Opiate junkies get to the point where they can't go 8 hours without getting sick. At that point they can't hold a full time job unless they can do it very very high.
On the other hand tweakers will work their asses off to continue to get bags. Until they melt down.
Pumped hydro already works at industrial scale, but there isn't enough water or reservoir capacity. It also chums fish.
The new plan is pumped gravel. All that needs is a hill, some train track and two gravel piles. There are lots of losses, but with the right price ratio it's a money maker.
A 'Start later' button doesn't imply no 'Start now' button. Most houses are good with one load/day and don't even fill that.
Paraphrasing a friend during the 1980s: 'Star wars is a good idea because it makes the Russians shit themselves. you want to make the Russians really shit? Send the Germans a 1000 tons of Steel and a ton of weapons grade plutonium.'
Water vapor produces clouds that lower albedo, but it is itself a greenhouse gas that traps IR. It is, in fact, the dominant greenhouse gas.
In the climate models there are two feedback coefficients. CO2 to H20 vapor level and CO2 to Albedo. By manipulating those two coefficients you can make the model tell you anything you want it to tell you.
The additional greenhouse effect of CO2 alone is insignificant. The only way to tune the models is backcasting, which is tricky as we have no good, old data, or waiting.
Your wife couldn't accommodate a 'start later' button on the dishwasher? It's not like people don't know the difference between dinner and dishwasher runs.
The Germans are switching away from natural gas to avoid funding the Russians. Also of mostly German descent, cousins are honest with me. There is still much tension between Germany and Russia. Paying $0.50 kwh is a price they figure they can afford to pay, already manufacturing successfully with higher costs. Better then being beholding to Russia, much better.
Can you think of a better incentive than making a shitload of money?
It's not like there needs to be a particularly high tech solution.
'Pumped gravel' looked interesting. There are many hills that would accommodate two gravel piles and a circular electrified train track.
And we don't have to wait for solar to drive daytime costs down. There is money to be made with the current on/off peak prices. All theoretical solar shingles would do is change the scheduling. There might be a bad few years with equal prices but facilities like that are sunk costs. Once built, owners might change, but they are unlikely to stay shut.
They have been RAM bandwidth constrained for a _long_ time.
Don't buy new motherboards because of a new CPU family. Buy new motherboards because of new RAM, which usually comes with a new chipset. If the chipset/CPU doesn't do anything for the RAM bandwidth, skip the upgrade.
You have to shoot toughbooks so you can justify getting a new one.*
But they make macs look cheap. You get what you pay for, at best, you can also pay for BS.
* Truth is I've been shooting old computer hardware for decades. It was the 'only thing to do' with old hard drives containing Netmare 2. Got to be a habit.
M1 tank. I bet they would be pissed if I tried to take that up the Rubicon trail. It would wreck obstacles.
The problem with anything really huge, is that you can't wheel hard unless there is another, even larger, recovery vehicle. The M1 tank would get stuck, than I'd have to file off all the VINs so the forestry service couldn't bill me for the removal costs.
Once you realize they are kind of puritan* it makes sense. Do you realize how long it takes to go from planet to planet. They are horny as sailors. At least they aren't out anal probing or collecting cow uterus, like the pervert aliens.
* Aliens keep their women back home, barefoot and pregnant.
Not really, I prefer the French press (actually the microwaveable 'brazil press'), but the Kurig is faster.
The thing that put me off the Kurig at work was seeing a lady filling the machine with her dirty coffee cup. Just nasty, cheap and selfish...it would have been no more work (and sanitary) just to fill the tank, but she just got the water she needed in her cup.
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How long has De Beers operated vs an already dead cartel.
You're believing estimates from groups with agendas. Likely the police estimated gross street price of the drugs moved.
You still don't have a reasoned comparison. Wiki SUCKS for anything remotely controversial.
It leaked out of the inner tank and was contained by the outer tank. As designed.
Catastrophic?
What do you think the net worth of the extended family that owns De Beers is?
You compare earnings to net worth, it's no wounder you're not impressed.
Opiate junkies get to the point where they can't go 8 hours without getting sick. At that point they can't hold a full time job unless they can do it very very high.
On the other hand tweakers will work their asses off to continue to get bags. Until they melt down.
Waste of time to argue with someone who starts by mis-defining his opposition. The next time you feel the urge, just punch yourself in the nuts.
In other words: 'Never answer a false premise.' It's old advice, but still good.
Also: 'What is the lead time on a nuke plant in Germany?'
Pumped hydro already works at industrial scale, but there isn't enough water or reservoir capacity. It also chums fish.
The new plan is pumped gravel. All that needs is a hill, some train track and two gravel piles. There are lots of losses, but with the right price ratio it's a money maker.
Europe's grid is pretty interconnected. But Europe is small. Central Asia is _much_ less connected.
Get out FA reader. We don't like your kind.
A 'Start later' button doesn't imply no 'Start now' button. Most houses are good with one load/day and don't even fill that.
Paraphrasing a friend during the 1980s: 'Star wars is a good idea because it makes the Russians shit themselves. you want to make the Russians really shit? Send the Germans a 1000 tons of Steel and a ton of weapons grade plutonium.'
Water vapor produces clouds that lower albedo, but it is itself a greenhouse gas that traps IR. It is, in fact, the dominant greenhouse gas.
In the climate models there are two feedback coefficients. CO2 to H20 vapor level and CO2 to Albedo. By manipulating those two coefficients you can make the model tell you anything you want it to tell you.
The additional greenhouse effect of CO2 alone is insignificant. The only way to tune the models is backcasting, which is tricky as we have no good, old data, or waiting.
I think you dropped this.
Your wife couldn't accommodate a 'start later' button on the dishwasher? It's not like people don't know the difference between dinner and dishwasher runs.
The Germans are switching away from natural gas to avoid funding the Russians. Also of mostly German descent, cousins are honest with me. There is still much tension between Germany and Russia. Paying $0.50 kwh is a price they figure they can afford to pay, already manufacturing successfully with higher costs. Better then being beholding to Russia, much better.
Can you think of a better incentive than making a shitload of money?
It's not like there needs to be a particularly high tech solution.
'Pumped gravel' looked interesting. There are many hills that would accommodate two gravel piles and a circular electrified train track.
And we don't have to wait for solar to drive daytime costs down. There is money to be made with the current on/off peak prices. All theoretical solar shingles would do is change the scheduling. There might be a bad few years with equal prices but facilities like that are sunk costs. Once built, owners might change, but they are unlikely to stay shut.
And the panels, the cost of SI is the cost of the cells in the panels, not the bottom line price.
They have been RAM bandwidth constrained for a _long_ time.
Don't buy new motherboards because of a new CPU family. Buy new motherboards because of new RAM, which usually comes with a new chipset. If the chipset/CPU doesn't do anything for the RAM bandwidth, skip the upgrade.
You have to shoot toughbooks so you can justify getting a new one.*
But they make macs look cheap. You get what you pay for, at best, you can also pay for BS.
* Truth is I've been shooting old computer hardware for decades. It was the 'only thing to do' with old hard drives containing Netmare 2. Got to be a habit.
The really silly version doesn't even have a king pin setup. Just a pickup truck bed and a hitch.
M1 tank. I bet they would be pissed if I tried to take that up the Rubicon trail. It would wreck obstacles.
The problem with anything really huge, is that you can't wheel hard unless there is another, even larger, recovery vehicle. The M1 tank would get stuck, than I'd have to file off all the VINs so the forestry service couldn't bill me for the removal costs.
Astronaut groupies.
Once you realize they are kind of puritan* it makes sense. Do you realize how long it takes to go from planet to planet. They are horny as sailors. At least they aren't out anal probing or collecting cow uterus, like the pervert aliens.
* Aliens keep their women back home, barefoot and pregnant.
Neither is an ally. Clandestinely maintaining the stalemate should continue.
Their pumping costs might be the lowest in the world.
But their fixed overhead is the highest...how many Saudi princes are there again...5 figures last I heard.
I need this to know when the dog gets on the bed during the workday.
Not really, I prefer the French press (actually the microwaveable 'brazil press'), but the Kurig is faster.
The thing that put me off the Kurig at work was seeing a lady filling the machine with her dirty coffee cup. Just nasty, cheap and selfish...it would have been no more work (and sanitary) just to fill the tank, but she just got the water she needed in her cup.
I should have gone Kinison on her...
You don't?
Have you been to ether place? How about the USA west of the Mississippi outside LA?
We are talking about Europe.