where did you get the 1/2 the efficiency? neither of the articles mentioned anything about the efficiency. Notwithstanding the fact that Si cells that you can buy for less than it costs to operate a small nation only convert around 14-16% of the energy that they intercept to electricity. yes we can build 30% efficient cells, but they are prohiitively expensive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cell (where i got my info, yes wikipedia is medeocre at best, but i'm to lazy to find a fancyer source to tell you what i learned in college)
if we ever meet a species that is more inteligent than us, odds are, it will be able to tell us.
honestly, if a human can quickly learn the language of another human, and we discover a a species that has inteligence above that of a human being (that is what you sugested here) then i see no way that they would be unable to convey the fact that they are sentient to the point of fully developed language.
the switch was because IBM's chips were to hot, they were making good speed, but apple had to water cool the things, they will be able to get higher speed and lower temps with the new systems, and stay competative. IBM just maxed out there tech for the time being.
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where did you get the 1/2 the efficiency? neither of the articles mentioned anything about the efficiency. Notwithstanding the fact that Si cells that you can buy for less than it costs to operate a small nation only convert around 14-16% of the energy that they intercept to electricity. yes we can build 30% efficient cells, but they are prohiitively expensive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cell (where i got my info, yes wikipedia is medeocre at best, but i'm to lazy to find a fancyer source to tell you what i learned in college)
if we ever meet a species that is more inteligent than us, odds are, it will be able to tell us. honestly, if a human can quickly learn the language of another human, and we discover a a species that has inteligence above that of a human being (that is what you sugested here) then i see no way that they would be unable to convey the fact that they are sentient to the point of fully developed language.
At least they have more of a case to stand on than the crazy lady with the insane expensive website from last week.
the switch was because IBM's chips were to hot, they were making good speed, but apple had to water cool the things, they will be able to get higher speed and lower temps with the new systems, and stay competative. IBM just maxed out there tech for the time being.