Posts by Asiren
125 posts • joined Friday 23rd April 2010 09:55 GMT
Re: ... a power density of 7.4mW cm−2 μm−1 ....
D'oh, thanks guys.
So, not much use if it can pack the punch of a bullet but can only release it all in one go like a bullet (as supposed releasing slowly like a candle). Gotchya.
And to the AnonIdiot, the...
Oh, forget it. If you don't understand after 3 posts, you're not going to understand now.
Would the problem then be ST electronics?
Nokia: "Here's our tech, use it only in our phones."
ST: "Okay."
HTC: "We need a good mic, any ideas?"
ST: "Well, we have this one lying around..."
How was HTC to know that the component wasn't "freely" available?
Paris, because she sounds better on mute anyway.
Wouldn't house-sized batteries solve out green energy needs?
If the density is that great, and it scales, build it huge and we can store all the solar/wind/tidal we need.
Though it would also be quite a large security target... (Icon)
Re: ... a power density of 7.4mW cm−2 μm−1 ....
Er...
(dropping size units)
Wh / m3
=
energy / volume
=
energy storage density
No?
I was wondering what had happened
This morning the Torygraph had the pictures in full.
This afternoon all the faces were blurred out. (Including the face on some poster behind the lady. Must be using the same tech as Google...)
Re: Commodity/currency? Nah, it's a penny stock.
Ah, yes, the Case of Facebook. Shares aren't necessarily *priced* at their intrinsic value, and again there's the price of expectation in there too.
But Facebook does own servers, property, IP etc. which means it's not *completely* worthless...
Re: Commodity/currency? Nah, it's a penny stock.
Not really, as shares in a company generating income has value in two different ways: The value of the property of the underlying company (holdings, cash, IP etc) and the present value of future earnings (normally presented to shareholders in dividend payments). So for most shares there is a "bottom" price at which buying up the company and breaking it up into its most basic components still yields a value.
The problem with penny stock scams (and to a certain extent BTC) is that there's normally nothing underneath other than the *hope* of a successful find (new drug/oil deposit/tech breakthrough), hence the marketing language that tends to follow those scams: "Easy money", "Just a matter of time", "where the clever money is", "mainstream investors about to step in", "revolutionary", "game changing", etc. BTC goes even further in that there's not even THAT hope, it's just belief that the currency will continue to be viable. It's purely trading on faith: that people will accept it in trade for goods/services, that it will be convertible into "hard currency" (which it claims to threaten and destabilise...), that the security of the system and algorithms won't be cracked.
Which, given the history of electronic security (not that it doesn't exist, but that given enough financial motivation, SOMEONE will find a flaw), means it's only a matter of time before things go ka-blooie.
Commodity/currency? Nah, it's a penny stock.
FT Alphaville are doing some serious financial analysis of the whole BitCoin phenomenon here:
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/tag/bitcoinmania/
(Registration but no payment)
Some interesting discussions on the practicality and viability of the whole concept. The comments in themselves are quite enlightening, and it might be interesting to get some more techincally minded people throwing their opinions into the mix.
The argument put forward by proponents of BitCoin is that it's a government-less currency of the people, for the people, by the people. But given that there's no intrinsic value to the currency (it's bits in the ether) and there's no backing to it (legal, militaristic or material), once there's a large enough crisis of faith (as that is all the currency is trading on), it will eventually return to its intrinsic value: 0.
Which means it's essentially a con and a Ponzi scheme.
The more vehement defenders of the concept come across as penny stock pushers, with classic quotes such as "Price drops are opportunities to buy", "If you think it's stupid, stay out of the market and let me make my easy money" and the classic "Volatility is by design and one of the benefits!"
It's a bubble, it's going to pop. The "anonimity" it provides is for paranoid conspiricists and illegal transactions. The fact is that the market can (and will) be easily manipulated. As there is no underlying assets, obscure supply and virtual demand, at the end of the day it's a deer market. Price goes up, more people hype and buy, self-perpetuating. Price gets to a certain level and there's a security "scare", confidence collapses and so goes the value. Manipulators buy at the start of the hype, sell into the bubble and "create" the scare to allow themselves back into the market at the bottom.
There'll be tears enough for all.
Patent licensing under seal.
Heh. That's great, that could kick off a whole load of other claims.
Some "partners" might just get annoyed that they're getting properly bent over a barrel once they see what other licensees get.
More interestingly, others might get to see that their "most favoured client" status isn't being adhered to in a bunch of hidden deals! (How can you enforce "most favoured" status if the other contracts are und NDAs?)
Might give these patent troll giants second thoughts about fighting these cases out in court...
Er... Anyone thought about the camera?
To use this feature, the user-facing camera will have to be on.
If it works, they'll use it for the Home Screen, and you can just flick your eyes left/right for the next screen.
But then the camera will always be on...
Not sure I'd be happy with that.
Re: Balloon burst
For a second I thought they'd gotten photographic evidence of The Great Noodle in the Sky!
Re:(Original post) Tax efficiency is required to stay in business
That just doesn't make sense. It's the argument of the "trickle down economy" where the more money the people at the top make, the more they'll spend.
Except that nearly never happens. The more money a corporation makes, the more money gets paid out to its executives and shareholders, and the minions and suppliers still get squeezed "to increase shareholder value". In fact, the more clout a company has, the harder they squeeze their dependants to increase their own profits.
Apple as an example: Sitting on a HUGE PILE of cash reserves. Why? "In case of change of market conditions or potential acquisition targets." So, a company making that much money, with the market share it has, could:
1. Pay more tax. (No Double Sandwich)
2. Pay better wages. (And I don't mean to management...)
3. Pay fairer prices to its suppliers. (So Foxconn workers don't commit suicide so often.)
What do we see instead? Right after Jobs dies, shareholders pressure for the cash to be paid out as dividend, doled out to the "haves", so that the "have-nots" get squeezed even more.
I have yet to see someone turn down a money-making opportunity because "It doesn't make enough profit." If there's money to be made, someone will do the job. If everyone plays by the same rules, the level playing field will keep everyone straight.
But it's not. And it won't.
Re: No fridges or freezers
Depends on which side of the craft it is. (Sun-side might be quite warm!) Also, unless the astronauts need to EVA every time to access it, it'll probably be a redonkulous heat-leakage.
But I'm no space engineer, so...
Re: Better img here actually...
Goodness gracious, that booty's been photo-shop-plasticised to beyond an inch of its life!
Prefered the thumbnail...
Re: Really 18 months?
Maybe a pitchfork-wielding mob silouette for riled up comments?
Re: Glide or fall?
If at no point does it "glide", is it still considered a paper aeroplane?
(Might just be 3 paper planes instead...)
Re: WTF
Is there anything you won't read if it has iPhone 5 in the title?
You want an iPhone 5, and will read every piece of crap published about it, but it's the Reg's fault that you're wasting your time.
Riiiiiiiiight...
So it is true then...
with 12 up votes and 12 down votes at time of posting, it appears you either love it or hate it.
Re: You what?
Actually, have they checked that there aren't holes in the barrels and it's all just leaked away?
Posted in Bitcoin exchange shuts after heist
Re: Correct me if I am wrong, please
I thought that the whole point was that each bitcoin has a unique ID. So if you know what the IDs of the stolen coins are, then you could:
1. Trace them whenever they are used.
2. "Lock them down".
3. Take them out of circulation/revert the trades.
No?
Re: What's that bright light in the sky then?
"Yet the sun also emits IR light, so isn't CO2 reflecting that and so keeping us cooler than if there is no CO2?"
+1 for attempt at logic, -12 for science fail.
The CO2 does indeed reflect incoming some of the Sun's IR back out. However, as mentioned in a previous post, it does nothing to stop the shorter wavelength/higher frequency rays, such as light, from getting in. This light is in turn absorbed by objects (the darker the object, the more the absorbtion) and converted to heat. This heat is then re-emitted by said objects *in the IR range*, and therefore the Earth is trying to emit more IR than it receives from the Sun.
Which the CO2 reflects back in.
Hence the warming effect of increased CO2.
"It might (hypothetically - I've no evidence at all either way) "
Try Google. A lot of scientists have been doing a lot of work on this recently.
Or just not commenting on a subject you don't understand/follow. Better to stay quiet and be thought a fool, etc...
we try very hard to keep our product roadmap secret and confidential
So that the idiots will keep buying our old product at full price until the day before the new one is released. It guarantees customer satisfaction.
Re: Lewis-bashing
Can we give it a break? It's not like we *don't* know Lewis' point of view. I think El Reg are trying to do the right thing and get a neutral PoV written and banned Lewis from writing any more AGW articles (the last 3 or 4 have been non-Lewis), and all half the commentators can complain about is that they don't have another opportunity to bash Lewis!
If you're commenting on here, you're a regular and know what to expect. Now F-off and find somewhere else to troll, your toy has been confiscated!
Re: Reg author seems to have misunderstood paper...
My bad. I was going by the use in the (El Reg) article, and not the actual source material.
*shamed*
Re: Reg author seems to have misunderstood paper...
Unless the article has been re-written, "lag" here refers to the reaction time between increased CO2 (the cause) and the increase in temp (the effect). In the same way there's a lag between you reading the article, and comprehending what the author means.
:-D
PEACE!
Thank you
El Reg quote:
"JPL isn’t attributing this event to climate change, but rather to a predictable cycle in Greenland’s weather. "Ice cores from Summit show that melting events of this type occur about once every 150 years on average. With the last one happening in 1889, this event is right on time," said Lora Koenig, a glaciologist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center."
BBC quote:
"He said that, because this Greenland-wide melting has happened before, Nasa is not yet able to determine whether this is a natural but rare event, or if it has been sparked by man-made global warming.
Scientists said they believed that much of Greenland's ice was already freezing again.
Until now, the most extensive melting seen by satellites in the past three decades was about 55% of the area.
Ice last melted at Summit station in 1889, ice core records show.
The news comes just days after Nasa satellite imagery revealed that a massive iceberg, twice the size of Manhattan, had broken off a glacier in Greenland."
Which comes across as balanced, and which comes across as "OMGOMGWe'reallgoingtodie!!"?
Pretty sure I'm going to get flamed for this, so...
Re: THIS is "hacking", ElReg.
So you're saying that the one time it's used right, it's "used" incorrectly...
Re: 'Japanese spaceman'
"Sailor of Nippon"??
Surely he's the best for the job now?
Everyone hates him, so he's got no reason to pull any punches!
Or is that what the Me-dia is complaining about?
El Reg should just have UAERRTR to all Apple articles
Usual Apple El Reg Response to Request
Ah, the US exporting "culture" so well...
Except that, as IP isn't really that protected, instead of patent trolls, China is still on trademark trolling.
But don't worry! I'm sure they'll catch up soon!
Re: Warning ......
I did an internship many moons ago where I was tasked with reviewing use and integration of a minor piece of in-house, front-end software at an international bank..
After asking me to re-write and expand the report multiple times to include ALL the problems AND solutions, the bumbling idiot shifted it straight up the command chain to head of IT without proofing it.
I get called up, a personal letter of recommendation from the head, and offered a job when I graduate. I have a meeting with the bumbling idiot where I am told that "In these reports, one shouldn't be too blunt or it could cause problems."
He was fired within the quarter.
Some people need to protect from themselves.
Re: I thought exactly the same
Was thinking the same thing re. pisserlyser. And @Chris W, there are people out there who go to pubs and *don't drink alcohol*. Kids being told not to drink and drive when they aren't legally allowed to do either?
Any enterprising cab firm would tack their number onto the end of the "Pub(l?)ic Service Announcement".
Roaring trade
If he still had access, could build up a roaring trade behind bars...
Posted in Australia goes cold on ACTA
Re: Great... but still not good enough...
Makes no difference.
If anything, deferral is better than killing it, as this way whenever it's mentioned, it will be recognised. Killing it allows them to slip bits and pieces into unrelated legislation, or come up with a new name and "new" angle to market it again.
Keep it as ACTA, just make sure it never takes off.
Call in the bailiffs
That way, they can tack on their "investigation" fee, charge 40% interest and bump it up 15% just for the hell of it.
Sell it on a couple of times too, to compound the charges.
Hey, seems like what they tried to do with my "fines". (Was an admin error by HomeChoice.) (Which in turn was SUCH an error on my part...)
Damn right. Without our tax h̶a̶v̶e̶n̶ efficient status, we'd just be another Belgium, and look how well they're doing.
Actually, no, we wouldn't be another Belgium, because half of them commute over and work here anyway! So we *and* Belgium would be worse off.
I suppose we do have the EIB, European Courts of Human Rights, and a few other institutions lying around. But kill off the tax efficiency, and the population would halve (okay, a quarter would leave...). Also, if you thought you'd seen a property bubble, OH BOY...
So please don't. It's nice and cushy here!
Re: So hate me why don't you
CAPS SO IT MUST BE TRUE!
The usual solution
There's a problem.
Someone reports it.
The problem has now become the fact that it's being reported.
Stop the reporting.
Problem solved!
Balls
So the curious tidbits from interesting people will get drowned out by the drivel from the self-important idiots.
Well, I guess that's one way to choose who to block/unfriend...
So...
You keep feeding cats into the box and see what comes out? But sometimes you're throwing a dead cat in to start with?
Posted in Diablo III
Travel is my problem
I'd like to play the game when on a lay-over between flights or even on the flight itself. Online-only stops me from being able to play the games when-and-where I want.
Posted in Diablo III
Re: I tried the beta
Advice on the Battle.net forums and Diablo III's FAQ says to uninstall the beta completely before installing the full game again.
Posted in Diablo III
Re: Amazing game
I pre-ordered in 2010 on Amazon, got it for £22. However, forgot I had already purchased it and tried to buy it again...
Thankfully the second shipment was delayed due to lack of stock!
D'oh.
Relevance?
I'm sorry, I thought this was an article on a satellite, rather than on the arguments for/against climate change.
Though it's interesting to see that you've moved forward with the times, calling it climate change rather than global warming, as "change" allows you to take any anonmalous reading as "proof", whereas "warming" would imply only changes in one direction could support your "arguements".
The SCIENCE (as you so stress) is still out on the debate, hence there being scientists on BOTH sides.
Carbon capping/trading, renewable energy subsidies and energy efficiency drives are all well and good at trying to curb emissions and save the enviroment, but the end costs are inevitably affecting those that have the least power to change the situation the most: low-income taxpayers that pay through higher end-user prices. (What, you think the companies are just going to take the hit and not past the costs through?)
But please, name a viable alternative.
And yes, there are ills in the world. But as surely you must have realised by now: If there's no profit in it, it's not going to get fixed anytime soon.
Such is the disgusting ways of "Freedom of Choice" and "Capitalism".
(Woohoo! Flame away!)
Re: What I don't get...
And even better, then settle in Europe for the same thing...
To EU: "Yeah, my bad. You got us, here's pocket-change so you don't nail us for 10% of global turnover..."
To US: "No, nothing to see here. Move on, move on..."
What I don't get...
is this whole "settling without addmission of guilt or negligence."
Isn't that like saying "I know there's a bar of chocolate missing, I'll pay the "fine" for a bar of chocolate, but I'm not saying I nicked it."
And surely if 3 sides settle, Apple can't really turn around and say "Nooo... THEY might think it was, but it wasn't really, gov."
Posted in Google finally secures gmail.de domain
Not sure...
But from what I remember, he was running a legit webmail service from the site for ages. Like, 1998 or something. It defnitely wasn't a case of parking, knew a few Germans that were using it! I think the guy just wanted to keep his "name" as part of his service.
And the Endgadget report mentions that the amount handed over was not disclosed, so it might not have been for free.
Posted in Anonymous turns its fire on China
My condolences...
It was fun(ish) while it lasted, Anon.
You won't really be missed.
Posted in Vote now for the WORST movie EVER
Can I nominate a file that hasn't been made yet?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/9176394/Twins-to-become-Triplets-with-Eddie-Murphy.html
Twins 2, AKA Triplets, where Eddie Murphy is the hereto undiscovered co-product of the "Twins" experiment from the so-bad-it-was-vaguely-entertaining-when-I-was-5 Danny DeVito/Arnie Schwarzenegger flick.
Apart from the racist undertones of the mother "forgetting she had a black baby too" retcon of the first movie...
