Every Night and every Morn,
Some to Misery are Born.
Every Morn & every Night,
Some are Born to Sweet Delight.
Some are Born to Sweet Delight,
Some are Born to Endless Night.
The article said that but I wouldn't be so sure. Shell had another oil shale project that went no where. This one looks more promising. By Shell's own words, they won't know if this is feasible until 2010. And just because something is profitable doesn't mean they will do it. There are many ways to cook the books to show profit and loss. If there was $.01 per barrel profit would that be worth it? By definition yes. Would they bother? These companies want big profits, not small ones and I certainly woulnd't trust the $30-32 profitibility calculation. These probably won't even come online before 2010, at which time a dollar now might not equal a dollar if things collapse, so any projection based on todays price is out of context for 2010 regardless of impending oil shortage, if it doesn't know where inflation will go.
I am glad to see a slashdot story regarding energy as it will be the single most important topic that effects the vast majority of users here, their families, their neighbors, people they know, their jobs, etc.
Indeed, $3 per gallon or even $4 per gallon as it will likely be soon is not a big problem. We complain about $3 per gallon. At the same time we enjoy some of the lowest prices in the world. Our energy bill, which is a free for all 1700 pages, does little to curb mileage. They have designed diesels that can exceed 100mpg. We give tax breaks for large vehicles over 8.5k lbs based on weight alone. The breaks are specifically targeted at these large vehicles so that their extremely privelaged drivers can be compensated for their higher gas consumption. This class of vehicles was in a list in this bill that mandates small improvements in mileage for these vehicles in the future but it was removed by the administration. If you think we are making progress then just look around. Look at what people are driving, where they are driving to, what they are driving for, how they are driving, etc. You might see a few Priuses or some Mercedes Benz diesels running on SVO. Maybe one hydrogen powered honda in your life if you are lucky. Do it in Europe, Russia or Japan and compare that with the US.
To think that this new oil shale techniqe will drop your price of gas is probably delusional. First off, by Shells own words, they won't know if it is profitable or feasible until 2010. If the going price for oil is $69 per barrel and there is a demand for it then that is what Shell is going to sell it for. If demand goes down then all oil will go down. The only thing that would likely cause this is major economic collaps or "demand destruction". Shell isn't out for your best interest, they don't make money off charity. To the contrary, eventhough big business is firmly entrenched in the goverment, pushing bills that rule the citizens with it's vast powerful lobbying power, it is illegal by corporate law to make any business decision that will create a loss. This rules out charity for consumers.
The administration has just admitted that global supply hasn't been able to keep up with demand for three months before Katrina hit. We currently are living mostly on old mega-field oil discoveries. We use 4-5 times as much oil as we discover. Discoveries are going down at a rapid pace, they are smaller and smaller and Saudi Arabia has finally admitted that it cannot currently increase supply anytime soon. The anti-peak oilers will argue that this is all hype when the new wells come online and drop the prices this year and perhaps a little next year. But look at the facts with the mega discoveries and the capacity that we are using - this will be a shortlived peak. There is a lead time for these wells to come online; we know about these and we know about the years where there will be no wells comming online. Once they are used up there are few others to take their place. The world uses well over 75 million barrels a day. How long would a "mega-field" of 500,000 barrels last?
As people are so accustomed seeing important, high payed people on tv talking positively about economic growth they tend to lose sight of the real problem with regards to energy: growth. Business depends on it. Anything less than 3% growth in Japan is considered a recession. Domestic or global sustainability is not a topic for discussion, as there is there is more money in consumption and growth. And money is what rules business strategy and business is what rules governments, at least to a large effect.
We don't have just growth, we have exponential growth. A number that has exponential growth of 7% will double itself every 10 years. Carter said once that every new decade consumes more oil than all the previous years combined - going back to the first drop that was ever consumed. If you need another example think of the one from Professor Bartlett that explains the exponential function. There is a mostly empty jar. You drop in a few organi
Forget linksys for this job - if you want coverage. Their radios are the worst in aspects of sensitivity and power output - *both* are very important. If you modify the firmware and up the power they tend to run hot - and still at only a third as strong as better ones. I don't know why the IT industry is so slow to wake up to this. Go with SMC Elite Connect or Senao/Engenious for your AP. You can get a Seneo for around $150 and with a good antennae it will probably cover almost the whole area. They are the legal maximum for power output and have better sensitivity than either cisco or orinoco. SMC is practically just as good. Don't even ask how they compare with linksys. They also do wds so if you want to expand or add later then you can. In addition the build quality of these things is excellent, much nicer than linksys and much more value for your money, IMO.
But take my word for it, check it out for yourself or take a suggestion from seattle wireless. Ask the pros what they use.
I hope this versin fixes the two biggest problems that I have had with the latest 3.6 (never tried 3.7 but I see it's available) - specifically:
1 - problem with captive ntfs (doesn't work unless you add the appropriate user and group). It's easier for me to use BartPE or Winternals.
2 - inadequite x support for flatscreen monitors (yes, I have tried many different cheatcodes for fixing this, even copying what is set on the native os) It seems there is about a 10-20% failure rate.
Having said that I am looking forwared to the new version.
I was considering an IBM until I found out that IBM laptops incorporate pci "whitelists" in the bios that limit the pci hardware that can be used and prevent bootup of the laptop when non-approved cards are inserted. IBM makes very nice laptops and it is unfortunate that they come with this restriction.
Thanks to http://slashdot.org for this information.
Although there are two non-IBM supported workarounds, I will now be looking elsewhere for unrestricted pci capability.
In addition, I am considering compiling a publicly accessible list of manufacturers that do this with various details and alleged reasons.
Please forward this to the appropriate department.
I know mapquest is a nice site but I find that no one here mentioned http://map24.com/. I prefer it to mapquest and it seems to have some features that google does not yet have. But the google site is also excellent.
Google scares me and I hate to think that every new place I go to with the assistance of google maps could be stored somewhere. The way google is growing we better think about our future: http://oak.psych.gatech.edu/~epic/
Isn't this fundamentally about business power and greed? Does anyone think that we could use a new icon for this kind of thing? Perhaps a board room meeting with thought clouds of dollars? I think it would help shine the light on the way things are going these days and it would surely be interesting to see how many good stories get this identification.
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· Score: 3, Informative
FYI: The last time I used the official Knoppix 3.6 for windows recovery, captive-ntfs, which enables linux to use the native ntfs drivers on the windows system for rock solid reliability, was broken. Although reading is possible, you should never write to an ntfs volume without captive-ntfs.
Not sure if http://skype.com/ is listed in the above lists - it is surely worth mentioning but sometimes requires a USB headset purchase to tweak it, which is well worth the expense since this software often rivals Vonage service in quality when calling pots lines (non-free) and blows away anything when calling pc to pc (free).
Realplayer is not that bad if it is tweaked - you have to look for the setting that disables automatic ownership of filetypes.
http://kerio.com/ is my firewall preference over ZoneAlarm and Sygate, although the windows xp built-in is is usable. Kerio keeps an eye on changing files via an md5 hash.
http://grisoft.com/, in most cases, would be my recommendation for AV software.
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Every Night and every Morn,
Some to Misery are Born.
Every Morn & every Night,
Some are Born to Sweet Delight.
Some are Born to Sweet Delight,
Some are Born to Endless Night.
- William Blake
The article said that but I wouldn't be so sure. Shell had another oil shale project that went no where. This one looks more promising. By Shell's own words, they won't know if this is feasible until 2010. And just because something is profitable doesn't mean they will do it. There are many ways to cook the books to show profit and loss. If there was $.01 per barrel profit would that be worth it? By definition yes. Would they bother? These companies want big profits, not small ones and I certainly woulnd't trust the $30-32 profitibility calculation. These probably won't even come online before 2010, at which time a dollar now might not equal a dollar if things collapse, so any projection based on todays price is out of context for 2010 regardless of impending oil shortage, if it doesn't know where inflation will go.
I am glad to see a slashdot story regarding energy as it will be the single most important topic that effects the vast majority of users here, their families, their neighbors, people they know, their jobs, etc.
Indeed, $3 per gallon or even $4 per gallon as it will likely be soon is not a big problem. We complain about $3 per gallon. At the same time we enjoy some of the lowest prices in the world. Our energy bill, which is a free for all 1700 pages, does little to curb mileage. They have designed diesels that can exceed 100mpg. We give tax breaks for large vehicles over 8.5k lbs based on weight alone. The breaks are specifically targeted at these large vehicles so that their extremely privelaged drivers can be compensated for their higher gas consumption. This class of vehicles was in a list in this bill that mandates small improvements in mileage for these vehicles in the future but it was removed by the administration. If you think we are making progress then just look around. Look at what people are driving, where they are driving to, what they are driving for, how they are driving, etc. You might see a few Priuses or some Mercedes Benz diesels running on SVO. Maybe one hydrogen powered honda in your life if you are lucky. Do it in Europe, Russia or Japan and compare that with the US.
To think that this new oil shale techniqe will drop your price of gas is probably delusional. First off, by Shells own words, they won't know if it is profitable or feasible until 2010. If the going price for oil is $69 per barrel and there is a demand for it then that is what Shell is going to sell it for. If demand goes down then all oil will go down. The only thing that would likely cause this is major economic collaps or "demand destruction". Shell isn't out for your best interest, they don't make money off charity. To the contrary, eventhough big business is firmly entrenched in the goverment, pushing bills that rule the citizens with it's vast powerful lobbying power, it is illegal by corporate law to make any business decision that will create a loss. This rules out charity for consumers.
The administration has just admitted that global supply hasn't been able to keep up with demand for three months before Katrina hit. We currently are living mostly on old mega-field oil discoveries. We use 4-5 times as much oil as we discover. Discoveries are going down at a rapid pace, they are smaller and smaller and Saudi Arabia has finally admitted that it cannot currently increase supply anytime soon. The anti-peak oilers will argue that this is all hype when the new wells come online and drop the prices this year and perhaps a little next year. But look at the facts with the mega discoveries and the capacity that we are using - this will be a shortlived peak. There is a lead time for these wells to come online; we know about these and we know about the years where there will be no wells comming online. Once they are used up there are few others to take their place. The world uses well over 75 million barrels a day. How long would a "mega-field" of 500,000 barrels last?
As people are so accustomed seeing important, high payed people on tv talking positively about economic growth they tend to lose sight of the real problem with regards to energy: growth. Business depends on it. Anything less than 3% growth in Japan is considered a recession. Domestic or global sustainability is not a topic for discussion, as there is there is more money in consumption and growth. And money is what rules business strategy and business is what rules governments, at least to a large effect.
We don't have just growth, we have exponential growth. A number that has exponential growth of 7% will double itself every 10 years. Carter said once that every new decade consumes more oil than all the previous years combined - going back to the first drop that was ever consumed. If you need another example think of the one from Professor Bartlett that explains the exponential function. There is a mostly empty jar. You drop in a few organi
Forget linksys for this job - if you want coverage. Their radios are the worst in aspects of sensitivity and power output - *both* are very important. If you modify the firmware and up the power they tend to run hot - and still at only a third as strong as better ones. I don't know why the IT industry is so slow to wake up to this. Go with SMC Elite Connect or Senao/Engenious for your AP. You can get a Seneo for around $150 and with a good antennae it will probably cover almost the whole area. They are the legal maximum for power output and have better sensitivity than either cisco or orinoco. SMC is practically just as good. Don't even ask how they compare with linksys. They also do wds so if you want to expand or add later then you can. In addition the build quality of these things is excellent, much nicer than linksys and much more value for your money, IMO.
But take my word for it, check it out for yourself or take a suggestion from seattle wireless. Ask the pros what they use.
I hope this versin fixes the two biggest problems that I have had with the latest 3.6 (never tried 3.7 but I see it's available) - specifically:
1 - problem with captive ntfs (doesn't work unless you add the appropriate user and group). It's easier for me to use BartPE or Winternals.
2 - inadequite x support for flatscreen monitors (yes, I have tried many different cheatcodes for fixing this, even copying what is set on the native os) It seems there is about a 10-20% failure rate.
Having said that I am looking forwared to the new version.
To whom it may concern:
I was considering an IBM until I found out that IBM laptops incorporate pci "whitelists" in the bios that limit the pci hardware that can be used and prevent bootup of the laptop when non-approved cards are inserted. IBM makes very nice laptops and it is unfortunate that they come with this restriction.
Thanks to http://slashdot.org for this information.
Although there are two non-IBM supported workarounds, I will now be looking elsewhere for unrestricted pci capability.
In addition, I am considering compiling a publicly accessible list of manufacturers that do this with various details and alleged reasons.
Please forward this to the appropriate department.
Thanks.
I know mapquest is a nice site but I find that no one here mentioned http://map24.com/. I prefer it to mapquest and it seems to have some features that google does not yet have. But the google site is also excellent. Google scares me and I hate to think that every new place I go to with the assistance of google maps could be stored somewhere. The way google is growing we better think about our future: http://oak.psych.gatech.edu/~epic/
Isn't this fundamentally about business power and greed? Does anyone think that we could use a new icon for this kind of thing? Perhaps a board room meeting with thought clouds of dollars? I think it would help shine the light on the way things are going these days and it would surely be interesting to see how many good stories get this identification.
FYI:
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The last time I used the official Knoppix 3.6 for windows recovery, captive-ntfs, which enables linux to use the native ntfs drivers on the windows system for rock solid reliability, was broken. Although reading is possible, you should never write to an ntfs volume without captive-ntfs.
fix: http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6025
in this order . .
http://nonags.com/
http://www.pricelessware.org/thelist/index.htm
http://www.doom9.org/ (click on the download button on the left)
http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/
http://www.komando.com/shareware_index.asp
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best.htm
Do I need to mention sourceforge and freshmeat?
Not sure if http://skype.com/ is listed in the above lists - it is surely worth mentioning but sometimes requires a USB headset purchase to tweak it, which is well worth the expense since this software often rivals Vonage service in quality when calling pots lines (non-free) and blows away anything when calling pc to pc (free).
http://grouper.com/
http://www.ultravnc.com/ is almost always my preference over tightvnc.
Realplayer is not that bad if it is tweaked - you have to look for the setting that disables automatic ownership of filetypes.
http://kerio.com/ is my firewall preference over ZoneAlarm and Sygate, although the windows xp built-in is is usable. Kerio keeps an eye on changing files via an md5 hash.
http://grisoft.com/, in most cases, would be my recommendation for AV software.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/ is great if you have the connection for it.
And if you want more free software then download emule.
um uh . . erase that last line