Seemed pretty obvious to me.... they repeatedly mentioned the megodont union... which wielded huge amounts of power and seemed to act like a guild, excluding others etc.
The feeling I got from the book was that megodont power winding kink-springs was an asian or at least south asian thing... the western nations could easily have used electricity generated by whatever, although the power density of batteries could hardly seem to reach the kink springs. Which is probably why they were so universally used.
I just finished reading this book 3 days ago, and it was absolutely a page turner!
My work is in agricultural (food crops) research, and so many people do GMO research there... heck, people in my group are with the Plant Exchange Office that goes to other countries looking for new genetic diversity to add to the US breeding stock.
It was great to find a _____ punk genre that exactly fit what I do!
From beginning to end, there is no black/white, good/bad dichotomy evident, every character has their selfish wants (some more than others) and their demons. The pace of the novel was fantastic, and I won't give anything away, but this book will probably be getting a sequel. Although some of the story arc seems a bit pointless the way it fizzles out and is wrapped up at the end.
Seriously the most original scifi I've read in a LONG time.... is it speculative fiction/biopunk? Where are the nightshades? Awesome!
It's pretty simple, you just open the fixture, remove the ballast and hook the 115vac lines directly to the fixture. Snap in your bulb and you're done.
Yes, red delicious aren't just a mediocre apple, they're one of the worst in all the texture/tartness/sweetness categories. It's widely known among pome fruit producers to have been so heavily bred for shelf appeal (very bright color, bruise resistant, thick skinned) that it has lost all flavor, even from the original "Delicious" variety.
Sadly, the venerable granny smith has gone the same route... if you've noticed in the last 15 years, they are now twice the size they used to be, and solid, uniform green, but without the sweet and strong tartness that used to make them oh so tasty.
Fujis are still pretty good and widely available even at basic big box grocery stores, but the small orchard produced ones simply taste much better (freshness/overfertilization play their part in this).
Try a Gold Rush or Wickson apple some time, they're fantastic!
The 1970 super beetle has a simple relay for the turn signals. You have picked what is probably one of the most modular, easy to work on cars in existence for your example (which is incorrect, btw).
Keep in mind too... I was looking at one of these drives in a Newegg black friday sale, and the big thing about that 8GB of flash is that it is not MLC, it's SLC flash, which is significantly more expensive.
In your last comparison, they said the Nook was superior in most every way... and it's ultra-easy to just pop i n an SD card with an alternate OS install... no need for fancy hackery.
Really the extra RAM does it for me. I wouldn't want less than 1GB, and the Fire has only 512.
Interesting you say that, because almost every single rated post seems to be saying that the summary is wrong. I'd hardly call that "eating it up."
In fact, this response seems to me the exact opposite of Fox News... a response by those loyal watchers would be to accept the wrong summary, and continue to apply it to every new situation no matter how much evidence there was that the summary was wrong.
Or at least I did till it was totaled 2 weeks ago:-(.
I just saw the name "Rei" and the auto industry startup and thought... "maybe that's the same person whose name has popped up on the Insight forums."
Replaced my Insight with a 1st gen Civic hybrid (but it's just not the same, sadly)... looking to get the OBDIIC&C (seems awesome) as soon as a Civic version is available.
I'm also a government employee, and I'll say our IT staff are pretty good, in spite of their relatively low pay. I believe the support staff are capped at GS7, while some of the admins top out 11-12.
In spite of a bunch of the bureaucratic BS you have to put up with, most people there seem to prefer working here with the lower salaries (and benefits which offset this) to private industry.
Does this mean those of us dumb enough to buy a Motorola phone will finally get an update to... ANYTHING?
(Un)proud owner of an XT720 that was abandoned by Motorola as "no software updates" one (1) month after buying it new. Stuck on 2.1 for no good reason.
Indeed, just had to do the coil packs on my wife's Fit... $80 each just for the parts (I can't even imagine what the dealership would charge for the parts/job).
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In some mammals, it's even simpler: lack of the second X means you're male. A sort of isNull...
Sam
Seemed pretty obvious to me.... they repeatedly mentioned the megodont union... which wielded huge amounts of power and seemed to act like a guild, excluding others etc.
The feeling I got from the book was that megodont power winding kink-springs was an asian or at least south asian thing... the western nations could easily have used electricity generated by whatever, although the power density of batteries could hardly seem to reach the kink springs. Which is probably why they were so universally used.
Sam
I just finished reading this book 3 days ago, and it was absolutely a page turner!
My work is in agricultural (food crops) research, and so many people do GMO research there... heck, people in my group are with the Plant Exchange Office that goes to other countries looking for new genetic diversity to add to the US breeding stock.
It was great to find a _____ punk genre that exactly fit what I do!
From beginning to end, there is no black/white, good/bad dichotomy evident, every character has their selfish wants (some more than others) and their demons. The pace of the novel was fantastic, and I won't give anything away, but this book will probably be getting a sequel. Although some of the story arc seems a bit pointless the way it fizzles out and is wrapped up at the end.
Seriously the most original scifi I've read in a LONG time.... is it speculative fiction/biopunk? Where are the nightshades? Awesome!
Sam
Ugh, posting undoes ALL my moderation, but this is definitely not "Offtopic"
Oh man, you included National Treasure in a list of non-forgettable Disney films from the last 20 years? What is WRONG WITH YOU?
Sam
Or you could just buy an energy efficient incandescent.
They've been on the market for years, called "halogen bulbs."
53w == 75 standard incandescent,
http://www.amazon.com/Bulbrite-115152-Efficient-Incandescent-Equivalent/dp/B003VGW57G
$3.25 for a two pack and meet energy standards.
Oops, meant to reply to the GP.
LED replacement "tubes" for fluorescent fixtures.
http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=led+fluorescent+tube+replacement&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&channel=suggest#client=opera&rls=en&q=led+fluorescent+tube+replacement&oe=utf-8&channel=suggest&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbo=u&tbm=shop&source=og&sa=N&tab=wf&ei=7vcAT4-zKIH10gGQhLyQAg&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=e6a8ab2beaf464d&biw=1024&bih=556
It's pretty simple, you just open the fixture, remove the ballast and hook the 115vac lines directly to the fixture. Snap in your bulb and you're done.
A 20W LED tube replaces a 32W 48" fluorescent. Or you can get 40W LED tubes and just use one in a two bulb fluor fixture.
http://www.amazon.com/LED-fluorescent-replacement-ballast-Ledwholesalers/dp/B002P3FQI6
Sam
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?client=opera&rls=en&q=sedimentology+peru&oe=utf-8&channel=suggest&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sa=N&tab=ws
Yes, red delicious aren't just a mediocre apple, they're one of the worst in all the texture/tartness/sweetness categories. It's widely known among pome fruit producers to have been so heavily bred for shelf appeal (very bright color, bruise resistant, thick skinned) that it has lost all flavor, even from the original "Delicious" variety.
Sadly, the venerable granny smith has gone the same route... if you've noticed in the last 15 years, they are now twice the size they used to be, and solid, uniform green, but without the sweet and strong tartness that used to make them oh so tasty.
Fujis are still pretty good and widely available even at basic big box grocery stores, but the small orchard produced ones simply taste much better (freshness/overfertilization play their part in this).
Try a Gold Rush or Wickson apple some time, they're fantastic!
Sam
The 1970 super beetle has a simple relay for the turn signals. You have picked what is probably one of the most modular, easy to work on cars in existence for your example (which is incorrect, btw).
http://compare.ebay.com/like/320758052912?var=lv<yp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&_lwgsi=y
You should really check out Opera Dragonfly.
Sam
Keep in mind too... I was looking at one of these drives in a Newegg black friday sale, and the big thing about that 8GB of flash is that it is not MLC, it's SLC flash, which is significantly more expensive.
This one, for example:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148591
In your last comparison, they said the Nook was superior in most every way... and it's ultra-easy to just pop i n an SD card with an alternate OS install... no need for fancy hackery.
Really the extra RAM does it for me. I wouldn't want less than 1GB, and the Fire has only 512.
Assuming a 700kb average ebook size, and 4gb of ebooks weighing 1 attogram, there would be about 5.18 * 10^26 ebooks in a short ton.
Sam
That's why you need to imagine a frictionless, spherical ebook reader in a vacuum.
Sam
He says: electric clothes dryer = 240v, 40-50 amps.
You say: 110V 40 or 50 Amp = 240 v 18 or 22 Amp
Say what?
Interesting you say that, because almost every single rated post seems to be saying that the summary is wrong. I'd hardly call that "eating it up."
In fact, this response seems to me the exact opposite of Fox News... a response by those loyal watchers would be to accept the wrong summary, and continue to apply it to every new situation no matter how much evidence there was that the summary was wrong.
Sam
Hahaha, indeed.
Or at least I did till it was totaled 2 weeks ago :-(.
I just saw the name "Rei" and the auto industry startup and thought... "maybe that's the same person whose name has popped up on the Insight forums."
Replaced my Insight with a 1st gen Civic hybrid (but it's just not the same, sadly)... looking to get the OBDIIC&C (seems awesome) as soon as a Civic version is available.
Sam
Your name wouldn't happen to be Karen would it?
CorporateSpeak (R) translation follows:
The device will be locked down HARD.
Sam
+1 this.
I'm also a government employee, and I'll say our IT staff are pretty good, in spite of their relatively low pay. I believe the support staff are capped at GS7, while some of the admins top out 11-12.
In spite of a bunch of the bureaucratic BS you have to put up with, most people there seem to prefer working here with the lower salaries (and benefits which offset this) to private industry.
Sam
Does this mean those of us dumb enough to buy a Motorola phone will finally get an update to... ANYTHING?
(Un)proud owner of an XT720 that was abandoned by Motorola as "no software updates" one (1) month after buying it new. Stuck on 2.1 for no good reason.
Yes the bootloader is locked down hard.
Sam
Indeed, just had to do the coil packs on my wife's Fit... $80 each just for the parts (I can't even imagine what the dealership would charge for the parts/job).
Only 130k on it too.
Sam
I wish there were a mod up option for this kind of thing. Where a post says the opposite of what the poster intended by logical fault.
Like "+1 unintentionally insightful." It could come with no karma like +1 funny, but allow others to see all.
Sam