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Next Gen Oxyride Batteries Coming Soon
marksilverman writes "The New York Times is reporting that Panasonic will start selling (Biometric scan required to prove your value as a human being) next generation Oxyride batteries soon. They last twice as long as premium alkaline batteries, they deliver more power, and they're cheaper. They're already popular in Japan. The downside? They have a shorter life in a "rundown test" where you put the batteries in and leave the power on until they're drained. In real-world scenarios (like how many digital pictures you can take) they do really well."
Not entirely true. I have it on good authority that they'll accept gold bullion as well -- at least on Tuesdays.
"It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
Will make your whites whiter and your brights brighter.
Just watch how it cuts through this stubborn blood stain.
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
Then there's that bit about Oxyrides making MP3 players and CD players produce richer, fuller sound. Panasonic cited a test in Japan in which 80 percent of the players in an orchestra said they preferred the sound from an Oxyride-powered music player. (Panasonic doesn't include sound-quality claims in its official marketing, but it does say it's investigating.)
This one's a tougher call. In blind tests, most people couldn't tell any difference between a CD player with Oxyrides and one with regular alkalines. A few identified the Oxyrides as maybe being a bit richer-sounding, but said that the difference was awfully subtle. All participants confessed, though, that they were not members of a Japanese orchestra.
Yeah, I know that battery makers have been struggling to solve the problems of ripple. Puh-leez. What's the next claim? Women who use Oxyrides in their vibrators experience 15% increased intensity in their orgasms?
Hey Panasonic! QUick, better shorten that name to O-Rides.
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
Why do you say that two factorial equals one half?
who | grep -i blond | date cd ~; unzip; touch; strip; finger; mount; gasp; yes; uptime; umount; sleep
oxyride
According to the press release, they will be packaged in "user-friendly" packaging. Will it open itself for you
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Where do I sign up for this class?
Oxygen is very toxic. Even plants and fishs can be killed if they are exposed to too much oxygen. If this oxygen is released to nature, we should expect major disaster as plants and fishes die.
Don't ruin his high, he's been waiting since Jayson Blair was fired for another article in the NYT to be completely made up, and he's all giddy like a little kid again because it must clearly be lying since it doesn't explain electrical engineering principles in the first paragraph!
Isn't that the same as Dihydrogen Monoxide?
The difference between spam and poop is that you don't have to dig through septic tanks looking for real food. -- Me
You don't get it. If these batteries aren't toxic, then we can't make ourselves look good by condemning their use.
It's people like you who ruin environmentalism for everyone.
The automobile battery is designed to provide short bursts of power (and spends more of it's life being recharged as you drive) while the later is used constantly to run say an electric trolling motor
My power source is optimized for trolling.
I'm the energiser bunny, you insensitive clod!