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How Ice Melts
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But if people really didn't know that the Celsius scale was defined with 0 as the freezing point of water and 100 as the boiling point; well glad I could be useful.
Actually, the original value for freezing in the Centigrade scale was 100 and boiling was zero. It wasn't changed until the mid 1700's.
If you are young enough to handle it, how about getting into the HVAC trade? Try and get in as an apprentice with a company like Honeywell, Johnson Controls, or McQuay. All of the big industrial equipment (chillers, boilers, air handlers, etc.) is very advanced. Gone are the days that any old mechanic can change a relay and be done with it - at least when dealing with chillers.
I was in a similar boat just over 2 years ago. Fed up with sitting at a desk all day. Got hired as an apprentice and I've been enjoying it ever since. Probably learned more in the first week than I had done in 5 years previous. I don't work for an outfit that is heavily into controls though. But there are many out there.
Check out HRAI and ASHRAE for lots more information.
At this point, what I would love is a thermostat that runs both my swamp cooler and AC unit and can determine when to use one versus the other and switch automatically between them. Anybody know of such a device?
How about a Honeywell Chronotherm? It is a 2-stage programmable thermostat. Use the first stage (Y1) to operate your swamp cooler and the second stage (Y2) to operate your compressor. Not sure how easy it is to change the differential between first and second stage, though.
I'm quite upset with you. No self respecting Canadian, or any member of any country other than the lagging-behind-the-times-USA uses non-metric measurements. Canada and fahrenheit should never be mentioned in the same sentence
I take it you don't work in a trade, then? Every course I've taken in my refrigeration/AC apprenticeship uses imperial measurements. Same goes with plumbing, carpentry, natural gas, electrical, and so on... Hell, even the cheap ass window shaker air conditioners you buy at crappy tire are rated in BTU's.
What would happen if such transgenic plants filled with dangerous chemicals start to crossbreed with natural ones?
I can't believe nobody mentioned the Day of the Triffids yet. I thought all Slashdotters were Sci-Fi geeks? I realise we're missing the strange meteor shower, but maybe these plants are the first step? The article doesn't mention anything about the roots, though...
The fact that most artists suck these days (Rush? Tool? These are good??)
Maybe my sarcasm detector is broken or something, but what exactly is wrong with Rush or Tool? Or don't you like bands who play actual instruments and write actual songs?
Summary: Fuck albums. There's too much pretension in the music biz anyway. Release what you want, call it what you want, but don't expect me to sit in a chair exactly between the speakers in a dark room and listen to the whole thing all the way through.
See, that's where you and I differ. I'd say fuck singles. However, someone like yourself who has admitted to not even liking albums is hardly in a position to comment.
Are we a tad jealous that only in Montréal, you can congregate the talents needed to have a big videogame (and pharmaceutical and aeronautical) industry?
Of course. The entire country is jealous of the millions of dollars of Corporate Welfare that Quebec has seen from Ottawa over the years.
See, the problem with that, is that do you really want to work in factories, and also, they provide damn cheap labour, 14 cents a week in some cases. Now, still want to stop China production lines??
I don't want to work in a factory, but I'm sure there are many unemployed people who would. Besides, it's really no worse than working at McDonalds, Walmart, et al for minimum wage. The more things are made in China by slave labour, these are the only jobs that lower class citizens will be able to get. The very same people who used to work menial jobs in factories. I'd rather poor people work in factories than sit on welfare or pogey. I can't believe what I'm reading - people have no problem with slave labour in China, as long as their materialistic lifestyles can be maintained as cheaply as possible.
Nothing is stopping you from doing that. Why dont you put youre money where your huge arrogant gob is? What was your point again? Oh wait you dont have one. Arrogant nationlistic prick.
Don't normally reply to AC's, but I can't resist this one... I can proudly say that I don't shop at Walmart. I look at labels and see where things are made before I nonchalantly purchase it because it is cheap. I'd gladly pay a premium for something made in Canada (or the States). Why do people get so up in arms about child labour and sweatshops in Indonesia, Phillipines, yet say nothing about the slave labour in China?
Am I a nationalistic prick because I refuse to support companies that manufacture in slave labour countries only to make more profit?
Unfortunately most of this stuff is probably made in China. I wish North American consumers could somehow organize and refuse to buy all this crap built in China. What have they ever done for us? Aside from providing cheap crappy merchandise and stealing our jobs?
Actually, I'm back in school right now. Granted it is only for 2 months as part of my apprenticeship, but it is full time. The most important thing I can offer you is this: Don't stare too much at the young girls. They are all at least 10 years younger than you, and not at all interested.
Does it display the album cover from the tag? That would make it truly a killer app in my opinion.
Why, do you hold it in your hand and stare at the screen when it plays? This is a dubious "feature" at best.
I would have to agree. Hardly an important feature for the average user. However, it is important to me. I'm a big fan of cover art of albums. I realize that cover art has died since the phase out of LP's, but I still enjoy it. Haven't you ever sat listening to your LP's while holding the sleeve in your hands admiring the album cover?
Here's a question that the website doesn't seem to answer. What displays on the video screen when mp3's etc. are playing? Does it display the album cover from the tag? That would make it truly a killer app in my opinion.
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What would you recommend for space elevator musac?
Easy. Very Subtle Elevators by Man or Astroman.
Nice story... Tell it to Reader's Digest!
But if people really didn't know that the Celsius scale was defined with 0 as the freezing point of water and 100 as the boiling point; well glad I could be useful.
Actually, the original value for freezing in the Centigrade scale was 100 and boiling was zero. It wasn't changed until the mid 1700's.
The only ads I am willing to tolerate are google-style text-only ads and static images.
Yeah, because once Google-style ads are the only ones in existence you will have won. Congratulations.
Blocking ads won't end free content on the Web. It will lead to innovation and new opportunities.
You're kidding, right? Because as we all know, bandwidth is free. As is access to the internet itself.
It is a joke, right?
If you are young enough to handle it, how about getting into the HVAC trade? Try and get in as an apprentice with a company like Honeywell, Johnson Controls, or McQuay. All of the big industrial equipment (chillers, boilers, air handlers, etc.) is very advanced. Gone are the days that any old mechanic can change a relay and be done with it - at least when dealing with chillers.
I was in a similar boat just over 2 years ago. Fed up with sitting at a desk all day. Got hired as an apprentice and I've been enjoying it ever since. Probably learned more in the first week than I had done in 5 years previous. I don't work for an outfit that is heavily into controls though. But there are many out there.
Check out HRAI and ASHRAE for lots more information.
1 lb. of water
Changing it from ice to water: 144 btu
Raising it from 32F to 75F: 43 btu
Converting from liquid to vapor: 970 btu
At this point, what I would love is a thermostat that runs both my swamp cooler and AC unit and can determine when to use one versus the other and switch automatically between them. Anybody know of such a device?
How about a Honeywell Chronotherm? It is a 2-stage programmable thermostat. Use the first stage (Y1) to operate your swamp cooler and the second stage (Y2) to operate your compressor. Not sure how easy it is to change the differential between first and second stage, though.
I'm quite upset with you. No self respecting Canadian, or any member of any country other than the lagging-behind-the-times-USA uses non-metric measurements. Canada and fahrenheit should never be mentioned in the same sentence
I take it you don't work in a trade, then? Every course I've taken in my refrigeration/AC apprenticeship uses imperial measurements. Same goes with plumbing, carpentry, natural gas, electrical, and so on... Hell, even the cheap ass window shaker air conditioners you buy at crappy tire are rated in BTU's.
Man, that must be some cool sounding music if it has thousands of instruments playing at the same time. Care to share the name of this supergroup?
What would happen if such transgenic plants filled with dangerous chemicals start to crossbreed with natural ones?
I can't believe nobody mentioned the Day of the Triffids yet. I thought all Slashdotters were Sci-Fi geeks? I realise we're missing the strange meteor shower, but maybe these plants are the first step? The article doesn't mention anything about the roots, though...
The fact that most artists suck these days (Rush? Tool? These are good??)
Maybe my sarcasm detector is broken or something, but what exactly is wrong with Rush or Tool? Or don't you like bands who play actual instruments and write actual songs?
Summary: Fuck albums. There's too much pretension in the music biz anyway. Release what you want, call it what you want, but don't expect me to sit in a chair exactly between the speakers in a dark room and listen to the whole thing all the way through.
See, that's where you and I differ. I'd say fuck singles. However, someone like yourself who has admitted to not even liking albums is hardly in a position to comment.
A man page usable by grandmas is a waste of disk space for me, and conversely, a man page I need is utterly incomprehensible for the grandma.
Yeah, you're so much smarter than old people. I bet they can't even read...
Are we a tad jealous that only in Montréal, you can congregate the talents needed to have a big videogame (and pharmaceutical and aeronautical) industry?
Of course. The entire country is jealous of the millions of dollars of Corporate Welfare that Quebec has seen from Ottawa over the years.
Thick blue jeans from Walmart
Seeing as they are made in China by slave labour, they should be pretty cheap over there...
What's to prevent this being used by police to block their images when they're beating or otherwise mistreating people?
Um, the DMCA? Unless HP licenses it to them, that is.
See, the problem with that, is that do you really want to work in factories, and also, they provide damn cheap labour, 14 cents a week in some cases. Now, still want to stop China production lines??
I don't want to work in a factory, but I'm sure there are many unemployed people who would. Besides, it's really no worse than working at McDonalds, Walmart, et al for minimum wage. The more things are made in China by slave labour, these are the only jobs that lower class citizens will be able to get. The very same people who used to work menial jobs in factories. I'd rather poor people work in factories than sit on welfare or pogey. I can't believe what I'm reading - people have no problem with slave labour in China, as long as their materialistic lifestyles can be maintained as cheaply as possible.
Nothing is stopping you from doing that. Why dont you put youre money where your huge arrogant gob is?
What was your point again? Oh wait you dont have one.
Arrogant nationlistic prick.
Don't normally reply to AC's, but I can't resist this one... I can proudly say that I don't shop at Walmart. I look at labels and see where things are made before I nonchalantly purchase it because it is cheap. I'd gladly pay a premium for something made in Canada (or the States). Why do people get so up in arms about child labour and sweatshops in Indonesia, Phillipines, yet say nothing about the slave labour in China?
Am I a nationalistic prick because I refuse to support companies that manufacture in slave labour countries only to make more profit?
Unfortunately most of this stuff is probably made in China. I wish North American consumers could somehow organize and refuse to buy all this crap built in China. What have they ever done for us? Aside from providing cheap crappy merchandise and stealing our jobs?
Actually, I'm back in school right now. Granted it is only for 2 months as part of my apprenticeship, but it is full time. The most important thing I can offer you is this: Don't stare too much at the young girls. They are all at least 10 years younger than you, and not at all interested.
Does it display the album cover from the tag? That would make it truly a killer app in my opinion.
Why, do you hold it in your hand and stare at the screen when it plays? This is a dubious "feature" at best.
I would have to agree. Hardly an important feature for the average user. However, it is important to me. I'm a big fan of cover art of albums. I realize that cover art has died since the phase out of LP's, but I still enjoy it. Haven't you ever sat listening to your LP's while holding the sleeve in your hands admiring the album cover?
Here's a question that the website doesn't seem to answer. What displays on the video screen when mp3's etc. are playing? Does it display the album cover from the tag? That would make it truly a killer app in my opinion.
If I had no computer in my room when I was growing up, I have no idea where I would be today.
Getting laid, perhaps?