There are assorted pad/tablet computers available. Mount cradles for them where convenient, and tap on them on the wall -- or move it to where it's convenient for what you're doing at the moment. Some are wireless, some have PCMCIA which can be used with 802.11*, some have IR, and some will need a wired connection (Ethernet or serial).
In addition to the currently available industrial and home pad/tablet computers, are older and discontinued ones which can be used as terminals. Even a 386 or 486 device can deal with Lynx or TinyX -- or old Netscape on MS-WfW. The hard part is having a touchscreen which your O/S can listen to.
Do some web searches for "pad computers", "tablet computers", and "pen computers" (many pen computers have finger-sensitive touchscreens).
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No, scramjets are more fuel efficient than rockets because the former does not have to carry oxygen along.
Yes, scramjets are less fuel efficient than a 747 because they accelerate faster to a higher speed.
If you want fuel efficiency, take a slow boat to China. If you want to get to Tokyo quickly or the edge of space, you'll need something that gives a kick in the pants.
Yes, the reason we don't have a real hotel in orbit in 2001 is because space development is moving at the speed of governments. If Pan Am had been flying space shuttles there would be a lot more activity above the atmosphere.
I'm wondering the same thing. The fuel cell runs on fuel. I believe 2H+O -> H20 is the goal. I didn't see any explanation of how to feed more hydrogen to the fuel cell by using solar cells.
I suppose you could use the solar cell electricity to electrolyze water into Hydrogen and Oxygen, but why didn't someone say that?
"No gold, no bills, only red faces," crowed the Nation daily in a front page article saying the government had backed away from its earlier
enthusiasm for the treasure hunt, which has become the subject of ridicule in the international media.
On Tuesday, Latthasaksiri gave Thailand's finance ministry a document purporting to represent the 25 billion dollars in US bonds supposedly
retrieved from the cave.
But a regional US secret service official debunked the document as "fictitious", saying US treasury bonds had never been issued in denominations
greater than one million dollars.
"This in no way represents what a genuine US bond would look like," the official told AFP after examining a reproduction of the document.
I did notice in recent weeks some reports of work being done on a map of gene-derived molecules. I think it was a "protein map" or "enzyme map". I can't find the references at the moment, but apparently the next steps have begun.
I do note that these are mathematical exercises. Just because a molecule can be derived from genetic sequences does not mean that it does something, perhaps because evolution has not created a receptor for it. Or a receptor might usually be blocked by another molecule which fits in a nearby receptor and the 3-D shape of the nearby molecule blocks the one of interest to the molecule being studied. We have a lot to learn yet.
Others have not mentioned how to get new wire pulled. If you'll be doing a lot of pulling you can get the same roll-of-flexible-metal-tape that electricians use to pull stuff through awkward spots. Or if a coat hanger isn't quite enough, there are 10-15 foot wires available...even if they were intended for things like hanging suspended ceilings. Then pull your cables and string through.
If you have to do things such as drill inside walls, you can get drill extenders to hold a drill bit. Both rigid and flexible extenders are available. But before you make a big hole, it might help to first drill a small hole with a stiff wire to check where exactly where you're aiming at.
Incidentally, if you're trying to measure from outside walls to find the right spot between floors be aware that a basement outside wall often is thicker than other outside walls. So the holes might not come through where you expect.
In addition to the "X-10 boxes hanging from walls" which were mentioned, there also are X-10 devices which replace standard outlets and switches inside the wall.
For those who want to spend more and don't like the X-10 design, there also are other technologies for power control. They tend to require running additional wires to a controller. A little searching for "home automation" or chasing the other links in these articles will find the current selection.
Look in the electrical wire section of large hardware stores, like Home Depot, for a good price on Cat5 cable.
Also use "keystone jacks" in the walls. These are plastic wall plates with almost-square holes in them, and jacks which snap into the holes. There are many jacks available such as Cat5 RJ45, "F" (cable TV), RJ11 (telephone), and speaker cables. Keeps the wall looking nice, covers a hole which gives you access for pulling more cables, and holds the wires in place. Keystone jacks are available from some hardware stores and mail-order network shops.
There also are metal plates available for holding the cover plates -- cut a hole in the wall, fold the plate inside/behind the hole, and you've got a frame with the proper screw holes.
Indeed. Get a spool of a strong non-cotton string, like nylon twine. Strong enough to not break, and something that won't rot if it gets damp for five years.
Every time you pull a cable through, pull through a new string. Leave plenty of slack on each end and tie each end to a nail or something solid (so someone won't accidentally pull it back into the wall).
I will mention that there is a moving-map program for Linux which seems to be almost ready. I won't give a link so as to not distract the cathedral builder.
With a open moving-map and route-planning program, the market would be for the data which you mention. Sure, TIGER is a good starting point for the USA. Would you be willing to pay a few bucks more for map updates, with food/gas/hotel additions? Many people would.
This is just the fuel cell, intended to power wearable electronics. As the article mentions, carrying 2 pounds is better than the equivalent 20 pounds of batteries for a week's power. [Now we watch twelve people mention the solar-generating clothing article from several hours ago]
You may not be able to take a fuel-cell-powered computer on a civilian commercial aircraft. A military aircraft is a different matter -- well, some of them are designed to carry bombs..although the bombs are supposed to detonate externally.
The problem, however, is that these results are so good. The simulations don't include the effect of soot, which was only discovered recently. If soot is the second-biggest contributor to global warming (after CO2, and ignoring that water vapor is really the major greenhouse gas), then how good can these simulations be?
All that the results prove is that these simulations agree with the expectations of those running them (I can't use the word "scientists" here). There's an indication that they are not simulating the real world.
And other things keep getting discovered, like the cirrus iris effect where local heating causes cooling.
I first ran X on a 32MB 40MHz 386, and I squeezed TinyX with a small Linux into 17MB disk on a 24MB 486.
These handhelds will do fine. I sure hope so, as I've got a Casio EM-500 PocketPC that will have Linux on it as soon as I can persuade an IR link to let me transfer files to it...
"Old" does not mean "significant". There's a lot of noise in old records -- what little survived does get looked at, but someone's grocery list is not really of historical value. The famous Rosetta Stone was just a simple praise of a new king; it is known for how it said it, not what it said.
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In addition to the currently available industrial and home pad/tablet computers, are older and discontinued ones which can be used as terminals. Even a 386 or 486 device can deal with Lynx or TinyX -- or old Netscape on MS-WfW. The hard part is having a touchscreen which your O/S can listen to.
Do some web searches for "pad computers", "tablet computers", and "pen computers" (many pen computers have finger-sensitive touchscreens).
Does Dad still have to pay taxes for the School District?
Slashdot will not change their logo to blue until Kmart agrees to a sufficently large payment. Then it will be flashing blue for ten minutes at selected times during the day.
Yes, scramjets are less fuel efficient than a 747 because they accelerate faster to a higher speed.
If you want fuel efficiency, take a slow boat to China. If you want to get to Tokyo quickly or the edge of space, you'll need something that gives a kick in the pants.
Yes, the reason we don't have a real hotel in orbit in 2001 is because space development is moving at the speed of governments. If Pan Am had been flying space shuttles there would be a lot more activity above the atmosphere.
I suppose you could use the solar cell electricity to electrolyze water into Hydrogen and Oxygen, but why didn't someone say that?
On Tuesday, Latthasaksiri gave Thailand's finance ministry a document purporting to represent the 25 billion dollars in US bonds supposedly retrieved from the cave.
But a regional US secret service official debunked the document as "fictitious", saying US treasury bonds had never been issued in denominations greater than one million dollars.
"This in no way represents what a genuine US bond would look like," the official told AFP after examining a reproduction of the document.
I do note that these are mathematical exercises. Just because a molecule can be derived from genetic sequences does not mean that it does something, perhaps because evolution has not created a receptor for it. Or a receptor might usually be blocked by another molecule which fits in a nearby receptor and the 3-D shape of the nearby molecule blocks the one of interest to the molecule being studied. We have a lot to learn yet.
Others have not mentioned how to get new wire pulled. If you'll be doing a lot of pulling you can get the same roll-of-flexible-metal-tape that electricians use to pull stuff through awkward spots. Or if a coat hanger isn't quite enough, there are 10-15 foot wires available...even if they were intended for things like hanging suspended ceilings. Then pull your cables and string through.
If you have to do things such as drill inside walls, you can get drill extenders to hold a drill bit. Both rigid and flexible extenders are available. But before you make a big hole, it might help to first drill a small hole with a stiff wire to check where exactly where you're aiming at.
Incidentally, if you're trying to measure from outside walls to find the right spot between floors be aware that a basement outside wall often is thicker than other outside walls. So the holes might not come through where you expect.
For those who want to spend more and don't like the X-10 design, there also are other technologies for power control. They tend to require running additional wires to a controller. A little searching for "home automation" or chasing the other links in these articles will find the current selection.
Also use "keystone jacks" in the walls. These are plastic wall plates with almost-square holes in them, and jacks which snap into the holes. There are many jacks available such as Cat5 RJ45, "F" (cable TV), RJ11 (telephone), and speaker cables. Keeps the wall looking nice, covers a hole which gives you access for pulling more cables, and holds the wires in place. Keystone jacks are available from some hardware stores and mail-order network shops.
There also are metal plates available for holding the cover plates -- cut a hole in the wall, fold the plate inside/behind the hole, and you've got a frame with the proper screw holes.
Every time you pull a cable through, pull through a new string. Leave plenty of slack on each end and tie each end to a nail or something solid (so someone won't accidentally pull it back into the wall).
There is also an open routeplanner project.
With a open moving-map and route-planning program, the market would be for the data which you mention. Sure, TIGER is a good starting point for the USA. Would you be willing to pay a few bucks more for map updates, with food/gas/hotel additions? Many people would.
You are innocent, unless you're convicted after being railroaded by the DEA...
I'm not innocent, I've been convicted by the Pun Patrol.
This is just the fuel cell, intended to power wearable electronics. As the article mentions, carrying 2 pounds is better than the equivalent 20 pounds of batteries for a week's power. [Now we watch twelve people mention the solar-generating clothing article from several hours ago]
You may not be able to take a fuel-cell-powered computer on a civilian commercial aircraft. A military aircraft is a different matter -- well, some of them are designed to carry bombs..although the bombs are supposed to detonate externally.
All that the results prove is that these simulations agree with the expectations of those running them (I can't use the word "scientists" here). There's an indication that they are not simulating the real world.
And other things keep getting discovered, like the cirrus iris effect where local heating causes cooling.
Now we know. MS-DOS/Windows is an overgrown filesystem. Linux is an overgrown terminal emulator.
Educate, present your facts, persuade, convince.
Also study, examine other facts, listen to other's opinions, and study others' arguments. It's a two-way street.
These handhelds will do fine. I sure hope so, as I've got a Casio EM-500 PocketPC that will have Linux on it as soon as I can persuade an IR link to let me transfer files to it...
How about Linuxgruven.edu?
I want to know how they knew how much people were using Clippy. Was Clippy talking too much at the office Christmas party?
"Old" does not mean "significant". There's a lot of noise in old records -- what little survived does get looked at, but someone's grocery list is not really of historical value. The famous Rosetta Stone was just a simple praise of a new king; it is known for how it said it, not what it said.
The words are "exobiology", "astrobiology", and maybe "panspermia". Go search.
The standard for a nonexistent address is "example.com", "example.net", or "example.org". RFC 2606