Don't affix them directly onto the roof. Affix a metal frame onto the roof, and attach the panels to that. Use/find/make covers to attach to the frame to protect the panels. You know, like storm shutters. I bet Rolladen can get something workable for you going.
If we want to get rid of them the safest option is to disassemble them and either burn the fissionable material in a reactor or render it non-weapons grade. Developing commercial uses will only encourage us to build more.
This isn't just safe. It is smart. These weapons were built specifically because they store a lot of energy. That energy can now be used peacefully, and is sorely needed. Certainly, a 10 megaton bomb is more energetic than 10 megatons of coal.
Humans are social animals. Humans have progressed from cave dwellers by working together for common goals, not by hoarding property. This is a recent invention in human history.
Yes, yes I do. Except for my desk and task lamps, where I actually care about distinguishing colors year round.
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It looks like there's a few ways of creating white LEDs, including using separate red, green and blue LEDs (although this is rarely mass produced) and using near UV emitting LEDs in a similar fashion that you described, which results in a better color spectrum but with the risk of emitting UV light if there's a manufacturing flaw.
I don't see why this is such a big deal. An uncoated fluorescent bulb primarily puts out UV light. It is the coating that produces visible light, via fluorescence.
Stocks are not cash. Stocks do not appear as cash on a balance sheet.
The only way this could be a reasonable mistake on the trader's part is if a small amount of cash was mistakenly added to an account with a fair amount of cash already on the books, from dividends and deposits.
Haskell's typing language is Turing Complete. It is extremely expressive and easy to use. It does a lot more than "remove a small class of runtime errors". It is a tool in itself.
This story has been getting a lot of press in the news along the lines of "stupid politicians try to silence brave scientist," but seriously, what would YOU have done if you were those politicians?
Called some geologists and gotten a second opinion. He had specific evidence and claims that were open to scrutiny.
Go ahead and charge a steep commission, but don't kick the same people that are giving your product an edge.
First, the story is false. Apple is not currently doing what the article suggests it is.
Second, most market makers charge a commission, and will not refund that commission unless their service was flawed. Indeed, market makers are providing a service by allowing buyers and sellers to meet and conduct business. But, aside from regulating some basic conduct, that is their only obligation to buyers and sellers. If a seller has to give a buyer a refund, he has to give 100% and will not receive a refund for the commission. The market maker fulfilled its obligations to the seller -- it facilitated a transaction.
Apple is treating its sellers significantly better than average.
English "and" is not commutative. There's the temporal-and, for example. I suspect the GP chose that order specifically to emphasize that Apple is providing a service. The emphatic-and is not commutative either.
Back on topic, agreed. In this market, Apple is acting as a market maker, much like EBay or the NYSE. Neither of these return commissions unless a transaction fails on their fault. Since the story is false, Apple treats its sellers better than average. Even if the story was true, it shouldn't even be a story. The biggest markets in the world currently operate this way.
EFI is a freely available specification, managed and developed by an independent third party. Lots of products use EFI because it is significantly better than BIOS.
I know DOZENS of people who would complain if it wasn't a metric papyrus.
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I completely fail to see how a range of 40-80 (after all, you did say "habitable temperatures" for humans), is better than a range of 5-30.
Humans can survive in climates colder than 40F.
On the other hand, it is completely arbitrary to use Fahrenheit over Celsius. And vice versa. It does not matter one whit that ice melts at 0C or 32F in your daily life. If you actually needed a "logical" and consistent unit for temperature, you would be using the Kelvin scale.
What is so logical about the meter being defined as the length of a certain platinum bar? Nothing, it is just as arbitrary.
The SI system has one major advantage over the US Customary system. Unit conversions, in terms of scalar multiples, are far easier. And that advantage is not relevant to temperature units, in our daily lives. Something is seriously wrong in the world if you're worrying about mega-Celsius or mega-Fahrenheit temperatures outside of theoretical physics (where you would be using Kelvin anyway)
What good is that "convenient" fact good for? It doesn't help in chemistry, the only context in which sensible units actually matter. Units are utterly arbitrary in other contexts.
If the "similar" invention is similar enough, it falls under the auspices of the original patent. The second inventor must license the patent, or else cannot pursue his invention.
Patenting an ebook reader is certainly meant to "corner" the ebook reader market. This is by design, and the purpose of the patent system.
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Don't affix them directly onto the roof. Affix a metal frame onto the roof, and attach the panels to that. Use/find/make covers to attach to the frame to protect the panels. You know, like storm shutters. I bet Rolladen can get something workable for you going.
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If we want to get rid of them the safest option is to disassemble them and either burn the fissionable material in a reactor or render it non-weapons grade. Developing commercial uses will only encourage us to build more.
This isn't just safe. It is smart. These weapons were built specifically because they store a lot of energy. That energy can now be used peacefully, and is sorely needed. Certainly, a 10 megaton bomb is more energetic than 10 megatons of coal.
Humans are social animals. Humans have progressed from cave dwellers by working together for common goals, not by hoarding property. This is a recent invention in human history.
Yes, yes I do. Except for my desk and task lamps, where I actually care about distinguishing colors year round.
It looks like there's a few ways of creating white LEDs, including using separate red, green and blue LEDs (although this is rarely mass produced) and using near UV emitting LEDs in a similar fashion that you described, which results in a better color spectrum but with the risk of emitting UV light if there's a manufacturing flaw.
I don't see why this is such a big deal. An uncoated fluorescent bulb primarily puts out UV light. It is the coating that produces visible light, via fluorescence.
As long as they don't charge for poor power factor! (when that will be the case, I bet they will include the electronic to compensate)
Utilities do this for industrial settings, and do not provide electronics to compensate.
Try halogen bulbs. They out last regular incandescent bulbs, are twice as efficient, and are way hotter (thermally), for better color.
Stocks are not cash. Stocks do not appear as cash on a balance sheet.
The only way this could be a reasonable mistake on the trader's part is if a small amount of cash was mistakenly added to an account with a fair amount of cash already on the books, from dividends and deposits.
Haskell's typing language is Turing Complete. It is extremely expressive and easy to use. It does a lot more than "remove a small class of runtime errors". It is a tool in itself.
This story has been getting a lot of press in the news along the lines of "stupid politicians try to silence brave scientist," but seriously, what would YOU have done if you were those politicians?
Called some geologists and gotten a second opinion. He had specific evidence and claims that were open to scrutiny.
Driving the Western, credit-based economy.
Have you ever wondered what "DMCA" stands for?
And there's an answer to that, too!
Go ahead and charge a steep commission, but don't kick the same people that are giving your product an edge.
First, the story is false. Apple is not currently doing what the article suggests it is.
Second, most market makers charge a commission, and will not refund that commission unless their service was flawed. Indeed, market makers are providing a service by allowing buyers and sellers to meet and conduct business. But, aside from regulating some basic conduct, that is their only obligation to buyers and sellers. If a seller has to give a buyer a refund, he has to give 100% and will not receive a refund for the commission. The market maker fulfilled its obligations to the seller -- it facilitated a transaction.
Apple is treating its sellers significantly better than average.
English "and" is not commutative. There's the temporal-and, for example. I suspect the GP chose that order specifically to emphasize that Apple is providing a service. The emphatic-and is not commutative either.
Back on topic, agreed. In this market, Apple is acting as a market maker, much like EBay or the NYSE. Neither of these return commissions unless a transaction fails on their fault. Since the story is false, Apple treats its sellers better than average. Even if the story was true, it shouldn't even be a story. The biggest markets in the world currently operate this way.
Goddammit! The next one of you fullatos that adds a number to another number is gonna hear it from my .45.
EFI is a freely available specification, managed and developed by an independent third party. Lots of products use EFI because it is significantly better than BIOS.
Is that a metric papyrus, or a customary one?
I know DOZENS of people who would complain if it wasn't a metric papyrus.
I completely fail to see how a range of 40-80 (after all, you did say "habitable temperatures" for humans), is better than a range of 5-30.
Humans can survive in climates colder than 40F.
On the other hand, it is completely arbitrary to use Fahrenheit over Celsius. And vice versa. It does not matter one whit that ice melts at 0C or 32F in your daily life. If you actually needed a "logical" and consistent unit for temperature, you would be using the Kelvin scale.
What is so logical about the meter being defined as the length of a certain platinum bar? Nothing, it is just as arbitrary.
The SI system has one major advantage over the US Customary system. Unit conversions, in terms of scalar multiples, are far easier. And that advantage is not relevant to temperature units, in our daily lives. Something is seriously wrong in the world if you're worrying about mega-Celsius or mega-Fahrenheit temperatures outside of theoretical physics (where you would be using Kelvin anyway)
What good is that "convenient" fact good for? It doesn't help in chemistry, the only context in which sensible units actually matter. Units are utterly arbitrary in other contexts.
I think you don't know what "arbitrary" means.
The cubit is a unit of length.
If you roast meat, you may use a meat thermometer so you won't get food poisoning.
Yeah, and it has little F's on the side. I take my meat out when I have 165 of them.
If the "similar" invention is similar enough, it falls under the auspices of the original patent. The second inventor must license the patent, or else cannot pursue his invention.
Patenting an ebook reader is certainly meant to "corner" the ebook reader market. This is by design, and the purpose of the patent system.
It is.
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