I've done some reading on biofuels, and while I agree ethanol isn't going to be there for quite a while (until cellulose processing methods are perfected), biofuels are an integral piece of the renewable energy puzzle.
Tesla Motors has the right idea, but I doubt within the next decade they'll have an electrical energy storage device capable of delivering more then 400 miles per charge (they're only at 250 miles/per charge right now). Biofuels (the diesel sort more specifically) have the energy density to deliver. Not how I prefer things to work out myself, but frankly whatever reduces carbon emissions quickly and effectively works as a stop-gap measure.
You bring up an excellent example. I myself have eaten at In'N'Out while visiting Orange County, and of course we have no In'N'Out burger locations in the midwest. I would fly out to California or road trip out there with friends just to eat at In'N'Out burger. They're that good.
Clinton was on The Daily Show the other day, chatting with John Stewart about how powerful the internet was for charity (and how much was donated over the Internet for those affected by Hurricane Katrina).
He noted that if every family in America donated $10-20 to a fund/concern devoted to alternative enegery, we'd be rid of using oil in short order. Good to see he actually moved forward with the idea.
Agreed. I've done much research on this, and the downside of paying taxes is offset by plenty of benefits. 501(c)(3) has it's place, but it shouldn't be used everywhere.
Access control is most likely going to be handled by a RADIUS-like system. With that sort of system, you can restrict the login instance, so once the user is logged in, no other logins can be made under the same credentials.
"Works created by an agency of the United States government are public domain at the moment of creation. Examples include military journalism, federal court opinions (but not necessarily state court opinions), congressional committee reports, and census data. However, works commissioned by the government but created by a contractor are still subject to copyright, and even in the case of public domain documents, availability of such documents may be limited by laws limiting the spread of classified information.
Before 1978, unpublished works were not covered by the federal copyright act. This does not mean that the works were in the public domain. Rather, it means that they were covered under (perpetual) state copyright law. The claim that "pre-1923 works are safe" is only correct for published works; unpublished works are under federal copyright for at least the life of the author plus seventy years. If they were created before 1978 but first published before 2002, the works have federal copyright protection until 2047."
So, while the moon landing film/video was created before 1978 (and thereby, before the federal copyright act), it is most likely still in the public domain (due to the astronauts being government employees).
"Thermocouples, though very reliable and long-lasting, are very inefficient; efficiencies above 10% have never been achieved and most RTGs have efficiencies between 3-7%."
So to answer your question, they're made to make a little power for the spacecraft to survive millions of miles from potential energy sources, but would be horribly ineffiencient to be used to generate power on Earth (when we have more efficient ways to do it).
Remind me again why we should leave the capital in Springfield, an economically-depressed, crumbling town when the majority of non-farm business is conducted in Chicago?
Perhaps thought could be put into having a stable-expert-verfied, where experts with verified credentials can approve facts on per-article basis? Just a thought.
While true there is a cost involved, it's much less then:
A) Being bent over a barrel by any top tier providers
B) Buying transit from only a couple of providers
Google doing their own peering with everyone is relatively cheap, perhaps not bandwidth wise, but in the fact that no one organization can get in their way and say "Play/pay our way or leave".
It can actually be cheaper to peer with the world instead of getting transit, depending on how much bandwidth you use. YouTube is doing so (per their presenation at NANOG this year).
Google doesn't have very high bandwidth costs from my understanding. They peer with EVERYONE. I'm three-four hops from them on my Speakeasy DSL connection in Chicago.
Me -> Speakeasy Exchange -> Google Router in Chicago -> Google Web Server in SJ, CA
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Tesla Motors has the right idea, but I doubt within the next decade they'll have an electrical energy storage device capable of delivering more then 400 miles per charge (they're only at 250 miles/per charge right now). Biofuels (the diesel sort more specifically) have the energy density to deliver. Not how I prefer things to work out myself, but frankly whatever reduces carbon emissions quickly and effectively works as a stop-gap measure.
-b
You bring up an excellent example. I myself have eaten at In'N'Out while visiting Orange County, and of course we have no In'N'Out burger locations in the midwest. I would fly out to California or road trip out there with friends just to eat at In'N'Out burger. They're that good.
Clinton was on The Daily Show the other day, chatting with John Stewart about how powerful the internet was for charity (and how much was donated over the Internet for those affected by Hurricane Katrina).
He noted that if every family in America donated $10-20 to a fund/concern devoted to alternative enegery, we'd be rid of using oil in short order. Good to see he actually moved forward with the idea.
-b
Access control is most likely going to be handled by a RADIUS-like system. With that sort of system, you can restrict the login instance, so once the user is logged in, no other logins can be made under the same credentials.
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If you're using this device, you most likely don't care about Part 15.
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I joke, I joke! (that was indeed harsh. I owe you a beer next time you're in Chicago)
-b
Your TDI's ECM should figure out it's colder out in the winter, and compensate to ensure complete combustion.
Considering it takes a quarter mile to turn around, roundtrip TTL would indeed suck =)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain#United_ States_law
"Works created by an agency of the United States government are public domain at the moment of creation. Examples include military journalism, federal court opinions (but not necessarily state court opinions), congressional committee reports, and census data. However, works commissioned by the government but created by a contractor are still subject to copyright, and even in the case of public domain documents, availability of such documents may be limited by laws limiting the spread of classified information.
Before 1978, unpublished works were not covered by the federal copyright act. This does not mean that the works were in the public domain. Rather, it means that they were covered under (perpetual) state copyright law. The claim that "pre-1923 works are safe" is only correct for published works; unpublished works are under federal copyright for at least the life of the author plus seventy years. If they were created before 1978 but first published before 2002, the works have federal copyright protection until 2047."
So, while the moon landing film/video was created before 1978 (and thereby, before the federal copyright act), it is most likely still in the public domain (due to the astronauts being government employees).
Excellent post. Very few people get that abortion isn't the problem, it's merely the symptom of bigger, more important problems.
-b
And Exchange 2007 is right around the corner. Unified Messaging anyone?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoel ectric_generator#Efficiency
"Thermocouples, though very reliable and long-lasting, are very inefficient; efficiencies above 10% have never been achieved and most RTGs have efficiencies between 3-7%."
So to answer your question, they're made to make a little power for the spacecraft to survive millions of miles from potential energy sources, but would be horribly ineffiencient to be used to generate power on Earth (when we have more efficient ways to do it).
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Yet.
Remind me again why we should leave the capital in Springfield, an economically-depressed, crumbling town when the majority of non-farm business is conducted in Chicago?
How do companies make money just off of ads? Have you never heard of Google?
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A) Being bent over a barrel by any top tier providers
B) Buying transit from only a couple of providers
Google doing their own peering with everyone is relatively cheap, perhaps not bandwidth wise, but in the fact that no one organization can get in their way and say "Play/pay our way or leave".
It can actually be cheaper to peer with the world instead of getting transit, depending on how much bandwidth you use. YouTube is doing so (per their presenation at NANOG this year).
-brandon
Me -> Speakeasy Exchange -> Google Router in Chicago -> Google Web Server in SJ, CA
AhhH! You're spoiling it for those of us who don't know what happens yet! (I have yet to pickup Halo 2). -b
My mistake, it's late. Besides, I was only one oxygen molecule off. The both displace O2 in tissues, so how's about half credit? =)
Actually, it wasn't red dye. It was carbon dioxide. It causes the meat to stay red longer (instead of the gray it turns at it spoils).