but wasn't the gas we're putting in our cars today bought, paid for and process a long time ago? Why aren't we paying those prices instead of prices today?
It's called replacement costs. In order for the Acme Filling Station to be able to afford to re-fill their holding tanks, they have to charge for the already-purchased gas what it will cost to replace it.
"we're going to do our part and drop the price of gas a whole dollar until this crisis is over"
Gas stations are running at a loss because of consumer sentiment, and price wars.
The average one-way commute distance in 1996 was 23.1 miles.
So the UK pays ~2/3 more for gas than they're US (California specifically for this case) counterparts, but the reason why their legitimately griping is that they drive almost 3 times as far to work.
The highest yearly avg. in 2005$ is from 1981 - $2.50. The peak from that year is $3.08.
In other words, The lowest current price in CA is almost above the highest yearly average and the current peak is over 10% higher than the last record peak even after inflation is accounted for.
The slashdot fortune cookie that I received upon reading your tract should be your new tagline. It is latin, so people will be awed at your brilliance.
SEMPER UBI SUB UBI Always where under where
On a discussion note:
Are you trying to emulate Discordianism or is this a case of a philosophy whose time has come?
Hydrino Hydride Energy Density (Volumetric): Up to 182 Wh/cc Energy Density (Gravimetric): Up to 222 Wh/g Capacity: Up to 4 Ah/g Voltage Range: Up to 75V
Lithium-Ion Energy Density (Volumetric): Up to 0.3 Wh/cc Energy Density (Gravimetric): 0.12 Wh/g Capacity: 0.032 Ah/g Voltage Range: 2.5 to 4.2 V
Over 600x as much usage based on volume & 125x as much based on weight.
They give a figure of 10^8 MIPS. Figure 1:8 for a MIPS:MFLOPS ratio. So ~13 TFLOPS.
The IBM Blue Gene/L is the current record holder at 135 TFLOPS. That puts it at the power of 10 human brains if that napkin calculation has any validity.
For average consumer computers...
The ordinary computer of Aug. 2004 performed 18,000 MIPS. Ref
Human brain power is ~12.44 Moore's law cycles away from that point. That gives 19-25 years.
So, your computer should be more powerful than your brain by 2030.
Do you realy think it only costs $.50 a day to bring you a paper?
uh... No. Hence, the large number of ads all throughout the paper.
Do you think it only costs $0.002 to create a viable website with AdSense in it? A single user doesn't pay for the content. The bulk do.
the cost is just to insure that you read the copy you are delivered
Then why do I have to pay to get a copy at a newsstand? The cost isn't some token, "make the advertisers feel happy" value. There is revenue in charging a subscription, or per-copy, fee.
changing to a pay method only reduces the number of impressions and therefore also the amount of revenue.
The amount of revenue goes down from ads, but then it goes up from subscriptions. It's not a new concept.
Lets take an Ad based media business in meatspace, and try to move it to cyberspace, (I hate that word) but heres the kicker, instead of being and ad based cash flow, lets be subscription based.
The dead-tree version of the NYT, or any other major newspaper, is not solely ad-based. Either a single copy, or a delivery subscription, must be purchased. You then must sift through all the ads embedded in the display matrix, otherwise known as paper.
From TFA: The service will be provided free to home-delivery subscribers of the newspaper.
...
advertising on Web sites accounts for only 2 to 3 percent of the revenues of most newspapers
...
Articles are free for seven days after publication; a fee is charged once they are archived.
Your favorite new media (song, movie, etc...) is available for purchase. It is released in a completely non-DRM'ed format. Do you pay for it, or do you search for somebody else who has already paid for it and is sharing it?
The media corporations are not the only greedy SOBs.
And we wonder why every mass-market electronic media outlet is DRM'ed to the gills. Because they are greedy
That is not in dispute, but our greed and/or "robin hood" atempts does not help the matter any.
I view this as mere huff & puff. Any items that are not renewed, or are softened, will reappear in the coming months or years as riders on "necessary" bills that will be approved unanimously. These "new" provisions will not have expiration dates, and will not be so widely discussed & lambasted in the public/mainstream media.
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but wasn't the gas we're putting in our cars today bought, paid for and process a long time ago? Why aren't we paying those prices instead of prices today?
It's called replacement costs. In order for the Acme Filling Station to be able to afford to re-fill their holding tanks, they have to charge for the already-purchased gas what it will cost to replace it.
"we're going to do our part and drop the price of gas a whole dollar until this crisis is over"
Gas stations are running at a loss because of consumer sentiment, and price wars.
Before any grammar nazis jump me, yes I know I swapped up "they're" and "their" - twice. Mix and match to suit your pleasure. I'm going to sleep now.
This might be why... UK commute 'longest in Europe'
According to the report, the average distance travelled by UK workers is 8.5 miles
bwahahahaha... 8.5 miles is a long commute?
California Survey Results.
The average one-way commute distance in 1996 was 23.1 miles.
So the UK pays ~2/3 more for gas than they're US (California specifically for this case) counterparts, but the reason why their legitimately griping is that they drive almost 3 times as far to work.
What do mean if?
GPW currently shows Nantucket, MA enjoying $3.15/gal gas.
The Gas Buddy affiliate site shows Bridgeport, CA paying $3.39/gal. The cheapest reported price in CA is $2.47.
I was going to comment that even these rates are comparable to past peaks when inflation is taken into account, but I would've been wrong.
CA gas prices adjusted for inflation
The highest yearly avg. in 2005$ is from 1981 - $2.50. The peak from that year is $3.08.
In other words, The lowest current price in CA is almost above the highest yearly average and the current peak is over 10% higher than the last record peak even after inflation is accounted for.
don't flow like Lucas wrote them all at the same time, maybe he had a vague treatment...
That is what he has said all along. The books for the mythical ep. 7-9 aren't sitting around gathering dust in his desk.
RBFA
The second link is a short description of the machine used to produce the nifty effect talked about in the first link.
Start a Slashdot meme by saying something dumb but sorta funny.
Close, but no cigar. I was bringing an established local meme into slashdot.
The slashdot fortune cookie that I received upon reading your tract should be your new tagline. It is latin, so people will be awed at your brilliance.
SEMPER UBI SUB UBI
Always where under where
On a discussion note:
Are you trying to emulate Discordianism or is this a case of a philosophy whose time has come?
The squirrels must first be covered in hot butter sauce.
google doesn't seem to think there is a "University of Los Angeles"
Especially since the top link returned is UCLA; with or without parentheses. Don't be fooled by the sponsored links.
Untold number of "In korea, only old people..." bad jokes are on their way.
Hydrino Hydride batteries
Hydrino Hydride
Energy Density (Volumetric): Up to 182 Wh/cc
Energy Density (Gravimetric): Up to 222 Wh/g
Capacity: Up to 4 Ah/g
Voltage Range: Up to 75V
Lithium-Ion
Energy Density (Volumetric): Up to 0.3 Wh/cc
Energy Density (Gravimetric): 0.12 Wh/g
Capacity: 0.032 Ah/g
Voltage Range: 2.5 to 4.2 V
Over 600x as much usage based on volume & 125x as much based on weight.
I can't tell if you're a supporter trying to be sarcastic, or a detractor trying to be sarcastic.
Try reading Johnathan Swift's A Modest Proposal.
I wonder if anyone knows how close we are to the power of the human brain yet.
How do measure the computational power of the human brain?
Here's a 6 year old napkin calculation.
They give a figure of 10^8 MIPS. Figure 1:8 for a MIPS:MFLOPS ratio. So ~13 TFLOPS.
The IBM Blue Gene/L is the current record holder at 135 TFLOPS. That puts it at the power of 10 human brains if that napkin calculation has any validity.
For average consumer computers...
The ordinary computer of Aug. 2004 performed 18,000 MIPS. Ref
Human brain power is ~12.44 Moore's law cycles away from that point. That gives 19-25 years.
So, your computer should be more powerful than your brain by 2030.
It's ... READ THE [ahem] FRELLING ARTICLE!
otherwise known by it's tofla - RTFA!
Welcome to slashdot, how did you acquire such a low ID number?
Do you realy think it only costs $.50 a day to bring you a paper?
uh... No. Hence, the large number of ads all throughout the paper.
Do you think it only costs $0.002 to create a viable website with AdSense in it? A single user doesn't pay for the content. The bulk do.
the cost is just to insure that you read the copy you are delivered
Then why do I have to pay to get a copy at a newsstand? The cost isn't some token, "make the advertisers feel happy" value. There is revenue in charging a subscription, or per-copy, fee.
changing to a pay method only reduces the number of impressions and therefore also the amount of revenue.
The amount of revenue goes down from ads, but then it goes up from subscriptions. It's not a new concept.
Lets take an Ad based media business in meatspace, and try to move it to cyberspace, (I hate that word) but heres the kicker, instead of being and ad based cash flow, lets be subscription based.
The dead-tree version of the NYT, or any other major newspaper, is not solely ad-based. Either a single copy, or a delivery subscription, must be purchased. You then must sift through all the ads embedded in the display matrix, otherwise known as paper.
From TFA:
The service will be provided free to home-delivery subscribers of the newspaper.
...
advertising on Web sites accounts for only 2 to 3 percent of the revenues of most newspapers
...
Articles are free for seven days after publication; a fee is charged once they are archived.
Because greedy corporations...
Here's a question for you.
Your favorite new media (song, movie, etc...) is available for purchase. It is released in a completely non-DRM'ed format. Do you pay for it, or do you search for somebody else who has already paid for it and is sharing it?
The media corporations are not the only greedy SOBs.
And we wonder why every mass-market electronic media outlet is DRM'ed to the gills. Because they are greedy That is not in dispute, but our greed and/or "robin hood" atempts does not help the matter any.
Apparently it is OK to record TV as long as your aren't sharing it.
uhmmm... Yeah. That is what the whole debate over fair use, and backup copies is about.
It's okay for me to use it for my own personal pleasure, but it isn't alright to rebroadcast it to the world.
And we wonder why every mass-market electronic media outlet is DRM'ed to the gills.
I view this as mere huff & puff. Any items that are not renewed, or are softened, will reappear in the coming months or years as riders on "necessary" bills that will be approved unanimously. These "new" provisions will not have expiration dates, and will not be so widely discussed & lambasted in the public/mainstream media.
That is just what I needed. Another method to purchase & transport porn videos.
So, what do you mean by "sponsoring"? what does the person/company get in return?
They were probably sitting around bemoaning the lack of money when one those "help a child" commercials came on.
For less than the price of a double mocha soy nonfat latte, you can sponsor a Open Source project yourself! Please give.
Or they could be trying the Arts (museum/symphony/etc...) approach. Sponsor us and you'll get a nice, warm & happy feeling for bettering society.