1 drop per minute is at 20C and 50% RH = 3ml/hr (0.05ml/drop). At that temp/RH, there is 0.01 kg moisture per kg of air. But in hot, humid weather (say 35C and 90% RH), there is 4x as much moisture in the air. More importantly, at 20/50% the dew point is 9C, or a delta T of 11C that the (horribly inefficient) peltier cooler must keep just to condense moisture. At 35C, and 90% RH, the dew point is 33C, requiring only a 2C delta T across the cooler, allowing more of the power to be used for the latent heat of condensation.
No, they don't realize, because this is who "they" are:
Sir Graeme Davies – Former university Vice-Chancellor David Iron - Project financing advisor Monica Grady - scientist specializing in cosmic mineralogy Ian Taylor - Former UK Government Science Minister Angela Lamont - Broadcast media presenter
Monica Grady is probably the only person up there with any kind of credentials in space research, but her studies are in meteorites. I hope she's getting a good pay day out of this, because the other four have nothing of value to contribute on a techincal level. Not that Grady has any idea about how the mission would be designed and flown, but short of "space policy" they're all just hangers-on.
I mean...it seems like so much of the KS ideas are some bastardization of a senior marketing design project and several geeks spitballing crazy ideas after several bottles of cheap tequila. And KS is perfect for it - little oversight, no requirement to actually complete or deliver under any kind of deadline - what's not to like.
They're not going anywhere, and they may not even know it yet. I say they may not know it because the entire team of 5 has a single scientist, and her specialty has nothing to do with aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering nor any training or experience in space vehicle design, navigation, and operation. The other four include two administrators, a financial advisor, and a broadcast journalist. But, more importantly, they won't be going anywhere with a million dollars. And if you aren't going anywhere, a million bucks buys a lot of tequila.
If it turns out to be impossible to build a purely evil robot that would always kill maliciously, does that mean that a purely evil robot would occasionally kill for the sheer joy of watching someone die?
Even in the US negotiation must be handled in good faith. If the contract can't be negotiated, it isn't a contract. The "take it or leave it" stance has fallen before when a simple transaction has been involved (no, don't have the cite; too lazy to look it up). There is also a danger in overly strict contracts which attempt to be inforced as the burden of the contractual language is on the writer and the benefit is *always* given to the receiver. If there's a slip anywhere, the contract can be nullified or accidentally generous terms provided to the second party.
Is it a name or an acronym, an adjective or a noun - or maybe a verb. Who the fuck knows. Is it SHIELD or Shield? Is it made by NVIDIA (And should get a possessive 's)? Do we need to know that NVIDIA is the maker at all, or is it important that the Shield (or SHIELD) is the particular tablet (do we need to know it's a tablet?) that you've benchmarked. Should we know what is happening (performance explored - or was it just a benchmark?) and then find out it was under a particular release. And why Lollipop - aren't we past codenames now to understand that this is the official Android 5.0 (pre)release?
If you're going for obscure and useless, you guys are nailing these headlines. Why not take the next step and just pick 8 random words from the summary and post those in any order?
Compressed gas? Cryo-slush (unlikely!)? Metal Hydrides?
And, of course, hydrogen - like batteries - is just a storage mechanism. The power still need to be generated somewhere, and there are the typical transitional losses.
Sorry, I love Facebook. It's my connection to far-flung friends and the hub for my musical contacts. We share, we laugh, we pretend our lives matter. I don't accept any "friends" on FB with whom I work. FB.business will ultimately get linked to the FB.personal (because that's how marketing works) and that ain't happening for me.
Money and fear. Pu-238 is in pretty short supply and (afaik) is not being "made" because the toxicity and complications of manufacture can't justify the price. It was, iirc, a byproduct of nuclear warhead production and now that we're not actively building up an arsenal to turn the planet into radioactive glass there's none to be had.
The fear part is, of course, the danger that a fairly hot (if small) sample would be a hazard in the event of a launch failure. Now, in reality I think RTG hot products are packaged in MP35N, a high-nickel stainless which, as it was explained to me by a NASA engineer, "in 10,000 years when all traces of the human race are at the bottom of the ocean, the parts that are still shiny will be the ones that were made of MP35N." Still, OMG R4di04CtiV3!11!1!
Works great on residences that are 20' high. Not so easy or useful on 1000' structures with 10' tall panes of glass and nearly constant 30-40 MPH winds.
I suspect they wash in pretty harsh weather. And as a union shop it likely means a certain number of paid days off, paid holidays, retirement, medical, training etc. It's true that they may only work 10 months of the year, but there may be "inside" work which needs to be done that can be accomplished during the coldest times (like the aforementioned ongoing safety training, maintenance and repair of gear, etc.), or they go get temp jobs doing inside work (or just take the winter off, like many teachers take the summer off).
The problem isn't dirt on the windows, the dirt doesn't affect the performance of the building in any meaningful way. The non-window areas don't need to be cleaned spotless, because the occupants can't see them. The GP's post provides the most economical solution - masking to avoid the appearance of the problem.
Consider this is a solution which has been done for ages in the area of movie projections and photography: no lens can make a perfectly rectangular, evenly lit, properly focused area on a flat surface for a reasonable amount of money. Curving a screen in two dimensions helps a bit, but is also costly. The solution: masking. The outer edge of the screen area is hidden to obscure the flaws. It's done in televisions as well.
You've never actually used a tablet convertable have you? I have one as my secondary machine. That, along with a phablet-sized phone (iPhone 6+/Note4 size) has made me drop my iPad entirely. Content creation on the iPad is just too challenging, and a convertible Win machine means being able to flip from regular laptop mode (like a MacBook Pro) to tablet mode, where I have pixel-accurate pen input for sketching, or just a full-fledged browser that can run flash (yes, flash sucks...but it also controls significant portions of the internet). If I want large scale, I use my 15" convertible; if I'm just browsing or watching videos myself, the phone is big enough for the job.
iPads are great as reference material holders and content consumers, but for creation the limitations are fairly stark unless you're connected to an all all-mac system (in which I hear they're better). And, of course, nothing beats a desktop for real work. I laugh when watching people use a trackpad / touchscreen to try and get work done. They're convenient, but no match for a keyboard and mouse when it comes to speed. And when it comes time to make the money, speed counts.
Well, if Google includes Google Play Music, and you also watch a lot of youtube, you'll pay the same price as you're currently getting for all-you-can-eat streaming, plus get rid of the ads on Youtube. Otherwise it seems like a pretty stiff price for ad avoidance.
It sounds a lot less like the summary in terms of transmitting unencrypted mail data; from TFA (which, naturally, I didn't read before commenting), it sounds like they just got a failed connection over TLS, which is a lot different than "faking" that your data is encrypted and transmitting it as plaintext.
"You know, Mrs. Buckman, you need a license to buy a dog, or drive a car. Hell, you need a license to catch a fish! But they'll let any butt-reaming asshole be a father."
I know, I know...never read the article. I'll save you from the horror of having to read the whole thing:
"This allows the FlexFoil to act like a flap in its various positions while still providing an unbroken air surface. This makes for a more streamlined wing and reduces noise during takeoffs and landings."
No, they're not actually. Traditionally, "air-conditioning" requires a transfer of energy against the normal entropic flow. Evaporative (aka "Swamp") coolers trade latent heat for sensible heat, increasing the humidity of a space in proportion to the energy lost in the air stream.
I would have no problem characterizing the process as a heat exchanger - a somewhat unusual version, even. Calling it A/C is part of the dumbing down of the entire internet.
A/C, at least in the US, refers specifically to refrigeration. Otherwise it's called ventilation. Hence HVAC, or Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning. It is a novel heat exchanger, at least in the animal world where turbinates are the norm. Using the proper term in scientific literature matters, otherwise it's just another rock hard abs, bigger boobs, or amazing cat story linked from a social media aggregator.
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Uh, please tell me that was sarcasm.
1 drop per minute is at 20C and 50% RH = 3ml/hr (0.05ml/drop). At that temp/RH, there is 0.01 kg moisture per kg of air. But in hot, humid weather (say 35C and 90% RH), there is 4x as much moisture in the air. More importantly, at 20/50% the dew point is 9C, or a delta T of 11C that the (horribly inefficient) peltier cooler must keep just to condense moisture. At 35C, and 90% RH, the dew point is 33C, requiring only a 2C delta T across the cooler, allowing more of the power to be used for the latent heat of condensation.
No, they don't realize, because this is who "they" are:
Sir Graeme Davies – Former university Vice-Chancellor
David Iron - Project financing advisor
Monica Grady - scientist specializing in cosmic mineralogy
Ian Taylor - Former UK Government Science Minister
Angela Lamont - Broadcast media presenter
Monica Grady is probably the only person up there with any kind of credentials in space research, but her studies are in meteorites. I hope she's getting a good pay day out of this, because the other four have nothing of value to contribute on a techincal level. Not that Grady has any idea about how the mission would be designed and flown, but short of "space policy" they're all just hangers-on.
I mean...it seems like so much of the KS ideas are some bastardization of a senior marketing design project and several geeks spitballing crazy ideas after several bottles of cheap tequila. And KS is perfect for it - little oversight, no requirement to actually complete or deliver under any kind of deadline - what's not to like.
They're not going anywhere, and they may not even know it yet. I say they may not know it because the entire team of 5 has a single scientist, and her specialty has nothing to do with aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering nor any training or experience in space vehicle design, navigation, and operation. The other four include two administrators, a financial advisor, and a broadcast journalist. But, more importantly, they won't be going anywhere with a million dollars. And if you aren't going anywhere, a million bucks buys a lot of tequila.
If it turns out to be impossible to build a purely evil robot that would always kill maliciously, does that mean that a purely evil robot would occasionally kill for the sheer joy of watching someone die?
Even in the US negotiation must be handled in good faith. If the contract can't be negotiated, it isn't a contract. The "take it or leave it" stance has fallen before when a simple transaction has been involved (no, don't have the cite; too lazy to look it up). There is also a danger in overly strict contracts which attempt to be inforced as the burden of the contractual language is on the writer and the benefit is *always* given to the receiver. If there's a slip anywhere, the contract can be nullified or accidentally generous terms provided to the second party.
Is it a name or an acronym, an adjective or a noun - or maybe a verb. Who the fuck knows. Is it SHIELD or Shield? Is it made by NVIDIA (And should get a possessive 's)? Do we need to know that NVIDIA is the maker at all, or is it important that the Shield (or SHIELD) is the particular tablet (do we need to know it's a tablet?) that you've benchmarked. Should we know what is happening (performance explored - or was it just a benchmark?) and then find out it was under a particular release. And why Lollipop - aren't we past codenames now to understand that this is the official Android 5.0 (pre)release?
If you're going for obscure and useless, you guys are nailing these headlines. Why not take the next step and just pick 8 random words from the summary and post those in any order?
(ob: now get off my lawn)
Compressed gas? Cryo-slush (unlikely!)? Metal Hydrides?
And, of course, hydrogen - like batteries - is just a storage mechanism. The power still need to be generated somewhere, and there are the typical transitional losses.
I can guarantee that the combustion products will not leave the engine at -40.
Sorry, I love Facebook. It's my connection to far-flung friends and the hub for my musical contacts. We share, we laugh, we pretend our lives matter. I don't accept any "friends" on FB with whom I work. FB.business will ultimately get linked to the FB.personal (because that's how marketing works) and that ain't happening for me.
Money and fear. Pu-238 is in pretty short supply and (afaik) is not being "made" because the toxicity and complications of manufacture can't justify the price. It was, iirc, a byproduct of nuclear warhead production and now that we're not actively building up an arsenal to turn the planet into radioactive glass there's none to be had.
The fear part is, of course, the danger that a fairly hot (if small) sample would be a hazard in the event of a launch failure. Now, in reality I think RTG hot products are packaged in MP35N, a high-nickel stainless which, as it was explained to me by a NASA engineer, "in 10,000 years when all traces of the human race are at the bottom of the ocean, the parts that are still shiny will be the ones that were made of MP35N." Still, OMG R4di04CtiV3!11!1!
Works great on residences that are 20' high. Not so easy or useful on 1000' structures with 10' tall panes of glass and nearly constant 30-40 MPH winds.
I suspect they wash in pretty harsh weather. And as a union shop it likely means a certain number of paid days off, paid holidays, retirement, medical, training etc. It's true that they may only work 10 months of the year, but there may be "inside" work which needs to be done that can be accomplished during the coldest times (like the aforementioned ongoing safety training, maintenance and repair of gear, etc.), or they go get temp jobs doing inside work (or just take the winter off, like many teachers take the summer off).
The problem isn't dirt on the windows, the dirt doesn't affect the performance of the building in any meaningful way. The non-window areas don't need to be cleaned spotless, because the occupants can't see them. The GP's post provides the most economical solution - masking to avoid the appearance of the problem.
Consider this is a solution which has been done for ages in the area of movie projections and photography: no lens can make a perfectly rectangular, evenly lit, properly focused area on a flat surface for a reasonable amount of money. Curving a screen in two dimensions helps a bit, but is also costly. The solution: masking. The outer edge of the screen area is hidden to obscure the flaws. It's done in televisions as well.
As robots get better, the masking can be reduced.
You've never actually used a tablet convertable have you? I have one as my secondary machine. That, along with a phablet-sized phone (iPhone 6+/Note4 size) has made me drop my iPad entirely. Content creation on the iPad is just too challenging, and a convertible Win machine means being able to flip from regular laptop mode (like a MacBook Pro) to tablet mode, where I have pixel-accurate pen input for sketching, or just a full-fledged browser that can run flash (yes, flash sucks...but it also controls significant portions of the internet). If I want large scale, I use my 15" convertible; if I'm just browsing or watching videos myself, the phone is big enough for the job.
iPads are great as reference material holders and content consumers, but for creation the limitations are fairly stark unless you're connected to an all all-mac system (in which I hear they're better). And, of course, nothing beats a desktop for real work. I laugh when watching people use a trackpad / touchscreen to try and get work done. They're convenient, but no match for a keyboard and mouse when it comes to speed. And when it comes time to make the money, speed counts.
Well, if Google includes Google Play Music, and you also watch a lot of youtube, you'll pay the same price as you're currently getting for all-you-can-eat streaming, plus get rid of the ads on Youtube. Otherwise it seems like a pretty stiff price for ad avoidance.
It sounds a lot less like the summary in terms of transmitting unencrypted mail data; from TFA (which, naturally, I didn't read before commenting), it sounds like they just got a failed connection over TLS, which is a lot different than "faking" that your data is encrypted and transmitting it as plaintext.
This seems like it should be a violation of the DMCA. It probably isn't but it sure seems close.
"You know, Mrs. Buckman, you need a license to buy a dog, or drive a car. Hell, you need a license to catch a fish! But they'll let any butt-reaming asshole be a father."
Call me when they allow cross-system forwarding like another phone number or Hangouts.
I know, I know...never read the article. I'll save you from the horror of having to read the whole thing:
"This allows the FlexFoil to act like a flap in its various positions while still providing an unbroken air surface. This makes for a more streamlined wing and reduces noise during takeoffs and landings."
No, they're not actually. Traditionally, "air-conditioning" requires a transfer of energy against the normal entropic flow. Evaporative (aka "Swamp") coolers trade latent heat for sensible heat, increasing the humidity of a space in proportion to the energy lost in the air stream.
I would have no problem characterizing the process as a heat exchanger - a somewhat unusual version, even. Calling it A/C is part of the dumbing down of the entire internet.
A/C, at least in the US, refers specifically to refrigeration. Otherwise it's called ventilation. Hence HVAC, or Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning. It is a novel heat exchanger, at least in the animal world where turbinates are the norm. Using the proper term in scientific literature matters, otherwise it's just another rock hard abs, bigger boobs, or amazing cat story linked from a social media aggregator.
The NSA's money is very, very green. I assure you that they have priority access.
Don't tell us what we wanted. We want prioritized traffic. We've ALWAYS wanted prioritized traffic.
Next you're going to tell me that we WANTED a healthcare system with a commercially competitive marketplace.
Why do you hate America?
[never try and reason with the /. crowd...they've already made up their minds who they hate]