And unavoidably bought by millions of car buyers that don't have a choice.
"In order to see anything useful, you should also plot the Euro and the Yen. While the CAD has increased slightly in buying power in recent years, the bigger news is that the USD has plummeted, likely due to bad fiscal policy (war debt)."
Yes indeed. My first thought was that the title should have read "US dollar reaches parity with Canadian dollar."
"Shit breaks" is an excellent analysis of one hitting the Earth at a high percentage of orbital velocity.