I think the more important element here is the performance/energy consumption ratio. Atoms might be slow, but they're not so slow that their minuscule power consumption can't make up for it.
So, is "reckless driving" related for driving too fast for reaction/stop times or is it related to tailgating, aggressive driving, and weaving in and out of traffic which is what happens when artificially low speed limits are applied on perfectly safe roads?
Both apply. Generally, if you are not paying attention, driving too fast for your ability to react, or driving near your vehicle's limit of traction, you are driving recklessly.
As a purely anecdotal argument, however, most people probably pay more attention when speeding excessively, which would help minimize the apparent increase in risk due to driving at those speeds.
And then we're back to the old-fashioned system of the adults trusting the kids to behave responsibly with the books, which is something many people aren't comfortable with for some reason.
And children: http://www.yoursafechild.com/childprint_id_kit.php
I know plenty of people my age and younger whose fingerprints (all 10) are held by the police. The intent is to make identification of a found child easier. Some kits even have DNA sampling equipment.
You should probably email them so they don't miss any of your brilliant tips, since they probably haven't considered any of those points in their design and analysis.
I'd like to see you ride a motorcycle for a month and come to this same conclusion. Using your eyes to look around is not enough; you need to actually SEE what is around you, which takes much more concentration.
There's a little challenge we riders like to offer those who have never ridden a motorcycle. Think back to the last time you saw a motorcycle while driving. It's probably been quite a while, right? Now go for a half hour drive, making a point to watch for motorcycles. Unless it is winter, chances are quite good you'll see at least one in that time frame. Then reconsider your views on just how much mental capacity it takes to really watch the road.
We believe in freedom of the individual. The government is meant only to be an entity to serve the will of the people. When the government censors its people, they are taking away a basic freedom. That is why we complain so much about the Chinese government.
Not familiar with the concept of drift current, are we? Yes, the electrons in an electrical wire are moving at the speed of light, but in all directions. They only have a slow net drift in one direction with DC. In fact, in typical copper wires that speed is about.3333e-3 m/s.
Also, just to be extremely pedantic, electrons always travel at the speed of light, regardless of the medium. The speed of light just changes dependent on the properties of the medium.
Yeah, and when they finally control the water supply and the toilet paper industry they will find out that you have a shit and wipe your arse twice a day.
Except that the triple point is at about 0.01 C, so that's the warmest you can freeze water without turning to some novel method like these guys did. In fact, reducing the pressure from the triple point will get you a gas, not a solid.
Well, there is a simple cure for that, dumb down college and inflate college grades! Err, wait, we're already doing that.
This might be happening at some universities, but I assure you it's not happening at the good ones. In the engineering programs here at Purdue, they still occasionally give us problems without any correct solution to make sure we can pick them out.
If you'd have just rtfs, you'd see that they were using it to grit the roads, not necessarily to melt the ice. Even if you have a salt that will lower the freezing point of water at -12c, it will be very slow because each grain will be acting on such a small surface area initially. If you can put down some abrasive, though, it'll help grind away at the ice (at any temperature) as cars drive over it. Honestly, using sand would have made hugely more sense, especially mixed with salt (a common technique in the upper midwest).
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I think the more important element here is the performance/energy consumption ratio. Atoms might be slow, but they're not so slow that their minuscule power consumption can't make up for it.
So, is "reckless driving" related for driving too fast for reaction/stop times or is it related to tailgating, aggressive driving, and weaving in and out of traffic which is what happens when artificially low speed limits are applied on perfectly safe roads?
Both apply. Generally, if you are not paying attention, driving too fast for your ability to react, or driving near your vehicle's limit of traction, you are driving recklessly. As a purely anecdotal argument, however, most people probably pay more attention when speeding excessively, which would help minimize the apparent increase in risk due to driving at those speeds.
Or to those so arrogant as to think they've thought of every possible contingency.
And then we're back to the old-fashioned system of the adults trusting the kids to behave responsibly with the books, which is something many people aren't comfortable with for some reason.
And children: http://www.yoursafechild.com/childprint_id_kit.php I know plenty of people my age and younger whose fingerprints (all 10) are held by the police. The intent is to make identification of a found child easier. Some kits even have DNA sampling equipment.
So you're trying to say that only republicans have good taste in cars?
[citation needed]
You should probably email them so they don't miss any of your brilliant tips, since they probably haven't considered any of those points in their design and analysis.
I mean im all for believing it anything to shut up the extremest religionists...
I'd like to laugh at how ironic this statement is, but I get the feeling you're serious about what you said...
I'd like to see you ride a motorcycle for a month and come to this same conclusion. Using your eyes to look around is not enough; you need to actually SEE what is around you, which takes much more concentration.
There's a little challenge we riders like to offer those who have never ridden a motorcycle. Think back to the last time you saw a motorcycle while driving. It's probably been quite a while, right? Now go for a half hour drive, making a point to watch for motorcycles. Unless it is winter, chances are quite good you'll see at least one in that time frame. Then reconsider your views on just how much mental capacity it takes to really watch the road.
I see you've never owned a Sony...
Because the world is nowhere near judgemental enough these days.
We believe in freedom of the individual. The government is meant only to be an entity to serve the will of the people. When the government censors its people, they are taking away a basic freedom. That is why we complain so much about the Chinese government.
Just because a phenomenon is measurable doesn't mean it's significant.
Not familiar with the concept of drift current, are we? Yes, the electrons in an electrical wire are moving at the speed of light, but in all directions. They only have a slow net drift in one direction with DC. In fact, in typical copper wires that speed is about .3333e-3 m/s.
Also, just to be extremely pedantic, electrons always travel at the speed of light, regardless of the medium. The speed of light just changes dependent on the properties of the medium.
Yeah, and when they finally control the water supply and the toilet paper industry they will find out that you have a shit and wipe your arse twice a day.
Who said anything about wiping my arse?
Woosh! Cleared those last two by a good distance...
Oddly enough, when I typed "competition is" into Google, the first suggestion was "competition is a sin"...
Except that the triple point is at about 0.01 C, so that's the warmest you can freeze water without turning to some novel method like these guys did. In fact, reducing the pressure from the triple point will get you a gas, not a solid.
that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.
If Palm believes their patents are so strong, why didn't they just go ahead and sue?
Because mutually assured destruction is only an acceptable business strategy if neither company fires the first shot.
Well, there is a simple cure for that, dumb down college and inflate college grades! Err, wait, we're already doing that.
This might be happening at some universities, but I assure you it's not happening at the good ones. In the engineering programs here at Purdue, they still occasionally give us problems without any correct solution to make sure we can pick them out.
If you'd have just rtfs, you'd see that they were using it to grit the roads, not necessarily to melt the ice. Even if you have a salt that will lower the freezing point of water at -12c, it will be very slow because each grain will be acting on such a small surface area initially. If you can put down some abrasive, though, it'll help grind away at the ice (at any temperature) as cars drive over it. Honestly, using sand would have made hugely more sense, especially mixed with salt (a common technique in the upper midwest).
I think it's safe to say the traffic spikes, especially from asia and the south pacific, is due to the tsunami that hit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Samoa_earthquake
And, in other news, it's the year of Linux on the Desktop! *ducks*