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Comment: Re:Oh neat! (Score 1) 93

by Bender Unit 22 (#40098369) Attached to: Nanotech Solar Cell Minimizes Cost, Toxic Impact

Having the most expensive electricity in the world according to wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_pricing
I am looking forward to getting my 20*250Wp panels installed next month.
Even with current prices, my installation will have paid for itself in 7 years, since I can use the grid as a "battery".

Comment: 250%? (Score 1) 345

by Bender Unit 22 (#40043203) Attached to: U.S. Imposes Tariffs On Chinese Solar Cells

The panels used in the solutions I've seen we're only 30% cheaper then the eu brands. But maybe they are a lot cheaper in the US.
I have seen cheaper panels on eBay, so I figured that the installer charged overprice for them.

I ended up buying a solution with eu panels which also had 12 years warranty and 10 years on 90% effectivity and 25 years on 80%.

Since we have one of the highest electricity price in the world, they have paid for them self in 8 years. Including the loan.

Right now the banks have "energy saving" loans at 4,8%. If paid back over 10 years, it costs nothing to install the panels in the monthly budget and then you still have at least 15 years of life in them. The inverter might need to be replaced.

We are 2.5 million households in the country and the organization that coordinates the infrastructure between the electric companies are receiving 150 applications pr day for micro PV Installations where you can use the grid as a battery.

Swedish teleco firms looking into block VoIP claiming losses in earnings->

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An anonymous reader writes "Telia, a Swedish telecommunications company is now looking into possible solutions to block free VoIP services like Skype and Vibr, claiming the losses are beginning to take its toll on the total earnings. Critics are saying the companies have wrongly implemented outdated pricing models, the act could threaten net transparency and independance. In a new report from the EU body of European phone market, [url=http://www.erg.eu.int/whatsnew/index_en.htm]Berec[/url] , shows that more and more telecommunications companies will block their subscribers from using free services. The European Commission is investigating whether it is possible to prohibit the blocking of legal services online. (© AP)"
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Youtube

Copyright trolls file copyright claims for videos made in iMovie->

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An anonymous reader writes "I had a copyright claim on some of my youtube videos.
Now my videos were short trailers made using iMovie which featured my co-workers and the standard music from the iMovie templates.
These movie were something i made as a part of a teambuilding event so they are of really limited interest to other people.
So i started googleing to see if others have had the same problem and found that others have had the same problem.
I found what seems to be the best explanation to what happens here."

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Censorship

Microsoft SkyDrive 'Confuses Naked With Nude', Ar->

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Bender Unit 22 writes "Microsoft has an image police — but an arrest they have made may be mistaken. A blogger using its SkyDrive cloud storage service says it froze his account when it confused a famous work of art with pornography.
This has happened for some time as this (German) article (German) shows.
A small gallery with examples (some NSFW)"

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