Products like this decrease the amount solar panels needed. Many of the wonderful improvements are available, but at a very high cost. This development specifically reduces the cost needed to attain the same amount of power.
When you can concentrate the suns energy the collector is more efficient. This is a VERY good thing, especially considering the amount of cloudy / rainy days most places have. Lots of people do not go solar because it simply does not draw enough power for the amount of money they have to use to build the system.
You are correct... to a point. I guess it's a gray area though as "the company does not require the microchips be implanted to maintain employment" but the company does require them for security clearance to certain rooms.
The reson for having 100+mbit when the internet isn't that fast?
You serious? You know there are other reasons for routers besides linking one computer to the net through a DSL connection. Internet speed is but one of many concerns when purchasing a router. Some of us use multiple computers and move multi gigabyte files between the computers. Try doing that with an "11mb" 802.11b connection... Then try it with 54mb 802.11g, then try it with a 100mb wire or even 1gb wire... Instead of hours to move so mething from room to room, it takes a couple minutes. That's why it's so important for a 802.11n to be cross compatible.
If I'm sitting in my car outside of someone's house I want to be able to get all of their mp3's before they notice I'm sitting their with my laptop. As it is now, 54mb/s takes WAY TO LONG to download an mp3 collection from an unsecured network.
I can see it now... if they fail, we will soon be surfing the netS. One of them will be like BETA INTERNET, the other like VHS INTERNET. After some debate (and a brief LASERDISC INTERNET) BETA INTERNET will die.
VHS INTERNET FOREVER! (Until DVDs... then DVD INTERNET FOREVER! (Until Xvid INTERNET))
It is good news, but this isn't this titled incorrectly. Shouldn't it be something like "Wisconsin is the first state to pass a law making it illegal for companies to make microchip implants mandatory". The way it's written it sounds like someone has already made chip implants mandatory and Wisconsin is fighting it... They aren't, they are just being a bit proactive (for once).
Will it let my friends come over with their motley of wireless devices (b & g & landline) and play a simple LAN game? If we can't all use it for one game and it's not backwards compatible... that's just wrong... WRONG! Seriously though, the article suggests to not purchase n devices with the hopes of upgrading to whatever standard is ratified later...
From the article:
We also found that Linksys' draft 802.11n router caused performance issues with legacy 802.11g networks.
AND:
The current draft of the 802.11n standard was approved for letter ballot in March; the full standard is expected to be ratified by the second quarter of 2007.
AND:
With this uncertainty in mind, it is not advisable to invest in these products lock, stock and barrel. Enterprise-grade WLAN manufacturers continue to wait for the standard to fully bake, and enterprise customers should do the same.
For the record, I think regardless if it's called pre-N or "draft 802.11n", it is still isn't the final product... so beware what you buy.
Wait, wait... You man Microsoft is trying to MAKE people do things a new way... their way... a proprietary way which demands a complete change of hardware & software and includes an entirely new interface?
Can they do that?
From the article:
"But although there has been a rapid uptake of the service, the company says it still meets resistance and skepticism. In return, Microsoft has been assuring education institutions that its only motivation is to get students using Windows Live, promising there are no ulterior plans."
An old company I was with found out how many users forgot their passwords & the stats for password resets with the Help Desk (passwords usually account for more tickets than anything). Upper management didn't like the number of tickets for passwords, so they told people to start using family names for their passwords and suggested they put all the passwords on a sticky note near their desk "in case they forgot".
So, they give me a laptop... I get multple T3 internet connections, pay me to work... free bagels on Fridays, free coffee every day, and they can't fire me for searching for funny pictures and adding them to http://users.mtrx.net/funnypics?
Taken from http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jht ml?articleID=186100229"The graphics processor of Apple Computer Inc.'s MacBook Pro portable has been deliberately slowed down, a Mac user reported recently, probably as part of the overall effort to lower the heat the machine generates.
According to a posting on the French language site MacBidouille, a user identified as "SpacetitoX" uncovered the underclocking of the MacBook's ATI Radeon Mobility X1600 graphics chip after adding Windows XP to the computer, then running a beta version of the "ATITools" overclocking utility.
By replacing the existing ATI drivers added to the MacBook Pro for dual-booting into Windows XP, SpacetitoX was able to boost one benchmark's result from 61 frames per second to 91."
You're right... Mobile phones should supplement our lifestyle, not totally rewrite it. I like the convenience of always being in contact... it makes our social lives much more time efficient. But I still think it's rude of me to be in a weird funk and sit in a corner playing games or texting for hours.
Red Hat / JBoss has all kinds of geeky cool stuff and have fully reached the open source community, but could Oracle be in any serious risk?
From the article:
"Oracle generates more interest income than Red Hat generates in annual revenues and Red Hat's planned acquisition has little to do with future strategies to enter an already commoditized database market,"
...how common it has become to use our cell phones for entertainment? I like this kind of technology, but what has happened to good ole hookin up with people in person?
I used to commute 40 miles to work directly through a city, going through several large highway intersections. I could save 15 minutes by driving swiftly through the slow lanes, dodging traffic that was entering and leaving the highway. SO MANY slow drivers clogged up the fast lanes I could cut my commute significantly by avoiding it completely.
Same stuff, different tagline.
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Viiv apparently is very similar to other desktops already out there... Personally, I prefer an Open source PVR jigged to work around Macrovision and other DRM bunk. I doubt VIIV will be so kind.
This mindset is still an important one to have. While it is true that in many/most cases the disorder is real, a person can always do better if they take personal responsibility for their actions. Not because it means he will blame himself for his faults, which may not be up to him, but because taking personal responsibility encourages success more than any other mindset. If we don't take personal responsibility, we can't be proud of our accomplishments, destroying one of the major incentives to accomplish anything.
That is probably a better way to say much of what I meant.
Something is definately wrong for a person to desire to kill other people. You cannot deny that we are all physiologically messed up in the head... But I still feel people have choices. They have to be held accountable for what they do. Why would they be held accountable if they didn't have a choice?
Every day of my life I want to fall back on these things as an excuse of why not to try to hard, to just take it easy. But I know if I do that, things always just get worse. Imagine having a headache EVERY day of your life and wanting to live one adrenaline rush to another to ease the pain. It destroys your life...
When I treat compulsions as choices, I become more able to fight them. The article just made me feel like had a choice, even if one of the choices was not as easy... I guess people could take it however they want, though.
I personally feel that there are so many "disorders" these days, that people often find a crutch for every vice and desire. Instead of working tochange for the better, people say "That's the way I am... I can't change."
Some of these people may think this article proves that thought. I for one, feel it supports the opposite.
From the article:
"The monkey's choice may be based on the activity of these neurons," said Padoa-Schioppa.
Earlier research involving the OFC showed that lesions in the area seem to have an association with eating disorders, compulsive gambling and unusual social behaviour.
The new findings show an association between the activity of the OFC and the mental valuation process underlying choice behaviour, according to the scientists."
I think people still have choices regardless of the addiction they suffer from (OCD disorders, Serial Killer, Gambling, etc.) A person doesn't HAVE TO Gamble, but it feels that way. He doesn't HAVE TO wash his hands 5 times, but he thinks he does.
These abnormalities or "lesions" in our brains may make us feel we do not have a choice. In reality if we are honest with ourselves and we work hard to overcome these urges, we can overcome almost any adversity, vice or compulsion.
How is it possible that "Open source software and development can push governments of developing nations ahead in the world"?
How many American Open Source Projects make money? Do their participants have Political Influence? Is Torvalds running for president?
What opportunities does this bring governments?
"In his documentaries, Burns often gives life to still photographs by slowly zooming-in on subjects of interest and panning from one subject to another. For example, in a photograph of a baseball team, he might slowly pan across the faces of the players and come to a rest on the player the narrator is discussing.... This technique came to be known as the Ken Burns Effect, even though he did not originate the technique, and has become a staple of documentaries, slide shows, presentations, and even screen savers."
Ken Burns effect in Ajax:
Use good ole DHTML and XML to whip stuff around on your screen. Or as the link says "I animate the images with random slow moves, zooms, and fades to give a pleasing version of the Ken Burns Effect without having to download Macromedia® Flash or any other heavyweight animation tools."
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Products like this decrease the amount solar panels needed. Many of the wonderful improvements are available, but at a very high cost. This development specifically reduces the cost needed to attain the same amount of power.
When you can concentrate the suns energy the collector is more efficient. This is a VERY good thing, especially considering the amount of cloudy / rainy days most places have. Lots of people do not go solar because it simply does not draw enough power for the amount of money they have to use to build the system.
You are correct... to a point. I guess it's a gray area though as "the company does not require the microchips be implanted to maintain employment" but the company does require them for security clearance to certain rooms.
You serious? You know there are other reasons for routers besides linking one computer to the net through a DSL connection. Internet speed is but one of many concerns when purchasing a router. Some of us use multiple computers and move multi gigabyte files between the computers. Try doing that with an "11mb" 802.11b connection... Then try it with 54mb 802.11g, then try it with a 100mb wire or even 1gb wire... Instead of hours to move so mething from room to room, it takes a couple minutes. That's why it's so important for a 802.11n to be cross compatible.
If I'm sitting in my car outside of someone's house I want to be able to get all of their mp3's before they notice I'm sitting their with my laptop. As it is now, 54mb/s takes WAY TO LONG to download an mp3 collection from an unsecured network.
We play at a dozen different locations. Sometimes wire is the way. Sometimes it is simply impractical.
VHS INTERNET FOREVER! (Until DVDs... then DVD INTERNET FOREVER! (Until Xvid INTERNET))
Wow... where did that come from?
It is good news, but this isn't this titled incorrectly. Shouldn't it be something like "Wisconsin is the first state to pass a law making it illegal for companies to make microchip implants mandatory". The way it's written it sounds like someone has already made chip implants mandatory and Wisconsin is fighting it... They aren't, they are just being a bit proactive (for once).
From the article:
We also found that Linksys' draft 802.11n router caused performance issues with legacy 802.11g networks.
AND:
The current draft of the 802.11n standard was approved for letter ballot in March; the full standard is expected to be ratified by the second quarter of 2007.
AND:
With this uncertainty in mind, it is not advisable to invest in these products lock, stock and barrel. Enterprise-grade WLAN manufacturers continue to wait for the standard to fully bake, and enterprise customers should do the same.
For the record, I think regardless if it's called pre-N or "draft 802.11n", it is still isn't the final product... so beware what you buy.
Can they do that?
From the article:
"But although there has been a rapid uptake of the service, the company says it still meets resistance and skepticism. In return, Microsoft has been assuring education institutions that its only motivation is to get students using Windows Live, promising there are no ulterior plans."
An old company I was with found out how many users forgot their passwords & the stats for password resets with the Help Desk (passwords usually account for more tickets than anything). Upper management didn't like the number of tickets for passwords, so they told people to start using family names for their passwords and suggested they put all the passwords on a sticky note near their desk "in case they forgot".
Wow... cool!
Taken from http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jht ml?articleID=186100229
"The graphics processor of Apple Computer Inc.'s MacBook Pro portable has been deliberately slowed down, a Mac user reported recently, probably as part of the overall effort to lower the heat the machine generates.
According to a posting on the French language site MacBidouille, a user identified as "SpacetitoX" uncovered the underclocking of the MacBook's ATI Radeon Mobility X1600 graphics chip after adding Windows XP to the computer, then running a beta version of the "ATITools" overclocking utility.
By replacing the existing ATI drivers added to the MacBook Pro for dual-booting into Windows XP, SpacetitoX was able to boost one benchmark's result from 61 frames per second to 91."
You're right... Mobile phones should supplement our lifestyle, not totally rewrite it. I like the convenience of always being in contact... it makes our social lives much more time efficient. But I still think it's rude of me to be in a weird funk and sit in a corner playing games or texting for hours.
From the article:
"Oracle generates more interest income than Red Hat generates in annual revenues and Red Hat's planned acquisition has little to do with future strategies to enter an already commoditized database market,"
...how common it has become to use our cell phones for entertainment? I like this kind of technology, but what has happened to good ole hookin up with people in person?
I used to commute 40 miles to work directly through a city, going through several large highway intersections. I could save 15 minutes by driving swiftly through the slow lanes, dodging traffic that was entering and leaving the highway. SO MANY slow drivers clogged up the fast lanes I could cut my commute significantly by avoiding it completely.
Viiv apparently is very similar to other desktops already out there... Personally, I prefer an Open source PVR jigged to work around Macrovision and other DRM bunk. I doubt VIIV will be so kind.
I love it when quantum mechanics and psychology intertwine.
That is probably a better way to say much of what I meant.
Something is definately wrong for a person to desire to kill other people. You cannot deny that we are all physiologically messed up in the head... But I still feel people have choices. They have to be held accountable for what they do. Why would they be held accountable if they didn't have a choice?
It's easier if you have someone around that can be 100% honest with you... without selfish motivation.
Every day of my life I want to fall back on these things as an excuse of why not to try to hard, to just take it easy. But I know if I do that, things always just get worse. Imagine having a headache EVERY day of your life and wanting to live one adrenaline rush to another to ease the pain. It destroys your life...
When I treat compulsions as choices, I become more able to fight them. The article just made me feel like had a choice, even if one of the choices was not as easy... I guess people could take it however they want, though.
I personally feel that there are so many "disorders" these days, that people often find a crutch for every vice and desire. Instead of working tochange for the better, people say "That's the way I am... I can't change."
Some of these people may think this article proves that thought. I for one, feel it supports the opposite.
From the article:
"The monkey's choice may be based on the activity of these neurons," said Padoa-Schioppa. Earlier research involving the OFC showed that lesions in the area seem to have an association with eating disorders, compulsive gambling and unusual social behaviour. The new findings show an association between the activity of the OFC and the mental valuation process underlying choice behaviour, according to the scientists."
I think people still have choices regardless of the addiction they suffer from (OCD disorders, Serial Killer, Gambling, etc.) A person doesn't HAVE TO Gamble, but it feels that way. He doesn't HAVE TO wash his hands 5 times, but he thinks he does.
These abnormalities or "lesions" in our brains may make us feel we do not have a choice. In reality if we are honest with ourselves and we work hard to overcome these urges, we can overcome almost any adversity, vice or compulsion.
How is it possible that "Open source software and development can push governments of developing nations ahead in the world"? How many American Open Source Projects make money? Do their participants have Political Influence? Is Torvalds running for president? What opportunities does this bring governments?
"In his documentaries, Burns often gives life to still photographs by slowly zooming-in on subjects of interest and panning from one subject to another. For example, in a photograph of a baseball team, he might slowly pan across the faces of the players and come to a rest on the player the narrator is discussing. ... This technique came to be known as the Ken Burns Effect, even though he did not originate the technique, and has become a staple of documentaries, slide shows, presentations, and even screen savers."
Ken Burns effect in Ajax: Use good ole DHTML and XML to whip stuff around on your screen. Or as the link says "I animate the images with random slow moves, zooms, and fades to give a pleasing version of the Ken Burns Effect without having to download Macromedia® Flash or any other heavyweight animation tools."