>>>Chest pounding vibrations. That's all I'll say.
The Rez videogame already provides a vibrator to "enhanced" game play. Not just imagine if you were a female watching a Sybian video...... not only could you see the action but also feel it as well.
>>>I think by photography, you mean photographic film
Well since you were nitpicking the original author's choice of words, then I will be nitpicky too. A digital image is not really a photograph ("light written" i.e. on paper). It still captures light, but it is not done on paper, but instead by a charge-coupled device (CCD). A digital image is a photoelectronic, not a photographic, and thus the OP was correct when he called the photograph a dead or dying art, which frees silver for use in other applications.
Wow. That HP ink costs 70 times more than crude oil. This is why I bought a laserprinter rather than an inkjet. The initial cost is high, but the ink is your typical photocopier toner, and can last 5000 or more pages. After you pass the first 800 pages the laserprinter is actually cheaper overall.
I've never read a newspaper a day in my life, other than some stupid school assignments to cut-out articles and write reports about them. I simply didn't see the need when local news provided all the information that mattered, and with the purchase of my first 1 kbit/s modem in 1988 it became even less important. I could read the news online.
That was the 80s/90s.
Now today local news has expanded from 1 hour a day to 5 hours a day, plus cable news, plus web. I didn't need the paper then and I certainly don't need it now.
Ya know "objective reporting" is a myth. Prior to 1950 the Philadelphia Inquirer proudly trumpeted that it was pro-Republican. Many papers had the words directly in their names - "The Peoria Democrat".
And I see nothing wrong with that. Newspapers were invented as a way for the owner to express his views. If you didn't like those views, create a competing newspaper. That's what liberty and "free press" means... to say whatever you want to say, even if it's biased towards your own view.
My Amish-american neighbors use a lot of horsewhips, although they probably just make them from last years' dead cow skin, rather than buy them.
The Amish are smart. We don't hear them whining about economic collapse, do we? In fact this past year was one of their best years with a huge bumper crop and plenty of excess food to feed their families. They are also exempt from income, SS, and medicare taxes. I wish I was exempt.
I'm surprised that web developers have not developed a method to detect Adblock, and then pop-up a page, "You may not access this site while you have ad-blocking software turned on. Please turn it off. Thank you." - After all nobody has to give you access to their site for free.
By your logic there is no end to government power. The government could make the argument, "If you don't agree to a random road block and search of your trunk, don't buy a car." - Or "if you don't agree to a random police patdown on the sidewalk, don't walk on the public thoroughfare." - Your logic is flawed and the SCOTUS agrees (random searches along roads and sidewalks are unconstitutional). The idea is to protect your freedom and prevent the U.S. from becoming a "papiere bitte" state.
>>>I still stand by my opinion that throwing a tantrum
You just demonstrated yourself to be a fool. If you had bothered to listen to the recording I linked off youtube, then you'd know the young man did NOT throw a tantrum. In fact the way he acted (calm, cool, collected) was admirable, and I hope I act as well if I am ever in that situation.
>>>Tell that to my electric bill, which dropped roughly 25% when I switched to (almost) all CFLs
What? Is your house lit-up like a retail store 18 hours a day??? It would have to be, because I don't see how else you'd see 25% drop just because you reduced your overall power by ~30 bulbs * 45 watts. That's trivial compared to how much power is used by refrigerators, water heaters, and central heat/air conditioning.
In my own house I saw no difference whatsoever. My lighting expense is virtually nothing compared to all the other power-sucking devices (heat pump, freezer, et cetera) that are running.
If fluorescent tubes/bulbs start to flicker or dim, you can rejuvenate them by leaving them turned-on a long, long time. I first discovered this while staying in a hotel with a bad bathroom bulb that at first flickered, and then developed the habit of never fully turning-on. So I left it on for a week solid. After that it worked just fine.
>>>You're still burning just a little over 1/3 the power.
If you take into account that CFLs are reactive power, which requires the electric company to burn about twice as much coal to "rebalance" the power factor to one, then you're using 2/3 the power of the incandescent. For such a trivially small savings (~35%) and the inherent disadvantages (mercury poisoning, flickering start, heat-sensitive) why not just stick with the superior incandescent?
>>>looking directly at the bulbs with the human eye is not a very accurate measure.
Lots of science is done with the human eye as instrument. Besides it's as if the difference is miniscule. They are mounted side-by-side, and the incandescent bulb is *clearly* brighter than the CFL.
One thing ARM doesn't have, however, is Windows,' McAllister writes
VHS-C was compatible with people's home machines, so you could use your camcorder to tape family or vacations, and then just pop it into your VHS VCR to watch it on the big screen TV. With Sony's Video8 that wasn't possible, so VHS-C quickly dominated the camcorder market.
I expect the same thing to happen in netbooks - People have Windows on their PCs (both home and work). They'll want to have Windows on their netbooks too, so they can move their docs or applications back-and-forth easily. So Intel/Windows will eventually come to dominate.
My Insight's lifetime average is 91.x MPG, with a peak average of 122 MPG during a sight-seeing trip through Idaho and Utah (I-15). Can Toyota, Ford, or any other hybrid achieve that? I suggest you withdraw your comment as demonstrably false.
>>>It is possible to make a regenerative system that is very close to 100% efficie
Tesla apparently claims the best they've ever seen is only 64%. Real world average is closer to 30-40%. You don't seem to have any concept of energy losses when you change from one form (kinetic) to another form (electric) to another (chemical), or the inherent inefficiencies of a moving vehicle (KE lost to air resistance).
And as for pads, my Honda hybrid has them but I don't use them, due to my desire to capture as much energy as possible. I press the pedal just enough to get regen without using my pads.
>>>Yes, I know. But air resistance/friction doesn't apply as we were talking about what fraction of the vehicle's kinetic energy is recovered by regenerative braking. >>>
False. The kinetic energy is being "burned up" by the air. If you don't believe me, accelerate to 40 and then shift to neutral. Your car will stop simply due to that air friction (plus tires but mostly air). Since the KE is being dissipated by the air, the regenerative braking cannot recover it and put it back in the battery. That energy has been lost.
>>>could be improved arbitrarily by advanced technologies
You like to use that word a lot, but there's nothing "arbitrary" about engineering. We are confined by the laws imposed by our universe, which requires a loss every time you convert one form of energy to another. That is not arbitrary; it is well defined.
64% is extremely good, and frankly I don't believe it. Around 33% is the norm with 50% in ideal conditions.
>>>You claim the insight's sweet spot is 50mph. Have you tried 30 mph?
The 5th gear in the insight doesn't go that low. You'd have to shift to 4th gear which of course is not as efficient due to the lower engine-to-wheel ratio. For combustion engines the most efficient RPM is in the 1800-1900 range. (Aside - greenercars.org rates the insight as about 7 points cleaner than an EV1 (i.e. 58 v. 51). The Prius was rated equal to the EV1.)
>>>So while I agree that our industrial might is gone, it wasn't very great then either.
I disagree. Rommel and the other German generals knew quite well that 1920s America was an industrial power house that had dominated the world, and once America entered the war Germany would be outproduced and squashed - just as had happened in 1917 and 18.
>>>A council like you describe would just be a third house of legislature
The Constitutional Council would not be a "legislature", because it would not be passing laws (obviously). It would merely exist for the purpose of nullifying them. Example decision: "We the 50 States assembled have determined by majority vote that the ban upon medical marijuana to be an unconstitutional usurpation of power by the Congress, per amendment 10. We shall stand with California, Florida,..., New Hampshire in nullifying this U.S. law."
Another example: "We the 50 States assembled have determined by majority vote that raising the drinking age to 21 (or else face losing federal highway funds) to be an unconstitutional usurpation of power by the Congress, per amendment 10. We shall stand together in nullifying this U.S. law."
Yes well, even in th early 1800s it was clear we needed some separate body to determine Constitutionality. To have the Supreme Court doing the job, is akin to having Microsoft police itself to be a "good business". It makes no logical sense.
Better to have the 50 States create their own independent body, and via cooperation, nullify any U.S. law they consider a violation of amendment 10, or other parts of the Constitution.
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>>>Chest pounding vibrations. That's all I'll say.
The Rez videogame already provides a vibrator to "enhanced" game play. Not just imagine if you were a female watching a Sybian video...... not only could you see the action but also feel it as well.
>>>I think by photography, you mean photographic film
Well since you were nitpicking the original author's choice of words, then I will be nitpicky too. A digital image is not really a photograph ("light written" i.e. on paper). It still captures light, but it is not done on paper, but instead by a charge-coupled device (CCD). A digital image is a photoelectronic, not a photographic, and thus the OP was correct when he called the photograph a dead or dying art, which frees silver for use in other applications.
Wow. That HP ink costs 70 times more than crude oil. This is why I bought a laserprinter rather than an inkjet. The initial cost is high, but the ink is your typical photocopier toner, and can last 5000 or more pages. After you pass the first 800 pages the laserprinter is actually cheaper overall.
On 9/11/2001 the Twin Towers were attacked By terrorists. In November 2001 President Gore declared war on Afghanistan.
Hmmm. There appears to be something wrong with my history book.
I've never read a newspaper a day in my life, other than some stupid school assignments to cut-out articles and write reports about them. I simply didn't see the need when local news provided all the information that mattered, and with the purchase of my first 1 kbit/s modem in 1988 it became even less important. I could read the news online.
That was the 80s/90s.
Now today local news has expanded from 1 hour a day to 5 hours a day, plus cable news, plus web. I didn't need the paper then and I certainly don't need it now.
Ya know "objective reporting" is a myth. Prior to 1950 the Philadelphia Inquirer proudly trumpeted that it was pro-Republican. Many papers had the words directly in their names - "The Peoria Democrat".
And I see nothing wrong with that. Newspapers were invented as a way for the owner to express his views. If you didn't like those views, create a competing newspaper. That's what liberty and "free press" means... to say whatever you want to say, even if it's biased towards your own view.
My Amish-american neighbors use a lot of horsewhips, although they probably just make them from last years' dead cow skin, rather than buy them.
The Amish are smart. We don't hear them whining about economic collapse, do we? In fact this past year was one of their best years with a huge bumper crop and plenty of excess food to feed their families. They are also exempt from income, SS, and medicare taxes. I wish I was exempt.
I'm surprised that web developers have not developed a method to detect Adblock, and then pop-up a page, "You may not access this site while you have ad-blocking software turned on. Please turn it off. Thank you." - After all nobody has to give you access to their site for free.
>>>Christ, GET A FUCKING GRIP, people.
By your logic there is no end to government power. The government could make the argument, "If you don't agree to a random road block and search of your trunk, don't buy a car." - Or "if you don't agree to a random police patdown on the sidewalk, don't walk on the public thoroughfare." - Your logic is flawed and the SCOTUS agrees (random searches along roads and sidewalks are unconstitutional). The idea is to protect your freedom and prevent the U.S. from becoming a "papiere bitte" state.
>>>I still stand by my opinion that throwing a tantrum
You just demonstrated yourself to be a fool. If you had bothered to listen to the recording I linked off youtube, then you'd know the young man did NOT throw a tantrum. In fact the way he acted (calm, cool, collected) was admirable, and I hope I act as well if I am ever in that situation.
>>>Tell that to my electric bill, which dropped roughly 25% when I switched to (almost) all CFLs
What? Is your house lit-up like a retail store 18 hours a day??? It would have to be, because I don't see how else you'd see 25% drop just because you reduced your overall power by ~30 bulbs * 45 watts. That's trivial compared to how much power is used by refrigerators, water heaters, and central heat/air conditioning.
In my own house I saw no difference whatsoever. My lighting expense is virtually nothing compared to all the other power-sucking devices (heat pump, freezer, et cetera) that are running.
If fluorescent tubes/bulbs start to flicker or dim, you can rejuvenate them by leaving them turned-on a long, long time. I first discovered this while staying in a hotel with a bad bathroom bulb that at first flickered, and then developed the habit of never fully turning-on. So I left it on for a week solid. After that it worked just fine.
>>>You're still burning just a little over 1/3 the power.
If you take into account that CFLs are reactive power, which requires the electric company to burn about twice as much coal to "rebalance" the power factor to one, then you're using 2/3 the power of the incandescent. For such a trivially small savings (~35%) and the inherent disadvantages (mercury poisoning, flickering start, heat-sensitive) why not just stick with the superior incandescent?
>>>looking directly at the bulbs with the human eye is not a very accurate measure.
Lots of science is done with the human eye as instrument. Besides it's as if the difference is miniscule. They are mounted side-by-side, and the incandescent bulb is *clearly* brighter than the CFL.
One thing ARM doesn't have, however, is Windows,' McAllister writes
VHS-C was compatible with people's home machines, so you could use your camcorder to tape family or vacations, and then just pop it into your VHS VCR to watch it on the big screen TV. With Sony's Video8 that wasn't possible, so VHS-C quickly dominated the camcorder market.
I expect the same thing to happen in netbooks - People have Windows on their PCs (both home and work). They'll want to have Windows on their netbooks too, so they can move their docs or applications back-and-forth easily. So Intel/Windows will eventually come to dominate.
>>>Honda's IMA system sucks.
My Insight's lifetime average is 91.x MPG, with a peak average of 122 MPG during a sight-seeing trip through Idaho and Utah (I-15). Can Toyota, Ford, or any other hybrid achieve that? I suggest you withdraw your comment as demonstrably false.
>>>It is possible to make a regenerative system that is very close to 100% efficie
Tesla apparently claims the best they've ever seen is only 64%. Real world average is closer to 30-40%. You don't seem to have any concept of energy losses when you change from one form (kinetic) to another form (electric) to another (chemical), or the inherent inefficiencies of a moving vehicle (KE lost to air resistance).
And as for pads, my Honda hybrid has them but I don't use them, due to my desire to capture as much energy as possible. I press the pedal just enough to get regen without using my pads.
>>>Yes, I know. But air resistance/friction doesn't apply as we were talking about what fraction of the vehicle's kinetic energy is recovered by regenerative braking.
>>>
False. The kinetic energy is being "burned up" by the air. If you don't believe me, accelerate to 40 and then shift to neutral. Your car will stop simply due to that air friction (plus tires but mostly air). Since the KE is being dissipated by the air, the regenerative braking cannot recover it and put it back in the battery. That energy has been lost.
>>>could be improved arbitrarily by advanced technologies
You like to use that word a lot, but there's nothing "arbitrary" about engineering. We are confined by the laws imposed by our universe, which requires a loss every time you convert one form of energy to another. That is not arbitrary; it is well defined.
64% is extremely good, and frankly I don't believe it. Around 33% is the norm with 50% in ideal conditions.
>>>You claim the insight's sweet spot is 50mph. Have you tried 30 mph?
The 5th gear in the insight doesn't go that low. You'd have to shift to 4th gear which of course is not as efficient due to the lower engine-to-wheel ratio. For combustion engines the most efficient RPM is in the 1800-1900 range. (Aside - greenercars.org rates the insight as about 7 points cleaner than an EV1 (i.e. 58 v. 51). The Prius was rated equal to the EV1.)
>>"you have to turn over your encryption keys".
Which violates Article 8-1. I just said that.
Whatever. Either way you still get caught, and lose ISP access. Encryption is not going to protect you from this law.
>>>So while I agree that our industrial might is gone, it wasn't very great then either.
I disagree. Rommel and the other German generals knew quite well that 1920s America was an industrial power house that had dominated the world, and once America entered the war Germany would be outproduced and squashed - just as had happened in 1917 and 18.
I wouldn't care if the game had the player go-around killing kittens and little girls in pink dresses.
The key is not to suppress free expression, but instead simply vote with your dollar or euro (don't buy the game).
>>>A council like you describe would just be a third house of legislature
The Constitutional Council would not be a "legislature", because it would not be passing laws (obviously). It would merely exist for the purpose of nullifying them. Example decision: "We the 50 States assembled have determined by majority vote that the ban upon medical marijuana to be an unconstitutional usurpation of power by the Congress, per amendment 10. We shall stand with California, Florida, ..., New Hampshire in nullifying this U.S. law."
Another example: "We the 50 States assembled have determined by majority vote that raising the drinking age to 21 (or else face losing federal highway funds) to be an unconstitutional usurpation of power by the Congress, per amendment 10. We shall stand together in nullifying this U.S. law."
Yes well, even in th early 1800s it was clear we needed some separate body to determine Constitutionality. To have the Supreme Court doing the job, is akin to having Microsoft police itself to be a "good business". It makes no logical sense.
Better to have the 50 States create their own independent body, and via cooperation, nullify any U.S. law they consider a violation of amendment 10, or other parts of the Constitution.