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Steam Hybrid Car from BMW
RMX writes "BMW is unveiling its turbosteamer hybrid engine, which uses the excess heat in the exhaust system and reclaims 80% of it by powering a steam engine that assists the gas engine. Overall, this gives a 15% more efficient engine; and significant additional performance (power and torque) with practically no downside. "This project resolves the apparent contradiction between consumption and emission reductions on one hand, and performance and agility on the other," commented Professor Burkhard Göschel. Are steam engines the future of environmental-friendly hybrid vehicles?"
Digg, two days late.
OK... where to start... (and why am I responding to an off-topic post (modd this off topic please!)
/usr/folderA. Have you checked where this folder you're copying to is located? Other than that you might have a HDD problem, copying files is mainly dependent on the speed of the HDD, linux has mostly been faster in the past for me - but the HDD speed is usualy the major factor of copying times.
Firstly, a linux filesystem mount's remote filesystems in a folder, eg: folderA in outer mongolia might be mounted as
In addition, during this file transfer, Mozilla will not work. And everything else has ground to a halt. Even Emacs Lite is straining to keep up as I type this.
This definately sounds wierd! Check your logs for errors (yes, linux, unlike windows, tells you whats going on!).
Linux runs slower on a 486 than windows? Are you running Win 3.1??? Can you even run XP on a machine with 8 megs of ram??
Windows is faster? *co... virtual memory being read... ugh*
Cheaper? WTF? free vs lots???
More Stable? My linux box has crashed once in the last 3 years - that was due to a failed DIMM. Windows on the other hand, where to start...
Sorry got blue screened before finishing that last comment.
Haydn.
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Not to get further off topic... well, actually, yes... to get further off topic... What is the fueling peculiarity? I'm just curious.
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We should be working on another power/engine source not reinventing wheel, but in this society it's very hard to start project that's outside of main technology.