Ethernet interferes with AM 560 kHz - I can vouch for that. My dad listens to AM 560, and started getting interference with it when their computer was hooked up to a cable modem. I did all sorts of troubleshooting to isolate the problem, and got it down to an Ethernet cable from the modem to the network card. I looked for, but couldn't find, a shielded cable with RJ-45 connectors. (If anyone knows of one - let me know!) I ended up connecting to it via USB instead, which took care of the problem.
Good for you for sneaking around and checking up on your kids. I wish more parents would do that, instead of feeling like they have rights to privacy. They do - but when you find out something like this - all bets are off!
I hope you have a frank, calm discussion with your son soon. If you don't feel equipped to talk to him about it - find a counselor that can help you. There are lots of organizations willing to help.
Do your kid a favor and support whatever it is your kid spends all their time doing. If you have to "show" them how to be interested in it, they're not interested in it, and you're wasting both of your time.
As a community, we need to band together to help this poor soul. We need to split up all this downloaded porn, and spread it around, so that our kindred soul doesn't suffer!
Son, you must be from one of them limp-wristed European countries. Hate your car?? Maybe you should go out and buy yourself a SUV, or, better yet, a pickup! You probably drive one of them wimpy four-cylinder toys that them other tree-hugger types have. Go on and ride your little bicycle to work. I'll be plenty happy in my four-door pickup.
Take a look here. They're expensive, but they'll run an average-sized house.
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I saw a quote of Tesla's regarding Edison. I'm paraphrasing here - "He could have saved himself a whole bunch of time with a few calculations."
Edison said "Invention is one percent inspiration, and ninety-nine percent perspiration." Yeah, maybe if you ignore basic science.
Edison got a lot of credit for ideas that he bulldozed into practicality. He had the ultimate work-ethic. Sweat your ass off - don't take too much time to think.
There are always alternatives. How much are you willing to pay?:) The problem is that these alternatives aren't popular enough to take advantages of economies of scale. One of my favorite websites on this subject is Home Power. You'll find a lot of interesting, expensive alternatives there.
Go for it. Be green and poor, all at the same time!
It's being done here in the U.S., too. It's called Distributed Generation. You place trailer-sized generators in or near substations, and run them off of natural gas, or whatever fuel makes economic sense. They're really popular for "peaking" applications, where you kick them in as you approach your peak load for the circuit you're feeding, share the load with the grid until the load drops down, and then drop out the generator.
/shameless plug - no pun intended/ Check out Plug Power too /end shameless plug/
Remember Salvage 1, where Andy Griffith plays a guy who wants to go to the moon to salvage all of the junk up there? Maybe he can reprise his role, and head off to Mars!
Carson Taylor, BPA's chief transmission expert, explains that the impetus for this experiment was a big blackout in 1996. Sensors installed throughout the network send data about local grid conditions to a central computer, 30 times a second.
Dr Taylor credits this system with preventing another big blackout in his region, and says his counterparts in America's north-east could have avoided last year's blackout if they had had such a system.
Geez. Come on, Dr. Taylor. Just about everyone has some sort of SCADA network (the network of sensors) running on their grid. The blackout started in Ohio because some operators couldn't see some alarms, and the problems cascaded from there. (There are suggestions that some buggy software caused this, but the jury is still out.) The reports that have been released leave many questions unanswered, which tells how complicated and extensive our power grid is.
It will take many BILLIONS of $$ and many years to upgrade things enough to make it what we call dependable. It's complicated enough just keeping local grids running, let alone transferring power from one to another; balancing sources and loads, switching connections at the right time, etc.
I have been through private pilot training, and have soloed (didn't get my license - got married instead - sheesh!). I used FS before I started my training, not intending to use it as a supplement, but just for fun. It really did help in getting me accustomed to the instruments that I would see, how the plane would respond to certain control inputs, etc. I can't see it being a complete replacement, but it is a good introductory learning tool.
The amount of electrical energy you'd get would be minute. You might be able to run an LED for a bit if you built up a charge on a capacitor for a few minutes. I'd worry more about the magnetic fields from the power lines affecting your brain's alpha waves.:-)
I'm out in a rural area. I just got done emailing Comcast, asking when cable would be coming by my house. Their reply: when more houses are built near you. I'm actually just a half-mile from a cable, but only 800 feet from a 120 kV electrical distribution line. If I could get a hookup from there, I'd be signed up in a heartbeat.
By the way, do you have any PARTICULAR carbon rods in mind? I'm on the President's Inanimate Object Recognition Committee and we're looking for nominees.
Microstation has it too. It has a lot of features that AutoCAD has (apparently, they're bumping heads in a few market niches). It's very easy to get to the command line, just like AutoCAD.
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I can sum this up in one word...
DUH!
Ethernet interferes with AM 560 kHz - I can vouch for that. My dad listens to AM 560, and started getting interference with it when their computer was hooked up to a cable modem. I did all sorts of troubleshooting to isolate the problem, and got it down to an Ethernet cable from the modem to the network card. I looked for, but couldn't find, a shielded cable with RJ-45 connectors. (If anyone knows of one - let me know!) I ended up connecting to it via USB instead, which took care of the problem.
Offtopic, I know - but I don't care.
Good for you for sneaking around and checking up on your kids. I wish more parents would do that, instead of feeling like they have rights to privacy. They do - but when you find out something like this - all bets are off!
I hope you have a frank, calm discussion with your son soon. If you don't feel equipped to talk to him about it - find a counselor that can help you. There are lots of organizations willing to help.
Good luck!
cool!
Apparently, there are many projects using Ada. Go to AdaHome and click on the "list of projects" link at the bottom of the page. Go Ada!!
OMG!!!
As a community, we need to band together to help this poor soul. We need to split up all this downloaded porn, and spread it around, so that our kindred soul doesn't suffer!
Who's with me?
Son, you must be from one of them limp-wristed European countries. Hate your car?? Maybe you should go out and buy yourself a SUV, or, better yet, a pickup! You probably drive one of them wimpy four-cylinder toys that them other tree-hugger types have. Go on and ride your little bicycle to work. I'll be plenty happy in my four-door pickup.
My pitiful website is here. Sorry, but I was joking. I don't have any ringtones up there. I probably should create them, huh?
Gilbert Gottfried screaming "Oh my God! Answer me! Answer me! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!"
a recording of a fingernail clipper clipping away
sounds from a late 70's pr0n flick
check out my website for more cool ringtones!!
Has Peter "James" Bond ever been in Spain? Maybe he had something to do with it.
Take a look here. They're expensive, but they'll run an average-sized house.
I saw a quote of Tesla's regarding Edison. I'm paraphrasing here - "He could have saved himself a whole bunch of time with a few calculations."
Edison said "Invention is one percent inspiration, and ninety-nine percent perspiration." Yeah, maybe if you ignore basic science.
Edison got a lot of credit for ideas that he bulldozed into practicality. He had the ultimate work-ethic. Sweat your ass off - don't take too much time to think.
Go for it. Be green and poor, all at the same time!
Check out Plug Power too
Remember Salvage 1, where Andy Griffith plays a guy who wants to go to the moon to salvage all of the junk up there? Maybe he can reprise his role, and head off to Mars!
Geez. Come on, Dr. Taylor. Just about everyone has some sort of SCADA network (the network of sensors) running on their grid. The blackout started in Ohio because some operators couldn't see some alarms, and the problems cascaded from there. (There are suggestions that some buggy software caused this, but the jury is still out.) The reports that have been released leave many questions unanswered, which tells how complicated and extensive our power grid is.
It will take many BILLIONS of $$ and many years to upgrade things enough to make it what we call dependable. It's complicated enough just keeping local grids running, let alone transferring power from one to another; balancing sources and loads, switching connections at the right time, etc.
I have been through private pilot training, and have soloed (didn't get my license - got married instead - sheesh!). I used FS before I started my training, not intending to use it as a supplement, but just for fun. It really did help in getting me accustomed to the instruments that I would see, how the plane would respond to certain control inputs, etc. I can't see it being a complete replacement, but it is a good introductory learning tool.
Duuude!
Excellent!!
World's biggest flower means the world's biggest Bud! Fire one up and let's PARTY!
(Wouldn't my mom be proud of me right now? "There's my baby - posting to Slashdot.")
By the way...what is all this talk about Spam?
The amount of electrical energy you'd get would be minute. You might be able to run an LED for a bit if you built up a charge on a capacitor for a few minutes. I'd worry more about the magnetic fields from the power lines affecting your brain's alpha waves. :-)
I'm out in a rural area. I just got done emailing Comcast, asking when cable would be coming by my house. Their reply: when more houses are built near you. I'm actually just a half-mile from a cable, but only 800 feet from a 120 kV electrical distribution line. If I could get a hookup from there, I'd be signed up in a heartbeat.
Aw, take off! Eh?
By the way, do you have any PARTICULAR carbon rods in mind? I'm on the President's Inanimate Object Recognition Committee and we're looking for nominees.
Microstation has it too. It has a lot of features that AutoCAD has (apparently, they're bumping heads in a few market niches). It's very easy to get to the command line, just like AutoCAD.