I have to say thats not like it is here at all. After my second year nearly every single class I take is electrical engineering. Not only that, but a very specific part of electrical engineering (we are split up into 7 areas). I also have a minor in math, but only simply because EE needed so much math background that it only required one extra class. It was totally optional, and sometimes I forget that I even have it (most people dont care, just something to show on paper) -Brandon
Of course Ohm's law can be derived from Maxwell's equations, which are my personal favorite. So complex but elegant. Now to find that elusive magnetic charge!
In a recent IEEE magazine (spectrum I think?) they discussed the feasibilty of sending microwave power from a moon based station, and their conclusion was that it is indeed safe and could eventually pay for itself. It spoke of using large rectenna arrays the size of farm fields scattered about the globe to collect the power. I guess what I am saying is that people seem to "jump" at the word microwave just like the word nuclear, its not as dangerous as you think. -Brandon
Actually no, I was just helping people understand some numbers. Your example: Bush = 1. My experience (from relatives), regular joe = 1000's. The original poster did not make that distinction. As for the joke, well there is nothing to get. When you know that most farmers/ranchers are not like the "joke" protrayed... well then it just doesnt seem that funny. Oh well, lots of crap on slashdot is not that funny, I guess shoveling on a little more wont hurt.
I dont know what the people in this thread are smoking, but I have family who raise cattle and wheat. And their animals do graze, and they most definatly do NOT get oil profits. Farmers are lucky to get an oil or gas well on their land, then if they are lucky, they get 1/26 of the profits. Trust me, they barely get by. And there are thousands and thousands of other farmers who are doing the same as my relatives. So next time maybe you can back up your claims. -Brandon
...conduct electricity (through the projectile) to the correct solenoid (the one that would continue to accelerate the projectile).
Despite using rails to cleverly complete the circuit to the next stage, if you are using coils to accelerate the projectile you have created a gauss gun or "coil gun" rather than a rail gun. You could have used photodetectors to fire the next stage too, but that requires more electronics.
-brandon
Actually I dont know if this has anything to do with it, but my dad has a friend who builds these wierd model airplanes out of round disks of foam. Maybe the its the same principal on this model due to the saucer section. They do fly quite well really. -Brandon
dude, I had capsula too! Actually I still have a bag of capsula parts in my closet. I liked the paddle wheel boat. The one flaw was the stupid piece that connects two modules... I would pulle them apart with my teeth, and end up cracking them. That made future connections really loose.:(
Hmm, thats funny, in one of my undergrad classes they tought us and encouraged us to use LyX. They seem to think its great there in the math department.
I always send them to myself, to an address that already gets TONS of spam. Then I simply forward the card to whoever, and let them know I sent it to myself to respect their e-mail privacy.
Which brings up a good question. Would anyone be offended or mad at someone who sent you an ecard to an e-mail address you keep clean of spam?
Im just second'ing what the parent post said. This is true, and the math does work out. I found in my college days that signal processing was very difficult (both mathematically and conceptually) to understand.
Well that's not exactly a great idea, now you would be transmitting a signal, just like a cell phone, as well. And the other persons phone will still try to keep in contact with the tower, so it will transmit periodically, so now you have two devices transmitting RF radiation near the medical equipment. Jamming is like screaming in someone's ear in order to keep them from hearing someone else talk.
The solution for this is something I remeber reading about some time ago. The solution was to have bluetooth transmitters near the entrance that would command your phone to go into a silent mode, and then return to normal when leaving. Personally I would love to see this develope, but I am sure people will resist. Nobody wants their phone to be controlled by someone else.
Skin effect keeps the signal on the outside edges of the conductor, virtually none in the center. If you look at radio antennas, you will see many are made from hollow conductors, this is why since there is no difference between the hollow and solid. Skin effect is frequency dependant, and I dont have the equation handy, but I think its effect is only slight at audio frequencies. The effect is greater at higher frequencies.
I have read about this on another web site before. Its not a new technique, I have even thought of trying it before, except I dont have a toaster oven.
Agreed, the current shuttle fleet is too old! Why cant they redisgn a new shuttle? There is always talk of it, but why does it take a disaster to get people moving? This is truley a tragedy. -brandon
The pieces are falling in the Central/ North Texas region... Possibly in Dallas/Ft.Worth -brandon
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In Soviet Russia for example only 50 mph of the streets where allowed and for driving more then 80 miles any from your hometown you needed a special passport.
That is the worst "IN SOVIET RUSSIA" joke I have ever heard.
-Brandon
As the transistor gets smaller, more current will leak throught the thinner gate. One way to fix this is to use a high-k dielectric. This is not easy, the one single greatest thing about silicon that makes it so useful is its natural oxide, silicon dioxide. You basically put the wafer in an oven, and it grows its own dielectric on the surface. High-k dielectrics have to be applied in some way. -Brandon
Not saying NASA cant cut costs, but they have to worry about human life here. There is no room for error. The same people on/. complaining about NASA's huge budget will be the same people pointing their fingers at NASA the very instant they screw up because they left out a saftey feature to cut costs. -Brandon
Ah but smaller die size means it is less likeley to be damaged by particulate matter. Im sure its not a linear relationship, but smaller feature size does increase yield.
According to the whitepaper on Chiaro's website, they have found a way to avoid the mirrors (which have an obvious bottleneck themselves, as well as potential mechanical failure) and they are able to multiplex or switch the light based on applying an electrical field to some of the optical components which them changes the angle and therefore the destination of the light.
Electric field changes the angle? Sounds like a some sort of electro-optic modulation using crystals, similar to liquid crystal displays in calculators. Just use polarizers and change the angle of polarization of the incoming light to route it. But what the hell do i know, I didnt read the article >:D
-brandon
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I have to say thats not like it is here at all. After my second year nearly every single class I take is electrical engineering. Not only that, but a very specific part of electrical engineering (we are split up into 7 areas). I also have a minor in math, but only simply because EE needed so much math background that it only required one extra class. It was totally optional, and sometimes I forget that I even have it (most people dont care, just something to show on paper)
-Brandon
But dont get me wrong, it will be bad.
Of course Ohm's law can be derived from Maxwell's equations, which are my personal favorite. So complex but elegant. Now to find that elusive magnetic charge!
The article I read was in an IEEE magazine. This link I found has wording and images similar to the magazine. See the 3rd section to answer your questions.
LUNAR SOLAR POWER SYSTEM FOR ENERGY PROSPERITY WITHIN THE 21ST CENTURY
-Brandon
In a recent IEEE magazine (spectrum I think?) they discussed the feasibilty of sending microwave power from a moon based station, and their conclusion was that it is indeed safe and could eventually pay for itself. It spoke of using large rectenna arrays the size of farm fields scattered about the globe to collect the power. I guess what I am saying is that people seem to "jump" at the word microwave just like the word nuclear, its not as dangerous as you think.
-Brandon
Actually no, I was just helping people understand some numbers. Your example: Bush = 1. My experience (from relatives), regular joe = 1000's. The original poster did not make that distinction. As for the joke, well there is nothing to get. When you know that most farmers/ranchers are not like the "joke" protrayed... well then it just doesnt seem that funny. Oh well, lots of crap on slashdot is not that funny, I guess shoveling on a little more wont hurt.
I dont know what the people in this thread are smoking, but I have family who raise cattle and wheat. And their animals do graze, and they most definatly do NOT get oil profits. Farmers are lucky to get an oil or gas well on their land, then if they are lucky, they get 1/26 of the profits. Trust me, they barely get by. And there are thousands and thousands of other farmers who are doing the same as my relatives. So next time maybe you can back up your claims.
-Brandon
Despite using rails to cleverly complete the circuit to the next stage, if you are using coils to accelerate the projectile you have created a gauss gun or "coil gun" rather than a rail gun. You could have used photodetectors to fire the next stage too, but that requires more electronics.
-brandon
Actually I dont know if this has anything to do with it, but my dad has a friend who builds these wierd model airplanes out of round disks of foam. Maybe the its the same principal on this model due to the saucer section. They do fly quite well really.
-Brandon
dude, I had capsula too! Actually I still have a bag of capsula parts in my closet. I liked the paddle wheel boat. The one flaw was the stupid piece that connects two modules... I would pulle them apart with my teeth, and end up cracking them. That made future connections really loose. :(
ahhh memories...
Hmm, thats funny, in one of my undergrad classes they tought us and encouraged us to use LyX. They seem to think its great there in the math department.
I always send them to myself, to an address that already gets TONS of spam. Then I simply forward the card to whoever, and let them know I sent it to myself to respect their e-mail privacy.
Which brings up a good question. Would anyone be offended or mad at someone who sent you an ecard to an e-mail address you keep clean of spam?
Did you go to Texas A&M? Just wondering b/c I had a book titled signals & systems for my EE314 class. And we (had) bonfire :)
Im just second'ing what the parent post said. This is true, and the math does work out. I found in my college days that signal processing was very difficult (both mathematically and conceptually) to understand.
Well that's not exactly a great idea, now you would be transmitting a signal, just like a cell phone, as well. And the other persons phone will still try to keep in contact with the tower, so it will transmit periodically, so now you have two devices transmitting RF radiation near the medical equipment. Jamming is like screaming in someone's ear in order to keep them from hearing someone else talk.
The solution for this is something I remeber reading about some time ago. The solution was to have bluetooth transmitters near the entrance that would command your phone to go into a silent mode, and then return to normal when leaving. Personally I would love to see this develope, but I am sure people will resist. Nobody wants their phone to be controlled by someone else.
Skin effect keeps the signal on the outside edges of the conductor, virtually none in the center. If you look at radio antennas, you will see many are made from hollow conductors, this is why since there is no difference between the hollow and solid. Skin effect is frequency dependant, and I dont have the equation handy, but I think its effect is only slight at audio frequencies. The effect is greater at higher frequencies.
I have read about this on another web site before. Its not a new technique, I have even thought of trying it before, except I dont have a toaster oven.
-Brandon
Agreed, the current shuttle fleet is too old! Why cant they redisgn a new shuttle? There is always talk of it, but why does it take a disaster to get people moving?
This is truley a tragedy.
-brandon
The pieces are falling in the Central/
North Texas region... Possibly in Dallas/Ft.Worth
-brandon
That is the worst "IN SOVIET RUSSIA" joke I have ever heard.
-Brandon
As the transistor gets smaller, more current will leak throught the thinner gate. One way to fix this is to use a high-k dielectric. This is not easy, the one single greatest thing about silicon that makes it so useful is its natural oxide, silicon dioxide. You basically put the wafer in an oven, and it grows its own dielectric on the surface. High-k dielectrics have to be applied in some way.
-Brandon
Not saying NASA cant cut costs, but they have to /. complaining about NASA's huge budget will be the same people pointing their fingers at NASA the very instant they screw up because they left out a saftey feature to cut costs.
worry about human life here. There is no room for error. The same people on
-Brandon
Ah but smaller die size means it is less likeley
to be damaged by particulate matter. Im sure its
not a linear relationship, but smaller feature
size does increase yield.
-Brandon
-brandon