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Comment Re:Locks (Score 1) 231

Not all locks have the pins to have a master key. It requires additional separations in the pins.
If the locksmith thought this lock didn't have those separations then they thought this lock couldn't have a master key.

Having said that: it is more likely that the locksmith didn't expect the kids to be able to manufacture a master key. That that was impossible.

Comment Re:Old-Quality Results (Score 2) 152

I often like the "similar meaning" results but not always. Ergo it should be an option IMHO.
For example "Exact:" or something like it.
Or it could simply allow regex with a similar prefix. Then I would have a reason to learn regex.
They already use : as a special string. For example "site:http://www.slashdot.org " only gives results from /. .

Comment Re: Boycott (Score 1) 91

That is a free add on that I don't really need. I will probably use it one day when I get a tablet, but for now that SIM card will be thrown into a drawer to collect dust.
For my normal mobile internet I currently have a 1,5 GB cap. I usually don't cross the 1 GB mark in a month. Uncapped mobile internet seems nice but not really essential. I don't use it for Netflix, that's what the home connection is for.

It's the home internet + spotify + access to the KPN Hotspots that I really want. The simcard with 200 MB mobile is nice for when I will use it.

I am not a yank. They seem to get the shitty end of the Internet stick.
I am Dutch. We have competition in our ISP's.

Comment Re:Yes, we know that. (Score 1) 245

You are forgetting something. 2 somethings to be more precise.
1. As solar tech gets better it gets more installed. As it gets more installed economy of scale allows for lower prices. As the prices drop they get more installed. Rinse and repeat untill the minimum price of the tech is reached. During that time some companies will have invested in additional research to lower the price per watt.
Rinse, repeat.

2. There are only a few solar concentrator towers now. Those will be build faster and faster if the price of coal generated power builds up because of supply problems.

This is approximately an exponential growth my friend. Don't underestimate it.
20 fold increase is not far off. To get storage up to snuff to work with 5 or 10% PV we need to research now. That is why so many companies are working hard on getting it done (also because storing a significant fraction of global use in a week is a lot and there will be a lot of money in it).

Comment Re:Energy storage systems that are stationary..... (Score 1) 245

For powering a city for a week or two a tractor trailer sized battery ain't gonna cut it. Unless you sneakily fill it with an unshielded nuclear reactor with a magical heat-energy conversion (size being the impossible limit).
There is a reason most coal plants suitable to power a city have water or train supply lines: that amount of coal delivered by truck is not feasible.

Solar is the future, but for storage for a city for a day you are talking about a large parking lot filled with battery containers. Even with future near magic battery tech.
Or a pumped storage.

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