It's so obvious! Solar/wind/tidal aren't available on-demand. They're available on uncontrollable conditions. Power fluctuations aren't acceptable, so a 100% electrical grid (even a personal power grid, duh!) is not possible. Maybe you live in a world where the battery, or some other method of storing excess energy generated now, for use when generation isn't happening, doesn't exist... Or maybe you are a trolling idiot. Either way, I suggest you join an intelligent design discussion, your reasoning powers and ability to ignore inconvenient facts would be welcome there.
It's just that a 100% renewable (minus hydroelectric) power grid is not possible. How can you say it's not possible? A solar / wind system is quite possible. I never said "Grid" I said point of use... "Off the grid", actually. There are many, many examples of fully off the grip systems in place and functioning. Just to my personal knowledge, there are two families in middle Kentucky who use a combination of Solar, wind, and batteries to balance the load. total generation at maximum capacity exceeds 40kw, in practice they average a little less than half that. Actual usage is less than average generation, one of the homes is new (less than a year) the other has been "off the grid" for 8 years.
I also know several barefooters who spend months at a time sailing around the Caribbean. All electrical power for the boat is generated by wind and solar. Granted, they all have the ability to use the on board engine to generate power, and if the engine is used for some reason (like needing to use it to dock, for example), the batteries are recharged, but for sailers that is a rare and very undesirable situation.
Individualized power, which is more feasible than you might realize...
Hmm. How do you answer these concerns: Like this:
No hydroelectric power. Large hydroelectric plants are not anywhere close to large consumers, and are too large for any individual consumer, making them unfeasible. No - you misunderstand the difference between Large hydroelectric power and Hydroelectric power. A waterwheel, generator and some moving water is all you need for hydroelectric. so anyone on a river with a sufficient amount of water can use this source.
No nuclear plants. Ditto. agreed - with present technology.
Much lower efficiency termic power. Coal/fuel plants improve in efficiency when very large scale. A large fuel plant gets about 50% efficiency, due to heat recovery methods. Individual generators -- the portable kind -- are closer to 10% efficiency.
depends on the generator - a 2k gasoline based generator is fairly low in inefficiency but a 40kw diesel can be very efficient.
No load balancing for wind power. Wind power, while efficient, requires load balancing in the grid, like dams pumping water upstream, in order to cope with the fluctuations of power production vs consumption. No load balancing for solar power. Ditto. Maybe individual power is really even less feasible than you might realize. The problem is cost to install, not feasibility of the installed system. The addition of sub $1.00 per watt solar coming online in the next 18 months will go a long way to correct that cost to install problem too.
Seems to me that it isn't the huge budget of the department of homeland security that's pushing these innovations, it's DARPA, the same group that has been pushing everything from AI (with cool desert races) to the internet.....
Ms. Schwartz suffers from Multiple Sclerosis So what? It doesn't pertain to the case at all. If I suffered from MS and I killed someone chances are I'm going to jail. The validity of the the RIAA claims against her aside, just because you have a disorder doesn't give you a free pass to do whatever you want. As to the Letter of the law, you are right. And the fact that one of the defendants was dead, or a grandmother, or a single mother of three is also meaningless as far as the law is concerned.
However, considering the tactics and FUD the RIAA is using in the cases they've filed, and that the general public doesn't respond to what is legal, it responds to what the media feeds them, I have no problem with it being pointed out.
Or, to put it another way, it makes no difference what Race a person is, when they are arrested for a crime, yet you will almost always have it pointed out. You can find similar examples involving religion, sex (Female Murder suspects are really big news in my area), or a host of other things that are not directly pertinent to the case itself. Commenting about these things increases the attention the case gets, and, although not directly relevant, it is a true comment.
Australian's have ozzie accents:) After thinking long and hard on this, I realized that none of the Aussie's i've met sounded like they were in the middle of a two week drug binge.
Tacoma Bridge - didn't account for high wind - human error
"Galloping Gurdie" failed in a 45mph wind, and was designed for up to 125mph. "High Wind" was not the issue. Forced Resonance is listed as the most common culprit, but opinions on the actual effect have varied somewhat. What is not contested is the specific reason you list.
The point being that resonance was not considered a first order force to contend with by engineers until the bridge collapsed. It is now. So, human error in that a force that engineers didn't think they needed to account for, but were aware of. But human error, like the Titanic or Challenger, is was not.
What does Walt Mossberg know about Linux? He's a Windoze writer. For the purposes of the Article, not knowing Ubuntu or any Linux distro is a plus. Remember the point of the Article was whether or not Ubuntu was ready for release to the "masses." The simple answer is, it's not.
I would love the average user to be technically savvy enough to install and use Linux, any distro. It would eliminate a lot of problems we all face. The technically savvy user would be able to keep their equipment cleaner from mal-ware and would be a lot more vocal about quality control of software products.
These kind of articles are what the Linux community needs. We need to have non-enthusiasts evaluate the distro, and then correct the problems. It's amazingly easy to get into the habit of understanding that an issue, or a kludge exists, work around it, and have it become so ubiquitous that we forget it's even there.
On the other hand, if we want to remain the elite minority, it's easy. Flame these kinds of articles and ignore the wants and needs of the non-elite majority. We'll stay Elite, holier than them, and a minority.
Not a replacement for GCC anytime soon. I'm not sure why there was a need for a compiler licensed for BSD, but it's always nice to see options being developed for anything.
I think we just set a record on "Offtopic" comments.
Back to the Article:
36 hours? Most have been a slow weekend, and I'm aggravated, I just lost a sixpack to a buddy on a bet. And He drinks Coors.
I bet the crack would have been 24 hours or less. Given that we knew where the hash was occurring, had multiple iPods to test against, with large databases of songs to use as samples. I don't know what Apple was thinking, there was no way that security system was going to hold up. Unless of course, Apple was simply going through the motions to satisfy some DRM contractual requirements with their industry partners.
I see you haven't flown anywhere this summer... That doesn't count - they are out of Bancruptcy protection now, so they don't have to actually provide service any more......
"too" many, that is. That's what I get for trying to be cheeky. No, you were right the first time... "Too" is applicable when you can replace it with "also", "Two" when you are counting, and "To" otherwise.
I'm confused, I thought price fixing was the FTC's domain. Only as it would apply to the company's bookkeeping, and how it would affect the shareholders.
Generally, the DOJ goes after criminal misconduct, and consumer misconduct type issues, and the FTC goes after Shareholder type issues. That's obviously an oversimplification, but it's a good starting point.
Geez, all of us who believed that Global warming wasn't a myth apparently have some apologizing to do.[/sarcasm]
I'm not surprised by hearing people say that Humans are not causing Global Warming, I find that hard to believe myself. I am more inclined to believe, based on the evidence I've seen so far, that we're making a natural cycle worse. What surprises me is that there are still idiots who believe that Global Warming is NOT occurring at all....
But this is the same as "Evolution is only a Theory." and "Intelligent Design" is plausible.
Well, that goes for a lot of things. I live in the Netherlands, and if I look out of the window, I'd not immediately come up with the idea that the earth is round. With some investigation it is possible to find out that it is. Heh. You obviously haven't met the Southern Baptist that lives across the street from me. I kid you not, he believes that the would is, in fact, flat and teaching the world is round and not the center of the universe is the first step the secular community takes in denying the existence of God.
You forgot:
4; will they sell us out to Microsoft again if there is I'm far from a fan of Microsoft, but I can't believe that Microsoft could possibly be that stupid, Right?
Pedants need not reply...If you haven't went HALO, you have no concept of WTF is going on here! The only possible better physical experience than HALO, is HALO with sex...but there is that whole windchill/cold temp thing to deal with! The Master Chief says there are Two things better than HALO - and one of them is going to be released next week.
'If SCO was dissolved the case against IBM would disappear.'
That would be a bad thing, we don't want the IBM case to disappear, we want IBM have a very strong favorable ruling. Any other outcome means this was all a waste of time with no precedents set. I disagree.
The Novell ruling removed any chance of a precedence being set. once Judge Kimball said "Novel owns the copyrights, and Novell did have the right to prevent you from suing IBM" the IBM case was dead. There was no chance a precedence would be set as far as Open Source code and the Free Software community was concerned.
This result has no effect on IBM except to limit the additional outlay of money IBM has to spend to defend themselves. There is obviously no money in SCO to pay IBM for the litigation expenses the bogus suit has given them.
The only three things I believe are left to discover are 1; can Novell be first to the Buffet and 2; can they pierce the corporate veil, and 3; is there a prosecutable criminal case here.
I think there's a problem in the way people interpret the founding fathers through the lens of modern political philosophy. You are right, it's impossible, at the federal level, to implement the founding fathers philosophy's today. The civil war signaled the beginning of the end of that. The original idea was to promote states rights, with federal power defined and used when needed. We have scrapped that in favor of a federal oriented system, where federal power is used in excess of the original intention.
Slashdot Mirror
A service specifically designed for the "I have nothing to hide, so I don't care if they wiretap" people!
Now I just need to figure out if someone I know is using the service....... So I can sell them a Bridge........
I also know several barefooters who spend months at a time sailing around the Caribbean. All electrical power for the boat is generated by wind and solar. Granted, they all have the ability to use the on board engine to generate power, and if the engine is used for some reason (like needing to use it to dock, for example), the batteries are recharged, but for sailers that is a rare and very undesirable situation.
Hmm. How do you answer these concerns: Like this: No hydroelectric power. Large hydroelectric plants are not anywhere close to large consumers, and are too large for any individual consumer, making them unfeasible. No - you misunderstand the difference between Large hydroelectric power and Hydroelectric power. A waterwheel, generator and some moving water is all you need for hydroelectric. so anyone on a river with a sufficient amount of water can use this source. No nuclear plants. Ditto. agreed - with present technology.
Much lower efficiency termic power. Coal/fuel plants improve in efficiency when very large scale. A large fuel plant gets about 50% efficiency, due to heat recovery methods. Individual generators -- the portable kind -- are closer to 10% efficiency.
depends on the generator - a 2k gasoline based generator is fairly low in inefficiency but a 40kw diesel can be very efficient. No load balancing for wind power. Wind power, while efficient, requires load balancing in the grid, like dams pumping water upstream, in order to cope with the fluctuations of power production vs consumption.No load balancing for solar power. Ditto. Maybe individual power is really even less feasible than you might realize. The problem is cost to install, not feasibility of the installed system. The addition of sub $1.00 per watt solar coming online in the next 18 months will go a long way to correct that cost to install problem too.
A mundane reason for the illnesses.
I guess I'll go put my tin-foil hat away..... Oh! Wait! How about if I claim a government cover-up? Where are the men in black?
Does the RIAA pay their shills well? Where do you apply?
I'm sure I could do a better job than I've seen the shills do of late, they don't seem to be trying anymore.
Seems to me that it isn't the huge budget of the department of homeland security that's pushing these innovations, it's DARPA, the same group that has been pushing everything from AI (with cool desert races) to the internet.....
You're right, but it didn't matter much... someone with too many mod points didn't have a sense of humor any way....
So what? It doesn't pertain to the case at all. If I suffered from MS and I killed someone chances are I'm going to jail. The validity of the the RIAA claims against her aside, just because you have a disorder doesn't give you a free pass to do whatever you want. As to the Letter of the law, you are right. And the fact that one of the defendants was dead, or a grandmother, or a single mother of three is also meaningless as far as the law is concerned.
However, considering the tactics and FUD the RIAA is using in the cases they've filed, and that the general public doesn't respond to what is legal, it responds to what the media feeds them, I have no problem with it being pointed out.
Or, to put it another way, it makes no difference what Race a person is, when they are arrested for a crime, yet you will almost always have it pointed out. You can find similar examples involving religion, sex (Female Murder suspects are really big news in my area), or a host of other things that are not directly pertinent to the case itself. Commenting about these things increases the attention the case gets, and, although not directly relevant, it is a true comment.
There, fixed that for you....
whoop-de-fucking-do. ..... And You don't care if they look, 'cause you've done nothing wrong......
Tacoma Bridge - didn't account for high wind - human error
"Galloping Gurdie" failed in a 45mph wind, and was designed for up to 125mph. "High Wind" was not the issue. Forced Resonance is listed as the most common culprit, but opinions on the actual effect have varied somewhat. What is not contested is the specific reason you list.The point being that resonance was not considered a first order force to contend with by engineers until the bridge collapsed. It is now. So, human error in that a force that engineers didn't think they needed to account for, but were aware of. But human error, like the Titanic or Challenger, is was not.
I would love the average user to be technically savvy enough to install and use Linux, any distro. It would eliminate a lot of problems we all face. The technically savvy user would be able to keep their equipment cleaner from mal-ware and would be a lot more vocal about quality control of software products.
These kind of articles are what the Linux community needs. We need to have non-enthusiasts evaluate the distro, and then correct the problems. It's amazingly easy to get into the habit of understanding that an issue, or a kludge exists, work around it, and have it become so ubiquitous that we forget it's even there.
On the other hand, if we want to remain the elite minority, it's easy. Flame these kinds of articles and ignore the wants and needs of the non-elite majority. We'll stay Elite, holier than them, and a minority.
Not a replacement for GCC anytime soon. I'm not sure why there was a need for a compiler licensed for BSD, but it's always nice to see options being developed for anything.
I think we just set a record on "Offtopic" comments.
Back to the Article:
36 hours? Most have been a slow weekend, and I'm aggravated, I just lost a sixpack to a buddy on a bet. And He drinks Coors.
I bet the crack would have been 24 hours or less. Given that we knew where the hash was occurring, had multiple iPods to test against, with large databases of songs to use as samples. I don't know what Apple was thinking, there was no way that security system was going to hold up. Unless of course, Apple was simply going through the motions to satisfy some DRM contractual requirements with their industry partners.
Generally, the DOJ goes after criminal misconduct, and consumer misconduct type issues, and the FTC goes after Shareholder type issues. That's obviously an oversimplification, but it's a good starting point.
Geez, all of us who believed that Global warming wasn't a myth apparently have some apologizing to do.[/sarcasm]
I'm not surprised by hearing people say that Humans are not causing Global Warming, I find that hard to believe myself. I am more inclined to believe, based on the evidence I've seen so far, that we're making a natural cycle worse. What surprises me is that there are still idiots who believe that Global Warming is NOT occurring at all....
But this is the same as "Evolution is only a Theory." and "Intelligent Design" is plausible.
4; will they sell us out to Microsoft again if there is I'm far from a fan of Microsoft, but I can't believe that Microsoft could possibly be that stupid, Right?
--Wade
That would be a bad thing, we don't want the IBM case to disappear, we want IBM have a very strong favorable ruling. Any other outcome means this was all a waste of time with no precedents set. I disagree.
The Novell ruling removed any chance of a precedence being set. once Judge Kimball said "Novel owns the copyrights, and Novell did have the right to prevent you from suing IBM" the IBM case was dead. There was no chance a precedence would be set as far as Open Source code and the Free Software community was concerned.
This result has no effect on IBM except to limit the additional outlay of money IBM has to spend to defend themselves. There is obviously no money in SCO to pay IBM for the litigation expenses the bogus suit has given them.
The only three things I believe are left to discover are 1; can Novell be first to the Buffet and 2; can they pierce the corporate veil, and 3; is there a prosecutable criminal case here.