For a beginner, Pascal may seem more readable. For an experienced programmer, C wins. Words like 'begin' and 'end' look too similar to user-defined variables, whereas the curly braces stand out well.
Yes, that's how it usually is. Without at least an understanding of hardware and electronics, it's hard to do embedded work. At least you'd need to be able to tell the hardware guys what controller/pins to use, and be able to review the schematics.
It is possible that if they drain the tubes and pull them out, the batteries have to be replaced.
If that's true, then we are talking about big currents (multiple Amps). A capacitor would not have enough capacity for a reasonable size. Batteries are much better.
I'm not an expert on torpedoes, but parent claimed that Torpedoes need a high-power battery. Given that torpedoes only operate for a short time, I drew the conclusion that they must provide a high current.
A regular AA can't do this. But it wouldn't be particularly hard to design a battery that could provide such a tiny current for a long time. It's just that there's very little practical applications for such very low currents.
You can't have "nanoamperes per second". Every time the bell swings back and forth you have a small charge that's transferred. Together, the small charges add up to a current, which is estimated at about 1 nA. Using the 2000 Volt estimate, the total energy after 175 years (1534017 hours) is 1534017 hr * 2000 V * 1 nA = 3 Watt hour, which is about equal to a single AA battery.
There's nothing wrong with adjusting the sound, as long as they explain that the sound has been enhanced, and offer an option to disable it for the customers who don't want it.
1970 is near a local minimum because that's when the atmospheric aerosol content was high due to industrial pollution. Since then we've done a lot to clean exhaust gases from sulphuric and nitrous oxides. If you want to start earlier, you'd have to compensate for that aerosol cooling. And you'd also have to compensate for the fact that there was less CO2 production.
As far as predictions for 2100, those would depend on the CO2 scenario. Which one are you referring to ?
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Higher pressure increases boiling point. And while metric is superior for most things, the Celsius scale is just as arbitrary as Fahrenheit.
the flatulence is unbearable (worse than the 2002 methane leak...)
Methane is odourless. Egg farts stink because of the hydrogen sulfide and similar compounds.
For a beginner, Pascal may seem more readable. For an experienced programmer, C wins. Words like 'begin' and 'end' look too similar to user-defined variables, whereas the curly braces stand out well.
Yes, that's how it usually is. Without at least an understanding of hardware and electronics, it's hard to do embedded work. At least you'd need to be able to tell the hardware guys what controller/pins to use, and be able to review the schematics.
I'd rather have 0 terminated strings than strings with a length byte.
Tinkering with low-level C (and occasionally assembly) in real time embedded code still pays my bills.
The concentration of carbon-14 is too low for that. The main source of radiation from our bodies is potassium-40.
You say that as if it matters what Mr Engelbart thinks. Language is shaped by the greatest common denominator.
I don't even have a Blu-ray player. :)
All batteries work that way, and yes, we have a pretty good idea what kind of battery this is.
Chrome OS probably also runs glibc and other GNU stuff. Not much different from a regular Linux system.
It is possible that if they drain the tubes and pull them out, the batteries have to be replaced.
If that's true, then we are talking about big currents (multiple Amps). A capacitor would not have enough capacity for a reasonable size. Batteries are much better.
I'm not an expert on torpedoes, but parent claimed that Torpedoes need a high-power battery. Given that torpedoes only operate for a short time, I drew the conclusion that they must provide a high current.
Dry cells wouldn't be able to provide much instantaneous current.
Here's modern reproduction. Even when the battery is new, there's not much of a sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Probably not a whole lot more. Batteries have a reasonably constant voltage during most of their discharge cycle.
Nobody knows the details for sure, but similar dry piles have been examined, so we have a good idea of the sort of stuff to expect.
Deserts cool down at night mainly through air convection
So where are those supplies of near-freezing air around desert areas ?
A regular AA can't do this. But it wouldn't be particularly hard to design a battery that could provide such a tiny current for a long time. It's just that there's very little practical applications for such very low currents.
You can't have "nanoamperes per second". Every time the bell swings back and forth you have a small charge that's transferred. Together, the small charges add up to a current, which is estimated at about 1 nA. Using the 2000 Volt estimate, the total energy after 175 years (1534017 hours) is 1534017 hr * 2000 V * 1 nA = 3 Watt hour, which is about equal to a single AA battery.
Automatics generally shift less optimally than a human
Obviously you've never been in the car when my wife is driving.
There's nothing wrong with adjusting the sound, as long as they explain that the sound has been enhanced, and offer an option to disable it for the customers who don't want it.
1970 is near a local minimum because that's when the atmospheric aerosol content was high due to industrial pollution. Since then we've done a lot to clean exhaust gases from sulphuric and nitrous oxides. If you want to start earlier, you'd have to compensate for that aerosol cooling. And you'd also have to compensate for the fact that there was less CO2 production.
As far as predictions for 2100, those would depend on the CO2 scenario. Which one are you referring to ?
Could someone please explain how giving more money to the kleptocrats in government is going to cool the planet?
Nobody has claimed that, so no explanation is required.
The difference is that you can duplicate the tests, measurements and models, and that you are invited to come up with alternative explanations.