I am not a EE, but a 10 MW generator is not physically that large. I have seen giant flywheels that store a lot of energy and are spun up by a smaller motor on the other end running continuously (TUM / IPP fusion reactor energy storage near Munich). You could imagine putting something like that in to avoid fouling the power grid with 30 second 10 MW spikes.
I think the problem is letting a human connect these things. Maybe if you automate all the connections, similar to the Tesla battery swap stations? That and lifetime of the electrodes.
We were using the PC Jr for Pascal in late 80s HS CS classes. They were completely adequate and had that distinctive higher end IBM look and feel. There were a bunch of terrible beige box PCs at the time and the IBMs actually looked ok and seemed to work fine for what we did.
My favorite though was the Compaq luggable beast. About 40lbs in a suitcase form factor, the thing was a beast! Dad splurged for dual 5.25" drives and we eventually got a 30 MB 1.5 slot HDD. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Portable
I have used MuseScore for a few simple things and I liked it a lot for making decent written scores. Plus, the community often has great stuff available to help get projects started.
We went down recently and got the Magic Bands. Disney uses them in five ways:
1. Ticket into the park 2. "Fast pass+" for some rides in the park 3. Purchases (with a pin, if your card is tied in) 4. Room access if staying on resort. 5. Photo pass (photos shot by in park employees)
In most cases, these are actions that for >95% of us would be tied to our credit card transaction. Even the old paper fast passes would have been tied to your park ticket (which is probably tied to your credit card).
The photo pass is one that previously was not tied to your credit card in any way. You would take pictures and get a code, if you never bought the code or tied the code to your online disney account they would not have your picture. But I am sure Disney has plenty of CCD in place and could tie in your entering the park to a picture if they wanted.
I really doubt they are tracking people in the park. Their RFID sensors stink! You have to orient the band just right to get the RFID close to the sensor. You have to hold it still and sometimes swipe two or three times. I doubt they are long range scanning your RFID in the park without your knowledge.
Also, you only get three of the new fast pass+ "experiences" in the park each day. So they really will only see you in three spots. For them, this stuff is probably more useful for load leveling than privacy invasion.
BTW, problems with the system have been all over the place. Disney invested almost a billion in it and they were considering dropping it, but it worked pretty well for us.
So in summary, if you are skeevy about this at Disney World, pay cash or use gift cards to buy your tickets.
Honestly, it has been years. The last time I checked all X apps ran in a single window on OSX. At least my Mac buddies claimed that was the best they could do. Maybe I will give it another shot?
Maybe google should have selected users based on pretentiousness? This glasshole thing may limit their adoption long-term more than any technology issue.
Not sure what to blame the g+ failure on. I went to check that wasteland again today. After the reader debacle I have lost a lot of faith.
Maybe I start the bing? Does it work with the tubes?
I just started playing around with scratch, which lets you get stuff running easily without hardware headaches.
Simple stuff like making a sprite move or make noise in response to keypresses is pretty cool for little kids. And me.
The other think I like about it is the format. "Code" still looks like code, with nested for/if statements.
It can be slow ans it breaks down for medium to complex stuff, but making crappy flash games is easy. And they apparently have a decent version for dealing with NXT robots...
Kids activities, good food selection, and double features on each screen. They started talking about the transition years ago, hopefully they will survive.
If we are getting 1080p on 5" phones you hold 10" from your eyes, I want similar resolution on my 30" desktop that I sit 20" from.
Maybe my math is wrong, but 2x distance should require 1/2 the pixel density. But 6x the size would be something around 6000x3000 on my desktop I think. I am happy with 2650x1600, but it could use 4x the pixels I guess.
I am happy with 52" 1080p in my den at 8' but 4k would be better...
I have been craving more pixels since I found I could make my 486 33 run some games in xga mode, getting 1024x768 amazing pixels.
Diff EQ and Linear Algebra were also very shaky for me, they did not make sense until later in grad school when I finally found more relevant physical examples. Now I review them in engineering courses when I teach and I make a point to pull out various applications more explicitly.
I wish math profs would do a better job on this topic. At GT I had a great prof that taught calculus for engineers. He got it. Some math profs don't. They won't let engineering profs teach basic math from accreditation standpoint AFAIK, even though it is like requiring a novelist teach basic grammar.
Engineers see plenty of uncertainty in their junior/senior lab courses. The whole point there is to show them that the world does not follow theory and they have to figure out how to deal with it.
I am thankful my dad encouraged me to go into engineering as opposed to pure science. He said the biggest difference were the engineering labs and he was totally correct IMHO.
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Yep. OO and Libre still have issues. I notice problems with lag, especially on presenter. Some oddness with text document formatting in writer.
I am a proponent of LyX for LaTeX stuff, but not everyone needs typesetting.
On the positive side, so much is going online via Google Docs and other cloud stuff.
Sunny days they make tons of "free" electricity.
On cold dark winter nights, where does the power come from?
They can build backup plants that run on coal/gas typically operating under nameplate capacity or they can buy nuke power from the French.
Oh, the irony...
And they will get there riding a HYPERLOOP!
Ha, yeah, right.
I am not a EE, but a 10 MW generator is not physically that large. I have seen giant flywheels that store a lot of energy and are spun up by a smaller motor on the other end running continuously (TUM / IPP fusion reactor energy storage near Munich). You could imagine putting something like that in to avoid fouling the power grid with 30 second 10 MW spikes.
I think the problem is letting a human connect these things. Maybe if you automate all the connections, similar to the Tesla battery swap stations? That and lifetime of the electrodes.
http://thenextweb.com/insider/...
Did you have the same intensity and vitriol when candidate Obama said "I believe marriage is between a man and a woman."
But that was years ago? This was years ago too AFAIK.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Dude, do you get jokes?
Dude, do you even lift?
Commit to keeping classic and a lot of this could go away. We don't care what your default look is, just keep the crazy bad ugly classic as an option.
It is simple. Give the people what they want or they will find something new to migrate to.
Cheers for a week, maybe more...
The palm site does work pretty darn well...
Really? Is it that hard to have multiple front-ends forever?
On mobile I surf off the Palm front end. It works just fine. I assume you are going to kill that too?
Sometimes I use a RSS feed. Is that going to be killed as well?
Some of your management staff and IT folks should be publicly fired as a show of good will to the community.
How is this technology related?
It appears to just be click spam posted during Australian daytime fishing for hits.
Keep looking for that new low, /.
We were using the PC Jr for Pascal in late 80s HS CS classes. They were completely adequate and had that distinctive higher end IBM look and feel. There were a bunch of terrible beige box PCs at the time and the IBMs actually looked ok and seemed to work fine for what we did.
My favorite though was the Compaq luggable beast. About 40lbs in a suitcase form factor, the thing was a beast! Dad splurged for dual 5.25" drives and we eventually got a 30 MB 1.5 slot HDD.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Portable
I have used MuseScore for a few simple things and I liked it a lot for making decent written scores. Plus, the community often has great stuff available to help get projects started.
We went down recently and got the Magic Bands. Disney uses them in five ways:
1. Ticket into the park
2. "Fast pass+" for some rides in the park
3. Purchases (with a pin, if your card is tied in)
4. Room access if staying on resort.
5. Photo pass (photos shot by in park employees)
In most cases, these are actions that for >95% of us would be tied to our credit card transaction. Even the old paper fast passes would have been tied to your park ticket (which is probably tied to your credit card).
The photo pass is one that previously was not tied to your credit card in any way. You would take pictures and get a code, if you never bought the code or tied the code to your online disney account they would not have your picture. But I am sure Disney has plenty of CCD in place and could tie in your entering the park to a picture if they wanted.
I really doubt they are tracking people in the park. Their RFID sensors stink! You have to orient the band just right to get the RFID close to the sensor. You have to hold it still and sometimes swipe two or three times. I doubt they are long range scanning your RFID in the park without your knowledge.
Also, you only get three of the new fast pass+ "experiences" in the park each day. So they really will only see you in three spots. For them, this stuff is probably more useful for load leveling than privacy invasion.
BTW, problems with the system have been all over the place. Disney invested almost a billion in it and they were considering dropping it, but it worked pretty well for us.
So in summary, if you are skeevy about this at Disney World, pay cash or use gift cards to buy your tickets.
Honestly, it has been years. The last time I checked all X apps ran in a single window on OSX. At least my Mac buddies claimed that was the best they could do. Maybe I will give it another shot?
"you know, the main technical drawback to mac osx, is the lack of x...."
One main reason I have never moved to max was the limited support for X the last time I checked.
So technically you are correct because I don't use a mac due to their technical limitations.
Back in the day, a story wasn't a story until it hit slashdot at least three times, a trupe.
I still remember seeing a story duped on the front page just a couple of posts between the two, like the "editors" didn't even look at the site.
Maybe google should have selected users based on pretentiousness? This glasshole thing may limit their adoption long-term more than any technology issue.
Not sure what to blame the g+ failure on. I went to check that wasteland again today. After the reader debacle I have lost a lot of faith.
Maybe I start the bing? Does it work with the tubes?
Don't you still have freedom to associate? They are just keeping tabs on whom you associate with.
I would stick with privacy (which is not in the constitution). Just unreasonable search and seizure AFAIK.
I just started playing around with scratch, which lets you get stuff running easily without hardware headaches.
Simple stuff like making a sprite move or make noise in response to keypresses is pretty cool for little kids. And me.
The other think I like about it is the format. "Code" still looks like code, with nested for/if statements.
It can be slow ans it breaks down for medium to complex stuff, but making crappy flash games is easy. And they apparently have a decent version for dealing with NXT robots...
Arctic is shrinking and Antarctic is growing. Global mean appears flat to me.
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/global.daily.ice.area.withtrend.jpg/
I thought we were going to all be killed by global warming hurricanes? Or is that off topic?
Anyone near Augusta GA or Columbia SC should check out the big mo. Three screens and apparently going strong!
http://www.thebigmo.com/
Kids activities, good food selection, and double features on each screen. They started talking about the transition years ago, hopefully they will survive.
If we are getting 1080p on 5" phones you hold 10" from your eyes, I want similar resolution on my 30" desktop that I sit 20" from.
Maybe my math is wrong, but 2x distance should require 1/2 the pixel density. But 6x the size would be something around 6000x3000 on my desktop I think. I am happy with 2650x1600, but it could use 4x the pixels I guess.
I am happy with 52" 1080p in my den at 8' but 4k would be better...
I have been craving more pixels since I found I could make my 486 33 run some games in xga mode, getting 1024x768 amazing pixels.
Diff EQ and Linear Algebra were also very shaky for me, they did not make sense until later in grad school when I finally found more relevant physical examples. Now I review them in engineering courses when I teach and I make a point to pull out various applications more explicitly.
I wish math profs would do a better job on this topic. At GT I had a great prof that taught calculus for engineers. He got it. Some math profs don't. They won't let engineering profs teach basic math from accreditation standpoint AFAIK, even though it is like requiring a novelist teach basic grammar.
Engineers see plenty of uncertainty in their junior/senior lab courses. The whole point there is to show them that the world does not follow theory and they have to figure out how to deal with it.
I am thankful my dad encouraged me to go into engineering as opposed to pure science. He said the biggest difference were the engineering labs and he was totally correct IMHO.