Multiply that by 100 million households.
Also, you're probably not representative of the number of lights in a normal household. With 100W bulbs, say a family of three would have 10-15 bulbs - that's an average of perhaps 1200W per day - for two months, you'd save $4-5.
The date of the change changes every year, so the systems in place to set up the time change probably aren't particularly daunting to change. I suspect that the oil saved in the first week would offset the cost to change systems, because most time systems are in a heirarchy. There will be few changes needed.
It goes the other way as well. Normally, when I travel to Canada, I'm the only one there using a passport (because I travel to other countries as well). This is a step toward making the passport + national ID the only real way to identify you.
That's a really good point. I'm in Seattle, and we voted down construction of a stadium to replace the Kingdome - but they built TWO anyway, using tax dollars. This can go both ways.
Begging the question refers to using the result of a proof as a given or assumption. It has nothing to do with raising a question, it's a type of circular logical fallacy.
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I think the big difference here is in the source of the set of rules we're using - the lenses we're viewing each situation through.
With copyrighted music, the majority of people here feel that the industry's use of copyright is invalid. The copyright rules they use were developed by politicians and industry representatives, not individual users and content creators.
The GPL has had input from the people who both create content to release under it, and the users of the content. It addresses many of the problems we have with copyright law, while giving businesses the ability to profit from work they have done.
Since we approach the two sets of rules differently, we come to different conclusions about people who would be in the same situation if we approached the rules in the same way.
Property taxes, not to mention mortgage, on the space used do cost money. The best idea I've seen with solar panels is that your utility uses the space on your house for them - and doesn't charge you for a certain amount of electricity per billing cycle in exchange.
If you're getting $10,000 out of the panels in 10 years, you'll get another $10,000 out of them in 20 - that's about 3.75% interest, *and* you've decreased the cost of energy marginally for everyone else.
A recent solar panel should earn you back what you paid for it in as little as a year, in good light. In a place like Seattle, it can take closer to five (depending on your financing).
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That's bogus. Many CC agencies don't care - they store the CC numbers in the machine, and it's printed out on the journal tape at the end of the day, right next to the expiry dates. I think you should try working in retail.
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Actually, I have a good story about that.
A few months ago, a friend of mine got a parking ticket while I was with him. As he was about to take a trip out of the country, I agreed to pay it for him while he was gone.
I promptly lost it. It turned out that in order to pay it, I had to get the license place number of the vehicle.
After calling the local police, the state patrol, the department of licensing, and the department of motor vehicles - who all told me it was illegal to tell me the license plate of a vehicle owned by someone I knew the name of (I know, reversed situation) - I finally called the Dept of Transportation, who promptly gave me the license plate. It turns out that with a plate number, the DMV would have told me the name, as well.
Moral of the story: If you're going to piss someone off with your plates visible, make sure they're too stupid to call around for your info.
The PSP and Portable Media Centers won't sell anytime in the near future in the US.
There's a key difference between the US and Japanese markets. In Japan, most people take the train or bus to work every day - often for over an hour. In the US, people drive.
These products are aimed at an older market than a Game Boy. The Game Boy takes hold in a market consisting of people who aren't operating the vehicle they're riding in - kids, college students. It can expand from there. The PSP/PMC don't have this base market with which to take hold. You can listen to music while you drive, while you run, cycle, etc - you can't watch a screen, and interact with it.
The key here is less cultural and more in urban planning. The US simply doesn't plan to move people using transit, but Japan does. We, here, are early adopters - we tend not to see the general trend, which is that most of the US doesn't have access to commuter rail, but most of Japan does. We have to pay attention to the road, and they don't.
That article is directly aimed at the iPod, and nothing else. Every other player works with MS' software, so that's the only product line they're competing against.
I haven't heard anyone complain about an iPod skipping. Ever. I believe this is simply FUD on the part of MS - the only hard disk player I've ever heard of skipping is the Dell - because it has next to no buffer.
If it can be argued that the person you got the DVD movie you've downloaded from was in Canada, there's nobody to sue in the chain of DMCA violations, only in the copying of copyrighted content violations. The Canadian user could DeCSS the content for you.
What I'm curious about now is whether this will lead to an identifier (maybe another DVD region?), for Canada, in the next format, but such that ripped content could be identified.
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Actually, that's not true. Energy generation accounts for a much larger percentage of energy consumption than vehicle usage.
Multiply that by 100 million households. Also, you're probably not representative of the number of lights in a normal household. With 100W bulbs, say a family of three would have 10-15 bulbs - that's an average of perhaps 1200W per day - for two months, you'd save $4-5.
The date of the change changes every year, so the systems in place to set up the time change probably aren't particularly daunting to change. I suspect that the oil saved in the first week would offset the cost to change systems, because most time systems are in a heirarchy. There will be few changes needed.
*laughing* It's immoral to give software away? Is it immoral to feed the poor, too?
It goes the other way as well. Normally, when I travel to Canada, I'm the only one there using a passport (because I travel to other countries as well). This is a step toward making the passport + national ID the only real way to identify you.
That's a really good point. I'm in Seattle, and we voted down construction of a stadium to replace the Kingdome - but they built TWO anyway, using tax dollars. This can go both ways.
I thought you said Slashdot jumped the shark, and that you were going to kuro5hin for a long while? You still seem to be here. :)
I'm just giving you a hard time - I figured it wasn't you. :)
Spelling "dildo" right might have gotten you a better true match. I guess this proves you're a geek, though. :)
No, that one's just wrong. There's plenty of correct usage out there, and this isn't an example of it.
I second that. Sorry, Slashdot folks. You'll have to get along without my +1 comments. :)
Begging the question refers to using the result of a proof as a given or assumption. It has nothing to do with raising a question, it's a type of circular logical fallacy. Google definition
I think the big difference here is in the source of the set of rules we're using - the lenses we're viewing each situation through.
With copyrighted music, the majority of people here feel that the industry's use of copyright is invalid. The copyright rules they use were developed by politicians and industry representatives, not individual users and content creators.
The GPL has had input from the people who both create content to release under it, and the users of the content. It addresses many of the problems we have with copyright law, while giving businesses the ability to profit from work they have done.
Since we approach the two sets of rules differently, we come to different conclusions about people who would be in the same situation if we approached the rules in the same way.
That's very interesting. Your argument against P2P applications is the same as the argument against handguns.
Property taxes, not to mention mortgage, on the space used do cost money. The best idea I've seen with solar panels is that your utility uses the space on your house for them - and doesn't charge you for a certain amount of electricity per billing cycle in exchange.
If you're getting $10,000 out of the panels in 10 years, you'll get another $10,000 out of them in 20 - that's about 3.75% interest, *and* you've decreased the cost of energy marginally for everyone else.
A recent solar panel should earn you back what you paid for it in as little as a year, in good light. In a place like Seattle, it can take closer to five (depending on your financing).
That's bogus. Many CC agencies don't care - they store the CC numbers in the machine, and it's printed out on the journal tape at the end of the day, right next to the expiry dates. I think you should try working in retail.
Actually, I have a good story about that.
A few months ago, a friend of mine got a parking ticket while I was with him. As he was about to take a trip out of the country, I agreed to pay it for him while he was gone.
I promptly lost it. It turned out that in order to pay it, I had to get the license place number of the vehicle.
After calling the local police, the state patrol, the department of licensing, and the department of motor vehicles - who all told me it was illegal to tell me the license plate of a vehicle owned by someone I knew the name of (I know, reversed situation) - I finally called the Dept of Transportation, who promptly gave me the license plate. It turns out that with a plate number, the DMV would have told me the name, as well.
Moral of the story: If you're going to piss someone off with your plates visible, make sure they're too stupid to call around for your info.
The PSP and Portable Media Centers won't sell anytime in the near future in the US.
There's a key difference between the US and Japanese markets. In Japan, most people take the train or bus to work every day - often for over an hour. In the US, people drive.
These products are aimed at an older market than a Game Boy. The Game Boy takes hold in a market consisting of people who aren't operating the vehicle they're riding in - kids, college students. It can expand from there. The PSP/PMC don't have this base market with which to take hold. You can listen to music while you drive, while you run, cycle, etc - you can't watch a screen, and interact with it.
The key here is less cultural and more in urban planning. The US simply doesn't plan to move people using transit, but Japan does. We, here, are early adopters - we tend not to see the general trend, which is that most of the US doesn't have access to commuter rail, but most of Japan does. We have to pay attention to the road, and they don't.
That article is directly aimed at the iPod, and nothing else. Every other player works with MS' software, so that's the only product line they're competing against.
I haven't heard anyone complain about an iPod skipping. Ever. I believe this is simply FUD on the part of MS - the only hard disk player I've ever heard of skipping is the Dell - because it has next to no buffer.
Most consumers care far more about name recognition and how "cool" a DAP is than how big it is. That's proven in the marketplace.
Yes - and that wouldn't change. But could you also be hit for breaking the encryption, as you can be in the US?
If it can be argued that the person you got the DVD movie you've downloaded from was in Canada, there's nobody to sue in the chain of DMCA violations, only in the copying of copyrighted content violations. The Canadian user could DeCSS the content for you.
What I'm curious about now is whether this will lead to an identifier (maybe another DVD region?), for Canada, in the next format, but such that ripped content could be identified.