Correct. People don't realize how fuel EFFICIENT shipping really is. At "Slow" speeds (18 knots) where more than 1/2 the worlds cargo ships run, and figuring a 9000-10000 TEU ship (aka holds 9000-10000 20 ft containers, 1/2 that if all 40Ft boxes) - the ship will typically burn 100 Tons of fuel/day - or 1/100th of a ton of fuel per container/day, and roughly (because bunker C - the 'crap they burn' - Now there are roughly depending on exact fuel 250-280 gallons/ton of fuel - so it takes about 1/4 gallon of fuel per DAY to move each one of those containers. But the joke? Go to the online shipping calculators - China to west coast USA (where it will get put on a train) - 15 days, NOT 15. So you are talking roughly 3.75 gallons of fuel to move that container of tee-shirts from China to the US - that's the container, all the goods etc. Work the math. You probably burn more fuel per shirt driving to the store, picking up the shirt, and driving home than shipping it from China takes. Remember - ships float, and take surprisingly little fuel per ton to move freight. It is why canals were such a big deal back when - a full barge of coal or gravel or whatever could be moved by ONE horse.
Me thinks you need to broaden your horizon a bit. Forest Mimms started a lot of people along the path with his very simple books. How about Horowitz and Hill - I'm QUITE sure you've heard of him. How about Schottky? Do the name Armstrong (Not Neal) mean anything?
We were insane. Every machine room was swept daily, floors stripped and waxed 1x/week (in the machine room!!), readings and wipe down of the machines was done 4x/day, so you could see if there were any leaks etc. Spares were labels and neatly hung. Each machine room had a spare TOWER and spare compressor in line - just open valves, and turn on. Building also ran at 100% fresh air, all electrostatically precipitated. Yes, the building was a virtual clean room. Did I say we were a BIT crazy?
I spent a summer working for a place that had oh, 15-20 towers. TWICE a week we dosed the tower with biocides and rust preventatives, and once every 2 weeks samples from each of the towers went out for analysis. Then again, I know from my father, who worked in the field, the place I was at was 'odd' in that we did way more PM than any other place he knew of (he was in the repair end, I was doing operating). Sounds like the places with the problem aren't putting in the money. The problem with tower water is it tends to be warm, and it is recirculated with lots of air blown over it. Algae buildup is a HUGE problem and I'd bet that the places in question have that problem too, and don't think about the efficiency problem the algae cause...
Take it from a 50YO programmer, you have to keep learning, or else you end up out on the street looking for jobs. Joke? Even if you do, you are competeing against 20 YOs who have the same amount of experience as you do in the "New" stuff, and companies don't want old folks
One major advantage over 7 (although 8.1 had it - but who wanted 8.1) Multiple magnification settings
Win7 allowed ONE windows magnification setting for all screens (100%, 125%, 150%). Win10 allows you to set it per screen. Useful if you have one High DPI screen (my laptop) and one standard DPI - the second monitor in my case.
Other than that? No huge difference. Some things are faster (just as they were in 8.x). The first machine I upgraded was on 8.x, and couldn't wait to get rid of that pig. Then I upgraded the laptop that has the high DPI screen, but right now, my main boxes are still on Win7...
I can tell you live in a city (Apartments etc) Why? When you live in the less dense parts of cities/burbs etc, you car DOES drop you at your door already, it is called a garage or a driveway. It stops, it is there when you walk out the door with no calls, no "There is no car available right now, you will have to wait 20 minutes" (which means you will always have to plan to leave early - trust me, used to use a car service). Yes, when you go into "the city" it will be easier to park but
Other things people hate about public transport: There are a LOT of people who DON'T live in a city, they live in suburbs, ex-urbs or gasp, the country. Public transport is often 1/hr in the suburbs, and at that, may come as "close" as a mile or two to where you live. Live out in the country, where you next neighbor is a mile down the road (or further) the whole car sharing thing becomes a joke
They can have a back door to my phone - as soon as they give me the key to all THEIR systems (up to and including the President and IRS etc) so that when WE have the right to data, they can't say "we lost it". What? Its only fair - they watch me, I watch them
Not only can I fix a steam engine, I can build them:) (and yes, I'm over 50) - I can also design a circuit, and write code (which I do for a living) Then again, I'm odd - I started my work life as a machinist, moved on to being an electronic tech, and then became a programmer
As someone said - what percentage of crime is committed by blacks? Further, even if you don't believe that look at this map... http://www.nydailynews.com/new...
Then do man ethnic overlay. Except for midtown, it strongly correlates with race, and if you stop and frisk in high crime neighborhoods, on even a proportional basis to the neighborhood, you will end up with a minority bias/ MOST crime in NYC is in minority neighborhoods...
It is SOP for BOTH parties to check voting records, what ISN'T SOP is the implied THREAT at the end of the letter "If you don't vote in this election, WE will want to know WHY"
Read the subject - My Daughter...(yes, the subject of the message actually sets the topic) - She got a 5 in CS, a 5 in Physics, taking BC calc and AP Chem this year
As I said in a different post, my daughter got a 5 on AP Comp Sci, and ALSO got a 5 in Physics, and is taking BC Calc this year . 2280 on her SAT in her Jr year, and can run a lathe and mill. Robot Nerd in training...
Well, How about (for real) a body was dumped in front of my house. They asked "Hey, we know that at 10:30ish this body was dumped in front of your house, did you happen to see the car?" (there were whiteness to the kidnapping a few miles away). Of course I told them what I knew "Nope officer, didn't hear/see a thing till I looked out the window and saw a bazillion flashing lights, sorry" "OK, Thanks"
If GS and anyone else for that matter who was going to send data that could result in ""needless and massive" breach of privacy." start insisting on encryption? I know my wife's company basically sends an email with a link, and you have to go log in to see the data.
They are sending this stuff over the internet where anyone along the line can read it
MAYBE, just maybe, if the financial companies started insisting on say a public key encryption method to send confidential data, ALL of us would be much better off (GPG anyone?)
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Correct. People don't realize how fuel EFFICIENT shipping really is. At "Slow" speeds (18 knots) where more than 1/2 the worlds cargo ships run, and figuring a 9000-10000 TEU ship (aka holds 9000-10000 20 ft containers, 1/2 that if all 40Ft boxes) - the ship will typically burn 100 Tons of fuel/day - or 1/100th of a ton of fuel per container/day, and roughly (because bunker C - the 'crap they burn' - Now there are roughly depending on exact fuel 250-280 gallons/ton of fuel - so it takes about 1/4 gallon of fuel per DAY to move each one of those containers. But the joke? Go to the online shipping calculators - China to west coast USA (where it will get put on a train) - 15 days, NOT 15. So you are talking roughly 3.75 gallons of fuel to move that container of tee-shirts from China to the US - that's the container, all the goods etc.
Work the math. You probably burn more fuel per shirt driving to the store, picking up the shirt, and driving home than shipping it from China takes. Remember - ships float, and take surprisingly little fuel per ton to move freight. It is why canals were such a big deal back when - a full barge of coal or gravel or whatever could be moved by ONE horse.
Ed Armstrong...
Me thinks you need to broaden your horizon a bit. Forest Mimms started a lot of people along the path with his very simple books.
How about Horowitz and Hill - I'm QUITE sure you've heard of him. How about Schottky?
Do the name Armstrong (Not Neal) mean anything?
We were insane. Every machine room was swept daily, floors stripped and waxed 1x/week (in the machine room!!), readings and wipe down of the machines was done 4x/day, so you could see if there were any leaks etc. Spares were labels and neatly hung. Each machine room had a spare TOWER and spare compressor in line - just open valves, and turn on. Building also ran at 100% fresh air, all electrostatically precipitated. Yes, the building was a virtual clean room. Did I say we were a BIT crazy?
I spent a summer working for a place that had oh, 15-20 towers. TWICE a week we dosed the tower with biocides and rust preventatives, and once every 2 weeks samples from each of the towers went out for analysis. Then again, I know from my father, who worked in the field, the place I was at was 'odd' in that we did way more PM than any other place he knew of (he was in the repair end, I was doing operating). Sounds like the places with the problem aren't putting in the money. The problem with tower water is it tends to be warm, and it is recirculated with lots of air blown over it. Algae buildup is a HUGE problem and I'd bet that the places in question have that problem too, and don't think about the efficiency problem the algae cause...
Take it from a 50YO programmer, you have to keep learning, or else you end up out on the street looking for jobs. Joke? Even if you do, you are competeing against 20 YOs who have the same amount of experience as you do in the "New" stuff, and companies don't want old folks
One major advantage over 7 (although 8.1 had it - but who wanted 8.1)
Multiple magnification settings
Win7 allowed ONE windows magnification setting for all screens (100%, 125%, 150%). Win10 allows you to set it per screen. Useful if you have one High DPI screen (my laptop) and one standard DPI - the second monitor in my case.
Other than that? No huge difference. Some things are faster (just as they were in 8.x). The first machine I upgraded was on 8.x, and couldn't wait to get rid of that pig. Then I upgraded the laptop that has the high DPI screen, but right now, my main boxes are still on Win7...
I can tell you live in a city (Apartments etc)
Why?
When you live in the less dense parts of cities/burbs etc, you car DOES drop you at your door already, it is called a garage or a driveway. It stops, it is there when you walk out the door with no calls, no "There is no car available right now, you will have to wait 20 minutes" (which means you will always have to plan to leave early - trust me, used to use a car service). Yes, when you go into "the city" it will be easier to park but
Other things people hate about public transport:
There are a LOT of people who DON'T live in a city, they live in suburbs, ex-urbs or gasp, the country. Public transport is often 1/hr in the suburbs, and at that, may come as "close" as a mile or two to where you live. Live out in the country, where you next neighbor is a mile down the road (or further) the whole car sharing thing becomes a joke
add "You see a bear, what color is it?"
They can have a back door to my phone - as soon as they give me the key to all THEIR systems (up to and including the President and IRS etc) so that when WE have the right to data, they can't say "we lost it". What? Its only fair - they watch me, I watch them
Actually, my reaction was "good, knew someone was going to get caught one of these days"
Not only can I fix a steam engine, I can build them :) (and yes, I'm over 50) - I can also design a circuit, and write code (which I do for a living)
Then again, I'm odd - I started my work life as a machinist, moved on to being an electronic tech, and then became a programmer
As someone said - what percentage of crime is committed by blacks?
Further, even if you don't believe that look at this map...
http://www.nydailynews.com/new...
Then do man ethnic overlay. Except for midtown, it strongly correlates with race, and if you stop and frisk in high crime neighborhoods, on even a proportional basis to the neighborhood, you will end up with a minority bias/ MOST crime in NYC is in minority neighborhoods...
It is SOP for BOTH parties to check voting records, what ISN'T SOP is the implied THREAT at the end of the letter "If you don't vote in this election, WE will want to know WHY"
Read the subject - My Daughter...(yes, the subject of the message actually sets the topic) - She got a 5 in CS, a 5 in Physics, taking BC calc and AP Chem this year
As I said in a different post, my daughter got a 5 on AP Comp Sci, and ALSO got a 5 in Physics, and is taking BC Calc this year . 2280 on her SAT in her Jr year, and can run a lathe and mill. Robot Nerd in training...
Took the exam last year, and scored a 5 (New York City - in fact, Bronx HS of Science)
Hot Grits, Oog the caveman - sigh
And since when does the US 5th Amendment apply to anything in Northumbria?
Well, How about (for real) a body was dumped in front of my house. They asked "Hey, we know that at 10:30ish this body was dumped in front of your house, did you happen to see the car?" (there were whiteness to the kidnapping a few miles away). Of course I told them what I knew "Nope officer, didn't hear/see a thing till I looked out the window and saw a bazillion flashing lights, sorry" "OK, Thanks"
You are correct - they should be looking at the outgoing mail stream, and if outgoing, insist on encryption.
Of course, they could also insist on encryption even internally, but there might be backlash
If GS and anyone else for that matter who was going to send data that could result in ""needless and massive" breach of privacy." start insisting on encryption? I know my wife's company basically sends an email with a link, and you have to go log in to see the data.
They are sending this stuff over the internet where anyone along the line can read it
MAYBE, just maybe, if the financial companies started insisting on say a public key encryption method to send confidential data, ALL of us would be much better off (GPG anyone?)
Ah, you're a bubblehead, eh? Thanks for your service! I worked on the Mk48 ADCAP for a while (civilian)
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