Not sure what the problem is with motion detectors.
The need for instant full brightness. This problem is exacerbated when the motion detector light is outside and you live in a cold climate, where a CFL can take over a minute to get to full brightness (if ever).
Sure, they'll bitch about not being able to run their stove and oven and dishwasher and clothes washer and clothes dryer and air-conditioner
If you don't think this is normal, then you haven't seen a housewife with several kids. That happens almost every day at my house. My wife won't bitch, she'll kill you for slowing down her schedule.
Unless I'm mistaken, the very nature of any type of FLs require high voltage (and high current?) to start them up, and any any FL that starts up quickly needs 3 hours of use before any energy savings are seen. CFLs get around this problem by starting up slowly. A lot of time.
The running time to get net energy savings for a normal fluorescent tube was measured in seconds. The time for a CFL is less than a second. However, if you need 10 seconds to wait to full light before looking around for five seconds and turning it off, you do get a net energy savings with an equivalent incandescent.
I also wouldn't put a CFL in a stairway, as that would be a safety hazard since people are used to flipping a switch and going -- and full light just wouldn't be there. I wouldn't put one in a fridge since you don't want to waste energy standing there with the fridge open waiting for the light to get bright enough.
I'm not. CFLs aren't good for any instant-on applications. CFLs take time to warm up. People will be leaving their refrigerators open longer as they wait for the light to get bright enough to see inside, as a CFL can take a very long time to get bright when it's cold and never reach its optimum efficiency. LED lights aren't quite there yet, and neither they nor CFLs could be used in an oven or kiln. In general, both CFLs and LEDs are more temperature sensitive than filament bulbs.
CFLs could also not be used in any application where noise and RF emissions are important.
Using filament bulbs is poisoning babies. Anyone with a brain ought to be able to see that.
Mythbusters did a test on this. For incandescent, compact fluorescent and LED, the turn-on power was so low as to be inconsequential for any normal use. Old-style fluorescent tubes did suck a lot of turn-on power, but IIRC it was equal to leaving the light on for about 12 seconds.
This is one reason why I don't believe her about privacy. To have listened to her over the last couple of years, you wouldn't think she voted for the war. Her position seems to have shifted due to political expediency, and you can bet her position on privacy will too if necessary.
Please point out where the USA Constitution gives the federal governemnt the power to issue or mandate a national id. Hint, there isn't one.
They didn't do either. The feds just said what the minimum requirements are for ID that they will accept. The states still run their own IDs and are free to ignore the federal standards.
That means they have no right to mandate how a State regulates its population in regards to motor vehicle use.
Actually, the government has no rights, only powers. But one power the federal government does logically have is the power to decide what it will accept as valid identification. The states are free to ignore the federal standards and tell their citizens to get passports if they want to deal with the federal government where an ID is required.
Obviously drag et al. complicate things, but kinetic energy is a decent first order approximation.
It basically boils down to this: You're car is wasting a LOT of energy as you are driving (add to the waste by turning on the A/C, etc.). The faster you get from point A to point B means you spend less time wasting that energy. But there is a point for each car in each condition where that advantage runs up against the losses due to increased speed (mainly due to aerodynamics), and the sweet spot, the optimum speed, is met.
Yes, it can make the difference between 65^2 and 55^2 irrelevant, because you save more than you lose. However, at 65 you've about hit the top end of optimum cruising speeds found these days.
If it were not for this fact, 20 mph would be an efficient driving speed in a normal car (it isn't).
Sorry you lose, freeway speed limits (55 and stay alive) actually have their origins in fuel economy
They have their origins in politics as much as anything, as 55 saved a tiny, statistically insignificant amount of oil, if any.
(1/2 mv^2)
It's a little more complicated than that, av + bv^2 + cv^3. Each car has its own optimum cruising speed depending on conditions. Factors (a, b, c above) such as aerodynamic drag, drivetrain efficiency, rolling resistance, environment and accessories used (pumps, radio, headlights, A/C, etc.) fit into the equation at any one time.
Basically, a huge SUV on a temperate day may be most efficient at 40mph. But a small, light aerodynamic car on a hot day using the A/C full blast may be most efficient at 65 or more.
It's not like the 9/11 terrorists didn't have proper identification.
Those 19 terrorists held 63 state drivers licenses among them, and some of them were in the country illegally at the time. The proposed system has a higher likelihood of catching such people.
The original bill had at least two controversial sections. One would have shared driver data with Mexico and Canada, and another limited judicial review. That these are not in the final bill shows that there was discussion, and that the bill was modified according to the input of the legislators.
By "common machine readable technology", I'm assuming they mean RFID
It's possible, but then so is a magnetic stripe or smart card chip.
I doubt this will end up being a substitute for a Driver's License. What if you lose driving privilages and have to turn in your ID? Do you have to get a new "non-driver" card just to go to the bank?
It is the drivers license. Anything that happens when you lose your license now will happen with this one. The law covers both state-issued ID cards and drivers licenses. If you don't need both now, you won't need both after this.
It will obviously be scanned at every point of use.
That can happen with most current drivers licenses. Mind doesn't have a magnetic strip, but it does have the large barcode on the back with all the info.
Inevitably, this will be part of a big government database.
That is the only thing that scares me. The states and feds need to enact privacy rules concerning the use of the license if any data is going further than it does now.
That almost looks legitimate, with the MD and PhD at the top, until you read the adjectives throughout and realize that the authors started not from a position of disinterested professional psychological analysis, but from a personal dislike of Bush. That taints the whole thing.
Remember when the 55mph speed limit was not the law, but a suggestion, and all states complied? Any state that didn't go along was denied federal highway funds. Same could happen here.
This one's a bit different. The states use licenses as ID, and it's the only kind of ID that most people have. The federal government just said that it itself won't accept any ID that doesn't meet its standards. The states are free to comply or not, but their population may not be happy when the feds don't accept their state-issued ID. In that case, they can obtain a passport if they are legally here. If they aren't legally here then I don't have sympathy for them anyway.
Such a card would have the one big effect of making it very hard for illegal aliens to get drivers licenses. After that, businesses could ask aliens for drivers licenses to be pretty sure that they are indeed legal, thus further making life harder for those here illegally.
States that pander to those who ignored our national sovereignty and broke the law will of course not like the RealID Act.
I don't like any reporting-to-Washington aspects of this, but there should be minimum standards for licenses across the country. The states haven't done it themselves, so the feds finally did it in a way that is constitutional.
I'd imagine this rail gun system could be integrated with whatever replaces AEGIS, which was the system used to use massive automated machine guns to intercept incoming projectiles.
AEGIS is the fire control system, which would likely also control this. You may be thinking of Phalanx CIWS. The Phalanx is already being phased out in favor of a small guided missile, since Phalanx didn't work well (no enemy kills, but a few shots at friendlies).
Yes. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was created relatively recently in patent law, and it has since basically let the patent world as we know it get completely out of control, in opposition to earlier precedent of being pretty strict about what could be patented (such as mathematical algorithms, computer programs and business processes). It appears the Supreme Court may have decided that it is time to reign in the Federal Circuit, not by ignoring precedent, but by re-establishing the earlier precedent.
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It depends on the ambient temperature and the particular bulb. YMMV.
If you don't think this is normal, then you haven't seen a housewife with several kids. That happens almost every day at my house. My wife won't bitch, she'll kill you for slowing down her schedule.
The running time to get net energy savings for a normal fluorescent tube was measured in seconds. The time for a CFL is less than a second. However, if you need 10 seconds to wait to full light before looking around for five seconds and turning it off, you do get a net energy savings with an equivalent incandescent.
I also wouldn't put a CFL in a stairway, as that would be a safety hazard since people are used to flipping a switch and going -- and full light just wouldn't be there. I wouldn't put one in a fridge since you don't want to waste energy standing there with the fridge open waiting for the light to get bright enough.
I have mostly CFL in my house. They do not come on instantly and take several seconds to reach full brightness.
I'm not. CFLs aren't good for any instant-on applications. CFLs take time to warm up. People will be leaving their refrigerators open longer as they wait for the light to get bright enough to see inside, as a CFL can take a very long time to get bright when it's cold and never reach its optimum efficiency. LED lights aren't quite there yet, and neither they nor CFLs could be used in an oven or kiln. In general, both CFLs and LEDs are more temperature sensitive than filament bulbs.
CFLs could also not be used in any application where noise and RF emissions are important.
CFLs have mercury in them.
Time to check the cat.
No, it looked like venetian blinds rotating around a track.
Mythbusters did a test on this. For incandescent, compact fluorescent and LED, the turn-on power was so low as to be inconsequential for any normal use. Old-style fluorescent tubes did suck a lot of turn-on power, but IIRC it was equal to leaving the light on for about 12 seconds.
But that's as opposed to proximity detonation.
Yes, it can make the difference between 65^2 and 55^2 irrelevant, because you save more than you lose. However, at 65 you've about hit the top end of optimum cruising speeds found these days.
If it were not for this fact, 20 mph would be an efficient driving speed in a normal car (it isn't).
Basically, a huge SUV on a temperate day may be most efficient at 40mph. But a small, light aerodynamic car on a hot day using the A/C full blast may be most efficient at 65 or more.
It's possible, but then so is a magnetic stripe or smart card chip.
It is the drivers license. Anything that happens when you lose your license now will happen with this one. The law covers both state-issued ID cards and drivers licenses. If you don't need both now, you won't need both after this.
That can happen with most current drivers licenses. Mind doesn't have a magnetic strip, but it does have the large barcode on the back with all the info.
That is the only thing that scares me. The states and feds need to enact privacy rules concerning the use of the license if any data is going further than it does now.
That almost looks legitimate, with the MD and PhD at the top, until you read the adjectives throughout and realize that the authors started not from a position of disinterested professional psychological analysis, but from a personal dislike of Bush. That taints the whole thing.
Remember when the 55mph speed limit was not the law, but a suggestion, and all states complied? Any state that didn't go along was denied federal highway funds. Same could happen here.
This one's a bit different. The states use licenses as ID, and it's the only kind of ID that most people have. The federal government just said that it itself won't accept any ID that doesn't meet its standards. The states are free to comply or not, but their population may not be happy when the feds don't accept their state-issued ID. In that case, they can obtain a passport if they are legally here. If they aren't legally here then I don't have sympathy for them anyway.
Such a card would have the one big effect of making it very hard for illegal aliens to get drivers licenses. After that, businesses could ask aliens for drivers licenses to be pretty sure that they are indeed legal, thus further making life harder for those here illegally.
States that pander to those who ignored our national sovereignty and broke the law will of course not like the RealID Act.
I don't like any reporting-to-Washington aspects of this, but there should be minimum standards for licenses across the country. The states haven't done it themselves, so the feds finally did it in a way that is constitutional.
Who knows exactly what they're using, but electrolytic capacitors will explode if you overcharge them.
"Do you even KNOW anything about the law?"
Yes. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was created relatively recently in patent law, and it has since basically let the patent world as we know it get completely out of control, in opposition to earlier precedent of being pretty strict about what could be patented (such as mathematical algorithms, computer programs and business processes). It appears the Supreme Court may have decided that it is time to reign in the Federal Circuit, not by ignoring precedent, but by re-establishing the earlier precedent.