I think dave barry had a plan to make all of our astronauts elderly folks and not give them return tickets. They dont have to worry about breaking a hip, and they explore space in their golden years. Kind of like people with motor homes, only without Las Vegas. Plus if they die, its ok, cause they were old already.
It would be a bad day for IP if they rule that poor enforcement of copyright == public domain. Actually, it woudl be a mixed day. Bad for the GPL crew, but good for people in that stuff that is now abandonware or out of print could now be shared or printed without fear of getting sued. Of course the court would have to set a timeframe on how long you woudl have to not enforce yoru copyright, but it wouldnt be all bad.
My power bill was FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS last month.
Have you considered installing solar panels or a windmill? A 10kw windmill will run you about $30,000 for the whole kit and its grid intertied so that you can sell power back to the grid(at market rates). Production is somewhere around 800-2000 kwh a month depending on yoru area. Even if you just cover your regular power bill every month, you can pay back the cost of the tower in about 6.5 years, after that its all profit. Plus california has a deal where you get up to half of the cost of the system rebated for a wind electric system of 30kw. So you pay off your investment in about 3 years instead of 6. Stop whining about your power prices and do something about it.
They already can. The USPS provides PO box service for at most 70 dollars a year for a basic PO box. If you want to improve that, offer free or reduced fee service for those without a permanent address.
In all seriousness though, I said what I said because various other *AA organizations have gone after anything that in their eyes, hurt their buisness. Its not that big a leap to think that if the RIAA can take a college students life savings for sharing MP3's the MPAA could get a law that outlaws texting or any form of disparaging a movie put out by member companies.
Actually, if we spent $4billion a month on a mars program, we could be there in 10 years or less, with several bases and possibly 100's of people living and working there. Seems to me to be a better investment of our countries money than killing thousands of civilians.
That means that, if the GPL has no standing in Chinese law, then the additional rights granted by the GPL (reduistribution of source) are not available under Chinese law. Should the Chinese choose to enforce said law. There are many laws on the books in China that are not enforced by the govt because its easier or because it allows people to make more money. And its much much harder to sue the govt to enforce said laws than it is here in the US.
Theres only one Darl mcbride listed anywhere in the US, and he lives in Utah (Its therefore a pretty safe assumption that its the same darl we know and love) He lives here His phone number is listed, why not give him a call and let him know how you feel
Have you or anyone you know done any studies of the marketing effect of free music sharing? That is, how much has the free marketing that is a result of filesharing offsetting the potential lost sales?
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As far as typical numbers with regards to specific impulse, you'll find that the time-averaged values are very comparable to those of an arcjet on the order of 10^4/sec. You might not find too many specifics with regards to performance as more than likely this sort of detail is proprietary still at this point.
Is this for the rocket-type or for the jet engine-type (i.e. with oxidizer on board or coming from air) What type of thrust/weight(of the engine) ratios did you find? I would think that as frequency of the pulses increased it would approach a normal rocket engine in terms of both thrust and efficiency. What is the tradeoff in terms of thrust for efficiency? As I recall, arcjets are very efficent but also produce very little thrust (you wouldnt want to power a launch vehicle with them). The popsci article made this out to be a replacement for jet engines that have both very high thrust and isp's. What are the limitations if you wanted to replace a rocket engine with a pulse engine?
Ok, I read the popular science article and found it lacking in the technical details. As one of my old professors said: "Engineering is done with numbers, anything else is just opinion" Both the article and you mention that the engine is more efficient than conventional jet engines. Can you give some figures on that? What kind of specific impulse are we talking about here? Conventional jet engines run from 3000-5000 seconds, how much better is a PDE? Or, since you were using a rocket form, how much better than a similarly sized rocket? (same thrust) How much lighter is it than a conventional rocket or jet engine, can you quantify it with more than just "its better" Quantify if at all possible, thanks.
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and me mentioning it gets me moderated as a troll!
I think it rocks that I have a +5 funny, a +4 interesting and a +2 funny reply to my -1 redundant post ;-)
Boo fucking hoo.
I think dave barry had a plan to make all of our astronauts elderly folks and not give them return tickets. They dont have to worry about breaking a hip, and they explore space in their golden years. Kind of like people with motor homes, only without Las Vegas. Plus if they die, its ok, cause they were old already.
Simple solution: combine it with the segway gyro sysem and your powered exoskeleton will keep its balance.
It would be a bad day for IP if they rule that poor enforcement of copyright == public domain. Actually, it woudl be a mixed day. Bad for the GPL crew, but good for people in that stuff that is now abandonware or out of print could now be shared or printed without fear of getting sued. Of course the court would have to set a timeframe on how long you woudl have to not enforce yoru copyright, but it wouldnt be all bad.
Sweet! I use pico for both too, it rocks.
Cause its on 51a$h|>0t not English 101, where people spell elite 31337
Have you considered installing solar panels or a windmill? A 10kw windmill will run you about $30,000 for the whole kit and its grid intertied so that you can sell power back to the grid(at market rates). Production is somewhere around 800-2000 kwh a month depending on yoru area. Even if you just cover your regular power bill every month, you can pay back the cost of the tower in about 6.5 years, after that its all profit. Plus california has a deal where you get up to half of the cost of the system rebated for a wind electric system of 30kw. So you pay off your investment in about 3 years instead of 6. Stop whining about your power prices and do something about it.
They already can. The USPS provides PO box service for at most 70 dollars a year for a basic PO box. If you want to improve that, offer free or reduced fee service for those without a permanent address.
MPAA: release the lobbyists
Telecom manufaturer: ok, we give in!
In all seriousness though, I said what I said because various other *AA organizations have gone after anything that in their eyes, hurt their buisness. Its not that big a leap to think that if the RIAA can take a college students life savings for sharing MP3's the MPAA could get a law that outlaws texting or any form of disparaging a movie put out by member companies.
I wonder who will be the first person to be prosecuted for giving a movie a bad review?
Right now some MPAA flunkie is reading what you wrote and calling the legal department......
Actually, if we spent $4billion a month on a mars program, we could be there in 10 years or less, with several bases and possibly 100's of people living and working there. Seems to me to be a better investment of our countries money than killing thousands of civilians.
In Soviet Russia, you dont lauch the rocket, the rocket launches YOU!
That means that, if the GPL has no standing in Chinese law, then the additional rights granted by the GPL (reduistribution of source) are not available under Chinese law. Should the Chinese choose to enforce said law. There are many laws on the books in China that are not enforced by the govt because its easier or because it allows people to make more money. And its much much harder to sue the govt to enforce said laws than it is here in the US.
Theres only one Darl mcbride listed anywhere in the US, and he lives in Utah (Its therefore a pretty safe assumption that its the same darl we know and love) He lives here His phone number is listed, why not give him a call and let him know how you feel
Guess the wont be selling any of these then... ooooo shiny
Unless you happen to live in iraq, then its loot and shoot baby!
Have you or anyone you know done any studies of the marketing effect of free music sharing? That is, how much has the free marketing that is a result of filesharing offsetting the potential lost sales?
Richard Dean Anderson: Now you can dial 911 for the low low rate of 10c a minute, with no connect fees or startup costs ever. Just dial 10-10-1976-2348-7206-459821 and then 911, because you families safety is depending on you remembering that number...
Ah, but if you could aim it, and gradually ramp up the sound level, what a great crowd control device!
Is this for the rocket-type or for the jet engine-type (i.e. with oxidizer on board or coming from air) What type of thrust/weight(of the engine) ratios did you find? I would think that as frequency of the pulses increased it would approach a normal rocket engine in terms of both thrust and efficiency. What is the tradeoff in terms of thrust for efficiency? As I recall, arcjets are very efficent but also produce very little thrust (you wouldnt want to power a launch vehicle with them). The popsci article made this out to be a replacement for jet engines that have both very high thrust and isp's. What are the limitations if you wanted to replace a rocket engine with a pulse engine?
Ok, I read the popular science article and found it lacking in the technical details. As one of my old professors said: "Engineering is done with numbers, anything else is just opinion" Both the article and you mention that the engine is more efficient than conventional jet engines. Can you give some figures on that? What kind of specific impulse are we talking about here? Conventional jet engines run from 3000-5000 seconds, how much better is a PDE? Or, since you were using a rocket form, how much better than a similarly sized rocket? (same thrust) How much lighter is it than a conventional rocket or jet engine, can you quantify it with more than just "its better" Quantify if at all possible, thanks.
Yes, they should have called it AC'd (or maybe slashdotted with electricity)
Tell that to any astronaut thats ever flown into space on top of a million pounds of explosives ;-)