Comment: Re:A Tesla? (Score 1) 221
2012: Electrolux vacuum cleaner.
3D solar towers offer up to 20 times more power output than flat solar panels-> 1
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cylonlover writes "While we’ve seen the development of solar cell technologies that employ nanoscale 3D structures to trap light and increase the amount of solar energy absorbed, MIT researchers have now used 3D on the macro scale to achieve power output that is up to 20 times greater than traditional fixed flat solar panels with the same base area. The approach developed by the researchers involves extending the solar cells upwards in a three-dimensional tower or cube configuration to enable them to better capture the sun's rays when it is lower on the horizon."
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Comment: Re:I wonder ... (Score 1) 36
Why was parent modded troll?
Comment: Re:Corporations are people... (Score 1) 112
Prostitution?
Comment: Re:Obvious (Score 2) 334
13!
6227020800?
Comment: Re:Obvious (Score 1) 334
Parent was just giving you an example.He was asking you to open your mind to other solutions. Of course you could also save energy and since you guys are all buring oil/gas to warm your houses, how about this observation of a small town in the UK:
When I was looking to rent a house in Cheshire a few years ago, a lot of the ads mentioned "double glazed windows" as a selling point. Imagine that! A house with a bit of thermal insulation, in a country where the temperature will often drop to 0 C / 32 F during mid-winter?
Also, every house we looked at had a gap of at least one centimeter under the entrance door, where cold air could enter, and they all had (funny but true) a form of stretched out pillow to put there, in order to reduce the drag. When I first got there I had to buy a fridge since it was not considered a "fixed appliance", but until I got that sorted, I actually stored my butter and milk in the hallway since it was so cold.
When I was looking to rent a house in Cheshire a few years ago, a lot of the ads mentioned "double glazed windows" as a selling point. Imagine that! A house with a bit of thermal insulation, in a country where the temperature will often drop to 0 C / 32 F during mid-winter?
Also, every house we looked at had a gap of at least one centimeter under the entrance door, where cold air could enter, and they all had (funny but true) a form of stretched out pillow to put there, in order to reduce the drag. When I first got there I had to buy a fridge since it was not considered a "fixed appliance", but until I got that sorted, I actually stored my butter and milk in the hallway since it was so cold.
Comment: Re:Race to the bottom (Score 1) 184
Ok.
Comment: Re:Race to the bottom (Score 1) 184
I refuse to explain myself coherently, on the grounds that I may invalidate the apparent logic of your statement.
Either:
a) a low income has little to do with the worth of a persons contributions to society
or
b) artists who are unable to make any money due to piracy are worthless.
Either:
a) a low income has little to do with the worth of a persons contributions to society
or
b) artists who are unable to make any money due to piracy are worthless.
German Company To Install Linux On 10,000 Desktops->
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jfruhlinger writes "Linux proponents used to proclaim that the era of Linux on the desktop was just around the corner. That may never come to pass, but there are still occasional wins. For instance, a German insurance giant will be moving 10,000 employees to Linux-based desktop and laptop machines."
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Comment: Re:Race to the bottom (Score 1) 184
Don't know about smallpox, but if you're too poor to find a dollar to pay for a song to support an artist you like, you're probably not making much of a contribution to society anyway.
Perhaps your supposed societal non-contributor is also a suffering artist who isn't paid? If people are worthless to society if they are not getting paid and artists are not getting paid -> artists are worthless to society.
With a statement like yours, you must really hate artists. What did they ever do to you?