the way to change this is for IBM to ship a G5 based motherboard (and complete systems, linux installed) for the same price as a Opteron box from Tiger. Sure, they would lose money for awhile while the economies of scale build, but in the end they would get the platform going, and it would be self sustaining and profitable.
No one else is going to do it. and buying a Mac to run Linux is silly. (But if you insist, see yellow dog linux.)
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Neither the Thresher nor the Scorpion went down due to reactor problem. Seawater leak that tripped the reactor control system (and then sank the powerless boat) in the first case, and torpedo or battery explosion in the second case.
Guitarro and Really Dumb, yes. A fine display of the consequences of non-communication.
But the grandparent post was right, there is a great difference between what you want in a power reactor and a propulsion reactor. In retrospect, a PWR was not the right design for baseline electrical load.
>Should it matter if you're spending half your time playing >Solitare if you still manage to do the job you're supposed >to do?
That's the unintended consequence of the deceased Quid Pro Quo that the DOL is deluded enough to think still exists. As discussed in the Federal Register during the discussion about the overtime rules changes, they made it plain that they think exempt employees are allowed to go home when the work is done, with the expectation that the employees will be making up the time when the work load is hot and heavy.
We all know that exempt means at least 8 hours per day, plus as many extra as it takes. Therefore, since you can't go home early without getting fired, then you play games or do very distantly related to work surfing. (For myself, our new patent application has justified all sorts of Groklaw reading.)
I think we need more facts to decide who was really in the right. What the sysadmin could have done is get in writing from the next level up that the solitare was acceptable for this manager, file the memo, on and offsite (at home, possibly even with his attorney), then drop it. If anyone bitches, bring up the usage report and the memo. Make it someone elses problem.
And let's not forget the other issue; I had an uncle who once made good money as a TV repairman. Not anymore. TV's (and monitors) aren't worth fixing.
And when was the last time you took a dead hard drive in to the repairman?
The vending machines around here are fixed by the near 'droids who refill them. You replace cards until it works again. If it still doesn't, then it goes on the truck. Do they fix it or junk it? I don't know.
At some point, the robotic factories will be able to build a new one for less (counting core or salvage value) than the repair cost. Any Mr Maytag will get a quick retirement.
It's been done even sooner, at least on the beach....."The Arctic nights have seen some queer sights, But the queerest they ever did see, was that night on the marge of Lake Labarge, When I cremated Sam Mcgee."
I agree. I thought the marquee (?sp?) was a great plot. how far can Utopia go stepping on the rights of individuals for the common good? At what point is rebellion acceptable? At what point is does the choice come down to revolution or enslavement?
The Dominion wasn't a bad idea, but the ending sucked. They (the writers) should have let the plague succeed, and leave the Federation face the concept that they owed their survival to genocide.
Nevada is full of salt flats in the valleys, Humboldt sink being a large one. Also, central Wyoming has the great divide basin. Heap leach ponds and tailings ponds in the gold mining industry have developed the technology for large scale synthetic liners. A series of 200 acre ponds in different states of growth and harvest would be technically easy.
It would make a better battery than a bomb. I don't know haw they would charge the Hf ball, but use a dental x-ray to release the gamma rays, which heat water, and the steam car is ready for a comeback. Or is there some way to get electricity directly from gamma rays?
I just calculated my power consumption. From Mid Feb to mid March, it worked up to 3.8 kw. This is in the winter at 47 degrees N, in a house with electric heat, electric hot water, electric stove, and 5 people, including two teenagers. 10,000 homes still seems a bit high, even averaged over the year.
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Basically correct, if overstated a bit.
the way to change this is for IBM to ship a G5 based motherboard (and complete systems, linux installed) for the same price as a Opteron box from Tiger. Sure, they would lose money for awhile while the economies of scale build, but in the end they would get the platform going, and it would be self sustaining and profitable.
No one else is going to do it. and buying a Mac to run Linux is silly. (But if you insist, see yellow dog linux.)
Neither the Thresher nor the Scorpion went down due to reactor problem. Seawater leak that tripped the reactor control system (and then sank the powerless boat) in the first case, and torpedo or battery explosion in the second case.
Guitarro and Really Dumb, yes. A fine display of the consequences of non-communication.
But the grandparent post was right, there is a great difference between what you want in a power reactor and a propulsion reactor. In retrospect, a PWR was not the right design for baseline electrical load.
It is odd. We have come full circle, and once again are afraid of the dark.
And don't forget Student, of Student's T test fame. Worked for a secretive brewery, as I recall...
>Should it matter if you're spending half your time playing >Solitare if you still manage to do the job you're supposed >to do?
That's the unintended consequence of the deceased Quid Pro Quo that the DOL is deluded enough to think still exists. As discussed in the Federal Register during the discussion about the overtime rules changes, they made it plain that they think exempt employees are allowed to go home when the work is done, with the expectation that the employees will be making up the time when the work load is hot and heavy.
We all know that exempt means at least 8 hours per day, plus as many extra as it takes. Therefore, since you can't go home early without getting fired, then you play games or do very distantly related to work surfing. (For myself, our new patent application has justified all sorts of Groklaw reading.)
I think we need more facts to decide who was really in the right. What the sysadmin could have done is get in writing from the next level up that the solitare was acceptable for this manager, file the memo, on and offsite (at home, possibly even with his attorney), then drop it. If anyone bitches, bring up the usage report and the memo. Make it someone elses problem.
And let's not forget the other issue;
I had an uncle who once made good money as a TV repairman. Not anymore. TV's (and monitors) aren't worth fixing.
And when was the last time you took a dead hard drive in to the repairman?
The vending machines around here are fixed by the near 'droids who refill them. You replace cards until it works again. If it still doesn't, then it goes on the truck. Do they fix it or junk it? I don't know.
At some point, the robotic factories will be able to build a new one for less (counting core or salvage value) than the repair cost. Any Mr Maytag will get a quick retirement.
It's been done even sooner, at least on the beach. ...."The Arctic nights have seen some queer sights,
But the queerest they ever did see,
was that night on the marge of Lake Labarge,
When I cremated Sam Mcgee."
(Robert Service)
I agree. I thought the marquee (?sp?) was a great plot. how far can Utopia go stepping on the rights of individuals for the common good? At what point is rebellion acceptable? At what point is does the choice come down to revolution or enslavement?
The Dominion wasn't a bad idea, but the ending sucked. They (the writers) should have let the plague succeed, and leave the Federation face the concept that they owed their survival to genocide.
Nevada is full of salt flats in the valleys, Humboldt sink being a large one. Also, central Wyoming has the great divide basin. Heap leach ponds and tailings ponds in the gold mining industry have developed the technology for large scale synthetic liners. A series of 200 acre ponds in different states of growth and harvest would be technically easy.
It would make a better battery than a bomb. I don't know haw they would charge the Hf ball, but use a dental x-ray to release the gamma rays, which heat water, and the steam car is ready for a comeback. Or is there some way to get electricity directly from gamma rays?
I just calculated my power consumption. From Mid Feb to mid March, it worked up to 3.8 kw. This is in the winter at 47 degrees N, in a house with electric heat, electric hot water, electric stove, and 5 people, including two teenagers. 10,000 homes still seems a bit high, even averaged over the year.