Comment In other news, sheep go "bah"... (Score 3, Funny) 44
Gee, spamming Twitter about a movie results in herds of sheep trampling a path to the box office? Yawn.
Fallout: New Vegas Coming This Fall, Trailer Released 100
Bethesda announced today that Fallout: New Vegas is scheduled for release sometime this fall, and they released a trailer as well. Details are scant yet on the official site, but they had this to say:
"Experience all the sights and sounds of fabulous New Vegas, brought to you by Vault-Tec, America's First Choice in Post Nuclear Simulation. Explore the treacherous wastes of the Great Southwest from the safety and comfort of your very own vault: Meet new people, confront terrifying creatures, and arm yourself with the latest high-tech weaponry as you make a name for yourself on a thrilling new journey across the Mojave wasteland. A word of warning, however — while Vault-Tec engineers have prepared for every contingency,* in Vegas, fortunes can change in an instant. Enjoy your stay. (* Should not be construed as a legally-binding claim.)"
Comment Re:How is that sustainable? (Score 1) 453
Thanks maxume, that helped a lot.
If I have my math right, we would need a wind farm of around 118,600 square miles, or almost as large as the state of New Mexico (121,355.53 square miles) for everything. I suppose we could split it up across (for example) Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to leave ourselves a little room for growth (141,212.81 square miles total), but that would displace about 12,000,000 people - at least NM only has around 2,000,000 people. Think anybody would mind moving? Sheesh.
Digging a little deeper on the DOE site, I found that numbers for transportation are also there but it's a small percentage (about 2% of total documented consumption). That got me wondering - I don't see numbers for consumption by federal, state, and local governments. Granted, your average government building (think courthouse) probably isn't that bad, I wonder how prisons, military bases, and the high-power-drain facilities for numerous 3-letter agencies (C!A, N$A, etc.) factor in? If I had to guess I'd say it's less than industrial, but I'm still curious. Maybe we should set aside the West Virginia Wind Farm Co-operative too, just to be safe.
Just in case anybody missed the point of all this, let me be clear: wind power is not the answer. It's a (relatively) environmentally-friendly augmentation in combination with other sources, but that's it.
If I have my math right, we would need a wind farm of around 118,600 square miles, or almost as large as the state of New Mexico (121,355.53 square miles) for everything. I suppose we could split it up across (for example) Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to leave ourselves a little room for growth (141,212.81 square miles total), but that would displace about 12,000,000 people - at least NM only has around 2,000,000 people. Think anybody would mind moving? Sheesh.
Digging a little deeper on the DOE site, I found that numbers for transportation are also there but it's a small percentage (about 2% of total documented consumption). That got me wondering - I don't see numbers for consumption by federal, state, and local governments. Granted, your average government building (think courthouse) probably isn't that bad, I wonder how prisons, military bases, and the high-power-drain facilities for numerous 3-letter agencies (C!A, N$A, etc.) factor in? If I had to guess I'd say it's less than industrial, but I'm still curious. Maybe we should set aside the West Virginia Wind Farm Co-operative too, just to be safe.
Just in case anybody missed the point of all this, let me be clear: wind power is not the answer. It's a (relatively) environmentally-friendly augmentation in combination with other sources, but that's it.
Comment Re:How is that sustainable? (Score 1) 453
Boy do we need a better solution. Let's have some fun with numbers...
36,000 acres = 56.25 square miles (640 acres = 1 square mile)
US population ~ 307,000,000 (http://www.census.gov/)
Average US household size = 2.61 (http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts)
Number of turbines (@ 2.5MW / turbine) to power all US homes (just homes; no businesses at all) = ~188,200
Land area to power all US homes = ~44,100 square miles
Land area of the state of Pennsylvania (http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/42000.html) = 44,816.61
Unfortunately, I couldn't quickly find good data breakdowns on power consumption for residential vs. business. The DOE website has a lot of data and analysis but I'm not sure they even have such a breakdown.
36,000 acres = 56.25 square miles (640 acres = 1 square mile)
US population ~ 307,000,000 (http://www.census.gov/)
Average US household size = 2.61 (http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts)
Number of turbines (@ 2.5MW / turbine) to power all US homes (just homes; no businesses at all) = ~188,200
Land area to power all US homes = ~44,100 square miles
Land area of the state of Pennsylvania (http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/42000.html) = 44,816.61
Unfortunately, I couldn't quickly find good data breakdowns on power consumption for residential vs. business. The DOE website has a lot of data and analysis but I'm not sure they even have such a breakdown.
Comment missing option... (Score 1) 592
...Co-worker reviews turned me off.
I haven't seen it, and hearing some of the alternate titles that people at work have been throwing around (Star Trek 90210 & Star Trek - Beautiful People Edition are the 2 most common) I'm not planning to rush to the theater.
I haven't seen it, and hearing some of the alternate titles that people at work have been throwing around (Star Trek 90210 & Star Trek - Beautiful People Edition are the 2 most common) I'm not planning to rush to the theater.
Fallout 3 DLC and Games For Windows Live Woes 121
A reader writes with news that the Operation Anchorage downloadable content for Fallout 3 has been released. Rock, Paper, Shotgun details the extensive difficulties encountered by users of Games for Windows Live while trying to locate and install the new content. This is the first in a series of three DLC releases, and they are exclusive to the PC and Xbox 360. The last, Broken Steel, will allow players to continue within the game once the main story is finished. Unfortunately, Bethesda apparently doesn't plan to patch that ability into the PS3 version.
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