Exactly. Every thermodynamic cycle requires both a heat source and a heat sink. In the middle of the desert, the only sink will be atmospheric air. Expect to see rows and rows of fin-fan air cooled heat exchangers, unless they have a suitable underground water supply to run in a traditional wet cooling tower.
I think the real point is to separate ongoing administration labour costs from systems deployment costs. Each system deployment and/or system development should be run under a separate project and managed as such, with the entire labour costs capitalised and then depreciated/amortized over the life of the deployment. The financial success, or otherwise, of each project then stands or falls on its own merits, un-muddied by any confusion with ongoing administration expenses.
Thus, you can have customised open source system deployments that probably have similar or greater capital costs to a roll-out of proprietary software, but are (hopefully) more suited to the business envirionment than the standard install. Adapting software to suit the business should be more effiicient than adapting the business to the limitations of proprietary software (he says, working on a desktop with three useless IE windows open, in order to access a JV partner's network remotely, via a client's internal network).
In theory, the life of an OSS deployment could be much longer than a proprietary software deployment, as you are not limited to the duration of support dictated by the proprietary software vendor.
Not quite correct. Terrorism is subtly different to crime, in that these two behaviors are treated differently with respect to operational methods and policing powers.
Expect to see the defined set of terrorism behaviors gradually supersede that of crime behaviors. As sure as a over-sized violin, you'll then be dispensed with any perception of redundancy: You'll only need to refer to terrorism.
My interpretation is that Elton believes (fears?) that the widely distributed and thinly spread nature of the internet music audience means that local bands will focus on this international market in preference to pandering to a local cult following.
I guess the question is whether a rise in indy artists and the demise (if ever) of the big labels will level the field, with fewer big-name stars, and the widely dispersed (global) audience perhaps preventing sufficient critical mass in a given location for a band to financially justify a tour.
But then again, until the total demise of free-to-air radio (and payola), I don't see any signficant changes afoot.
According to this report (PDF) (2003), market penetration of solar hot water heaters is 4.8%. Unless something drastic has changed in the last four years, I'd reckon it's quite a stretch to say "pretty much everybody has one".
Why didn't I get the ground based system? Because when it's over 100 F and your main AC unit dies, I couldn't wait for the ground based unit installation taking over a week. I will plan for one at my next house though. I suspect this is the same reason for the slow take-up of solar hot-water systems. If the ol' one carks-it, then the temptation is to just replace like for like.
...does not provide much help to a middle income family trying to buy a home when a vacant 1.5 acre lot in Anchorage sells for about $750,000 A middle income family needs to buy 1.5 acres for their home? In a major population centre? For what? No wonder there is no room left in the city. The traditional Aussie 1/4 acre suburban lot has proven to be more than enough for most families, which would bring the cost down to (roughly) $125k, and that's not an outrageous amount.
I'm not saying there is any benefit from a cost viewpoint. What I'm saying is that there are lots of cars that do very short trips, in which case the emission control systems on vehicles are nothing but unnecessary weight, since they don't become fully effective till the engine/cat is warm.
People who do short commutes (10km) should drive electric vehicles.
Except that very short trips are the worst kind, from an environmental viewpoint. Starting a cold engine sucks loads of fuel, and the catalyst would have hardly even got warm, let along lit-off.
The environmental impact of generating enough electricity to charge batteries for short trips is much much less than starting a cold internal combustion engine to do the same job.
I guess that China's benefit from piracy is at least some moral compensation for the less than ideal working conditions that most Chinese manufacturing workers suffer, in the name of plentiful cheap imported goods that the US (and other western nations) enjoy.
I would suggest that piracy in China will wane at a similar rate to the improvement of living/working conditions (or exchange rates move to compensate). By then, the institutional infrastructure will be in place to ensure legitimate copies of AutoCAD are used, but you'll be the one missing your cheap DVD players, microwaves, refridgerators etc.
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You posted teh frickin' link, and you're still asking the question?
BIG stirling engine.
Exactly. Every thermodynamic cycle requires both a heat source and a heat sink. In the middle of the desert, the only sink will be atmospheric air. Expect to see rows and rows of fin-fan air cooled heat exchangers, unless they have a suitable underground water supply to run in a traditional wet cooling tower.
I think the real point is to separate ongoing administration labour costs from systems deployment costs. Each system deployment and/or system development should be run under a separate project and managed as such, with the entire labour costs capitalised and then depreciated/amortized over the life of the deployment. The financial success, or otherwise, of each project then stands or falls on its own merits, un-muddied by any confusion with ongoing administration expenses.
Thus, you can have customised open source system deployments that probably have similar or greater capital costs to a roll-out of proprietary software, but are (hopefully) more suited to the business envirionment than the standard install. Adapting software to suit the business should be more effiicient than adapting the business to the limitations of proprietary software (he says, working on a desktop with three useless IE windows open, in order to access a JV partner's network remotely, via a client's internal network).
In theory, the life of an OSS deployment could be much longer than a proprietary software deployment, as you are not limited to the duration of support dictated by the proprietary software vendor.
Not quite correct. Terrorism is subtly different to crime, in that these two behaviors are treated differently with respect to operational methods and policing powers.
Expect to see the defined set of terrorism behaviors gradually supersede that of crime behaviors. As sure as a over-sized violin, you'll then be dispensed with any perception of redundancy: You'll only need to refer to terrorism.
Get elected, then just try raising taxes to pay for something that might happen someday. Terrorism?
It's an alternative to Linux... ...And, on the basis of his username, I suspect it might be called jssex.
How else does he secure a job at M$ when his tenure is up?
I think he's getting confused with C, C++, C#, Java etc..
Same level as any of the Overlords?
My interpretation is that Elton believes (fears?) that the widely distributed and thinly spread nature of the internet music audience means that local bands will focus on this international market in preference to pandering to a local cult following.
I guess the question is whether a rise in indy artists and the demise (if ever) of the big labels will level the field, with fewer big-name stars, and the widely dispersed (global) audience perhaps preventing sufficient critical mass in a given location for a band to financially justify a tour.
But then again, until the total demise of free-to-air radio (and payola), I don't see any signficant changes afoot.
According to this report (PDF) (2003), market penetration of solar hot water heaters is 4.8%. Unless something drastic has changed in the last four years, I'd reckon it's quite a stretch to say "pretty much everybody has one".
What, are you hatching a terrorist plot?
...does not provide much help to a middle income family trying to buy a home when a vacant 1.5 acre lot in Anchorage sells for about $750,000 A middle income family needs to buy 1.5 acres for their home? In a major population centre? For what? No wonder there is no room left in the city. The traditional Aussie 1/4 acre suburban lot has proven to be more than enough for most families, which would bring the cost down to (roughly) $125k, and that's not an outrageous amount.How's it going there Mick?
While you're on your research drive, you might want to look up anchor.
Belgian? Is he somewhere near Austria? Near the Harbour Bridge, and all...
I'm not saying there is any benefit from a cost viewpoint. What I'm saying is that there are lots of cars that do very short trips, in which case the emission control systems on vehicles are nothing but unnecessary weight, since they don't become fully effective till the engine/cat is warm.
People who do short commutes (10km) should drive electric vehicles.
They'd know you are a fake: If you were a genuine Islamist, you'd be saying Allahu Akbar
Except that very short trips are the worst kind, from an environmental viewpoint. Starting a cold engine sucks loads of fuel, and the catalyst would have hardly even got warm, let along lit-off.
The environmental impact of generating enough electricity to charge batteries for short trips is much much less than starting a cold internal combustion engine to do the same job.
A. A. Milne is turning in his grave.
I guess that China's benefit from piracy is at least some moral compensation for the less than ideal working conditions that most Chinese manufacturing workers suffer, in the name of plentiful cheap imported goods that the US (and other western nations) enjoy.
I would suggest that piracy in China will wane at a similar rate to the improvement of living/working conditions (or exchange rates move to compensate). By then, the institutional infrastructure will be in place to ensure legitimate copies of AutoCAD are used, but you'll be the one missing your cheap DVD players, microwaves, refridgerators etc.
We will _never_ migrate away from fossil fuel consumption unless there is some production cap (geophysical, political or economic) put in place.
As such, the climate change issue is not a production cap, all the discussion about greenhouse gas abatement is little more than hot air.