the 'pit boss' still has the final call, he just has more data to work with. besides, as today's race proves, driver courage to put on slicks proved to be decisive...
it would seem that you are thinking along the star trek guild lines, Truth is that we will not know until we meet up with them. and at that point, it would seem that we should proceed that they are dangerous until otherwise proven different.
just think on how the Spanish treated the south and central America's. Following that line of thinking, I would have to assume ( since I don't have another source of reference) that they are here to gather/take our resources. ( even the trade for New Amsterdam, was done for trade ).
I would just say "Hi, how can I help you" that would be a good start
he might not be joking LOL sorry I don't have the c-64 mag issue to cite it exactly...
I have seen c-64's used to manage MRI machines ( via the serial port i think ), seen c-64's have 5 to 7 modems for BBS, saw a nifty cluster of c-64's handling an assembly line for furniture ( how that was handled still baffles me to this day.
I can not site the source magazine exactly, it was 'hot rod' or 'car craft' in the 80's and the article was about Smokey Yunick and trying to create a motor that would run at 3000 degree's Fahrenheit and other tricks to improve performance. And it referenced another article about ceramic engines and or ceramic lined piston chambers. ( back in the 80's, you could buy aluminum blocks with removable cylinder walls ( mostly steel type ), these were perfect motors to bore out to the max and have paper thin cylinder walls if some fantastic metal alloy
but basically what it said was, he was forbidden by the sanctioned racing body's' to produce "hot" motors, there was some sort of fear, which at this time I can not remember. but he went to explain that his testing proved that in a racing motor, heat would help not hinder performance. he also mentioned that the current life of the motor would only last a few races
as for the ceramics's, he said that it could become viable, but they would have to overcome something ? ( in this case I would believe he said stress, but I can not recall )
I don't think I am overestimating, I am rather confident that given a problem, it being presented to the Slashdot user-base, I would have a viable solution within 3 days. I might find a couple of odd ball solutions, but a solution is a solution.
with 30000 daily readers ( I'm guessing with that number ) I am sure that someone knows the answer
I would like to think you are right, But based on the replies I have read, and the general views, the bot owner would have a nightmare for the rest of their lives.
maybe my perspective is wrong, but I think that the average slashdot user is way more skilled that the average bot writer. And just about every slashdoter loves a challenge where the winner get's uber bragging rights.
let's see... hmmm.... people fighting spam on this forum with great knowledge, check people explaining how to configure systems for max performance, check fast executing code and links to find sample code to work on, check tricks to prevent virus's on the system, check access to really screw with people and most likely some real SOB's that would enjoy taking down bot's ( for the heck of it ), Oh YAH
so I would think that if anything, they would be smart enough not to get near this place
"Of course you can still use it even though grid electricity is cheaper, but why would you?"
rather simple answer from my perspective...
if we are able to blend our energy consumption needs, the overall gains become apparent. start with wind giving you the morning jolt, solar kicks in next ( at the same time boosting algae production ), nuke power gives the base load across the day, this box can provide another type of base load and the heat could also be used locally...
the objective is to reduce the long term usage of resources, blending and improving is the only way we will hit it.
very cool, forgot about that, district heating... but the problem I see with that is the fresh water cost ( rather save it, I keep thinking we are running out of it )
But the idea of district heating is great, thanks again
ok a few items of interest, this can become a base load generation system ( yep, it can work 24 per day )
the max efficiency natural gas turbines about 60%, add the 20% and you got fuel cells doing 72% to generate the same amount of electricity. Which if I am right is about 14% to 16% savings in fuel consumption ( it might be even higher but I'm willing to think it's not ). but a nation wide hit of even 5% reduction of fuel usage is huge and would put a massive dent in the speculative market for it's feed fuels ( and methane ). ever watch the fuel prices and see how quickly the market reacts. and the added benefit is that natgas is at it's lowest price in the summer, and that's when we need the most electricity.
Now methane can grab heat ( at least the way I understand it ) 10x to 20x more than CO2 ( which this box produces ), but if it's clean CO2, I can see it sold to the algae farms producers and it becoming somewhat neutral
I can see it now... somewhere in the Midwest, 5 to 10 square miles of pig farms all feeding waste into this system... ugghh what a stink LOL
now if we could find a way to capture that heat, turn it into hot air, pipe it under cities to give extra warmth in the winter, bang a few more drops saved...
what I like about this is you can take the CH4 from pig farming waste ( and a few other waste streams ) and transform it to energy, I bet you might be able to use the waste heat for something also.
"Fuel cells aren't THAT much more efficient than large gas turbines + generators anyway."
I find a problem with the sort of thinking you are implying, "that"
Efficient improvements are just that, improvements. and if you consistently try doing it, you get to the point where it's at the top.
think about it, hull design's, IC spacing, automotive metals... they are more efficient related improvements ( well hull designs I am sure about, I really don't know much about integrated circuit and transistor spacing, and automotive metals have been improved for easier handling and better reactions in accidents )
my point is that if we don't try to improve efficiency consistently, we end up wasting more resources over a longer term.
I love when I get the talkative person next too me, the best part is when they ask me what I do. I always say, "have you ever met a tax auditor, my job is to find errors and make sure that it's paid up to the government, finding that extra money that people owe" add a slight smile to the end of it. that stops them from speaking to me anymore, but for the smart ass that sometimes sits next to me and keeps talking, I pull out my pocket notepad and say "hey what's your name again ?" people typically turn slightly grey at that point.
I fear the day when the chatty person next to me says... what branch at you at? LOL
I had a continental airlines pilot that sat next to me said that I pulled it perfectly ( seems that my trick is rather common )
I find that when I find coach, it's much more easier to say to the guy behind me, "hey, I'm going to lean back" usually this just get's a nod and I can get more comfortable. never had a problem yet.
Since I can not picture it ( even after read the article ) could someone explain what changes on the graph will happen. and if possible what would be the next stage after this ( given, I think I understand that quantum computing would be the current top of computing speed, but I can not figure out where this goes )
I just watch the video. I can understand why this guy did not publish it. listen well to the audio and you cna here him mention the word 'trouble'. listen to it and you can hear his voice change slowly.
he choose just to put it away and not remember having this bad day. I would even think he might have been a person involved in korea or WW2 and was reliving something that might have been awful.
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No, tell NASA to take a ride on heavy metal, they have been landing vettes for a while now.
yes let's have more rain, just the opening was amazing ( 3 wide into the turn ) ....
rain adds a huge variable to the entire set up, as does the tyre type. I woke up just to watch the races ( then back to bed )
the 'pit boss' still has the final call, he just has more data to work with. besides, as today's race proves, driver courage to put on slicks proved to be decisive...
it would seem that you are thinking along the star trek guild lines, Truth is that we will not know until we meet up with them. and at that point, it would seem that we should proceed that they are dangerous until otherwise proven different.
just think on how the Spanish treated the south and central America's. Following that line of thinking, I would have to assume ( since I don't have another source of reference) that they are here to gather/take our resources. ( even the trade for New Amsterdam, was done for trade ).
I would just say "Hi, how can I help you" that would be a good start
sad funny or sad it might be... do you recall the scene in 'men in black' ...let's go get the hot-sheets ... and they get the supermarket tabloids
funny shit, and imagine if it's true ...
he might not be joking LOL ...
sorry I don't have the c-64 mag issue to cite it exactly
I have seen c-64's used to manage MRI machines ( via the serial port i think ), seen c-64's have 5 to 7 modems for BBS, saw a nifty cluster of c-64's handling an assembly line for furniture ( how that was handled still baffles me to this day.
well the way I see it, the bottles ability to harm can be measured and recorded, this could lead to a clue about how a fight progressed.
do you recall doing collision detection in the sprites, that was fun. I loved my c-64. wish I still had it.
I can not site the source magazine exactly, it was 'hot rod' or 'car craft' in the 80's and the article was about Smokey Yunick and trying to create a motor that would run at 3000 degree's Fahrenheit and other tricks to improve performance. And it referenced another article about ceramic engines and or ceramic lined piston chambers. ( back in the 80's, you could buy aluminum blocks with removable cylinder walls ( mostly steel type ), these were perfect motors to bore out to the max and have paper thin cylinder walls if some fantastic metal alloy
but basically what it said was, he was forbidden by the sanctioned racing body's' to produce "hot" motors, there was some sort of fear, which at this time I can not remember. but he went to explain that his testing proved that in a racing motor, heat would help not hinder performance. he also mentioned that the current life of the motor would only last a few races
as for the ceramics's, he said that it could become viable, but they would have to overcome something ? ( in this case I would believe he said stress, but I can not recall )
I kinda think of starwars http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Scrubber_droid
I don't think I am overestimating, I am rather confident that given a problem, it being presented to the Slashdot user-base, I would have a viable solution within 3 days. I might find a couple of odd ball solutions, but a solution is a solution.
with 30000 daily readers ( I'm guessing with that number ) I am sure that someone knows the answer
I would like to think you are right, But based on the replies I have read, and the general views, the bot owner would have a nightmare for the rest of their lives.
maybe my perspective is wrong, but I think that the average slashdot user is way more skilled that the average bot writer. And just about every slashdoter loves a challenge where the winner get's uber bragging rights.
let's see... hmmm....
people fighting spam on this forum with great knowledge, check
people explaining how to configure systems for max performance, check
fast executing code and links to find sample code to work on, check
tricks to prevent virus's on the system, check
access to really screw with people and most likely some real SOB's that would enjoy taking down bot's ( for the heck of it ), Oh YAH
so I would think that if anything, they would be smart enough not to get near this place
"Of course you can still use it even though grid electricity is cheaper, but why would you?"
rather simple answer from my perspective ...
if we are able to blend our energy consumption needs, the overall gains become apparent. start with wind giving you the morning jolt, solar kicks in next ( at the same time boosting algae production ), nuke power gives the base load across the day, this box can provide another type of base load and the heat could also be used locally...
the objective is to reduce the long term usage of resources, blending and improving is the only way we will hit it.
very cool, forgot about that, district heating... but the problem I see with that is the fresh water cost ( rather save it, I keep thinking we are running out of it )
But the idea of district heating is great, thanks again
ok a few items of interest, this can become a base load generation system ( yep, it can work 24 per day )
the max efficiency natural gas turbines about 60%, add the 20% and you got fuel cells doing 72% to generate the same amount of electricity. Which if I am right is about 14% to 16% savings in fuel consumption ( it might be even higher but I'm willing to think it's not ). but a nation wide hit of even 5% reduction of fuel usage is huge and would put a massive dent in the speculative market for it's feed fuels ( and methane ). ever watch the fuel prices and see how quickly the market reacts. and the added benefit is that natgas is at it's lowest price in the summer, and that's when we need the most electricity.
Now methane can grab heat ( at least the way I understand it ) 10x to 20x more than CO2 ( which this box produces ), but if it's clean CO2, I can see it sold to the algae farms producers and it becoming somewhat neutral
I can see it now ... somewhere in the Midwest, 5 to 10 square miles of pig farms all feeding waste into this system ... ugghh what a stink LOL
now if we could find a way to capture that heat, turn it into hot air, pipe it under cities to give extra warmth in the winter, bang a few more drops saved...
what I like about this is you can take the CH4 from pig farming waste ( and a few other waste streams ) and transform it to energy, I bet you might be able to use the waste heat for something also.
"Fuel cells aren't THAT much more efficient than large gas turbines + generators anyway."
I find a problem with the sort of thinking you are implying, "that"
Efficient improvements are just that, improvements. and if you consistently try doing it, you get to the point where it's at the top.
think about it, hull design's, IC spacing, automotive metals... they are more efficient related improvements ( well hull designs I am sure about, I really don't know much about integrated circuit and transistor spacing, and automotive metals have been improved for easier handling and better reactions in accidents )
my point is that if we don't try to improve efficiency consistently, we end up wasting more resources over a longer term.
after the site get's /. I figure about 6 hours we should be seeing reports LOL
let me bring you in on a little flying trick.
I love when I get the talkative person next too me, the best part is when they ask me what I do. I always say, "have you ever met a tax auditor, my job is to find errors and make sure that it's paid up to the government, finding that extra money that people owe" add a slight smile to the end of it. that stops them from speaking to me anymore, but for the smart ass that sometimes sits next to me and keeps talking, I pull out my pocket notepad and say "hey what's your name again ?" people typically turn slightly grey at that point.
I fear the day when the chatty person next to me says ... what branch at you at? LOL
I had a continental airlines pilot that sat next to me said that I pulled it perfectly ( seems that my trick is rather common )
I find that when I find coach, it's much more easier to say to the guy behind me, "hey, I'm going to lean back" usually this just get's a nod and I can get more comfortable. never had a problem yet.
funny that you say that, I'm sure that they monitor all email traffic, but they don't ban companies from using it...Do they?
Since I can not picture it ( even after read the article ) could someone explain what changes on the graph will happen. and if possible what would be the next stage after this ( given, I think I understand that quantum computing would be the current top of computing speed, but I can not figure out where this goes )
for those that don't know it ... http://xkcd.com/305/
now it's worst it said "Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 522,323 tested so far."
I just watch the video. I can understand why this guy did not publish it. listen well to the audio and you cna here him mention the word 'trouble'. listen to it and you can hear his voice change slowly.
he choose just to put it away and not remember having this bad day. I would even think he might have been a person involved in korea or WW2 and was reliving something that might have been awful.