Posted by amdx on August 6, 2009, 9:26 pm
>>
>>> My hydro rep is getting around -- which is scary considering how little
>>> I
>>> really know about it. But what the hell right?
>>>
>>> Anyway my nighbour Wes on Langlois Mountain just put in a 3 inch gravity
>>> fed line for irrigation etc on his place and he wants to run a turbine
>>> to
>>> light a small cabin and to keep his electric fences charged in the
>>> winter.
>>>
>>> get this he says he's got 100 PSI at one point in his line. The
>>> pressure
>>> is so high he's building some holding ponds half way down so he won't
>>> blow his pipe up.
>>>
>>> So I was creaming my jeans hearing that news.
>>
>> Wet dreams eh?
>>
>>> anyway .. pretty jazzed about playing with 100 psi .. we'll have to cut
>>> that down quite a bit and maybe build a plastic bucket turbine for his
>>> needs. Depends on how much ol Wes wants to spend. Man if I had that
>>> I'd
>>> be loving it
>>
>> Looks like you are gonna have to change your handle for "z" to "h" for
>> Hydroman!
>>
> Maybe " Z_the_H " ? Back to the original post. That is how folks get
> rich and hated in the USA. They have an idea, put that idea into practical
> use, other folks see the results and want some of it for themselves, they
> get you to work your magic and the word spreads, you can't service all the
> requests, you have to hire help and charge for your magic, et voila, you
> are rich and hated.
Gee, why would you hate someone for bringing you a product at a price
you can afford, giving others a job, paying taxes to provide services you
couldn't
provide for yourself, and paying into the social security system so others
can
live a better life while not producing. If that is your attitude you might
want to rethink it.
Posted by vaughn on August 7, 2009, 2:41 pm
> The other part is that I'm more or less forced to buy a new computer every
> f
> ew years along with more of his software or I won't even be able to get
> online.
Not true. Especially not true if you just want to get online. There are
cheap and free OS and software options out there.
>My only other option is to use a different OS and have to get all
> new software.
OK, You said it. You can get something like Red Hat OS, assorted free
browsers, and even Open Office. While I still am working wit XP (because it
works and because I have it and because I am lazy) there *are* other options
out there.
Also, just to prove there is a free market out there; if we don't like
paying Microsoft, we always have the option of paying even more for Apple
products.
Vaughn
Posted by z on August 7, 2009, 3:47 pm
>
>> The other part is that I'm more or less forced to buy a new computer
>> every f
>> ew years along with more of his software or I won't even be able to
>> get online.
>
> Not true. Especially not true if you just want to get online.
> There are
> cheap and free OS and software options out there.
>
>>My only other option is to use a different OS and have to get all
>> new software.
>
> OK, You said it. You can get something like Red Hat OS, assorted
> free
> browsers, and even Open Office. While I still am working wit XP
> (because it works and because I have it and because I am lazy) there
> *are* other options out there.
Recently I was able to get a client in a remote office to install centos
(redhat enterprise clone) via instructions over the phone and get them on
line -- the modern linux distros are getting pretty user friendly. Once
he had ssh up I was able to shell in and get the thing back up and
running (it was used as a file/print server in an office and the primary
HD took a dump, and I didn't want to drive 2 hours to fix it)
>
> Also, just to prove there is a free market out there; if we don't like
> paying Microsoft, we always have the option of paying even more for
> Apple products.
The only reason I use xp and vista is because i need a test environment
and to play fallout 3. And read usenet ;)
All the real work gets done on linux
>
>
Posted by Steve Ackman on August 26, 2009, 7:16 pm
10:47:49 -0500, z, z@yada.yada.com wrote:
> The only reason I use xp and vista is because i need a test environment
> and to play fallout 3.
What's xp and vista? ;-)
> And read usenet ;)
There are MANY newsreaders for Linux/Unix.
> All the real work gets done on linux
Everything gets done on Linux/FreeBSD Unix. I don't
even know or care what that MS crap does or doesn't do.
Don't hate Bill Gates... just wouldn't have his OS on
any hardware I own. For any reason.
--
☯☯
Posted by Bruce in alaska on August 7, 2009, 5:36 pm
> Before we return I just want to say that part of what I hate about Bill
> Gates is that (if I recall correctly) he STOLE DOS from someone else and
> took all the credit. And the money. To me that makes him an SOB, rich or
> not.
"Stole", isn't quite the right word for what happened.... "Bought
Exclusive License to Refine and Market" is what really happened, and
just because the folks who actually wrote DOS, sold this License, "Cheap"
doesn't equate to "Stole"..... Shrewd dealing, for sure, but "Stole"
Nope..... Not in this lifetime...
--
Bruce in alaska
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>>> My hydro rep is getting around -- which is scary considering how little
>>> I
>>> really know about it. But what the hell right?
>>>
>>> Anyway my nighbour Wes on Langlois Mountain just put in a 3 inch gravity
>>> fed line for irrigation etc on his place and he wants to run a turbine
>>> to
>>> light a small cabin and to keep his electric fences charged in the
>>> winter.
>>>
>>> get this he says he's got 100 PSI at one point in his line. The
>>> pressure
>>> is so high he's building some holding ponds half way down so he won't
>>> blow his pipe up.
>>>
>>> So I was creaming my jeans hearing that news.
>>
>> Wet dreams eh?
>>
>>> anyway .. pretty jazzed about playing with 100 psi .. we'll have to cut
>>> that down quite a bit and maybe build a plastic bucket turbine for his
>>> needs. Depends on how much ol Wes wants to spend. Man if I had that
>>> I'd
>>> be loving it
>>
>> Looks like you are gonna have to change your handle for "z" to "h" for
>> Hydroman!
>>
> Maybe " Z_the_H " ? Back to the original post. That is how folks get
> rich and hated in the USA. They have an idea, put that idea into practical
> use, other folks see the results and want some of it for themselves, they
> get you to work your magic and the word spreads, you can't service all the
> requests, you have to hire help and charge for your magic, et voila, you
> are rich and hated.