I'd like to see a site listing remote control codes for the autodialler soft/firmware.
Then the a**hats who keep calling me can explain why they're ringing the Pentagon every 7 seconds....;-)
The board uses Intel's X38 chipset. Unfortunately, Intel no longer purchases SLI licenses from Nvidia. (I can't remember offhand if Intel won't buy, or Nvidia won't sell).
We currently pay for an annual "Road Fund License" the price of which varies between 40-200ukp with either engine size or CO emissions (depending on age of car)
We currently pay an average of 0.96ukp per liter for fuel, approximately 84% of which goes straight to the government in "fuel duty" and sales tax
Those who need to drive into London (and soon several other cities) must pay a "Congestion Charge" of 8ukp per day.
For the future, the UK government are seriously considering "national road pricing" schemes similar to this:-
1: All vehicles will be fitted with transponders at the vehicle owner's expense.
2: A system of roadside sensors will be installed to interrogate the transponders.
3: A monthly bill issued to the driver, broken down by type of road and time of journey.
4: Profit! (for the government).
Basically, a scheme like this will make every road in the UK into a turnpike, without building a single toll booth.
Sometimes, there can be such a thing as too much technology!
There is a simple answer to the problem of the tank foam peeling off if damaged during launch, which has
already
been flight-tested!
The first few launches had a external tank. Later launches discarded the paint coating to save a couple tons of payload weight.
Reinstating this coating would have the effect of providing a tougher skin to the foam, making it more damage-resistant.
Aren't the lives of the crew worth the small hit on payload capacity?
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I'd like to see a site listing remote control codes for the autodialler soft/firmware. Then the a**hats who keep calling me can explain why they're ringing the Pentagon every 7 seconds.... ;-)
The board uses Intel's X38 chipset. Unfortunately, Intel no longer purchases SLI licenses from Nvidia.
(I can't remember offhand if Intel won't buy, or Nvidia won't sell).
Back in 1995, I attended the Worldcon in Glasgow, Scotland. http://www.worldcon.org/
On the schedule booklet was a message which declared that it (the booklet) was sponsored by "Wizards of the Cost".
Serendipity or Prophecy? You decide.
We currently pay for an annual "Road Fund License" the price of which varies between 40-200ukp with either engine size or CO emissions (depending on age of car)
We currently pay an average of 0.96ukp per liter for fuel, approximately 84% of which goes straight to the government in "fuel duty" and sales tax
Those who need to drive into London (and soon several other cities) must pay a "Congestion Charge" of 8ukp per day.
For the future, the UK government are seriously considering "national road pricing" schemes similar to this:-
1: All vehicles will be fitted with transponders at the vehicle owner's expense.
2: A system of roadside sensors will be installed to interrogate the transponders.
3: A monthly bill issued to the driver, broken down by type of road and time of journey.
4: Profit! (for the government).
Basically, a scheme like this will make every road in the UK into a turnpike, without building a single toll booth.
Sometimes, there can be such a thing as too much technology!
- already
been flight-tested! The first few launches had a external tank. Later launches discarded the paint coating to save a couple tons of payload weight. Reinstating this coating would have the effect of providing a tougher skin to the foam, making it more damage-resistant. Aren't the lives of the crew worth the small hit on payload capacity?