Re: [CGUYS] Better than a UPS

2010-01-16 Thread Tony B
Yet another example of really bad reporting. The only reference it gives is a click through to a Gizmodo story that actually words it MUCH differently. Instead of telling us Panasonic is launching this battery, Gizmodo tells us they are only now launching a joint venture aimed at *developing* a

Re: [CGUYS] Will Adobe Eclipse Microsoft?

2010-01-16 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 2:09 AM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Jan 15, 2010, at 10:55 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: Turn off Javascript in Adobe. Or just don't turn on the computer at all. Yeah that will work. It turns the computer into furniture but it will work. Javascript can be

Re: [CGUYS] Better than a UPS

2010-01-16 Thread Art Clemons
Tony B: Yet another example of really bad reporting. The only reference it gives is a click through to a Gizmodo story that actually words it MUCH differently. Instead of telling us Panasonic is launching this battery, Gizmodo tells us they are only now launching a joint venture aimed at

Re: [CGUYS] Better than a UPS

2010-01-16 Thread tjpa
On Jan 16, 2010, at 2:14 PM, Art Clemons wrote: Actually the Gizmodo article references an article on Physorg. The battery is supposed to supply an average Japanese house. So I extrapolate that it will run an average US house for about 6 hours.

Re: [CGUYS] Better than a UPS

2010-01-16 Thread Tony B
I dunno. Again, we're talking a question of size, and none of these articles can begin to guess. One article used the word massive, but that's probably a guess. Certainly if it's as big as a lithium car battery, you would need a lift to move it around. Actually the Gizmodo article references

Re: [CGUYS] Better than a UPS

2010-01-16 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Battery alone will never work. Just tonight I went outside to take my son to work, and my garden lights were not working. It has been overcast all day long and raining so they did not get a charge. Now I know that the solar panels on them are small and not high quality but extrapolate that

Re: [CGUYS] Better than a UPS

2010-01-16 Thread Tony B
Ah, but this depends on location. If you lived say, in the southwest desert around Las Vegas you probably wouldn't complain. On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 9:33 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall revsamarsh...@earthlink.net wrote: Battery alone will never work. Just tonight I went outside to take my son to

Re: [CGUYS] Better than a UPS

2010-01-16 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
True but how many folks (percentage of the population) live in a naturally sunny place? The problem with any one size fits all technology is that it fits some well, and either looks like high water pants and a crop top on others. Multiple ideas need to be developed and used. Stewart At

Re: [CGUYS] Better than a UPS

2010-01-16 Thread Art Clemons
So I extrapolate that it will run an average US house for about 6 hours. I'm not sure about real time frames. Japan is fourth on the list of energy usage per individual. From what I can figure, that would allow the typical US household slightly more than six days.

Re: [CGUYS] Better than a UPS

2010-01-16 Thread betty
Battery alone will never work. Just tonight I went outside to take my son to work, and my garden lights were not working. It has been overcast all day long and raining so they did not get a charge. Now I know that the solar panels on them are small and not high quality but extrapolate that