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POPSSmart grid could be just a little too smart I'm inclined to support this View if only because of Toronto Hydro's view that the data they are collecting is (proprietary and )"theirs". Obviously as battery technologies evolve, it will be increasingly possible to store electricity at "trough" prices and consume it at "peak" prices. Ideally, (as is being done in more "enlightened" jurisdictions) micro producers would be "paid" for their contributions by at least running their meters "backwards". Given the popularity of "green" technologies, it should be possible to at least start lobbying politicians for "less pollution" than is now being produced by Ontario's "incremental" peak generating methods. Perhaps, given the employment needs of engineers, there are even some entrepreneurial initiatives that will come to light that will "constrain" the current monopolies to behave better.
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POPSEverybody's Dissing the Dollar "Investing" seems to have turned into "gambling". There seems to be no way to place a winning bet that can be supported by well informed, rationale logic.
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POPSStability concerns over CoCo bonds I've read this twice and still don't understand it. This might well be because, as Mark Twain said: "Confusion is a necessary prerequisite to putting your hand in another man's pocket".
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POPSIntel 4004 Happy birthday to Intel's "4004"! Its performance specifications are an interesting milestone indicating how far we've come.
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POPS... SmartMeter rollout off to rough start ... It is generally informative to watch what is happening in California since it's only a matter of time until other states do the same. Then, its only a matter of time until Canadian entities follow suit. Since I already expect this to become a significant issue, it will be interesting to track "responses" (for the benefit of the more enlightened politicians that actually engage in "dialog" as opposed to only making speeches).
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POPSGoogle Latitude, now with Location History & Alerts Good news... I no longer have to pay for anti kidnapping implants. Bad news... Not only do they know where I live, they no know when I'm home. Worst news... a recent 60 minutes segment featured an automated way of establishing my "intent". George Orwell (like H.G.Wells) really under-estimated what comes next.
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POPSLSE introduces hidden orders; delays Baikal It is interesting (and instructive) to note the total absence of any "transparency" considerations in this article. Now to watch for the reaction of the other "national" exchanges and their "governing" bodies.
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POPSAntonin Scalia (@ wikipedia) A comment recently posted at amplify referenced the constitution and made me remember a very impressive "60 Minutes" segment about this member of the Supreme Court views.
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POPSA 360 degree 'real' net experience I guess it won't be too long before you can buy military surplus predators and do your own areal recons, too. Isn't technological change and "convergence" wonderful?
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POPSOliver North Reference was made to this well known situation as a result of some "Minutes" and "Governance" discussions that took place during the Year End meetings of one of the Boards on which I serve.
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POPS... device offers cheap tweets on the fly I've seen some estimates of the increased use of the internet by folks that use a mobile telephone, without bothering to even have a (more expensive?) PC. It will be interesting to see if this approach adds to that trend or detracts from it.
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POPS'The slap heard around the web' Communications technologies are now delivering unprecedented volumes of information. This story clearly shows that this "information" can be used in powerful ways. Used properly, it may just be possible to improve societies by publicizing unacceptable behavior that was previously "secret". One obvious issue is "transparency" versus "privacy".
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POPS2009-09-Trip images via FlickrRiver (menu). This is mainly just a test of a slightly different way of viewing the images that I post at flickr. I would appreciate comments since I'm debating the relative merits of various User interface designs with several groups of technicians that (needless to say) all have their own conflicting views of how this should be done.
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POPS...2.3 gigapixel(s)... in real time!
Everyone knows that technology changes quickly. And most people have an adequate understanding of velocity and acceleration. So I'm always surprised when people ask about the next "new technology". After all, it's relatively easy to derive the "rate of change" in a technology's "position", over time and then compute its velocity and ecceleration. The attached article provides more than enough data that can be compared to the specifications of older equipment like the cameras used on the SR-71 "Blackbird" ("U2"). These two sets of data points can be used for a quick an dirty "linear" model. What is more interesting, however, is to acquire a few more intermediate data points and to then refine the "straight line" model's "rates of change". Anyone that wants an effective "shortcut" can simply use Moore's Law (capability doubles every 18 months) with the banker's "rule of 72" (72 divided by the annual rate = time to double). An even better approach is to go to any sales conv
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