I really, to be honest, could care less about 911 calling on VoIP. If 911 is all important, then it should be a governement provided and supported service. 911 should be active on any landline, regardless of whether you have service on the line or now. Simply plug in a phone and you can dial 911. Done. If this were the case, VoIP adapters could have a extra port for connection to a landline jack and route 911 calls to it.
Ming: Klytus, I'm bored. What plaything can you offer me today? Klytus: An obscure body in the S-K system, your Majesty. The inhabitants refer to it as the planet, "Earth." Ming: How peaceful it looks. (He activates a console, and watches as earthquakes, floods, etc., start to occur. They both get a good laugh out of it.) Klytus: Most effective, your Majesty. Will you destroy this, uh, "Earth?" Ming: Later. I like to play with things a while. Before annihilation....
So why do you want to emulate candle-light? I never said it was a good idea, just that IMO this is what is holding up the adoption of white LEDs. This is what people expect.
Completeness of spectrum is another issue. Yes, Color Rendering Index rating is also an important factor that I did not mention. However, isn't the CRI index also tuned to incandescent lighting, because this is what the eye expects?
Yeah, technically the LED itself doesn't throw out heat with the light it produces...however the "driver" (similar to a ballast on a flourescent fixture) or the electronics behind running/controlling the LED does produce a lot of heat. Reducing this ancillary heat production is another limiting factor to the adaptation of A Lamp replacement LED "bulbs".
No, actaully, the thing holding back LEDs from practical home applications is the color of the light they produce. More specifically the color temperature.
Typical incandescent lighting comes in somewhere around 2800-3200K. White LEDs live somewhere around the 5000-7000K range. When an efficent LED source can be made at a color temperature similar to that of incandescent lighting...then you'll see it take off in as a replacement for a standard A Lamp.
This same color issue relates to the slow adaptation of Compact Flourescent lamps in homes. Only recently have they produced flourscent fixtures that have a similar color temperature to incandescent lighting.
Cost is certainly a factor...however if it LOOKS bad--meaning if it makes stuff look like crap to the average eye because it is the wrong or unexpected color temp--then people aren't going to use it no matter how cheap it is.
Elf-Friendwrote earlier that the shuttle is a beta test platform. I would disagree with this. The US Space Shuttle is an alpha test platform. This was a first of the kind launch vehicle. Yes, there have been improvements along the way, system upgrades, etc...etc...
The beta-test platform was the Soviet "Buran" Space Shuttle which built upon the design and experiences of the US version. (If you believe the legends, the Soviets actaully got the plans from the library of congress.) They added powered decents, automated flight, improved thermal shielding, etc..etc.. Look it up if you want all the details.
It is high time for the US/NASA to get off their collective duffs and get us off this rock--via something other than riding atop(astride) a roman candle.
"Had 9/11 not happened would we still be looking for our superheroes?"
Yes, because all us Gen X'ers who grew up on these comics and superhero TV shows are spending lots of money to buy retro action figures and go to see the newly made movies.
Years ago a friend and I tried to work this out. Specifcally, we tried to find a non-toxic occilating reaction that would sequence thru several colors and repeat. We eventually settled on two colors, repeating, but failed to find the non-toxic reaction.
Doubtful. Water, a liquid, unlike the dirt it landed in, is not compressible. So hitting the OCEAN would likely have resulted in more damage to the probe. It quite likely that landing hard in the dirt was softer than hitting water under the same conditions.
Unless, of course, it was DESIGNED to dive into the water...then the results might be different.
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I really, to be honest, could care less about 911 calling on VoIP. If 911 is all important, then it should be a governement provided and supported service. 911 should be active on any landline, regardless of whether you have service on the line or now. Simply plug in a phone and you can dial 911. Done. If this were the case, VoIP adapters could have a extra port for connection to a landline jack and route 911 calls to it.
Time for your Happy Pill, Citizen...
Prise the Computer. The Computer is your friend.
Don't you mean quick and pointless...
Ming: Klytus, I'm bored. What plaything can you offer me today?
Klytus: An obscure body in the S-K system, your Majesty. The inhabitants refer to it as the planet, "Earth."
Ming: How peaceful it looks.
(He activates a console, and watches as earthquakes, floods, etc., start to occur. They both get a good laugh out of it.)
Klytus: Most effective, your Majesty. Will you destroy this, uh, "Earth?"
Ming: Later. I like to play with things a while. Before annihilation....
So why do you want to emulate candle-light?
I never said it was a good idea, just that IMO this is what is holding up the adoption of white LEDs. This is what people expect.
Completeness of spectrum is another issue.
Yes, Color Rendering Index rating is also an important factor that I did not mention. However, isn't the CRI index also tuned to incandescent lighting, because this is what the eye expects?
Yeah, technically the LED itself doesn't throw out heat with the light it produces...however the "driver" (similar to a ballast on a flourescent fixture) or the electronics behind running/controlling the LED does produce a lot of heat. Reducing this ancillary heat production is another limiting factor to the adaptation of A Lamp replacement LED "bulbs".
No, actaully, the thing holding back LEDs from practical home applications is the color of the light they produce. More specifically the color temperature.
Typical incandescent lighting comes in somewhere around 2800-3200K. White LEDs live somewhere around the 5000-7000K range. When an efficent LED source can be made at a color temperature similar to that of incandescent lighting...then you'll see it take off in as a replacement for a standard A Lamp.
This same color issue relates to the slow adaptation of Compact Flourescent lamps in homes. Only recently have they produced flourscent fixtures that have a similar color temperature to incandescent lighting.
Cost is certainly a factor...however if it LOOKS bad--meaning if it makes stuff look like crap to the average eye because it is the wrong or unexpected color temp--then people aren't going to use it no matter how cheap it is.
Thank his Noodleness for that!
Apply a sealer coat to the foam to hold it together/give it a protective coating.
As in paint the enternal tank!
Oh wait...oops...
Great! As if I don't hear enough voices as it is!
Now my mouse will talk to me!
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Elf-Friend wrote earlier that the shuttle is a beta test platform. I would disagree with this. The US Space Shuttle is an alpha test platform. This was a first of the kind launch vehicle. Yes, there have been improvements along the way, system upgrades, etc...etc...
The beta-test platform was the Soviet "Buran" Space Shuttle which built upon the design and experiences of the US version. (If you believe the legends, the Soviets actaully got the plans from the library of congress.) They added powered decents, automated flight, improved thermal shielding, etc..etc.. Look it up if you want all the details.
It is high time for the US/NASA to get off their collective duffs and get us off this rock--via something other than riding atop(astride) a roman candle.
'nuff said.
"does this mean Jar Jar dies quickly, yet abhorrently painfully???"
I thought delegating him to the role of a minor hack politician from an outer planet was more appropriate.
Killing's too good for him.
I've got a bad feeling about this.
"Had 9/11 not happened would we still be looking for our superheroes?"
Yes, because all us Gen X'ers who grew up on these comics and superhero TV shows are spending lots of money to buy retro action figures and go to see the newly made movies.
I'm not mixing anyone up.
Sam Raimi was the Executive Producer of Xena
His brother Ted Raimi did, however, play Joxer on the series.
Tsk. Tsk.
Lucy Lawless and Bruce Campbell
Need any more names be offered? I don't think so.
Years ago a friend and I tried to work this out. Specifcally, we tried to find a non-toxic occilating reaction that would sequence thru several colors and repeat. We eventually settled on two colors, repeating, but failed to find the non-toxic reaction.
Oh well. Nanotechnology anyone?
You mean Oedipus-Bell...right?
...having to only pay one bill in the future, rather than 5 IS attractive...
A: Cthulhu reforms 15 minutes later, except now Cthulhu is radioactive.
Q: So, what's next for the telecom industry?
A: It reforms 25 years later into Ma Bell, except now it controls everything.
Welcome to Planet Disney and thank you for dinning at Planet Holywood...
Enjoy the magic of terminal velocity.
Doubtful. Water, a liquid, unlike the dirt it landed in, is not compressible. So hitting the OCEAN would likely have resulted in more damage to the probe. It quite likely that landing hard in the dirt was softer than hitting water under the same conditions.
Unless, of course, it was DESIGNED to dive into the water...then the results might be different.