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high security costs
-Yes. Would you have it any other way?
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centralised (sic, unless you're British) power == transmission efficiency loss
-Helps cut down on security costs, in this case, plus cuts down on management overhead, plus cuts down on transmission costs. This electricity is bound for San Antonio and Austin, and the infrastructure to send this electricity is largely in place
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needs to be new a water source
-Same with gas plants, coal plants, etc. You HAVE to cool a power plant. There are federal regulations as far as what gets discharged from a facility. Regulations about chemical/particulate contents, temperature, etc.
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potential security risk
-Yes, but security measures (physical security as well as security on control systems) are put in place to mitigate these risks, as much as possible
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potential accident risk
-Control systems monitor these units like you wouldn't imagine.
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unknown costs of long term waste disposal
-Federal regulations limit the ability to use all resources effectively; start there!
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unknown costs of long term decommissioning
-I don't know costs, but that doesn't mean someone else doesn't.
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long build times (we need to fight climate change before 2014)
-Nukes are the long term solution for large scale generation. Wind and solar can't touch this level of generation. Long term solutions take time to do correctly.
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potential for nuclear technology to be leaked to rogue states
-Like Arkansas? Seriously, you can get all you need to build a nuke from Wikipedia and a physics textbook. It ain't brain surgery.
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not truly renewable -> requires uranium in short supply (at a reasonable cost)
-How badly do you need Uranium? Afraid we'll run out before more WMD's can be built? It would be a shame to use it for useful purposes such as electricity.
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massively unpopular with vast majority of people.
-You don't like it, because it's unpopular. That makes sense. Could it be unpopular because most people don't know much about it? Nah, that can't be it...
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historically has proven to be tons more expensive than original estimates. In UK it was sold as 'too cheap to meter', yet ended up overpriced, uneconomic and needing colossal UK taxpayer bailouts.
-Good thing this doesn't involve the UK. Texans and Japanese. Good combination, in my book.
There's another factor at play that goes beyond technical skills, knowledge, or even sales. That factor is time. All of the items listed would take time to do, and time costs money, unless you charge per hour. In that case, time earns money. They could simply pass the item to you with a simple diagnosis, charge for part replacement ($$$$). Or on the off chance that you do actually diagnose and resolve the real issue (which takes time), the customer is happier and willing to 1) pay for the 2 1/2 to 3 hours of service charges, and 2) going to be happy to bring their computer back to the highly competent Geek Squad. Meanwhile, Best Buy is charging over and above what the shop charges them, so the longer a diagnosis takes, the more money Best Buy brings in. Misdiagnosis either costs the customer in time ($$$) or parts ($$$). Why would they want super-geeks dispatched to every call? That's not wise. It's much smarter to hire low-paid pretty-boys for service (more like service) calls, and earn money through outsourcing the actual work.
Between the new AOL CD I got in the mail yesterday (I can't wait to install it. "Easier than ever before" they tell me.) and Glide (yet another file sharing program designed to simplify my life - hereafter referred to as YAFSPDTSML), all of my computing needs are finally taken care of for me. It's so great to be limited to... er... assisted with the things that I need most on my computer. I can't wait!
Seriously, what true geek isn't smart enough to stay away from P2P now anyway, and beyond home movies or personal photo sharing, what legitimate need is there for this? And dare I say that even family usually has to be prodded to check out pictures and/or video. It usually has to be attached to an e-mail for them to view it. This YAFSPDTSML is nothing but a waste of time, unless you enjoy exchanging pr0n with 14 year old kids. (and I really hope you don't)
I believe he was talking about a remote site. Each distinct location would have a functioning LAN, obviously. It's the link between the locations that's in question. That link would most likely be achieved by using an ISP.
Gay community meaning that I don't know of a better way to say it in a politically correct manner. I don't mean like a gay township or neighborhood; I meant it in the traditional sense, and not derogitorially -- a collective grouping of gay people as a whole. In another article about this guy, he mentions having sex with his male partner, Juan. That pretty much clued me in to the gay part. Thus I included him as part of the gay community.
Perhaps I'm reading it incorrectly, but anyone who is cured might want to help humanity instead of first aiming their crosshairs at the company who tested him and looking to sue. Perhaps he'll change his tune soon, in which case, the world (most noticeably the gay community, of which he is a member) might truly be better off because of him. But at this point, he's a piece of shit. Holding on to the possible genetic KEY to stopping this disease is among the most selfish things I've ever heard. Why is he so afraid of helping out? Being in the history books as the person whose immune system helped solved HIV wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. Instead, he's out there thinking he's Darva Conger.
nothing in the article said that he was unwilling to help
From TFA:
When we became aware of Mr Stimpson's HIV negative test results we offered him further tests to help us investigate and find an explanation for the different results.
With distributed/grid computing available, it's more possible than ever before. It starts with a trojan sent out with a title that contains the name of the most recent teeny bopper hotty and the word "nude".
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-------- high security costs -Yes. Would you have it any other way? -------- centralised (sic, unless you're British) power == transmission efficiency loss -Helps cut down on security costs, in this case, plus cuts down on management overhead, plus cuts down on transmission costs. This electricity is bound for San Antonio and Austin, and the infrastructure to send this electricity is largely in place -------- needs to be new a water source -Same with gas plants, coal plants, etc. You HAVE to cool a power plant. There are federal regulations as far as what gets discharged from a facility. Regulations about chemical/particulate contents, temperature, etc. -------- potential security risk -Yes, but security measures (physical security as well as security on control systems) are put in place to mitigate these risks, as much as possible -------- potential accident risk -Control systems monitor these units like you wouldn't imagine. -------- unknown costs of long term waste disposal -Federal regulations limit the ability to use all resources effectively; start there! -------- unknown costs of long term decommissioning -I don't know costs, but that doesn't mean someone else doesn't. -------- long build times (we need to fight climate change before 2014) -Nukes are the long term solution for large scale generation. Wind and solar can't touch this level of generation. Long term solutions take time to do correctly. -------- potential for nuclear technology to be leaked to rogue states -Like Arkansas? Seriously, you can get all you need to build a nuke from Wikipedia and a physics textbook. It ain't brain surgery. -------- not truly renewable -> requires uranium in short supply (at a reasonable cost) -How badly do you need Uranium? Afraid we'll run out before more WMD's can be built? It would be a shame to use it for useful purposes such as electricity. -------- massively unpopular with vast majority of people. -You don't like it, because it's unpopular. That makes sense. Could it be unpopular because most people don't know much about it? Nah, that can't be it... -------- historically has proven to be tons more expensive than original estimates. In UK it was sold as 'too cheap to meter', yet ended up overpriced, uneconomic and needing colossal UK taxpayer bailouts. -Good thing this doesn't involve the UK. Texans and Japanese. Good combination, in my book.
Naming convention idea: follow Symantec's lead: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/vnameinfo.html
Ex: W32.BAT.FirefoxAndIEriskThisAffectsYouAndItsReally BigItCanEvenSpawnBatchFilesOMG.dr.A
Sweet. More network overhead is always desirable!
I remember the days when Mac OS was looked down upon because it was "chatty". And IPX/SPX? Too chatty. Let's go M$, M$, M$.
Yet again, M$ increases network use, and it's described as a new awesome feature.
I wonder if my network counterparts will use the word "chatty". I guess in all fairness, they're hard asses; they probably will.
There's another factor at play that goes beyond technical skills, knowledge, or even sales. That factor is time. All of the items listed would take time to do, and time costs money, unless you charge per hour. In that case, time earns money. They could simply pass the item to you with a simple diagnosis, charge for part replacement ($$$$). Or on the off chance that you do actually diagnose and resolve the real issue (which takes time), the customer is happier and willing to 1) pay for the 2 1/2 to 3 hours of service charges, and 2) going to be happy to bring their computer back to the highly competent Geek Squad. Meanwhile, Best Buy is charging over and above what the shop charges them, so the longer a diagnosis takes, the more money Best Buy brings in. Misdiagnosis either costs the customer in time ($$$) or parts ($$$). Why would they want super-geeks dispatched to every call? That's not wise. It's much smarter to hire low-paid pretty-boys for service (more like service) calls, and earn money through outsourcing the actual work.
And what happens when retinal implant-type bionic eyes, take off?
I suppose "Mr. Smith, here are your new eyes; just watch out for movie theaters and the government." will be the standard disclaimer, huh?
And the next version will have
** 100 BEELION ROWS **
mwaha ha ha
Just who do you think you are, and how do you know me so well?
You know, sometimes words can hurt.
In other words, a very local version of region codes. There'll be players that'll allow that to be bypassed. Count on it.
That's what I've seen so far in the beta. Unfortunately, it's best viewed in IE, for it to take full advantage of DirectX. What a quandry...
The schwartz wasn't real anyway. It came out of a cracker jack box.
Or have one of those blurry word confirmation things before anyone can visit a page on your site. That'll keep the creepy crawlers away.
Between the new AOL CD I got in the mail yesterday (I can't wait to install it. "Easier than ever before" they tell me.) and Glide (yet another file sharing program designed to simplify my life - hereafter referred to as YAFSPDTSML), all of my computing needs are finally taken care of for me. It's so great to be limited to... er... assisted with the things that I need most on my computer. I can't wait!
Seriously, what true geek isn't smart enough to stay away from P2P now anyway, and beyond home movies or personal photo sharing, what legitimate need is there for this? And dare I say that even family usually has to be prodded to check out pictures and/or video. It usually has to be attached to an e-mail for them to view it. This YAFSPDTSML is nothing but a waste of time, unless you enjoy exchanging pr0n with 14 year old kids. (and I really hope you don't)
(Parent) - "FINALLY! A reason to use my mouse joke!"
I believe he was talking about a remote site. Each distinct location would have a functioning LAN, obviously. It's the link between the locations that's in question. That link would most likely be achieved by using an ISP.
Yup. Read the history section
He's still going strong. Apparently he wasn't sacked. What now?
And I unfairly labeled you a word parser too. Hope lunch was all that and a bag of Cheetos. Cheers!
Dear word parser,
Gay community meaning that I don't know of a better way to say it in a politically correct manner. I don't mean like a gay township or neighborhood; I meant it in the traditional sense, and not derogitorially -- a collective grouping of gay people as a whole. In another article about this guy, he mentions having sex with his male partner, Juan. That pretty much clued me in to the gay part. Thus I included him as part of the gay community.
Perhaps I'm reading it incorrectly, but anyone who is cured might want to help humanity instead of first aiming their crosshairs at the company who tested him and looking to sue. Perhaps he'll change his tune soon, in which case, the world (most noticeably the gay community, of which he is a member) might truly be better off because of him. But at this point, he's a piece of shit. Holding on to the possible genetic KEY to stopping this disease is among the most selfish things I've ever heard. Why is he so afraid of helping out? Being in the history books as the person whose immune system helped solved HIV wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. Instead, he's out there thinking he's Darva Conger.
From TFA:
When we became aware of Mr Stimpson's HIV negative test results we offered him further tests to help us investigate and find an explanation for the different results.
"So far Mr Stimpson has declined this offer."
Doesn't get much clearer in my book.
Yes, exacltly! Finally, someone gets it!
Okay, so don't force him to submit for tests. But look at the bright side. Maybe karma will get him, even if HIV (turned AIDS) won't.
Either way, at this point, he's ranking very high on the piece of shit-o-meter.
With distributed/grid computing available, it's more possible than ever before. It starts with a trojan sent out with a title that contains the name of the most recent teeny bopper hotty and the word "nude".
Ex: Roseanne_Barr_nude.exeFirst you have to get a thorough site survey. Then, good luck securing title insurance...
It sounds like it may be excessive for your needs, but the entire database is right here for you to test out.