Can you point to some of these papers? In particular the wind-power one. Large scale wind farms are just that - large scale so I'm curious how maintenance of a thousand turbines fits into the economics. Plus I'd like to see studies about environmental effects of these large scale wind farms.
I could if you had ScienceDirect or some university alumni access to online scientific journals. I get autofeed of various scientific papers in my Energy and Power default searches. Otherwise, you need to go to a college or university library like everyone else.
We're already shifting to rail in a big way - the highest ROI in stocks has been for rail lines, and you can see it in the US job creation numbers too, split out by sector (caveat: I own broad energy mutual funds and direct investments in coal firms)
First, we already know from various scientific papers, that you can use wind energy to provide power for full scale freight trains in Canada, using fuel cell engines, and do so while reducing both carbon emissions and particulate pollution. Economies of scale kick in, you just split the H20 into fuel cell engine components at the wind farms along the route, which also allows you to handle the variable nature of wind.
Second, it supposes that our insane blockade of Cuba and other countries cane ethanol will continue, and that we will continue to divert corn food/feed crops to ethanol with massive farm and energy subsidies that are unsustainable - the most anti-capitalist thing we could be doing.
Third, it assumes that our country won't shift from using mostly air travel (high energy) to rail travel along the dense urban corridors in the East, South, and West. It also ignores Boeing's and SA's and Airbus higher mpg planes and jets and the use of turboprops and algae/switchgrass biodiesel to get twice the air miles using mostly alternative non-oil-based jet and turboprop fuels.
It is an insane plan written by deadenders who fail to understand that the world has already changed, and that all our exports and imports already have a carbon tax imposed on them - when we sell to NZ, Australia, Canada, Mexico, South America, and the EU we get charged for our lack of a carbon tax and end up paying a higher amount of taxes on the exports - and the imports already have a carbon tax built into them, which we don't get a refund for, since we lack a carbon tax.
While having a dual core is nice (and I mean that on a personal level, since my "laptop" is an iPad2), the actual "gaming" iPad will be the 3D iPad (iPad3). The only problem with the alpha of that has been the battery life when you're in 3D mode, and personally I found it hard to play for more than an hour, but then I'm not that young.
I think this version will be the one to attract younger gamers, and will sell like hotcakes.
me, I'm sticking with my iPad2 now - the week long battery life (when not doing video shows or image editing) is a major plus
In Seattle, works pretty well. The entire U District is wired, and the 30 and 31 bus routes are both wired, and all of Fremont is wired, as are most of the places I go to.
My condolences for living in a third world backwater.
How well does wireless-N work when you're sitting on the bus between home and work? Citilink in Fort Wayne, Indiana, does not offer WLAN on its buses. And how did you convince businesses in your local mall to make WLAN available to the public and not just to employees? Glenbrook Square Shopping Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, does not offer WLAN to customers.
um, you do know how much the Nintendo 3DS sells for, right?
the price seems about right - expect this for release pricing and you should be able to find some $399 bundles with a set of games at specific retailers, plus a $299 pricing for certain marketers in the 4-6 month post-release phase.
Most new tablets - due to the fact that Apple bought out almost all the tablet screens worldwide - are in fact iPads or iPad2 - and they come in two flavors - wireless (or more precisely wireless b/g/n) and 3GS (which in fact use the 3G/4G networks and thus the AT&T data plans and coverage directly affect them).
So, in fact, it depends on which tablet you have and what you have it set to do - you can set it to only use one carrier or wireless mode, of course.
If you did what I did and traded back your alpha iPad3 (great idea, 3D, but it sucks juice and the eyestrain gets to these old eyes) for a wireless iPad2, then you're ahead of the game, since you don't need to rely on the AT&T network or even Verizon.
Wireless-N service works perfectly fine, and everywhere I go there's free wireless N including my home (you can buy a wireless N router for around $50).
And you can even run Skype on it, so you don't need a cell either.
Not only is this illegal in other states (e.g. WA) but it's specifically illegal under International Treaties enjoined by the US with the EU and Canada (NAFTA, FTA) which specifically give citizens of those countries the data protection rights they have in their countries.
Information may want to be free, but if the Kinect tries to motion capture me, I've got a second amendment solution for it.
Seriously, it's been a decade since I've been to a video store, and I live half a block from where one is/was.
Everything's on disk or flash.
Everything.
And with torrent so I can watch the original French-subtitled Japanese TV series, why would I even BUY a Blu-Ray disk? They won't let me use it in the players for the US - so I won't buy their crippled US product.
This is more like the state setting up cameras in the school zone to mail you $100 ticket every time you fly past at 25mph at 1am. Such a "law", like the super-regressive tax structure in WA, should not be obeyed.
Try telling a judge that in NYC when the anti-terrorist cameras catch you breaking the law.
Under WA state law, you are legally liable to pay both state and local taxes for your purchases if you file a federal income tax return claiming to reside in WA state, so the argument that you can shop at Amazon or other web sites without paying sales tax, is incorrect.
Washington State doesn't have a state or local income tax, we only have state and local sales taxes.
Nobody is exempt from paying them. Never were. That corporations should choose to assist you in not following the law is another matter.
Just because you can physically drive 125 in a 20 mph school zone doesn't mean you are legally able to.
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I could if you had ScienceDirect or some university alumni access to online scientific journals. I get autofeed of various scientific papers in my Energy and Power default searches. Otherwise, you need to go to a college or university library like everyone else.
We're already shifting to rail in a big way - the highest ROI in stocks has been for rail lines, and you can see it in the US job creation numbers too, split out by sector (caveat: I own broad energy mutual funds and direct investments in coal firms)
First, we already know from various scientific papers, that you can use wind energy to provide power for full scale freight trains in Canada, using fuel cell engines, and do so while reducing both carbon emissions and particulate pollution. Economies of scale kick in, you just split the H20 into fuel cell engine components at the wind farms along the route, which also allows you to handle the variable nature of wind.
Second, it supposes that our insane blockade of Cuba and other countries cane ethanol will continue, and that we will continue to divert corn food/feed crops to ethanol with massive farm and energy subsidies that are unsustainable - the most anti-capitalist thing we could be doing.
Third, it assumes that our country won't shift from using mostly air travel (high energy) to rail travel along the dense urban corridors in the East, South, and West. It also ignores Boeing's and SA's and Airbus higher mpg planes and jets and the use of turboprops and algae/switchgrass biodiesel to get twice the air miles using mostly alternative non-oil-based jet and turboprop fuels.
It is an insane plan written by deadenders who fail to understand that the world has already changed, and that all our exports and imports already have a carbon tax imposed on them - when we sell to NZ, Australia, Canada, Mexico, South America, and the EU we get charged for our lack of a carbon tax and end up paying a higher amount of taxes on the exports - and the imports already have a carbon tax built into them, which we don't get a refund for, since we lack a carbon tax.
EPIC FAIL.
Personally, I'm waiting for iOS 4.4.1 - it not only is a stable release, it also has anti-suicide factory-worker code in it.
(posted from my iPad2)
While having a dual core is nice (and I mean that on a personal level, since my "laptop" is an iPad2), the actual "gaming" iPad will be the 3D iPad (iPad3). The only problem with the alpha of that has been the battery life when you're in 3D mode, and personally I found it hard to play for more than an hour, but then I'm not that young.
I think this version will be the one to attract younger gamers, and will sell like hotcakes.
me, I'm sticking with my iPad2 now - the week long battery life (when not doing video shows or image editing) is a major plus
Everyone knows that only Corporations are People and the users who download data (aka consumers) are more correctly described as Serfs.
or Peasants.
choose one, but the US Supreme Court says only Corporations are People.
dang, Jenny, I said not to change that number.
I've got a nice jail cell for you in GITMO then.
Half price if your name is Jenny.
Talking on cell phones while driving
Texting while driving
Watching vids while driving
Yes, that means you. And if the car is turned on and in a roadway, that counts, no matter what your excuse is.
when the original dev for the Wii started, it was basically a gamecube.
My code doesn't care about the network, it just cares about the hw it runs on.
In Seattle, works pretty well. The entire U District is wired, and the 30 and 31 bus routes are both wired, and all of Fremont is wired, as are most of the places I go to.
My condolences for living in a third world backwater.
How well does wireless-N work when you're sitting on the bus between home and work? Citilink in Fort Wayne, Indiana, does not offer WLAN on its buses. And how did you convince businesses in your local mall to make WLAN available to the public and not just to employees? Glenbrook Square Shopping Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, does not offer WLAN to customers.
the baseline is wireless N - usually the higher level is an optional add on so that they can work the bugs out once the spec is stable
um, you do know how much the Nintendo 3DS sells for, right?
the price seems about right - expect this for release pricing and you should be able to find some $399 bundles with a set of games at specific retailers, plus a $299 pricing for certain marketers in the 4-6 month post-release phase.
I know i know ... stream. but it's a dev name, nor marketing.
the main question is: what will be the Final Fantasy game released for it?
PS4 wont be called that and is release 2014 neway
different market release name and internal name, don't expect a dev platform alpha until late 2012 and that might shift a few times
my main concern is the pricing for the dev is way too high and they don't show any desire to drop it for some reason
and i'm already running alpha dev code to allow the iPad3 to connect to it remotely over wireless N.
going to be sweet.
i should warn you marketing has a bad habit of changing the release name, so don't etch that in stone yet.
Most new tablets - due to the fact that Apple bought out almost all the tablet screens worldwide - are in fact iPads or iPad2 - and they come in two flavors - wireless (or more precisely wireless b/g/n) and 3GS (which in fact use the 3G/4G networks and thus the AT&T data plans and coverage directly affect them).
So, in fact, it depends on which tablet you have and what you have it set to do - you can set it to only use one carrier or wireless mode, of course.
I for one welcome our
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If you did what I did and traded back your alpha iPad3 (great idea, 3D, but it sucks juice and the eyestrain gets to these old eyes) for a wireless iPad2, then you're ahead of the game, since you don't need to rely on the AT&T network or even Verizon.
Wireless-N service works perfectly fine, and everywhere I go there's free wireless N including my home (you can buy a wireless N router for around $50).
And you can even run Skype on it, so you don't need a cell either.
Not only is this illegal in other states (e.g. WA) but it's specifically illegal under International Treaties enjoined by the US with the EU and Canada (NAFTA, FTA) which specifically give citizens of those countries the data protection rights they have in their countries.
Information may want to be free, but if the Kinect tries to motion capture me, I've got a second amendment solution for it.
Seriously, it's been a decade since I've been to a video store, and I live half a block from where one is/was.
Everything's on disk or flash.
Everything.
And with torrent so I can watch the original French-subtitled Japanese TV series, why would I even BUY a Blu-Ray disk? They won't let me use it in the players for the US - so I won't buy their crippled US product.
Consequences - it's what's for dinner.
Another successful black flag operation by the dreaded CSIS - Canadian Security ftw!
Iran just got p0wnd!
Thank you for complying, citizen.
Remember, we all love the Computer and those who do not will be removed to a secure detention facility for their safety.
Today is red jello day - all workers must eat all of their red jello. Failure to comply will result in five demerits.
This is more like the state setting up cameras in the school zone to mail you $100 ticket every time you fly past at 25mph at 1am. Such a "law", like the super-regressive tax structure in WA, should not be obeyed.
Try telling a judge that in NYC when the anti-terrorist cameras catch you breaking the law.
You'll still go to jail.
Under WA state law, you are legally liable to pay both state and local taxes for your purchases if you file a federal income tax return claiming to reside in WA state, so the argument that you can shop at Amazon or other web sites without paying sales tax, is incorrect.
Washington State doesn't have a state or local income tax, we only have state and local sales taxes.
Nobody is exempt from paying them. Never were. That corporations should choose to assist you in not following the law is another matter.
Just because you can physically drive 125 in a 20 mph school zone doesn't mean you are legally able to.