Wednesday 25 June 2014

Father of GIFs: "It's Pronounced JIF"

http://mashable.com/2013/05/21/jif-not-gifs-pronunciation-steve-wilhite/

Hmmm, "GIF" is short for "graphic interchange format" — or should that be "jraphic interchange format"? Plus pronouncing "GIF" as "JIF" may cause unnecessary confusion with "JIF" (JPEG interchange format).

About JIF format:

http://www.filetips.org/how-to-open/jif.html

http://www.ivanview.com/jif.html / Steve Wilhite father inventor invent develop developer Graphics Interchange Forma debate how to pronounce GIF JIF CompuServ file formatJune 198 lifetime achievement awardWebby Awards creatio vocal acceptance speech /

How to Jailbreak iOS 7.1.1 with Pangu

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Residential solar competitive with grid electricity in 25 US states in 2015


Credit: Shutterstock/Gizmag

It has to happen sooner or later — solar keeps getting cheaper — now Navigant Research has made the claim you see at the top of this post.

http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1092918_residential-solar-competitive-with-electricity-in-25-states-next-year-nrg-ceo / solar power for your home homeowners subsidies subsidy finance financial financing arrangements long payback period changing fast CEO major Texas electric utility photovoltaic solar power David Crane NRG Energy half the states of the union electricity residential solar panels cost competitive cost-competitive local electric utilities next year solar panels destroy electric utilities business model Navigant Research solar power acquired Roof Diagnostics Solar largest residential solar installers RDS Northeast New Jersey New York Massachusetts Connecticut California residential solar financing installation business operates Arizona California Connecticut Hawaii Maryland Massachusetts New Jersey New York Texas Vermont eVgo sell sells electricity generates other utilities NRG distributed generation renewable power sources owned individual rate payers pay payer undercut revenue utilities sell sells electricity wholesale market distributed generation couple connect connected coupled home energy storage battery packs electric vehicle cars EV used packs technology hydrogen fuel cell generate store energy decouple from grid entirely electric utility death spiral eVgo network electric car charging stations expanding expand California business model providing public charging station networks generation and distribution model /