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Comment Re:Someone was good at social engineering (Score 1) 21

just make people with the 'tism nervous

Do you think that might be due, in part to the style of comedy presentation? The Sam Kinisons and Bobcat Godthwaits screaming at the audience might trigger the overly sensitive. Compare them to comedians like Bob Newhart or Steven Wright. Not "over the edge" types.

I think written humor falls into the second category. You read as much slapstick, physicality and emotion into the text as you want. A lot of British humor seems to be based on "misreading" of cues or interpretation. The infamous, "Does your dog bite?" "That is not my dog."

Comment Re:Renewables rock (Score 1) 96

It's even more complicated. German law treats the grid as "copper plate"

Somewhat the same as in the USA. Power wheeling charges were inconsistent and often negotiated bilateraly between neighboring utilities. Energy flow was handled within vertically integrated utilities. From their generators through their transmission grid to their customers.

This is all changing. But the side effect will be that all the solar farms way off in the desert will have to pay a bill to get their energy to customers. And another bill to have an intermediating utility store it for them. The days of the newly deregulated markets like California and Enron are gone. Where someone can just hook generation to "the grid" and make bundles of money. Profits will be eaten up by distance and capital costs.

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