I would also add, Stevenson in these historical fiction books (Baroque Cycle, Anathama) is basing much of the story on historical fact, he talks about what the major figures of the day were working on, and describes the thoughts behind them. It is the overarching storyline that makes it fiction, as Waterhouse is not in any history book to the best of my knowledge. I have not read Anathama yet, in fact I thought it was one of the books in the Baroque Cycle, but I will have to check that one out.
I believe the point AC was making is that our modern view of atoms came from the Alchemists of Newton's time. They are the ones that discovered many of the atoms by "transmuting elements" into base elements. The Baroque Cycle by Stevenson talks quite a bit about Newton's time as a fiction book, but much of the book came from research into what Newton was really like. One of the elements alchemy found by "transmuting" in the story was phosphorus, they boiled down urine and the phosphorus condensed out. To someone with no knowledge of atoms at the time, this was transmutation, the conversion of urine (water) into a glowing substance that catches fire easily (fire).
A former FBI agent commented on one of the stories that this is a rather old model, the newer ones hook in in the engine compartment directly to power and don't need batteries, so it might be harder then you think.
The last couple wifi routers I have bought have been setup in this way, or with a very complex key that you can change if you like, but have to have physical access to see.
So what makes you think this is a standardized usage, and not 30 people putting their arms up to measure? There is no indication of how it was measured, nor is there any significant figures. Ever heard of significant figures in science? There is only a tens figure, no ones, no tenths, so why would math done against it be expected to be more precise? The measurement used isn't designed for the precision to produce 3.1, let alone 3.1415... so expecting it to be an exact measurement is like expecting 22/7 to be equal to pi, it isn't, it is an approximation that is good enough in most usages.
Your post has so much wrong it is kinda funny, so I will grab some of your items and correct them, though I am sure I can't get them all.
You must be a member of the flat earth society. In the real world most state, and all interstate, highways have hills, valleys, and mountain ranges that they must cross. No transmission-less electric motor will have the power or torque to deal with that terrain.
Electric motors have way more torque then any ICE, that is why they are used in heavy machinery such as any train in the US, whether it be direct drive from electric feed, or as a diesel electric train where power isn't available. These electric motors have no problems with hills, and do quite well.
The reason for transmissions is to supply the necessary torque to the wheels for driving conditions that require high torque, such as starting under heavy load, climbing,
Exactly what electric is good for
and descending steep hills so engine compression can be used to slow the heavily loaded vehicle as using brakes only will burn the brakes up long before the bottom of the hill is reached.
Exactly what regenerative breaking is designed to handle. Why waste that energy in transmission and ICE compression, when you can instead charge the batteries while coasting down the hill and not even touch the brake pads?
Read this and try again. The cubit is a measure of a number of forearms, nothing says it was measured with the same forearm for all of the measurements. It is an inexact measurement.
Um, there are plenty of Mac viruses out there. Grow up, you really are acting like a 13 year old. I manage many Mac workstations too, and I have had to clean up enough infections because smug people like you try to say Mac is immune when it isn't, it is irrelevant. In a recent hacking contest between Linux, Windows 7 and Mac, the Mac fell first. So you managing 100 Mac workstations, 10 Mac servers, 50 Linux servers and 4 Windows boxes and pointing out how your Windows boxes cause more issues just shows your incompetence as a sys admin.
Um, it is losing, most definitely, as 16X10 outdates 16x9 by quite a bit. 24" monitors started out at 1920X1200 and then started selling as cheaper versions with 1920X1080.
That was the theme behind Bicentennial man, I kind of wish that it didn't have that ending, as giving a robot citizenship is akin to giving a clone citizenship. It is also a running theme in Ghost in the Shell, the "ghost' that makes us who we are.
In this case, Microsoft had indeed argued that i4i's patent was invalid because the disclosed invention had been embodied in a software product sold in the United States more than a year before the patent application was filed prior art that the patent examiner did not consider.
so, as Microsoft is asserting, they did not steal the invention from i4i, but from someone else a year before who did not have a patent.
In fact, there hasn't been any outcry to the numerous games about previous wars. I don't recall hearing any outcry about RTC Wolfenstein when it came out. Noone except the boneheaded German government cared that it had Nazis in it. I am sure some Jews even bought the game to have fun shooting Nazis.
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Also lava flows, it was quite a surprise the first time that happened.
Brushes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brushed_DC_electric_motor
Levitating pencil lead? I wasn't aware this was ferro-magnetic. How is this done?
Were you trying to be sarcastic by any chance?
I would also add, Stevenson in these historical fiction books (Baroque Cycle, Anathama) is basing much of the story on historical fact, he talks about what the major figures of the day were working on, and describes the thoughts behind them. It is the overarching storyline that makes it fiction, as Waterhouse is not in any history book to the best of my knowledge. I have not read Anathama yet, in fact I thought it was one of the books in the Baroque Cycle, but I will have to check that one out.
I believe the point AC was making is that our modern view of atoms came from the Alchemists of Newton's time. They are the ones that discovered many of the atoms by "transmuting elements" into base elements. The Baroque Cycle by Stevenson talks quite a bit about Newton's time as a fiction book, but much of the book came from research into what Newton was really like. One of the elements alchemy found by "transmuting" in the story was phosphorus, they boiled down urine and the phosphorus condensed out. To someone with no knowledge of atoms at the time, this was transmutation, the conversion of urine (water) into a glowing substance that catches fire easily (fire).
m..mom?
A former FBI agent commented on one of the stories that this is a rather old model, the newer ones hook in in the engine compartment directly to power and don't need batteries, so it might be harder then you think.
The last couple wifi routers I have bought have been setup in this way, or with a very complex key that you can change if you like, but have to have physical access to see.
So what makes you think this is a standardized usage, and not 30 people putting their arms up to measure? There is no indication of how it was measured, nor is there any significant figures. Ever heard of significant figures in science? There is only a tens figure, no ones, no tenths, so why would math done against it be expected to be more precise? The measurement used isn't designed for the precision to produce 3.1, let alone 3.1415... so expecting it to be an exact measurement is like expecting 22/7 to be equal to pi, it isn't, it is an approximation that is good enough in most usages.
Your post has so much wrong it is kinda funny, so I will grab some of your items and correct them, though I am sure I can't get them all.
You must be a member of the flat earth society. In the real world most state, and all interstate, highways have hills, valleys, and mountain ranges that they must cross. No transmission-less electric motor will have the power or torque to deal with that terrain.
Electric motors have way more torque then any ICE, that is why they are used in heavy machinery such as any train in the US, whether it be direct drive from electric feed, or as a diesel electric train where power isn't available. These electric motors have no problems with hills, and do quite well.
The reason for transmissions is to supply the necessary torque to the wheels for driving conditions that require high torque, such as starting under heavy load, climbing,
Exactly what electric is good for
and descending steep hills so engine compression can be used to slow the heavily loaded vehicle as using brakes only will burn the brakes up long before the bottom of the hill is reached.
Exactly what regenerative breaking is designed to handle. Why waste that energy in transmission and ICE compression, when you can instead charge the batteries while coasting down the hill and not even touch the brake pads?
Are there any high efficiency DC -> AC converters that could be used to provide power to a VFD?
VFD? Vacuum Fluorescence Display?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubit
Read this and try again. The cubit is a measure of a number of forearms, nothing says it was measured with the same forearm for all of the measurements. It is an inexact measurement.
Except that a cubit is not a standard measurement. Hardly an accurate measure in any way.
Um, there are plenty of Mac viruses out there. Grow up, you really are acting like a 13 year old. I manage many Mac workstations too, and I have had to clean up enough infections because smug people like you try to say Mac is immune when it isn't, it is irrelevant. In a recent hacking contest between Linux, Windows 7 and Mac, the Mac fell first. So you managing 100 Mac workstations, 10 Mac servers, 50 Linux servers and 4 Windows boxes and pointing out how your Windows boxes cause more issues just shows your incompetence as a sys admin.
Yeah, so? It would take me 5 minutes to track this down, and I work in a "WIndows Shop"
My understanding of this was it went both ways back then, US authors had their works published in Europe without their permission as well.
Um, it is losing, most definitely, as 16X10 outdates 16x9 by quite a bit. 24" monitors started out at 1920X1200 and then started selling as cheaper versions with 1920X1080.
But chicken little was right.
Do you get around on the water on a kayak and travel with a nuclear weapon?
That was the theme behind Bicentennial man, I kind of wish that it didn't have that ending, as giving a robot citizenship is akin to giving a clone citizenship. It is also a running theme in Ghost in the Shell, the "ghost' that makes us who we are.
Actually, not quite accurate. From the EFF link:
In this case, Microsoft had indeed argued that i4i's patent was invalid because the disclosed invention had been embodied in a software product sold in the United States more than a year before the patent application was filed prior art that the patent examiner did not consider.
so, as Microsoft is asserting, they did not steal the invention from i4i, but from someone else a year before who did not have a patent.
Then when they find all the fart apps in the app store they will think us a backwards race and leave us alone?
naa, that is *******
In fact, there hasn't been any outcry to the numerous games about previous wars. I don't recall hearing any outcry about RTC Wolfenstein when it came out. Noone except the boneheaded German government cared that it had Nazis in it. I am sure some Jews even bought the game to have fun shooting Nazis.