I used to work for a power company (in I/T, not operations), so I have some level of credibility for this statement:
The daytime is actually higher due to businesses. If you go in a store, every light is on, the large A/C units are running, servers, desktops, etc. After 6, things start to get shut down. After 9, even the lights of a store are put in "night mode" so that only a few security lights are on.
The amount of electricity used by the typical homeowner at night is not that much. For example, at my house, most of the house is dark at around 10 (kids in bed, etc.) with just my wife and I in our bedroom watching TV with maybe a lamp on low (or dark, depends). It's cooler at night, so the A/C doesn't run as hard. All of the other load is constant anyway (fridge, computers, etc.).
You have two options with solar, grid-tied and off-grid. Grid-tied is just that, a system that is tied to the power grid. Your meter runs forwards and backwards based on your load and your solar output (which should be impacted by the time of day rates -- it will only run backwards during peak times, so that should offset any need at night). Off-grid is the installation with the batteries. You store excess during the day to be used when there is no sun.
I don't think the time of use rate is such a problem. If you size your system correctly, it will be just as "economical" as it was.....(I use the term loosely because I haven't yet seen the numbers run favorable for anything less than 15 to 20 year payout even with a favorable rebate system). Just make sure that you use less than you generate during the day to offset a lot of your cost at night. Peak time is "daylight hours" which is when your system should be operating at its peak, too.
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Actually, my 128-bit number is 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01, since your number is derivative of mine, I deem your number to have violated my original copyright and claim ownership of your number, too.
Is it just me, (and no, I didn't RTFA) but does the brief summary seem to indicate they are doing basically the same thing that racing games do to reuse a track (but with a little randomness instead of being "fixed"). For example, in the NFS series, when you go around a track during level 1, there is a concrete wall that blocks of a portion of a track. Then, in level 2, you get the same location, but the concrete wall is moved so that you can travel down that piece of the track.
Still cool. But not as much memorization as they imply.....
1. Zero Wing - nothing whiles away the day like laughing at "Engrish" 2. Tropico - training 3. Black & White - a different kind of training
But I would say that Diablo Battle Chest would provide the most replayability and the most depth (if you like RPG types). NetHack would be a close second.
1 (C) Me.
I just copyrighted the number one. Therefore, all numbers, since they can be derived from a number I copyrighted, also belong to me.
Layne
P.S. Are these colors pretty??? I'm thinking about using this as my web site color scheme..... (just paste this into an HTML document to see the colors).
Even though there are several breakthroughs and no real results yet, I'm hopeful. Even if none of these individual methods are exceptional, if each one provides a 5% improvement over what we already have, we should be able to make solar realistic at some point.
I've run the numbers for my house more than once. I have a favorable rebate program (Austin Energy) and a prime location (south facing roof with no obstructions and a greenbelt behind me so no future buildings being erected). Even with those factors, my payback isn't realistic enough. I've even run them for wind.....but then there's the whole HOA thing to fight.
Any of these improvements that can reduce my payback are welcome.
Just be careful. I believe that some architecture is protected by some level of copyright (which is why movie companies need to purchase the rights to include them in some films).
A friend of mine at my previous company made a Half-life map for the floor we worked on....cubes, computers, printers, etc. We played a few rounds of multi-player on that....but it was more fun blowing up the computers than it was to blow up each other.....the building wasn't as well designed for Half-life as your less-than-average multi-player map.
I know this is offtopic, but it is a valid question given the situation you describe. I stick with Windows based computing so that I *CAN* run my games. I've tried some virtualization (primarily to get around the administrator issue - I want my kids to be able to install and play their games, but I don't want them to be administrators so that they can download and install spywa---err screensavers). The big problem I've found is that all of the virtualization I've used (again Windows based with Windows in the virtual machine) supports only non-3D accelerated video. So, all of those games that they want to play, I wind up having to install as admin so that they can play.....and even then, some of them won't run unless you are admin.
I know that Linux handles the admin issue better, but it doesn't run the games. Do Linux based virtualization solutions allow me to run 3D accelerated Windows games? If so, I'm sold and my kids' machines will be switching to Ubuntu.
Wasn't it the teacher who incited the disorder? The student turn in homework expecting it to remain visible to the teacher only. However, she shared it with others which sparked a heated debate. The action that lead to the disorder was not the writing of the paper but the sharing of the paper. I propose that the TEACHER be arrested for the charges.
I think the reason that Glass recycling is mentioned is that it is relatively "lossless" and probably uses less power to recycle than it does to produce initially.
Paper recycling - shred, treat chemically, reform as paper (which, mind you, would be of a lesser grade than the original) Plastic recycling - melt, remove impurities, reform as plastic (again, lesser grade) Glass recycling - melt, reform. I believe impurities would be removed (burned off) during the melting process. I also believe that the strength of the recycled product would be no less than the original product. Metal recycling - melt, seperate, reform. Impurities and strength comments similar to glass.
So, from an economical perspective, glass recycling is "easy". The question would be if it was cheaper to make new or recycle old. I have to think that recycle old is cheap, what with it being done for so long (I remember doing it in the 80's) and in fact the most notoriously rewarded (Seinfeld episode anyone?)
Honestly, though. How many non-/. reading, mainstream users are going to install another widget system on their computer? Few or None. Even if you port your free application to a "Linuxy" version of Windows or OSX, no one will come. If you want my mom to use your program, it better come on CD and run on Windows. If you want my dad to run it, it better come on CD and run on Windows. My sister, well, she'll download it, but it better run on Windows.
Back to the original question, the reason that so many companies choose the Windows development? It just works. I can install MS Visual Studio, connect to MS SQL Server, pull in web services off of IIS. And it just works. I call developing in a Microsoft environment "pointy-clicky-draggy-droppy". You don't really have to think about too many config files or whether something works together. It may be dumbed down, but as a developer, I don't want to really have to think about configuration, I want to think about code.
My primary development environment right now is Eclipse and Java. I hate it. Why? Too many choices and no way to know which is the right choice. I have to deal with this configuration and that configuration and a few.properties files thrown in, too. I spend about six hours each week (sometimes more) fighting the environment I work in because someone made a choice that turns out not to have been the best one (for us - I'm sure for someone else it was the perfect choice).
Funny enough, I just made the original number up and had no clue about the referenced website.....shows just how true those statistics are.
For what it's worth, I picked 64.7 as a number that seemed large enough to substantiate my claim, small enough to leave room for doubt and contained a decimal to lend it some claim to accuracy. And 69.anything would have been to obviously faked.
I agree....while RoadRunner is pricier than the other options (even compared to Cox -- who owned the monopoly rights to my neighborhood up until about a year and a half ago), but neither Cox nor RR gave me connection fits. I tried DSL once and couldn't ever get it to work. Returned their hardware and cancelled service.
I look at AT&T for DSL every once in a while (and Grande for a bundle, too), but neither serve my area in north Austin with anything more than the lowest speed DSL (1.5Mbps). Since I work from home frequently and have a family that is constantly one the Internet (4 desktops, 2 laptops, and the occassional network enabled device), the 1.5Mbps just isn't enough bandwidth. I'll take the (advertised) 6Mbps (actual probably closer to 4.5Mbps) that I get and wish for more.
You forgot random Troll posts (religious, political, sexual, etc.), Frosty Piss posts, and numerous other posts that have no relevance but need to be injected occassionaly in order to model the complete experience.
Other excluded memes: Comic book guy (Simpson quotes in general?), Profit!, etc.
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I used to work for a power company (in I/T, not operations), so I have some level of credibility for this statement:
The daytime is actually higher due to businesses. If you go in a store, every light is on, the large A/C units are running, servers, desktops, etc. After 6, things start to get shut down. After 9, even the lights of a store are put in "night mode" so that only a few security lights are on.
The amount of electricity used by the typical homeowner at night is not that much. For example, at my house, most of the house is dark at around 10 (kids in bed, etc.) with just my wife and I in our bedroom watching TV with maybe a lamp on low (or dark, depends). It's cooler at night, so the A/C doesn't run as hard. All of the other load is constant anyway (fridge, computers, etc.).
Layne
You have two options with solar, grid-tied and off-grid. Grid-tied is just that, a system that is tied to the power grid. Your meter runs forwards and backwards based on your load and your solar output (which should be impacted by the time of day rates -- it will only run backwards during peak times, so that should offset any need at night). Off-grid is the installation with the batteries. You store excess during the day to be used when there is no sun.
I don't think the time of use rate is such a problem. If you size your system correctly, it will be just as "economical" as it was.....(I use the term loosely because I haven't yet seen the numbers run favorable for anything less than 15 to 20 year payout even with a favorable rebate system). Just make sure that you use less than you generate during the day to offset a lot of your cost at night. Peak time is "daylight hours" which is when your system should be operating at its peak, too.
Layne
Actually, my 128-bit number is 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01, since your number is derivative of mine, I deem your number to have violated my original copyright and claim ownership of your number, too.
Layne
Is it just me, (and no, I didn't RTFA) but does the brief summary seem to indicate they are doing basically the same thing that racing games do to reuse a track (but with a little randomness instead of being "fixed"). For example, in the NFS series, when you go around a track during level 1, there is a concrete wall that blocks of a portion of a track. Then, in level 2, you get the same location, but the concrete wall is moved so that you can travel down that piece of the track.
Still cool. But not as much memorization as they imply.....
Layne
1. Zero Wing - nothing whiles away the day like laughing at "Engrish"
2. Tropico - training
3. Black & White - a different kind of training
But I would say that Diablo Battle Chest would provide the most replayability and the most depth (if you like RPG types). NetHack would be a close second.
Layne
The last time someone posted a question about "How long", it was answered in the first post.
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Unfortunately, I don't have a Mac, or I'd do it. But maybe this counts: http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/reviews/index.cfm?r
Layne
Even though there are several breakthroughs and no real results yet, I'm hopeful. Even if none of these individual methods are exceptional, if each one provides a 5% improvement over what we already have, we should be able to make solar realistic at some point.
I've run the numbers for my house more than once. I have a favorable rebate program (Austin Energy) and a prime location (south facing roof with no obstructions and a greenbelt behind me so no future buildings being erected). Even with those factors, my payback isn't realistic enough. I've even run them for wind.....but then there's the whole HOA thing to fight.
Any of these improvements that can reduce my payback are welcome.
Layne
Just be careful. I believe that some architecture is protected by some level of copyright (which is why movie companies need to purchase the rights to include them in some films).
Layne
A friend of mine at my previous company made a Half-life map for the floor we worked on....cubes, computers, printers, etc. We played a few rounds of multi-player on that....but it was more fun blowing up the computers than it was to blow up each other.....the building wasn't as well designed for Half-life as your less-than-average multi-player map.
Layne
That one's easy.....the state (or federal) government.
Reason:
Put a clause in the traffic laws / license application that states that fact.
Layne
No! Signed, the RIAAholes
Layne
Obligatory snippy Windows + crash comment goes here.....
Layne
I know this is offtopic, but it is a valid question given the situation you describe. I stick with Windows based computing so that I *CAN* run my games. I've tried some virtualization (primarily to get around the administrator issue - I want my kids to be able to install and play their games, but I don't want them to be administrators so that they can download and install spywa---err screensavers). The big problem I've found is that all of the virtualization I've used (again Windows based with Windows in the virtual machine) supports only non-3D accelerated video. So, all of those games that they want to play, I wind up having to install as admin so that they can play.....and even then, some of them won't run unless you are admin.
I know that Linux handles the admin issue better, but it doesn't run the games. Do Linux based virtualization solutions allow me to run 3D accelerated Windows games? If so, I'm sold and my kids' machines will be switching to Ubuntu.
Layne
Wasn't it the teacher who incited the disorder? The student turn in homework expecting it to remain visible to the teacher only. However, she shared it with others which sparked a heated debate. The action that lead to the disorder was not the writing of the paper but the sharing of the paper. I propose that the TEACHER be arrested for the charges.
Layne
Actually, the article was referring to practical fusion being 20 [light] years away.....on the new planet that was discovered.
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http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/
Layne
I think the reason that Glass recycling is mentioned is that it is relatively "lossless" and probably uses less power to recycle than it does to produce initially.
Paper recycling - shred, treat chemically, reform as paper (which, mind you, would be of a lesser grade than the original)
Plastic recycling - melt, remove impurities, reform as plastic (again, lesser grade)
Glass recycling - melt, reform. I believe impurities would be removed (burned off) during the melting process. I also believe that the strength of the recycled product would be no less than the original product.
Metal recycling - melt, seperate, reform. Impurities and strength comments similar to glass.
So, from an economical perspective, glass recycling is "easy". The question would be if it was cheaper to make new or recycle old. I have to think that recycle old is cheap, what with it being done for so long (I remember doing it in the 80's) and in fact the most notoriously rewarded (Seinfeld episode anyone?)
Layne
Dr. Watson anyone? He was a "friend" of mine who visted me often.
Layne
Honestly, though. How many non-/. reading, mainstream users are going to install another widget system on their computer? Few or None. Even if you port your free application to a "Linuxy" version of Windows or OSX, no one will come. If you want my mom to use your program, it better come on CD and run on Windows. If you want my dad to run it, it better come on CD and run on Windows. My sister, well, she'll download it, but it better run on Windows.
.properties files thrown in, too. I spend about six hours each week (sometimes more) fighting the environment I work in because someone made a choice that turns out not to have been the best one (for us - I'm sure for someone else it was the perfect choice).
Back to the original question, the reason that so many companies choose the Windows development? It just works. I can install MS Visual Studio, connect to MS SQL Server, pull in web services off of IIS. And it just works. I call developing in a Microsoft environment "pointy-clicky-draggy-droppy". You don't really have to think about too many config files or whether something works together. It may be dumbed down, but as a developer, I don't want to really have to think about configuration, I want to think about code.
My primary development environment right now is Eclipse and Java. I hate it. Why? Too many choices and no way to know which is the right choice. I have to deal with this configuration and that configuration and a few
Layne
Funny enough, I just made the original number up and had no clue about the referenced website.....shows just how true those statistics are.
For what it's worth, I picked 64.7 as a number that seemed large enough to substantiate my claim, small enough to leave room for doubt and contained a decimal to lend it some claim to accuracy. And 69.anything would have been to obviously faked.
Layne
I agree....while RoadRunner is pricier than the other options (even compared to Cox -- who owned the monopoly rights to my neighborhood up until about a year and a half ago), but neither Cox nor RR gave me connection fits. I tried DSL once and couldn't ever get it to work. Returned their hardware and cancelled service.
I look at AT&T for DSL every once in a while (and Grande for a bundle, too), but neither serve my area in north Austin with anything more than the lowest speed DSL (1.5Mbps). Since I work from home frequently and have a family that is constantly one the Internet (4 desktops, 2 laptops, and the occassional network enabled device), the 1.5Mbps just isn't enough bandwidth. I'll take the (advertised) 6Mbps (actual probably closer to 4.5Mbps) that I get and wish for more.
Layne
64.7% of all statistics are made up on the fly.....
Layne
Apparently no one reads the comic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonite
Green, Red, Gold, White, Blue, etc.
White (the color referenced in the article) kills all plant life.
Pink (since no pinkish-orange is listed) turns people gay.
Take your pick.
Layne
You forgot random Troll posts (religious, political, sexual, etc.), Frosty Piss posts, and numerous other posts that have no relevance but need to be injected occassionaly in order to model the complete experience.
Other excluded memes: Comic book guy (Simpson quotes in general?), Profit!, etc.
Layne