No, it's clearly intelligent spin. There must be some agent of unimaginable power who is actively pushing the core to faster velocities. We cannot know why someone would want to do this, but as they must be very intelligent to figure out a way to accomplish this, we must conclude that they have their reasons.
Now, the real question in my mind, is the intelligent spinner Vulcan/Hephaestus, YHWH, or the Flying Spaghetti Monster?
My theory is that it's the FSM. While Vulcan and Hephaestus were gods of the earth and of volcanoes, they were only minor characters in the Olympian pantheon, and on top of that, cripples. Clearly they are incapable of pushing the Earth's core at all. YHWH is too busy turning homosexuals into pillars of salt to be bothered with core spinning. Therefore, only a noodley appendage can spin the Earth's Core at such a velocity.
I wonder if friction accounts for an appreciable amount of the heat at the earth's core. Science has conventionally theorized that it was hot down there due to extreme pressures and later thinking suggests that there may be some heat generated by radioactive decay of Uranium and other radioactive elements.
Seems extravagent, but now you could install an A/C unit in the case and be blowing COLD air over your heat exchanger surfaces instead of ambient-temperature air. Probably necessary for those 16-core Pentiums that are supposed to be here in a few years...
Think of your fourth amendment right to privacy. Think of all the information about you that is publicly available and gathered by the government and large companies.
Now think about if there was an actually-useful DRM scheme that you could use to control access to that information.
I still don't believe that it's ever going to be possible to create an airtight DRM that is impossible to circumvent, but I would buy it in a heartbeat if such a thing existed. I think losing access forever* to all TV, film, and music would be a fair trade, even.
*Because I'd boycott such a thing if it's applied to copyrighted media assets unless I can get the content without having to pay for it each time I want to watch it, can excerpt for purposes of criticism or review, and can make backups of the original media.
Mechanical complexity. You're basically doubling the opportunity for a head crash. I don't know that there's a whole lot of space inside for additional heads, either. It's still not a bad idea, and one that they ought to do some R&D on.
If I can put my own HDD in the cheaper XBox, I'd rather do that, because I can stick something in there that's bigger, faster, and more useful than their 20GB drive.
I hate wireless controllers. I can probably buy the headset for like $20.
I can make my own ethernet cable for about a dollar's worth of parts.
I already have 5 @#$()&* remote controls on top of my TV. I'll be glad to not have another one.
Oh, wait, it's an MS product. I'm not going to buy it for any amount of money.
Denials are almost a sure sign that something is up. Rumors, I don't know. But every time a company denies something, it seems it's actually confirmed shortly thereafter.
If you're going to go through all that trouble on extensive modifications, warranty voiding, and increased risk of failure, why not just spend more money?
I don't know that this is all that profitable a mod. Sure you don't spend a lot on gas, but you've just up-fronted a crapload of moolah to get there. How long until it pays for itself?
Let's say the car is 5 times more efficient on gas (250:50 is about right). So for every 1 gallon run though this super-hybrid, you would have run 5 through the stock Prius. $3000 = roughly 1200 gallons at $2.50/gallon, which is roughly what gas costs at the moment.
At 50 stock miles/gallon, you get 60,000 miles for 1200 gallons of gas. So, in 60,000 stock miles, you'll have caught up in gas savings with what you've spent in batteries. Which is only about half the useful life of the car... but this doesn't take into account the finite lifespan of the batteries, which will probably need to be reconditioned or replaced every 4-5 years. Assuming normal driving habits of 10-15,000 miles per year, you might get 60,000 miles out of those batteries, but you might come up 20,000 miles short.
And the fuel economy advantage of hybrid cars is at its best if you are running a lot of short trips in city traffic, which is not the way to put on a lot of miles on the car. People who drive 20,000 mi+ per year tend to put in a very large proportion of those miles on the highway. But driving fewer miles is the BEST way to conserve energy there is, so driving more is actually counter-productive.
All in all, it's not a very good trade-off just yet. But, if gasoline keeps getting more expensive, the picture starts looking rosier. If we see sustained gas prices of $3-$4/gallon, this guy will be saving a lot of money, especially if he doesn't drive all that much.
But if the entire car is filled with batteries, how useful is it as a vehicle for taking you AND cargo?
Don't need to jack into their network... just sneak over to the set of Alias and steal one of those devices that can read the contents of a hard drive just by being in close proximity to it. It should be able to overwrite the drive, as well, so you can simply cache the old contents of the drive, upload your own system image, and then when you've won enough, put the cached old image back online, and they'll never notice.
Is it just me, or does anyone else hate how stupid that show is?
Unless the Aluminum is in direct contact with the hot parts of your PC, it is contributing negligibly to heat dissipation. Airflow and good heat sinks are much more important. Case material is almost irrelevant for cooling purposes.
The advantage of aluminum is lightweight. And anodized aluminum kindof looks cool. That's it.
I'd rather have a good, heavy, sturdy steel case of the same design as some of these aluminum cases that are just a tad too flimsy for my tastes. My InWin Q500 is built like a tank, and aside from looking like a nondescript beige box, it rules. In fact, I kindof like that it looks like an old PC that no one would look twice at.
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How deep do you have to dive in the ocean before it gets completely dark? That's a LOT of water!!
Transparent things are usually not very effective radiation shields.
No, it's clearly intelligent spin. There must be some agent of unimaginable power who is actively pushing the core to faster velocities. We cannot know why someone would want to do this, but as they must be very intelligent to figure out a way to accomplish this, we must conclude that they have their reasons.
Now, the real question in my mind, is the intelligent spinner Vulcan/Hephaestus, YHWH, or the Flying Spaghetti Monster?
My theory is that it's the FSM. While Vulcan and Hephaestus were gods of the earth and of volcanoes, they were only minor characters in the Olympian pantheon, and on top of that, cripples. Clearly they are incapable of pushing the Earth's core at all. YHWH is too busy turning homosexuals into pillars of salt to be bothered with core spinning. Therefore, only a noodley appendage can spin the Earth's Core at such a velocity.
I wonder if friction accounts for an appreciable amount of the heat at the earth's core. Science has conventionally theorized that it was hot down there due to extreme pressures and later thinking suggests that there may be some heat generated by radioactive decay of Uranium and other radioactive elements.
The X-15 pilots were moving so fast, it took the medals and awards bureau 35 years to catch up with them.
We're going to have to go back to running tight, bloat-free code. About damn time, I say.
Try loading DOS 6.22 on your 3.8 GHz Pentium 4 sometime and see if you have any speed complaints.
Seems extravagent, but now you could install an A/C unit in the case and be blowing COLD air over your heat exchanger surfaces instead of ambient-temperature air. Probably necessary for those 16-core Pentiums that are supposed to be here in a few years...
Think of your fourth amendment right to privacy. Think of all the information about you that is publicly available and gathered by the government and large companies.
Now think about if there was an actually-useful DRM scheme that you could use to control access to that information.
I still don't believe that it's ever going to be possible to create an airtight DRM that is impossible to circumvent, but I would buy it in a heartbeat if such a thing existed. I think losing access forever* to all TV, film, and music would be a fair trade, even.
*Because I'd boycott such a thing if it's applied to copyrighted media assets unless I can get the content without having to pay for it each time I want to watch it, can excerpt for purposes of criticism or review, and can make backups of the original media.
What will they be fueled with?
Mechanical complexity. You're basically doubling the opportunity for a head crash. I don't know that there's a whole lot of space inside for additional heads, either. It's still not a bad idea, and one that they ought to do some R&D on.
Beware the powerful ham radio lobby! They pwn congress!
Final system? Ha ha, what's that? They'll have a new one on the market every 3-4 years, without a doubt.
If I can put my own HDD in the cheaper XBox, I'd rather do that, because I can stick something in there that's bigger, faster, and more useful than their 20GB drive.
I hate wireless controllers. I can probably buy the headset for like $20.
I can make my own ethernet cable for about a dollar's worth of parts.
I already have 5 @#$()&* remote controls on top of my TV. I'll be glad to not have another one.
Oh, wait, it's an MS product. I'm not going to buy it for any amount of money.
Suborbital space ships, the pinnacle so far of this company, who have the gall to call themselves "galactic". Ha!
Why not? That's also how he's paying for it...
I've been powering my clock for the past 20 years with a potato. A FRICKIN' POTATO!
/. doesn't have a spellcheck function. Or editing@!@#$
Or however you spell it. Damn Quayle, ever since him that word's given me uncertainty. And
The orbital mechanics that the Hohlmann transfer to Mars takes advantage of allow a "cheap" (low-energy) shot at Mars about every 2 years.
Mod parent up.
Something less ergonomic than the Apple "hockey puck" mouse. My fingers are cramping up just thinking about it.
Denials are almost a sure sign that something is up. Rumors, I don't know. But every time a company denies something, it seems it's actually confirmed shortly thereafter.
Moronic, and not worth the effort.
If you're going to go through all that trouble on extensive modifications, warranty voiding, and increased risk of failure, why not just spend more money?
I'm not sure, but I think free ponies for everyone would go a long way. Let's ask Colin Powell what he thinks... Colin?
I don't know that this is all that profitable a mod. Sure you don't spend a lot on gas, but you've just up-fronted a crapload of moolah to get there. How long until it pays for itself?
Let's say the car is 5 times more efficient on gas (250:50 is about right). So for every 1 gallon run though this super-hybrid, you would have run 5 through the stock Prius. $3000 = roughly 1200 gallons at $2.50/gallon, which is roughly what gas costs at the moment.
At 50 stock miles/gallon, you get 60,000 miles for 1200 gallons of gas. So, in 60,000 stock miles, you'll have caught up in gas savings with what you've spent in batteries. Which is only about half the useful life of the car... but this doesn't take into account the finite lifespan of the batteries, which will probably need to be reconditioned or replaced every 4-5 years. Assuming normal driving habits of 10-15,000 miles per year, you might get 60,000 miles out of those batteries, but you might come up 20,000 miles short.
And the fuel economy advantage of hybrid cars is at its best if you are running a lot of short trips in city traffic, which is not the way to put on a lot of miles on the car. People who drive 20,000 mi+ per year tend to put in a very large proportion of those miles on the highway. But driving fewer miles is the BEST way to conserve energy there is, so driving more is actually counter-productive.
All in all, it's not a very good trade-off just yet. But, if gasoline keeps getting more expensive, the picture starts looking rosier. If we see sustained gas prices of $3-$4/gallon, this guy will be saving a lot of money, especially if he doesn't drive all that much.
But if the entire car is filled with batteries, how useful is it as a vehicle for taking you AND cargo?
Don't need to jack into their network... just sneak over to the set of Alias and steal one of those devices that can read the contents of a hard drive just by being in close proximity to it. It should be able to overwrite the drive, as well, so you can simply cache the old contents of the drive, upload your own system image, and then when you've won enough, put the cached old image back online, and they'll never notice.
Is it just me, or does anyone else hate how stupid that show is?
They do not.
Unless the Aluminum is in direct contact with the hot parts of your PC, it is contributing negligibly to heat dissipation. Airflow and good heat sinks are much more important. Case material is almost irrelevant for cooling purposes.
The advantage of aluminum is lightweight. And anodized aluminum kindof looks cool. That's it.
I'd rather have a good, heavy, sturdy steel case of the same design as some of these aluminum cases that are just a tad too flimsy for my tastes. My InWin Q500 is built like a tank, and aside from looking like a nondescript beige box, it rules. In fact, I kindof like that it looks like an old PC that no one would look twice at.