circa 1940 to 1970s: That's a tautology much like "water may or may not be wet," so by definition it's logically true. "Global cooling is happening." That's a statement of scientific fact, it's empirically true.
Present: That's a tautology much like "water may or may not be wet," so by definition it's logically true. "Global warming is happening." That's a statement of scientific fact, it's empirically true.
30 to 100 years from now: That's a tautology much like "water may or may not be wet," so by definition it's logically true. "Global cooling is happening." That's a statement of scientific fact, it's empirically true.
The unfortunate thing about Global Warming® is that the data is extrapolated backward then forward. It looks great in a research paper, but I'm sayin' we're going to need a good, solid 1,000 years (or more) of undiluted raw empirical data before every last skeptic is put to bed.
I've often wondered how much ozone these electric vehicles (if accepted en masse) will pump into the lower atmosphere. Or is this not really a concern?
My 10" netbook is wonderful. The only problem I really have with it is the 1024x600 screen. If a 12" screen would make for a 1280x750 screen I'd be all over it. I've been wanting to buy a few more of these computers for my kids and that size would be my sweet spot. As it is, since the 10" models are all that is available, I'm just going to wait for prices to bounce off the pavement before I pick up any more.
I could never read any of my grandparents' script, my parents', my in-laws' or even my wife's handwriting for that matter. Even one who's penmanship looked like it should be framed. Never helped. I preferred reading the writing of someone who passed a drafting class.
I can't even read my own cursive handwriting for God's sake! That's why I gave up on it almost 30 years ago.
I've even got several presentations that will make my explanation easier, though the use of that much powerpoint might count as Assaulting A Police Officer...
Question: Why aren't you campaigning to get rid of the "socialized" fire service, "socialized" highways, and "socialized" police services you already have. Surely according to your line of thinking they will never work.
I know that was supposed to be funny, but why not have a deflector that can be deployed in front of the engine For an instant, In an instant, and then retract. Sure it blanks the engine, but it only needs to be there for a couple seconds.
The compressor stalls (loud noise and flames coming out of the engine) would scare the bejeezus out of anyone near that engine. The fire goes out in a jet engine pretty quick when you take any of the three magical ingredients out of the recipe.
However, a better design does exist and it's not entirely far off from what you suggest. Turboprops of the PT-6 variety (the only type with which I'm familiar) are typically mounted (and operate) in such a way that an inertial separator could stave off engine shutdown due to ingestion of large amounts of foreign material. With the inertial separator deployed air flows around a corner of such a radius that something more massive (such as ice--thus the intent of the device) cannot make the turn and is ejected aft of engine. The drawback of such a device is that it causes power loss and a rise in operating temperature.
To do something like this with a large turbojet/fan engine would require a non-trivial amount of engineering to relocate intakes asymmetrically from the thrustline of the engine(s) thus allowing debris to be ejected without damaging the engine. Not a huge problem. It just adds slightly more complexity and expense and until we're encountering birds more than we encounter ice, things aren't likely to change.
From this article, "Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) have been around since the late 1980s, Warner says, but only lately have they begun to see some success with large commercial and residential developments. Recent advances in flexible thin-film photovoltaic materials--such as those sold by United Solar--are allowing manufacturers to more easily integrate photovoltaics directly into the roofs and facades of buildings."
When I moved back to Michigan two years ago I seriously considered moving to Kalamazoo for the reason you state. However, it's not a strong enough reason to go there. There has to be work. And my industry is only seeing cuts, cuts, and more cuts. In fact, Pfizer canceled their shuttle about six months after I moved here. Duncan aviation has axed much of their productivity in Battle Creek, charter operators are struggling. The college (last I heard anyway) had laid off some flight instructors. It would be nice to see some solid tech. companies move in, but that is only a good start. Not a permanent fix. Michigan has a tenacious problem with no long-term solution.
ABS. You may have heard of it, but probably don't appreciate how well it works. I suspect you really don't appreciate how well it works unless you've slammed on your brakes on a sheet of ice, all the while steering around a jackass who did the same in front of you and said jackass struck a previous jackass who slammed on his brakes to avoid hitting a friggin' squirrel.
The squirrel and jackass one and two didn't fare so well. I steered around, rolled through the red light and kept on goin' 'cause I still had too much momentum to stop.
That and "niche" applications. The only reason there is a Windoze box in my house is that my wife is a quilter. The current version of Electric Quilt (AFAICT) will not run acceptably under WINE. There is no reasonable FOSS equivalent.
Similar problem here:
My only reason for keeping Windows is work/Logbook Pro, and hobby/MasterCook Deluxe. MCook runs almost acceptably in WINE, but better in VirtualBox. And there are a couple of FOSS equivalents for MCook, but to use a baseball analogy, the best FOSS app. I've found is in the local elementary school's Pee Wee league where MCook is last year's Major League World Series winner. With that said, the FOSS app. is getting better, and it has improved over the past couple years, hopefully it will continue to do so.
Then there's Logbook Pro. No FOSS equivalent either. There's some vaporware projects floating around FreshMeat and SourceForge that have been there for several years with little or no activity. Also, running this under WINE didn't work--it wouldn't even install. VirtualBox OTOH was good, but not acceptable due to severe lag and spotty USB operability.
While it's good for some applications, using a VM (to me at least) is like a Rube Goldberg machine. It gets the job done, but at the expense of efficiency and I'm absolutely maniacal about efficiency.
Install AdBlock and expect that it does what it claims to do, and do it well, or
Do not install AdBlock and expect to partake in numerous revenue opportunities for internet marketing.
If it doesn't do what you expect, is it still the right product? Or will people just shrug their shoulders and accept the new "policy" of AdBlock?
I realize that at some point compromises have to be made, but if I install AdBlock I expect it to do just that, block ads. So, maybe now it should be called AdSieve.
I can't even bring myself to pay for either of those now. There's no chance YouTube is gonna get my cash unless they can severely undercut the ridiculous prices of the aforementioned goobers. $2.50 for a new release and $0.50 for the more dated material at the local movie gallery. Beat that and I'll be on board. And yeah, I'm a cheap bastard.
Not saying whether it is actually a good electronic system or not, impossible to tell...but enough people had enough direct access to critical information, without even thinking about the electronic system, that this guy should not have had the problems he had.
Except that TFA summarized your point succinctly at the end of the first paragraph, "garbage in garbage out!"
I think it's a little sad and I would love to see a power-meter that shows exactly how much power you use when you use it. I think that would make people think.
It's here already. I know there are others, but I found this quickly with GG and didn't care to look for more examples.
Why isn't everyone here trying to make their home and car as efficient as comfortably possible? It's the "techie" thing to do.
Simple. ROI. Some of us still have limited finances and ROI is a big deal. For those that it isn't, I'm sure many are already doing it. My dad built a house in the 1980s with double-thick walls, excess insulation, innovative heating, balanced electrical, non-traditional construction materials, etc. While the rest of our neighborhood used two pigs of propane (or more) per annum, we could make it over a year on one tank. When I'm in the same position, I'll do the same. Until then, I need to keep the pantry stocked with food and the car filled with fuel.
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circa 1940 to 1970s:
That's a tautology much like "water may or may not be wet," so by definition it's logically true. "Global cooling is happening." That's a statement of scientific fact, it's empirically true.
Present:
That's a tautology much like "water may or may not be wet," so by definition it's logically true. "Global warming is happening." That's a statement of scientific fact, it's empirically true.
30 to 100 years from now:
That's a tautology much like "water may or may not be wet," so by definition it's logically true. "Global cooling is happening." That's a statement of scientific fact, it's empirically true.
The unfortunate thing about Global Warming® is that the data is extrapolated backward then forward. It looks great in a research paper, but I'm sayin' we're going to need a good, solid 1,000 years (or more) of undiluted raw empirical data before every last skeptic is put to bed.
I've often wondered how much ozone these electric vehicles (if accepted en masse) will pump into the lower atmosphere. Or is this not really a concern?
My 10" netbook is wonderful. The only problem I really have with it is the 1024x600 screen. If a 12" screen would make for a 1280x750 screen I'd be all over it. I've been wanting to buy a few more of these computers for my kids and that size would be my sweet spot. As it is, since the 10" models are all that is available, I'm just going to wait for prices to bounce off the pavement before I pick up any more.
However, Skype just doesn't fit in with eBay's core competency.
I could never read any of my grandparents' script, my parents', my in-laws' or even my wife's handwriting for that matter. Even one who's penmanship looked like it should be framed. Never helped. I preferred reading the writing of someone who passed a drafting class.
I can't even read my own cursive handwriting for God's sake! That's why I gave up on it almost 30 years ago.
I've even got several presentations that will make my explanation easier, though the use of that much powerpoint might count as Assaulting A Police Officer...
Damn! Have I sat in on one of your presentations?
Drop the GPS off in a roller coaster. "Gee, thus guy keeps driving around the same mile and a half pattern about 150 times a day. That's weird."
Actually, they buy Playstations and Air Jordans first, then the Escalade, then they get on the dole for free school lunches.
I wish I were joking.
Question: Why aren't you campaigning to get rid of the "socialized" fire service, "socialized" highways, and "socialized" police services you already have. Surely according to your line of thinking they will never work.
It's working well in Michigan...
Fire Service ... layoffs/closures ... disrepair/natural reclamation ... layoffs ... layoffs/closures ... sporadic shutdowns
Highways/Roads
Police
Education
Government
Well, at least they recognize that something is wrong, they just can't seem to figure out what it is.
I know that was supposed to be funny, but why not have a deflector that can be deployed in front of the engine For an instant, In an instant, and then retract. Sure it blanks the engine, but it only needs to be there for a couple seconds.
The compressor stalls (loud noise and flames coming out of the engine) would scare the bejeezus out of anyone near that engine. The fire goes out in a jet engine pretty quick when you take any of the three magical ingredients out of the recipe.
However, a better design does exist and it's not entirely far off from what you suggest. Turboprops of the PT-6 variety (the only type with which I'm familiar) are typically mounted (and operate) in such a way that an inertial separator could stave off engine shutdown due to ingestion of large amounts of foreign material. With the inertial separator deployed air flows around a corner of such a radius that something more massive (such as ice--thus the intent of the device) cannot make the turn and is ejected aft of engine. The drawback of such a device is that it causes power loss and a rise in operating temperature.
To do something like this with a large turbojet/fan engine would require a non-trivial amount of engineering to relocate intakes asymmetrically from the thrustline of the engine(s) thus allowing debris to be ejected without damaging the engine. Not a huge problem. It just adds slightly more complexity and expense and until we're encountering birds more than we encounter ice, things aren't likely to change.
Extra credit may be available for extended treatises on Greg the Bunny.
So, when is that show coming back? It was no less funny than Futurama or Family Guy.
Make that the late 1800s.
That would be an interesting comparison if computers had been flying since about 1910.
From this article, "Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) have been around since the late 1980s, Warner says, but only lately have they begun to see some success with large commercial and residential developments. Recent advances in flexible thin-film photovoltaic materials--such as those sold by United Solar--are allowing manufacturers to more easily integrate photovoltaics directly into the roofs and facades of buildings."
We knew what you meant. Only the crackpots actually give enough of a damn to correct you.
On a somewhat tangential note, I've always felt Qt would provide a significantly more polished window-to-the-world for end users of Ubuntu.
When I moved back to Michigan two years ago I seriously considered moving to Kalamazoo for the reason you state. However, it's not a strong enough reason to go there. There has to be work. And my industry is only seeing cuts, cuts, and more cuts. In fact, Pfizer canceled their shuttle about six months after I moved here. Duncan aviation has axed much of their productivity in Battle Creek, charter operators are struggling. The college (last I heard anyway) had laid off some flight instructors. It would be nice to see some solid tech. companies move in, but that is only a good start. Not a permanent fix. Michigan has a tenacious problem with no long-term solution.
Perhaps the concerns that all that internet commerce is happening with most of it untaxed?
BINGO!!!
This Czar's job is to figure out how the government is going to get their piece of the pie. Don't be fooled into thinking otherwise.
ABS. You may have heard of it, but probably don't appreciate how well it works. I suspect you really don't appreciate how well it works unless you've slammed on your brakes on a sheet of ice, all the while steering around a jackass who did the same in front of you and said jackass struck a previous jackass who slammed on his brakes to avoid hitting a friggin' squirrel.
The squirrel and jackass one and two didn't fare so well. I steered around, rolled through the red light and kept on goin' 'cause I still had too much momentum to stop.
ABS. It's amazing shit.
That and "niche" applications.
The only reason there is a Windoze box in my house is that my wife is a quilter. The current version of Electric Quilt (AFAICT) will not run acceptably under WINE. There is no reasonable FOSS equivalent.
Similar problem here:
My only reason for keeping Windows is work/Logbook Pro, and hobby/MasterCook Deluxe. MCook runs almost acceptably in WINE, but better in VirtualBox. And there are a couple of FOSS equivalents for MCook, but to use a baseball analogy, the best FOSS app. I've found is in the local elementary school's Pee Wee league where MCook is last year's Major League World Series winner. With that said, the FOSS app. is getting better, and it has improved over the past couple years, hopefully it will continue to do so.
Then there's Logbook Pro. No FOSS equivalent either. There's some vaporware projects floating around FreshMeat and SourceForge that have been there for several years with little or no activity. Also, running this under WINE didn't work--it wouldn't even install. VirtualBox OTOH was good, but not acceptable due to severe lag and spotty USB operability.
While it's good for some applications, using a VM (to me at least) is like a Rube Goldberg machine. It gets the job done, but at the expense of efficiency and I'm absolutely maniacal about efficiency.
The only two settings you should need:
If it doesn't do what you expect, is it still the right product? Or will people just shrug their shoulders and accept the new "policy" of AdBlock?
I realize that at some point compromises have to be made, but if I install AdBlock I expect it to do just that, block ads. So, maybe now it should be called AdSieve.
Man, if I could mod you up to 11, I'd do it.
Like Amazon? Netflix?
I can't even bring myself to pay for either of those now. There's no chance YouTube is gonna get my cash unless they can severely undercut the ridiculous prices of the aforementioned goobers. $2.50 for a new release and $0.50 for the more dated material at the local movie gallery. Beat that and I'll be on board. And yeah, I'm a cheap bastard.
Mechanical Turk at $0.01 per HIT.
Not saying whether it is actually a good electronic system or not, impossible to tell...but enough people had enough direct access to critical information, without even thinking about the electronic system, that this guy should not have had the problems he had.
Except that TFA summarized your point succinctly at the end of the first paragraph, "garbage in garbage out!"
I think it's a little sad and I would love to see a power-meter that shows exactly how much power you use when you use it. I think that would make people think.
It's here already. I know there are others, but I found this quickly with GG and didn't care to look for more examples.
Why isn't everyone here trying to make their home and car as efficient as comfortably possible? It's the "techie" thing to do.
Simple. ROI. Some of us still have limited finances and ROI is a big deal. For those that it isn't, I'm sure many are already doing it. My dad built a house in the 1980s with double-thick walls, excess insulation, innovative heating, balanced electrical, non-traditional construction materials, etc. While the rest of our neighborhood used two pigs of propane (or more) per annum, we could make it over a year on one tank. When I'm in the same position, I'll do the same. Until then, I need to keep the pantry stocked with food and the car filled with fuel.
Speaking of cars, this thing is pretty cool.