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Comment: Re:It's Just Gigawatts (Score 1) 480

by Old Wolf (#40132567) Attached to: Germany Sets New Solar Power Record

It's completely unclear from the article whether they mean:

    * 22 GWh produced over the period in question
    * 22 GW average production over the period in question
    * 22 GW peak production over the period in question

I have seen journalists change "unit-hours" to "units per hour" before, perhaps failing to understand the unit and assuming that the "missing per" was a typo; so I'd actually favour the first of these options. It's hard to imagine a solar plant generating 20x as much electricity as a nuclear plant.

Comment: Re:Patent troll == bailiff = useful although unlov (Score 2) 165

by Lumpy (#40131837) Attached to: Patent Troll Now Armed With Thousands of Nortel Patents

so then banks did not loan any money to people 15 years ago when I could file Chapter 11 bankruptcy and cancel all debts legally and NOT have to return the car and house.

Damn, I did not know that banks and lending did not exist before 1997.

Funny thing is I have proof that it existed, as I went through it in the early 90's Kept the Car and the house, told the bank to shove it up their butt with the signature of a Judge. Their fault for lending money to a person working for a unstable company called General Motors.

Comment: Re:Patent troll == bailiff = useful although unlov (Score 2) 165

by Lumpy (#40131097) Attached to: Patent Troll Now Armed With Thousands of Nortel Patents

"But the reality is that if there were no bailiffs to repossess property bought on credit when you didn't pay up, then no-one would loan money."

So you support that big business should not have ANY risk then? the RISK for loaning money is that you loaned money to someone that cant pay it back, hello that is a risk of business, and problem is the credit industry has the responsibility to VET who they loan to.

If there were no baillifs or if we returned to where I could file for bankruptcy and tell the bank to stuff it in their ass. The banks would lend money smarter.

What I get from your example is that we need to remove all risk for companies, and this is completely and utterly a very dumb thing. Patents should expire quickly so that scumbag companies dont just sit on them.

If some day we are defeated, well, war has its fortunes, good and bad. -- Commander Kor, "Errand of Mercy", stardate 3201.7

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