My pollutants spewed per mile are lower than a petrol engine.
Research particulates from a gasoline engine vs a diesel engine. Diesels emit much more -- if they were popular we would have extreme smog issues.
Another easy way to tell: Look at the bumper of diesel cars around the exhaust -- sooty! That soot is being released into the air and is a carcinogen.
With recent EPA requirements changing, manufacturers have had to combat this. One low tech technique is to put a paper filter on the exhaust to catch the particulates. Another is to change the fuel/air ratio to ensure combustion of the soot -- however that results in increased NOx transmissions. To solve this, newer diesel cars/SUVs (BMW, Mercedes, Jeep, Chevy) come with a urea tank. The urea is injected into the exhaust which then allows a catalytic converter to break down NOx. The engine computer is required to prohibit you from starting the car if the urea tank is empty. (Usually there is a small grace period -- 10 starts or so.)
I am looking forward to clean (and affordable!) diesels but we are still not quite there yet.
Unemployment is high right now, not because companies can't find good people, but because companies are afraid to take on the responsibility (and liability) of expanding and hiring until they absolutely have to, due to a messed up political and financial environment.
IT unemployment is low! (I've heard ~2% more recently)
Lots of people set their thermostat above the temperature they want just so they can turn it down when it gets too hot, even when they fully understand how a heater works.
If I am in california and buy something from a company with a presence in California and my purchased items ship from California to me I should pay California sales taxes.
But they don't have a presence in California, your orders placed with Amazon are fulfilled by a [legally] different company!
They are essentially drop shipping everything you order.
I feel it's important to point out that Amazon actually has a presence in Texas, and therefore when they sell product to Texans they actually do need to be collecting sales tax and remitting it to the State of Texas.
Are you sure the company that sold you the product has a presence?
I work for a company (not in Washington) that drop ships for Amazon. In other words, Amazon.com, LLC buys the product from us and we ship it to whatever address they want. In this case, it seems the "brick and mortar" argument is easily arguable to not apply because we have no ties with Amazon.
Now, what if Amazon warehouses were considered to be owned by a different company legally? I'll pick a name, say "Amazon.com KYDC, LLC".;)
Amazon.com, LLC does the same thing where they buy from this secondary company and have them ship it to the customer. Does Amazon.com, LLC still have a presence?
Yep, the new Chevy Volt will be lithium, but the Prius and other hybrids are all NiMH. You said the exact reason why -- they were (still are?) the most proven battery technology at the time the cars were engineered. (That's also the "big deal" about the Volt -- GM is having to do a bunch of research to develop a car worthy lithium battery in a very short time.)
Yes! I have fond memories of programming simple programs in BASIC and storing my hangman dictionary on cassette. The keyboard was a little difficult -- I believe the colon, brackets, other normal punctuation were a special key + normal alphabet key. a picture
Agreed. I have an ASUS Intel board and I bought 4 x 2GB sticks. Pick any three and it was rock solid -- add in that fourth and the machine would blue screen or processes would mysteriously crash after some time.
Turns out it's a very common problem for boards to have trouble reliably powering all 4 DIMMs, and upping the voltage by.1-.2V over spec saved the day.
Try these. Embedded linux VPN. Works like a charm and usually only a couple hundred bucks. Depending on how big the site is, you can get a beefier one. Plus, you would have available support.
I know you like my dad way more than his dad, and his dad works for a corporation and therefore cannot be superior. Please ignore how often my dad has a nervous breakdown.
Don't forget their documentation is superb. Although the install is not point and click, the docs read very well and will step you through with ease. I like how they explain what you're doing and why.
Also, it would take very little to no modification to get a petrol car to run on grain alcohol.
Alcohol has the tendency to eat away at rubber based components (hoses, seals), unless these parts were constructed with a special blend to withstand this type of fuel. They are starting to do this.
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Each PC runs a script twice a day to check for any configuration changes or patches, so they no longer have to visit each machine individually in order to roll out new functionality or upgrades.
Someone should've shown these guys "VNC.
It's still tedious, but so is logging on to each linux box to patch it. Luckily that won't happen as often.
How about a non interpreted C#? Then you run into problems of people assuming your C# is using CLR and it's not and you have to recompile but it doesn't work and blahblahblahbalhblahbalhb
Hopefully soon the design will make it in to your home PC, allowing them to run much quieter."
Who cares about my PC fan, I want this in my hybrid/electric car. This kind of advance is what we need so I can get 50 mpg and still have enough power to be fun to drive
but that might not be enough, in which case you'll have to buy a $3k scan tool. Nothing is stopping you from doing this now. Just because your car doesn't have a USB interface doesn't mean you can't get to it.
Imagine if speed limits were actually the result of an equation which took into consideration your vehicle's weight, braking, and handling......
Except you'd quickly reach a speed where the human brain can not process all the information being presented at higher speeds, and reaction distances (due to the speed) would be enormous. You know that tunnel vision that hits you around 85 mph? That's where it starts. You start to stare straight ahead instead of looking around at things that catch your eye.
Not to mention the speed difference between vehicles being a hazard. The point of a freeway is a bunch of cars moving together only has a limited relative speed difference. Impacts would be at minimal force, barring loss of control. If the speed difference is too great the slower vehicle becomes a hazard. Hence the minimum speed on freeways.
What about raw power? Our mainframe is equal to about 60 P4s. Now, we could switch over to 60 P4s, but the cost of switching to a cluster capable database (which our current databases and programs can be converted, so little cost on actually converting to a different format) would be millions of dollars just for the start up licensing fees. Why spend millions of dollars when it doesn't get us anywhere? Eventually when a PC switch is cheap enough it will be done, but not until it is financially feasible and we outgrow the speed of our current system.
The only worthwhile topic of this article is that printing technology has come down to a point where they can print a customized cover for every subscriber. Now that's amazing.
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My pollutants spewed per mile are lower than a petrol engine.
Research particulates from a gasoline engine vs a diesel engine. Diesels emit much more -- if they were popular we would have extreme smog issues.
Another easy way to tell: Look at the bumper of diesel cars around the exhaust -- sooty! That soot is being released into the air and is a carcinogen.
With recent EPA requirements changing, manufacturers have had to combat this. One low tech technique is to put a paper filter on the exhaust to catch the particulates. Another is to change the fuel/air ratio to ensure combustion of the soot -- however that results in increased NOx transmissions. To solve this, newer diesel cars/SUVs (BMW, Mercedes, Jeep, Chevy) come with a urea tank. The urea is injected into the exhaust which then allows a catalytic converter to break down NOx. The engine computer is required to prohibit you from starting the car if the urea tank is empty. (Usually there is a small grace period -- 10 starts or so.)
I am looking forward to clean (and affordable!) diesels but we are still not quite there yet.
Drug the poor things until they comply.
I think Trey Parker and Matt Stone are on to something with the South Park drug free treatment
Unemployment is high right now, not because companies can't find good people, but because companies are afraid to take on the responsibility (and liability) of expanding and hiring until they absolutely have to, due to a messed up political and financial environment.
IT unemployment is low! (I've heard ~2% more recently)
Lots of people set their thermostat above the temperature they want just so they can turn it down when it gets too hot, even when they fully understand how a heater works.
I set it to 85 so it would heat up faster!
Walmart had a pretty sweet deal -- Xbox + Kinect + $50 gift card for $200. http://bfads.net/Walmart-Black-Friday-Xbox-360-4gb-Console-w-50-Walmart-GC
If I am in california and buy something from a company with a presence in California and my purchased items ship from California to me I should pay California sales taxes.
But they don't have a presence in California, your orders placed with Amazon are fulfilled by a [legally] different company!
They are essentially drop shipping everything you order.
I feel it's important to point out that Amazon actually has a presence in Texas, and therefore when they sell product to Texans they actually do need to be collecting sales tax and remitting it to the State of Texas.
Are you sure the company that sold you the product has a presence?
I work for a company (not in Washington) that drop ships for Amazon. In other words, Amazon.com, LLC buys the product from us and we ship it to whatever address they want. In this case, it seems the "brick and mortar" argument is easily arguable to not apply because we have no ties with Amazon.
Now, what if Amazon warehouses were considered to be owned by a different company legally? I'll pick a name, say "Amazon.com KYDC, LLC". ;)
Amazon.com, LLC does the same thing where they buy from this secondary company and have them ship it to the customer. Does Amazon.com, LLC still have a presence?
Yep, the new Chevy Volt will be lithium, but the Prius and other hybrids are all NiMH. You said the exact reason why -- they were (still are?) the most proven battery technology at the time the cars were engineered. (That's also the "big deal" about the Volt -- GM is having to do a bunch of research to develop a car worthy lithium battery in a very short time.)
Yes! I have fond memories of programming simple programs in BASIC and storing my hangman dictionary on cassette. The keyboard was a little difficult -- I believe the colon, brackets, other normal punctuation were a special key + normal alphabet key. a picture
Agreed. I have an ASUS Intel board and I bought 4 x 2GB sticks. Pick any three and it was rock solid -- add in that fourth and the machine would blue screen or processes would mysteriously crash after some time.
Turns out it's a very common problem for boards to have trouble reliably powering all 4 DIMMs, and upping the voltage by .1-.2V over spec saved the day.
And they offer financing at 5% APR!!! I can't even get that low of a rate from the government to bail out my bank.
Besides the pink theme, how come there isn't anything out of the ordinary with slashdot today?
Try these. Embedded linux VPN. Works like a charm and usually only a couple hundred bucks. Depending on how big the site is, you can get a beefier one. Plus, you would have available support.
I know you like my dad way more than his dad, and his dad works for a corporation and therefore cannot be superior. Please ignore how often my dad has a nervous breakdown.
Don't forget their documentation is superb. Although the install is not point and click, the docs read very well and will step you through with ease. I like how they explain what you're doing and why.
Also, it would take very little to no modification to get a petrol car to run on grain alcohol.
Alcohol has the tendency to eat away at rubber based components (hoses, seals), unless these parts were constructed with a special blend to withstand this type of fuel. They are starting to do this.
By putting a tax on it? I'm lost.
Or maybe you mean subsidize with human lives.
Each PC runs a script twice a day to check for any configuration changes or patches, so they no longer have to visit each machine individually in order to roll out new functionality or upgrades.
Someone should've shown these guys "VNC.
It's still tedious, but so is logging on to each linux box to patch it. Luckily that won't happen as often.
or in .net:
var = Nothing
or manually
var.Dispose()
How about a non interpreted C#? Then you run into problems of people assuming your C# is using CLR and it's not and you have to recompile but it doesn't work and blahblahblahbalhblahbalhb
Hopefully soon the design will make it in to your home PC, allowing them to run much quieter."
Who cares about my PC fan, I want this in my hybrid/electric car. This kind of advance is what we need so I can get 50 mpg and still have enough power to be fun to drive
Who has read access to the data? It's my data, so I should be able to plug the car into my USB port and see it for myself (as should my attorney).
s/USB/ODB\ II
try autoxray
but that might not be enough, in which case you'll have to buy a $3k scan tool. Nothing is stopping you from doing this now. Just because your car doesn't have a USB interface doesn't mean you can't get to it.
Imagine if speed limits were actually the result of an equation which took into consideration your vehicle's weight, braking, and handling......
Except you'd quickly reach a speed where the human brain can not process all the information being presented at higher speeds, and reaction distances (due to the speed) would be enormous. You know that tunnel vision that hits you around 85 mph? That's where it starts. You start to stare straight ahead instead of looking around at things that catch your eye.
Not to mention the speed difference between vehicles being a hazard. The point of a freeway is a bunch of cars moving together only has a limited relative speed difference. Impacts would be at minimal force, barring loss of control. If the speed difference is too great the slower vehicle becomes a hazard. Hence the minimum speed on freeways.
What about raw power? Our mainframe is equal
to about 60 P4s. Now, we could switch over to 60 P4s, but the cost of switching to a cluster capable database (which our current databases and programs can be converted, so little cost on actually converting to a different format) would be millions of dollars just for the start up licensing fees. Why spend millions of dollars when it doesn't get us anywhere? Eventually when a PC switch is cheap enough it will be done, but not until it is financially feasible and we outgrow the speed of our current system.
terraserver.microsoft.com. Big deal.
The only worthwhile topic of this article is that printing technology has come down to a point where they can print a customized cover for every subscriber. Now that's amazing.