The video is of a turbine with a failure in the system that pitched the blades during high winds. As another poster noted, the blades will still rotate, slowly.
The video shows a catastrophic failure, caused by a failure in the system, not the blades moving too fast. Did the blade fail (separate from the hub) before it hit the pole? Is the quality of the YouTube video good enough to determine?
The entire unit does not move, but the blades move in the wind and that is what the doppler radar picks up. The rotation of the blades around the hub - going first toward, and then away from the radar antenna causes the appearance of a tornado by the radar.
And - yes the unit does not generate power at higher speeds, but the blades still rotate in the wind when shutdown, so having the units shutdown does not eliminate the issue!
We had a 24 processor AIX machine running our database. During peak periods it was running 90% CPU utilization.
A senior developer (me) looked at the piece of code - rewrote it and now during peak the same CPU only runs 40%!
(The prior programmers were ---- not the best in the world!).
Sometimes throwing hardware at the problem doesn't solve the problem. Running 4 queries and 1 stored procedure to get two integers isn't the smartest way of doing things.
Sorry folks - Way back before the internet as we know it - on the Santa Cruz forums of CompuServe, Stephen J. Vaughan-Nichols was one of the people that provided a lot of support and help to the poor, uneducated (then anyway) System Admin's of SCO machines.
So yea, I believe SJVN is a real person.
And yes, the company calling itself SCO is so totally screwed!
Hanlon's Law - "Never assume malice when stupidity will suffice"
Most people are too lazy to check what things really cost / are worth before bidding. Some "sellers" have retail prices and ebay the same item with the retail price as the *Starting* price.
KDE on a Linux distro. In fact, all their systems appear to be running KDE
As an IT person having worked on Lowes POS (Point of Sale or Piece of S*&t - either applies), it is written in C running on the AIX in the back office being viewed on an 24x80 character terminal at the point of sale!
Lowes is getting more and more Self Check out systems (Not in all stores yet because they need to hide failing stores behind all the extra revenue from the new stores they open).
There are other models going up to several thousands of dollars - my favorite -->$595 uses SMS messages to communicate where its at. Cheap tracking with better transmission capabilities (SMS will often get through in bad cell coverage areas when a call would not).
All that time working their way through all that SPAM!!!
The judge did ask for everything, so lets give them everything that ever appeared in the email - including all those ads for "medications" or buy this stock (so I can get your money), or...
While the land based sensors can detect earthquakes deep in the ocean, having a sensor package near the actual event aids in multiple ways - better location of the actual movement - better understanding of what is moving.
Land based sensors can't give you the detailed information on ocean based earthquakes that you need to further the science of prediction. The article indicates the placement will be in an area know to have pre-cursor (ok spelling stinks) earthquakes, so local sensors could give the kind of warning that can save human lives.
At present it has tanked > 7% which is at the $4.00 mark. Given the severity of the news, I would have expected it to take a dump a lot further than that
This is SCO. The only consistant thing about SCO is the stock does not react to news. Good news, bad news, news about birds in NYC - it doesn't matter to SCO!
Lots of comments about Comcast this and Comcast that, but the header indicated something about Merger talks between baby bells?
I watch that kind of stuff closely (something about wanting to feed the family and not likely layoffs that usually result from such mergers), but nothing has blipped my radar till this!
Ok, anyone have any good stuff I can spread around at the office?
Because it means that MICROSOFT won't be as profitable as before.
Microsoft has fought this since it was first suggested. Some reports put Microsoft at a loss instead of profit for several years because they (Microsoft) were able to hide employee expenses in the stock options.
It remains to be seen if this rule change will have much of an affect outside of reducing stock options more than the dotcom bubble burst did.
Something like the Contax camera. It was listed as Contact in the title, in the film section of ebay. Sold for $1000. In the medium format camera section, they go for $2000 to $2500! I just didn't have a spare grand laying around!
Another proposal in front of the FCC is to allow someone to take his/her phone Number from New York to California. It has either been approved and waiting for implementation, or will be approved soon (assuming the telco's don't bribe the FCC).
What I have (email sig!)
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing -- when you let the small evils pass, larger ones follow.
Edmund Burke.
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You said "If this is what it takes in this modern day and age for the law enforcement agencies to protect us, so be it. "
As Ben Franklin said ->"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Perhaps this will help you understand why it is important to stop this now.
"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing -- when you let the small evils pass, larger ones follow." Edmund Burke.
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster." - Nietzsche
Or try this on for size
"First they came for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up,
because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up,
because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up,
because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me,
and by that time there was no one
left to speak up for me."
Actually I recall reading about a system for ground troops that was in testing around CO. already. The system relied upon these satelites for the communications part.
SO -- the DOJ is a willing customer and wants to blow 72 Million on another toy for the generals!
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The video is of a turbine with a failure in the system that pitched the blades during high winds. As another poster noted, the blades will still rotate, slowly.
The video shows a catastrophic failure, caused by a failure in the system, not the blades moving too fast. Did the blade fail (separate from the hub) before it hit the pole? Is the quality of the YouTube video good enough to determine?
The entire unit does not move, but the blades move in the wind and that is what the doppler radar picks up. The rotation of the blades around the hub - going first toward, and then away from the radar antenna causes the appearance of a tornado by the radar.
And - yes the unit does not generate power at higher speeds, but the blades still rotate in the wind when shutdown, so having the units shutdown does not eliminate the issue!
I think he wants his $100,000 back because all the people contacted through Craigslist (by his department) didn't get arrested or prosecuted!!!
They were smart enough to post on Craigslist, they were smart enough to avoid the police, and he DIDN'T like that!!!
Hmmm - so here we are on a geek web site and you are worried about the stuff in the mag stripe on you license???
So replace it with "Mickey Mouse" born -- whenever you feel like (as long as its 21 years ago or more).
With people sliding their cards, the bouncers are going to be less likely to actually look at the license!
(Just don't pass it to the police officer that pulls you over with the reader in his car!)
We had a 24 processor AIX machine running our database. During peak periods it was running 90% CPU utilization.
A senior developer (me) looked at the piece of code - rewrote it and now during peak the same CPU only runs 40%!
(The prior programmers were ---- not the best in the world!).
Sometimes throwing hardware at the problem doesn't solve the problem. Running 4 queries and 1 stored procedure to get two integers isn't the smartest way of doing things.
Sorry folks - Way back before the internet as we know it - on the Santa Cruz forums of CompuServe, Stephen J. Vaughan-Nichols was one of the people that provided a lot of support and help to the poor, uneducated (then anyway) System Admin's of SCO machines.
So yea, I believe SJVN is a real person.
And yes, the company calling itself SCO is so totally screwed!
Hanlon's Law - "Never assume malice when stupidity will suffice"
Most people are too lazy to check what things really cost / are worth before bidding. Some "sellers" have retail prices and ebay the same item with the retail price as the *Starting* price.
KDE on a Linux distro. In fact, all their systems appear to be running KDE
As an IT person having worked on Lowes POS (Point of Sale or Piece of S*&t - either applies), it is written in C running on the AIX in the back office being viewed on an 24x80 character terminal at the point of sale!
Lowes is getting more and more Self Check out systems (Not in all stores yet because they need to hide failing stores behind all the extra revenue from the new stores they open).
$299 - here http://www.gpsonsale.com/vehicletrackingdevices/in dex.htm/
There are other models going up to several thousands of dollars - my favorite -->$595 uses SMS messages to communicate where its at. Cheap tracking with better transmission capabilities (SMS will often get through in bad cell coverage areas when a call would not).
Reading the article - it appears that there is only one company that does not use Mainland China for all or part. That is Apple.
Even Dells are put together in China! If the commies in china wanted to load something - it would already be there!
The judge did ask for everything, so lets give them everything that ever appeared in the email - including all those ads for "medications" or buy this stock (so I can get your money), or ...
If this is so, then what's with the kids in white shirts and ties on bikes "selling" Mormonism all over town?
If you don't want them coming to your house (ever again) tell them you are a member of the 7th Day Adventis (spell check!)
Works the other way too - don't know why for sure, but they will both avoid you like you have AIDS or something
In the absence of mod points - I have to say - most excellent post!
While the land based sensors can detect earthquakes deep in the ocean, having a sensor package near the actual event aids in multiple ways - better location of the actual movement - better understanding of what is moving.
Land based sensors can't give you the detailed information on ocean based earthquakes that you need to further the science of prediction. The article indicates the placement will be in an area know to have pre-cursor (ok spelling stinks) earthquakes, so local sensors could give the kind of warning that can save human lives.
This is SCO. The only consistant thing about SCO is the stock does not react to news. Good news, bad news, news about birds in NYC - it doesn't matter to SCO!
I watch that kind of stuff closely (something about wanting to feed the family and not likely layoffs that usually result from such mergers), but nothing has blipped my radar till this!
Ok, anyone have any good stuff I can spread around at the office?
Because it means that MICROSOFT won't be as profitable as before.
Microsoft has fought this since it was first suggested. Some reports put Microsoft at a loss instead of profit for several years because they (Microsoft) were able to hide employee expenses in the stock options.
It remains to be seen if this rule change will have much of an affect outside of reducing stock options more than the dotcom bubble burst did.
Something like the Contax camera. It was listed as Contact in the title, in the film section of ebay. Sold for $1000. In the medium format camera section, they go for $2000 to $2500! I just didn't have a spare grand laying around!
Another proposal in front of the FCC is to allow someone to take his/her phone Number from New York to California. It has either been approved and waiting for implementation, or will be approved soon (assuming the telco's don't bribe the FCC).
Have you ever watched some of these people on their cell phones?
They would be turning everything on and off, radio to full blast, then to nothing!
It would be funny to watch if I wasn't worried about them losing control and killing me!
Isn't this in violation of the privacy laws in the EU?
I know the current police state of U.S. doesn't care about privacy anymore, but I am pretty sure that the EU has much stiffer privacy laws!
What I have (email sig!) The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing -- when you let the small evils pass, larger ones follow. Edmund Burke.
You said "If this is what it takes in this modern day and age for the law enforcement agencies to protect us, so be it. "
As Ben Franklin said ->"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Perhaps this will help you understand why it is important to stop this now.
"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing -- when you let the small evils pass, larger ones follow." Edmund Burke.
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster." - Nietzsche
Or try this on for size
"First they came for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up,
because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up,
because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up,
because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time there was no one
left to speak up for me."
by Rev. Martin Niemoeller, 1945
So fire up the config screen and change the priority. I use RC5,OGR=0,DES=0,CRC=0 so all spare cycles go to RC5.
command line is dnetc -config, select option 2, then look for Load-work precedence
Actually I recall reading about a system for ground troops that was in testing around CO. already. The system relied upon these satelites for the communications part.
SO -- the DOJ is a willing customer and wants to blow 72 Million on another toy for the generals!