Comment Re:GPLv3 - the kiss of death (Score 1) 311
Comment It's simple (Score 1) 222
Comment I am shocked, (Score 1) 392
Comment Re:Units were chosen for the conclusion? (Score 1) 409
Some useful stats for the past and current performances.
Comment Arithmetical error? (Score 1) 409
Comment Check the numbers, kid (Score 1) 409
Typical modern wind turbines have diameters of 40 to 90 metres (130 to 300 ft) and are rated between 500 kW and 2 MW. As of 2014 the most powerful turbine, the Vestas V-164, is rated at 8 MW and has a rotor diameter of 164m.
That from the wiki and which also has other numbers for that biggest piece, which clearly show that diesel still wins.
Comment Re:Externalization (Score 1) 409
Comment So this is news now? (Score 1) 288
Maybe Amazon or some other provider could take a page from some local utilities and let users signal their own preferences with a (surcharged) "clean energy" option.
Meh, I'd like them more, if they started a better trend - ignore Greenpeace altogether. What's next? We're gonna have posts about Westboro Baptist Church's stance on computers, presented as a valid opinion? Fuck you, Jason, your submission is lamer than your hockey mask.
Comment Re:increased cancer risk. See references (Score 1) 230
http://www.unscear.org/docs/re...
A bit of light reading for those interested in the amount of conservative assumptions, posited improbable scenarios, rounding up and Fermi estimates necessary to claims of actual radiation-induced health consequences to the public.
Comment Not enough! (Score 1) 230
Also, you missed a decimal, it's 2.4 mSv, not that the average means much, it's counted from about half mSv in some places and tens in others.
Comment Re:Anti-nuclear FUD (Score 1) 299
Comment Re:Perl (Score 1) 536
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Ha, got "Filter error: Please use fewer 'junk' characters.", when trying to post both code and result, Slashdot apparently can't stomach rhombus made of asterisks, thus inadvertently giving unplanned example of expression and power being too limited for something relatively simple, yet unexpected. Unless it's just protection from pasting heaps of ASCII art?
Anyway, result's here, proper Slavic cunt symbol should have vertical line in the center, but the shape is generally recognized as simplified substitute, as in, say, Renault logo ("One cunt on the grill, the other behind the wheel." as somebody mean, probably me, remarked when homeroom teacher passed us in her car).