Waitress:...or Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam.
The difference between a slashdot editor and Guardian editor is that the Guardian editors studied English, while the slashdot editors studied technology. It's rare to find an engineer that can write well, just as it's rare to find an English major that's good at math. English majors and journalism majors are terrible when writing or editing anything about tech or science. They get the grammar and spelling and punctuation right but usually still screw it up worse than Cowboy Neal's pet monkey.
BTW, if you're a/. subscriber and see an error (bad link, grammar error, dupe) in a red front page story, email the editor who posts it and he'll fix the errors before it goes live. If you see an error in a submission in the firehose, leave a comment there.
I think what he means is that it can't be Windows-only or Apple-only, but Linux-only is fine. I'm sure he doesn't mean "will work on any distro" by "cross-platform", he just wants it to work on his box.
I'm looking for the same thing, something better than Audacity. Since I've been buying recordings for almost half a century I have a lot of analog recordings that I've been digitizing. I have an ancient Dell tower running Windows XP, and the only thing I use that computer for is digitizing using EAC, a free but Windows-only program. I can sample an LP or cassette (which of course takes as much time as playing the record) then spend five minutes telling EAC where it changes tracks, then burn it to CD. I havent' found the tools to do this in Audacity.
I hope I can find a good Linux program, otherwise I'll have to unplug my modem every time I fire up the sampling computer. I'd rather just throw kubuntu or Mint on it.
So I'll be looking at responses and checking out any linked sites.
I wouldn't expect existing parking lots to be retrofitted, but new lots and lots that need to be resurfaced would recoup the cost of the chargers, which would (as someone else pointed out) either be powered by solar cells or the lot owner would charge for the charging service.
There is no magic bullet, it will come gradually. The transition from the horse to the auto took decades. The transition to electric is similarly a game changer.
There are fewer and fewer coal burning plants; the local news had an item about a coal company shutting down a mine around here a few weeks ago. CWLP in Springfield just built a new gas powered generator a couple of years ago, most of our power was coal, now gas. The coal plant only fires during peak need.
This revolution in powering devices is at its infancy. Thirty years ago the only zero-emission plants were nukes and hydro, but wind, geothermal, and solar have started coming online. I hope coal will be obsolete and think it will be, it's just too expensive to burn cleanly.
But it's totally unrealistic to think anything justifies the expense of putting an electric charging unit into every single parking spot.
The expense is paid by the person sliding his card through the reader on the charging station, you think you're going to get free electricity? A charging station should be a lot cheaper than a gas pump, there are few parts needed and nothing mechanical to assemble. And in the right climate a parking lot could have solar panels shading the cars, free money for the parking lot owner.
Specifically illegal in Illinois, and in fact selling a car with a hidden camera unknown to the driver is a felony here. A warrant would have to be issued before the car was sold. A civil servant would be fired and maybe jailed (while the guy who ordered him would get off scott-free) and the criminal would get off because none of the evidence would be admissible.
Apparently I'm just ignorant. Thanks for the link, I hate being ignorant (unless you're talking about fashion or sports or celebrities, don't mind being ignorant about them).
Crappy driver? You're breaking the law, not me. You and your impatience and wanting to make the highway look like the Indy 500 are the crappy driver. It isn't a fucking road race and I refure to join your herd. I'm not driving in the left lane, just go around me, asshole.
Yes, you're an asshole for driving like that and calling me out for obeying the law. And you're too fucking stupid to realize that.
Insightful? Mods, he's going for funny. Google isn't using capchas to decipher books, that's silly. They're using high speed scanners and OCR. I have one of those scanners at work*, it will scan 300 pages in about a minute. And the one I have is getting pretty old.
* We have to send thousands of pages of paper documents to the government on CDs every month.
The cars themselves won't advance much in perfprmance and won't shrink in price like that; cars never have. But I expect the electronics to. In 1976 a 25 inch RCA TV was the biggest one available, and it cost $600. That's a few thousand in today's money.
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I saw a bloody C-141 once when I was stationed at Dover. A duck went through the windshield and decapitated the co-pilot. Nasty.
I think the question should be how much does the drone weigh, not how big is it.
Whoa, forgot your meds today.
Troll alert...
How am I breaking the law?
You're speeding.
Thanks demonstrating how little attention you're actually paying.
Thanks for trolling.
So I'm an asshole for driving at the speed limit.
You're not doing the speed limit. Two miles an hour difference shouldn't bother you.
Seriously, after even spelling it out yourself, don't you see how you are a fucking obstacle on your lane even to those who drive at the speed limit?
Don't you see what a douche you are? Two miles an hour difference wouldn't bother you a bit, but ten will.
Asshole. Actually, stupid asshole.
Waitress: Morning!
Man: Well, what've you got?
Waitress: Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam bacon and spam; spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam;
Vikings: Spam spam spam spam...
Waitress: ...spam spam spam egg and spam; spam spam spam spam spam spam baked beans spam spam spam...
Vikings: Spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam!
Waitress: ...or Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam.
Wife: Have you got anything without spam?
hint: the parent post is spam
The difference between a slashdot editor and Guardian editor is that the Guardian editors studied English, while the slashdot editors studied technology. It's rare to find an engineer that can write well, just as it's rare to find an English major that's good at math. English majors and journalism majors are terrible when writing or editing anything about tech or science. They get the grammar and spelling and punctuation right but usually still screw it up worse than Cowboy Neal's pet monkey.
BTW, if you're a /. subscriber and see an error (bad link, grammar error, dupe) in a red front page story, email the editor who posts it and he'll fix the errors before it goes live. If you see an error in a submission in the firehose, leave a comment there.
I think what he means is that it can't be Windows-only or Apple-only, but Linux-only is fine. I'm sure he doesn't mean "will work on any distro" by "cross-platform", he just wants it to work on his box.
I'm looking for the same thing, something better than Audacity. Since I've been buying recordings for almost half a century I have a lot of analog recordings that I've been digitizing. I have an ancient Dell tower running Windows XP, and the only thing I use that computer for is digitizing using EAC, a free but Windows-only program. I can sample an LP or cassette (which of course takes as much time as playing the record) then spend five minutes telling EAC where it changes tracks, then burn it to CD. I havent' found the tools to do this in Audacity.
I hope I can find a good Linux program, otherwise I'll have to unplug my modem every time I fire up the sampling computer. I'd rather just throw kubuntu or Mint on it.
So I'll be looking at responses and checking out any linked sites.
I wouldn't expect existing parking lots to be retrofitted, but new lots and lots that need to be resurfaced would recoup the cost of the chargers, which would (as someone else pointed out) either be powered by solar cells or the lot owner would charge for the charging service.
I agree it should be, but corporate greed will make sure it won't be.
There is no magic bullet, it will come gradually. The transition from the horse to the auto took decades. The transition to electric is similarly a game changer.
There are fewer and fewer coal burning plants; the local news had an item about a coal company shutting down a mine around here a few weeks ago. CWLP in Springfield just built a new gas powered generator a couple of years ago, most of our power was coal, now gas. The coal plant only fires during peak need.
This revolution in powering devices is at its infancy. Thirty years ago the only zero-emission plants were nukes and hydro, but wind, geothermal, and solar have started coming online. I hope coal will be obsolete and think it will be, it's just too expensive to burn cleanly.
The bad news is: lots of construction work.
How is more labor needed for construction (you know, actually making shit) in any way bad news?? I have friends in construction.
The US fuel flow rate at filling stations is 10 gallons per minute.
That's the maximum allowed by law, not the standard. Read your own link. No pump I've seen goes anywhere near that fast.
But it's totally unrealistic to think anything justifies the expense of putting an electric charging unit into every single parking spot.
The expense is paid by the person sliding his card through the reader on the charging station, you think you're going to get free electricity? A charging station should be a lot cheaper than a gas pump, there are few parts needed and nothing mechanical to assemble. And in the right climate a parking lot could have solar panels shading the cars, free money for the parking lot owner.
I skimmed TFA, Illinois wasn't on the list, either, despite this:
TFA is fluff, but I still expect to read some interesting comments.
for pity sake, why will slashdot not recognise simple linefeeds?
Select "Plain Old Text" and it will, and you can still use HTML (and the < still takes an < to display).
<b> Bold</b>
<i> italic</i>
<a href="http://slashdot.org"> Link</a>
Line feeds used, no <P> or <br>
Corporations gain special tax and liability advantages - requiring them to give up rights is a a reasonable cost for that.
You're confusing "should be" with "is". That's not how the world works.
Hammer, meet the nail's head. Where are the moderators? +5 insightful.
If cops around here try to enter a home without a SIGNED warrant, they are likely to get shot dead.
More likely, you'll be the one who is shot dead. And nobody will get in any trouble for killing you. Ever heard of a No-knock warrant?
Specifically illegal in Illinois, and in fact selling a car with a hidden camera unknown to the driver is a felony here. A warrant would have to be issued before the car was sold. A civil servant would be fired and maybe jailed (while the guy who ordered him would get off scott-free) and the criminal would get off because none of the evidence would be admissible.
Are you going for funny?
Apparently I'm just ignorant. Thanks for the link, I hate being ignorant (unless you're talking about fashion or sports or celebrities, don't mind being ignorant about them).
Crappy driver? You're breaking the law, not me. You and your impatience and wanting to make the highway look like the Indy 500 are the crappy driver. It isn't a fucking road race and I refure to join your herd. I'm not driving in the left lane, just go around me, asshole.
Yes, you're an asshole for driving like that and calling me out for obeying the law. And you're too fucking stupid to realize that.
Insightful? Mods, he's going for funny. Google isn't using capchas to decipher books, that's silly. They're using high speed scanners and OCR. I have one of those scanners at work*, it will scan 300 pages in about a minute. And the one I have is getting pretty old.
* We have to send thousands of pages of paper documents to the government on CDs every month.
The cars themselves won't advance much in perfprmance and won't shrink in price like that; cars never have. But I expect the electronics to. In 1976 a 25 inch RCA TV was the biggest one available, and it cost $600. That's a few thousand in today's money.
Already crossed that bridge; you have a phone in your pocket. No car needed to stalk you.
That link is over a year old. You don't think they've made progress since then?