Flywheels used today for industrial power storage are typically low mass - high strength. They're usually spun at very high rates in a vacuum on magnetic bearings. At 60,000 RPM I doubt the mass is an issue. Probably weights less than your lead acid battery.

Their homepage just contains the comment in html:

        put announce for mtgox acq here

We laid phone lines. Why can't we lay fiber.

You should create a website documenting this history. When someone asks what's so bad about MS, we could just point them to the website.

Looks like Papa John's pizza. Mmmmm!

Driving on snow is fine. The snow at least gives you some traction. Driving on an ice rink ain't so easy. I live in Meridian MS (also have nice new Bridgestone's) and there were places I slid through with absolutely no exposed road and no gravel, sand, or even snow to get traction on.

While I agree one should keep a cool head and I agree with your driving suggestions, you should understand that many of the roads here you could ice skate on. No gravel. So Salt. Not even snow. Just pure slick ice. There was absolutely NOTHING to get traction on. Short of having chains, no tire or drivetrain could help. I had the pleasure of sledding down a hill this morning despite inching forward carefully. Luckily, I got into some snow on the side and regained traction.

Thanks for the nostalgia and laughter.

Changelog:

Changes for the versions:
Installed version: 1.4.11-3ubuntu2.4
Available version: 1.4.11-3ubuntu2.5

Version 1.4.11-3ubuntu2.5:

    * SECURITY UPDATE: RSA Key Extraction via Low-Bandwidth Acoustic
        Cryptanalysis attack
        - debian/patches/CVE-2013-4576.dpatch: Use blinding for the RSA secret
            operation in cipher/random.*, cipher/rsa.c, g10/gpgv.c. Normalize the
            MPIs used as input to secret key functions in cipher/dsa.c,
            cipher/elgamal.c, cipher/rsa.c.
        - CVE-2013-4576

Just wow.

Wrong. MPEG2 (OTA is encoded with MPEG2) is certainly compressed and in my opinion is the worst offender when it comes to digital artifacts. AVC on the other hand looks much better even at lower bitrates. Despite using lower bitrates, content from online sources such as Netflix and Amazon look much better than OTA.
Cable companies also use MPEG2, but I think they recompress the streams and the look truly awful.

Why not use S/MIME or PGP? Point to point encryption is the only way to secure messages.

I switched to fastmail after hosting my own mail server for 10+ years. I got tired of the spam fighting race. I use my own domain, IMAPS + Thunderbird for 2 years now and I've been very happy. Their webmail interface is very slick and faster than Thunderbird for some operations such as massive deletes.

After 10+ years of installing Linux (Redhat 6, Gentoo, Debian, Ubuntu) on desktops and laptops I craved a supported system so I might finally have everything working 100%. I bought a Dell XPS Developer Edition that ships with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and I LOVE IT. Unity is fine. Most of all, everything works and is fully supported by Dell!!!

Ubuntu LTS is a good system for vendors to support. They can't support several distros, especially when they change frequently. And I like that I don't have to dist-upgrade every year. By the time 3 years is up I'm ready for new hardware anyway or at least a fresh install. Longer support cycles and fewer technical issues mean I get more work done and enjoy my computer more.

Just some little things I enjoy now. I can close my lid and after several days of sleeping (reliably), the battery charge is unchanged - and it's not hibernate (no POST). How cool is that? Built in 1920x1080 display and external display work without any problems (had strange problems with Ubuntu on Macbook Air before). Battery life between 5 and 7 hours depending on use.

Ubuntu works with hardware vendors better than any other desktop Linux OS. And why you may not care, that in turn provides a nice platform for proprietary software such as Steam.

Yes. I use it in conjunction with LXC and making clones is instant thanks to the BTRFS snapshots.

The difference is GM just wants to make money. If they could they'd just keep producing the same automobiles unchanged for 100 years as long as people payed for them. They will not take substantial risks. They will not make disciplined plans to reduce CO2 output or prepare for oil shortages. They simply react to basic market forces like lemmings.

For Tesla, making money is essential, but not their primary objective. Their mission, as Musk has stated numerous times is to produce an affordable EV as a contribution towards sustainable energy. Despite what "Atlas Shrugged" portrays their exists motivations other than money. And please don't post the "duty to shareholders", "maximize profits" BS.

Tesla will produce an affordable EV. If the other auto makers aren't prepared, Tesla will have "the cars that people want to buy" and everyone else will be in a scurry trying to throw something together.