Also, make sure the "peice of metal" you put there is not tin, or aluminum, brass, bronze, copper, or gold.
2000F (1300C) will easily turn any of those metals to liquid.
I would recommend a graphite thermal barrier, with some high-temp refractory cement/fireclay. Oh, and you'll need at least a couple of feet thick of this material to keep the radiant heat from melting your equipment.
Let us know how this turns out, because it's a very interesting problem.
You're either rhetorically missing my point, or clearly making it.;)
Marketing is getting out of control. Marketing is a subtle form of brainwashing. McDonalds proved that more than 60 years ago with their "target the kids" campaign/colorful "style". People buy shit because they see a logo/symbol and think they need something from there. It's a basic human instinct that's getting tapped for the purpose of big businesses and their bottom line. EVERY CEO on the planet will tell you that their "Brand recognition" is the _key_ to product sales. The ideal market is children. Why do you think the "Cereal" isle of the grocery is all colorful/flashy, and the vegetable isle is droll?
My response to "intrusive" marketing is to boycott the product family and the corporation that produces the product.
Think about it while you watch TV.
Why is MTV so "flashy"? Because it's target is teenagers. Why is Discovery so "calm"? Because it's target is intellectuals (or people that can't sleep; depending on the time of day).
Marketing isn't designed to entertain you - it's designed to entertain you for the purpose of getting your money.
Does anyone remember that insanely irritating scene in Minority report when every ad was calling his name.
Ugh, no thanks. I'll stick to nice quiet billboards that ignore me just as easily as I ignore them.
I can see it now: HEY CHRIS, APPLY HEAD-ON TO YOUR FOREHEAD, HEY CHRIS, APPLY HEAD-ON TO YOUR FOREHEAD, HEY CHRIS, HEAD-ON CAN BE APPLIED DIRECTLY TO YOUR FOREHEAD - HEY CHRIS, IT'S IN STORES NOW - HEAD-ON!
What does a company have to gain by helping unworthy candidates?
That's one of the problems with this country. We're spending so much time worrying about everyone else and their feelings, that we're not focusing on getting the job done - and getting it done better than anyone else.
If you[original poster] were responsible for (or part of) hiring new employees in my company, I'd be seriously considering letting you know what your shortcomings are as I replaced you with a hiring manager that knew how do deal with people.
Thank them for their interest in your company, and wish them good luck on their future endeavors.
Attention Teenagers: Life isn't fair. People that have expensive computers and widescreens have them because they earned them. Complaining, or being "EMO"tional, or "Scene-kid", or "Goth-omfg-life-sucks-I-have-to-earn-my-way", will get you no where. No where.
Get a job. Your life will improve significantly from there...
In an emergency/crisis scenario, just get the job done - in fact, get it done with zer0 regard for anything else but survival (screw the overprotective soccermoms and their pretentious bullshit/faux values).
Save lives. Do the right thing. Go with your core instincts.
The law will most likely protect you and learn from you; rarely will it fight you when you are correct/right.
Actually, an Ethanol still is very lightweight. A 10,000 gallon still can weigh around 50 pounds. Significantly lighter than a SINGLE 12volt car battery.
In the event that ROADS are unavailable, the materials in my configuration can EASILY be air-dropped in a situation as you described. Corn/Wheat/etc. require very little prep before an air-drop. Engines/Stills, slight prep work, but nothing crazy.
That said, let's look at the Solar/Battery/Generator air-drop:
It's NOT trivial to air-drop a Solar Panel Array (including a person [or team] to set up/configure the relief) It's NOT trivial to air-drop BATTERIES for the Solar Panel Array It's somewhat trivial to air-drop a small generator to a crisis scene.
Why the hell would you want to do Solar after a disaster?
My disaster recovery involves: a) an Ethanol still ~$1500 USD b) a generator tuned to run on Ethanol85/E100
So, in any disaster scenario I can just ship a few hundred bushels of feedstock grade corn (for livestock, or refuse), to a site and power electrical equipment. Solar is very inefficient per dollar, and in a post-hurricane scenario (or blizzard condition), you won't be able to power your equipment.
With an ethanol still/generator, you just need to tote the corn/stalks/refuse and have a source of fire.
Remember, Solar depends on good weather conditions and heavy batteries. It's not very portable for scenarios like Katrina (as your post suggests). It could take days to charge up the batteries up enough to begin using the equipment, and furthermore, you'll be moving very sensitive equipment(glass) into a volatile (post disaster) zone.
Any truck on the planet can carry feedstock and a simple engine/still to very remote places.
Yeah, because the phone has 2 batteries. One is just for music playback, and the other is for cell phone.
Nice. I CAN'T WAIT to get my hands on one of these puppies!!!
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Well said. I have a significantly positive net worth, and I did so by being financially responsible (moreso than making a lot of money).
If you can learn to live on HALF of your income (not easy to do), and invest the rest, you'll be a millionaire in your lifetime.
Most people live up to their means. Even before I had a mortgage, I fell into this trap. With each higher paying job, I'd get a nicer car, bigger apartment, etc. I didn't start making financial inroads, until I started saving for my first house (4 bedroom, 3600 sq. ft with basement in Atlanta). AVOID CREDIT CARDS. You will pay 3x the cost of something just for the privilege of being able to buy it today rather than earn it. CREDIT CARDS are a PENALTY for people that don't have PATIENCE.
So the bottom line: Avoid debt (except for student loans and a home mortgage).
Here's the quiz: a) Nothing tells a woman you are a savy investor better than spending $2000 on rims/wheels for your Honda Civic. b) Nothing tells a woman you are a savy investor better than driving a brand-new car every 4 years just off the interest you've earned by investing your money wisely in the stock market (while still having the money that earned you that interest).
The Specific Heat Capacity of water is too low for something like that to work. You wouldn't be able to run your PC hot enough to make any temperature changes in the water.
Basically, water adapts VERY EASILY to the ambient temperature around it. A high volume of water will maintain a relatively constant temperature. The surface area of your CPU would have to be a few square feet in order to really change the temperature of the Aquarium.
It's a good idea, it just doesn't work scientifically, unfortunately.
Agreed. Now that electric cars are out, the new standard should be: Miles per Tank. In this way, if your car can go 400 miles on one tank of gas (because it was using electic some of the time - which resulted in additional miles, but no fuel was being consumed).
Just my thoughts...
But I get just under 50MPG with my 1995 Ford Aspire (my commuter car).
Actually, this is normal practice for the FCC. In fact, it's also the reason that there was never a broadcast television "Channel #1". For the sake of competition, they didn't want a single television channel claiming they were #1 - hence the 2-13 most of us remember.
What are the odds that both of your posts were done by one person? I'd have to say quite slim considering that your first post (with ID 17204972) and your second post (with ID 17204946).
You are a complete shill and you posted something stupid and responded to yourself contrarily to control thought as you intended in your first post.
I call bullshit. Apple is clearly doing well and will continue to do so for quite some time.
Whether that's a good thing or not, I'll leave to a REAL user.
How about: If this law were in place in 2005, our Vice President/Oil Overlord (Dick Cheney) could have had a [reasonable] excuse for shooting a man in the face.
You are avoiding the Truth (note my capial T [my Christian GOD advised me on that one]). Truth and Faith are all you need. Faith (just trust us). If you are of ill-mind, turn ye to GOD for he will lead you to Truth. If you deny Truth, you will burn in a brutal, painful, eternal firepit-hell of ultimate pain, for our GOD is a loving one. But only loving for they whom have Faith and follow Truth.
Jesus was a liberal until he inherited the riches of his Father. He then spoke unto the tired, the poor, and the weak: Get a job you homosexual hippies.
Kill anyone who thinks their imaginary friend is better than our Christian GOD. GOD for leader of the New World Order in 2020. You are either with us or you're against us.
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I agree with you 100% with the exception of the the Stuart/Black thing.
I'm Colbert/Obama myself, but Lewis Black would def. be my second choice.
Also, make sure the "peice of metal" you put there is not tin, or aluminum, brass, bronze, copper, or gold.
2000F (1300C) will easily turn any of those metals to liquid.
I would recommend a graphite thermal barrier, with some high-temp refractory cement/fireclay. Oh, and you'll need at least a couple of feet thick of this material to keep the radiant heat from melting your equipment.
Let us know how this turns out, because it's a very interesting problem.
He may be working in a Foundry, or other metalcasting location. 2000F (1380C) is around the melting point of IRON.
Although, I'd be hard pressed to know what kind of computer equipment would be located so close to a furnace that can burn that hot.
Maybe, he works at Nasa?
Ahh, there's also a great spoof of it here:e lated&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAbAIpZG7II&mode=r
Please don't hate me in the morning.
Here's the commercial I'm talking about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOvFIxUz2XY
Warning: It's incredibly annoying.
You're either rhetorically missing my point, or clearly making it. ;)
Marketing is getting out of control. Marketing is a subtle form of brainwashing. McDonalds proved that more than 60 years ago with their "target the kids" campaign/colorful "style". People buy shit because they see a logo/symbol and think they need something from there. It's a basic human instinct that's getting tapped for the purpose of big businesses and their bottom line. EVERY CEO on the planet will tell you that their "Brand recognition" is the _key_ to product sales. The ideal market is children. Why do you think the "Cereal" isle of the grocery is all colorful/flashy, and the vegetable isle is droll?
My response to "intrusive" marketing is to boycott the product family and the corporation that produces the product.
Think about it while you watch TV.
Why is MTV so "flashy"? Because it's target is teenagers.
Why is Discovery so "calm"? Because it's target is intellectuals (or people that can't sleep; depending on the time of day).
Marketing isn't designed to entertain you - it's designed to entertain you for the purpose of getting your money.
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
Does anyone remember that insanely irritating scene in Minority report when every ad was calling his name.
Ugh, no thanks. I'll stick to nice quiet billboards that ignore me just as easily as I ignore them.
I can see it now: HEY CHRIS, APPLY HEAD-ON TO YOUR FOREHEAD, HEY CHRIS, APPLY HEAD-ON TO YOUR FOREHEAD, HEY CHRIS, HEAD-ON CAN BE APPLIED DIRECTLY TO YOUR FOREHEAD - HEY CHRIS, IT'S IN STORES NOW - HEAD-ON!
Well said.
What does a company have to gain by helping unworthy candidates?
That's one of the problems with this country. We're spending so much time worrying about everyone else and their feelings, that we're not focusing on getting the job done - and getting it done better than anyone else.
If you[original poster] were responsible for (or part of) hiring new employees in my company, I'd be seriously considering letting you know what your shortcomings are as I replaced you with a hiring manager that knew how do deal with people.
Thank them for their interest in your company, and wish them good luck on their future endeavors.
Attention Teenagers: Life isn't fair. People that have expensive computers and widescreens have them because they earned them. Complaining, or being "EMO"tional, or "Scene-kid", or "Goth-omfg-life-sucks-I-have-to-earn-my-way", will get you no where. No where.
Get a job. Your life will improve significantly from there...
I think he meant 50kW; but I agree with you 100%.
In an emergency/crisis scenario, just get the job done - in fact, get it done with zer0 regard for anything else but survival (screw the overprotective soccermoms and their pretentious bullshit/faux values).
Save lives. Do the right thing. Go with your core instincts.
The law will most likely protect you and learn from you; rarely will it fight you when you are correct/right.
Ironically, survival conditions on the open Ocean are _better_ than those of a land/crisis situation; on multiple levels.
2004 Earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia: Did Katrina make us forget this one?
Hurricane Katrina, USA:
Hurricane Katrina, USA
At least in a complete water situtation, you're quite prepared for almost anything.
I said, "ship", not "truck". There are multiple ways to ship a product to a location. Among them are: Truck, Car, Air-Drop, Rail, Sled-Dog, etc.
Think beyond your area of expertise before you speak such.
Actually, an Ethanol still is very lightweight. A 10,000 gallon still can weigh around 50 pounds. Significantly lighter than a SINGLE 12volt car battery.
In the event that ROADS are unavailable, the materials in my configuration can EASILY be air-dropped in a situation as you described. Corn/Wheat/etc. require very little prep before an air-drop. Engines/Stills, slight prep work, but nothing crazy.
That said, let's look at the Solar/Battery/Generator air-drop:
It's NOT trivial to air-drop a Solar Panel Array (including a person [or team] to set up/configure the relief)
It's NOT trivial to air-drop BATTERIES for the Solar Panel Array
It's somewhat trivial to air-drop a small generator to a crisis scene.
Liquid is heavier and more volatile. Also, depending on the location, some fuels can be found on-site. Bio-fuels can be found in many forms.
Why the hell would you want to do Solar after a disaster?
My disaster recovery involves:
a) an Ethanol still ~$1500 USD
b) a generator tuned to run on Ethanol85/E100
So, in any disaster scenario I can just ship a few hundred bushels of feedstock grade corn (for livestock, or refuse), to a site and power electrical equipment. Solar is very inefficient per dollar, and in a post-hurricane scenario (or blizzard condition), you won't be able to power your equipment.
With an ethanol still/generator, you just need to tote the corn/stalks/refuse and have a source of fire.
Remember, Solar depends on good weather conditions and heavy batteries. It's not very portable for scenarios like Katrina (as your post suggests). It could take days to charge up the batteries up enough to begin using the equipment, and furthermore, you'll be moving very sensitive equipment(glass) into a volatile (post disaster) zone.
Any truck on the planet can carry feedstock and a simple engine/still to very remote places.
Yeah, because the phone has 2 batteries. One is just for music playback, and the other is for cell phone.
Nice. I CAN'T WAIT to get my hands on one of these puppies!!!
Well said. I have a significantly positive net worth, and I did so by being financially responsible (moreso than making a lot of money).
If you can learn to live on HALF of your income (not easy to do), and invest the rest, you'll be a millionaire in your lifetime.
Most people live up to their means. Even before I had a mortgage, I fell into this trap. With each higher paying job, I'd get a nicer car, bigger apartment, etc. I didn't start making financial inroads, until I started saving for my first house (4 bedroom, 3600 sq. ft with basement in Atlanta). AVOID CREDIT CARDS. You will pay 3x the cost of something just for the privilege of being able to buy it today rather than earn it. CREDIT CARDS are a PENALTY for people that don't have PATIENCE.
So the bottom line: Avoid debt (except for student loans and a home mortgage).
Here's the quiz:
a) Nothing tells a woman you are a savy investor better than spending $2000 on rims/wheels for your Honda Civic.
b) Nothing tells a woman you are a savy investor better than driving a brand-new car every 4 years just off the interest you've earned by investing your money wisely in the stock market (while still having the money that earned you that interest).
The Specific Heat Capacity of water is too low for something like that to work. You wouldn't be able to run your PC hot enough to make any temperature changes in the water.
Basically, water adapts VERY EASILY to the ambient temperature around it. A high volume of water will maintain a relatively constant temperature. The surface area of your CPU would have to be a few square feet in order to really change the temperature of the Aquarium.
It's a good idea, it just doesn't work scientifically, unfortunately.
Agreed. Now that electric cars are out, the new standard should be: Miles per Tank. In this way, if your car can go 400 miles on one tank of gas (because it was using electic some of the time - which resulted in additional miles, but no fuel was being consumed).
Just my thoughts...
But I get just under 50MPG with my 1995 Ford Aspire (my commuter car).
Actually, this is normal practice for the FCC. In fact, it's also the reason that there was never a broadcast television "Channel #1". For the sake of competition, they didn't want a single television channel claiming they were #1 - hence the 2-13 most of us remember.
What are the odds that both of your posts were done by one person? I'd have to say quite slim considering that your first post (with ID 17204972) and your second post (with ID 17204946).
You are a complete shill and you posted something stupid and responded to yourself contrarily to control thought as you intended in your first post.
I call bullshit. Apple is clearly doing well and will continue to do so for quite some time.
Whether that's a good thing or not, I'll leave to a REAL user.
That or they are scuttling the company (similarly to the way Slashdot is).
Nothing like corporate dollars to totally change how the "little man" learns about the world.
How about: If this law were in place in 2005, our Vice President/Oil Overlord (Dick Cheney) could have had a [reasonable] excuse for shooting a man in the face.
You are avoiding the Truth (note my capial T [my Christian GOD advised me on that one]). Truth and Faith are all you need. Faith (just trust us). If you are of ill-mind, turn ye to GOD for he will lead you to Truth. If you deny Truth, you will burn in a brutal, painful, eternal firepit-hell of ultimate pain, for our GOD is a loving one. But only loving for they whom have Faith and follow Truth.
Jesus was a liberal until he inherited the riches of his Father. He then spoke unto the tired, the poor, and the weak: Get a job you homosexual hippies.
Kill anyone who thinks their imaginary friend is better than our Christian GOD. GOD for leader of the New World Order in 2020. You are either with us or you're against us.
Probably not, but they are pro-globalist.
Nothing says Zion and death to Israel better than Global Government (aka 1984).
For those whom don't know, it also means all humans become slaves to the super-rich.