Comment Re:Summary? (Score 1) 990
Personally I would have preferred a tax tariff on all incandescent bulbs to price them competitively with CFLs then let the market really decide which is best.
...wow
Comment Re:Slashdot achievements (Score 2, Insightful) 1582
Quite.
Comment Re:Units Please! What's the cost per watt hour (Score 1) 519
Where are you getting this figure? From what I've seen, solar panels in general don't even reach payback over their 25 year useful lives, though in some countries (e.g. Spain) the numbers are a bit more forgiving. Including subsidies, of course, things are different.
Am I misunderstanding "energy payback"? Is this not the same as the payback period (i.e. money)?
Submission + - Scientists discover how to erase memories (pressesc.com) 1
amigoro writes: "Neuroscientists have discovered that long-term memories are not etched in a "clay tablet"-like stable form as once thought, but the process is much more dynamic, involving a miniature molecular machine that must run constantly to keep memories going, jamming the machine briefly can erase long-term memories."
Submission + - The impact of pirated software on free software (tlug.jp)
jmglov writes: "Dave Gutteridge has an interesting take on why people are not interested in saving money by using a free-as-in-beer OS like Linux or *BSD: because Windows is free. At least, that is an all-too-common perception, thanks to bundling and piracy. Bundling is a well-known problem to the adoption of Open Source operating systems, so Dave takes a look at the piracy issue in depth. His title may offend you, but his well-written article will most likely get you thinking hard about the question, "how much *does* Windows cost?"."
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