Sometimes to become Green, the technology has to be Smart.

For instance, a business could leave a bathroom light on all day for customer convenience, or there could be some kind of sensor that detects when a customer enters or leaves. The mini-computer would then adjust the light accordingly.

Assuming it takes less energy to run the sensor all time that it takes to run the light at all times (given that's what will probably happen if impolite customers control the light switch), then it's possible that energy could be saved in the long run, eventually recouping the cost of the sensor system itself in the energy savings.

Just like smart CPU fans too. When temperature levels are low due to low CPU usage, then mechanical fan slows down. When usage rises, temperature rises, and sensors tell the fan to speed back up, thus saving the user some amount of energy and wear&tear on the moving parts.

Uh... am I missing something? Why don't they just change the age of the characters to 18? It's not like they have a birth certificate proving otherwise.

No, the light blue is there, but the gradient is nearly seamless. Look closely at the middle of the fin and behind the white line by the snout.

Even if this plant isn't the most efficient way to generate kilowatt hours or jobs, many pragmatic questions can be answered. By test-driving these new technologies on a large enough scale, we are investing in research and educating a new workforce that will help generate more efficient solar power plants in the future.

I disagree, because young people who use computers today are constantly learning new ways of doing things. If they don't figure out the underlying concepts, then it becomes challenging to learn something new. It's actually more expedient to figure out how a tree-like file system works (even if they wouldn't call it as such) rather than memorize what a folder icon looks like and where it will temporarily take them in the system. They have been learning how to learn for quite some time.

The evidence I point to are the older folks on Slashdot who still keep up with the latest tech updates. It's possible they may have some difficulty adapting (that's just how aging works), but they force themselves to learn the underlying concepts and not simply memorize interfaces.

As long as I don't fall into a simple pattern, hopefully I too will stay as sharp in my autumn years.

Wow I didn't know that either until just now. I just thought it was a goofy symbol, like a finger coming down to press a circular button. Awesome.

I had the same problem. There are days where I simply "forgot" to eat until late afternoon or evening.

Except keep in mind those food breaks would usually involve something not very healthy, like potato chips or a box of something microwaveable. Anything that I could make quickly, so I could return to playing. Even though there were fewer food breaks, I probably developed poor eating habits as a result.

I don't know when was the last time you played Left 4 Dead or DOTA, but friendly players that handle constructive criticism well are quite scarce, to put it lightly.

In other words, most players are obnoxious asshats.

No, one was pretending to be blind, and the other was named Cherith Cutestory.

And every suicide bomber since and before then.

Enough with the martyrs, guys. We get it. They go boom boom.

I'm pretty sure soldiers do all of those things you just mentioned.

Don't call your ISP; your phone might be tapped.

And don't write a letter, because--can you believe it?--the government owns the post office too!

I wouldn't dare step outside. CIA spy satellites can track your movements to the nearest meter.

Looks like you might just have to grin and bear it like the rest of us proles.

Yes, depriving people of access to knowledge in the Information Age is a form of torture. If it was a child at risk, I'd call it child abuse.

The Internet is quickly becoming the best tool to access knowledge and communicate with others over a long distance. And it's hella convenient too. Plus, word-for-word, it's cheaper than mass production of bound books too.

Physical brutality can keep you down for a day, but intellectual poverty will keep you down for a lifetime.

It's no joke. You can walk into any emergency room in US and demand your right to be seen. I would hate to live in a country where I would be denied care if I had a certain skin color, if I didn't belong to a certain social class, or if I didn't have enough money to pay.

Sure, you have to pay later, but someone has to foot the bill for any public service, just like someone has to foot the bill for a police force and a justice system to enforce your other rights. If you can afford to pay the doctor's bill, you pay. If you can't afford to pay, then the government (AKA your fellow taxpayers) will cover you.

I want to live in a society that ensures everyone will be taken care of when they are sick or injured, especially those most vulnerable like children or the poor. That seems like my idea of a just, fair society. The trick, of course, is finding the most affordable way to do this, and who knows if we are anywhere near that ideal yet.

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