The current power grid is set up to carry power from the current generating sources through a hierarchy of distribution systems to the consumer (i.e., your house).
If the solar panels that are opined are to be installed are on the consumers' houses, how will the power distribution grid need to be changed?
If solar panels are in the desert somewhere, will a new distribution system need to be built (along what right of way?) to carry the electricity from the desert to the consumers?
In other words, don't just look at the power generation source, also look at getting that generated power to the consumer.
[paraphrased] The value of a social network is proportional to the square of the number of users on it.
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google+ never had enough users to reach that critical tipping point, in spite of google trying to add users by requiring google service users to be google+ members.
(for the kids in the audience, Dr. Metcalfe was one of the co-inventors of Ethernet.)
Biggest detraction was the unknown of how much of your browsing and searches and youtube video history would end up on your public profile.:)
Exactly. Once google had google+ data on me, what would they do with it? How would it be displayed? What control would I have?
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google does some stupid things, and requiring google+ IDs for other google services was one of them. I never knew what or how my data from one google service would be publicly shared with other google services because of the google+ connection. I found myself relying upon the privacy ethics of google and, for me, that was like trying to stand on quicksand.
Now they are tracking you and your surfing habits even more than Google (because it's the OS doing the tracking) and they are going to shove ads in your face any way they can.
Recently it appears that TiVo, of all companies, has started to aggressively insert advertisements onto the screen when you're watching the TV shows you recorded. Rumor has it that Nest thermostats will soon be displaying advertisements on its display.
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The computer companies seem to have been taken over by the advertisers. Microsoft is probably just jumping on the bandwagon to get some of the money.
Mozilla will be facing the Take Back The Web battle with Microsoft once again, though this time it will be a bloated Firefox vs. a newly aggressive Microsoft.
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Microsoft has caught the smell of Firefox's current weakness and is exploiting it.
What to watch: will Firefox's marketshare drop to the point where Firefox no longer has any impetus in pushing for, or moving towards, new web standards? A browser's marketshare needs to be over 20% (some say, well over 20%) for the browser to have that amount of gravitas.
Perhaps this default settings quarrel is Microsoft trying to grab a lump of marketshare for Edge, giving Edge a big boost towards that 25% mark and cementing Edge as a replacement for Firefox in setting web standards.
Especially if you are looking to wirelessly transmit 1080i/p reliably. I've tried and wireless was so unreliable (display artifacts and whatnot not present with wired) that I wound up going to the crawlspace and running wires to every device in the house.
Wired whenever possible, wireless only when you have to.
If Oracle can follow up upon the hype in the PR and actually deliver competition for the Xeon, then the customers in the server market will benefit.
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On the other hand, Oracle still has the unquestioned ability to shoot itself in the foot with the predatory pricing models apparently associated with it.
Since nearly everything connected to a network nowadays seems to have some manner of easy-to-exploit vulnerability due to lax security design, maybe it would be easier for the/. editors to publish articles on devices and systems that are secure instead of those that are not.
Microsoft Developed the Browser using WinRT which doesn't exist in Windows 7
So you agree that Microsoft does not have the technical ability to develop the Edge browser to run on Windows 7. It's quite interesting that Microsoft seems to be the only browser developer that has such difficulty with Windows 7.
Windows 7 fell out of mainstream support January 13, 2015. That means no new features.
It's a shame that Microsoft is unable to develop a browser that is not part of the operating system, as it results in disappointed customers who want to try the new version of the browser app.
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Oddly, both Mozilla and Google seem to have the technical wherewithal to develop browsers that are not part of the operating system. I wonder why Microsoft is so incapable of such a technical accomplishment.
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If the solar panels that are opined are to be installed are on the consumers' houses, how will the power distribution grid need to be changed?
If solar panels are in the desert somewhere, will a new distribution system need to be built (along what right of way?) to carry the electricity from the desert to the consumers?
In other words, don't just look at the power generation source, also look at getting that generated power to the consumer.
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google+ never had enough users to reach that critical tipping point, in spite of google trying to add users by requiring google service users to be google+ members.
(for the kids in the audience, Dr. Metcalfe was one of the co-inventors of Ethernet.)
Biggest detraction was the unknown of how much of your browsing and searches and youtube video history would end up on your public profile. :)
Exactly. Once google had google+ data on me, what would they do with it? How would it be displayed? What control would I have?
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google does some stupid things, and requiring google+ IDs for other google services was one of them. I never knew what or how my data from one google service would be publicly shared with other google services because of the google+ connection. I found myself relying upon the privacy ethics of google and, for me, that was like trying to stand on quicksand.
Systemd isn't really a startup management subsystem. It's a full blown service manager.
OK...
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If a service manager subsystem needs its own conference, it is doing too much.
If a startup management subsystem needs its own conference, it is doing too much.
Humans will be looking back and wondering why such an expensive bridge was built for vehicles that are no longer used.
Now they are tracking you and your surfing habits even more than Google (because it's the OS doing the tracking) and they are going to shove ads in your face any way they can.
Recently it appears that TiVo, of all companies, has started to aggressively insert advertisements onto the screen when you're watching the TV shows you recorded. Rumor has it that Nest thermostats will soon be displaying advertisements on its display.
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The computer companies seem to have been taken over by the advertisers. Microsoft is probably just jumping on the bandwagon to get some of the money.
And so it begins....
I mean, really.
The fact that Firefox is getting bloated - blame the development of the web, like HTML5 support needed.
Or Pocket....
...Keep alienating your customers, see how that works out for you....
A good case study in that area might be Mozilla and Firefox.
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Microsoft has caught the smell of Firefox's current weakness and is exploiting it.
What to watch: will Firefox's marketshare drop to the point where Firefox no longer has any impetus in pushing for, or moving towards, new web standards? A browser's marketshare needs to be over 20% (some say, well over 20%) for the browser to have that amount of gravitas.
Perhaps this default settings quarrel is Microsoft trying to grab a lump of marketshare for Edge, giving Edge a big boost towards that 25% mark and cementing Edge as a replacement for Firefox in setting web standards.
Especially if you are looking to wirelessly transmit 1080i/p reliably. I've tried and wireless was so unreliable (display artifacts and whatnot not present with wired) that I wound up going to the crawlspace and running wires to every device in the house.
Wired whenever possible, wireless only when you have to.
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On the other hand, Oracle still has the unquestioned ability to shoot itself in the foot with the predatory pricing models apparently associated with it.
Since nearly everything connected to a network nowadays seems to have some manner of easy-to-exploit vulnerability due to lax security design, maybe it would be easier for the /. editors to publish articles on devices and systems that are secure instead of those that are not.
Speed. You can dig through the start menu or tap the first two letters of the program's name.
Presuming that the first two letters correctly identify the program you want to run. And then there are the dead ends when you mistype a letter....
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Microsoft Developed the Browser using WinRT which doesn't exist in Windows 7
So you agree that Microsoft does not have the technical ability to develop the Edge browser to run on Windows 7. It's quite interesting that Microsoft seems to be the only browser developer that has such difficulty with Windows 7.
Windows 7 fell out of mainstream support January 13, 2015. That means no new features.
It's a shame that Microsoft is unable to develop a browser that is not part of the operating system, as it results in disappointed customers who want to try the new version of the browser app.
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Oddly, both Mozilla and Google seem to have the technical wherewithal to develop browsers that are not part of the operating system. I wonder why Microsoft is so incapable of such a technical accomplishment.
Because it's better to use the search functions than the start menu.
Please explain why.
If not, then Microsoft will not have the opportunity "to push the web browsing experience" for me.
You might be typing with one hand, for example.
There are "sticky key" features in many OS's that duplicate that functionality.
Just because you don't have a use-case for it, doesn't mean that there are no use-cases for it.
This is not about the existence of use-cases, but the amount of use.
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There is a difference.
I do not deny that the CAPS LOCK key is widely used within niche environments.
I also do not advocate eliminating the CAPS LOCK key, merely moving it to a place that is more aligned with the amount of use it gets.
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I've tried removing the key top (bruise on my finger when I accidentally hit it).
Why is this throwback to punch cards still around?
Before I get jumped upon... I meant "yes" only to the context of shooting a drone that is hovering over one's yard, as in the main article.
There should be a net-shooting gun that tangles the drone's props, causing it to fall the the ground. The owner would then have to ask for it back.