Huh? Let's not forget the law of conservation of energy. Of course a waterwheel/generator takes energy from the river as it puts out electrical energy. There is nothing "momentary" about it.
But this energy is otherwise "lost" to heat as the water flows downstream anyway. IIRC it was Joule (whose energy scale we use today) that originally did the science on waterfalls, showing the water temerature at the bottom of the falls is higher than at the top. As water flows downhill, it pummels into itself, and the gravitation potenital energy is converted to heat.
A waterwheel simply takes some of this energy and converts it to rotation instead of heat. With a waterwheel in place, the temperature of the water will be ever-so-slightly cooler downstream.
The downstream reservoir has a level, and it is the difference between this elevation and the tailrace (water exit) elevation that determines the amount of energy the hydro plant can extract. The difference is called "head" (I kid you not).
So the energy of the water used by a waterwheel is not "stolen" from the downstream plant... because it would have already been "lost" to heat as it reached the reservoir anyway.
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Clearly this guy was using the MCP for his webserver, and Slashdot has about the same effect as a well-aimed deadly disc.
We are on a path to pollute Mars with our space probes, rocket fuel, and eventually lifeforms from microbes to humans. Dear God in heaven, please, do not let us pollute it with the Imperial measurement system.
I would have expected CNN to give the actual chemical by-products
Yeah I wondered the same thing. Where does the carbon go? It must at least be a waste produce of carbon solid (graphite, whatever), or more likely CO2. You can make some very nasty chemicals with C,H, (and O), like benzene. It's quite irresponsible not to mention the byproducts.
If we assume that H2O and CO2 are the byproducts, at least the CO2 is part of an atmospheric cycle, originally absorbed by the plants as they grow, as opposed to fossil fuels which come out of the ground.
Download each and every frickin' iTunes track in 12 minutes.
Apple claims to have 500,000 tracks available at iTunes. Assume these are 5MiB each. Total is 250 GiB, or 2000 gigabits. Total download time @2.5 Gbps = 800 seconds, or about 12 to 13 minutes.
The Norwegians feel about the Swedes much the same way the Americans feel about Canadians.
Given that Norway is smaller in population but richer in resources (ie. North Sea oil & gas) than Sweden, I'd say it's more like the way Canadians feel about the Americans.
Although it could be construed as insulting to any one nationality, the fact is that to the rest of the world, there's little distinction between Canadians/USAmericans and Norwegians/Swedes.
booting these sort of things without paying royalties/licensing a devkit usually involves some form of copyright or trademark violation
If I follow your logic, it should be illegal to watch DVDs on Linux (since DeCSS contains the "copyrighted" Xing key), and all PCs other than true blue IBM have illegal BIOSes (since they were derived from BIOS reverse engineered by Compaq). Even the draconian DMCA has clauses covering reverse engineering for compatibility.
Worried about SCO? Sheesh, that's exactly what those fools want! Jon Johansen among others had the smarts and courage to stand up against those who would control HIS DVD player. I say kudos to the community for opening up THEIR GAMECUBES to uses other than a closed, game sales channel. I also must point out that it is illegal to copy copyrighted games. Please, do not do this.
So SCO is demanding certification under a provision of existing agreements stating the Unix licensee must answer compliance queries, at most anually.
If I got one of these letters, I would answer... only that I was in compliance with the original Unix agreement (assuming I was).
As far as all the extra crap about not using Linux and not exporting to Cuba, I would ignore. How can you be bound to answer on subjects that you have no contractual or legal obligation?
SCO might as well be asking to certify that the room in which all Unix machines run is not painted green. Why would anyone answer that (true or not)? It's just not SCO's business.
So this idea comes from a Spanish company. For some reason I immediately pictured a phone with the voice one of those punch-drunk cats from a Speedy Gonzales cartoon saying "your seeestir in California says hhhhhhello'.
Like all other visiting officials, NEAR and NASA can simply refuse to pay parking tickets under diplomatic immunity. It happens on Earth, why not the rest of the cosmos?
Man I wish Douglas Adams were with us to chime in here.
wouldn't HP be better off writing PDA software to do all of these functions?
One problem with convergence of the general-purpose PDA and the calculator is that colleges ban the former from final exams because they can be used to store volumes of notes, even entire textbooks. There really is a market for college students, especially in engineering and sciences, for a good calculator without too much memory and fancy graphics, simply to help perform accurate calculations and nothing more.
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yes, but just momentarily
Huh? Let's not forget the law of conservation of energy. Of course a waterwheel/generator takes energy from the river as it puts out electrical energy. There is nothing "momentary" about it.
But this energy is otherwise "lost" to heat as the water flows downstream anyway. IIRC it was Joule (whose energy scale we use today) that originally did the science on waterfalls, showing the water temerature at the bottom of the falls is higher than at the top. As water flows downhill, it pummels into itself, and the gravitation potenital energy is converted to heat.
A waterwheel simply takes some of this energy and converts it to rotation instead of heat. With a waterwheel in place, the temperature of the water will be ever-so-slightly cooler downstream.
The downstream reservoir has a level, and it is the difference between this elevation and the tailrace (water exit) elevation that determines the amount of energy the hydro plant can extract. The difference is called "head" (I kid you not).
So the energy of the water used by a waterwheel is not "stolen" from the downstream plant... because it would have already been "lost" to heat as it reached the reservoir anyway.
Clearly this guy was using the MCP for his webserver, and Slashdot has about the same effect as a well-aimed deadly disc.
Can you ping me now? Good.
We are on a path to pollute Mars with our space probes, rocket fuel, and eventually lifeforms from microbes to humans. Dear God in heaven, please, do not let us pollute it with the Imperial measurement system.
I would have expected CNN to give the actual chemical by-products
Yeah I wondered the same thing. Where does the carbon go? It must at least be a waste produce of carbon solid (graphite, whatever), or more likely CO2. You can make some very nasty chemicals with C,H, (and O), like benzene. It's quite irresponsible not to mention the byproducts.
If we assume that H2O and CO2 are the byproducts, at least the CO2 is part of an atmospheric cycle, originally absorbed by the plants as they grow, as opposed to fossil fuels which come out of the ground.
With the jump to the silver screen, will Bart continue do his own stunts?
Download each and every frickin' iTunes track in 12 minutes.
Apple claims to have 500,000 tracks available at iTunes. Assume these are 5MiB each. Total is 250 GiB, or 2000 gigabits. Total download time @2.5 Gbps = 800 seconds, or about 12 to 13 minutes.
The Norwegians feel about the Swedes much the same way the Americans feel about Canadians.
Given that Norway is smaller in population but richer in resources (ie. North Sea oil & gas) than Sweden, I'd say it's more like the way Canadians feel about the Americans.
Although it could be construed as insulting to any one nationality, the fact is that to the rest of the world, there's little distinction between Canadians/USAmericans and Norwegians/Swedes.
I could swear when I first looked the headline was "Impact of Technoprobes". Thought I accidently clicked Art Bell instead of Slashdot.
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I really don't understand why the same old jokes get modded up to 4 or 5 "funny" for months or even years
You may have unwittingly kicked off a new trend of funny-bashing-karma-whores getting consistenly modded up to "insightful".
Overhead at JPL when engineers realized they used OCZ Ultra II Premium Silver Compound on Spirit.
booting these sort of things without paying royalties/licensing a devkit usually involves some form of copyright or trademark violation
If I follow your logic, it should be illegal to watch DVDs on Linux (since DeCSS contains the "copyrighted" Xing key), and all PCs other than true blue IBM have illegal BIOSes (since they were derived from BIOS reverse engineered by Compaq). Even the draconian DMCA has clauses covering reverse engineering for compatibility.
Worried about SCO? Sheesh, that's exactly what those fools want! Jon Johansen among others had the smarts and courage to stand up against those who would control HIS DVD player. I say kudos to the community for opening up THEIR GAMECUBES to uses other than a closed, game sales channel. I also must point out that it is illegal to copy copyrighted games. Please, do not do this.
Methinks Jack Valenti has found something to do with his golden parachute.
So SCO is demanding certification under a provision of existing agreements stating the Unix licensee must answer compliance queries, at most anually. If I got one of these letters, I would answer... only that I was in compliance with the original Unix agreement (assuming I was).
As far as all the extra crap about not using Linux and not exporting to Cuba, I would ignore. How can you be bound to answer on subjects that you have no contractual or legal obligation?
SCO might as well be asking to certify that the room in which all Unix machines run is not painted green. Why would anyone answer that (true or not)? It's just not SCO's business.
Four-player Gauntlet under XMAME, anyone?
Blue Valkyrie... needs better technology... badly.
With the black market on media bound to spring up, I for one look forward to getting my hard drives and soft drugs from the same convenient supplier.
So this idea comes from a Spanish company. For some reason I immediately pictured a phone with the voice one of those punch-drunk cats from a Speedy Gonzales cartoon saying "your seeestir in California says hhhhhhello'.
Like all other visiting officials, NEAR and NASA can simply refuse to pay parking tickets under diplomatic immunity. It happens on Earth, why not the rest of the cosmos?
Man I wish Douglas Adams were with us to chime in here.
I'm guessing to get a degree there you simply have to be alive at the end of the programme.
Same problem here, only it's a whisper: "if you build it, they will come." Damned Iowans.
Now SCO is screwed no matter what:
Thank god we've got all that extra CO2 in the atmosphere to protect us!
you put up your cash for a chunk of Google's cache.
wouldn't HP be better off writing PDA software to do all of these functions?
One problem with convergence of the general-purpose PDA and the calculator is that colleges ban the former from final exams because they can be used to store volumes of notes, even entire textbooks. There really is a market for college students, especially in engineering and sciences, for a good calculator without too much memory and fancy graphics, simply to help perform accurate calculations and nothing more.