Actually, from what I've read, coasting in gear with the transmission pushing against the engine (assuming it's above a certain RPM) will not use any gas, whereas coasting in neutral will use gas. Now that I think about it, if you coast all the way down to about 1500 RPM (in my car) you can feel when the engine starts kicking in some gas, the car jerks for a second (much like when you coast and then tap the gas).
As for doing damage to the transmission while in neutral, I doubt it (but I'm no expert).
650-700 Watts??? Just because you have a 450W power supply in your computer doesn't mean it uses that much. My Athlon 900 with a 380W PS only uses 92-112W (gf4, 2 HD's,...), and my 21" monitor uses 120W at most (high res with all white screen). So I'm using at most 232W but average more around 200W. I got these wattage numbers from measuring the current of the 120V AC using a Fluke multimeter. So, if I use my computer for an average of 16 hours a day, that works out to 96kWh/month. At roughly $0.10/kWh (I took my last hydro bill and divided by the total kWh, ~$0.104kWh) that would be $10/month. Plus, for an extra $3/month I'll keep my 21" thank you very much (base on 40W average for 17" LCD).
Hmm, I had no troubles ripping my legally purchased copy of 100th Window. Maybe I just haven't listened to all the ripped mp3's yet.
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Yes, I agree that the resistance is a huge factor. I myself have been shocked by 110V a few times and it wasn't a big deal...just some tingling through my whole arm for a few minutes (although, not nearly as painful as when I twigged some nerve in my elbow and it felt like my hand was on fire...good times). I do remember my grandfather showing me a trick where he had a cord plugged into an outlet with bare wires. He then proceeded to dry his fingertips on his pants and then lightly grabbed onto the wires. I wouldn't want to try this with nice wet, salty hands though;) (Note: he did have thick-skin mechanic hands which probably helped greatly). Here's an experiment you CAN try at home (if you have access to a multimeter with resistance measurement). Grab onto the contacts of the multimeter and try varying your finger pressure. Also try wet/salty hands.
Disclamer: Don't even think of trying the first trick with 110V!!!
Theoretically, if you dug a hole to China and jumped in, you would accelerate all the way to the center or the earth and start decelerating on the other half of the trip, and end up coming out in China at the same speed as you went in, theoretically. I wouldn't want to get stuck oscillating back and forth from China to North America. This would be very cheap travel (and if I was apt to grab a calculator, I could calculate the travel time). However, you would burn up before you even got near the center.:)
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Actually, from what I've read, coasting in gear with the transmission pushing against the engine (assuming it's above a certain RPM) will not use any gas, whereas coasting in neutral will use gas. Now that I think about it, if you coast all the way down to about 1500 RPM (in my car) you can feel when the engine starts kicking in some gas, the car jerks for a second (much like when you coast and then tap the gas).
As for doing damage to the transmission while in neutral, I doubt it (but I'm no expert).
650-700 Watts??? Just because you have a 450W power supply in your computer doesn't mean it uses that much. My Athlon 900 with a 380W PS only uses 92-112W (gf4, 2 HD's, ...), and my 21" monitor uses 120W at most (high res with all white screen). So I'm using at most 232W but average more around 200W. I got these wattage numbers from measuring the current of the 120V AC using a Fluke multimeter. So, if I use my computer for an average of 16 hours a day, that works out to 96kWh/month. At roughly $0.10/kWh (I took my last hydro bill and divided by the total kWh, ~$0.104kWh) that would be $10/month. Plus, for an extra $3/month I'll keep my 21" thank you very much (base on 40W average for 17" LCD).
Hmm, I had no troubles ripping my legally purchased copy of 100th Window. Maybe I just haven't listened to all the ripped mp3's yet.
Yes, I agree that the resistance is a huge factor. I myself have been shocked by 110V a few times and it wasn't a big deal...just some tingling through my whole arm for a few minutes (although, not nearly as painful as when I twigged some nerve in my elbow and it felt like my hand was on fire...good times). ;) (Note: he did have thick-skin mechanic hands which probably helped greatly). Here's an experiment you CAN try at home (if you have access to a multimeter with resistance measurement). Grab onto the contacts of the multimeter and try varying your finger pressure. Also try wet/salty hands.
I do remember my grandfather showing me a trick where he had a cord plugged into an outlet with bare wires. He then proceeded to dry his fingertips on his pants and then lightly grabbed onto the wires. I wouldn't want to try this with nice wet, salty hands though
Disclamer: Don't even think of trying the first trick with 110V!!!
wont, dont, ill (as in sick), or I'll :)
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Theoretically, if you dug a hole to China and jumped in, you would accelerate all the way to the center or the earth and start decelerating on the other half of the trip, and end up coming out in China at the same speed as you went in, theoretically. I wouldn't want to get stuck oscillating back and forth from China to North America. This would be very cheap travel (and if I was apt to grab a calculator, I could calculate the travel time). However, you would burn up before you even got near the center. :)
I guess I missed it, but what is the whole grits thing? Was there an article?