macfan881
Apr 29, 11:20 AM
i found this actaully funny admiting he's a Apple fan boy to especailly and talking about we dont have any offical sponsor's but in the beginning of every episode it says The Daily Show in HD is brought to you by Windows 7 Go Jon :)
Popeye206
Apr 22, 01:20 PM
Please, this is the same or less then pay subscription resellers. Then they have to actually print out a copy and mail it to you.
People who know nothing about publishing should stop commenting on the 30%...
+1 I'm so sick of the 30% comments when that is not even close to the issue.
And I do know publishing.
People who know nothing about publishing should stop commenting on the 30%...
+1 I'm so sick of the 30% comments when that is not even close to the issue.
And I do know publishing.
jeffy.dee-lux
Dec 3, 03:30 PM
Despite "high hopes" for going green, the current reality of this is that about 45% of a U.S. Volt owners will be using a coal-powered car.
I don't think anybody here is arguing in support of Coal-fired power plants. We're just saying that this is another issue that needs to be addressed, but it would be foolish to wait for 100% renewable electricity before we start electrifying our fleet. A typical car spends 10-20 years on the road before it's retired. Even if every new car sold from today onwards were electric, it would take 20 years before we have a 100% electric fleet. Currently, expectations run from maybe 3-10% of the market (as in new car purchases) being electric (or at least plug-in) by 2020, depending on who you ask. Fleet electrification will be a very long process, and this can happen parallel with renewable electricity development.
Now, besides this argument, just looking at the current situation and ignoring future potential for improvements, you'll find that even a 100% coal-powered car is more efficient than an equivalent, efficient ICE car (not by a lot, but still better).
Cleanliness is another story, that depends on how you define it. CO2 goes hand in hand with efficiency, as its a direct product of fossil fuel combustion, so again, a 100% coal-powered plug in car is slightly better in this regard. The numbers I've run have shown that NOx and SO2 emissions actually go up with a 100% coal-powered plug in car vs a modern ICE. Those emissions have been drastically reduced in cars over the past 20 years to the point that they're actually quite clean. One thing to consider though is that in this case, these emissions cause local-scale problems, so displacing those emissions away from dense populations actually does help, at least in terms of urban air quality. SO2 can cause acid rain though, and that is maybe somewhere between a local, city-scale problem and a global problem. That said, I don't see why cleaning up coal power plants should be any less aggressive than cleaning up vehicle emissions has been in recent years.
Also, keep in mind that it's very difficult for the power supply from power plants to ramp up and down to meet demand, and as such, a lot of energy has to be burned off and wasted at night when demand is low. That's why some places charge a lot less for electricity at night. If most people use their car to get to work and simply charge up for 8 hours while they sleep, the overall emissions per kWh are reduced, and the numbers swing more in the favour of plug-in vehicles.
I don't think anybody here is arguing in support of Coal-fired power plants. We're just saying that this is another issue that needs to be addressed, but it would be foolish to wait for 100% renewable electricity before we start electrifying our fleet. A typical car spends 10-20 years on the road before it's retired. Even if every new car sold from today onwards were electric, it would take 20 years before we have a 100% electric fleet. Currently, expectations run from maybe 3-10% of the market (as in new car purchases) being electric (or at least plug-in) by 2020, depending on who you ask. Fleet electrification will be a very long process, and this can happen parallel with renewable electricity development.
Now, besides this argument, just looking at the current situation and ignoring future potential for improvements, you'll find that even a 100% coal-powered car is more efficient than an equivalent, efficient ICE car (not by a lot, but still better).
Cleanliness is another story, that depends on how you define it. CO2 goes hand in hand with efficiency, as its a direct product of fossil fuel combustion, so again, a 100% coal-powered plug in car is slightly better in this regard. The numbers I've run have shown that NOx and SO2 emissions actually go up with a 100% coal-powered plug in car vs a modern ICE. Those emissions have been drastically reduced in cars over the past 20 years to the point that they're actually quite clean. One thing to consider though is that in this case, these emissions cause local-scale problems, so displacing those emissions away from dense populations actually does help, at least in terms of urban air quality. SO2 can cause acid rain though, and that is maybe somewhere between a local, city-scale problem and a global problem. That said, I don't see why cleaning up coal power plants should be any less aggressive than cleaning up vehicle emissions has been in recent years.
Also, keep in mind that it's very difficult for the power supply from power plants to ramp up and down to meet demand, and as such, a lot of energy has to be burned off and wasted at night when demand is low. That's why some places charge a lot less for electricity at night. If most people use their car to get to work and simply charge up for 8 hours while they sleep, the overall emissions per kWh are reduced, and the numbers swing more in the favour of plug-in vehicles.
Lesser Evets
Apr 19, 08:52 PM
Well, that was a nice 8 hours wasted....
I loved it. Portal is one of those events in computing life. I never game these days except for Portal, Katamari, and UT99.
I loved it. Portal is one of those events in computing life. I never game these days except for Portal, Katamari, and UT99.
balamw
Jul 12, 04:16 PM
You can't drop the price and maintain the quality, champ...
Gordon Moore would probably beg to differ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law). By the time Merom is out the current Yonah processors should become cheap enough to allow a $100-$200 price drop for a Mac mini.
The $900 iMac really is an institutional product, not aimed at personal users. Personally I think it'd work well as a corporate product too, if Apple could actually start selling to corporate customers.
It would work quite well as a secondary Mac in a multi-Mac family too...
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Gordon Moore would probably beg to differ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law). By the time Merom is out the current Yonah processors should become cheap enough to allow a $100-$200 price drop for a Mac mini.
The $900 iMac really is an institutional product, not aimed at personal users. Personally I think it'd work well as a corporate product too, if Apple could actually start selling to corporate customers.
It would work quite well as a secondary Mac in a multi-Mac family too...
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Adam-
Apr 12, 05:21 AM
Wow, must be a slow news/rumor day.
Refuting rumors that were 90% impossible to be true.
This just in, the rumor the iPad 3 will have a back screen as well as a front are being refuted by the manufacturers.
Its simply not true!
Haha, that would be a pretty cool rumour though
Refuting rumors that were 90% impossible to be true.
This just in, the rumor the iPad 3 will have a back screen as well as a front are being refuted by the manufacturers.
Its simply not true!
Haha, that would be a pretty cool rumour though
paeza
Oct 25, 08:23 PM
when MB s gonna be updated???????? i need it soonnnn
demo
Nov 13, 05:15 PM
great to hear! Justin Long
gustavoQ
Apr 19, 06:58 AM
It should work, but it won't be pretty.. I have the same MBP and I'm gonna take the chance - if it doesn't work well I'll let you know :-)
I know it will not work on high definition not even medium, but if in low it runs smoothly thats fine for me.
I know it will not work on high definition not even medium, but if in low it runs smoothly thats fine for me.
LightSpeed1
Apr 17, 01:59 AM
A whole year Later ?
Whats the point?
Shouldn't we be seeing the 5 by now?My thought's as well.
IMO they should have waited untill the lauch of the iPhone 5.
Whats the point?
Shouldn't we be seeing the 5 by now?My thought's as well.
IMO they should have waited untill the lauch of the iPhone 5.
skunk
Mar 5, 12:28 PM
Of course it was a domestic dispute.
But regardless of whether it was a domestic dispute or not, let's consider it generically: two people are involved in a fight. Perhaps it's physical, perhaps it's not, but they're fighting. One person has enough and decides to leave. Why in the WORLD would the other person go after him/her?Again, this is the point: you do not know. You are prejudging her, when the natural assumption of guilt would lie with the driver.
But regardless of whether it was a domestic dispute or not, let's consider it generically: two people are involved in a fight. Perhaps it's physical, perhaps it's not, but they're fighting. One person has enough and decides to leave. Why in the WORLD would the other person go after him/her?Again, this is the point: you do not know. You are prejudging her, when the natural assumption of guilt would lie with the driver.
macrumorsMaster
Apr 10, 11:51 PM
Are those the new, upcoming imac's in the pic? :D
billysea
Apr 5, 02:29 AM
LOL at all the iPhone 4 owner praying that the iPhone 5 come as late as possible.
icrew
Dec 7, 05:24 PM
I dunno, but here in the UK I've never gone below maximum signal strength with my 5 year old Nokia (except in tunnels and underground), how come AT&T actually has to make an App to report coverage issues?
Because the UK is slightly smaller than Oregon, has a much higher population density (250 people/square km in the UK vs 33 people/square km in the US), is a lot less geographically diverse (for example, the highest point in the UK is only 1,343m, vs 6198m for the US), and all the cell carriers there use the same wireless standard (GSM).
When you combine all of those factors, it's a lot easier to provide comprehensive good coverage there than here.
(Thanks, CIA World Factbook!)
Because the UK is slightly smaller than Oregon, has a much higher population density (250 people/square km in the UK vs 33 people/square km in the US), is a lot less geographically diverse (for example, the highest point in the UK is only 1,343m, vs 6198m for the US), and all the cell carriers there use the same wireless standard (GSM).
When you combine all of those factors, it's a lot easier to provide comprehensive good coverage there than here.
(Thanks, CIA World Factbook!)
Peace
Nov 16, 10:01 PM
It's a great inovative concept.One that could actually be popular and work.
VAmin
Oct 14, 01:29 PM
Nice...my Uncle is a head professor of Chemistry at Princeton and he said that he used to use Macs all of the time there back in the day, but no one uses them anymore. I'll be sure to let him hear these statistics:)
Which professor? I'm majoring in Chem here.
Which professor? I'm majoring in Chem here.
Mac Fly (film)
Nov 16, 09:58 PM
I like!
/Borat
/Borat
roadbloc
Apr 12, 09:01 AM
Good on France. We need to do something similar. I find it is daft that I cannot wear a hoodie in a shop and yet muslim women are allowed veils.
jlseattle
Apr 10, 09:10 PM
1) Steve Jobs - A Biography
2) Steve Jobs - Think Different
3) Steve Jobs - How one man transformed industries
4) How Steve Jobs put the "i" in Apple
There are just so many titles out there that are possible. I don't get why they have to put in a religious connotation into this. And iSteve just seems so tacky and not what I would believe Steve would like... :(
2) Steve Jobs - Think Different
3) Steve Jobs - How one man transformed industries
4) How Steve Jobs put the "i" in Apple
There are just so many titles out there that are possible. I don't get why they have to put in a religious connotation into this. And iSteve just seems so tacky and not what I would believe Steve would like... :(
citizenzen
Apr 12, 10:54 AM
I really agree that we should show respect to other cultures, but pandering to them does nobody any good.
Has anybody suggested something that qualifies as "pandering"?
This is a great law ...
Yes! Hopefully Islamic countries follow suit and force Burqua's on every woman who enters the country. :rolleyes:
Has anybody suggested something that qualifies as "pandering"?
This is a great law ...
Yes! Hopefully Islamic countries follow suit and force Burqua's on every woman who enters the country. :rolleyes:
cooknwitha
Sep 9, 09:56 AM
Bad light has stopped play. Grrrrr.
You Poms will do anything to sabotage the game!
You Poms will do anything to sabotage the game!
cmaier
Mar 29, 08:46 PM
Suddenly because Nokia is transitioning into the smart phone market all the fanboys consider them to be a company on the verge of bankruptcy, even though they dominate the market in most countries.
Nokia has been in the smart phone market for a very long time.
Nokia has been in the smart phone market for a very long time.
The Monkey
Jul 15, 11:13 PM
The "stop whining" comments are really pretty funny. Dingbats.
dolph0291
Apr 12, 12:39 PM
Only question. Why?
Some say Apple need to buy Netflix. Have those of you even considered what Netflix charges for monthly streaming?
$8
Apple will never let customers eat that much for so little. The day Apple buys Netflix, DVDs would stop, and streaming would go up to $30 a month.
Promised.
With all due respect, it's not Apple that sets the pricing, it's the record companies and movie studios. We've all read countless articles about these companies dictating as many terms as they can to Apple. Those companies insisted on DRM, not Apple, and those companies also were against the "one price fits all" 99 cent song, but Jobs convinced them to keep the price low and caved on the DRM. Now the DRM is gone and the price is $1.29, the result of yet another negotiation. The point is, people talk as if Apple makes their own music and movies and then overcharges for them. They have to pay for it.
Supposedly Apple makes very little to nothing of what they charge for songs. Where they make their money is the gazillions of devices they sell to play the stuff on.
Some say Apple need to buy Netflix. Have those of you even considered what Netflix charges for monthly streaming?
$8
Apple will never let customers eat that much for so little. The day Apple buys Netflix, DVDs would stop, and streaming would go up to $30 a month.
Promised.
With all due respect, it's not Apple that sets the pricing, it's the record companies and movie studios. We've all read countless articles about these companies dictating as many terms as they can to Apple. Those companies insisted on DRM, not Apple, and those companies also were against the "one price fits all" 99 cent song, but Jobs convinced them to keep the price low and caved on the DRM. Now the DRM is gone and the price is $1.29, the result of yet another negotiation. The point is, people talk as if Apple makes their own music and movies and then overcharges for them. They have to pay for it.
Supposedly Apple makes very little to nothing of what they charge for songs. Where they make their money is the gazillions of devices they sell to play the stuff on.
