New paper Beamed Energy and the Economics of Space Based Solar Power

2009-10-19 Thread Keith Henson
This is very late draft full of graphs taken off the physics spread sheet models if anyone wants a copy to review. It lays out in detail how to get SBSP down to 2 cents per kWh or less and how to get the project started to self sustaining stage a modest number of tens of billions. If you have

Re: DeLong on health insurance reform and other stuff

2009-10-19 Thread Deborah Harrell
On Mon, 9/28/09, kananda...@aol.com kananda...@aol.com wrote: Debbi wrote... We're Number 37! Maru and yes, I too am still alive in the real world...  :)   We XXs have just been sitting back proving we can have quiet moments and listen snort be scared when we start getting

RE: Cloud Computing Smears (Was: Google Wave)

2009-10-19 Thread Jo Anne
Julia wrote: (Jo Anne -- a RAID is a Redundant Array of Independent Disks, where the data is stored on multiple disks and checked for accuracy on some regular basis. If one drive goes down, either the data should be duplicated somewhere, or there should be enough information stored on another

Re: DeLong on health insurance reform and other stuff

2009-10-19 Thread Deborah Harrell
On Tue, 9/29/09, Jo Anne evens...@hevanet.com wrote: Yea!!!  More xx'ers. And feeling every x in the morning...urf, when did my joints decide to become musical?! I don't even _like_ Rice Krispies anymore. Debbi wrote... and yes, I  too am still alive in the real world...  :) And

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-19 Thread Deborah Harrell
From: Matt Grimaldi matzeb...@yahoo.com FUD usually appears as an acronym for the usual resistance to change:   Fear   Uncertainty   Doubt Oh, dear. I'm hosed. I neither twitter nor text nor have a phone that I use for anything other than talking... Debbi I Am NOT A Fuddy-Duddy!!!

Re: Cloud Computing Smears (Was: Google Wave)

2009-10-19 Thread Deborah Harrell
From: John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.com massive snip Never underestimate the power of human error. As this debacle demonstrates. Which particular debacle would that be? We gotcher health care, Afghanistan, Eyerak, and balloon boys... Take yer pik! Debbi Whaddya Expect From A Family

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-19 Thread Matt Grimaldi
From: Matt Grimaldi matzeb...@yahoo.com FUD usually appears as an acronym for the usual resistance to change: Fear Uncertainty Doubt From: Deborah Harrell harrellmed...@yahoo.com ]Oh, dear. I'm hosed. I neither twitter nor text nor have a phone that I use for anything other

Re: Cloud Computing Smears (Was: Google Wave)

2009-10-19 Thread John Williams
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Deborah Harrell harrellmed...@yahoo.com wrote: From: John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.com massive snip Never underestimate the power of human error. As this debacle demonstrates. Which particular debacle would that be? I was referring to the Sidekick

Is the Large Hadron Collider under attack from the future? It's operators think so...

2009-10-19 Thread Dave Land
New York Times: The Collider, the Particle and a Theory About Fate http://su.pr/3287Ll [When the LHC is powered on after a year of repairs after an accident shut it down] it will be time to test one of the most bizarre and revolutionary theories in science. I’m not talking