60 mA at 60 Hz? Hell yes that's dangerous. Neon sign transformers don't have enough energy for arc-flash or serious heat damage, but they can drive plenty of current through your heart. They can, however, be trouble-shot safely. If you can draw an arc form the transformer and the short-circuit current is in spec, the problem is the tube or the insulation somewhere in the system. Resistance at the terminals of the transformer (as measured with 10 volts or more) should be at least several Mohm. If it's less than that, replace rotted HV cables and wipe case of transformer and sign tube with isopropanol.
If you can't draw an arc, the transformer is potted in tar and the labor to repair one (if it can even be done) is far more expensive than the replacement.
If neither of the above fixes it, you'll have to get a new sign.
The behavior of a switch-mode supply when driving something other than the specified load is somewhat unpredictable, so testing the power supply in that case requires replacement with a known-good part to see if the problem is fixed.
I agree on random read performance, but random write speed is pretty much irrelevant. You can always cache writes to ram and write out the cache sequentially when convenient.
Er, why don't you want to live in a "pure lasse-faire, do what you will and harm none society."? What right do you have to restrict the actions of others when they cause no harm?
For the same of argument I'll allow for same-sex and even more-than-2-person mutually monogamous lifetime bonds to be considered a marriage. Not that I would be happy living in such a society, but if you are going to have a lasse-faire society, such unconventional arrangements will be part of the picture.
Oh, so you're one of those people. I do not feel like convincing you that your gut feelings are irrational. It is not worth my time.
I will use an example which at its core is based on love but I'm sure most would agree is heavily laden with baggage: The ideal that when two virgins get married, they are able to give a gift to each other that cannot be given if they are not both virgins. For the sake of discussion assume virgins means no sexual contact at all, no petting, no heavy kissing, etc.
Now, even if you strip away all the moral and religious reasons why virginity is a virtue, it is still true that when two virgins get married, they have two things that non-virgins do not have:
* They can share their first sexual experience with someone they will love and who they plan to be with until they die.
* They will not ever be comparing sex with their current love with sex or sexual activities with anyone else.
* No sex before marriage, generally no STD infection at the time of your marriage.
* Even among non-virgins, the fewer times a person has sexual encounters before marriage, the fewer encounters there are to compare with the current lover.
These are exactly the sort of hangups I'm talking about Marriage, believe it or not, hasn't been about love for a majority of the history of western civilization. Love, where it exists, is a deeper feeling than a desire to ravish your lover and a mutual appreciation for 1950s musical theatre. Love implies a mutual admiration of the other's personality and intellect. It is not the sort of thing that you throw away because you didn't get to deflower your bride, or because your highschool boyfriend was better at cunnilingus Most people will never be in this kind of relationship, and that's ok. Humans, for the most part, are predisposed to serial monogamy, and forcing them into lifelong pair bonding based on sex is doomed from the outset.
Virginity is not special. Sex is only one point in an infinite continuum of things in life that can only be experienced for the first time once. Someday I would like to be with a virgin, but certainly not while I am still a virgin myself. I desire that experience for the same reason I taught my kid sister Gauss-Jordan elimination: a person having a new experience or coming to understand something new is a beautiful thing to watch. It is, however, difficult to observe while one is distracted by one's own experience. Would you like to learn linear algebra from an twelve year old who didn't understand it and had no experience with rigorous proofs? Similarly, I would not want to lose my virginity to a virgin.
STD's are only a problem if one-night-stands are widespread and/or society considers it offensive to ask for blood tests before beginning a sexual relationship. Abstinence-till-marriage throws the baby out with the bath water. It is also an unrealistic expectation of actual people. Condoms are surprisingly effective if your sexual education program includes their proper use.
This is but one example that can show at least some harm even without baggage. There are no doubt others but I'm not going to spend time creating a list today.
Which is why I said, "...and create a social and legal structure that prevents harmful sexual contact with children and mitigates adverse affects when such contact cannot be prevented."
This may mean ever few months asking the victim if she wants to talk about the abuse, but, unless it's obvious she's in need of counseling at the time, respecting her right to not talk about it right now.
It would appear that your mental model of child sexual exploitation is strongly based in stereotypes.
Furthermore, I take issue with your unjustified assumption that people process events subconsciously over many years. I contend that people's perception of the past is always colored by their current worldview and socialization, which of course changes over time.
For a moment, discard all cultural baggage surrounding sexuality. In the absence of such baggage, why and how is sexual contact between children of similar age damaging? Between children and older children? Teenagers? Adults? Once we have understood what inherent effects sexual experiences have on children, we can implement the optimal solution of eliminating cultural baggage (which I suspect would have numerous unrelated benefits) and create a social and legal structure that prevents harmful sexual contact with children and mitigates adverse affects when such contact cannot be prevented.
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Protip: Macs and Linux boxen are PCs.
Proper trolling is successful. Any other properties it may have are entirely incidental.
Assuming worst case for your numbers, they spend almost twice as much per capita as we do.
3e12 / 307 006 550 = 9 771.77848
2.2e12 / 127 560 000 = 17 246.7858
You're not going to convince anyone if you make them do the work. What incentive do they have to take on the cost (their time) of you being wrong?
DHCP? Are 2 second leases the new black or something?
When brandishing the italics, please be sure to cite your sources and be certain that the claims you make still hold when adjusted for population.
That is, the resistance the transformer sees, not the resistance looking into the transformer.
You fail electromagnetics forever.
Au contraire! They are a wonderfully cheap supply of large mains transformers which can be used as-is or rewound for every occasion.
60 mA at 60 Hz? Hell yes that's dangerous. Neon sign transformers don't have enough energy for arc-flash or serious heat damage, but they can drive plenty of current through your heart. They can, however, be trouble-shot safely. If you can draw an arc form the transformer and the short-circuit current is in spec, the problem is the tube or the insulation somewhere in the system. Resistance at the terminals of the transformer (as measured with 10 volts or more) should be at least several Mohm. If it's less than that, replace rotted HV cables and wipe case of transformer and sign tube with isopropanol.
If you can't draw an arc, the transformer is potted in tar and the labor to repair one (if it can even be done) is far more expensive than the replacement. If neither of the above fixes it, you'll have to get a new sign.
The behavior of a switch-mode supply when driving something other than the specified load is somewhat unpredictable, so testing the power supply in that case requires replacement with a known-good part to see if the problem is fixed.
Sometimes it is better to ask forgiveness than permission.
Cower some more, feeb.
I agree on random read performance, but random write speed is pretty much irrelevant. You can always cache writes to ram and write out the cache sequentially when convenient.
8b/10b error correcting code.
My EEE 701 hits most of those.
Except for being low-contrast light grey text and not showing the whole url, yeah.
I still have mine.
10 dB is 10 times the volume. 3 dB is twice the volume.
Prints? Why? Don't you have a screen for that?
Au contraire. We acknowledge that our use case is unusual, but we also believe it to be superior.
Microsoft Signature. (filter busting text)
Because that's what directory names are for? I keep my porn in an encrypted container that gets mounted at ~/Pictures/porn.
Yo momma so fat, she got her own autonomous system!
Er, why don't you want to live in a "pure lasse-faire, do what you will and harm none society."? What right do you have to restrict the actions of others when they cause no harm?
For the same of argument I'll allow for same-sex and even more-than-2-person mutually monogamous lifetime bonds to be considered a marriage. Not that I would be happy living in such a society, but if you are going to have a lasse-faire society, such unconventional arrangements will be part of the picture.
Oh, so you're one of those people. I do not feel like convincing you that your gut feelings are irrational. It is not worth my time.
I will use an example which at its core is based on love but I'm sure most would agree is heavily laden with baggage: The ideal that when two virgins get married, they are able to give a gift to each other that cannot be given if they are not both virgins. For the sake of discussion assume virgins means no sexual contact at all, no petting, no heavy kissing, etc.
Now, even if you strip away all the moral and religious reasons why virginity is a virtue, it is still true that when two virgins get married, they have two things that non-virgins do not have:
* They can share their first sexual experience with someone they will love and who they plan to be with until they die.
* They will not ever be comparing sex with their current love with sex or sexual activities with anyone else.
* No sex before marriage, generally no STD infection at the time of your marriage.
* Even among non-virgins, the fewer times a person has sexual encounters before marriage, the fewer encounters there are to compare with the current lover.
These are exactly the sort of hangups I'm talking about Marriage, believe it or not, hasn't been about love for a majority of the history of western civilization. Love, where it exists, is a deeper feeling than a desire to ravish your lover and a mutual appreciation for 1950s musical theatre. Love implies a mutual admiration of the other's personality and intellect. It is not the sort of thing that you throw away because you didn't get to deflower your bride, or because your highschool boyfriend was better at cunnilingus Most people will never be in this kind of relationship, and that's ok. Humans, for the most part, are predisposed to serial monogamy, and forcing them into lifelong pair bonding based on sex is doomed from the outset.
Virginity is not special. Sex is only one point in an infinite continuum of things in life that can only be experienced for the first time once. Someday I would like to be with a virgin, but certainly not while I am still a virgin myself. I desire that experience for the same reason I taught my kid sister Gauss-Jordan elimination: a person having a new experience or coming to understand something new is a beautiful thing to watch. It is, however, difficult to observe while one is distracted by one's own experience. Would you like to learn linear algebra from an twelve year old who didn't understand it and had no experience with rigorous proofs? Similarly, I would not want to lose my virginity to a virgin.
STD's are only a problem if one-night-stands are widespread and/or society considers it offensive to ask for blood tests before beginning a sexual relationship. Abstinence-till-marriage throws the baby out with the bath water. It is also an unrealistic expectation of actual people. Condoms are surprisingly effective if your sexual education program includes their proper use.
This is but one example that can show at least some harm even without baggage. There are no doubt others but I'm not going to spend time creating a list today.
Which is why I said, "...and create a social and legal structure that prevents harmful sexual contact with children and mitigates adverse affects when such contact cannot be prevented."
you as the non-offending parent
This may mean ever few months asking the victim if she wants to talk about the abuse, but, unless it's obvious she's in need of counseling at the time, respecting her right to not talk about it right now.
It would appear that your mental model of child sexual exploitation is strongly based in stereotypes.
Furthermore, I take issue with your unjustified assumption that people process events subconsciously over many years. I contend that people's perception of the past is always colored by their current worldview and socialization, which of course changes over time.
For a moment, discard all cultural baggage surrounding sexuality. In the absence of such baggage, why and how is sexual contact between children of similar age damaging? Between children and older children? Teenagers? Adults? Once we have understood what inherent effects sexual experiences have on children, we can implement the optimal solution of eliminating cultural baggage (which I suspect would have numerous unrelated benefits) and create a social and legal structure that prevents harmful sexual contact with children and mitigates adverse affects when such contact cannot be prevented.