Comment Re: Another democracy safeguard dismantled (Score 2) 125
Comment Re: Here's the thing (Score 1) 62
Comment Re: Movie treatment: Attack of the super-yaks (Score 2) 31
Comment Caveat lessor (Score 2) 16
(I think this would make the charges more difficult to prove, but probably only enough to get him a better plea offer.)
Comment Re: I think I started this (Score 3, Informative) 134
Comment Re:This seems dubious... (Score 1) 49
Most of the world is not Northern Canada, which must be where they got that number from. Maine averages 4.55 peak sun hours per day, and is the northereasternmost state in the continental United States. Even Washington state is at 3.95.
Comment Re:This seems dubious... (Score 1) 49
Solar panels: The roof of a trailer is about 450 square feet. In the northeastern U.S., you would average only 3.5 hours of full sun, so you'd get only a little over 13 kW per day.
So the solar generation function of a panel is no sun, no power, partial sun, no power, peak sun hours, full power.
Well, I guess that you're the expert.
So in an entire day, covering the entire roof of a trailer with solar panels would add a whopping 7 miles of range
Maybe that's enough to get you over a time zone or so so that you get an extra hour of "full sun"?
After all, it's not like trailers are ever sitting idle during loading, unloading, or waiting for loads. Always moving, doncha know.
Comment Re:The Slashdot title indicates... (Score 1) 251
Once and for all people: "it's" (with an apostrophe) is a contraction of "it is." "its" is the possessive pronoun, which was intended here.
Yes, it is. Now think of the rule for possessives with every other type of noun (ordinary and proper) - " 's ". It's like the "i" before "e" except after "c" (and sometimes "y") rule, irregular verbs, and a host of other landmines in writing down the English language.
It doesn't help that there's a group of people actively miseducating kids about pronouns and demonizing references to them. His, hers, its, yours, theirs, and ours are all bricks paving the shoulder of the road to hell.
Comment Re:Why (Score 1) 116
by Anonymous Coward...
That's also much more affordable when your not competing will illegals and their free money. Oh and I just remembered the free business loans only they qualified for too.
So embarrassed by the crap that you have to make up that you're posting AC? What are these free business loans only "illegals" qualify for, and where can I apply? Yo quiero links!