The *proper* fix would be to redesign the charging circuit to continuously monitor feed impedance.
They already do that, by monitoring the voltage drop when the load is applied. That doesn't cover all cases though, because fires are more often caused by high resistance or intermittent junctions. If you get say a 5% voltage drop because of wire resistance it's probably no big deal because the heat dissipation is spread out over the length of the wiring. A similar drop caused by a poor junction might glow because it's concentrated in one spot. I believe that poor junctions often exhibit short term fluctuations because they're loose and intermittent, and that's the additional thing that this software mod looks for.
My guess is that the producers liked the design of the mac laptops, but didn't want to risk being sued by Apple or just didn't want their product associated with Apple etc.
More like Apple wasn't ponying up any money for advertising. Anytime you see a product in a movie or TV show, with its label intact, the producers are getting paid for the product placement.
One place I worked we made satcom terminals, back when they were $30k monstrosities (we had the lightest on the market and it was still 30-40 pounds). There was a product placement in the movie "Under Siege", and they got two free satcom terminals for it. I think one was for Steven Seagal personally.
They used tricks, like reducing the filament voltage, to improve tube life. Nevertheless it was a problem, and I think these new solid state models show promise.
I should also point out that the entire concept of "radiative forcing" this is based on was refuted a few years ago, and so far that refutation has not been successfully challenged.
The pause in temperature rise has been written off as merely the effect of solar minimum. Now they would like to erase any effect of solar input. Have the cake and eat it too!
Of course, since there has never been a case of a periodic variation superimposed on an upward trend.
If the sun isn't the major driver of temperature then why is it colder at night?
Look up the difference between weather and climate.
Also why isn't the effect of carbon dioxide cumulative? How can we have colder years... shouldn't every year have to be warmer than the past?
I don't understand that either, since CO2 is the only factor affecting climate, and the data for this sort of thing is always completely stable and noise free.
The guy he was convicted of fooling around with was 19. The age of consent in the UK is 16. If you know of instances where his partner was below that age, please cite the evidence.
So is the Tea Party, the group that wants to severely cut the Federal Government, sill a bunch of idiots. Or have they been right the entire time and the rest of you are finally catching on.
The entire idea that by limiting the size (i.e. spending) of the federal government, you'll limit this sort of abuse, is nonsense. The budget for this program, or the entire NSA, is a tiny part of the federal budget. You could cut federal spending by a factor of 10, and there would still be plenty of money for this sort of thing.
Chances are that for many interesting applications (graph-based stream and image processing, anyone?), this won't be slower than C, and perhaps faster in many cases
Benchmarks? I've heard lots of theories about why language X might beat C, but rarely have I seen it backed by benchmarks. Even the "for certain cases" thing rarely works out.
You've given solid citations regarding which toys boys and girls prefer. However, I never questioned that. Skimming the articles though, I saw no reference to CS. To infer that one implies the other is making an utterly unfounded assumption.
First the obvious - it's an anecdote. Even putting that aside...
Learned helplessness.
No, she learned to pretend to be helpless. That she already knew how to change an alternator proves she wasn't helpless.
When I first learned to work on cars I thought it was interesting and it gave me a sense of accomplishment. Many years later, I still do some of my own work, but I hate it. If I could pull your sister's trick I probably would. Don't blame women for doing it though - blame men who are dumb enough to fall for it.
BTW once you notice the, tip toes, drop heals to make boobs bounce thing, you see it everywhere. Anybody got any alternative explanations for this body language? It's always related to a girl wanting to get her way.
I'll have to watch for it more.
BTW, who was she using this trick on? I can see the "if you help me I'll show you that again" approach, but that wouldn't work on her family. Or are you saying that its value goes beyond the obvious appeal to unrelated heterosexual men?
The gender roles have been heavily researched the last 50 years, mostly under the assumption that they were a social construction. Many experiments have been made with gender neutral or even gender reversed upbringing; they have all failed horribly.
Please explain what types of gender roles these studies have looked at. You're assuming that because there may be a biological basis for some gender roles, that all perceived gender roles, like an interest in and/or aptitude for CS, must have a biological basis. Frankly that's sloppy reasoning. For example, at one time it was thought that men were better suited for scientific study, as is required to get an M.D. Yet for some time now the majority of M.D.'s have been awarded to women. So much for that gender role.
Go to your local bookstore or online bookstore and look for books on raising kids, specifically targeted at either boys or girls. Check the author's qualification. Buy them and read them. Those are your citation.
That's a citation? You're kidding me. Authors of such books don't care about cross-cultural studies or biological experiments. They're only concerned about what they think are appropriate ways to raise boys and girls in our society.
Female apes, even young ones, tend to be more social while male apes tend to form groups to accomplish something. [emphasis added]
Forming a group is a social activity, regardless of the goal. And as for females being social without intending to "accomplish something", you don't, for example, consider assisting each other in caring for young to be accomplishing something?
Young female apes pay more attention to their elders while young male apes go off to play and screw around.
An antiquated view - no such generalization can be made. Watch a more up-to-date documentary.
if gender is a social/cultural construct, why have almost all of the cultures and civilizations we know about developed along similar gender lines?
How have they developed along gender lines? Males are more likely to be hunters and warriors, and females to raise young children? That's true, but has nothing to do with CS (a subject surprisingly absent from traditional societies). I've never had to use a spear in programming, so let's look at something more relevant, like science. Girls Lead in Science Exam, but Not in the United States is a good example, that shows that the "boys are better at science" notion is culturally determined.
Unfortunately, personal observations and theories are all anybody's got on this issue.
In other words, they've got squat. It's better to admit you have no useful information, than to pretend that the very poor and easily biased information you do have is useful.
Girls innately prioritize socialization... Give girls toy trucks, and they treat them like dolls, anthropomorphizing them.. Give dolls to boys and they'll treat them like space ships, or have them fight or whatever...
To you, and all the others on this thread arguing for either the nature or nurture side, a simple question: how do you know this? I'm not interested in your personal observations, because they're horribly biased. If it's based on scientific work, please cite it. As an exercise, then proceed to cite the scientific work that says the opposite. The whole question is far from settled.
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The *proper* fix would be to redesign the charging circuit to continuously monitor feed impedance.
They already do that, by monitoring the voltage drop when the load is applied. That doesn't cover all cases though, because fires are more often caused by high resistance or intermittent junctions. If you get say a 5% voltage drop because of wire resistance it's probably no big deal because the heat dissipation is spread out over the length of the wiring. A similar drop caused by a poor junction might glow because it's concentrated in one spot. I believe that poor junctions often exhibit short term fluctuations because they're loose and intermittent, and that's the additional thing that this software mod looks for.
Hmm other countries run on 220V with lower Amps and are perfectly fine.
Bonus points if you can explain why the US runs on 120V instead.
My guess is that the producers liked the design of the mac laptops, but didn't want to risk being sued by Apple or just didn't want their product associated with Apple etc.
More like Apple wasn't ponying up any money for advertising. Anytime you see a product in a movie or TV show, with its label intact, the producers are getting paid for the product placement.
One place I worked we made satcom terminals, back when they were $30k monstrosities (we had the lightest on the market and it was still 30-40 pounds). There was a product placement in the movie "Under Siege", and they got two free satcom terminals for it. I think one was for Steven Seagal personally.
going from ~12 tubes to 60k
They used tricks, like reducing the filament voltage, to improve tube life. Nevertheless it was a problem, and I think these new solid state models show promise.
I should also point out that the entire concept of "radiative forcing" this is based on was refuted a few years ago, and so far that refutation has not been successfully challenged.
Cite?
The pause in temperature rise has been written off as merely the effect of solar minimum. Now they would like to erase any effect of solar input. Have the cake and eat it too!
Of course, since there has never been a case of a periodic variation superimposed on an upward trend.
Because science is for chumps.
That gets a -1, while "science is now for true believers" below gets a +5? I'm glad the moderators are unbiased.
You people really ought to go outside once in a while. I think they let programmers out every other Sunday.
If the sun isn't the major driver of temperature then why is it colder at night?
Look up the difference between weather and climate.
Also why isn't the effect of carbon dioxide cumulative? How can we have colder years ... shouldn't every year have to be warmer than the past?
I don't understand that either, since CO2 is the only factor affecting climate, and the data for this sort of thing is always completely stable and noise free.
Scientists from Edinburgh, Scotland have recently published a study showing that the sun is not a significant driver of recent climate change.
Of course they think that - there is no sun in Edinburgh.
working class youth
The guy he was convicted of fooling around with was 19. The age of consent in the UK is 16. If you know of instances where his partner was below that age, please cite the evidence.
You would think that someone referred to as “the queen” for more than 60 years would be more sympathetic to the gay population.
That was modded down to -1? Has anybody ever heard of a "joke"?
So is the Tea Party, the group that wants to severely cut the Federal Government, sill a bunch of idiots. Or have they been right the entire time and the rest of you are finally catching on.
The entire idea that by limiting the size (i.e. spending) of the federal government, you'll limit this sort of abuse, is nonsense. The budget for this program, or the entire NSA, is a tiny part of the federal budget. You could cut federal spending by a factor of 10, and there would still be plenty of money for this sort of thing.
Chances are that for many interesting applications (graph-based stream and image processing, anyone?), this won't be slower than C, and perhaps faster in many cases
Benchmarks? I've heard lots of theories about why language X might beat C, but rarely have I seen it backed by benchmarks. Even the "for certain cases" thing rarely works out.
The pattern goes all the way down and up in today's post-industrial, post-service economy.
It has nothing to do with today's post-industrial, post-service economy - male bovine manure has always ruled the world.
You've given solid citations regarding which toys boys and girls prefer. However, I never questioned that. Skimming the articles though, I saw no reference to CS. To infer that one implies the other is making an utterly unfounded assumption.
Either we accept what you, and people like you, propose and try to change all cultures around the world ...
Where exactly did I propose any such thing?
First the obvious - it's an anecdote. Even putting that aside ...
Learned helplessness.
No, she learned to pretend to be helpless. That she already knew how to change an alternator proves she wasn't helpless.
When I first learned to work on cars I thought it was interesting and it gave me a sense of accomplishment. Many years later, I still do some of my own work, but I hate it. If I could pull your sister's trick I probably would. Don't blame women for doing it though - blame men who are dumb enough to fall for it.
BTW once you notice the, tip toes, drop heals to make boobs bounce thing, you see it everywhere. Anybody got any alternative explanations for this body language? It's always related to a girl wanting to get her way.
I'll have to watch for it more.
BTW, who was she using this trick on? I can see the "if you help me I'll show you that again" approach, but that wouldn't work on her family. Or are you saying that its value goes beyond the obvious appeal to unrelated heterosexual men?
The gender roles have been heavily researched the last 50 years, mostly under the assumption that they were a social construction. Many experiments have been made with gender neutral or even gender reversed upbringing; they have all failed horribly.
Please explain what types of gender roles these studies have looked at. You're assuming that because there may be a biological basis for some gender roles, that all perceived gender roles, like an interest in and/or aptitude for CS, must have a biological basis. Frankly that's sloppy reasoning. For example, at one time it was thought that men were better suited for scientific study, as is required to get an M.D. Yet for some time now the majority of M.D.'s have been awarded to women. So much for that gender role.
Are you a parent?
Yes, a boy and a girl.
Go to your local bookstore or online bookstore and look for books on raising kids, specifically targeted at either boys or girls. Check the author's qualification. Buy them and read them. Those are your citation.
That's a citation? You're kidding me. Authors of such books don't care about cross-cultural studies or biological experiments. They're only concerned about what they think are appropriate ways to raise boys and girls in our society.
Female apes, even young ones, tend to be more social while male apes tend to form groups to accomplish something. [emphasis added]
Forming a group is a social activity, regardless of the goal. And as for females being social without intending to "accomplish something", you don't, for example, consider assisting each other in caring for young to be accomplishing something?
Young female apes pay more attention to their elders while young male apes go off to play and screw around.
An antiquated view - no such generalization can be made. Watch a more up-to-date documentary.
if gender is a social/cultural construct, why have almost all of the cultures and civilizations we know about developed along similar gender lines?
How have they developed along gender lines? Males are more likely to be hunters and warriors, and females to raise young children? That's true, but has nothing to do with CS (a subject surprisingly absent from traditional societies). I've never had to use a spear in programming, so let's look at something more relevant, like science. Girls Lead in Science Exam, but Not in the United States is a good example, that shows that the "boys are better at science" notion is culturally determined.
Unfortunately, personal observations and theories are all anybody's got on this issue.
In other words, they've got squat. It's better to admit you have no useful information, than to pretend that the very poor and easily biased information you do have is useful.
Nevermind women. I can usually spot one of those.
Then you're doing better than the average geek.
which impediments their efforts to become literate
Clearly that's true.
Girls innately prioritize socialization ... Give girls toy trucks, and they treat them like dolls, anthropomorphizing them.. Give dolls to boys and they'll treat them like space ships, or have them fight or whatever ...
To you, and all the others on this thread arguing for either the nature or nurture side, a simple question: how do you know this? I'm not interested in your personal observations, because they're horribly biased. If it's based on scientific work, please cite it. As an exercise, then proceed to cite the scientific work that says the opposite. The whole question is far from settled.