Posts by Steve Barnes
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But the original reason I signed up was that lots of the smart and interesting people I know were on it,
Now I need a Bucket.
Boy do I have the column for you...
Said the weekly opinion writer to the jounalist intern.
If your in too much of a hurry to have "News" to spread then you are in danger of being the news itself.
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"Imagine downloading a movie in ten minutes or an MP3 in a few seconds. That is what you will be able to do under Natonals new broadband initiative."
Tv3 News @ 6
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I would personally like to see all the nasty, selfish, greedy, humorless right wingers hugged by Polar Bears.
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@ Sofie. That is not a funeral. That is a Disco.
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How about.
"The Business Round Trough" Look at all the little piggies in their clean white shirts........ -
There can only be one The Ying Tong song to see a bunch of friends trying to keep a straight face would be worth dying for. ;-)
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It was a fix. Russell likes league. Poof.
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Star Trek - wooden characters, drifting in a sparsely painted universe.
But those are the things which make Star Trek awesome.I think that is the real point. Science fiction has always simplified the science, I guess that's why it's fiction ;-) Anyhow. Why is allegory an anathema to analysis? (duncha just love alliteration?...well I do) Simplification can lead to basic understanding, which can't be a bad thing. The problem is, I think, that BSG is being represented as being "kool" and, by default, not havig knowledge of the program puts us in the unkool catagory and, by implication, sugests we can't grasp the "Bigger Picture". That is just so many kinds of wrong.
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And then wierdly we have one fitting where the CFL keeps blowing out, average lifetime about 1 month. At the moment it is an empty socket which saves even more power but leaves me somewhat concerned about the quality of our wiring.
This could be what Andrew referred to earlier, harmonics. The high frequency inverter in the base of the bulb can create HF back into the wiring and in doing so can affect other devices. In the case of the device being another CFL the HF combining with the output of the inverter can cause a harmonic spike in the voltage within the bulb itself and cause it to self destruct.
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The big problem here was the politicization of the CFL. People just don't like being told what to do by a party that they don't like. However, I have to admit that I don't particularly like the light given off by CFL's but word has it that they will be available in different colours soon. As Andrew pointed out there are situations where only an incandescent bulb will do the job and to legislate for this would be a nightmare.
Saving power is a good thing in terms of pollution and economics. Why this Government is determined to ignore this fact I am at a loss to explain but I suspect it is rooted in the odd belief that what is good for one (rich prick) is good for the nation. I suspect that the electricity generators and retailers want us to consume as much power as we can and abhor the idea of efficiency and as such have lobbied hard to remove the legislation around CFLs.
I am going to go out on a limb here and say that I do not agree with the CO2 = Global Warming hypothesis. Studies have shown that, although there is a correlation between CO2 levels and Global Warming, a rise in CO2 follows a rise in temperature so CO2 cannot be the cause.
But, Global warming is a big business in itself. Ask any academic looking for funding, If you want funding all you have to do is append the name of your study with the words "With regard to Global Warming" and you're home and hosed.