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  1. Re:You insensitive clod! on Why Morgan Stanley Is Betting That Tesla Will Kill Your Power Company · · Score: 1

    can you not install them on the east/west walls instead, creating a awning effect over the windows? They don;t have to be on the roof.

  2. Re:Industry? on Why Morgan Stanley Is Betting That Tesla Will Kill Your Power Company · · Score: 1

    large scale industry has large scale buildings so if the used solar on all of them, they would at least reduce their usage by a large margin. sometimes a reduction is good enough to save pots of money providing they aren't on those stupid guaranteed power usage contracts like Microsoft signed a while back, they had to power up loads of extra equipment to make sure they used the contracted amount so they didn;t get "fined" for using less than agreed.

  3. Re:Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt on Why Morgan Stanley Is Betting That Tesla Will Kill Your Power Company · · Score: 1

    "because if solar systems ever get cheap enough for large numbers of people to go off the grid, then as the remaining customers' bills rise,"

    not necessarily, the power companies will have to find ways to create cheaper ways to generate/distribute power to remain competitive - isn't that the way the free market is supposed to work?

  4. Re:Non-residential users on Why Morgan Stanley Is Betting That Tesla Will Kill Your Power Company · · Score: 1

    " but I don't think it's going to be practical for industry, which is a huge user of electricity."

    the more they could produce themselves the more money they'd save. some industries have buildings with huge roofs and as a lot of the work happens during the day, the closer they get to free power during the day the better for them.

  5. Re:Sounds like a pollution nightmare on Why Morgan Stanley Is Betting That Tesla Will Kill Your Power Company · · Score: 1

    you could have posted the links you found......

  6. Re:Until we learn how to use less ... on Why Morgan Stanley Is Betting That Tesla Will Kill Your Power Company · · Score: 2

    " heat from the house melts roof snow which runs down to the colder overhang where it melts into ice."

    you need to spend some money on improving the insulation in your roof / loft if heat is escaping to melt the snow

    " I'd be worried that my roof rake would damage the solar panels."

    use something softer on the end, you don't need anything like metal to dislodge snow.

  7. Re:Disengenous on Amazon's eBook Math · · Score: 1

    Why should Amazon get as much as 30% for doing pretty much fuck all? Their selling software is already in place so no added costs apart from updating the stock database, let Amazon get 15% and give the other 15% to the customer to lower prices.

    Amazon 30% is taking the piss

  8. Re:Price of using scientists as political pawns on Lawrence Krauss: Congress Is Trying To Defund Scientists At Energy Department · · Score: 3, Insightful

    perhaps stop subsidizing the fossil fuel industries too to make a level playing field

  9. Re:Congress has its (collective) head buried... on Lawrence Krauss: Congress Is Trying To Defund Scientists At Energy Department · · Score: -1, Redundant

    congress

  10. Re:Well let them drink Coca-cola on Western US States Using Up Ground Water At an Alarming Rate · · Score: 1

    what do you mix with the coke ingredients to get the liquid part?

  11. Re:Why ODF? on UK Cabinet Office Adopts ODF As Exclusive Standard For Sharable Documents · · Score: 5, Insightful

    you get the same problem with people using different versions of Office, we've had countless problems with users who have the older versions of Word etc not being able to read the newer formats of DOCs, not only that but different versions of Word can format the same document differently

  12. Re:Time for communism! on Appeals Court Affirms Old Polaroid Patent Invalid · · Score: 1

    "The trolls are why I come here.The trolls are why I come here." - you need to get out more

  13. Re:How does one detect these things on New Mayhem Malware Targets Linux and UNIX-Like Servers · · Score: 1

    one other thing it doesn't mention is "how" they detected the numbers of "affected" systems out there

  14. Re:Derp on New Mayhem Malware Targets Linux and UNIX-Like Servers · · Score: 2

    its PHP that's the problem not linux so i guess it could also affect other systems such as Windows

  15. Re:Infection via PHP web apps on New Mayhem Malware Targets Linux and UNIX-Like Servers · · Score: 1

    " Not only are Windows machines far more numerous than Linux boxes" - while this is true, if the hackers could do the same to the linux servers that they can easily do to windows desktops, they'd probably get more money because they could hold a vast section of the internet to hostage, e.g. if they hacked Google/Facebook/Amazon etc servers rather than some individual windows desktops. Windows machines are just easy pickings

  16. Re:Systemd? Not on my system... on X.Org Server 1.16 Brings XWayland, GLAMOR, Systemd Integration · · Score: 1

    you'll have to explain that to me. how does systemd force you to use it? Doesn't init force you to use it if its the system that drives your machine. Is it not because of the distro you chose to install uses systemd? Or are you expecting a choice (like the menu in Grub) to choose between the two systems on how to start your machine?

    i'm personally on the fence as i don't know enough about either but as long as my system runs i'm happy but i would like to know more about the real advantages/disadvantages of both before i fall off the fence. All is sounds too personal rather than technical at the moment.

  17. Re:Love KDE!! on KDE Releases Plasma 5 · · Score: 1

    if that's the best you've got to offer, i suggest you do the same flush cycle

  18. Re:Haven't cared in 5 years, don't care now on KDE Releases Plasma 5 · · Score: 1

    well, you should have stayed on 3.5 until 4 was feature complete for you.

  19. Re:Love KDE!! on KDE Releases Plasma 5 · · Score: 2

    any AC who posts like you is an asshole who contributes fuck all to a conversation and is a waste of space. shove your head down the toilet and flush to get all the shit out of it, repeat until the water is clear

  20. Re:Will it clean up after canceled file copies yet on KDE Releases Plasma 5 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    try it and see. did you file as it as bug or wish list item?

  21. Re:Haven't cared in 5 years, don't care now on KDE Releases Plasma 5 · · Score: 1

    more fool you then

  22. Re:So many fails in one interface... on KDE Releases Plasma 5 · · Score: 1

    who are the idiots who post crap like this?

    "Who are the idiots who designed this crap? Why are they using obscure, 'flat' icons, which mean absolutely nothing? Can't their users READ? As soon as I heard the irritating music, I knew it was going to be yet another fail..."

  23. Re:Fixed what seem like fundamental GUI bugs? on KDE Releases Plasma 5 · · Score: 0

    1. check the bug report you posted to see if its fixed. seems a bit of a whinge about nothing though. 2. again, check the bug report you posted to see ifs been fixed. this is a real bug if its real. not experienced it myself

  24. Re:I for one, on KDE Releases Plasma 5 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    it kinda sucks that AC comments get worse, more full of shit, and post from no real experience of the topic at hand

  25. Re:Wow. on Rocket Scientist Designs "Flare" Pot That Cooks Food 40% Faster · · Score: 1

    not sure i'd want to use a Jetboil on my cooker at home as a regular exercise. what's Jetboil like on an electric hob?