The main problem I've had with Bazaar is the lack of tool options. Of course, that's not really Bazaar's fault...
With Mercurial, I have tortoisehg for Windows and a very nice plugin for Eclipse. Bazaar's Eclipse integration has been rather lacking and the Windows tool chains have been slowly filing in, but it still needs time to level the field. (I'd work in Linux at work if it was an option... but it's not.) I still use Mercurial on my Linux laptop for local version management though.. mainly because it's what I use at work and there's no jumping between different keywords and methodologies.
Not sure, but I bought some of them US made LEDs when I moved into my new house. I didn't, however, buy all LED because they are incredibly white light (vs the halogen replacements I got for the normal bulbs.)
The fact that it matters that he's "half anything" is the biggest problem. I was kind of hoping that we would have gotten over the whole race thing and not made such a big deal about the color of our President but it seems that racism still has some way to go. I guess it's pure naivety on my part since we still have organizations setup simply to "benefit" people based on race.
It's kind of like putting a hose in a tub, running it out the window and sucking on the hose a bit to get the water started.
The hot air raising up the tube creates a vacuum that pulls in more cold air around the base which is heated by the sun through the glass. The higher it goes, the more air it needs to pull in the bottom. If you cut the tube off, the vacuum is reduced because the hot air is not being used fully and being released too soon.
I would imagine that solar panels would be much more expensive than this structure though. I admit it seems a bit on the eccentric side, but it's one of those ideas that has niche places it could work and the middle of the desert seems like the perfect place.
I was under the impression that the turbines surrounded the base of the tower at ground level. Every diagram of systems like this show the same layout.
Are you talking land value? In the desert, land is cheap. Are you talking about the amount of glass needed to make the "green house?" What would make the size of the base a deterrent?
In the video after the jump, EnviroMission CEO Roger Davey explains the solar tower technology, the Arizona project and why he couldn't get it built at home in Australia.
The output has already been pre-sold - the Southern California Public Power Authority recently signed a 30-year power purchase agreement with EnviroMission that will effectively allow the tower to provide enough energy for an estimated 150,000 US homes. Financial modelling projects that the tower will pay off its purchase price in just 11 years - and the engineering team are shooting for a structure that will stand for 80 years or more.
There's no spin, but number of books does not determine that parents read more. It's a correlation vs. causation issue. The OP I responded to was talking about the difference between a child growing up in an education focused environment. An educated child would naturally have a better chance of success. To state that the level of books in one's home directly relates to a specific education level of the child is reaching.
Unions also help ensure that all the employees are pretty much making the same amount. It's far easier to place union employees in brackets of pay to prevent union disputes. So teachers that excel at what they do will not be making what they deserve. It breeds complacency and makes teachers feel as though no matter what they do, it's not going to help them get ahead or live a better life. Call it egotism if you like, but people really need to feel as though their pay is based on their performance rather than a union contract.
I grew up in two different school districts. In one district I had over 400 kids in my graduating class and I feel the education level was worse there than it was when I went to a smaller school in a rural town (not even a traffic light in the main intersection) and I had 50 kids in my graduating class. I was also in the biggest graduating class at the time in the school's history. I wouldn't call that town "uncivilized." They just had a more "Down to Earth" outlook on things. Instead of all the kids wanting to be famous actors or models, most of the kids thought they'd be teachers, farmers, or knew they'd be working in one of the local towns doing whatever they could get. They mostly focused more in school than my previous (>400 students per level) school. Class sizes were relatively the same. I think I went from 30 kids per class to about 25 but all the kids in my graduating class went to the same classes instead of being split up into multiple classes.
The longshoremen hold an unusually strong hand. "They are one of the highest-paid blue-collar groups because of their strategic location in terms of controlling where goods funnel from ports to the nation's roads and railroads," said Howard Kimeldorf, a University of Michigan professor who wrote a book on dockworkers. "They have enormous bargaining clout because they have the power to stop all those goods."
This is not the "norm." Usually union jobs are low pay, low skill. That's not what I'd want for my teachers.
I never said that six figure salaries were needed for middle class. It was an arbitrary bracket used to make my point. Union jobs tend to be lower paying jobs with little to no skill. I wouldn't consider a teaching job as little to no skill.
Yeah, and the parents could also take their kids to the library on a regular basis. I still don't think you can walk into a home, find the library, and determine how successful someone will be.
All teacher's pay is available as public record (because they are public employees) so if you were getting paid more, your co-worker could know about it. That may cause unnecessary tension in the workplace.
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You are complaining about the name of software projects? Have you looked at the name of cars coming out recently?
The main problem I've had with Bazaar is the lack of tool options. Of course, that's not really Bazaar's fault...
With Mercurial, I have tortoisehg for Windows and a very nice plugin for Eclipse. Bazaar's Eclipse integration has been rather lacking and the Windows tool chains have been slowly filing in, but it still needs time to level the field. (I'd work in Linux at work if it was an option... but it's not.) I still use Mercurial on my Linux laptop for local version management though.. mainly because it's what I use at work and there's no jumping between different keywords and methodologies.
Could you imagine if Earth's moon was the source of rainfall? What kind of mythology/traditions would we have come up with from that!?
Not sure, but I bought some of them US made LEDs when I moved into my new house. I didn't, however, buy all LED because they are incredibly white light (vs the halogen replacements I got for the normal bulbs.)
The fact that it matters that he's "half anything" is the biggest problem. I was kind of hoping that we would have gotten over the whole race thing and not made such a big deal about the color of our President but it seems that racism still has some way to go. I guess it's pure naivety on my part since we still have organizations setup simply to "benefit" people based on race.
It makes me wonder what the percentage is for Windows users and the next version of Windows.
My guess is that any weather you change will be a few miles to the East simply due to prevailing winds.
Solar cells have a lower life span though (from what I understand) and they cost a hell of a lot more.
It's kind of like putting a hose in a tub, running it out the window and sucking on the hose a bit to get the water started.
The hot air raising up the tube creates a vacuum that pulls in more cold air around the base which is heated by the sun through the glass. The higher it goes, the more air it needs to pull in the bottom. If you cut the tube off, the vacuum is reduced because the hot air is not being used fully and being released too soon.
I would imagine that solar panels would be much more expensive than this structure though. I admit it seems a bit on the eccentric side, but it's one of those ideas that has niche places it could work and the middle of the desert seems like the perfect place.
Arizona is not thousands of miles away from California. Phoenix is just under 400 miles from Los Angeles.
Beef jerky factory.
I was under the impression that the turbines surrounded the base of the tower at ground level. Every diagram of systems like this show the same layout.
Are you talking land value? In the desert, land is cheap. Are you talking about the amount of glass needed to make the "green house?" What would make the size of the base a deterrent?
What would the thermocouple be doing? Facilitating the opening/closing of vents?
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In the video after the jump, EnviroMission CEO Roger Davey explains the solar tower technology, the Arizona project and why he couldn't get it built at home in Australia.
FTA:
The output has already been pre-sold - the Southern California Public Power Authority recently signed a 30-year power purchase agreement with EnviroMission that will effectively allow the tower to provide enough energy for an estimated 150,000 US homes. Financial modelling projects that the tower will pay off its purchase price in just 11 years - and the engineering team are shooting for a structure that will stand for 80 years or more.
There's no spin, but number of books does not determine that parents read more. It's a correlation vs. causation issue. The OP I responded to was talking about the difference between a child growing up in an education focused environment. An educated child would naturally have a better chance of success. To state that the level of books in one's home directly relates to a specific education level of the child is reaching.
Unions also help ensure that all the employees are pretty much making the same amount. It's far easier to place union employees in brackets of pay to prevent union disputes. So teachers that excel at what they do will not be making what they deserve. It breeds complacency and makes teachers feel as though no matter what they do, it's not going to help them get ahead or live a better life. Call it egotism if you like, but people really need to feel as though their pay is based on their performance rather than a union contract.
I grew up in two different school districts. In one district I had over 400 kids in my graduating class and I feel the education level was worse there than it was when I went to a smaller school in a rural town (not even a traffic light in the main intersection) and I had 50 kids in my graduating class. I was also in the biggest graduating class at the time in the school's history. I wouldn't call that town "uncivilized." They just had a more "Down to Earth" outlook on things. Instead of all the kids wanting to be famous actors or models, most of the kids thought they'd be teachers, farmers, or knew they'd be working in one of the local towns doing whatever they could get. They mostly focused more in school than my previous (>400 students per level) school. Class sizes were relatively the same. I think I went from 30 kids per class to about 25 but all the kids in my graduating class went to the same classes instead of being split up into multiple classes.
Oh, I agree. I guess it was more of an observation on my part.
Yes, and from the article itself:
The longshoremen hold an unusually strong hand. "They are one of the highest-paid blue-collar groups because of their strategic location in terms of controlling where goods funnel from ports to the nation's roads and railroads," said Howard Kimeldorf, a University of Michigan professor who wrote a book on dockworkers. "They have enormous bargaining clout because they have the power to stop all those goods."
This is not the "norm." Usually union jobs are low pay, low skill. That's not what I'd want for my teachers.
I never said that six figure salaries were needed for middle class. It was an arbitrary bracket used to make my point. Union jobs tend to be lower paying jobs with little to no skill. I wouldn't consider a teaching job as little to no skill.
Yeah, and the parents could also take their kids to the library on a regular basis. I still don't think you can walk into a home, find the library, and determine how successful someone will be.
All teacher's pay is available as public record (because they are public employees) so if you were getting paid more, your co-worker could know about it. That may cause unnecessary tension in the workplace.