...is that it's might be possible that with the number of people on the planet (6.5 billion approx), and with an average body temperature of about 90 degrees fahrenheit, could humans be contributing to global warming simply by existing?
Currently there are more people on earth than at any time in history, and with the addition of domesticated animals in increased numbers compared to their previously wild counterparts (horses, pigs, cows...in other words large-ish mammals), could that not have contributed a tenth of a degree here or there?
Sure, we've all heard about the evils of the combustion engine and the greenhouse gasses, but something I've never seen addressed is the fact that 6+ billion things at 90 degrees could be making things worse simply by being there. The same principle in miniature can be seen at a frat party on any university campus - take a room that is at 68 degrees ambient, add 200 people moving around and breathing in and out...after a couple of hours everyone's sweating and the room is over 80 degrees.
Although it's a gross simplification, I think it possibly has some merit for some grant-winning scientist to research.
I feel like he's lost the plot with regard to the functions *most* people do for their jobs (not/. readers of course...but the people/. readers support).
HR staffers, admin support staff, accountants, etc. aren't going to need Aero.
Aero is really just a fancified interface and while it's pretty, it adds nothing but overhead to people who just need to get the excel sheet written. Verdict? - no hardware upgrade is truly necessary.
If you run Vista in 'windows classic' mode with no themes and no fancy options (basically like windows 2000) it'll run just fine on almost anything currently running XP.
The compelling reasons to move to Vista from an Administrator's point of view is in the background...everyone runs as 'Normal User' until an admin function is required - at that point you're prompted with a credentials popup that, while annoying as flan may end up saving support staff untold hours of undoing the evil that users can do in XP and Win2k because on those operating systems they frequently feel they have to run as local admin to do their jobs; Adding printers and changing wireless networks are no longer admin-only functions.
Bottom line - this guy should spend a little more time learning what 'Vista Capable' and 'Vista Premium Ready' means as well as identifying target groups that would use/require the Aero Glass features before he spouts off on the costs to companies who are full-blown Windows shops.
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...is that it's might be possible that with the number of people on the planet (6.5 billion approx), and with an average body temperature of about 90 degrees fahrenheit, could humans be contributing to global warming simply by existing?
Currently there are more people on earth than at any time in history, and with the addition of domesticated animals in increased numbers compared to their previously wild counterparts (horses, pigs, cows...in other words large-ish mammals), could that not have contributed a tenth of a degree here or there?
Sure, we've all heard about the evils of the combustion engine and the greenhouse gasses, but something I've never seen addressed is the fact that 6+ billion things at 90 degrees could be making things worse simply by being there. The same principle in miniature can be seen at a frat party on any university campus - take a room that is at 68 degrees ambient, add 200 people moving around and breathing in and out...after a couple of hours everyone's sweating and the room is over 80 degrees.
Although it's a gross simplification, I think it possibly has some merit for some grant-winning scientist to research.
I feel like he's lost the plot with regard to the functions *most* people do for their jobs (not /. readers of course...but the people /. readers support).
HR staffers, admin support staff, accountants, etc. aren't going to need Aero.
Aero is really just a fancified interface and while it's pretty, it adds nothing but overhead to people who just need to get the excel sheet written. Verdict? - no hardware upgrade is truly necessary.
If you run Vista in 'windows classic' mode with no themes and no fancy options (basically like windows 2000) it'll run just fine on almost anything currently running XP.
The compelling reasons to move to Vista from an Administrator's point of view is in the background...everyone runs as 'Normal User' until an admin function is required - at that point you're prompted with a credentials popup that, while annoying as flan may end up saving support staff untold hours of undoing the evil that users can do in XP and Win2k because on those operating systems they frequently feel they have to run as local admin to do their jobs; Adding printers and changing wireless networks are no longer admin-only functions.
Bottom line - this guy should spend a little more time learning what 'Vista Capable' and 'Vista Premium Ready' means as well as identifying target groups that would use/require the Aero Glass features before he spouts off on the costs to companies who are full-blown Windows shops.