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I just installed Kubuntu 8.04 community KDE 4 remix. It installed
smoothly and looked very nice. Then during online installation of
more packages, Adept (the package manager) crashed. Just went away
off the screen. Then it crashed again. Then I se
Actually Eric, when you go from a van that got 22 MPG and get yourself into a
small car that consistently gets above 32 MPG (and if you look at the
spreadsheet, more often than not > 36MPG), then you have done your part.
Just because you've seen "better" doesn't mean everybody can afford to go
FYI - I wonder if they will discuss the advantages of Free Software &
Protocols?
Arizona Consumers Council Forum on Protecting Personal Information in
Cyberspace
Speakers from business, government, law enforcement and non-profits will
discuss issues related to personal information and privacy in
Greetings,
I'm gradually replacing our aging BorderManager VPN's w/ Openswan and
Cisco. I'm trying to overcome some routing issues with the new
configuration. Here is the setup:
10.10.90.0/24===aa.bb.cc.187---aa.bb.cc.190...dd.ee.ff.33---dd.ee.ff.46===192.168.1.0/24
Left Network [Linux OpenSwan
If the utility company would pay consumers for energy above and beyond
the amount they generated for personal use that is dumped back to the
grid, we would have the incentive for installing solar and wind powered
electric generating equipment. Under present procedure you can put
excess power into t
all interesting points... but which government agency is forcing you,
myself, and every other programmer to contribute 30% of your time to open
source projects that you may or may not want to contribute? Taking without
my permission is stealing. The government takes my money without my
permission (
Eric Cope wrote:
However, if the government were to steal
money for other purposes, that don't benefit you, then it would be a
completely different situation.
That's what elections are for. If you don't like what your taxes are
being spent for, elect someone else. If you want to have no ta
Actually, everyone should go buy 10 year old civics with blown engines and
install electric motors.
that will get you to $0.01-0.02/mile
http://www.electric-cars-are-for-girls.com/which-electric-motor-for-a-civic-conversion.html
http://civicity.blogspot.com/
Eric
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:41 AM
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> Now if you can put in a $10k solar panel and wind combo and save $1k a year
> or more, that might be a worthy investment for a home.
>
Seems those would have blown away last night though. Your other points
are very valid ... everyone go buy a 10 year old civic.
Ac
Please don't do things like trade in your car for another that's $10k or $15k
more just to go from 25mpg to 40mpg, it can take many years to recover the
price difference in gas savings, and someone else is going to buy and burn gas
in your trade-in anyway.
In the above example, there's a 15 mi
* Quoth [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), on Fri, 2008.08.29, at 00:45
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> I discovered a link to this wonderful utility:
>
> http://www.linuxgenuineadvantage.org
>
> I'll be sure to get my copy RIGHT NOW! :)
*pssst* It's been cracked already,
http://www.alienos.com/wp-content/up
You have some interesting concepts. I also take the bus, from Maricopa to
Tempe.I agree regarding your statement about changing habits. But your
statement regarding "pooling resources" is exactly what I am talking about.
You call it pooling because it takes other peoples money and benefits you
dire
Eric Cope wrote:
I wouldn't be too excited about 32 mpg (I saw the 37s and 38s, thats
better). Over 40 and thats good... (side note, have you *safely* aired
up your tires to 40-45psi, that will get you 1-3 more mpg). The true
metric is not $/mile, but $/day.
My $/day is pretty awesome. I r
I wouldn't be too excited about 32 mpg (I saw the 37s and 38s, thats
better). Over 40 and thats good... (side note, have you *safely* aired up
your tires to 40-45psi, that will get you 1-3 more mpg). The true metric is
not $/mile, but $/day.
$/gallon * gallons/mile * miles/day = $/day. If you spe
While reading this /. article:
http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/08/28/2138201.shtml
(I hope that didn't wrap.)
I discovered a link to this wonderful utility:
http://www.linuxgenuineadvantage.org
I'll be sure to get my copy RIGHT NOW! :)
Mike
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