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2911.
by burgerbrain 16y ago
I was under the impression that most satellite internet setups used regular phone lines instead of actually using a satellite uplink. Are we not talking about consumer setups here?
2912.
by burgerbrain 16y ago
On the other hand, if you care about this sort of thing (personally I don't see this as all that big of a plus): effectively zero CO2 emission. Any CO2 that comes out of it was recently taken from the atmosphere when the wood was grown.
2913.
by burgerbrain 16y ago
The researchers supposedly took earnings into account, though without looking at the raw data we can only speculate as to how effective they were at doing so.
2914.
by burgerbrain 16y ago
I'm not entirely sure, but perhaps you could ask "the National Child Development Study in the United Kingdom and the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health in the United States". You may doubt it, but their study indicates otherwi
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by burgerbrain 16y ago
All I know is that it is certainly comforting to think so ;)
2916.
by burgerbrain 16y ago
(12 40) watts (24 * 365) hours * 10 cents per kilowatt hour That comes out to about 420USD per year just to run this thing. And that's at 10 cents per kilowatt hour. In areas which I suspect this sort of thing would be more popular (Cal
2917.
by burgerbrain 16y ago
Phishers would have an absolute field-day with that.
2918.
by burgerbrain 16y ago
I wrote that with sarcasm dripping from my words, but I suppose it didn't translate.
2919.
by burgerbrain 16y ago
Oldest trick in the book. It's good to see the tech industry catch up with what politicians discovered centuries ago.