I see important uses in implanted medical devices, waterproof equipment and other cases when direct physical access to the device is impractical. But for cell phones/laptops this is positively silly.
These actually use alternating current (fields), not direct current, so it's constantly alternating between positive and negative.
I thought wireless power looked fantastic until I took a closer look at what you are actually getting. You can't just chuck your phone on the wireless charger pad and have it magically charge the phone. You need to either add a special "sleave" to the product you want to charge wirelessly or actually plug the product into the charge pad using various adapters which completely negates any real benefit from "wireless" power.
You really can't see the benefit of having the wireless charger, then the wireless receiver with a short cord plugged into the phone to charge it? Well, neither can I.
If there's one thing I encounter daily that feels like it's making me stupid, it's most of the crap in any newspaper, magazine, or online news site. Just take a look around whatever site that article is on and ask yourself whether they can even recognize what they speak of.
Now complete in Volumes I and II, authors Robert Sungenis and Robert Bennett take you on a tour of science and history the likes of which you would have never believed possible unless it were told to you in detailed and graphic form.
WTF are you smoking? there's no mention of your troll comment in the linked page.
No, really? I didn't think someone would actually take my post seriously. It was clearly intended as a joke. Come on, vacate the building for 10 days? Permanently disconnect the vent from the room?
Yes, I can imagine the age of prohibition coming, with people making crude lightbulbs out of coat hanger wire and jars, getting seriously injured in the desire for full-spectrum lighting inside. It will be a partial-spectrum many years ahead of us.
Sample bias there? The smart criminals don't get caught. And the really smart ones create a public perception of their actions not even being criminal.
I found some decent CFLs over three years ago and they are still working fine, with at least 10 hours continuous use each day. N-vision brand, 23 W. They were pretty close to the incandescent I was using, and I'm somewhat picky about light color. I've little complaint.
Yet the power LED on one of my computers is still happily running (after 24 hours a day for 10 years).
And what's with car tires? They need to be replaced quite often. The wheels on my roller chair haven't needed replacement at all, and I've had the chair for almost a decade.
And what if it had caused massive black holes to open up? We would be reading this instead:
"End of the world! Remember, about a month ago, when a researcher claimed he had a proof that P != NP? Well, after a month of vigorous examination... oh no, building crushing due to gravitational colla"
Indeed they are confusing. I never get the idea that many people take the time to read over the summary in the mindset of a reader (you know, all those tens of thousands of people who will be reading the summary besides yourself).
So it comes down to a contract issue. What's the problem? Don't accept such a contract, just as you wouldn't give you money for something not worth it. Oh, I see, the problem is that many people will consider such a contract acceptable, and thus give them business. So the problem is with people who accept such terms.
I believe technically most contracts aren't broken, merely you invoke a different part of the terms. For example it might say that you pay to get space and bandwidth, but if you violate some rules, you lose access.
I think this church is an idiot, but they still have the right to do what they're doing. Rackspace is a bunch of douchebags for pulling the plug. "Hate speech" is subjective and can be applied to nearly anything.
And Rackspace has the right to dictate who uses their servers, and what content is hosted on said servers. They also don't have to tell anyone why, since it's their own property.
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These actually use alternating current (fields), not direct current, so it's constantly alternating between positive and negative.
You really can't see the benefit of having the wireless charger, then the wireless receiver with a short cord plugged into the phone to charge it? Well, neither can I.
If there's one thing I encounter daily that feels like it's making me stupid, it's most of the crap in any newspaper, magazine, or online news site. Just take a look around whatever site that article is on and ask yourself whether they can even recognize what they speak of.
So it's a comic book? Ahem, sorry, graphic novel?
But that's still evidence, right???
No, really? I didn't think someone would actually take my post seriously. It was clearly intended as a joke. Come on, vacate the building for 10 days? Permanently disconnect the vent from the room?
Yes, I can imagine the age of prohibition coming, with people making crude lightbulbs out of coat hanger wire and jars, getting seriously injured in the desire for full-spectrum lighting inside. It will be a partial-spectrum many years ahead of us.
Sample bias there? The smart criminals don't get caught. And the really smart ones create a public perception of their actions not even being criminal.
How would it have exploded? It seems you'd lack the necessary oxygen inside the lighter fluid bottle.
That site is a little over the top, don't you think? For example:
Before Cleanup: Air Out the Room
I found some decent CFLs over three years ago and they are still working fine, with at least 10 hours continuous use each day. N-vision brand, 23 W. They were pretty close to the incandescent I was using, and I'm somewhat picky about light color. I've little complaint.
And what's with car tires? They need to be replaced quite often. The wheels on my roller chair haven't needed replacement at all, and I've had the chair for almost a decade.
Come on, we need a car analogy here. How about, you have no expectation of privacy in your car as soon as you give the dealer your name and address.
Don't you mean designed?
Or the opposite, if you forget to empty it first.
And what if it had caused massive black holes to open up? We would be reading this instead:
"End of the world! Remember, about a month ago, when a researcher claimed he had a proof that P != NP? Well, after a month of vigorous examination... oh no, building crushing due to gravitational colla"
Indeed they are confusing. I never get the idea that many people take the time to read over the summary in the mindset of a reader (you know, all those tens of thousands of people who will be reading the summary besides yourself).
So it comes down to a contract issue. What's the problem? Don't accept such a contract, just as you wouldn't give you money for something not worth it. Oh, I see, the problem is that many people will consider such a contract acceptable, and thus give them business. So the problem is with people who accept such terms.
And yet people who know of their behavior still give them money to store. Why?
Yes, because the world would be better off if every one of us lived on an island, unable to specialize.
Hahaha you're totally right. (A+B)*0.50 = (A-5 + B+5)*0.50
That's why I like Slashdot's story reminder feature, which usually kicks in a day or two later, just as I'm forgetting about the story.
pSo it's six times the speed of the A8 then? (1x + 5x = 6x)
I believe technically most contracts aren't broken, merely you invoke a different part of the terms. For example it might say that you pay to get space and bandwidth, but if you violate some rules, you lose access.
And Rackspace has the right to dictate who uses their servers, and what content is hosted on said servers. They also don't have to tell anyone why, since it's their own property.