Easy, bring the object you call a "taiyou denchi" to a native speaker of English who also speaks Japanese and say "Eigo de kore wa nan to iimasuka?" Then you won't have to reinvent the wheel in an other-than-round shape. ^_^
There's no such thing as "solar batteries" in English. That's a direct translation of the Japanese term "taiyou denchi." "Taiyou"= sun and you guesed it, "denchi" = battery. Too bad Japanese companies and other organizations within Japan have trouble accepting their lack of English skills and neglect to at least hire out the translation work to natives. If you have been to Japan or had much experience with made-for Japan products/media(web included) and such then you know what I mean.
Experiment 2 succesful! I've built a simple device which allows me to stay balaced on my bike when I'm not moving. Basically, you put the front wheel on it and when you turn the handlebar the contact patch of thw wheel moves from side to side. It's funny though because it (the contact patch) moves opposite the direction of the turn so you have to turn opposite the way you would if riding .
With some work it could beecome the format for a rider-balanced vehicle but its too clumsy and its not what I'm aiming for. I still haven't gotten perfect at playing around with this (its lots of fun ) but I can stay balanced for 30-40 seconds or so untill I move instinctually and foul up. It's made of wood so it can't be patented so here it is: 1)Get a board about 45cm long and about as wide as the front tire of your bike (it will hold your front up so it should at least be 1.5 cm thick depending on the strength.) 2) Get or make two boards about 2/3 as thick, half as long and about 5cm wide and attach them to either side of one end of the board in step 1 (join them flush so that your device looks like a 'u'. 3) Attach a non-swiveling caster to the bottom of the U-shaped part of the device.(edit: you want the wheel to roll perpendicular to the length of the board.) 4) Drill a vertical hole in the center of the width towards the opposite end of your device (the end with no walls). 5) Get a board about like the original and drill a vertical hole through its center (the center of its width and length). 6) Attach the two boards with a bolt through the pre-drilled holes being sure to put a fat (as in surface area in its radial plane) washer between the boards and secure it with a nut and a washer(edit: you may want to add another bolt and washer to keep the first from loosening. Also, attach the boards firmly but not where they can't swivel without difficulty.). Now you have something shaped like a 'T' if you hold the non-wheeled board horizontally. 7) put 'feet' (preferably made of or covered in rubber to avoid slippage) on either end of the wheel-les board on the same side as the wheel and put the device down on the ground in front of your bike (your tire goes in that 'u' shaped area). 8) See how long it takes to catch on, how long you can balance yourself, and how much fun you can have.
Appendix A:
I've been operating this gizmo backwards, with the head of the 'T' in front of the front wheel but as I've just tried it with the foot of the 'T' if front it seems to be closer to the natural behavior of a moving bicyle. It also feels to be some 25-30% more authoritative in this configuration. The only problem is that the rear wheel stays put in the whole thing. Even still it is indeed effective in keeping balance either way (you just have to reorientate yourself with the change of where the foot of the 'T' points).
Appendix B:
Oh, about the 'U' shaped bit...You attach the two thinner boards lengthwise so that they contact more of the surface of your tire's sides.
It'll just move so far ahead of yor center of gravity so fast that you can't fall. (imagine someone pushing you from behind and you want to avoid their force from making you run but keep walking: you'd simply put your feet further out in front of you on each step.
Hmmm...I'd like to see the scientific data behind this statement.
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He said that two neutrons would appear where there was originally one right? How does he lock up the position of the neutron? How does he make sure that the one from the future doesn't arrive at the same position/coordinates as the original? Isn't there a law which states that the same matter cannot occupy the same space at the same time?
Hm...If this works it could turn out to be an experiment of an unexpected nature:-) I wonder what results when that law is broken...Will it be like TimeCop...Or will the universe implode?:-)
The company's investment coffers and the salaries of the employees who produced it? Of course, but also you are paying for the CEO's private Jet(s), Lamborghini(s), etc.
Waste is waste and that kind of waste endures forever. There are many places where the wind always blows...How about more windmills in such places.
Also, there is a _lot_ of desert on this planet waiting to yield forth solar energy for us. We don't have to use photovoltaics to get it either. There are thermocouples (beneath the surface of the earth is cool so it can provide the temp difference). There is also what I call the "solar stack" which is a big black hollow column which the sun heats with a wind generator at the bottom (to make use of the energy from all that air rising to the top). Hm...There are stirling engines (you can using thermocouples backwards (putting power into them)) to make things cooler on the cool side of the stirlings...I'm sure there are many other ways but I'll leave that to you, the readers of slashdot to fill in.
Reading the specs in more detail reveals that the total thickness of the adapter (that's the top piece and the bottom piece together) is 1.5mm.which is close to the thickness of a common CD. There shouldn't be a problem including it with the CD (they even say that the top piece is printable, implying that it would be part of the CD at during the printing process).
I wouldn't quite assert that English is invading Japanese. I'd say that the Japanese are creating Japanese words based on English. Any native speaker from any English speaking country would have trouble figuring out what they originally were. Also, their usage of these words is often quite different from that of English (ie. sumaato (smart) doesn't mean brainy but skinny). If you read the "English" that is written, sung, and spoken here you'll also notice its far from similar to the genuine article(s). If you look at the history of this country you'll see that their intake and modification of English is simply a repeat of their entire process of existance as a civilization. It started with China when they took in the Chinese writing system, Kanji. They took the characters and their rough Chinese pronunciation then added their Japanese pronunciations as well. Even now they can understand only about 50% of what is written by the Chinese (and this is after over 1000 years!)and none of what is spoken. I don't think they'll even get half that far with understanding writen (and especially spoken)English even in the same number of years. If anything, they'll create a new language. For lack of a better word I'll name it Japanglish. From the land of bullet trains and people who don't know if it snows in the USA.
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What exactly is The Department? Is it a top-secret red-phone bearing governmental entity?
Yesterday I was a law abiding countryman. Today I'm a suicidal maniac...
How did the scanner catch the transition?
DDT works at killing bugs on crops...
Suicide works at stopping pain...
Nuclear bombs work for mining...
2-stroke engines work for autos...
The funny thing is, just because something works doesn't make it noble and good.
Intellectual property rights have nothing to do with service or modifications to an item for personal use.
:-)
If that wasn't so, then that time when you switched the heads on your toy robots as a kid was a legal offense.
IP rights are about making sure no one besides the bearer can profit from the _reproduction_ and _sale_ of said IP.
In _real_ English it's called a _solar array_ because it's an array of solar cells.
Your batsu geemu is to eat a tube of wasabi.
Easy, bring the object you call a "taiyou denchi" to a native speaker of English who also speaks Japanese and say "Eigo de kore wa nan to iimasuka?" Then you won't have to reinvent the wheel in an other-than-round shape. ^_^
There's no such thing as "solar batteries" in English. That's a direct translation of the Japanese term "taiyou denchi." "Taiyou"= sun and you guesed it, "denchi" = battery. Too bad Japanese companies and other organizations within Japan have trouble accepting their lack of English skills and neglect to at least hire out the translation work to natives. If you have been to Japan or had much experience with made-for Japan products/media(web included) and such then you know what I mean.
Hmmm...
Did Armed robery, Carjacking, Fraud or Burglery make the top ten?
Me smells the smell of sardines that are stale.
(Microsoft reads instructions)
Instructions: How to shoot oneself in the foot
Step 1) Insert bullets into magazine.
Step 2) Insert magazine into rifle.
Step 3) Disengage safety mechanism on trigger.
Step 4) Rest rifle muzzle on foot.
Step 5) Pull trigger.
Limp 1) Repeat process with opposite foot if you're human. If you're a Beast, repeat process with respect to remaining uninjured feet.
Here in Japan, in my small town there are four Xboxes in the second hand store already. They're selling for about 23,000Yen (a bit less than 200USD).
"Your virtual university always features a football stadium and basketball arena"
:)
"Set your athletic policies and build a winning sports department "
Sports department? I really don't _want_ a sports department!
It's my work about which I'd posted elsewhere.
Experiment 2 succesful! I've built a simple device which allows me to stay balaced on my bike when I'm not moving. Basically, you put the front wheel on it and when you turn the handlebar the contact patch of thw wheel moves from side to side. It's funny though because it (the contact patch) moves opposite the direction of the turn so you have to turn opposite the way you would if riding .
With some work it could beecome the format for a rider-balanced vehicle but its too clumsy and its not what I'm aiming for. I still haven't gotten perfect at playing around with this (its lots of fun ) but I can stay balanced for 30-40 seconds or so untill I move instinctually and foul up. It's made of wood so it can't be patented so here it is: 1)Get a board about 45cm long and about as wide as the front tire of your bike (it will hold your front up so it should at least be 1.5 cm thick depending on the strength.) 2) Get or make two boards about 2/3 as thick, half as long and about 5cm wide and attach them to either side of one end of the board in step 1 (join them flush so that your device looks like a 'u'. 3) Attach a non-swiveling caster to the bottom of the U-shaped part of the device.(edit: you want the wheel to roll perpendicular to the length of the board.) 4) Drill a vertical hole in the center of the width towards the opposite end of your device (the end with no walls). 5) Get a board about like the original and drill a vertical hole through its center (the center of its width and length). 6) Attach the two boards with a bolt through the pre-drilled holes being sure to put a fat (as in surface area in its radial plane) washer between the boards and secure it with a nut and a washer(edit: you may want to add another bolt and washer to keep the first from loosening. Also, attach the boards firmly but not where they can't swivel without difficulty.). Now you have something shaped like a 'T' if you hold the non-wheeled board horizontally. 7) put 'feet' (preferably made of or covered in rubber to avoid slippage) on either end of the wheel-les board on the same side as the wheel and put the device down on the ground in front of your bike (your tire goes in that 'u' shaped area). 8) See how long it takes to catch on, how long you can balance yourself, and how much fun you can have.
Appendix A:
I've been operating this gizmo backwards, with the head of the 'T' in front of the front wheel but as I've just tried it with the foot of the 'T' if front it seems to be closer to the natural behavior of a moving bicyle. It also feels to be some 25-30% more authoritative in this configuration. The only problem is that the rear wheel stays put in the whole thing. Even still it is indeed effective in keeping balance either way (you just have to reorientate yourself with the change of where the foot of the 'T' points).
Appendix B:
Oh, about the 'U' shaped bit...You attach the two thinner boards lengthwise so that they contact more of the surface of your tire's sides.
It'll just move so far ahead of yor center of gravity so fast that you can't fall. (imagine someone pushing you from behind and you want to avoid their force from making you run but keep walking: you'd simply put your feet further out in front of you on each step.
Hmmm...I'd like to see the scientific data behind this statement.
He said that two neutrons would appear where there was originally one right? How does he lock up the position of the neutron? How does he make sure that the one from the future doesn't arrive at the same position/coordinates as the original?
:-) I wonder what results when that law is broken...Will it be like TimeCop...Or will the universe implode? :-)
Isn't there a law which states that the same matter cannot occupy the same space at the same time?
Hm...If this works it could turn out to be an experiment of an unexpected nature
The company's investment coffers and the salaries of the employees who produced it? Of course, but also you are paying for the CEO's private Jet(s), Lamborghini(s), etc.
Someone hurry up and patent "windowing" in software GUIs.
Waste is waste and that kind of waste endures forever. There are many places where the wind always blows...How about more windmills in such places.
Also, there is a _lot_ of desert on this planet waiting to yield forth solar energy for us. We don't have to use photovoltaics to get it either. There are thermocouples (beneath the surface of the earth is cool so it can provide the temp difference). There is also what I call the "solar stack" which is a big black hollow column which the sun heats with a wind generator at the bottom (to make use of the energy from all that air rising to the top). Hm...There are stirling engines (you can using thermocouples backwards (putting power into them)) to make things cooler on the cool side of the stirlings...I'm sure there are many other ways but I'll leave that to you, the readers of slashdot to fill in.
Reading the specs in more detail reveals that the total thickness of the adapter (that's the top piece and the bottom piece together) is 1.5mm.which is close to the thickness of a common CD. There shouldn't be a problem including it with the CD (they even say that the top piece is printable, implying that it would be part of the CD at during the printing process).
I wouldn't quite assert that English is invading Japanese. I'd say that the Japanese are creating Japanese words based on English. Any native speaker from any English speaking country would have trouble figuring out what they originally were. Also, their usage of these words is often quite different from that of English (ie. sumaato (smart) doesn't mean brainy but skinny). If you read the "English" that is written, sung, and spoken here you'll also notice its far from similar to the genuine article(s). If you look at the history of this country you'll see that their intake and modification of English is simply a repeat of their entire process of existance as a civilization. It started with China when they took in the Chinese writing system, Kanji. They took the characters and their rough Chinese pronunciation then added their Japanese pronunciations as well. Even now they can understand only about 50% of what is written by the Chinese (and this is after over 1000 years!)and none of what is spoken. I don't think they'll even get half that far with understanding writen (and especially spoken)English even in the same number of years. If anything, they'll create a new language. For lack of a better word I'll name it Japanglish. From the land of bullet trains and people who don't know if it snows in the USA.