First, it doesn't say anything about using rotary engines, their website shows a 2 piston 4-stroke engine.
Second, the reliability of many rotary engines was shortened by idiot owners who didn't know how to treat them. This was really only an issue with the 3rd generation RX-7. Heat generated by twin-turbo charging caused a lot of the 1993-1995 cars to have premature engine failure. However this is not the case for other rotary cars which without the turbos last hundreds of thousands of miles. Even many 3rd gen cars have gone well over 100,000 miles without rebuild which is roughly equal to running 1700 hours on an airplane. Check out the recommended rebuild schedules for airplane motors and many range from 1200-2000 hours. Really sounds like reliability is an issue doesn't it?
Third, check out
http://www.rotaryaviation.com/
and
http://www.atkinsrotary.com
to see why you are so wrong to judge what happened in your brother's car and jump to the conclusion they are not good for airplane use. The mazda rotary is probably the most used auto engine in aviation BECAUSE IT IS RELIABLE.
Sorry, Tom's started out as a hobby/enthusiast many years (7+) ago but no longer holds much integrity. Look at all the ads and their reviews are guilty of some of the shenanigans listed in the article like including obscure games to give better numbers, etc. I don't trust any of the sites anymore.
Can't use halon for a lot of reasons. Halon is corrosive to the components, dangerous if you have people around, and systems cannot be recharged once discharged. This is why it makes sense to have a real emergency backup plan to run your critical systems off-site in the event of a problem in your data center.
Also, with water and proper electrical controls, you can shut down the servers quick with one big switch and leave them off until they dry out. You won't lose 100% of the equipment and insurance will easily cover what you do lose.
Of course, you could use a dual system with FM200 to slow the initial spread and give time to shut down clean, then use water a few seconds later when no power is moving through the systems. Much better long term.
Yes, but this was seen in Arabidopsis (Mustard plant) which is not a polyploid plant. The article states that when they checked the genome there were no other "good" copies of the gene available to revert to. Both copies of the gene (one from each parent plant) were mutated copies. Yet somehow the DNA got reverted back to the non-mutated "grand-parent" copy in about 10% of the plants.
This is NOT what you need to do. My wife and I used to do the same thing. One day on the phone with Discover my wife mentioned it. According to the Discover card representative the card with "SEE ID" or anything like it but without a valid signature is the same as a card with NO signature. Any card you have without a signature that gets stolen and used makes you liable for the purchases and NOT the card company. My wife and I now sign the card and then write over the top "Please Check ID".
First of all, I understand that purely by my original post you have no reason to think I may know a thing or three about this issue. But assumptions are dangerous.
I worked as a researcher for many years. I firmly believe the current policy, which is driven by politics and not sound scientific reasons, is bad for all forms of stem cell research in this country.
1)The policy currently bans Federal money from being used for creating or using embryos for stem cell research. Even though there are plenty of extra embryos that will be destroyed in fertilization clinics all over the country, we can't use them. These are embryos that will never get the chance to become a full human life. The cell lines that do exist are effectively unusable and no new ones can be created by people doing basic research. This means the researchers in academic institutions across the country cannot apply for grant money to do this type of research. There will be some very smart people driven away from doing any stem cell research because they don't have the freedom to conduct the experiments necessary.
2)Allowing other funding of the research (such as California or private) will keep critical data out of the hands of basic researchers. Private investment will not allow "trade secrets" to be published in a peer-reviewed manner. This is not a method of doing science that I put much trust in. Go research Celgene and Thalidomide. Go look at the "research" done by tobacco funding. I can't wait for the future day when the same people currently saying "not my tax dollars" will complain that the cell procedure they or their kid needs is too expensive. They'll be complete hypocrites that will be more than happy to have a procedure done that came from this research but not want to pay to have funded it in the first place.
3)Did you ever stop to think that maybe we can only learn certain things from embryonic stem cells? They could have the 'rosetta stone' of how to make use of all other stem cells. Yet, because of the funding ban some other country will get this prize. I know the article wasn't about embryonic cells. The point is, unless we do basic research on all possible forms we aren't doing it right and in the long run we'll lose because of it.
While our country (USA) moves backward the rest of the world moves forward. Thanks for nothing evangelicals! Take us back to some ideal "Christian" society that never truely existed in this country in the first place!
Sorry Chicago, you spent public money so the place is owned by the taxpayers, not the artists. This was a commissioned work, not art done alone by the artist and intended for sale. The more the city tries to enforce this the more it will cost them in legal fees down the road.
Managementia - The loss of technical cognitive function caused by moving into the management chain. The condition generally worsens proportionally to the level of management attained.
The only known treatments are leaving management and large amounts of beer.
Hmmm... now we just need it to put images into our heads and it will be like the movie Strange Days. Makes pr0n much more interesting. Would also make it so you could record every second of life and have instant recall of everything.
SP2?!? Have you read anything about this patch? The current common wisdom is to NOT install SP2, so I don't think it is unreasonable to test in this fashion.
The fact that human error isn't compensated for is the true human error that needs compensation.
I think I just sprained my brain thinking up that one.
Not only are they on CD, hence digital. The Beatles don't control the rights to their songs! Michael Jackson bought them all years ago. That is why we got those Nike commercials with the "Revolution" song.
Price was not the issue for me. The issue for me was that I couldn't easily get one! I live in the DC area and the only place I found the 5600 for sale was at Fry's in Texas while visiting my in-laws! NO ONE carried them, big surprise they couldn't sell then. I wasn't about to spend $400 on something sight-unseen and not have an easy means of returning it if it broke. I bet if they told CompUSA or Best Buy that they could buy them for $100 and sell them for $400 we'd see a lot more of them.
I really feel sad for those who misunderstand Catholics so much as to believe the President would be in the pocket of the Pope. John F. Kennedy was not in the pocket of the Pope and neither would Kerry be.
Also, what most of you don't know or understand is the difference between the Catholic Church in America and abroad. The Church in America is far more liberal, forgiving, and "live and let live" than abroad. Someone in a previous post mentioned Episcopalians. I jokingly call my wife "Catholic Lite" because she is Episcopalian. The differences could only be distinguished by those who are members.
Again, the idea of the Pope having direct influence over our elected leaders is ridiculous.
It's the American way isn't it? We have crappy politicians that lie, cheat, steal, etc. (on both sides BTW) and yet they get re-elected. DC recently elected Marion Barry, former mayor AND drug addict. We may end up with Bush for 4 more years despite NO WMD and a host of other things.
Basically Americans don't hold people accountable for anything anymore.
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Screw that, drive a REAL car
Yeah, like I did recently. http://www.onelapofamerica.com/
Car #56, 1st in class SSGT2 SB.
First, it doesn't say anything about using rotary engines, their website shows a 2 piston 4-stroke engine.
Second, the reliability of many rotary engines was shortened by idiot owners who didn't know how to treat them. This was really only an issue with the 3rd generation RX-7. Heat generated by twin-turbo charging caused a lot of the 1993-1995 cars to have premature engine failure. However this is not the case for other rotary cars which without the turbos last hundreds of thousands of miles. Even many 3rd gen cars have gone well over 100,000 miles without rebuild which is roughly equal to running 1700 hours on an airplane. Check out the recommended rebuild schedules for airplane motors and many range from 1200-2000 hours. Really sounds like reliability is an issue doesn't it?
Third, check out http://www.rotaryaviation.com/ and http://www.atkinsrotary.com to see why you are so wrong to judge what happened in your brother's car and jump to the conclusion they are not good for airplane use. The mazda rotary is probably the most used auto engine in aviation BECAUSE IT IS RELIABLE.
Sorry, Tom's started out as a hobby/enthusiast many years (7+) ago but no longer holds much integrity. Look at all the ads and their reviews are guilty of some of the shenanigans listed in the article like including obscure games to give better numbers, etc. I don't trust any of the sites anymore.
Can't use halon for a lot of reasons. Halon is corrosive to the components, dangerous if you have people around, and systems cannot be recharged once discharged. This is why it makes sense to have a real emergency backup plan to run your critical systems off-site in the event of a problem in your data center.
Also, with water and proper electrical controls, you can shut down the servers quick with one big switch and leave them off until they dry out. You won't lose 100% of the equipment and insurance will easily cover what you do lose.
Of course, you could use a dual system with FM200 to slow the initial spread and give time to shut down clean, then use water a few seconds later when no power is moving through the systems. Much better long term.
Just go here. It works with all types, even LCD.
http://www.mystique.net/cybertan1.htm
H leftover! Damn!
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Yes, but this was seen in Arabidopsis (Mustard plant) which is not a polyploid plant. The article states that when they checked the genome there were no other "good" copies of the gene available to revert to. Both copies of the gene (one from each parent plant) were mutated copies. Yet somehow the DNA got reverted back to the non-mutated "grand-parent" copy in about 10% of the plants.
This is NOT what you need to do. My wife and I used to do the same thing. One day on the phone with Discover my wife mentioned it. According to the Discover card representative the card with "SEE ID" or anything like it but without a valid signature is the same as a card with NO signature. Any card you have without a signature that gets stolen and used makes you liable for the purchases and NOT the card company. My wife and I now sign the card and then write over the top "Please Check ID".
First of all, I understand that purely by my original post you have no reason to think I may know a thing or three about this issue. But assumptions are dangerous.
I worked as a researcher for many years. I firmly believe the current policy, which is driven by politics and not sound scientific reasons, is bad for all forms of stem cell research in this country.
1)The policy currently bans Federal money from being used for creating or using embryos for stem cell research. Even though there are plenty of extra embryos that will be destroyed in fertilization clinics all over the country, we can't use them. These are embryos that will never get the chance to become a full human life. The cell lines that do exist are effectively unusable and no new ones can be created by people doing basic research. This means the researchers in academic institutions across the country cannot apply for grant money to do this type of research. There will be some very smart people driven away from doing any stem cell research because they don't have the freedom to conduct the experiments necessary.
2)Allowing other funding of the research (such as California or private) will keep critical data out of the hands of basic researchers. Private investment will not allow "trade secrets" to be published in a peer-reviewed manner. This is not a method of doing science that I put much trust in. Go research Celgene and Thalidomide. Go look at the "research" done by tobacco funding. I can't wait for the future day when the same people currently saying "not my tax dollars" will complain that the cell procedure they or their kid needs is too expensive. They'll be complete hypocrites that will be more than happy to have a procedure done that came from this research but not want to pay to have funded it in the first place.
3)Did you ever stop to think that maybe we can only learn certain things from embryonic stem cells? They could have the 'rosetta stone' of how to make use of all other stem cells. Yet, because of the funding ban some other country will get this prize. I know the article wasn't about embryonic cells. The point is, unless we do basic research on all possible forms we aren't doing it right and in the long run we'll lose because of it.
While our country (USA) moves backward the rest of the world moves forward. Thanks for nothing evangelicals! Take us back to some ideal "Christian" society that never truely existed in this country in the first place!
Looks like their stock is still doing ok. Although that could change come Monday. Graph
Sorry Chicago, you spent public money so the place is owned by the taxpayers, not the artists. This was a commissioned work, not art done alone by the artist and intended for sale. The more the city tries to enforce this the more it will cost them in legal fees down the road.
No, that is one reason I chose them as my ISP. ;)
Cool! My favorite ISP, my favorite browser, and my favorite website all rolled into one!
Managementia - The loss of technical cognitive function caused by moving into the management chain. The condition generally worsens proportionally to the level of management attained. The only known treatments are leaving management and large amounts of beer.
Hmmm... now we just need it to put images into our heads and it will be like the movie Strange Days. Makes pr0n much more interesting. Would also make it so you could record every second of life and have instant recall of everything.
SP2?!? Have you read anything about this patch? The current common wisdom is to NOT install SP2, so I don't think it is unreasonable to test in this fashion.
The fact that human error isn't compensated for is the true human error that needs compensation.
I think I just sprained my brain thinking up that one.
Not only are they on CD, hence digital. The Beatles don't control the rights to their songs! Michael Jackson bought them all years ago. That is why we got those Nike commercials with the "Revolution" song.
Price was not the issue for me. The issue for me was that I couldn't easily get one! I live in the DC area and the only place I found the 5600 for sale was at Fry's in Texas while visiting my in-laws! NO ONE carried them, big surprise they couldn't sell then. I wasn't about to spend $400 on something sight-unseen and not have an easy means of returning it if it broke. I bet if they told CompUSA or Best Buy that they could buy them for $100 and sell them for $400 we'd see a lot more of them.
Damn, now I won't be doing any war-walking.
I really feel sad for those who misunderstand Catholics so much as to believe the President would be in the pocket of the Pope. John F. Kennedy was not in the pocket of the Pope and neither would Kerry be.
Also, what most of you don't know or understand is the difference between the Catholic Church in America and abroad. The Church in America is far more liberal, forgiving, and "live and let live" than abroad. Someone in a previous post mentioned Episcopalians. I jokingly call my wife "Catholic Lite" because she is Episcopalian. The differences could only be distinguished by those who are members.
Again, the idea of the Pope having direct influence over our elected leaders is ridiculous.
It's the American way isn't it? We have crappy politicians that lie, cheat, steal, etc. (on both sides BTW) and yet they get re-elected. DC recently elected Marion Barry, former mayor AND drug addict. We may end up with Bush for 4 more years despite NO WMD and a host of other things. Basically Americans don't hold people accountable for anything anymore.
Labatt's and Guiness each paid $25,000 to fund the study.