Cray did it first. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C... Seymour Cray build a GaAs based computer almost 20 years ago. It actually worked but he ran out of money because of the end of the Cold War and the need for Super Computers decreased.
" Nobel invented the process of making TNT" No he did not. Nobel invented dynamite which is nitroglycerin mixed with diatomaceous earth. TNT is Trinitrotoluene. So much for science history education.
Actually I am a student of history and I am not a Rand fanboy but I did like Fountianhead but I also know that it is fiction. Like most things in life it is all a matter or degree. The goal of government is to put in just enough regulation to keep a free competitive marketplace that works but so much regulation that it makes doing business a nightmare. For example why is crap like Airborne "cold medicine" allowed to be for sale when the label says it does nothing. On the flipside when one of the military services wanted to buy a piece of software I worked on the "bid" came in a 50 pound box.
I thought the same thing. Computers has been very fast for a while now. Only things like transcoding and some gaming really push CPUs for the "average home user".
"In most cases, they could not fly over people other than the operators." It says in most cases. On a closed set with safety precautions it would be allowed.
These are safety rules people Keeping the aircraft in sight means and having the ability to have the operator take control is actually a good rule. It should help keep down injuries and property damage. Remember this is for a vehicle of up to 50lbs. A 50lbs vehicle moving at say 80 mph can do a lot of damage. And before anyone says it this is for all remote control aircraft and not just quadcopters! I have seen fixed wing RC aircraft moving a lot faster than 80mph.
These rules will allow for things like aerial photography for movies, news, and real estate, also for a lot of AG uses and other inspection tasks. Nope these are good rules to start with and in a few years maybe opened up. The last thing anyone wants is for a 50lbs drone to crash into a school bus full of Nuns taking orphans to a Christmas party and having it crash into an animal shelter killing all the kids, nuns, and puppies.
Your leaving out the entertainment factor. One ticket is less than a cup of coffee at Starbucks or a large soda at most restaurants. It is about the same as a song on Itunes. So is the fun of possibility of winning several hundred million dollars worth the cost of a cup of coffee?
The other link I gave you was for Texas which also states 4-8. Solar peak is always at solar noon so yes you have a miss match. Even if you take the 6 hours a day of peak solar production it will only take you to 2pm if you have daylight savings time. Solar peak and peak demand simply do not match.
Solar peak output is at solar noon. If you are on daylight savings time that is 11am. Even if you think you get peak solar power for 8 hours a day in the summer that peak still ends at 3:00PM or Solar noon+4. It does not match even in winter and without a doubt does not match for the other 9 or 10 months of the year.
"The IPCC press office widely publicizes "the most optimistic scenario," in which nearly 80 percent of the global energy supply could be provided by renewable energy by 2150 “if backed by the right enabling public policies.”"
I find any prediction of what we will use for energy 135 years in the future to be as valid as any prediction made in 1880 about the future of energy sources.
"Where'd you get that idea? Most power is used in the middle of the day," Okay where'd you get the idea that most power is used in the middle of the day? "http://www.mnn.com/your-home/at-home/stories/peak-energy-times" Peak is 4PM to 8PM And here it is in a chart https://www.pacificpower.net/y...
The Philippines where a colony of Spain that the US gave independence to. Puerto Rico has had votes to become a state of the US, become a nation on it's own, or stay a commonwealth. If they voted to be a nation the US would not send tanks to stop them.
Solar's production curve does not match the peak user curve of electrical power. Wind is a good bit better but still needs natural gas peaking plants to back it. For low carbon base load power you have only three choices. 1. Hydro 2. Nuclear 3. Geothermal. 1 and 3 are location limted.
I only used Uber once. I was in Miami for a Bowl game and the police told me that the one mile walk to the train station was not safe. My wife and I called an Uber car and paid $5. Worked great for us. Self driving cars for taxis? Video every one and if anyone trashes the cab you charge them. No drivers to pay. Yea makes a lot of sense.
Yea that is the problem... People outside the US don't really learn history. Britain used to own islands even when people were already their. Russia today just goes in with tanks and takes places that are full of people even when they said they would not...
Technically the US does since we landed people on it first at least that is how it worked with islands on earth. Heck even if there were people on them all you need was a flag and it was yours. That is how Britain ended up owning Australia, New Zealand, and so on. At least the moon didn't already have a bunch of people on it.
Just as soon as everyone recompiles there virus code to run on ARM.... Actually Windows 10 does not suck. While I prefer Linux and OS/X but Windows is not as terrible as it once was. Now Windows Users.
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Cray did it first.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...
Seymour Cray build a GaAs based computer almost 20 years ago. It actually worked but he ran out of money because of the end of the Cold War and the need for Super Computers decreased.
" Nobel invented the process of making TNT"
No he did not.
Nobel invented dynamite which is nitroglycerin mixed with diatomaceous earth. TNT is Trinitrotoluene.
So much for science history education.
Okay it supports Klingon but not Cherokee?
1 It also does Klingon.
2. There does not seem to be a word in Yucatec Maya for quark.
Actually I am a student of history and I am not a Rand fanboy but I did like Fountianhead but I also know that it is fiction.
Like most things in life it is all a matter or degree.
The goal of government is to put in just enough regulation to keep a free competitive marketplace that works but so much regulation that it makes doing business a nightmare.
For example why is crap like Airborne "cold medicine" allowed to be for sale when the label says it does nothing. On the flipside when one of the military services wanted to buy a piece of software I worked on the "bid" came in a 50 pound box.
You left out that when it breaks it is your fault. You were driving it wrong.
I am not to worried about this test on mice. Now if they tried it on Chimps then things get into the very creepy zone.
It maybe the year of the Linux Desktop. The thing is that the the distro could end up being ChromeOS.
I thought the same thing.
Computers has been very fast for a while now. Only things like transcoding and some gaming really push CPUs for the "average home user".
Unless you count things like CPUs and operating systems as weapons, entertainment, or food I think you have to add tech to that list.
http://www.doxbox.ca/
It is a document management system
"In most cases, they could not fly over people other than the operators."
It says in most cases.
On a closed set with safety precautions it would be allowed.
These are safety rules people Keeping the aircraft in sight means and having the ability to have the operator take control is actually a good rule. It should help keep down injuries and property damage. Remember this is for a vehicle of up to 50lbs. A 50lbs vehicle moving at say 80 mph can do a lot of damage.
And before anyone says it this is for all remote control aircraft and not just quadcopters! I have seen fixed wing RC aircraft moving a lot faster than 80mph.
These rules will allow for things like aerial photography for movies, news, and real estate, also for a lot of AG uses and other inspection tasks.
Nope these are good rules to start with and in a few years maybe opened up.
The last thing anyone wants is for a 50lbs drone to crash into a school bus full of Nuns taking orphans to a Christmas party and having it crash into an animal shelter killing all the kids, nuns, and puppies.
Your leaving out the entertainment factor.
One ticket is less than a cup of coffee at Starbucks or a large soda at most restaurants. It is about the same as a song on Itunes.
So is the fun of possibility of winning several hundred million dollars worth the cost of a cup of coffee?
The other link I gave you was for Texas which also states 4-8. Solar peak is always at solar noon so yes you have a miss match. Even if you take the 6 hours a day of peak solar production it will only take you to 2pm if you have daylight savings time.
Solar peak and peak demand simply do not match.
Industry runs 24/7 only office jobs are during the day.
Solar peak output is at solar noon. If you are on daylight savings time that is 11am. Even if you think you get peak solar power for 8 hours a day in the summer that peak still ends at 3:00PM or Solar noon+4.
It does not match even in winter and without a doubt does not match for the other 9 or 10 months of the year.
"The IPCC press office widely publicizes "the most optimistic scenario," in which nearly 80 percent of the global energy supply could be provided by renewable energy by 2150 “if backed by the right enabling public policies.”"
I find any prediction of what we will use for energy 135 years in the future to be as valid as any prediction made in 1880 about the future of energy sources.
"Where'd you get that idea? Most power is used in the middle of the day,"
Okay where'd you get the idea that most power is used in the middle of the day?
"http://www.mnn.com/your-home/at-home/stories/peak-energy-times"
Peak is 4PM to 8PM
And here it is in a chart https://www.pacificpower.net/y...
The Philippines where a colony of Spain that the US gave independence to. Puerto Rico has had votes to become a state of the US, become a nation on it's own, or stay a commonwealth.
If they voted to be a nation the US would not send tanks to stop them.
Solar's production curve does not match the peak user curve of electrical power. Wind is a good bit better but still needs natural gas peaking plants to back it.
For low carbon base load power you have only three choices.
1. Hydro
2. Nuclear
3. Geothermal.
1 and 3 are location limted.
I only used Uber once. I was in Miami for a Bowl game and the police told me that the one mile walk to the train station was not safe. My wife and I called an Uber car and paid $5.
Worked great for us.
Self driving cars for taxis? Video every one and if anyone trashes the cab you charge them.
No drivers to pay.
Yea makes a lot of sense.
Yea that is the problem... People outside the US don't really learn history. Britain used to own islands even when people were already their. Russia today just goes in with tanks and takes places that are full of people even when they said they would not...
Technically the US does since we landed people on it first at least that is how it worked with islands on earth. Heck even if there were people on them all you need was a flag and it was yours.
That is how Britain ended up owning Australia, New Zealand, and so on. At least the moon didn't already have a bunch of people on it.
Just as soon as everyone recompiles there virus code to run on ARM....
Actually Windows 10 does not suck. While I prefer Linux and OS/X but Windows is not as terrible as it once was. Now Windows Users.