If you can track your buddies on the battle field using it, then how hard would it be for the terrorists to track them as well? Or I’m sure a technologically advanced nation would have no problem building a 3g seeking rocket launcher.
If it’s about impressing the geek elite then it’s a pity its not running a dual core processor with 5 times the graphics power of the hummingbird soc. It might suit developers if they want to make apps that will work on average phones, but Motorola; Samsung; htc; lg are all releasing dual core phones with better graphics cards and hspa+ for Q1 2011 and the geek elite (who shouldn't afraid of rooting and installing standard gingerbread) like cutting edge.
and a dual core processor not the same speed as the last nexus we got. I was holding out for this phone but screw this I’ll wait for the next Samsung flagship in a couple of months with dual core Orion and all the toys from this. dammit google I’m not impressed, your not dealing with the iphan crowd here.
That is similar to what happened to the scientist that built the supercomputer out of 8 ps3s so that he could map black holes, he had a hell of a time getting it past his boss. but US defense would no doubt already have a lot of gaming consoles already in use as video game systems (FPS is the most popular genre amongst the soldiers). Maybe they just bought everybody new ones and kept the old ps3s for the supercomputer.
It gets harder than that, because this system would only allow for power during the day. Unless you buy a huge amount of batteries aswell to store half the power for release at night.
I applaud the guy too. His motivation for everything he is doing here is quote "to crush bastrads". Maybe somthing to do with him having an abusive father.
Yeah let’s be honest after the atrocities that America has committed in Iraq alone, a little bribery and the punishing of an innocent man would be a tiny drop in the ocean. I'm just supprised they didn't get the cia to say he had a wmd in his pocket then take him out via drone.
If you actually believe that apple designed the cpu even though its based of an arm design and Samsung builds it for them. Then its no wonder you swallow whatever crap jobs throws at you. I guess you think they have two production lines going one for the a4 1ghz processor with its secret apple design component and one for the hummingbird 1ghz chip. Look I’m sure apple consulted heavily with Samsung before the move and maybe apple engineers insisted on a small corner cut out or something (more likely apple lawyers are the reason that they can say its apple designed). But nothing about that is interesting it’s the fact that arm came up with the design and Samsung can build millions of them (a lot harder than you might think).
I was going to write a whole explanation for each of your stupid points, but you know what I don’t care. Carry on intently listening to every word that apples spouts about their super fantastic technological advances in laptop case technology.
Have they considered charging up the cars in the middle of the night on off-peak electricity, while there is minimal stress on the network? Then if the drivers really want to charge up any time in the day; they can have a spare removable battery that you pre charged the night before. It would solve the problem and save people money on the electricity bill.
When the ipad2 comes out it will undoubtedly run on a Samsung orion soc; which has roughly the same power in cpu and gpu as the tegra 2. So hooray for apple they would of caught back up with the competition. Only then dual core 2.4 ghz socs will be getting put in to other devices, and we can have this whole argument again.
I'm sorry but compare the ipad to this and it does not have a "fine feature set" at all. Tegra 2 powered means it has twice the power due to dual core; 5 X the 3d graphics power; 1080p not 720p; twice the battery life; and these have two cameras compared to the ipads zero. Package that with the inevitable Ubuntu support for tegra 2 then it doesn't even have an advantage in software; unless you really like your range of fart apps at itunes.
Apple doesn't need to pick fights with Google, they need to pick fights with RIM, HTC, Samsung, Motorola, et al.
Apple is well aware of that, and they are all ready getting down and dirty with the suing everyone. Except for Samsung, they could fight them if they want but considering Samsung makes most of the iphone hardware they would be shooting themself in the foot.
Fair enough mate i stand corrected. The PDF still leaves a few questions unanswered but i can see their concept. I still think an inductive solution would be the way to go for stealing underground. Alternatively if you were working on a split core cable you could probably screw into each phase through the insulation with a self tapping screw, and connect on to that. However all this is going to a lot of risk; when 5 grands worth of solar panels would no doubt satisfy all intent and purposes while possibly making money (if you have somewhere to put them).
Maybe i should have been more specific no one works live on insulated sections of underground. Sure you can add a connection at the termination point or in the cable pit thats what the 'pirate' in the summary was caught doing. I assumed when you said that you could "add an unauthorized branch" and "live working on underground CABLES", that it wouldn't be out of the pit all the connections come out of and actully on the cable itself(i could have assumed wrongly). If thats true then you would expect me to believe that you guys in england (possible dig down above a live line with an excavator) some how shave back the insulation with a metal implement followed by joining on a new section to phases that are less than a centimeter apart; then your crazier than i thought. Especially when its so easy to isolate a small section of the network and still maintain power to everyone. I'll admit i don't know the English procedures i work in the Australian electricity industry but me and the guys at work haven't heard of it. Its kinda of hard to prove something isn't done, but this is from Wikipedia.
I understand its not "no one splits live underground lines even in the UK singed Einstein", but i'm happy to be proven wrong if you have some kind of source.
Yeah this pirate electrician spent a couple of hours hooking up apartments (maybe paid a grand or two for his trouble) but the landlord spent however long lying to tenants and most likely profiting from the theft. We had a similar case in Australia where a shopping centre had the current transformers connected to a higher ratio tap thus looking like less power was going through. If it truly was a mistake how come they were charging all the shop keepers the full amount. We didn’t sent any one to jail we just gave them a giant bill.
They still get checked every now and then when they play up, and often replaced after 5-10 years. I don’t know much about your system but on ours we would notice a significant drop in average supply over a reasonable period and that gets flagged by the computers (if you only stole a little, less than a 1/4 of your average load we probably wouldn't notice).
No one works on underground live; the phases are too close together, and the insulation quite complicated. You could possible dig one up and clip on current transformers, or wrap lots conductive metal around the line. But you’re still going to have a big spot of freshly dug earth going from the underground line position, all the way to your house possibly through a footpath. How many properties that are close to underground power lines (that you would want to live in) don’t officially have electricity? if they don’t have electricity do they still have water and sewerage? If no you are sacrificing a lot for free power.
There was a guy that built a nuclear reactor in his back yard I believe he used tritium like they used to put on watches to make it glow. I don't think they let him keep it very long.
Clip on current transformers are probably a bit easier to install and less obvious. Although I was told a story by a meter tech that this guy had a shed underneath a high voltage power line, so he installed a lot of rolls of copper in the roof. I don't know how effective it would be, you lose a lot more power the bigger the air gap. 5thly there are gadgets to spin your meter backwards. 6thly you can use a magnet to overpower the spinning disk in the old electromechanical meters (but beware when you take it off you may have ruined the brake magnets, meaning it will spin faster than it should). 7thly drill a small hole on the back of an electromechanical meter and insert a long needle to jam the spinning disk. 8thly if you have a bigger smart meter ct system you could often change the taps to a higher ratio so it looks like less power is going through the system. 9thly set up a fake power box with a fake meter that you control. 10thly with the new smart meter system I’m sure there are some guys in here that could hack the program and feed it new logs. 11thly there are boxes (sometimes called Jesus boxes, don’t ask me why) that reverse any power you use through it effectively cancelling out the use at the meter. Lastly remember kids if you try any of this at home and I don’t recommend you do; always make sure you have some kind of bill (zero usage is a big flag), and always remember to pay it. If you steal power before the meter and you get disconnected, but the tech can still hear your air conditioner you are in big trouble.
Yeah I was going to mention that guy. Totally insane; when he was up on the edge of space he noticed his suit glove wouldn’t seal. He didn't want to tell any of the experts on the ground out of fear they would cancel the mission. So he duct taped it up, his wrist swelled up on the way down and it sealed the suit. The only thing this marketing guy can claim is his idea is breaking the speed of sound on the way down, or that they are using it as a stunt for a soft drink company.
The English used inflatable tanks in WW2 (briefly mentioned in the summary) built by Dunlop, they even sent Paton over there to make it look more legit. They didn't have heat and radar signatures but at the time it wasn't needed. Worked a treat as well it kept the German panzer division further north, allowing a better d day landing.
You may want to find a more impartial account of the war than the leading political force of the allies. It would be like me getting my information about the Jews from Hitler.
And you wonder why your children and grandchildren never visit you...
Whoa man. No one attacks the fact you never have any girls visit you. Leave the veteran alone, each generation after an event is never going to understand it, because they weren’t there, and cause history is RE-written by the winners (like Winston Churchill where you seem to get all your info from).
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If you can track your buddies on the battle field using it, then how hard would it be for the terrorists to track them as well? Or I’m sure a technologically advanced nation would have no problem building a 3g seeking rocket launcher.
If it’s about impressing the geek elite then it’s a pity its not running a dual core processor with 5 times the graphics power of the hummingbird soc. It might suit developers if they want to make apps that will work on average phones, but Motorola; Samsung; htc; lg are all releasing dual core phones with better graphics cards and hspa+ for Q1 2011 and the geek elite (who shouldn't afraid of rooting and installing standard gingerbread) like cutting edge.
so root your phone and install plain 2.3 google gingerbread.
and a dual core processor not the same speed as the last nexus we got. I was holding out for this phone but screw this I’ll wait for the next Samsung flagship in a couple of months with dual core Orion and all the toys from this. dammit google I’m not impressed, your not dealing with the iphan crowd here.
That is similar to what happened to the scientist that built the supercomputer out of 8 ps3s so that he could map black holes, he had a hell of a time getting it past his boss. but US defense would no doubt already have a lot of gaming consoles already in use as video game systems (FPS is the most popular genre amongst the soldiers). Maybe they just bought everybody new ones and kept the old ps3s for the supercomputer.
I thought running another operating system on the ps3 was illegal. is Sony going to sue the USAF now.
It gets harder than that, because this system would only allow for power during the day. Unless you buy a huge amount of batteries aswell to store half the power for release at night.
If patents were that easy to make, why don't you also join the bandwagon?
Because its not only enough to file for a patent you also need an army of lawyers to deffend it.
I applaud the guy too. His motivation for everything he is doing here is quote "to crush bastrads". Maybe somthing to do with him having an abusive father.
Yeah let’s be honest after the atrocities that America has committed in Iraq alone, a little bribery and the punishing of an innocent man would be a tiny drop in the ocean. I'm just supprised they didn't get the cia to say he had a wmd in his pocket then take him out via drone.
I was going to write a whole explanation for each of your stupid points, but you know what I don’t care. Carry on intently listening to every word that apples spouts about their super fantastic technological advances in laptop case technology.
Have they considered charging up the cars in the middle of the night on off-peak electricity, while there is minimal stress on the network? Then if the drivers really want to charge up any time in the day; they can have a spare removable battery that you pre charged the night before. It would solve the problem and save people money on the electricity bill.
When the ipad2 comes out it will undoubtedly run on a Samsung orion soc; which has roughly the same power in cpu and gpu as the tegra 2. So hooray for apple they would of caught back up with the competition. Only then dual core 2.4 ghz socs will be getting put in to other devices, and we can have this whole argument again.
I'm sorry but compare the ipad to this and it does not have a "fine feature set" at all. Tegra 2 powered means it has twice the power due to dual core; 5 X the 3d graphics power; 1080p not 720p; twice the battery life; and these have two cameras compared to the ipads zero. Package that with the inevitable Ubuntu support for tegra 2 then it doesn't even have an advantage in software; unless you really like your range of fart apps at itunes.
Apple doesn't need to pick fights with Google, they need to pick fights with RIM, HTC, Samsung, Motorola, et al.
Apple is well aware of that, and they are all ready getting down and dirty with the suing everyone. Except for Samsung, they could fight them if they want but considering Samsung makes most of the iphone hardware they would be shooting themself in the foot.
Fair enough mate i stand corrected. The PDF still leaves a few questions unanswered but i can see their concept. I still think an inductive solution would be the way to go for stealing underground. Alternatively if you were working on a split core cable you could probably screw into each phase through the insulation with a self tapping screw, and connect on to that. However all this is going to a lot of risk; when 5 grands worth of solar panels would no doubt satisfy all intent and purposes while possibly making money (if you have somewhere to put them).
Underground power cables, due to their proximity to earth, cannot be maintained live, whereas overhead power cables can be.[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_power_transmission
I understand its not "no one splits live underground lines even in the UK singed Einstein", but i'm happy to be proven wrong if you have some kind of source.
Yeah this pirate electrician spent a couple of hours hooking up apartments (maybe paid a grand or two for his trouble) but the landlord spent however long lying to tenants and most likely profiting from the theft. We had a similar case in Australia where a shopping centre had the current transformers connected to a higher ratio tap thus looking like less power was going through. If it truly was a mistake how come they were charging all the shop keepers the full amount. We didn’t sent any one to jail we just gave them a giant bill.
They still get checked every now and then when they play up, and often replaced after 5-10 years. I don’t know much about your system but on ours we would notice a significant drop in average supply over a reasonable period and that gets flagged by the computers (if you only stole a little, less than a 1/4 of your average load we probably wouldn't notice).
No one works on underground live; the phases are too close together, and the insulation quite complicated. You could possible dig one up and clip on current transformers, or wrap lots conductive metal around the line. But you’re still going to have a big spot of freshly dug earth going from the underground line position, all the way to your house possibly through a footpath. How many properties that are close to underground power lines (that you would want to live in) don’t officially have electricity? if they don’t have electricity do they still have water and sewerage? If no you are sacrificing a lot for free power.
There was a guy that built a nuclear reactor in his back yard I believe he used tritium like they used to put on watches to make it glow. I don't think they let him keep it very long.
Clip on current transformers are probably a bit easier to install and less obvious. Although I was told a story by a meter tech that this guy had a shed underneath a high voltage power line, so he installed a lot of rolls of copper in the roof. I don't know how effective it would be, you lose a lot more power the bigger the air gap. 5thly there are gadgets to spin your meter backwards. 6thly you can use a magnet to overpower the spinning disk in the old electromechanical meters (but beware when you take it off you may have ruined the brake magnets, meaning it will spin faster than it should). 7thly drill a small hole on the back of an electromechanical meter and insert a long needle to jam the spinning disk. 8thly if you have a bigger smart meter ct system you could often change the taps to a higher ratio so it looks like less power is going through the system. 9thly set up a fake power box with a fake meter that you control. 10thly with the new smart meter system I’m sure there are some guys in here that could hack the program and feed it new logs. 11thly there are boxes (sometimes called Jesus boxes, don’t ask me why) that reverse any power you use through it effectively cancelling out the use at the meter. Lastly remember kids if you try any of this at home and I don’t recommend you do; always make sure you have some kind of bill (zero usage is a big flag), and always remember to pay it. If you steal power before the meter and you get disconnected, but the tech can still hear your air conditioner you are in big trouble.
Yeah I was going to mention that guy. Totally insane; when he was up on the edge of space he noticed his suit glove wouldn’t seal. He didn't want to tell any of the experts on the ground out of fear they would cancel the mission. So he duct taped it up, his wrist swelled up on the way down and it sealed the suit. The only thing this marketing guy can claim is his idea is breaking the speed of sound on the way down, or that they are using it as a stunt for a soft drink company.
The English used inflatable tanks in WW2 (briefly mentioned in the summary) built by Dunlop, they even sent Paton over there to make it look more legit. They didn't have heat and radar signatures but at the time it wasn't needed. Worked a treat as well it kept the German panzer division further north, allowing a better d day landing.
And you wonder why your children and grandchildren never visit you ...
Whoa man. No one attacks the fact you never have any girls visit you. Leave the veteran alone, each generation after an event is never going to understand it, because they weren’t there, and cause history is RE-written by the winners (like Winston Churchill where you seem to get all your info from).