Simple explanation. The article does not advocate the raising of cattle for purposes of generating heat - it is simply utilizing waste that already exists. This WASTE is renewable in a manner of speaking i.e. it is the by-product of already occurring practices. Instead of sending the left-overs to a rendering facility for full homogenization, they are using the leftovers to make heat. Instead of a landfill feast for sea gulls, we can generate something useful instead of more trash. And considering that biomass that is put into the landfills, regardless of how biodegradable the material is, will sit for decades unchanged (See National Geographic's article some time back where they dug up a 15 year old clump of lettuce from a landfill that was in no significant way degraded).
The secondary benefit is that instead of the smell of burning coal down-wind from the plant, you have the smell of hamburgers:)
Here is something that I have set up for a friend of mine and his wife, who both have computers in their homes, and have huge drives that they barely use. Vembu makes a backup system that is pretty slick, but their "personal" version allows for peer backups. Mr Smith's laptop backs up to Mrs. Smiths, and vice versa, free.
While this does not solve your NAS problem, it DOES solve your backup problem, while you either architect a solid solution within your budget, or at least give yourself the opportunity to raise your budget.
Hope this helps.
Bob
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Well, I do a lot of traveling, so I picked up one of these and it is a lifesaver. It folds up and stores in the laptop bag, and if you do not fold down the legs, it would work in your lap.
Personally, I prefer one that is free-standing, but this works for both solutions - and has enough space for laptop + notepad + mouse + other junk. And, if you travel as much as I do, it make long waits at the airport\train station\wherver a lot easier to be effective. I have a few velcro tabs on it to hold backpack drives, antennas, etc - huge help (for me at least)
To take this a step further, since CD's themselves don't carry uniquely identifiable markers, even having information in said database wound not construe ownership. Arguably, you ould purchase a copy of "Stevie-Boys's Latest Penguin Raps" as a gift, but because you gave it as a gift you would then be surrendering the rights, even though the "database" would indicate that you have rights to it.
The unfortunatel truth is that there is very litte you can do to prove ownership without the above-mentioned database... and there are (hopefully) very few who would agree to such a registration. Until that happens, the RIAA can continue their bullying tactics relatively unencumbered by the facts. This way they can continue to do things like go after estates and depose greiving famlies
This is actually a good thing. It will help educate the clueless home user, and hopefully get some results. While it might be somewhat disturbing to havr the police to be ones to do this, better than the alternative.
Bob
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Simple explanation. The article does not advocate the raising of cattle for purposes of generating heat - it is simply utilizing waste that already exists. This WASTE is renewable in a manner of speaking i.e. it is the by-product of already occurring practices. Instead of sending the left-overs to a rendering facility for full homogenization, they are using the leftovers to make heat. Instead of a landfill feast for sea gulls, we can generate something useful instead of more trash. And considering that biomass that is put into the landfills, regardless of how biodegradable the material is, will sit for decades unchanged (See National Geographic's article some time back where they dug up a 15 year old clump of lettuce from a landfill that was in no significant way degraded).
:)
The secondary benefit is that instead of the smell of burning coal down-wind from the plant, you have the smell of hamburgers
Here is something that I have set up for a friend of mine and his wife, who both have computers in their homes, and have huge drives that they barely use. Vembu makes a backup system that is pretty slick, but their "personal" version allows for peer backups. Mr Smith's laptop backs up to Mrs. Smiths, and vice versa, free.
While this does not solve your NAS problem, it DOES solve your backup problem, while you either architect a solid solution within your budget, or at least give yourself the opportunity to raise your budget.
Hope this helps.
Bob
Well, I do a lot of traveling, so I picked up one of these and it is a lifesaver. It folds up and stores in the laptop bag, and if you do not fold down the legs, it would work in your lap.
Personally, I prefer one that is free-standing, but this works for both solutions - and has enough space for laptop + notepad + mouse + other junk. And, if you travel as much as I do, it make long waits at the airport\train station\wherver a lot easier to be effective. I have a few velcro tabs on it to hold backpack drives, antennas, etc - huge help (for me at least)
Bob
To take this a step further, since CD's themselves don't carry uniquely identifiable markers, even having information in said database wound not construe ownership. Arguably, you ould purchase a copy of "Stevie-Boys's Latest Penguin Raps" as a gift, but because you gave it as a gift you would then be surrendering the rights, even though the "database" would indicate that you have rights to it.
The unfortunatel truth is that there is very litte you can do to prove ownership without the above-mentioned database... and there are (hopefully) very few who would agree to such a registration. Until that happens, the RIAA can continue their bullying tactics relatively unencumbered by the facts. This way they can continue to do things like go after estates and depose greiving famlies
Bob
This is actually a good thing. It will help educate the clueless home user, and hopefully get some results. While it might be somewhat disturbing to havr the police to be ones to do this, better than the alternative. Bob
Leave it to New Jersey... the country would be a lot better off if we carved that state off with a bulldozer and push it out to sea...