I've read reports of EMI problems on some cars due to poor shielding of the engine control system. Key up a transmitter too close to the car, or installed in the car, and the engine dies. 100 Watt transmitters are common in VHF/UHF two-way radios. Many manufacturers disclaim all warranties if you install a two-way radio in the car.
PC power supplies are reasonably efficient, much better than the 30% you mention. There is room for improvement. The problem is that the market is very price sensitive, so government regulation would probably be required to force manufacturers to use best practices in their designs. They have already done something similar with power factor correction in the EU.
Assuming you are running a portable operating system and applications, it would be useful if vendors quoted the MIPS per Watt that their systems delivered. Back in the days of big iron, people paid close attention to the number of MIPS a system delivered, what their jobs required, and what was the most cost-effective model for their needs.
I guess it kind of sucks that they're gonna get punished for this, but they deserve it. You can't legally rape and pillage a city just to show you can, they should have told the school (or some news stations) that they were planning to show how easy it would be to get into the system.
Hacking a computer is hacking a computer, not sodomizing a hamster or breaking into your neighbor's house. It's a computer in a public school, not someone's private stash of Star Trek porn.
Unfortunately, they will probably discover that the adults in the school system view students as "potential discipline problems", not as human beings. Pointing out the stupidity or incompetence of the school system's staff is a serious offense. We do have to prepare them for the real world.
She's doing something right. The quality of the films has been reasonably consistent, unlike George Lucas, who will be lucky if he scores 3 out of 6 on Star Wars.
That's one of the reasons that the iPod battery is not a user replaceable part. There are too many idiots out there who would damage the battery, and hurt themselves, while attempting to replace it.
Samsung is heavily promoting, and investing in HDTV. They may be planning to introduce some cheaper HDTV sets when the Xbox 360 is introduced. It would make sense for them and Microsoft.
I watched the show, and while they called it the "Xbox 360", I noticed that some of the signs in Microsoft's offices said "xenon".
That would be consistent with it being a code name.
Increasing the size of the disk also increases the workload on the servo system, the system that keeps the laser positioned over the track and at the right height. The larger the diameter, the larger the excursions side-to-side and up-and-down.
They stopped saying "These United States" a long time ago.
I would like to see the Supreme Court say that the federal government can't place conditions on grants to states that aren't narrowly tailored for a legitimate and relevant purpose.
These days, you're lucky to find a real reporter, let alone a fact checker. Most newspapers feed their readers a steady diet of wire service stories, syndicated material and press releases.
That's not the reporter's job. The editor, and sometimes the publisher, decide what stories get covered and printed. The reporter is at the bottom of the food chain.
If you feel that the press is ignoring "real stories", you are free to start your own newspaper.
Haven't you heard of quantum chromodynamics? Electrons are white, so every color television set contains a particle disintegrator, designed to produce a constant supply of red, green and blue quarks.
How long did it take "science" to recognize the true nature of meteorites? I wouldn't blame the church. See The New Science of Meteorology.
Kepler was infatuated with Greek mysticism. Newton spent most of his time on alchemy and other nonsense. You can be a "real scientist" and still have trouble separating myth from reality.
I don't know if you can estimate the actual brightness of the object. If it is like the longer duration bursters, it produces two jets of radiation along an axis through the center of the object. How close are we to the center of that axis?
From what I've read, you have a better chance of detecting a black hole by looking for the effects of its gravitational field on light that passes nearby. It should warp the apparent positions of stars.
I wouldn't give the so-called rational scientists too much credit either. They "knew" that the cosmos was perfect and unchanging, in spite of evidence to the contrary. All human beings have prejudices and irrational ideas.
You can have all of the mechanical engineers that you want, but in real life, nothing beats a mechanic with a hammer, who can give it a good whack in the right place.
My favorite is "trap while in trap handler". That means that a trap occurred while executing system code to handle or recover from a trap. Which usually means that everything has turned to shit and the fire engine has caught on fire.
If you ever get the chance, see The Cocoanuts, starring the Marx brothers. Its backdrop is the great Florida land boom/swindle of the 1920s, which attracted con men and crooks from across the nation. Now their great-grandchildren are spamming us.
I used to have a laptop that ran Windows ME. The vendor (Sony) refused to support any newer versions of Windows, which is a major problem for a laptop, with all of its customized drivers and software. Sony's suggested solution was to buy a new laptop. Some vendors are more reasonable about it, but many only support the version of the OS that was shipped on the machine.
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It wasn't there to keep RF out, it was there to keep RF in, so that the system would comply with FCC regulations on emissions.
I've read reports of EMI problems on some cars due to poor shielding of the engine control system. Key up a transmitter too close to the car, or installed in the car, and the engine dies. 100 Watt transmitters are common in VHF/UHF two-way radios. Many manufacturers disclaim all warranties if you install a two-way radio in the car.
PC power supplies are reasonably efficient, much better than the 30% you mention. There is room for improvement. The problem is that the market is very price sensitive, so government regulation would probably be required to force manufacturers to use best practices in their designs. They have already done something similar with power factor correction in the EU.
Assuming you are running a portable operating system and applications, it would be useful if vendors quoted the MIPS per Watt that their systems delivered. Back in the days of big iron, people paid close attention to the number of MIPS a system delivered, what their jobs required, and what was the most cost-effective model for their needs.
Hacking a computer is hacking a computer, not sodomizing a hamster or breaking into your neighbor's house. It's a computer in a public school, not someone's private stash of Star Trek porn.
Unfortunately, they will probably discover that the adults in the school system view students as "potential discipline problems", not as human beings. Pointing out the stupidity or incompetence of the school system's staff is a serious offense. We do have to prepare them for the real world.
She's doing something right. The quality of the films has been reasonably consistent, unlike George Lucas, who will be lucky if he scores 3 out of 6 on Star Wars.
That's one of the reasons that the iPod battery is not a user replaceable part. There are too many idiots out there who would damage the battery, and hurt themselves, while attempting to replace it.
Samsung is heavily promoting, and investing in HDTV. They may be planning to introduce some cheaper HDTV sets when the Xbox 360 is introduced. It would make sense for them and Microsoft.
I watched the show, and while they called it the "Xbox 360", I noticed that some of the signs in Microsoft's offices said "xenon". That would be consistent with it being a code name.
Increasing the size of the disk also increases the workload on the servo system, the system that keeps the laser positioned over the track and at the right height. The larger the diameter, the larger the excursions side-to-side and up-and-down.
Kettle.
Absence of light.
Large container of cooking.
Shakespeare precesses.
I would like to see the Supreme Court say that the federal government can't place conditions on grants to states that aren't narrowly tailored for a legitimate and relevant purpose.
These days, you're lucky to find a real reporter, let alone a fact checker. Most newspapers feed their readers a steady diet of wire service stories, syndicated material and press releases.
If you feel that the press is ignoring "real stories", you are free to start your own newspaper.
Haven't you heard of quantum chromodynamics? Electrons are white, so every color television set contains a particle disintegrator, designed to produce a constant supply of red, green and blue quarks.
Kepler was infatuated with Greek mysticism. Newton spent most of his time on alchemy and other nonsense. You can be a "real scientist" and still have trouble separating myth from reality.
I don't know if you can estimate the actual brightness of the object. If it is like the longer duration bursters, it produces two jets of radiation along an axis through the center of the object. How close are we to the center of that axis?
From what I've read, you have a better chance of detecting a black hole by looking for the effects of its gravitational field on light that passes nearby. It should warp the apparent positions of stars.
I wouldn't give the so-called rational scientists too much credit either. They "knew" that the cosmos was perfect and unchanging, in spite of evidence to the contrary. All human beings have prejudices and irrational ideas.
You can have all of the mechanical engineers that you want, but in real life, nothing beats a mechanic with a hammer, who can give it a good whack in the right place.
My favorite is "trap while in trap handler". That means that a trap occurred while executing system code to handle or recover from a trap. Which usually means that everything has turned to shit and the fire engine has caught on fire.
If you ever get the chance, see The Cocoanuts, starring the Marx brothers. Its backdrop is the great Florida land boom/swindle of the 1920s, which attracted con men and crooks from across the nation. Now their great-grandchildren are spamming us.
I used to have a laptop that ran Windows ME. The vendor (Sony) refused to support any newer versions of Windows, which is a major problem for a laptop, with all of its customized drivers and software. Sony's suggested solution was to buy a new laptop. Some vendors are more reasonable about it, but many only support the version of the OS that was shipped on the machine.
Like your average customer service drone is going to even understand the question, let alone know the answer.
That doesn't mean that they were present in the average office. A networked computer on every desk became common much later.