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I might also add, this is a $94million upgrade... for reference building the LHC cost ~$9billion, I'm betting this didn't cost anywhere near that to build initially.
I'm willing to bet if you added up the cost of every Fusion project currently going, and the LHC and all the other particle accelerators currently operating around the world, the cost would be a fraction of what was spent on 8 years of war/occupation in Iraq. Which do you think has been a better "value"?
Fusion is a money pit. We've been chasing the mythical beast of fusion for decades and are not any closer to it this century than we were last century. Even putting aside the joke that was Pons and Fleishman, this is nothing more than a wild goose chase and Ponzi scheme.
Well, while I agree on the money pit thing, at least it's something that obeys the laws of physics... unlike the whole Pons/Fleishman "cold fusion" nonsense (still waiting for that announcement about the eCat actually producing power for someone:rolleyes:).
So I guess then that EU/UK homes with 2200W vacuums are *way* cleaner than US homes.:-P
(Seriously though, it really depends more on the design of the vacuum doesn't it? And to some degree does it really matter? I mean... sure, I can put a 2HP motor on my window fan, but in honesty I really don't think it's going to make the fan move air that much better. It'll make the fan a lot heavier to move and keep in the window easily, and run up my electric bill a lot more though.
1600W at US/120V standard is 13.33Amps. Most standard house circuits are 15A (maybe 20A, above that it's the special 240V/30A+ outlets for stove, dryer, etc). Add a couple of 100W incandescent bulbs on in the room and you'd be popping the breaker turning on your vacuum.
I know it's Europe, but who TF would want/need more power than that for a F'in vacuum cleaner? I can run an HP color laserjet and 3x 450W power supply pc's, an 8-drive NAS box, plus a Cisco switch, router, light, and a 50W stereo system (all in this room) off that same 1600W (I'm sure the pc's aren't drawing anywhere near that 450W full time though, and the printer is mostly off - but I have had all of them going at times).
It's pretty quick even compared to demolishing a gas station.
Yeah, well, when they dig up those tanks they probably have to have some EPA certified company in to dig up the soil and test it for potential contamination (tank leaks) in a lab, etc. We had one the next town over that had been there from the 60's, it closed up for months in the early 90s because the tanks had leaked, they had to cart away tons of soil and replace it with fill, the owners (family owned) filed for bankruptcy I believe because it ran into the 100K+ range, was vacant for years before someone bought the lot and... put a gas station back in there (it's a prime location for one, actually).
It took 11 days to install the six charging stalls in Goodland, Kansas. If you thought it was a quick process to build a Supercharger station, you were clearly wrong.
seems quick to me
Doesn't seem to long to me either - I mean seriously, how long do they think it takes to build a regular gas station? Digging holes in the ground to bury some huge tanks (3 for regular, mid, & high-octane gas, maybe one for diesel) and run piping, conduit for the pump wiring, build concrete 'islands' for the pumps, fill it all in, pave it over, install the pumps, roof over the pumps with lighting, etc... construction of anything takes time and has to happen in a certain (scheduled) order. And I'm sure anyways it takes at least a few weeks (if not months knowing the government) ahead of that for filing plans, building permit, environmental approvals, etc, in most cases.
Yeah, I had a 600x back in 1999, and then got an A21, both pre-2004 (I still have the A21, although the battery doesn't hold a charge very well anymore). I haven't had any keyboard I've tried since then (or before then) that has that kind of feel to it. Mostly they just feel cheap & flimsy, honestly I'd rather plug a real keyboard in than use the one built into the laptop (which, of course, rather defeats the purpose of having a laptop).
Don't think I've ever tried an E6400, but thus far every single Dell laptop keyboard has sucked in comparison (my job the last 10 years mainly bought Dells). I've 'tried them out' with other brands at various stores (now defunct Circuit-City, Staples, Best Buy, etc) and while I've found a few that feel ok, none have ever matched that old Thinkpad feel... a keyboard that didn't feel like it was going to break if you typed too hard.
until you're part of the 6% summarily shit-canned and told it wasn't a layoff, you just suddenly weren't good enough anymore.
Where I work we call that a "talent upgrade", although we haven't had one for a few years now. I almost wish we would, it'd make it easier to find a parking spot...
Or it might make it easier for someone else to find a parking spot... if you are judged to be in the bottom 6%. Which sometimes can just be that you pissed off the wrong person.
I'm one of the guys that flew the coup for more better career opportunities.
Ha. I realize I wrote "more better." How ironic.
You might also have notice you said "coup", as in the overthrow of a government or such, rather than "coop", as in a "chicken coop" - a cooperative/group dwelling for chickens.
The term "flew the coop" refers to the latter (flapping wings and group dwelling), not the former.
So you're saying that it's NASA engineers' job to write the specs and certifications and come up with the checklists and training and contingency and mission plans, and it's up to outside contractors to actually build the shit? So, like it's always been and designed to be then.
They take the TPS reports from the engineers and give them to their secretary to deliver to management.:P
I would suggest that the current malaise at NASA extends through the Shuttle program. Operating a first generation prototype for over a quarter of a century? Hell, just flying the same five vehicles for a quarter of a century (not even replacing those that crashed) is hardly a sign of a place that will thrill an innovative young engineer. It's more like a railway museum than a space agency.
Flying the same expensive equipment for 30 years and more is not unusual if it lasts that long. For instance, look up the timeframes for which military aircraft stay operational. Many from the 1970s are still around.
I agree with GP though that failing to build a replacement in time does not make NASA look good.
Yeah, the military (and even commercial airlines) routinely fly planes for 25yrs or more... look at the B-52. But they also are at least looking at the 'next generation' right after they've finished the current model. Then again, the military tends to redesign from scratch to a large degree - although for a reason, they're generally 'cutting edge' (early F117 stealth vs. later stealth was mainly due to computer tech of the times, etc). NASA tries to do the same, whereas I think they would be better off more like the commercial airline industry - less based on 'uber high tech' (although they do introduce new tech over time), more on better fuel efficiency (cost per flight) and 'incremental' change from the last model(s).
I haven't tried a post Lenovo-sale Thinkpad, but the thing I always liked about the IBM Thinkpad laptops, in general, was the keyboard. I always thought it had the best "feel" to a keyboard of all the vendors (not talking FN key layout or anything, just in terms of being a touch-typist it was the keyboard that felt the best and didn't seem 'flimsy' like a lot of them do).
Dell keyboards, IMHO, have always sucked - I haven't had a single one that hasn't felt 'cheap'.
There's more gold in my mothers wedding ring than there is in Ft Knox. Just ask the Germans what happened to their request for their gold stored in the US...
And that mission couldn't be accomplished with cheaper, longer-range, twin-engine Super Hornets
Which will no longer be built or supported by the US when the F-35 comes on line. Replacing an obsolete aircraft with a slightly less obsolete aircraft is not a good solution.
Heh, we'll be supporting those for at least a decade or two after the F-35, we've sold huge amounts of them around the world and I'm sure they'll still be in demand for quite a while.
All irrelevant - China has the ultimate 'trump card'. If the US starts giving them too much in the way of problems, they simply stop making iPhones, and the 'smart' phone addicts in the US will be begging them for new phones to stare into all day.
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$70k is the standard repair fee for prosthetics not covered under an Applecare agreement.
They designed it with a bionic battery with only an 18mo lifespan, that can't be replaced.
Nobody expects the Ipod Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise, fear and surprise; two chief weapons, fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency! Three chief weapons! Fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, and an almost fanatical devotion to Jobs... ack! Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as....
I might also add, this is a $94million upgrade... for reference building the LHC cost ~$9billion, I'm betting this didn't cost anywhere near that to build initially.
I'm willing to bet if you added up the cost of every Fusion project currently going, and the LHC and all the other particle accelerators currently operating around the world, the cost would be a fraction of what was spent on 8 years of war/occupation in Iraq. Which do you think has been a better "value"?
Fusion is a money pit. We've been chasing the mythical beast of fusion for decades and are not any closer to it this century than we were last century. Even putting aside the joke that was Pons and Fleishman, this is nothing more than a wild goose chase and Ponzi scheme.
Well, while I agree on the money pit thing, at least it's something that obeys the laws of physics... unlike the whole Pons/Fleishman "cold fusion" nonsense (still waiting for that announcement about the eCat actually producing power for someone :rolleyes:).
Our Vorwerk vacuum cleaners only use around 200 W...
Yeah, but that's German engineering - they know it's the design that matters, not how many horsepower the thing packs.
So I guess then that EU/UK homes with 2200W vacuums are *way* cleaner than US homes. :-P
(Seriously though, it really depends more on the design of the vacuum doesn't it? And to some degree does it really matter? I mean... sure, I can put a 2HP motor on my window fan, but in honesty I really don't think it's going to make the fan move air that much better. It'll make the fan a lot heavier to move and keep in the window easily, and run up my electric bill a lot more though.
1600W at US/120V standard is 13.33Amps.
Most standard house circuits are 15A (maybe 20A, above that it's the special 240V/30A+ outlets for stove, dryer, etc).
Add a couple of 100W incandescent bulbs on in the room and you'd be popping the breaker turning on your vacuum.
I know it's Europe, but who TF would want/need more power than that for a F'in vacuum cleaner? I can run an HP color laserjet and 3x 450W power supply pc's, an 8-drive NAS box, plus a Cisco switch, router, light, and a 50W stereo system (all in this room) off that same 1600W (I'm sure the pc's aren't drawing anywhere near that 450W full time though, and the printer is mostly off - but I have had all of them going at times).
They definitely need it for the Denarius V spacecraft... follow-on to the Denarius IV, only with $700billion this time.
It's pretty quick even compared to demolishing a gas station.
Yeah, well, when they dig up those tanks they probably have to have some EPA certified company in to dig up the soil and test it for potential contamination (tank leaks) in a lab, etc. We had one the next town over that had been there from the 60's, it closed up for months in the early 90s because the tanks had leaked, they had to cart away tons of soil and replace it with fill, the owners (family owned) filed for bankruptcy I believe because it ran into the 100K+ range, was vacant for years before someone bought the lot and... put a gas station back in there (it's a prime location for one, actually).
And the Nissan Leaf can do about 80 miles in 20 minutes.
Damn, the Leaf can go 240mph?!?!
Oh... wait, you mean it takes 20 minutes to charge the Leaf enough for 20 minutes? Sigh.
It took 11 days to install the six charging stalls in Goodland, Kansas. If you thought it was a quick process to build a Supercharger station, you were clearly wrong.
seems quick to me
Doesn't seem to long to me either - I mean seriously, how long do they think it takes to build a regular gas station? Digging holes in the ground to bury some huge tanks (3 for regular, mid, & high-octane gas, maybe one for diesel) and run piping, conduit for the pump wiring, build concrete 'islands' for the pumps, fill it all in, pave it over, install the pumps, roof over the pumps with lighting, etc... construction of anything takes time and has to happen in a certain (scheduled) order. And I'm sure anyways it takes at least a few weeks (if not months knowing the government) ahead of that for filing plans, building permit, environmental approvals, etc, in most cases.
Yeah, I had a 600x back in 1999, and then got an A21, both pre-2004 (I still have the A21, although the battery doesn't hold a charge very well anymore). I haven't had any keyboard I've tried since then (or before then) that has that kind of feel to it. Mostly they just feel cheap & flimsy, honestly I'd rather plug a real keyboard in than use the one built into the laptop (which, of course, rather defeats the purpose of having a laptop).
Don't think I've ever tried an E6400, but thus far every single Dell laptop keyboard has sucked in comparison (my job the last 10 years mainly bought Dells). I've 'tried them out' with other brands at various stores (now defunct Circuit-City, Staples, Best Buy, etc) and while I've found a few that feel ok, none have ever matched that old Thinkpad feel... a keyboard that didn't feel like it was going to break if you typed too hard.
until you're part of the 6% summarily shit-canned and told it wasn't a layoff, you just suddenly weren't good enough anymore.
Where I work we call that a "talent upgrade", although we haven't had one for a few years now. I almost wish we would, it'd make it easier to find a parking spot...
Or it might make it easier for someone else to find a parking spot... if you are judged to be in the bottom 6%. Which sometimes can just be that you pissed off the wrong person.
I'm one of the guys that flew the coup for more better career opportunities.
Ha. I realize I wrote "more better." How ironic.
You might also have notice you said "coup", as in the overthrow of a government or such, rather than "coop", as in a "chicken coop" - a cooperative/group dwelling for chickens.
The term "flew the coop" refers to the latter (flapping wings and group dwelling), not the former.
So you're saying that it's NASA engineers' job to write the specs and certifications and come up with the checklists and training and contingency and mission plans, and it's up to outside contractors to actually build the shit? So, like it's always been and designed to be then.
They take the TPS reports from the engineers and give them to their secretary to deliver to management. :P
I would suggest that the current malaise at NASA extends through the Shuttle program. Operating a first generation prototype for over a quarter of a century? Hell, just flying the same five vehicles for a quarter of a century (not even replacing those that crashed) is hardly a sign of a place that will thrill an innovative young engineer. It's more like a railway museum than a space agency.
Flying the same expensive equipment for 30 years and more is not unusual if it lasts that long. For instance, look up the timeframes for which military aircraft stay operational. Many from the 1970s are still around.
I agree with GP though that failing to build a replacement in time does not make NASA look good.
Yeah, the military (and even commercial airlines) routinely fly planes for 25yrs or more... look at the B-52. But they also are at least looking at the 'next generation' right after they've finished the current model. Then again, the military tends to redesign from scratch to a large degree - although for a reason, they're generally 'cutting edge' (early F117 stealth vs. later stealth was mainly due to computer tech of the times, etc). NASA tries to do the same, whereas I think they would be better off more like the commercial airline industry - less based on 'uber high tech' (although they do introduce new tech over time), more on better fuel efficiency (cost per flight) and 'incremental' change from the last model(s).
I haven't tried a post Lenovo-sale Thinkpad, but the thing I always liked about the IBM Thinkpad laptops, in general, was the keyboard. I always thought it had the best "feel" to a keyboard of all the vendors (not talking FN key layout or anything, just in terms of being a touch-typist it was the keyboard that felt the best and didn't seem 'flimsy' like a lot of them do).
Dell keyboards, IMHO, have always sucked - I haven't had a single one that hasn't felt 'cheap'.
There's more gold in my mothers wedding ring than there is in Ft Knox.
Just ask the Germans what happened to their request for their gold stored in the US...
The military can't possibly let themselves be outdone by NASA and it's Denarius IV Spacecraft
Oops, my href dissappeared. Denarius IV
The military can't possibly let themselves be outdone by NASA and it's Denarius IV Spacecraft
Situational awareness in modern combat fields comes from WhatsApp and following your enemy's Twitter feed
Don't forget the enemies youtube videos.
And that mission couldn't be accomplished with cheaper, longer-range, twin-engine Super Hornets
Which will no longer be built or supported by the US when the F-35 comes on line. Replacing an obsolete aircraft with a slightly less obsolete aircraft is not a good solution.
Heh, we'll be supporting those for at least a decade or two after the F-35, we've sold huge amounts of them around the world and I'm sure they'll still be in demand for quite a while.
All irrelevant - China has the ultimate 'trump card'. If the US starts giving them too much in the way of problems, they simply stop making iPhones, and the 'smart' phone addicts in the US will be begging them for new phones to stare into all day.
Wait... MS is going to start actually supporting IE now?!? Will it actually properly implement the HTML standards now?? :D
It's about time.
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