Posts by David Hicklin
22 posts • joined Tuesday 4th September 2007 08:25 GMT
2000 Years ?
But have any of these 'models' factored in the end of Oil and Gas that will occur long before then? That should cut CO2 emissions by a heck of a lot.
Re My question is.. → #
At warp5 it will take 4.8 years to get there.
Posted in Data centres gripped by power struggle
Re:Got that Right
As well as the power loading per rack you also need to consider if one half of a dual power feed goes down, and all the servers in that rack pull their juice off the remaining one. Get the sums wrong and the remaining feed overloads and trips out...
Final Salary Pensions
One point not considered so far is what happens to someone working part time (thus getting a reduced salary) and thier pension based on Final salary once they retire?
Hopefully it will be as others have pointed out that pension and retirement ages are different beasts and will be kept apart and your pension based on your last full years salary
Re: Ark Royal
You are thinking about the battleship Royal Oak.
Posted in Lad from Lagos in unencrypted CD teaser
Exchange Rate?
The lads from Lagos are a bit behind on the pound/dollar exchange rate - I'd take the cash in dollars
Why electrics will eventually fail
The problem with electric cars is what happens when the battery runs flat. Today when your fuel tank gets low you go to a petrol station, stuff in the nozzle and in a very short time you are refulled and ready to rock.
The Public want's whatever replaces fossil fuels to do the same.
The only answer (currently) is hydrogen, drive up to a fill point, connect the pipe and fill up. Hydrogen can be stored, so you would use your renewable power sources (turbines, solar, tidal etc) to create the hydrogen.
Sorted. No heavy expensive batteries to worry about
Re : Broadband fairness
The only way to work this properly is to pay for what you use. That way the freeloaders would pay thier fair share. Add a media TAX and that is the entertainment industry sorted as well.
Wait a min...what am I saying !!???
Re: UK adverts
Yes I have seen them and they just remind me that I have some cans in the fridge nicely chilled that I had not thought about recently, so I go and drink one !
Posted in Microsoft to hook Facebook game maker?
Re:zynga
Well the games mat be buggy and opinions of the company low, but as has been said they are free and are FUN to play.
Gotta run, crops need harvesting...
Posted in 3G networks appeal for power boost
Re: +68dBm = 6.3 kilowatts → #
Go and live near a TV mast then - they put out up to 1 Megawatt
VM it
I have a VM used *just* for my banking and nothing else (the p0rn is on another VM).
Paranoid? yes maybe but I am much happier that way around.
ELD's
Any software that is EOL'd / ends support should have any licencing restrictions removed.
An example for XP is that the Genuine Windows Disadvantage would get trashed, and a generic code would enable it.
I'd love the EU or someone to make this the law.
Posted in Wi-Fi comes to school buses
Re: Erm
They are allowed phones at my daughters school - just don't use them [= switch off] during lessons or else they will be taken & held until the end of the day.
Posted in Atlantis Hubble mission set for 12 May
Re: Full launch manifest
Did they not have two shuttles out at once for the last aborted mission?
They only need the "rescue" for the event that take off damage means that they cannot re-enter safely...they should know that within 3 days
Re; Tracking
"next, there will be a tracker to bill me every time i take a shit, wherever it may be..."
just remember to get a receipt
Re:Carling?
Well I like the stuff but that's horses for courses I suppose.
Still, I would & won't *ever* buy an iPhone, never mind the $3 for a silly animation..
Re: Full Hydrogen or electrics is not the way to go.
This was on Tomorrow's World some 20 years ago - Car had a small generator in the boot (lawnmower maybe? the memory is foggy now) which provided the 'steady running' speed with batteries providing the boost for acceleration.
Re : I remember when...
Not only could you go and ask to see the cockpit, I actually invited to pull the jump seat down and join the crew whilst they landed the plane.
Amazing experience. that was back in '91
Posted in Europe grows more (and more) GM crops
What the problem with GM?
All living things mutate from time to time, heck the flu virus changes so much that a new jab is needed each year.
So what if we tinker a bit with the crops? Fewer pesticides is a Very Good thing. And is not crossing different strains of plant the same as GM...there goes all your funny coloured roses then...
Personally I don't have a problem with GM.
Posted in Sky confirms Picnic pick 'n' mix
Re: Smooth as silk
My move from Virgin to Sky went very smoothly indeed & I am very happy with the service.
There was a delay for phone/broadband but that was down to BT being swamped with new line installations. Even better now that LLU is in place (it wasn't at first).
I don't care who claims to be winning...
..as I won't be touching the HD format until there is only ONE format out there as I have no intention of being left with a 'betamax' in the living room.
I wonder how much longer it will take the two camps to realise that having two competing formats is going to hurt sales. Problem is they are in trench warfare right now.
