If you like exotic motor designs, check out these "thin gap" motors. These brushless permanent magnet motors can reach 90% efficiency, which is very impressive. The windings are made from thin copper plates rather than round wires. These are real. You can order them.
There's some interesting work going on in motor electromagnetics, but the "greater than 100%" motor probably isn't it.
This is just Greg Aharonian, who took a dumb legal theory to court and had his case dismissed. It's settled law that software is copyrightable. His claim wasn't going anywhere.
He could have made a claim that a database of software used for comparison is fair use. Google makes similar arguments. That might have worked.
This is important, because there are too many unapproved power supplies out there. Those are the ones that fail, or worse, catch fire, when loaded up to their rated load.
The heat pipe arrangement looks like an afterthought. A simpler design would have the power semiconductors on the back plate with the fins. That's how industrial power supplies are usually built.
al-Jazeera is slowly pushing the Islamic world in a more liberal direction. al-Jazeera is the first news source from the Middle East which is anywhere close to neutral and factual.
They're quite a good news service. They try to be objective. The Bush administration hates this, because they treat Bush and bin Laden as equally valid news sources. But because of that, most of the Arab world watches al-Jazeera.
The US should be encouraging al-Jazeera, not complaining about it. The US has little to fear from an honest press. (Bush may, but that's a personal problem.)
All right. This morning the President taped his radio address, it's on energy and, specifically, investing in new technologies, specifically, nuclear energy. And he does discuss the global-nuclear energy partnership that you have heard about. He then had his normal briefings.
I don't know about what the President is specifically going to address. I can say that the President has specifically addressed the need to train the Iraqi forces in a way that reflects values and human decency. He's been very forthright about that, that that is part of the training that will take place by U.S. and coalition forces as the police forces in Iraq are trained. And it is a concern, the President has spoken out particularly about that and I expect that he will continue to do so.
Then he will go to Tampa and have remarks on the war on terror. There are about 500 people in the audience -- these are a cross-section of the area. Tickets are distributed like we have for the Louisville, Kentucky event and other events like this. I anticipate that the President will take questions from the audience, much as he did in Kentucky. It's part of the President's continuing dialogue with the American people about how we must fight and win this war on terror, both abroad and using all the tools that are available to the United States. So he will very much recap about what he did in the State of the Union about those aspects of the war on terror.
It varies. Slashdot isn't too bad. The USENET technical groups remain literate. Blogs vary; the San Francisco goth message board has far better writing than the DARPA Grand Challenge board.
Worst of all are Craigslist personals, most of which seem to come from room-temperature IQs.
You can still get Windows 2000 licenses if you're already a user.
"Licenses will continue to be available through downgrade rights available in Volume Licensing programs after end of general availability." Corporate buyers insist on this.
The usual places where you rent botnets, Specialham and Spamforum are down today. When the heat is on, they tend to go offline, but come back in days or weeks.
Deeper drilling for oil has pressure limits. Below 15,000 feet, the pressure is high enough that there's usually only natural gas, not oil. The deepest oil well currently producing in California is 14,570 feet deep. Occidental once drilled to 24,426 feet, but it was a dry hole.
The Xbox 360's position in retail is "those guys made us tie up all that shelf space just before XMas and then botched the launch. And we've still got unsold accessories and games stacked up. Next time, their box goes in the back unless they pay us for positioning".
This is a step up for Kamen. He made his money designing medical devices. Medical devices tend to be designed by doctors, and the engineering is typically suboptimal, resulting in bulky, overpriced designs. Kamen's designs were better, which was a big win.
Kamen's Segway fiasco was a mistake. Now he's back on track.
The US government has been very, very lenient with Sony on this.
What should have happened is more like this:
"The Consumer Product Safety Commisssion today announced a recall for all Sony music CDs produced since 2003. If you have a CD from any of the labels listed below, return it by mailing it to the address below and you will receive a free, safe, replacement. Call 800-BAD-SONY for a free return mailer."
"The Department of Homeland Security announced today that all Sony music CDs shipped into the US will be stopped at customs and destroyed as a hazardous item."
"The Justice Department announced the arrest of five Sony executives for violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Sony music CDs with the "trojan horse" were said to violate the "exceeds authorized access" provision of the act. "This is simple hacking and computer crime", said a DOJ spokeman".
"Elliot Spitzer, New York State Attorney General, announced a $1.5 billion lawsuit against Sony for causing damage to computers in New York State. "We have hundreds of firms in New York State trying to get this back door out of their computers. There are confirmed reports that the Brooklyn Mafia has been using this back door to steal credit card numbers. Sony has given organized crime a big boost here, and they're not getting away with it". The Californa and Texas AGs are expected to file similar suits next week."
If this guy wants bare die, it's because he's building a complete system on a chip for some specialized application. That probably means including some analog and power components. An FPGA may not be suitable.
It's quite possible to get physical realism for the NPCs. The hard part is physical realism for the player characters. You have such limited control over the character that if it is running in a physically realistic simulation, it has to be nearly autonomous.
I am a huge QNX fan. We used QNX for our DARPA Grand Challenge vehicle, and were very satisfied with it. It's perhaps the most elegant operating system on the market, it's solidly reliable, and it's usable for embedded systems from microwave-oven size to Cisco megarouter size. It's a true microkernel, with less bloat in the kernel than almost anything else out there.
But, sadly, I wouldn't recommend QNX for a new startup that doesn't absolutely need hard real time. Since QNX was acquired by Harmon (the parent of JBL, Harmon-Kardon, and various other audio companies), the company hasn't been working at keeping small customers happy. The lead architect of QNX died about two years ago, and there's been a brainpower exodus since then. The last third party books about QNX have gone out of print. The free version of QNX has been discontinued, and so the open source community is doing few, if any, QNX ports.
It's a great technology. But the marketing and support end of the company is focusing on major automotive suppliers. If you're not in that space (or you compete with any of Harmon's business units) you're probably not going to be happy.
$13/bbl is impressive. Does that include capital costs? This business is so capital-intensive that interest rates really matter, and if the project was financed when interest rates were very low a few years ago, the profitability looks much better.
Long Lake is projected by its promoters to come in at $9/bbl, but that's a projection, not an actual. Long Lake is the one to watch, because it doesn't need natural gas. (Sources of energy that need another source of energy to power them are a problem.)
The big bottleneck right now is that Fort McMurray, the local town, is full. Their sewerage plant is at capacity. limiting growth. The town and the province are arguing over who pays for the expansion. The whole Fort McMurray area has only 75,000 people, but it will be a major industrial city in a decade, somewhat to the annoyance of people who moved there to "get away from it all". But that will be worked out.
Fort McMurray is promoting itself as a
vacation destination.. "Experience the Energy of Fort McMurray with a tour of Syncrude Canada Ltd. or Suncor Energy mine sites. See the earth move before your eyes as shovels carrying 100 tons load 380 ton payload trucks with the rich, black oil sand. Follow the process from mining to pipeline and see how the sand is reclaimed as a productive partner in the natural environment." So there's your next vacation.
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If you like exotic motor designs, check out these "thin gap" motors. These brushless permanent magnet motors can reach 90% efficiency, which is very impressive. The windings are made from thin copper plates rather than round wires. These are real. You can order them.
There's some interesting work going on in motor electromagnetics, but the "greater than 100%" motor probably isn't it.
It looks like they just re-invented the netnews protocol, which works in a very similar way.
He could have made a claim that a database of software used for comparison is fair use. Google makes similar arguments. That might have worked.
This is important, because there are too many unapproved power supplies out there. Those are the ones that fail, or worse, catch fire, when loaded up to their rated load.
The heat pipe arrangement looks like an afterthought. A simpler design would have the power semiconductors on the back plate with the fins. That's how industrial power supplies are usually built.
Check out government newscasts from the Middle East (translated to English). It's like watching the other side's version of Fox News. al-Jazeera is way ahead.
The US should be encouraging al-Jazeera, not complaining about it. The US has little to fear from an honest press. (Bush may, but that's a personal problem.)
There's no honor among spammers, by the way. About half the postings are complaints about being ripped off by someone else in the business.
Specialham's banner ad today is for Bulker.biz. Today, they're hosted in Poland, at "amb186.internetdsl.tpnet.pl".
Worst of all are Craigslist personals, most of which seem to come from room-temperature IQs.
You can still get Windows 2000 licenses if you're already a user. "Licenses will continue to be available through downgrade rights available in Volume Licensing programs after end of general availability." Corporate buyers insist on this.
We should have launched an Orion, at least once.
Windows 2000 - the all-business operating system for the new millenium.
The usual places where you rent botnets, Specialham and Spamforum are down today. When the heat is on, they tend to go offline, but come back in days or weeks.
Dummy cameras are really cheap. Buy a few for $4.89 and put them on phone poles near politician's houses.
Deeper drilling for oil has pressure limits. Below 15,000 feet, the pressure is high enough that there's usually only natural gas, not oil. The deepest oil well currently producing in California is 14,570 feet deep. Occidental once drilled to 24,426 feet, but it was a dry hole.
The Xbox 360's position in retail is "those guys made us tie up all that shelf space just before XMas and then botched the launch. And we've still got unsold accessories and games stacked up. Next time, their box goes in the back unless they pay us for positioning".
Well, actually, Michael Jackson and Sony own the copyrights on most of the Beatles' music.
So, when the copyright extension issue comes up, ask this: "Do you want to put more money in the pockets of a man who sleeps with little boys?"
I'm surprised that some reasonably well thought of investors fell for the thing. Remember the comment when it was first unveiled on TV? "Thats it?"
Kamen's Segway fiasco was a mistake. Now he's back on track.
"The Consumer Product Safety Commisssion today announced a recall for all Sony music CDs produced since 2003. If you have a CD from any of the labels listed below, return it by mailing it to the address below and you will receive a free, safe, replacement. Call 800-BAD-SONY for a free return mailer."
"The Department of Homeland Security announced today that all Sony music CDs shipped into the US will be stopped at customs and destroyed as a hazardous item."
"The Justice Department announced the arrest of five Sony executives for violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Sony music CDs with the "trojan horse" were said to violate the "exceeds authorized access" provision of the act. "This is simple hacking and computer crime", said a DOJ spokeman".
"Elliot Spitzer, New York State Attorney General, announced a $1.5 billion lawsuit against Sony for causing damage to computers in New York State. "We have hundreds of firms in New York State trying to get this back door out of their computers. There are confirmed reports that the Brooklyn Mafia has been using this back door to steal credit card numbers. Sony has given organized crime a big boost here, and they're not getting away with it". The Californa and Texas AGs are expected to file similar suits next week."
If this guy wants bare die, it's because he's building a complete system on a chip for some specialized application. That probably means including some analog and power components. An FPGA may not be suitable.
Sites that work just fine at 56K:
The primary use of broadband is to deliver ads. At the consumer's expense. No wonder 30% of users don't want it.
Remember FreePC?
It's quite possible to get physical realism for the NPCs. The hard part is physical realism for the player characters. You have such limited control over the character that if it is running in a physically realistic simulation, it has to be nearly autonomous.
But, sadly, I wouldn't recommend QNX for a new startup that doesn't absolutely need hard real time. Since QNX was acquired by Harmon (the parent of JBL, Harmon-Kardon, and various other audio companies), the company hasn't been working at keeping small customers happy. The lead architect of QNX died about two years ago, and there's been a brainpower exodus since then. The last third party books about QNX have gone out of print. The free version of QNX has been discontinued, and so the open source community is doing few, if any, QNX ports.
It's a great technology. But the marketing and support end of the company is focusing on major automotive suppliers. If you're not in that space (or you compete with any of Harmon's business units) you're probably not going to be happy.
Long Lake is projected by its promoters to come in at $9/bbl, but that's a projection, not an actual. Long Lake is the one to watch, because it doesn't need natural gas. (Sources of energy that need another source of energy to power them are a problem.)
The big bottleneck right now is that Fort McMurray, the local town, is full. Their sewerage plant is at capacity. limiting growth. The town and the province are arguing over who pays for the expansion. The whole Fort McMurray area has only 75,000 people, but it will be a major industrial city in a decade, somewhat to the annoyance of people who moved there to "get away from it all". But that will be worked out.
Fort McMurray is promoting itself as a vacation destination.. "Experience the Energy of Fort McMurray with a tour of Syncrude Canada Ltd. or Suncor Energy mine sites. See the earth move before your eyes as shovels carrying 100 tons load 380 ton payload trucks with the rich, black oil sand. Follow the process from mining to pipeline and see how the sand is reclaimed as a productive partner in the natural environment." So there's your next vacation.