Seriously, starting to experiment with uncertain approaches in a time of crisis is about the most stupid thing that can be done. Stick to what is known to work, there is no time to come up with anything better. If something better had been found in centuries of research into medical methods, then it would be the standard-approach. There is nothing. There will not be anything new even if you debate that question to death now.
This continues the series of incompetence, misinformation, self-aggrandizement and general fuck-ups that have become the signature of the fight against Ebola this time.
May I be polite and say that "You don't have exclusivity on intelligence". The decision to try experimental medication is a "last chance" possibility to save a life. And if it works, then perhaps it will work with others. If my life was in peril from Elboa, and I knew I had a 60% chance of dying, I would go for it.
I had a flesh eating disease(Necrotizing fasciitis) on one leg, and was told "Tomorrow we amputate, because the existing anti-biotics are not working. I responded, give me a stronger dose, and try a different medication. Result-- I still have both legs.
Yes, it is ethical, and even if it failed, we know the person would have died.
Restore the prohibitions against spying and require real warrants to engage. No more dragnets.
Things are just going to keep getting worse until it happens.
Too late. There is no trust in the internet. None, nada. Nicht, Non, Nein, Zift. A new internet will arise, where all sessions are doubly encrypted. Workstation encrypts files, transmission is encrypted and receiver ( partner) receives and decrypts same. We are entitled to privacy.
lol "Syntax that every programmer uses to make their program readable is unreasonable as a semantically meaningful syntax"
Come on, python's got its problems, but forcing you to lay out your program in a naturally readable way to compile isn't one of them.
For example, duck-typing might be one of the worst ideas in the universe, because it's doing the exact opposite of the whitespace thing. It's decoupling easy-to-make mistakes with the output of compiling of your code.
But this whining about whitespace just comes off as having never actually tried it.
My favorite language is Iverson's APL. It will never die. It is used by financial statistical and string oriented language used by actuaries moreso than other professions.
Everyone on slashdot seems confused because this is on the internet. Spying is spying. It's legal in your own country to spy on foreign powers, it's illegal in the country you're spying on.
You're never going to agree to the extradition of one of your own spies if they get exposed, which is why you occasionally get "tit for tat" diplomatic expulsions, as it's the only real way of showing that you know you've been spied on, as the spy will most likely have diplomatic cover.
If you get caught red-handed spying abroad, it depends on which country you're talking about. North Korea would probably execute you, Canada would pack you off home and take you off their "actual diplomats" list.
OK Canada, please spy on xyz for me and I will spy on abc for you. Don't you just love these loopholes?
The problem [is] that the energy output is less than the energy inputs.
Are you saying that science has found a way around the second law of thermodynamics?
There's always one in the energy stories...
It's not about 'creating' energy, it's about accessing the energy already stored in things. Think of it like a gold mine: Just owning the gold isn't enough. You have labor costs and other overhead. if it costs you $50 to mine $100 worth of gold, you're doing better than breaking even. If it costs you $150 to mine $100 worth of gold, you're better off leaving it where it is. At no point in the process are you creating gold.
Same idea with energy. Existing processes don't create energy, they get at existing energy. It takes a certain amount of energy to access that existing energy. Some (coal, oil, fission) are like the first gold mine, producing enough energy to make the process worth it. Fusion energy is currently like the second gold mine: you can get gold out of it, but it's going to cost you more than the gold is worth to do it.
There's probably something wrong in there (sorry, I'm rusty), but it's close enough to get the idea.
Edison fought to only distribute DC. In the end, he was wrong. Nicola Tesla pushed for alternating current distribution and the feelings between the two were strongly bitter. But when you have money (Edison), and you don't(Tesla), guess who won.
If the fusion reactor works, and if the fuel that is consumed is low cost or the energy conversion ratio is 90%, there is a good chance that it will solve the "burn coal for energy and polution" problem. Lets see if the fusion in the lab will work, and then review the costs.
The government shouldn't be providing services that can be done by the private sector.
Why? If it demonstratively runs better...
Private police, armies, judges, prosecutors, --- wow. You are saying "All highways should be pay roads."
Highways are not restricted to 30mph (50kmph), so why is the INTERNET not at, for example, Sweden, Denmark, Latvia, Israel, and two dozen other countries speeds. The internet is a highway. Why are you forced to a snails pace. Answer because we can charge for normal high speed. (grin)
Doesn't have a damned thing to do with Windows or binary files, it has to do with the fact that Debian has been made Red hat's bitch by way of ex RH and Ubuntu employees taking over the board. For those that want to know what systemd is REALLY about its about cloud computing, specifically RH is pushing cloud computing like mad and systemd is gonna end up being a "SVCHost" for Linux dedicated to managing cloud computers.
This is one time me and the FOSSies are actually on the same page, as just like windows 8 was forced from on high and gave the users a big fat greasy finger so too is systemd being pushed by corporate with exactly zero fucks given about what the end users want. Ironically despite all this "empower the user" talk Linux has always had this is one case where Windows users had more power thanks to the ability to vote with their dollars, thus getting Win 8 shitcanned in favor of a much saner and nicer Win 10. But this does not mean that all hope is lost in Linux land, it just means you are gonna have to organize and SCREAM BLOODY MURDER and refuse to take this bullshit. You especially have to organize all the volunteer coders and get them to walk away, because losing all that free labor and forcing Red Hat and friends to pay for every single dime's worth of work is the ONLY way most of you can hit 'em in the pocketbook. those of you that run non cloud based servers can of course tell them you will no longer use their products but considering how much time and money you have invested in your servers I really don't see that happening.
Finally you need a rally cry, something simple and catchy and on message to focus the narrative and rally the troops, a "fuck beta" for systemd if you will. And since old Hairy will ALWAYS stand for the users allow me to give you one as a show of solidarity in your plight. Its simple, concise, on message, and sums up in a single simple sentence WTF is wrong with systemd..
SYSTEMD...Its the Metro of Linux!
As I see it for the corporate world, the server in the cloud is the way to go. It is just like outsourcing the data centre to IBM, CGI or other operations organization. It will be cheaper, it will not require a diesel generator and a computer wing, or expensive system admins or rooms of backup tapes and those couriers picking up and returning backups daily.
The server is going to be an appliance. Only if you work for the cloud company will you retain your career in Linux
Actually, what he was referring to was the difference in knowledge between an IT graduate from the USA and an IT graduate from India. Management's argument would be "Why choose a graduate that can be productive in a month, against a graduate who requires 3 months and lots of hand-holding." The second argument would be lower cost in favor of the former graduate.
It's like any other hurdle that life can place in your path. You either deal with it and get past it or you whine that you are a victim. There are plenty of people that can manage the former as the latter is actively discouraged in many parts of western culture.
Tolerance of the damsel in distress mentality is far more harmful to women than "misogyny".
In small shops, the culture is not malliable. If there is a misoganist, and that person has seniority or "power", then promotion and recognition are not going to appear. And eventually, people leave because of fatigue or for more $$$$$.
In very large (200+ departments), this is less apparent. Transfers help to move on with a career.
A lot of these vendors are locked into their own technologies.
I had interviewed at Epic once (didn't feel like moving to Wisconsin... sorry) and realized that they used M for most of what they did... not much interconnectivity there.
We in Quebec use the Quebec Government's standard. The local Jewish General Hospital uses it's home grown software and a bridge to the Quebec Government one too.
And there is a hospital in Austrailia that uses the same software as the JGH, It works out well. For example, At night (daytime in Austrailia), digital xray readings for the JGH are done there, and results sent back almost as immediately as transmission allows. In the daytime at the JGH, they handle the digital xrays of the Aussie hospital. No, Epic is not in the picture.
If the problem was really in the OS, then windows server which shares many of the same underpinnings as Windows desktop(s), would suffer the same fate. Since servers like domain controllers and exchange servers run for years without that issue, the problem seems to be from the crAPP that gets installed, as the parent explained, as well as the article. Bad headline to suggest the bad apps are M$'s problem
The problem is one of recovery files that accumulate. MS never deletes a recovery file. If MS kept three or four generations only, then one could delete these obsolete disk fragmenters and performance would be restored. And a good defragger would help too.
But in the mind of libertarian nutball Cody Wilson
Instead of calling people names, why don't you and yours simply campaign to abolish the Second Amendment altogether? If we read the First the same way we are told to read the Second, our freedom of speech too would be limited to "petitioning the government" — and only for "redress of grievances". Oh, and only after a "cool-down" period.
"Assault firearms" my foot — you can't even carry a freaking sword or brass-knuckles in many parts of the country nowadays. If only the British kept those blades away from Patrick Henry and his "nutball" cohorts!
What makes you think that the second amendment can be used anywhere in the USA to overturn the militia? Try dreaming in technicolor.
California was debating requiring a serial number on home made guns independent of how they were made.
Since homemade guns are not transferable it was mostly a symbolic idea which at most would add another charge onto an existing arrest and that is about it.
There is an insane fixation on guns to be used for protection. In fact, the gun usually gets ripped out of the hands of the person holding it, because of fear of wounding the target, and then it is turned on the owner.
My French teacher (who was English) reckoned that everybody should use a comma (like the French) for the decimal separator because it was actually the only important piece of punctuation in numbers and therefore should be more obvious than just a dot.
It's time for national units to finally be put out to pasture. Both US units and UK units.
-uso.
US Manufacturers of products using non-metric screws and bolts and measures are the losers. We are metric in Canada and we don't buy US stuff that is not metric.
> Because there isn't really a good pie yet, they take far too long to pay off and can be > dangerous to air traffic and wild life if they are A. in the wrong place, or B. installed incorrectly.
Note the conflation of a single location on the planet with every system everywhere.
> Oh, and if they don't have over spec'd components, they can cause a phenonom called "flicker" > which is destructive of delicate electronics like your fridge, washing machine, A/C, and computer
Offgrid PV systems are far *less* susceptible to flicker than the grid. Which shouldn't be surprising given that off grid PV systems are essentially a very large UPS.
Expect more AC posts like this, the power companies are paying green washers to come up with moronic arguments so people in the same tribe can re-post them thinking they actually make sense and won't look like a tool in the process:
Wow, FUD at it's best. In the next few years, more efficient solar panels will be developped. And with similar or higher performance batteries such as used by Tesla, that flicker will not be a problem. The reader should think that what solar energy that is captured today, many be used tomorrow. Systems will have 48hrs of reserve.
In my area, (Quebec Canada), we have an abundance of HydroElectric Power. Our corporate rates vary from 3.8cents/kwh to residential rates of 7.5cents/kwh. Most very large energy consumers are dual energy --natural gas and electricity.
Wind will be out. One needs wind generators with a 20 year mean time to maintanance. Today, manufactures rely on value engineering to cheapen a product to the guarantee period and three months. No can do with solar or wind energy.
Immitation by Microsoft is the greatest form of flattery. If they would like a good interface for Windows 10, they have three such examples from which to choose. They will be about 2 years behind and when they catch up, they will again be two years behind.
But, if they arrive with a good product, then the Desktop Linux will be history. On the North American continent, Linux Desktop is for the most part, a hobby system. I write that because the BigBox stores do not sell Linux based systems other than Android, and there is no retail Linux system with long term support.
One cannot provide or discuss codecs and a bunch of software that is permissible if you reside within North America. We have to go offshore to download superb Linux desktop software because of the North American patent laws.
There are countries (eg Russia, et al) who do not allow or recognize software patents. They do recognize copyrights, so the question is, is there much difference between the copyright and the license for the end-user?
Did you say "fucked"? Definitely, from the wallet to the waist, From the waist to the brain. Net Neutrality died and so has democracy. All roads are toll roads, and the providers have their hand in your pocket. Your thinking and what you can see is falling under more control. Sad sad sad is the day that the internet became toll road.
My wrist watch a 7 year battery. And I replaced the battery, along with a new back cover gasket for $8.00 combined parts and labour.
My next wristwatch, if one day I decide to get one, will be a model with photocell to charge the internal battery/capacitor. As the abilities to use 14nanometers of line thickness, and tighter densities, I would say that power consumption of small devices will drop and all devices could last forever.
But then, value engineering, the art of making a device last the length of the guarantee period plus some cushion, will come into play. Instead of a 20 year device, it will be a 2 year device. Examples are the radios that my grandparents owned, and the ones we walk around with, and throw away when the plastic case cracks, or the battery dies, spilling it's contents all over the printed circuit wiring.
they are capable for a little while. Usually the 90 days to get out of any warranty work. Maybe a few of 'em even run at the clock freqs without crashing. It's not just clock freq either. Nvidia shuts off broken cores in software. You're games might run but they'll crash a lot. What Nvidia's worried about is that You'll blame them for a buggy card and go buy AMD. It has major brand damage potential especially with Alibaba about to become a household word what with their IPO.
One would think that this makes perfect sense. How is it "passing the loss on to customers"? It used to be that night-time electricity was cheaper because the supply was largely flat, while the demand got lower at night. If the day-time electricity production gets to be largely covered by PV, the whole thing may either turn around or at least shift toward day-time electricity being cheaper simply because of basic economy principles, not because of some malicious intent.
A crude measure.
Pricing = (sales -costs) plus markup. Costs don't change, and if dividends per share remain flat, then sales prices have to rise.
I dunno about LEDs, but CFLs don't last as long as they are sposed to. Of course they still save money in power costs
Where I live (Canada-Quebec), our winters are very severe and our summers quite hot. But daylight hours in winter are about 9-10 meaning that lights are on from 4pm onward. Summer daillight hours are 4am to almost 11pm. We rarely use lights during daillight hours.
But here, electricity is very very inexpensive (ranges from 4cents(offpeak) to 12cents (peak) or standard all you can use rate of 7.5cents per kwhour). Our homes are mostly electrically heated. Since they are electrically heated, any heat from an incandescent displaces heat from baseboard elements. As far as CFLs are concerned, if we get past the incipient failure, They last their 5000 hours. But they cannot be used outdoors in the winter, as the bulbs will not ignite. (too cold). If ignited, they will sustain themselves in the cold.
I have a few LEDs, as an experiment, and they lack sufficient efficiency. I have not been able to find a 900 lumen output, comparing to the standard 60watt incandescent output. And we buy our incandescents from the Chinese import stores (Dollarama, Dollartree, and other DollarDeal stores).
So, we use CFLs where lights will be left on 16 hours a day, and incandescents (Halogens included) elsewhere.
I don't mind the monitoring of meta and actual data if and only if the data is not kept for more than 10 days.
So, in the event of a child kidnapping, for example, the police could investigate messages within that window.
If the message needs to be kept for a longer period, a warrant would be necessary to retain that message and to search the contents of associated messages.
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Seriously, starting to experiment with uncertain approaches in a time of crisis is about the most stupid thing that can be done. Stick to what is known to work, there is no time to come up with anything better. If something better had been found in centuries of research into medical methods, then it would be the standard-approach. There is nothing. There will not be anything new even if you debate that question to death now.
This continues the series of incompetence, misinformation, self-aggrandizement and general fuck-ups that have become the signature of the fight against Ebola this time.
May I be polite and say that "You don't have exclusivity on intelligence". The decision to try experimental medication is a "last chance" possibility to save a life. And if it works, then perhaps it will work with others. If my life was in peril from Elboa, and I knew I had a 60% chance of dying, I would go for it.
I had a flesh eating disease(Necrotizing fasciitis) on one leg, and was told "Tomorrow we amputate, because the existing anti-biotics are not working. I responded, give me a stronger dose, and try a different medication. Result-- I still have both legs.
Yes, it is ethical, and even if it failed, we know the person would have died.
Restore the prohibitions against spying and require real warrants to engage. No more dragnets.
Things are just going to keep getting worse until it happens.
Too late. There is no trust in the internet. None, nada. Nicht, Non, Nein, Zift.
A new internet will arise, where all sessions are doubly encrypted. Workstation encrypts files, transmission is encrypted and receiver ( partner) receives and decrypts same. We are entitled to privacy.
lol
"Syntax that every programmer uses to make their program readable is unreasonable as a semantically meaningful syntax"
Come on, python's got its problems, but forcing you to lay out your program in a naturally readable way to compile isn't one of them.
For example, duck-typing might be one of the worst ideas in the universe, because it's doing the exact opposite of the whitespace thing. It's decoupling easy-to-make mistakes with the output of compiling of your code.
But this whining about whitespace just comes off as having never actually tried it.
My favorite language is Iverson's APL. It will never die. It is used by financial statistical and string oriented language used by actuaries moreso than other professions.
Everyone on slashdot seems confused because this is on the internet. Spying is spying. It's legal in your own country to spy on foreign powers, it's illegal in the country you're spying on.
You're never going to agree to the extradition of one of your own spies if they get exposed, which is why you occasionally get "tit for tat" diplomatic expulsions, as it's the only real way of showing that you know you've been spied on, as the spy will most likely have diplomatic cover.
If you get caught red-handed spying abroad, it depends on which country you're talking about. North Korea would probably execute you, Canada would pack you off home and take you off their "actual diplomats" list.
OK Canada, please spy on xyz for me and I will spy on abc for you. Don't you just love these loopholes?
Are you saying that science has found a way around the second law of thermodynamics?
There's always one in the energy stories...
It's not about 'creating' energy, it's about accessing the energy already stored in things. Think of it like a gold mine: Just owning the gold isn't enough. You have labor costs and other overhead. if it costs you $50 to mine $100 worth of gold, you're doing better than breaking even. If it costs you $150 to mine $100 worth of gold, you're better off leaving it where it is. At no point in the process are you creating gold.
Same idea with energy. Existing processes don't create energy, they get at existing energy. It takes a certain amount of energy to access that existing energy. Some (coal, oil, fission) are like the first gold mine, producing enough energy to make the process worth it. Fusion energy is currently like the second gold mine: you can get gold out of it, but it's going to cost you more than the gold is worth to do it.
There's probably something wrong in there (sorry, I'm rusty), but it's close enough to get the idea.
Edison fought to only distribute DC. In the end, he was wrong. Nicola Tesla pushed for alternating current distribution and the feelings between the two were strongly bitter. But when you have money (Edison), and you don't(Tesla), guess who won.
If the fusion reactor works, and if the fuel that is consumed is low cost or the energy conversion ratio is 90%, there is a good chance that it will solve the "burn coal for energy and polution" problem. Lets see if the fusion in the lab will work, and then review the costs.
The government shouldn't be providing services that can be done by the private sector.
Why? If it demonstratively runs better ...
Private police, armies, judges, prosecutors, --- wow. You are saying "All highways should be pay roads."
Highways are not restricted to 30mph (50kmph), so why is the INTERNET not at, for example, Sweden, Denmark, Latvia, Israel, and two dozen other countries speeds. The internet is a highway. Why are you forced to a snails pace. Answer because we can charge for normal high speed. (grin)
Doesn't have a damned thing to do with Windows or binary files, it has to do with the fact that Debian has been made Red hat's bitch by way of ex RH and Ubuntu employees taking over the board. For those that want to know what systemd is REALLY about its about cloud computing, specifically RH is pushing cloud computing like mad and systemd is gonna end up being a "SVCHost" for Linux dedicated to managing cloud computers.
This is one time me and the FOSSies are actually on the same page, as just like windows 8 was forced from on high and gave the users a big fat greasy finger so too is systemd being pushed by corporate with exactly zero fucks given about what the end users want. Ironically despite all this "empower the user" talk Linux has always had this is one case where Windows users had more power thanks to the ability to vote with their dollars, thus getting Win 8 shitcanned in favor of a much saner and nicer Win 10. But this does not mean that all hope is lost in Linux land, it just means you are gonna have to organize and SCREAM BLOODY MURDER and refuse to take this bullshit. You especially have to organize all the volunteer coders and get them to walk away, because losing all that free labor and forcing Red Hat and friends to pay for every single dime's worth of work is the ONLY way most of you can hit 'em in the pocketbook. those of you that run non cloud based servers can of course tell them you will no longer use their products but considering how much time and money you have invested in your servers I really don't see that happening.
Finally you need a rally cry, something simple and catchy and on message to focus the narrative and rally the troops, a "fuck beta" for systemd if you will. And since old Hairy will ALWAYS stand for the users allow me to give you one as a show of solidarity in your plight. Its simple, concise, on message, and sums up in a single simple sentence WTF is wrong with systemd..
SYSTEMD...Its the Metro of Linux!
As I see it for the corporate world, the server in the cloud is the way to go. It is just like outsourcing the data centre to IBM, CGI or other operations organization. It will be cheaper, it will not require a diesel generator and a computer wing, or expensive system admins or rooms of backup tapes and those couriers picking up and returning backups daily.
The server is going to be an appliance. Only if you work for the cloud company will you retain your career in Linux
Management doesn't know shit.
Actually, what he was referring to was the difference in knowledge between an IT graduate from the USA and an IT graduate from India. Management's argument would be "Why choose a graduate that can be productive in a month, against a graduate who requires 3 months and lots of hand-holding." The second argument would be lower cost in favor of the former graduate.
It's like any other hurdle that life can place in your path. You either deal with it and get past it or you whine that you are a victim. There are plenty of people that can manage the former as the latter is actively discouraged in many parts of western culture.
Tolerance of the damsel in distress mentality is far more harmful to women than "misogyny".
In small shops, the culture is not malliable. If there is a misoganist, and that person has seniority or "power", then promotion and recognition are not going to appear. And eventually, people leave because of fatigue or for more $$$$$.
In very large (200+ departments), this is less apparent. Transfers help to move on with a career.
A lot of these vendors are locked into their own technologies.
I had interviewed at Epic once (didn't feel like moving to Wisconsin... sorry) and realized that they used M for most of what they did... not much interconnectivity there.
We in Quebec use the Quebec Government's standard. The local Jewish General Hospital uses it's home grown software and a bridge to the Quebec Government one too.
And there is a hospital in Austrailia that uses the same software as the JGH, It works out well. For example, At night (daytime in Austrailia), digital xray readings for the JGH are done there, and results sent back almost as immediately as transmission allows.
In the daytime at the JGH, they handle the digital xrays of the Aussie hospital.
No, Epic is not in the picture.
If the problem was really in the OS, then windows server which shares many of the same underpinnings as Windows desktop(s), would suffer the same fate. Since servers like domain controllers and exchange servers run for years without that issue, the problem seems to be from the crAPP that gets installed, as the parent explained, as well as the article. Bad headline to suggest the bad apps are M$'s problem
The problem is one of recovery files that accumulate. MS never deletes a recovery file. If MS kept three or four generations only, then one could delete these obsolete disk fragmenters and performance would be restored. And a good defragger would help too.
Well, the good news is that we found out Jesus is worshiped on other planets.
Jews believe that God created the universe, and that includes life or possibility of living elsewhere than on this planet.
Instead of calling people names, why don't you and yours simply campaign to abolish the Second Amendment altogether? If we read the First the same way we are told to read the Second, our freedom of speech too would be limited to "petitioning the government" — and only for "redress of grievances". Oh, and only after a "cool-down" period.
"Assault firearms" my foot — you can't even carry a freaking sword or brass-knuckles in many parts of the country nowadays. If only the British kept those blades away from Patrick Henry and his "nutball" cohorts!
What makes you think that the second amendment can be used anywhere in the USA to overturn the militia? Try dreaming in technicolor.
California was debating requiring a serial number on home made guns independent of how they were made.
Since homemade guns are not transferable it was mostly a symbolic idea which at most would add another charge onto an existing arrest and that is about it.
There is an insane fixation on guns to be used for protection. In fact, the gun usually gets ripped out of the hands of the person holding it, because of fear of wounding the target, and then it is turned on the owner.
Your own suicide contraption, don't you think?
My French teacher (who was English) reckoned that everybody should use a comma (like the French) for the decimal separator because it was actually the only important piece of punctuation in numbers and therefore should be more obvious than just a dot.
OK, $1,000,000.99
It's time for national units to finally be put out to pasture. Both US units and UK units.
-uso.
US Manufacturers of products using non-metric screws and bolts and measures are the losers. We are metric in Canada and we don't buy US stuff that is not metric.
> Because there isn't really a good pie yet, they take far too long to pay off and can be
> dangerous to air traffic and wild life if they are A. in the wrong place, or B. installed incorrectly.
Note the conflation of a single location on the planet with every system everywhere.
> Oh, and if they don't have over spec'd components, they can cause a phenonom called "flicker"
> which is destructive of delicate electronics like your fridge, washing machine, A/C, and computer
Offgrid PV systems are far *less* susceptible to flicker than the grid. Which shouldn't be surprising given that off grid PV systems are essentially a very large UPS.
Expect more AC posts like this, the power companies are paying green washers to come up with moronic arguments so people in the same tribe can re-post them thinking they actually make sense and won't look like a tool in the process:
http://matter2energy.wordpress.com/2014/04/30/wont-anyone-think-of-the-seniors/
Wow, FUD at it's best. In the next few years, more efficient solar panels will be developped. And with similar or higher performance batteries such as used by Tesla, that flicker will not be a problem. The reader should think that what solar energy that is captured today, many be used tomorrow. Systems will have 48hrs of reserve.
In my area, (Quebec Canada), we have an abundance of HydroElectric Power. Our corporate rates vary from 3.8cents/kwh to residential rates of 7.5cents/kwh.
Most very large energy consumers are dual energy --natural gas and electricity.
Wind will be out. One needs wind generators with a 20 year mean time to maintanance. Today, manufactures rely on value engineering to cheapen a product to the guarantee period and three months. No can do with solar or wind energy.
Immitation by Microsoft is the greatest form of flattery. If they would like a good interface for Windows 10, they have three such examples from which to choose. They will be about 2 years behind and when they catch up, they will again be two years behind.
But, if they arrive with a good product, then the Desktop Linux will be history. On the North American continent, Linux Desktop is for the most part, a hobby system.
I write that because the BigBox stores do not sell Linux based systems other than Android, and there is no retail Linux system with long term support.
One cannot provide or discuss codecs and a bunch of software that is permissible if you reside within North America. We have to go offshore to download superb Linux desktop software because of the North American patent laws.
There are countries (eg Russia, et al) who do not allow or recognize software patents. They do recognize copyrights, so the question is, is there much difference between the copyright and the license for the end-user?
I mastered masturbation in far less time.
Have you stopped? When?
My guess is we are fucked.
Did you say "fucked"? Definitely, from the wallet to the waist, From the waist to the brain. Net Neutrality died and so has democracy. All roads are toll roads, and the providers have their hand in your pocket. Your thinking and what you can see is falling under more control. Sad sad sad is the day that the internet became toll road.
My wrist watch a 7 year battery. And I replaced the battery, along with a new back cover gasket for $8.00 combined parts and labour.
My next wristwatch, if one day I decide to get one, will be a model with photocell to charge the internal battery/capacitor. As the abilities to use 14nanometers of line thickness, and tighter densities, I would say that power consumption of small devices will drop and all devices could last forever.
But then, value engineering, the art of making a device last the length of the guarantee period plus some cushion, will come into play. Instead of a 20 year device, it will be a 2 year device. Examples are the radios that my grandparents owned, and the ones we walk around with, and throw away when the plastic case cracks, or the battery dies, spilling it's contents all over the printed circuit wiring.
they are capable for a little while. Usually the 90 days to get out of any warranty work. Maybe a few of 'em even run at the clock freqs without crashing. It's not just clock freq either. Nvidia shuts off broken cores in software. You're games might run but they'll crash a lot. What Nvidia's worried about is that You'll blame them for a buggy card and go buy AMD. It has major brand damage potential especially with Alibaba about to become a household word what with their IPO.
Why would I not buy AMD anyway?
One would think that this makes perfect sense. How is it "passing the loss on to customers"? It used to be that night-time electricity was cheaper because the supply was largely flat, while the demand got lower at night. If the day-time electricity production gets to be largely covered by PV, the whole thing may either turn around or at least shift toward day-time electricity being cheaper simply because of basic economy principles, not because of some malicious intent.
A crude measure.
Pricing = (sales -costs) plus markup. Costs don't change, and if dividends per share remain flat, then sales prices have to rise.
I dunno about LEDs, but CFLs don't last as long as they are sposed to.
Of course they still save money in power costs
Where I live (Canada-Quebec), our winters are very severe and our summers quite hot. But daylight hours in winter are about 9-10 meaning that lights are on from 4pm onward. Summer daillight hours are 4am to almost 11pm. We rarely use lights during daillight hours.
But here, electricity is very very inexpensive (ranges from 4cents(offpeak) to 12cents (peak) or standard all you can use rate of 7.5cents per kwhour). Our homes are mostly electrically heated. Since they are electrically heated, any heat from an incandescent displaces heat from baseboard elements.
As far as CFLs are concerned, if we get past the incipient failure, They last their 5000 hours. But they cannot be used outdoors in the winter, as the bulbs will not ignite. (too cold). If ignited, they will sustain themselves in the cold.
I have a few LEDs, as an experiment, and they lack sufficient efficiency. I have not been able to find a 900 lumen output, comparing to the standard 60watt incandescent output. And we buy our incandescents from the Chinese import stores (Dollarama, Dollartree, and other DollarDeal stores).
So, we use CFLs where lights will be left on 16 hours a day, and incandescents (Halogens included) elsewhere.
I don't mind the monitoring of meta and actual data if and only if the data is not kept for more than 10 days.
So, in the event of a child kidnapping, for example, the police could investigate messages within that window.
If the message needs to be kept for a longer period, a warrant would be necessary to retain that message and to search the contents of associated messages.