Quote: Originally Posted by SVass 20 million barrels of oil per day times $60 per barrel times 365 days = 438 billion which is also about twice the amount we have spent on the w…

well, yeah - of course!

Hydrogen is just the best way to STORE energy in the future. Hydrogen cannot be counted as an energy source.

Quote: Originally Posted by turtle777 Keyword: ONLY. I don't think the worlds manufacturing capacity right now would suffice to make this happen anytime soon. And at what price…

I think people who are always talking about "alternative energy" don't understand the logistics involved. Do you know that ~50 barrels of oil go into producing 1 car, between trans…

Meelk, your numbers are a little misleading. It takes far less than a single barrel to produce all the transportation fuels needed for production of a single car. It's about one …

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter Meelk, your numbers are a little misleading. It takes far less than a single barrel to produce all the transportation fuels needed for prod…

I do not think there is any chance in the world to recall EVERY CAR IN THE WORLD and replace it with an energy-intelligent unit. I don't think its necessary, either. Instead, the…

The biggest misconception that people have is that the ones promoting solar/wind/water whatever are stating it must happen now and 100%. Well, some probably are, but a more ration…

I'd suggest you buy an older Canon model with Mac OS 9 support (such as a LiDE 30 or 50) on eBay or ricardo. All the current Canons' drivers are for Mac OS X only. In fact, I actu…

I couldn't make out the third sentence at all, but I think the thing is that the PowerBook allows desktop spanning: the external display is NOT mirroring the built-in one. Try it: …

got it - Thanks

1) false...the only reason I say that I because I've had various experiences with certain vendors working with some hardware and others not... 2) maybe...needs better clarificatio…

Quote: Originally Posted by cdetdi 4) manufacturers as in what? distributors or the actual manufacturers, Seagate, WD etc. If the latter, then false. Well, Maxtor explicitly…

Quote: Originally Posted by selowitch True or false?[*]You are almost always better off buying an "internal" drive and putting it in an inexpensive enclosure than buying a plug-…

BTW, the real MYTH or not questions is: 5. SCSI HD are in general more reliable than IDE / ATA. I'm sure it's been discussed a gazillion times before. -t

Quote: Originally Posted by turtle777 SCSI HD are in general more reliable than IDE / ATA I'm sure that's true. Is it possible to get an external FW enclosure that can accept…

Quote: Originally Posted by selowitch I'm sure that's true. Is it possible to get an external FW enclosure that can accept SCSI drives? All the ones I've seen are IDE/ATA.Very n…

Does it really matter if you get an UltraATA 100 drive versus, say, a 133 drive? I realize the 133 is supposed to be faster, but I wonder. Also, should one really be looking for 72…

Quote: Originally Posted by selowitch Does it really matter if you get an UltraATA 100 drive versus, say, a 133 drive? I realize the 133 is supposed to be faster, but I wonder. …

Quote: Originally Posted by turtle777 If you don't care for Segate and the 5 yr warranty, here is another got deal: Western Digital 120GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache Hard Drive $29.99 ht…

Quote: Originally Posted by turtle777 BTW, the real MYTH or not questions is: 5. SCSI HD are in general more reliable than IDE / ATA. I'm sure it's been discussed a gazillio…

Quote: Originally Posted by analogika thirty dollars, and people wonder why modern consumer hard drives are unreliable pieces of ****. Everything you can get on the consumer ma…

point about the warranty. However, a warranty won't cover your data.

Quote: Originally Posted by selowitch True or false?[list=1][*]Hard drives have dozens of vendors (Maxtor, Seagate, Hitachi, Western Digital, et al.) but are actually manufactur…