My thoughts exactly. I was 10 years old when it was released. We were on a family vacation, driving around California in a rented Lazy Daze. I finally got to see it about a month after it came out in a tiny little theater in Fort Bragg, CA. And I then proceeded to see if 5 more times that summer once we got home.
I actually think that those restrictions are designed to keep the voter turnout low. Why isn't Election Day a National Holiday? Would one additional National Holiday every two years hurt our economy? Why do we have to register? Why do we have to go to a specific polling place?
The election last November, at my polling place, had at least 50 people waiting in line at closing time due to the fact that there was only one working voting machine (Diebold with paper ballots also printed). Why were the other eight machines not working? They ran out of paper. The poll workers told us that if that machine runs out, no more votes will be taken because they were given no alternate voting method other than the machines. Luckily, I managed to vote, but the machine shut down 3 people later, leaving at least 30 people out. They didn't have the option of going to another polling place, they couldn't vote another way, so they were screwed.
I believe that our voting system is restrictive and convoluted intentionally to keep voter turnout low.
"point it at people on your side who keep bringing up the extremely classist "jobs no one wants" argument."
Amen brother. "Jobs no one wants" my ass. It is "Jobs no one wants at those wages." I have worked construction for 25 years. 15-20 years ago, one could make a good, middle class, living on a single construction wage. A skilled carpenter, framer, or pipesetter could make a living. Those skilled trades are gone, replaced by minimum wage, immigrant workers. Not only has a good, viable career path been removed for some people, but the quality of work has gone down substantially.
As an example, I made $15 an hour 25 years ago working construction. I am now the Resident Engineer on construction sites. That same job I worked 25 years ago is now a minimum wage position.
My pet peeve with voicemail is why the hell can't they all agree on the same menu buttons? I regularly use 3 voice mail systems, home, cellphone, and office. And each one is entirely different. For example, delete message. One system uses "3", another uses "7" while the third uses "*3". Saving a message, one is "2", another is "8" and the third is "77".
My 2001 Volvo is similar. When I had removed the stereo to attempt to install an Ipod adapter, I accidently unplugged the head unit. Big mistake. It cost me $250 for them to reset the computer so the airbags would work! Unplugging the stereo causes the airbags to cease functioning!
My fellow Earthicans, we enjoy so much freedom it's almost sickening. We're free to choose which hand our sex monitoring chip is implanted in. And if we don't want to pay our taxes, why, we're free to spend a weekend with the pain monster."
It is illegal to distill your own spirits in the USA unless you are a registered distilled spirits plant, registration of which requires a huge donation to the Feds (ie permits, bonds, fees etc) and huge amount of paperwork.
Thanks for the information. I will look into the Sunny Boy Control. Presently I am simply taking down the data manually once a day from the display on the inverter.
If you don't mind me asking, what data monitor did you have installed with your system? I would love to have access to that kind of performance data. I have a Sunny Boy 2500u inverter.
As a Southern California Edison customer, without TOU, I pay $0.19 kwh for the lowest tier. Depending on the highest tier you hit, it can be as high as $0.50 kwh. My solar system produces about 75% of my electricity needs. The big advantage is that for any electricity I have to buy from SCE, I only pay the lowest tier. So while I still have to purchase 25% of my electricity needs from SCE, my bill is only 10% of what it was prior to the solar system.
The "Solar Rights Act" of California, passed in 1979, protects your rights to solar access. The City of Glendale, per this law, cannot prevent you from installing solar panels.
"California Civil Code 714
Prohibits local governments from creating unreasonable barriers for solar energy installations. Additionally, any reasonable restrictions cannot cost more than $2,000 and cannot reduce the efficiency of the solar energy system.
California Health & Safety Code 17959.1
Prevents cities and counties from denying solar energy system installation permits unless there is substantial recorded evidence that it would have a specific, adverse impact on public health and safety."
I think you misread his post. He was talking about the energy payback of the solar system, not the cost payback. Most modern panels produce the amount of energy it took to manufacture the panels themselves in a few months to a couple years. If you reread his post, and the portion you quoted above, he said "energy payback."
If you are calling BS on his point on energy payback, as simple google search will result in many sources confirming his assertation.
California has the "Solar Rights Act" passed in 1979 to prevent HOA's from stopping solar installations.
Limits on Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions to Restrict Solar Installations - The Act prohibits covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs), like those enforced by HOAs, which would unreasonably restrict use or installation of solar energy systems. (California Civil Code Sections 714 and 714.1)
"everybody else loses power... your neighbor will still have it. At least during the day."
This does not apply for most grid-tied solar installations. In order to protect electrical workers, the grid-tied inverters will shut down production of electricity when they detect that the grid side has gone down. So if a transformer blows up in the neighborhood, the workers show up to fix it, they won't get shocked by power being fed into the system by my solar array. In addition, Edison required a seperate and accessible disconnect so they could shut down production if necessary. In the event of a black out, I am without power just like everyone else, despite the 3.2 kw solar array on the roof.
This does not apply to existing installations. Only installations that applied for the rebate after January 1, 2007. My system was installed 3 years ago, and I have not been forced to change to time-of-day metering.
Given the cost of the batteries and the charge controllers, as well as the loses that occur when converting from AC to DC back to AC, and the lost energy due to the fact that you can't discharge the batteries 100%, there would have to be a pretty significant difference in the cost of peak vs non-peak to make this viable.
I got quite a substantial rebate from Edison when I installed my solar system (3.2 kw). One condition of the rebate was that my system had to be grid-tied, I could not install any batteries. Of course, once their inspection was done, what they don't know won't hurt them...
It was my understanding that most Christian sects in the US preach that only belief in Jesus Christ is necessary for admittance to heaven, regardless of your actions during your life.
I agree 100%. I have friends who come over just to play Wii Sports, and I am talking about 40+ year olds who haven't played a video game since they pumped quarters into Asteriods in High School. People who have NO interest in a 360, PS3 or whatever. And they LOVE the Wii.
Slashdot Mirror
"Bedazzled" of course. Elizabeth Hurley was as hot as hell in that movie.
Come on, "Orca" was awesome! A better "Jaws" copy has never been made. Richard Harris and Bo Derek? It was a classic.
And don't get me started on "Rollercoaster" It was IN SENSURROUND!
"Breaker! Breaker!" Chuck Norris, CB radios and trucking in the same movie!
Man, the 70's movies rocked. Thank God for the Z channel.
"30 years, wow I'm old"
My thoughts exactly. I was 10 years old when it was released. We were on a family vacation, driving around California in a rented Lazy Daze. I finally got to see it about a month after it came out in a tiny little theater in Fort Bragg, CA. And I then proceeded to see if 5 more times that summer once we got home.
"I've got four children."
That is your problem.
I actually think that those restrictions are designed to keep the voter turnout low. Why isn't Election Day a National Holiday? Would one additional National Holiday every two years hurt our economy? Why do we have to register? Why do we have to go to a specific polling place?
The election last November, at my polling place, had at least 50 people waiting in line at closing time due to the fact that there was only one working voting machine (Diebold with paper ballots also printed). Why were the other eight machines not working? They ran out of paper. The poll workers told us that if that machine runs out, no more votes will be taken because they were given no alternate voting method other than the machines. Luckily, I managed to vote, but the machine shut down 3 people later, leaving at least 30 people out. They didn't have the option of going to another polling place, they couldn't vote another way, so they were screwed.
I believe that our voting system is restrictive and convoluted intentionally to keep voter turnout low.
"point it at people on your side who keep bringing up the extremely classist "jobs no one wants" argument."
Amen brother. "Jobs no one wants" my ass. It is "Jobs no one wants at those wages." I have worked construction for 25 years. 15-20 years ago, one could make a good, middle class, living on a single construction wage. A skilled carpenter, framer, or pipesetter could make a living. Those skilled trades are gone, replaced by minimum wage, immigrant workers. Not only has a good, viable career path been removed for some people, but the quality of work has gone down substantially.
As an example, I made $15 an hour 25 years ago working construction. I am now the Resident Engineer on construction sites. That same job I worked 25 years ago is now a minimum wage position.
My pet peeve with voicemail is why the hell can't they all agree on the same menu buttons? I regularly use 3 voice mail systems, home, cellphone, and office. And each one is entirely different. For example, delete message. One system uses "3", another uses "7" while the third uses "*3". Saving a message, one is "2", another is "8" and the third is "77".
Come on. How hard is it to standardize?
My 2001 Volvo is similar. When I had removed the stereo to attempt to install an Ipod adapter, I accidently unplugged the head unit. Big mistake. It cost me $250 for them to reset the computer so the airbags would work! Unplugging the stereo causes the airbags to cease functioning!
Just one moment?
c ks-black-america/
Here, this video shows many examples.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/03/15/fox-atta
My fellow Earthicans, we enjoy so much freedom it's almost sickening. We're free to choose which hand our sex monitoring chip is implanted in. And if we don't want to pay our taxes, why, we're free to spend a weekend with the pain monster."
It is illegal to distill your own spirits in the USA unless you are a registered distilled spirits plant, registration of which requires a huge donation to the Feds (ie permits, bonds, fees etc) and huge amount of paperwork.
Thanks for the information. I will look into the Sunny Boy Control. Presently I am simply taking down the data manually once a day from the display on the inverter.
If you don't mind me asking, what data monitor did you have installed with your system? I would love to have access to that kind of performance data. I have a Sunny Boy 2500u inverter.
As a Southern California Edison customer, without TOU, I pay $0.19 kwh for the lowest tier. Depending on the highest tier you hit, it can be as high as $0.50 kwh. My solar system produces about 75% of my electricity needs. The big advantage is that for any electricity I have to buy from SCE, I only pay the lowest tier. So while I still have to purchase 25% of my electricity needs from SCE, my bill is only 10% of what it was prior to the solar system.
The "Solar Rights Act" of California, passed in 1979, protects your rights to solar access. The City of Glendale, per this law, cannot prevent you from installing solar panels.
"California Civil Code 714
Prohibits local governments from creating unreasonable barriers for solar energy installations. Additionally, any reasonable restrictions cannot cost more than $2,000 and cannot reduce the efficiency of the solar energy system.
California Health & Safety Code 17959.1
Prevents cities and counties from denying solar energy system installation permits unless there is substantial recorded evidence that it would have a specific, adverse impact on public health and safety."
I think you misread his post. He was talking about the energy payback of the solar system, not the cost payback. Most modern panels produce the amount of energy it took to manufacture the panels themselves in a few months to a couple years. If you reread his post, and the portion you quoted above, he said "energy payback."
If you are calling BS on his point on energy payback, as simple google search will result in many sources confirming his assertation.
California has the "Solar Rights Act" passed in 1979 to prevent HOA's from stopping solar installations.
Limits on Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions to Restrict Solar Installations - The
Act prohibits covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs), like those enforced by
HOAs, which would unreasonably restrict use or installation of solar energy systems.
(California Civil Code Sections 714 and 714.1)
"everybody else loses power ... your neighbor will still have it. At least during the day."
This does not apply for most grid-tied solar installations. In order to protect electrical workers, the grid-tied inverters will shut down production of electricity when they detect that the grid side has gone down. So if a transformer blows up in the neighborhood, the workers show up to fix it, they won't get shocked by power being fed into the system by my solar array. In addition, Edison required a seperate and accessible disconnect so they could shut down production if necessary. In the event of a black out, I am without power just like everyone else, despite the 3.2 kw solar array on the roof.
This does not apply to existing installations. Only installations that applied for the rebate after January 1, 2007. My system was installed 3 years ago, and I have not been forced to change to time-of-day metering.
Given the cost of the batteries and the charge controllers, as well as the loses that occur when converting from AC to DC back to AC, and the lost energy due to the fact that you can't discharge the batteries 100%, there would have to be a pretty significant difference in the cost of peak vs non-peak to make this viable.
I got quite a substantial rebate from Edison when I installed my solar system (3.2 kw). One condition of the rebate was that my system had to be grid-tied, I could not install any batteries. Of course, once their inspection was done, what they don't know won't hurt them...
It was my understanding that most Christian sects in the US preach that only belief in Jesus Christ is necessary for admittance to heaven, regardless of your actions during your life.
My favorite:
"The happy result was that Thompson is now the only officially Bar-certified sane lawyer in Florida."
Wow. I can't believe this guy puts things like this into legal filings.
I agree 100%. I have friends who come over just to play Wii Sports, and I am talking about 40+ year olds who haven't played a video game since they pumped quarters into Asteriods in High School. People who have NO interest in a 360, PS3 or whatever. And they LOVE the Wii.
Wow, so you have some special circumstances that limit your ability to buy a Wii, and you extrapolate that to "No one can buy a Wii at retail"?
Pretty big leap there.
I can walk, yes walk, to the local Target or Walmart and buy a Wii. My anecdote trumps your anecdote.