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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
Don't think they're meant to pay for themselves, as they aren't alternative power sources - they are parallel hybrids meant to stretch the use of their gasoline engine.

Something like the Volt is a more serious version of that concept, being a serial hybrid whose wheels run almost exclusively off the electric motor.

Being "green" isn't always immediately the most economical choice in these relatively early days of people realizing it's beyond time to try and minimize the speed of global warming, etc. But, it's meant to be an incremental choice towards more responsible use of the dirty resources we know and love. IMHO.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pwhoeler:
No no no no no! You're all wrong!. All of my home electronics run off of electricity and theres no smog or global warming in my house!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nosympathy:
You have to believe global warming exists in the first place. Just keep in mind there is as much evidence against it as there is for it.

I'm proud to keep my line up of V8 gas guzzlers and always will.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
No.

There is no scientific balance of evidence on global warming for/against its reality, and peer-reviewed studies have overwhelmingly shown its existence in a rather cold and analytical manner since at least the 70s.

Sure, businesses that seek to run away from taking responsibilities of their own pollution creation - from manufacturing or as outputs of the products they offer - do fund a number of pseudo-scientific PR studies to attempt offering the appearance of a scientific debate to purposefully keep the public wondering and debating, but no counter-evidence exists on the existence of global warming as a general phenomena in the scientific community. None.

Science is all about testing and retesting, then testing assumptions again - global warming is an easy reality to measure. Causes are still being studies, but the big ones are generally well known, and ways to mitigate are still being researched and even tried.

The business PR effort to offer an appearance of global warming debate in the scientific community utilizes easily debunked, pseudo-science at every turn - usually from privately funded studies, but sometimes they gain like-minded adherents who simply run with the misleading interpretations of highly particular data sets as part of gaining a subculture of defiance against . . . something. The man, government, smart science, whatever your cultural bugaboo might be. This is trap that people such as Michael Crichton have fallen into.

The anti-climate science PR push is equivalent to those many years of tobacco product manufacturing and distribution companies funding misinformation about the effects of cigarette smoke on human health, influencing USA lawmakers and a portion of the public to take sides against rather simple scientific facts . . . until that dangerous farce finally ran its course.

There is no scientific "debate" against the reality of global warming, and your preference for V8s (which I grew out of decades ago) has no impact on climate science - only your perception of such, perhaps.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] unique77:
Spending that much time trying to prove a scientific point about global warming in a phone forum isn't gonna get ya very far :) surely won't repair the ozone layer.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
I spent a couple minutes, because this is easy - mostly time looking up a bookmark.

Wasn't a specific point - it's the whole point about global warming. Which relates to one use of solar chargers that the OP offered, btw. That, and I have a tendency to not let nonsense get a free pass.

Your point?

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pwhoeler:
I didn't mean to start any fighting...this was meant to be a lighthearted thread.

Just remember we're all here to support one another. All our rage should be directed at Verizon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nosympathy:
I just want to let you know that someone I never met on a phone forum isn't going to make me suddenly decide I am wrong.

I just said not everyone agrees with you, and obviously you are insecure enough in your views to have to feel the need to even try and start a debate over it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
Right, I'm calling out your anti-science view on a technology forum in a minor manner, which in a grass-is-blue and sky-is-green world makes me insecure, Mr. *hrr-hrr-hrr-I'm-hiding-behind-my-V8-vehicle-engine-purchases*. Lovely projection there, nosympathy - please try again, I'm all for private messages.

I'm not trying to convert you: you're simply wrong, dangerously so. I'd like others to see that your unsupported "opinion" (which is actually willful ignorance - for which you haven't offered a shred of evidence) - seems entirely counter to talking about actual science that can power or be otherwise useful in using our favorite pieces of techology . . . which were created, in essence, by people who studied one or more disciplines of science.

Actual

science, that is.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] epagib:
Interesting discussion. We can try to be civil to one another though...

That said, my 2 cents:

Recent data does support that global temperature is rising. The question that's hard to answer (and has been unproven to date) is whether this warming is man-made. Could man-made pollution be a factor? I think so. Is it THE factor? That's open for debate.

Hybrid cars: just food for thought - how are we getting rid of all those batteries?? I can't imagine those battery-acids are earth friendly.

....and no one is even discussing about the EMF generated by hybrid cars. EMF is ionizing radiation - ie. it has enough energy to break DNA (cancer risk, people!!). So if you driving a hydrid or a Volt/Leaf, you're sitting inside a pretty high EMF field. Personally, I can't take that chance with my little kids.

Solar panels. I think they're promising. Would love to get solar panels for my house. (1) too expensive. (2) efficiency sucks. Best panel is only about 20% efficient. Hopefully this will get better soon. Sunlight is free. Might as well figure out a way to use it!

Sent from a SYNERGIZED GalaxySIII
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
I don't believe it's a point of serious debate at this point in science circles (i.e., as opposed to business and political circles), but consider reading the "Humans are Increasing Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases" source from my link above as a starting point to answer your open question. Science revisits itself constantly, but the evidence here seems rather clear-cut to me.

I suppose the question you raise is how much damage Li-On battery components (i.e., mining, processing) cause environmental and/or human health issues vs. continued effects of obtaining (e.g., drilling, fracking) and utilizing (e.g., refining, burning) fossil fuels. Fortunately, much of the batteries can be used/reused over long periods of time can't do that with consumed fossil fuels except for capturing heat energy from reactions, I feel.

On EMF levels, those tend to be comparable and low between gas and parallel hybrid cars, especially compared to other devices we use daily. Effects of electrical fields - AC or DC - on human health is an area still being studied, debated, etc. I tend to use my speakerphone with the Galaxy S III, but not for health concerns.

Government tax subsidies for early adopters can help. Efficiency used to be far worse and means of tapping into sunlight are still being developed researched (e.g., flexible media, printable media, on paper, etc.). The sum of all sources will matter in future integrations of solar power use, I feel. Cost keeps dropping from adoption and new development, which is why I feel a charger for my Galaxy S III is reasonably affordable and the right+convenient thing to do. YMMV.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nosympathy:
I'm not hiding behind a V8 engine lol. I like pointing it out because it makes people like you mad. I also am not anti science, I think your science is wrong.

Also I do agree with the post under yours. Yes their is warming, but it has been shown that the same warming effects on the earth happened before the last ice age. There were no cars or man mad pollutants back then. I've also seen theories that the sun is the cause of our temperature increase.

I do still think it is open for debate. There has not been solid proof either way on global warmingor wwhat is causing it, even though you are dead set that your views are right.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] epagib:
I would say I'm pretty well read in the topic.:) You still have to tease out the actual data versus the assumptions/conclusions.

Scientists are people like you and I. And people can always be influenced. Again, tease out the actual data versus conclusions drawn.

Lithium batteries from cars cannot be renewed or recharged and be put back into another car. Different than your ordinary car batteries.

And I never said drilling and fracking was a good thing. (Lots of drilling and mining are necessary for lithium battery components/metals too)

My point: are we just trading one evil for another?

EMF - I think you have to read up more. We now have hard data that Xrays and CT scans DO cause cancer down the road. Why? Its the ionizing radiation. Why do you think theres concern about BodyScanner at airports? Yup, ionizing radiation. What kind of radiation does EMF generates? :o

Edit: I forgot. Government subsidies. Yes. Subsidies. Who actually pays for this? Tax dollars. Or the government prints money by selling treasuries to China. Is this a good thing?

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
Yeesh, it's not about me at all: it's about climate scientists and all the supporting science disciplines of the past 30 years telling you that whatever tea leaves or ingrained, anti-science cultural views make you think that global warming isn't real or relevant to how we can power our phones, you're on the wrong side of history.

If you don't want to accept reality, that's your problem. Your feel-good "facts" and observations have been debunked for years by people who know about this more than you or I.

See my link above - it's meant for summary readers, but loaded with detailed references.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] got556:
And before the last 30 years we were in a cooling cycle. Earth was here long before we were and she will rid of us when she needs to before she allows herself to be destroyed.

Let's stick to phone discussion and leave the politics out of it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hopesrequiem:
Nosympathy is not saying it doesn't exist. It has always existed is what you don't get. It has been going on since the earth was born. We are merely speeding it up now al gore....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
The future of Li-On (or other) batteries is still up for new discovery and certainly development, as you may know. But, from the high-level article I offered:

Again, compare that to the environmental cost of obtaining and burning fossil fuels for comparable power supply needs (i.e., not necessarily comparable power). I'm seeing potential benefits and not yet aware of downsides being greater for increasing reliance on more electrics than what we already see with fossil fuels.

I wasn't comparing EMF from cars to CT scans because they are thousands of times apart in terms of field strength - and again, fuel cars and hybrids show similar leakage for both AC and DC, from what I've seen.

It's not a lack of concern on my part, but a note that the issue of these low-level exposures from vehicles (or many other sources) has not been shown to be a significant problem up through now - unless you do have studies to show other results, of course - so, I'm not terribly concerned with serial hybrids or all-electrics yet. Studies of health effects on various sources of RF, magnetic field, etc. impacts to health and environment should certainly continue, but please note that in addition to the comparable EMF emissions of some fossil fuel vehicles with hybrids, fossil fuel vehicles may also add more pollutants as exhaust (on average).

Sure, energy is seen as a national security issue even before private industry gets involved, so helping move this and other efforts forward with companies is a typical government investment and perhaps smarter than only continued oil subsidies, alone. Plus, agencies from NASA to the military have helped contribute much technology to the private sector, e.g., even some nuclear fusion research is being funded by the Navy these days. A nuclear fusion charger for my Galaxy S III that only needs banana skins (ala Back to the Future) would be cool . . .

- ooofest

---------- Post added at 02:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:19 PM ----------

But, it's wrong. Not just "someone on the Internet is wrong" wrong, but scientifically wrong.

I offered easy-to-read links for folks here, if interested. Happy reading.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] scarroll825:
ooofest, I feel your rage, but having an online argument about global warming is futile. Its the same thing as trying to argue about evolution. If someone is already so willfully ignorant to deny the basic science of global warming, then they are a lost cause. What is interesting to me is why so many people choose to deny this particular science. If I were to guess I would have to say that it is, like you said, a sort of generalized desire to be defiant. IMO defiance is often a good thing but only when it is backed by reason. This must stem from a more vague fear of those who are "in control," and I can see how science can perceived as a part of that vague "organization" of the powerful. Though from that mindset denial of global warming didn't come naturally; as you said, it was planted by those corporations that would be hurt if they were forced to regulate their carbon emissions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
Well, not really.

Sure, I generally agree. We're not going to be one of the last species remaining on this planet.

Science isn't politics. The topic began on solar chargers, their viability, costs, etc. This other discussion was from an offshoot of someone replying to me about how, among other things, such products could even give a teeny bit of help in the global warming fight. Please check if you don't believe me.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] epagib:
Whoa, "ignorant" and "defiant". Some pretty strong words there! That's a little presumptive on your part, without knowing anything about "us", other than our postings here.

Ooofest,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19077439

the link above talks about how trees and pollens were found by scientists in Antartica, dating back 30-50 million years ago. Now unless I'm mistaken, I don't think we have the combustion engines or coal-burning factories back then, did we? So how is possible that it was warm enough 50 million years ago for plants to grow on one of the coldest places on this planet? Interesting, isn't it?

And recycling lithium batteries are NOT as simple as your quotes inferred:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/b...pose-recycling-challenges.html?pagewanted=all

I'm not saying that we shouldn't be environmental responsible -- we all should be. But scientifically, it's debatable if man-made pollution is THE cause of global warming.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
To some extent, but conditions that led to the Eocene observations are also useful to help refine our current climate modelling, since that time's conditions came about differently than what we see now (i.e., different causes vs similar effects), from my understanding:

I never said it was simple - Galaxy S III phones are based on rather complex tech and science, for example :)

Batteries are not only the Li-On form and future battery technology may be rather different in appearance if some of the current research paths pan out with positive advances that can be used in a commercial setting. Creation and usage at this point involves mining and various processes (often relying on fossil fuels) that go beyond lithium only, so it's not the cleanest process - agreed. But again, it's in its infancy from a commercial standpoint with lots of room for innovation.

On the other hand, we already know what we are getting with fossil fuels lifecycles, with little room for innovation beyond what exists today. Carbon sequestering has never looked promising, for example.

With major commercial solar and wind sites are seeing the potential benefits of off-hours storage, battery tech is definitely evolving beyond the classrooms and small startups. These are not things we can say about fossil fuels, unfortunately.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bgolden84:
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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kakepner:
21c a kw that is ludicris I pay 8 cents per kwh in Texas. So it would take me 85 and a half years to recoup cost.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mentalasanything:
I installed kasty-cube_u30gt_h-41-01 on my cube u30gt but find that there is a slight delay between the units sound output and the sound coming from the TV, is this normal? or is it just my ears echoing ;)

All else seems fine.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kid_Ding:
I barely notice it on v1.07

But there is a BT delay

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] elesbb:
Hey guys.

I was stupid and put a thin wire into the external antenna slot. Despite reading about the fact it could ruin the internal antenna i was just so desperate for better 3G service.

Well i scrapped the internal antenna, anybody have any ideas as to what i should do? I tried looking for a new MoBo online but couldnt find anything for our phone. Im really mad at myself i like freaking hate myself. i should just leave it alone. FML.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iwasblown:
Do you have Insurance? Try exchanging for a warranty or insurance.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] elesbb:
It's a Craigslist phone. It was running perfectly. I'll just buy a new one from there.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sylikc:
Well, we all do something not-so-smart from time to time. Don't forget to eBay/craigslist the parts. I'm sure someone who knows howto fix their phone could use a new backing, the battery, the screen, etc...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] elesbb:
True I could sell individual parts. It's working now if I keep the back cover off with the wire shoved into the antenna slot. The part that pisses me off is I even read a thread where someone else did exactly this to their I9100. I need to listen and be happy with what I have. Or just buy the antenna plug designed for this device. I'm going to try a few things to see if I can fix it. However one guy went down to 220 on his s2. I kinda wanna snatch it. But I really shouldn't go over 100 to fix it. Ugh I really hate myself. You think I'd learn by now -.-
[General Topics] keelteel4:
oK OK OK so heres the dealio i got a samsung galaxy s2 LTE ( SGH-I757M).and i read some things about roms and all that rooting and what not and ofc i tryied doing it without knowing what im doing... but not i have a phone that starts up goes to rogers title and screen then from there goes to a black screen with the 4 buttons on the bottom light up and stay on i have cwm recovery 5.5.0.4b on it ready to go with odin installed, the phone got like this because i took odin and installed a kernal onto the phone idk what 1 i put a kernal into bootloader in odin while in download mode then i did it and thats how it happend now i wanna fix my phone set it up with ics and have it rooted can somebody PLEASE PLEASEEEE help me do this :(.
[General Topics] treyphan77:
Having a hard time understanding exactly what you did. Can you give the exact steps?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] dreamcast 1:
Im trying to get crazy taxi & marvel vs capcom 2 to work on any mame emulator is it possible and if it is how & which emulator & if it cannot why ?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] TheVicious:
Thoese games require high-end computer. Thoese game I think will never works on Xperia Play. Older games on Mame 0.139 works avarange... You can play Street Fighter 3rd on TigerMame and Marvel vs Capcom or SNK vs Capcom on PSX or tigermame emulator in full speed.

Wysyłane z mojego R800i za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] normb8s:
Those are my 2 most wanted games I wanna see on my xplay and my life will be complete. I do think it's possible especially if the nulldce dreamcast emulator is still being worked on. I wish Sega and capcom would have released these games for our plays themselves. That could easily been done but I think the play is out the door and this should have been a thought a long time ago. Would have been nice to release all the dreamcast classics on here for that matter. I guess we gotta hold our breath for nulldce. Hope we don't suffocate though.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] james44422:
You can play crazy taxi through onlive, You can even demo it, I think you can play the demo for something like 10 - 15 mins, enough for a quick arcade mode game
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Zzim:
I am having some trouble with getting apps like Snesoid and N64oid to see the external SD. Is this a ROM issue or a hardware issue or possibly an OS issue. Anyone else have this problem with any other apps? Might just be the apps themselves Idk.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brian Gove:
I'd be willing to bet you're running a 64gb sd card out of the box??? If it's not 64gb, I'm pretty sure I'd be right in saying that more than likely you have it formatted as exFat instead of fat32. A LOT of applications don't like exFat and won't even see it.
[HTC Sensation] shahkam:
Hi all im running virtuous rom whit bricked kernel and last night my phone was about 35% on battery and all of a sudden it shutdown and it died it refused to boot..

So i tried putting it in charge left like 2 minute and it booted up again properly however this Time when i turned it on it was indicating 13% and was draining very slowly i drained it until 4% and this morning it was showing 100% i took it off charge it started dropping really quickly to 95% and it rebooted itself ?

And again it lost some charge it was indicating 83% this time ..

I have an anker battery and im worried that it's dying ? I know i have one year warranty should i claim it ?

Sent From My Sexy Sensation.
[HTC Sensation] jslim38:
It's knot the Rom thats causing the problem its the kernel I was using bricked kernel also and I switched to Sebastian latest kernel and my shut down's have stopped and no reboot's and also there's a aroma mod that you need to download you will see it when you scroll down and it will let you set the clock speed and under volt as well and it is a kick ass kernel so here's the link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1424345 oh by the way I let my battery drain completely until the phone shut off and I don't turn it back on I plug it in to the wall charger and let it charge to 100% and that way I know my battery percentage is where it should be and it works

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[HTC Sensation] shahkam:
Thanks really nice of you for posting the link but ive noticed incorect % is being displayed and when i get low battery like 20% left it starts rebooting like 20 times in arow until it boots up then shut downs again ..

I remember my little cousin sprayed me whit water and my phone was in my pocket but the phone was only wet on the back cover not the sides or camera lenses since i saw that the phone was working fine i just wiped it away ?

And also i doubt it being the kernel never had issues before been using this combo since like 6-7 months ..

Sent From My Sexy Sensation.
[HTC Sensation] jslim38:
Well you left that part out in the first post now that sounds like a hardware issue

sent my venomous viper 1.1.0 true s off by alpharevoltionary using xda premium
[HTC Sensation] shahkam:
Crap i would be really sad to leave this amazing sick forums ! Might get an xperia arc for the moment which i think is a downgrade :S

Sent From My Sexy Sensation.