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ukandy
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Comment #11043693
Sheltered cycleways would be the most green idea.
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Comment #11043682
Why would you put them in the car park and not on the roof where they can be angled and unobstructed, with no new engineering challenges. Sheep can still graze under the panels on …
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Comment #11043245
> About 80% of this commercial space is parking lots. It's wasted space. Why not use it to produce power? You didn't get my point obviously. Parking spaces are to park on. When a c…
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Comment #11043016
> The tiles will be mostly installed on parking space near commercial centers.. What would possible block the sun from reaching these solar cells... > I find it actually a great id…
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Comment #11042653
Wouldn't it be simpler to dictate that if you own a commercial warehouse over xxxx sqm you must install solar panels, or allow them to be installed. Give large incentives, better r…
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Comment #11042591
You still need to build a normal road under the solar panels. They aren't going to be laying solar panels on dirt.
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Comment #11018717
Your accountant will also be working to make the business look as bad as possible on paper to save you tax. With that caveat, it's a tool I've used to investigate markets to see ho…
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Comment #10689817
Running a payment gateway and authentication services is like painting a massive target on your back. The security must be impeccable, one mistake would be a monumental score on th…
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Comment #10689601
I have huge respect for PHP, and many years of PHP development under my belt. I wouldn't dream of using it for something pretty heavy weight such a this. Certainly a factor that wo…
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Comment #10689530
Genuinely like the idea, but wouldn't trust a service that uses PHP on a VPS without SSL. I'm sure you will fix the SSL when you launch, and I'm just a snob with regards to PHP.
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Comment #9672793
A local branch line (UK) has been testing battery powered trains this year, to save the expensive of electrifying the line. They charge the batteries on the electrified main line. …
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Comment #9672665
A great benefit is you end up in the heart of a city, not at airfield 80 miles away. Lock your bag up in the station and explore. If you like your long railway journeys, Olso to Be…
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Comment #9660025
Here I am developing a BLE ethylene monitoring device. Arg, your implementation is so simple. My kickstarter is doomed to failure.
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Comment #9557888
Google "silicon film" & "digipod" for a couple of attempts at exactly this.
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Comment #9531439
Irresponsible product design. Unnecessary and throwaway.
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Comment #9530470
"You built an entire operating system." It's Ubuntu (under the hood), marketed at people that wouldn't consider using a *nix OS.
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Comment #9516490
Why anyone would pursue such a suboptimal installations is beyond me. Researchers finding ways to waste grant money I guess..
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Comment #9472663
"Because we helped with the website migration, we also had one of his passwords. As it turns out, he likes to use this password for his email address and other accounts as well. We…
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Comment #9268402
Not forgetting cache, and the fact that slower response times aren't horrendous in the scheme of things.
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Comment #9181229
As honourable as you guys are, if your network is compromised it doesn't matter.
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Comment #9123314
Zend Engine has been under it's own Zend license for 15 years I reckon. The web would probably look very different without Zend.
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Comment #9123294
It does reduce your view of what's out there to some extent, giving seemingly undue bias to certain services or opinions.
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Comment #9059499
Great to see public rights of way being included in the walking directions.
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Comment #9050912
Not what you are asking for, but possibly another approach to consider - https://bitbucket.org/chrj/smtpd .