AA batteries are normally not Li-Ion. They are NiMH. Li-Ion needs far more complex controllers in both charging and discharging. Most AA powered systems do not have the over-discharge protection that a Li-Ion battery requires in order to stay functional. In case of a short a Li-Ion battery may explode, thus it requires protection against overcurrent draw. Most battery powered devices don't even have a fuse.
Despite their difficulties Li-Ion batteries are widely used. This is because they can hold far more energy than NiMH batteries. Usually they are used in specific purpose batteries, non standard shapes.
Assuming this works the same as other electric devices, once you buy a new battery the supplier is obligated by European law to accept and recycle the old battery. That also means the old battery can not leave the EU (probably unless it is recycled far enough to be considered a usable resource, dunno the specifics though) to prevent environmental disasters in 3rd world countries.
In essence they would probably save a lot of money. Selling something they got for free (or at least cheaply).
The problem is that modern digital systems have to many possibilities. You can not be certain that a security system with in field reprogramming abilities is safe. It may be expensive (in both space and dollars) but critical systems should have safe limits embedded in the hardware. A powerplant should not be able to increase the output voltage without hardware modifications. A nuclear plant must fail safe, even if the software is hacked.
In essence you are right: It doesn't matter if those securities are in digital (relays for example) or analog (dunno how you'd do that). What matters is that they don't run software. However that is how digital vs analog is used these days. Language is fluid, it changes. What once was wrong now is correct. This has been forever, just analyze the word "regularly".
But not treating the main problem even more stupid. Yes, there can be blood in urine. I forgot that. However that is not common and a clear sign of physical damage in the kidney or urinary tract. Normally urine is next to sterile.
Because it influences many people. As you understand the indoctrination from the major religions you can cast your arguments in a form that works. The fool tries to change the world to himself. The wise man changes himself to the world. The wisest man changes himself and the world.
It has at least one element of a religion: An atheist is sure there is no god, despite the fact that there is no proof that there is no god. An atheist seems to be unable to cope with the fact that we do not know. It is extremely unlikely that a god exists, but that does not mean it is impossible. While a god with the 3 claimed powers of the christian God (omnipotent, omnibenevolent and omniscient), cannot exist in this world, due to evil, a non-good god or non-omniscient god could theoretically exist without logical problems. Due to Occam's razor we should assume there is none, but we can not be sure.
While a lot of bad things can be said of Hitler, he did at least one good thing: he killed Hitler.
All kidding aside, Hitler also breathed. Does that mean that breathing is evil? Why would meditating be evil just because Hitler did it? Most probably the human mind just functions better if it gets some rest in a different way than sleep once in a while. Prayer or meditation are ways of resting your mind. No magic or invisible man in the sky required.
Can't find it in the article but it doesn't have to be smelly. If the gasses are heated to a sufficiently high temperature without oxygen we can not smell them anymore. This because the smelly molecules fall apart in these conditions. The end products (in this case the gaseous end products will probably include H2, CH4, CO2 and H2O) are not smelly (although the mixture is probably flammable) Heating without oxygen is how biochar is made. Assuming this thing seals the reaction chamber before heating the poop there will be no smell.
Sewerage also includes washing water, showers, bath, hand basin and, kitchen sink.
These things are not a biohazard. Poop is. Assuming a biodegradable detergent is used the things you mentioned in that list can just be dumped in the surface water without environmental effects. Poop in drinking water is dangerous because it is loaded with bacteria. The gut bacteria from one person can cause diarrhea in another person. Urine is no biohazard (except for when the source has a bladder infection or something like it). Kidneys are molecular sieves, amongst other things. Bacteria and viruses can not pass. Urine is next to sterile. It has less bacteria than bottled water. Medical waste should be disposed of properly. True. A solar oven or a fire should be able to help for that. It is, however, not the main problem. The bacteria in poop are the main problem.
Be sure to use Hastelloy or a similar quality stainless steel. Normal SS 316 (for example) still corrodes in some circumstances (mainly with high humidity and salinity in the air).
Statistically speaking planes do not crash, with only a small margin of error. To improve human safety new cars should have a black box type feature. Just loop the last few minutes of speed+brake+steering+blinker status through a storage. It would help point out culprits faster which would force people to drive better. Cars crash all the time, but because it is not newsworthy nobody notices. The number of deaths per passenger mile for cars is far more than for planes, so why invest at all to make the planes safer? That's like investing in a lightning rod to protect your electronics while there is no front door in the frame to protect against theft.
1. That works with GSM signals. Aint gonna work over the ocean.
2. It only sends position. No information about the state of the aircraft.
3. That device is not rated for use in an aircraft. That means it's not allowed.
BTW, if you use a secure password, I can't think of a security-related reason to change passwords like that. What's the point of changing passwords so often, if I might ask?
Why would you want to run Android on a I386 processor? They may have a little more raw processing power, but they have a far higher energy footprint and not all apps (if any) will work on it. There is a nice sentence in the specs:
By offering both operating systems, ASUS provides users the ability to run supported Android applications and a vast array of native Windows applications.
The number of supported Android apps will be limited unless they equip Android with an emulator, which costs some of the gained processing power.
Not everyone feels that way. I type better on Swiftkey than on a real keyboard (admittedly, I type real crappy on a normal keyboard). This is because swiftkey (and probably many other soft keyboards) correct a lot of my typing. It isn't perfect (it has the nasty habit of placing spaces in bb code and HTML, for example) but it is better than a normal keyboard.
Besides that, most people feel a real keyboard just takes up to much space. A phone is not meant to program the next OS or write a book. It is a way of interacting with the world and nowadays that means much more reading and viewing as it does typing. No I am not on twitter, let alone addicted to it. Most of the things I type on my phone are more than 140 characters.
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AA batteries are normally not Li-Ion. They are NiMH.
Li-Ion needs far more complex controllers in both charging and discharging. Most AA powered systems do not have the over-discharge protection that a Li-Ion battery requires in order to stay functional. In case of a short a Li-Ion battery may explode, thus it requires protection against overcurrent draw. Most battery powered devices don't even have a fuse.
Despite their difficulties Li-Ion batteries are widely used. This is because they can hold far more energy than NiMH batteries. Usually they are used in specific purpose batteries, non standard shapes.
This is about Europe. We have almost stopped making landfills in most countries.
Assuming this works the same as other electric devices, once you buy a new battery the supplier is obligated by European law to accept and recycle the old battery.
That also means the old battery can not leave the EU (probably unless it is recycled far enough to be considered a usable resource, dunno the specifics though) to prevent environmental disasters in 3rd world countries.
In essence they would probably save a lot of money. Selling something they got for free (or at least cheaply).
The problem is that modern digital systems have to many possibilities. You can not be certain that a security system with in field reprogramming abilities is safe.
It may be expensive (in both space and dollars) but critical systems should have safe limits embedded in the hardware. A powerplant should not be able to increase the output voltage without hardware modifications. A nuclear plant must fail safe, even if the software is hacked.
In essence you are right: It doesn't matter if those securities are in digital (relays for example) or analog (dunno how you'd do that). What matters is that they don't run software. However that is how digital vs analog is used these days. Language is fluid, it changes. What once was wrong now is correct. This has been forever, just analyze the word "regularly".
But not treating the main problem even more stupid.
Yes, there can be blood in urine. I forgot that. However that is not common and a clear sign of physical damage in the kidney or urinary tract. Normally urine is next to sterile.
Because it influences many people. As you understand the indoctrination from the major religions you can cast your arguments in a form that works.
The fool tries to change the world to himself. The wise man changes himself to the world. The wisest man changes himself and the world.
It has at least one element of a religion: An atheist is sure there is no god, despite the fact that there is no proof that there is no god.
An atheist seems to be unable to cope with the fact that we do not know. It is extremely unlikely that a god exists, but that does not mean it is impossible.
While a god with the 3 claimed powers of the christian God (omnipotent, omnibenevolent and omniscient), cannot exist in this world, due to evil, a non-good god or non-omniscient god could theoretically exist without logical problems. Due to Occam's razor we should assume there is none, but we can not be sure.
While a lot of bad things can be said of Hitler, he did at least one good thing: he killed Hitler.
All kidding aside, Hitler also breathed. Does that mean that breathing is evil? Why would meditating be evil just because Hitler did it?
Most probably the human mind just functions better if it gets some rest in a different way than sleep once in a while. Prayer or meditation are ways of resting your mind. No magic or invisible man in the sky required.
Water is mostly a distribution problem. The water I use to flush my toilets wouldn't have gone to the water-deprived if I hadn't used it.
Can't find it in the article but it doesn't have to be smelly. If the gasses are heated to a sufficiently high temperature without oxygen we can not smell them anymore. This because the smelly molecules fall apart in these conditions. The end products (in this case the gaseous end products will probably include H2, CH4, CO2 and H2O) are not smelly (although the mixture is probably flammable)
Heating without oxygen is how biochar is made.
Assuming this thing seals the reaction chamber before heating the poop there will be no smell.
Sewerage also includes washing water, showers, bath, hand basin and, kitchen sink.
These things are not a biohazard. Poop is.
Assuming a biodegradable detergent is used the things you mentioned in that list can just be dumped in the surface water without environmental effects.
Poop in drinking water is dangerous because it is loaded with bacteria. The gut bacteria from one person can cause diarrhea in another person.
Urine is no biohazard (except for when the source has a bladder infection or something like it). Kidneys are molecular sieves, amongst other things. Bacteria and viruses can not pass. Urine is next to sterile. It has less bacteria than bottled water.
Medical waste should be disposed of properly. True. A solar oven or a fire should be able to help for that. It is, however, not the main problem. The bacteria in poop are the main problem.
Don't compress a DVD by volume. It won't fit in a normal player anymore.
Be sure to use Hastelloy or a similar quality stainless steel. Normal SS 316 (for example) still corrodes in some circumstances (mainly with high humidity and salinity in the air).
That's from XKCD. No need to use an aggregator site.
about a third of the way to the sun
DON'T let go of the end!
Statistically speaking planes do not crash, with only a small margin of error.
To improve human safety new cars should have a black box type feature. Just loop the last few minutes of speed+brake+steering+blinker status through a storage. It would help point out culprits faster which would force people to drive better.
Cars crash all the time, but because it is not newsworthy nobody notices. The number of deaths per passenger mile for cars is far more than for planes, so why invest at all to make the planes safer? That's like investing in a lightning rod to protect your electronics while there is no front door in the frame to protect against theft.
1. That works with GSM signals. Aint gonna work over the ocean.
2. It only sends position. No information about the state of the aircraft.
3. That device is not rated for use in an aircraft. That means it's not allowed.
BTW, if you use a secure password, I can't think of a security-related reason to change passwords like that. What's the point of changing passwords so often, if I might ask?
To promote password reuse ofcourse.
If your bank account is protected by just a password instead of something you own and something you know you should sue your bank for incompetence.
Which can also be encrypted
There is a nice sentence in the specs:
By offering both operating systems, ASUS provides users the ability to run supported Android applications and a vast array of native Windows applications.
The number of supported Android apps will be limited unless they equip Android with an emulator, which costs some of the gained processing power.
Just use those cast iron ufo's. The moon is a far easier gravity well to start from.
Please don't use interplanetary missions and miles in one post. That combination has cost us enough.
Not everyone feels that way. I type better on Swiftkey than on a real keyboard (admittedly, I type real crappy on a normal keyboard). This is because swiftkey (and probably many other soft keyboards) correct a lot of my typing. It isn't perfect (it has the nasty habit of placing spaces in bb code and HTML, for example) but it is better than a normal keyboard.
Besides that, most people feel a real keyboard just takes up to much space. A phone is not meant to program the next OS or write a book. It is a way of interacting with the world and nowadays that means much more reading and viewing as it does typing.
No I am not on twitter, let alone addicted to it. Most of the things I type on my phone are more than 140 characters.
1. Generic porn sites tend to also have a far higher frequency of adware and malware content than normal.
Then they should also block relegious sites because they seem to contain more malware