We do have natural gas by pipe in the US, but coverage is spotty. As a matter of fact, where I am from in California, there are no natural gas pipes. Where I live in Maryland, one block can have natural gas and the other doesn't. 5 miles can make all the difference in which utilities are available.
Natural gas is most prevalent in areas which have colder winters, because it is such an effective heating source. In some areas (Monterey Bay California area), the winter never gets cold enough to justify installing natural gas pipelines, so everything is electric.
You're right, probably depends a lot on the climate as well. Weekly is best, assuming that someone in your data center knows a little bit about engines. Don't see any reason why a generator couldn't turn itself on every week and e-mail necessary information like oil pressure/content, running temperature after XXX minutes, fuel level, etc. If it hasn't been made, I will be in my garage for the next month, hoping it isn't already patented.
Then hope that you live close to one of the 519 CNG stations in the country. Compare that to the amount of diesel stations in the country, BP alone has 367 diesel gas stations in the Los Angeles area alone.
There is nothing wrong with diesel emergency backup generators (keyword EMERGENCY BACKUP). They are easy to run and maintain, assuming you have a basic understanding of engines. Check the oil and fire them up every 6 months or so, plus a mechanic taking a good look once a year or so. They are large, so it easy for someone to get in there and replace parts. You can fuel them by getting diesel from any gas station in the area. And if they break, there are thousands of mechanics which can fix them, local to pretty much anywhere that has civilization.
The "Bloom Box", on the other hand, is a specialized piece of equipment which only a few people know how it actually works. It uses a niche fuel source, not going to find that at a Shell station down the road.
1. How are we going to keep those turbines up at altitude?
It's obvious. We need to get a bunch of cobblestone blocks and make a huge spire. Then we place the wind turbines at the top and build out. Once we are done, we pull out our diamond pickaxe and get rid of the cobblestone stairs up to the wind farm. Oh wait.... Too much Minecraft last night....
Were he seeking a serious answer, this isn't the place for it. But to prevent you from having a brain aneurysm, I'll make a serious list.
Sextant and waterproof maps which require no electricity to read.. Having an old-school backup is a necessity. Maps includes star charts. Extra marine batteries attached to a solar panel array which produces enough wattage to power the boat's radio and GPS systems. Or get creative, stationary bike with alternator. Wind turbine, whatever. Iridium satellite phone, with list of phone numbers to Coast Guard units in all countries which you will be passing by. Radar/Sonar, to warn about above/under water dangers. Learn how to navigate a submarine. They calculate their location based on distance and direction traveled, since they have no atmospheric indicators. This will allow you know where you are even when GPS fails. Cell phone which will work in any country (for port calls). Self-defense tools (guns, whatever), the ability to use them, and knowledge of local laws concerning said tools at any port call. Over 2 weeks supply of food and fresh water. MREs would do just fine, and they are relatively cheap ($5-$8 a piece). Also include some sort of device to collect evaporated water in case you run out. And a fishing pole, just in case you run out of food. However food should be a lower priority than water, you can last a long time without food. Sunscreen.
Announcer Holy Cow, that recursive data parsing algorithm discovered a secret code hidden within the Book of Revelations in 18.5897923 seconds! "All your base are be...." Wha- What the hell is this crap!?!?
There's a bit of apples and oranges comparison there. You are comparing single-core processors to a quad-core processor. Of course the i5 is going to be faster. It would be better to divide the performance of the i5 by 4, to represent the performance of a single core of the processor.
There's also a cost comparison. Just the i5 processor is ~$200, not to mention the motherboard, RAM, etc. Let's just say you can build a computer with an i5 for about $800 That's the same price as 32 Raspberry PIs. So if you take the MSM 7227 processing time and divide by 32, you get ~1.8 hours. Not stellar, by any means. However it is an interesting figure. There's also power requirements, cooling requirements, etc.
Not saying that everyone should flock to SoC cluster computing, but the story is interesting nonetheless.
And perhaps Celebrity Jeopardy was before your time.
Gussy it up however you want, Trebek. What matters is does it work? Will the Rasperry PI supercomputer calculate large prime numbers? Because I've ordered devices like that before - wasted a pretty penny, I don't mind telling you. And if the Rasperry PI supercomputer works, I'll order a dozen!
I buy all of my MREs at the Commissary on military bases. Nobody gives you a second look, just like nobody looks twice if you are wearing camouflage, carrying a gun and large rucksack, or running at 6 am on a Saturday.
It's easy to say that you are right when you figure out some way to blame EVERYTHING on global warming. Temperature goes up.... global warming. Big snow storm.... global warming. McMurdough runs out of supplies because of harsh Antarctic winter.... global warming. I crash my car into a telephone pole.... global warming.
It's like betting $100 on both teams in the Superbowl, then celebrating when you win.
We can chalk it up to machine logic, fried circuitry, someone forgetting to insert a ; or { in the original code, or some sys-admin fell asleep at his desk and startled awake, spilling coffee on fetal Skynet.
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We do have natural gas by pipe in the US, but coverage is spotty. As a matter of fact, where I am from in California, there are no natural gas pipes. Where I live in Maryland, one block can have natural gas and the other doesn't. 5 miles can make all the difference in which utilities are available.
Natural gas is most prevalent in areas which have colder winters, because it is such an effective heating source. In some areas (Monterey Bay California area), the winter never gets cold enough to justify installing natural gas pipelines, so everything is electric.
You're right, probably depends a lot on the climate as well. Weekly is best, assuming that someone in your data center knows a little bit about engines. Don't see any reason why a generator couldn't turn itself on every week and e-mail necessary information like oil pressure/content, running temperature after XXX minutes, fuel level, etc. If it hasn't been made, I will be in my garage for the next month, hoping it isn't already patented.
Then hope that you live close to one of the 519 CNG stations in the country. Compare that to the amount of diesel stations in the country, BP alone has 367 diesel gas stations in the Los Angeles area alone.
Propane != Natural Gas.
You try to mix the two, and you will destroy your equipment or cause an explosion.
There is nothing wrong with diesel emergency backup generators (keyword EMERGENCY BACKUP). They are easy to run and maintain, assuming you have a basic understanding of engines. Check the oil and fire them up every 6 months or so, plus a mechanic taking a good look once a year or so. They are large, so it easy for someone to get in there and replace parts. You can fuel them by getting diesel from any gas station in the area. And if they break, there are thousands of mechanics which can fix them, local to pretty much anywhere that has civilization.
The "Bloom Box", on the other hand, is a specialized piece of equipment which only a few people know how it actually works. It uses a niche fuel source, not going to find that at a Shell station down the road.
if foo
then blah
else foo 2
#crashes like you do after work -John
while blah
#double-check it was actually done, you should try it sometime -Jane
If the finder does not contact law enforcement, then I feel this issue is best left up to natural selection. First to nominate for a Darwin award.
1. How are we going to keep those turbines up at altitude?
It's obvious. We need to get a bunch of cobblestone blocks and make a huge spire. Then we place the wind turbines at the top and build out. Once we are done, we pull out our diamond pickaxe and get rid of the cobblestone stairs up to the wind farm. Oh wait.... Too much Minecraft last night....
Or a 0.502756 inch gun. Oh wait....
Did someone wake up on the wrong side of the bed?
Were he seeking a serious answer, this isn't the place for it. But to prevent you from having a brain aneurysm, I'll make a serious list.
Sextant and waterproof maps which require no electricity to read.. Having an old-school backup is a necessity. Maps includes star charts.
Extra marine batteries attached to a solar panel array which produces enough wattage to power the boat's radio and GPS systems. Or get creative, stationary bike with alternator. Wind turbine, whatever.
Iridium satellite phone, with list of phone numbers to Coast Guard units in all countries which you will be passing by.
Radar/Sonar, to warn about above/under water dangers.
Learn how to navigate a submarine. They calculate their location based on distance and direction traveled, since they have no atmospheric indicators. This will allow you know where you are even when GPS fails.
Cell phone which will work in any country (for port calls).
Self-defense tools (guns, whatever), the ability to use them, and knowledge of local laws concerning said tools at any port call.
Over 2 weeks supply of food and fresh water. MREs would do just fine, and they are relatively cheap ($5-$8 a piece). Also include some sort of device to collect evaporated water in case you run out. And a fishing pole, just in case you run out of food. However food should be a lower priority than water, you can last a long time without food.
Sunscreen.
Satellite internet, so you can read /. in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Announcer Holy Cow, that recursive data parsing algorithm discovered a secret code hidden within the Book of Revelations in 18.5897923 seconds! "All your base are be...." Wha- What the hell is this crap!?!?
Processor comment retracted.
So tell me, when did you move to the Utopia known as Libya? I hear there are rainbows and unicorns, and all the rivers are made of chocolate.
There's a bit of apples and oranges comparison there. You are comparing single-core processors to a quad-core processor. Of course the i5 is going to be faster. It would be better to divide the performance of the i5 by 4, to represent the performance of a single core of the processor.
There's also a cost comparison. Just the i5 processor is ~$200, not to mention the motherboard, RAM, etc. Let's just say you can build a computer with an i5 for about $800 That's the same price as 32 Raspberry PIs. So if you take the MSM 7227 processing time and divide by 32, you get ~1.8 hours. Not stellar, by any means. However it is an interesting figure. There's also power requirements, cooling requirements, etc.
Not saying that everyone should flock to SoC cluster computing, but the story is interesting nonetheless.
And perhaps Celebrity Jeopardy was before your time.
Gussy it up however you want, Trebek. What matters is does it work? Will the Rasperry PI supercomputer calculate large prime numbers? Because I've ordered devices like that before - wasted a pretty penny, I don't mind telling you. And if the Rasperry PI supercomputer works, I'll order a dozen!
Pilot uses Angry Birds to assist with aircraft landing.
More news at 11.
Perhaps that airline actually uses the improbability drive to power their aircraft?
So when can I start using my iPad during "all phases of the flight"?
I buy all of my MREs at the Commissary on military bases. Nobody gives you a second look, just like nobody looks twice if you are wearing camouflage, carrying a gun and large rucksack, or running at 6 am on a Saturday.
Try steroids, that's what all the Athletes use to life more weight.
It's easy to say that you are right when you figure out some way to blame EVERYTHING on global warming. Temperature goes up.... global warming. Big snow storm.... global warming. McMurdough runs out of supplies because of harsh Antarctic winter.... global warming. I crash my car into a telephone pole.... global warming.
It's like betting $100 on both teams in the Superbowl, then celebrating when you win.
We can chalk it up to machine logic, fried circuitry, someone forgetting to insert a ; or { in the original code, or some sys-admin fell asleep at his desk and startled awake, spilling coffee on fetal Skynet.
Once a bipedal robot can outrun the fastest human, Skynet will make it's move. No chance for humans to escape.
Criminals have stopped chopping off right index fingers. More news at 11