You're way overestimating the size needed for the generator. I have a 20kW unit that easily powers the whole house, two large AC units and all. I also have a 1000 gal propane 'submarine' - thankfully it's underground.
The maximum continuous load for a breaker is 80% of trip current. Get a clamp-on ammeter and poke around in your panel box CAREFULLY! You'll be amazed at how low your current consumption is for each circuit.
Many generators are rated at 150-200% surge current, which is exactly what you need for starting big AC compressors.
I didn't mean the first language comment as an ad hominiem attack - by your misunderstanding of the US legal system I truly thought you were not living here.
Perhaps you remember all of the vociferous denials that it was a tax - FROM THE OBAMA TEAM! They knew they could tax us to death already. Now they want to be able to push their agendas and direct cash to their cronies directly, bypassing all the pesky oversight laws.
The problem I have with the law is this - the government is compelling me to enter into a financial transaction WITH A PRIVATE BUSINESS DIRECTLY. If they had said that the gov't was going to provide and manage universal health care, tax us for it, and then sub-contract it out to those exact same insurance companies I'd have no problem with it. The issue is the expansion of government powers to compel citizens to spend money IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. This is unprecedented and unacceptable.
There is a huge difference between the meaning of the words "can" and "shall" when applied to laws. Most laws are of the "shall not" variety. There are very few that are on the books that deal only with "can" - our whole legal system is built on the premise that an act is lawful unless specifically forbidden, so "can" laws are unneeded.
Name another law that compels you to do something that isn't a consequence of a choice you make. The only ones I can think of are 1) the mandatory draft enrollment for young men that's still on the books (and is unconstitutional since women can also serve in the military) and 2) filling out the census
Taxes don't count - they're a consequence of earning income - a choice.
You used to be able to live your life (a very sheltered, boring life) without running into the Gov't compelling you to do anything, much less engage in a transaction with a private-sector business.
But there are some crazy old guys who don't believe in using the interent, and that building your website to support mobile is a waste.
Funny you should say that. I see the demand for mobile-enabled web sites diminishing in the face of everyone wanting having to have "an app for that" (both retailers and customers, oddly). Better control of the user experience, better customer tracking, etc. You'd think the customers would prefer the anonymity and familiarity of a web site, but they apparently value other features of a dedicated app more.
No, I'm saying that given my observations over several decades of work and my own experience, ageism is not as rampant as was depicted in the article and is more often than not a situation that individual workers create for themselves by refusing to learn new things. Reread my post - if skill sets were included in the criteria, ageism would disappear into the noise.
Under current law, they [Cuban citizens] can only freely buy and sell cars that were on the road in Cuba before Fidel Castro's 1959 Revolution. Russian Ladas and modern Peugeots and Kias now outnumber the 1950s classics, but, for the most part, they are owned by the state and cannot be sold on the free market.
Are you kidding??? Do you have any idea how abjectly destitute the average Cuban is, thanks to Castro? They may have great health care and education, but that's about it. I talk to Cubans regularly via amateur radio, and I'm constantly amazed at how well they manage to keep their radios going with nothing more than spit and bailing wire.
The only reason they drive 50's vintage cars is because that's all that were on the island at the time of Castro's takeover - no one can afford a new car, even if they were allowed to import one!
From wikipedia: "Typical wages range from factory worker's 400 non-convertible Cuban pesos a month to doctor's 700. That is around 17-30 U.S. dollars a month." "After Cuba lost subsidies in 1991, malnutrition resulted in an outbreak of diseases and general hunger." "Pensions are among the smallest in the Western hemisphere at $9.50. In 2009, Raul Castro increased minimum pensions by 2 dollars, which he said was to recompense for those who have "dedicated a great part of their lives to working... and who remain firm in defense of socialism"."
I disagree with the author's take on 'ageism' - I bet that if skill sets were taken into account, the apparent ageism would disappear.
There are two kinds of 'old fart' in this biz - ones that doggedly refuse to learn new skills, and those that actively seek out and embrace new skills but have the hindsight and experience to see them in their proper place among the existing tried-and-true solutions. Too often I see young, inexperienced developers grab on to the latest thing, declaring it the be-all and end-all of programming. I've seen it a million times - their fervor eventually gets tempered by seeing that their shiny new toy isn't perfect and has more rough edges that advertised. I went thru it in my 20's, as did everyone else, I suspect. I'm old enough now to have seen the "Thin Client! No, Thick client! No, Thin Client!" pendulum swing a few times.:-( (For those of you too young, that would be "thin=Mainframe+terminal, thick=Borland Delphi, thin=web app, thick=phone app).
The consulting company I work for respects the type II old fart and values their experience. Apparently our clients do as well, since we're in high demand.
Wow. Regardless of the geek cred you get for making such a beast, let me commend you on the sheer artistic beauty of your website and the video. Just wow.
Many sites that report on PHAs (Potentially Hazardous Asteroids) use LD, meaning Lunar Distance. That's pretty descriptive to the general public - "Wow that thing flew right between Earth and the Moon!". According to their archive, KT42 missed Earth by 0.05 LD and was #6 on the all-time closest flyby list.
This is also where Wolf Vishniac tested the "Wolf Trap" that was to go to Mars on the Viking I lander. The sad tale of it's removal from the flight and his untimely death was chronicled by Carl Sagan in Cosmos.
... use solar collectors in reverse at night to get rid of heat...
I'm fairly certain you can. Do you have one of those contactless IR thermometers? Point it at a clear blue sky - it'll read way below zero (F or C). You're reading the effective temp of the atmosphere up to space, and the efficiency of your radiator is proportional to the temperature difference. If you point it at the base of an overhead cloud, it reads much higher.
Untrue. Frequency matters a great deal. Take a look at page 3 of this guide from the FCC - the max power an amateur station can run without having to perform an evaluation bottoms out between 10m and the VHF band (that's 10m to 2m or 28-144 MHz for amateurs in the US).
This is the Q and A document. Page 7 describes Specific Absorption Rate, which is the frequency-dependent rate at which energy is absorbed by tissue.
From OET 65: As indicated by Table 1 in Appendix A, the most restrictive limits occur in the frequency range of 30-300 MHz where whole-body absorption of RF energy by human beings is most efficient. At other frequencies whole-body absorption is less efficient, and, consequently, the MPE limits are less restrictive.
You realize, of course, that stepping out into bright sunlight exposes you to 100-120 times the extrapolated maximum RF exposure level of 1mW/cm^2? [Page 15 of the second doc - extrapolating the established constant limit of 1mW/cm^2 that's defined from 1500 to 100,000 MHz out to light].
I think I remember hearing that Congress wouldn't open the checkbook if NASA looked for 'Signs of Life'. They're allowed to look for 'Conditions That Might or Might Not Have Been Able to Support Life in the Distant Past". Something about ultra-conservative Christians, I think.
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You're way overestimating the size needed for the generator. I have a 20kW unit that easily powers the whole house, two large AC units and all. I also have a 1000 gal propane 'submarine' - thankfully it's underground.
The maximum continuous load for a breaker is 80% of trip current. Get a clamp-on ammeter and poke around in your panel box CAREFULLY! You'll be amazed at how low your current consumption is for each circuit.
Many generators are rated at 150-200% surge current, which is exactly what you need for starting big AC compressors.
Send it my way - I need a new surface for my 1854 ft dish antenna.
With slashdot's lame formatting, I read that as the formula "(3 * Pi * A) ± a Coladas".
I didn't mean the first language comment as an ad hominiem attack - by your misunderstanding of the US legal system I truly thought you were not living here.
Perhaps you remember all of the vociferous denials that it was a tax - FROM THE OBAMA TEAM! They knew they could tax us to death already. Now they want to be able to push their agendas and direct cash to their cronies directly, bypassing all the pesky oversight laws.
The problem I have with the law is this - the government is compelling me to enter into a financial transaction WITH A PRIVATE BUSINESS DIRECTLY. If they had said that the gov't was going to provide and manage universal health care, tax us for it, and then sub-contract it out to those exact same insurance companies I'd have no problem with it. The issue is the expansion of government powers to compel citizens to spend money IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. This is unprecedented and unacceptable.
Perhaps English is not your first language.
There is a huge difference between the meaning of the words "can" and "shall" when applied to laws. Most laws are of the "shall not" variety. There are very few that are on the books that deal only with "can" - our whole legal system is built on the premise that an act is lawful unless specifically forbidden, so "can" laws are unneeded.
Name another law that compels you to do something that isn't a consequence of a choice you make. The only ones I can think of are 1) the mandatory draft enrollment for young men that's still on the books (and is unconstitutional since women can also serve in the military) and 2) filling out the census
Taxes don't count - they're a consequence of earning income - a choice.
You used to be able to live your life (a very sheltered, boring life) without running into the Gov't compelling you to do anything, much less engage in a transaction with a private-sector business.
...We're compelled to buy all sorts of insurance for all sorts of reasons
None of which compel you to buy insurance for merely existing.
The big issue is that now the gov't can tell you what to do vs what not to do. This is a big legal quagmire.
It's never Lupus, and it's "Night of the Lepus" anyway.
But there are some crazy old guys who don't believe in using the interent, and that building your website to support mobile is a waste.
Funny you should say that. I see the demand for mobile-enabled web sites diminishing in the face of everyone wanting having to have "an app for that" (both retailers and customers, oddly). Better control of the user experience, better customer tracking, etc. You'd think the customers would prefer the anonymity and familiarity of a web site, but they apparently value other features of a dedicated app more.
No, I'm saying that given my observations over several decades of work and my own experience, ageism is not as rampant as was depicted in the article and is more often than not a situation that individual workers create for themselves by refusing to learn new things. Reread my post - if skill sets were included in the criteria, ageism would disappear into the noise.
Doe it exist? Certainly. Is it inevitable? No.
A little googling refutes your position:
Under current law, they [Cuban citizens] can only freely buy and sell cars that were on the road in Cuba before Fidel Castro's 1959 Revolution. Russian Ladas and modern Peugeots and Kias now outnumber the 1950s classics, but, for the most part, they are owned by the state and cannot be sold on the free market.
Are you kidding??? Do you have any idea how abjectly destitute the average Cuban is, thanks to Castro? They may have great health care and education, but that's about it. I talk to Cubans regularly via amateur radio, and I'm constantly amazed at how well they manage to keep their radios going with nothing more than spit and bailing wire.
The only reason they drive 50's vintage cars is because that's all that were on the island at the time of Castro's takeover - no one can afford a new car, even if they were allowed to import one!
From wikipedia:
"Typical wages range from factory worker's 400 non-convertible Cuban pesos a month to doctor's 700. That is around 17-30 U.S. dollars a month."
"After Cuba lost subsidies in 1991, malnutrition resulted in an outbreak of diseases and general hunger."
"Pensions are among the smallest in the Western hemisphere at $9.50. In 2009, Raul Castro increased minimum pensions by 2 dollars, which he said was to recompense for those who have "dedicated a great part of their lives to working... and who remain firm in defense of socialism"."
I prefer a Herb-Ox compound. All those tasty, salty granules coursing through my veins 'make-a my ganglia twitch!'
I disagree with the author's take on 'ageism' - I bet that if skill sets were taken into account, the apparent ageism would disappear.
There are two kinds of 'old fart' in this biz - ones that doggedly refuse to learn new skills, and those that actively seek out and embrace new skills but have the hindsight and experience to see them in their proper place among the existing tried-and-true solutions. Too often I see young, inexperienced developers grab on to the latest thing, declaring it the be-all and end-all of programming. I've seen it a million times - their fervor eventually gets tempered by seeing that their shiny new toy isn't perfect and has more rough edges that advertised. I went thru it in my 20's, as did everyone else, I suspect. I'm old enough now to have seen the "Thin Client! No, Thick client! No, Thin Client!" pendulum swing a few times. :-( (For those of you too young, that would be "thin=Mainframe+terminal, thick=Borland Delphi, thin=web app, thick=phone app).
The consulting company I work for respects the type II old fart and values their experience. Apparently our clients do as well, since we're in high demand.
Negative: I am a Meat Popsicle.
Wow. Regardless of the geek cred you get for making such a beast, let me commend you on the sheer artistic beauty of your website and the video. Just wow.
Many sites that report on PHAs (Potentially Hazardous Asteroids) use LD, meaning Lunar Distance. That's pretty descriptive to the general public - "Wow that thing flew right between Earth and the Moon!". According to their archive, KT42 missed Earth by 0.05 LD and was #6 on the all-time closest flyby list.
This is also where Wolf Vishniac tested the "Wolf Trap" that was to go to Mars on the Viking I lander. The sad tale of it's removal from the flight and his untimely death was chronicled by Carl Sagan in Cosmos.
... use solar collectors in reverse at night to get rid of heat...
I'm fairly certain you can. Do you have one of those contactless IR thermometers? Point it at a clear blue sky - it'll read way below zero (F or C). You're reading the effective temp of the atmosphere up to space, and the efficiency of your radiator is proportional to the temperature difference. If you point it at the base of an overhead cloud, it reads much higher.
When an AI becomes Aldo, does a Nancy Reagan and just says "no".
I'm a lot more worried about AI going all Nomad-Must-Sterilize on us.
Untrue. Frequency matters a great deal. Take a look at page 3 of this guide from the FCC - the max power an amateur station can run without having to perform an evaluation bottoms out between 10m and the VHF band (that's 10m to 2m or 28-144 MHz for amateurs in the US).
This is the Q and A document. Page 7 describes Specific Absorption Rate, which is the frequency-dependent rate at which energy is absorbed by tissue.
From OET 65:
As indicated by Table 1
in Appendix A, the most restrictive limits occur in the frequency range of 30-300 MHz where
whole-body absorption of RF energy by human beings is most efficient. At other frequencies
whole-body absorption is less efficient, and, consequently, the MPE limits are less restrictive.
You realize, of course, that stepping out into bright sunlight exposes you to 100-120 times the extrapolated maximum RF exposure level of 1mW/cm^2? [Page 15 of the second doc - extrapolating the established constant limit of 1mW/cm^2 that's defined from 1500 to 100,000 MHz out to light].
Nice reference to an awesome piece of music to sing. It gives me chills just remembering how it felt to belt it out.
Touché.
I'll blame my nasty haed cold for that lapse of raeson. :-)
"...ceases..."
Cease, verb. To stop, as in cease and desist.
Sieze, verb. To take away, as in sieze one's property.
Read my signature.
I think I remember hearing that Congress wouldn't open the checkbook if NASA looked for 'Signs of Life'. They're allowed to look for 'Conditions That Might or Might Not Have Been Able to Support Life in the Distant Past". Something about ultra-conservative Christians, I think.