Just what I was thinking. Style points for not mentioning the source.
Nice Windup Girl reference. I salute you.
I think I see where the confusion comes from.
The cells that this makes are 6" or so square and are assembled into modules (aka panels) that contain about a hundred cells.
The cells that this makes are 6" or so square and are assembled into modules (aka panels) that contain about a hundred cells.
Does this remind anyone of Brian Aldiss' "Hothouse"?
Billions of years in the future, the earth has stopped rotating and an entire continent is covered by a single Banyan. A weird and great book.
Arboreal Overlords indeed - singular.
Billions of years in the future, the earth has stopped rotating and an entire continent is covered by a single Banyan. A weird and great book.
Arboreal Overlords indeed - singular.
Warning: opinion follows.
Motion blur is critical to exciting motorsports pics. These are good, but too static.
This pic that I took from the stands at the SF round a couple of years ago makes my point.
Motion blur is critical to exciting motorsports pics. These are good, but too static.
This pic that I took from the stands at the SF round a couple of years ago makes my point.
shouldn't this "article" be tagged as an advertisement?
@senselocke: Bravo, sir, bravo.
According to my rough calculations, the eclipsed moon was only 1/4000th as bright as the full moon.
The human eye/brain system is an amazing machine.
(I was snapping pics all the way through and my final exposure was about 12 stops down on my first shot.)
The human eye/brain system is an amazing machine.
(I was snapping pics all the way through and my final exposure was about 12 stops down on my first shot.)
@tw@t: "If they falter and move out of their cycling space they will get hit by my vehicle. "
- nice.
- nice.
Graham McTavish: Ackerman
"They call me Mr. Nicey."
"They call me Mr. Nicey."
@Settings: It's ok, you don't have to believe in GW. It's fact, not a matter of faith.
I'm with you on the pain of gummint intervention, though. Problem is, this isn't an economic issue, so market forces won't work.
I'm with you on the pain of gummint intervention, though. Problem is, this isn't an economic issue, so market forces won't work.
You can listen to the whole thing on SF's blog here:
[www.stephenfry.com]
non-bloody-iTunes link here:
[huffduffer.com]
33 minutes of audio only is much easier on the brain than 6 with swirling Helvetica!
[www.stephenfry.com]
non-bloody-iTunes link here:
[huffduffer.com]
33 minutes of audio only is much easier on the brain than 6 with swirling Helvetica!
You have to check out this chaotic-but-awesome comic about the adventures of Babbage and Lovelace:
[2dgoggles.com]
[2dgoggles.com]
Honestly, the BMW320d wagon is all you need. I rented one for a couple of weeks earlier this year in the UK and it was brilliant.
Plenty of grunt for B-road passing and economy in the mid-40s (US gallons).
Plenty of grunt for B-road passing and economy in the mid-40s (US gallons).
1975: $70 per watt
2010: 70 cents per watt
That's progress.
(note: those are utility-scale prices at the module level.)
2010: 70 cents per watt
That's progress.
(note: those are utility-scale prices at the module level.)
@Ninety-9: Hang on there. There's plenty of data now that indicates 20-year old panels are still at 80% of their initial output. That's pretty good.
Also, 20% is at the high end for terrestrial cells.
Also, 20% is at the high end for terrestrial cells.
@99TelepodProblems: You know, I would have thought that variations on this joke would have worn thin by now.
Nope. Still funny. Thankyou.
Nope. Still funny. Thankyou.
@Smeagol92055: Brilliant. Well done that mutated hobbit.
It's gotta be the new Camaro.
Slot-tastic!
Slot-tastic!
