I suppose you also think that if somebody steals your wallet, you have the right to chase them down and shoot them? No indictment, no trial, no judge nor jury, no conviction, no sentencing hearing... Straight to execution!
I feel strongly that it would be more worthwhile to try to remove the cause for a nuclear holocaust than building shelters like this.
Well, that's nice. But while you go talk to Kim Ding Dong, what should we do in the meantime?
Using your same logic, you don't believe in wearing a condom, because you believe it would be more worthwhile to eradicate all STDs?
Don't wear a seatbelt because it would be more worthwhile to eliminate all auto accidents?
Don't cook pork and chicken because you are working to eliminate all food borne pathogens?
Great!
When's your funeral?
But in US: act in the peace movement and youll probably be judged as a terrorist/communist or something antiamerican
Oh Yawn.
Wake me up when Ashcroft pulls a Reno and serves up some Crispy Branch Davidians, shoots a mother carying a baby, or grabs a little boy who escaped from Cuba and ships him back.
Reading the comments, I see all sorts of half baked ideas.
Isopropyl Alcohol (Rubbing Alcohol): This attacks some plastics. Figure out what kind of plastic the Socket for the CPU is made of, and then look up the chemical compatibility of that plastic with Isopropyl Alcohol. Repeat for all the other plastics which are in the computer. Don't forget, we are talking about immersion of all the parts into a giant VAT of Alcohol. You are not going to get anywhere trying to wipe the system with Q-tips or wipes.
Ozone. O3. This is harmfull to humans, causes respiratory problems. It is used to salvage expensive items which smell of smoke. The "ITEM" is put into a sealed chamber and Ozone is put in at high concentrations. Find out if Ozone will Oxidize the electical connections in the PC (you know, like where the RAM plugs in:)
The Solution: In the good old days, you would take the pc apart, and have the pieces vapor degreased using one of the CFCs that are now banned.
Nowdays, you are going to have to use some sort of water based wash, which is how computer parts in the USA are now cleaned. I'm sure if you ship them to Russia or India they are still using CFCs for this kind of work.
If you are serious about making this work, you are going to have to strip down the system completely, take out the ram, cpu, every connection which is going to trap water and not dry out properly before the corrosion starts on the contacts. Get some of the correct detergent for washing PC boards after soldering to remove flux, dip and agitate the parts in the (heated) detergent solution, rinse with clear water, dry in an oven,
(or your attic in the summer for a week), reassemble, etc.
Whatever you do, don't just go slatering on rubbing alcohol, or other stuff which has not been tested and used on PC boards.
Don't immerse the disk drives, either, just wipe them down.
(Besides which.. The idea of being 'nice' to a business is just ridiculous. It's a friggin' business venture, not a person! They're in it to make money. If they act 'nice' it's because they believe it's a good strategy to make money. I completely fail to see how that should inspire any loyalties from me.)
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Yeah, yeah, I dissed apple, mod me down, whatever...
Diesel got a bad rap because of the
Oldsmobile Diesel engine, which was just a gasoline engine
block that was "converted" to be a diesel engine.
The block and crank and bearings were not strong enough for the much higher forces in a diesel engine, and the Olds diesel had poor reliability.
People who bought a Mercedes diesel
did fine, but the money they spent on the car was
never recovered in fuel savings.
People who bought a diesel volksvagen rabbit did fine too,
but that car had poor acceleration, I've driven one, and merging onto the highway is not pleasant.
Also, when replacing the oil filter, renember to torque it to 65 foot-lbs (or whatever it says in the service manual) or the gasket will blow out.
The vibrations come from using a toothed rubber belt (gimler belt, which is springy or elastic) to join two inertias or masses (the crankshaft and the new alternator/generator thingy.
Since the engine output is pulsed (a pulse happens with every power stroke) there is a ready supply of driving or excitation vibration which is just waiting to find the resonant frequency of the whole system.
And since the pulse frequency varies with the engine speed, you have a full range of driving frequencies to work with.
If the resonant frequency of the engine/gimler-belt/alternator system is outside the driving frequencies caused by the engine, everything is fine.
While you respond in disgust, what happens if one day science does indeed discover that biology trumphs freewill? What if almost all of out behaviors are predetermined by chemistry?
Oh, that has been discovered already. Maybe you did not
get the
Memo?
Every time one of these topics comes up on the/. there are a flood of posts talking about how useless or pointless the invention is
That
would be because the device is useless and pointless. Or are you one of those people with a pet rock?
More on topic, your thermostat will be networked one way or the other. Either you choose to do it, or your power company will within the next 10-15 years to help control power blackouts, surges and fluctuations
Jimmy Carter, is that you?
Hopefully, the loud and smug people infected with anti-nuclear-powerplant syndrome will die off, and then we can FINALLY benefit from modern, efficient, and safe nuclear generation of electricity.
"Destron's e.TAGs and implants provide reliable read distance and functionality on the farm and in food processing facilities. These ID Devices incorporate a tiny microchip that is encoded with a unique identification number. A radio frequency scanner energizes the dormant chip to transmit the chip identification number to the reader.
The Destron Cattle Electronic Tag can be applied to breeding animals, calves and feedlot cattle. Our electronic tag products utilize the Fearing® Duplex ear tag system with long proven track record in retention and durability. A secondary benefit is the patented Infecta-Guard on each rivet that improves tag retention."
Is everything about you for sale for 10 pieces of silver? Have you no sense of self, of individuality,
no realization that a penny
saved is not worth becoming a slave?
It would be much better to understand and remove the causes for these problems but tackling poverty and lack of education is much more dificult then dropping a few bombs and doesn't give you neo-cons such a stiffy
Most of the 9/11 hijackers were well off.
They were not poor people.
They were all educated as their culture dictates:
The knew the Koran.
Your fetish about "neo-cons", bombs, and "stiffy"
is amusingly self-revealing.
Well sure, who cares about the working poor who live far away from their jobs and can only afford older, less fuel efficient cars. Let them eat Cake!
[make] old-growth trees cost a lot to harvest
Trees are a crop. Trees are also a Carbon sink. Harvesting inefficient older trees and replacing them with faster growing, new trees helps reduce CO2 in the atmosphere. Older trees are not the home of the tree fairy. No matter how hard a tree feels when you hug it, the tree does not love you.
Faults
or
shortages
in products are common but it is a Crime against the State to compete or fix these problems
The careful observer will note that certain highlights
of the Communism model seem to describe the output at Microsoft.
A good start, a long way to go.
on
Judges Junk Jailcam
·
· Score: 5, Insightful
Good, someone that realizes that people in custody
are human beings.
Next, a realization that prison
rape is not "funny", is a violation of basic human rights, and that/. comments about "bubba the love bunny" deserve a -1, flamebait mod, not a +1 funny.
In a civilized society, prisoners are sentenced to time in jail.
They should not be subject to torture at the hands of other inmates, and it is the duty of the State to prevent such abuses.
This entire attitude that if you don't like and don't worship Linux you're nothing but a lemming or a troll is not only getting really old but it's also alienating the few out there who are willing to give Linux a try...
Have you ever heard of FUD?
If my huge corporation was facing competition, I would do anything possible to discredit that competition.
I would hire good writers to create multiple accounts on message boards, and these writers would be directed to create personas that were modded up as informative, funny, you know, all that opinion maker stuff... like those smarmy jocks in high school.
When pro-Linux articles came up for comment, these writers would say things like:
I run linux at home, but...
Linux is too hard to install and gave me cooties!
As much as I love Linux, it is just too hard for anyone but the Elite!
Linux is great, but without MS Office, life itself cannot exist.
My writers would also use personal attacks against anyone who tried to expose us, calling our opponents fanboys and zealots.
Online, no one can really tell who is
the dog, so my writers would add lots of volume to
the small number of real, genuine problems that real Linux users might actually have.
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In Texas, that would be a yes.
Well, that's nice. But while you go talk to Kim Ding Dong, what should we do in the meantime?
Using your same logic, you don't believe in wearing a condom, because you believe it would be more worthwhile to eradicate all STDs?
Don't wear a seatbelt because it would be more worthwhile to eliminate all auto accidents?
Don't cook pork and chicken because you are working to eliminate all food borne pathogens?
Great!
When's your funeral?
But in US: act in the peace movement and youll probably be judged as a terrorist/communist or something antiamerican
Oh Yawn.
Wake me up when Ashcroft pulls a Reno and serves up some Crispy Branch Davidians, shoots a mother carying a baby, or grabs a little boy who escaped from Cuba and ships him back.
Isopropyl Alcohol (Rubbing Alcohol): This attacks some plastics. Figure out what kind of plastic the Socket for the CPU is made of, and then look up the chemical compatibility of that plastic with Isopropyl Alcohol. Repeat for all the other plastics which are in the computer. Don't forget, we are talking about immersion of all the parts into a giant VAT of Alcohol. You are not going to get anywhere trying to wipe the system with Q-tips or wipes.
Ozone. O3. This is harmfull to humans, causes respiratory problems. It is used to salvage expensive items which smell of smoke. The "ITEM" is put into a sealed chamber and Ozone is put in at high concentrations. Find out if Ozone will Oxidize the electical connections in the PC (you know, like where the RAM plugs in :)
The Solution: In the good old days, you would take the pc apart, and have the pieces vapor degreased using one of the CFCs that are now banned.
Nowdays, you are going to have to use some sort of water based wash, which is how computer parts in the USA are now cleaned. I'm sure if you ship them to Russia or India they are still using CFCs for this kind of work.
If you are serious about making this work, you are going to have to strip down the system completely, take out the ram, cpu, every connection which is going to trap water and not dry out properly before the corrosion starts on the contacts. Get some of the correct detergent for washing PC boards after soldering to remove flux, dip and agitate the parts in the (heated) detergent solution, rinse with clear water, dry in an oven, (or your attic in the summer for a week), reassemble, etc.
Whatever you do, don't just go slatering on rubbing alcohol, or other stuff which has not been tested and used on PC boards.
Don't immerse the disk drives, either, just wipe them down.
Here is a Google Link to get you started .
This is a serious amount of work, so I hope these systems are worth the labor that you are going to put into it.
Here's a nickle, kid. Get yourself a real browser
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ATTENTION!
ATTENTION!
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In a hurry?
Shaving your scalp for the electrodes will save time and fuss later.
That is all.
Yeah, yeah, I dissed apple, mod me down, whatever...
Sex feels good! (Readers here will have to take my word for it)
What is after that?
Chocolate is addictive?
Feh.
Wrong.
Thanks for playing.
The people getting attacked in the protests are those who dare to disagree with the party line of the "Peace" and "Anti-War" crowd.
I am talking about the Protest Warrior people that were attacked by "Patriots" in NYC.
Link goes to video of the attack.
The brave reader can also google for the urine filled balloons that "Peace Loving" protesters threw at police.
Yuck.
The New Soldier
For some strange reason, Kerry does not really want us to read this book...
Oh well, information wants to be free and all that.
I can still do this until the INDUCE act gets passed.
These files are in PDF format:
Here is the Intro
Here is the Main Section
Here is the Epilogue
Here is the Pics
When moderation time comes around, we will see who supports "banning" books.
Doubtless, there will be whiny replies of "But you are infringing this poor mans copyright!! You deserve to be modded down!!"
Yawn.
So someone should mod you up and me down.
;)
The block and crank and bearings were not strong enough for the much higher forces in a diesel engine, and the Olds diesel had poor reliability.
People who bought a Mercedes diesel did fine, but the money they spent on the car was never recovered in fuel savings.
People who bought a diesel volksvagen rabbit did fine too, but that car had poor acceleration, I've driven one, and merging onto the highway is not pleasant. Also, when replacing the oil filter, renember to torque it to 65 foot-lbs (or whatever it says in the service manual) or the gasket will blow out.
8^0
Thats more than 35 Hp
The efficiency is very, very poor, due to losses in pumping the oil around.
On a front end loader, efficiency is not really a major customer need, though.
Since the engine output is pulsed (a pulse happens with every power stroke) there is a ready supply of driving or excitation vibration which is just waiting to find the resonant frequency of the whole system.
And since the pulse frequency varies with the engine speed, you have a full range of driving frequencies to work with.
If the resonant frequency of the engine/gimler-belt/alternator system is outside the driving frequencies caused by the engine, everything is fine.
If not, the forces in the belt can become "Large"
:)
Oh, that has been discovered already. Maybe you did not get the Memo?
That would be because the device is useless and pointless. Or are you one of those people with a pet rock?
More on topic, your thermostat will be networked one way or the other. Either you choose to do it, or your power company will within the next 10-15 years to help control power blackouts, surges and fluctuations
Jimmy Carter, is that you?
Hopefully, the loud and smug people infected with anti-nuclear-powerplant syndrome will die off, and then we can FINALLY benefit from modern, efficient, and safe nuclear generation of electricity.
That seems fair.
How much would I have to pay you to have this put into your body?
I "promise" to keep any data I get from tracking your every movement "confidential"
Link
"Destron's e.TAGs and implants provide reliable read distance and functionality on the farm and in food processing facilities. These ID Devices incorporate a tiny microchip that is encoded with a unique identification number. A radio frequency scanner energizes the dormant chip to transmit the chip identification number to the reader.
The Destron Cattle Electronic Tag can be applied to breeding animals, calves and feedlot cattle. Our electronic tag products utilize the Fearing® Duplex ear tag system with long proven track record in retention and durability. A secondary benefit is the patented Infecta-Guard on each rivet that improves tag retention."
Is everything about you for sale for 10 pieces of silver? Have you no sense of self, of individuality, no realization that a penny saved is not worth becoming a slave?
Yes, because we all know that these kind of items are made custom, one at a time, like Hummel plates.
You know, each is unique, and comes with a certificate of authenticity.
So the fact that one of these was found means that no others can exist.
Sarin, of course, can only be made in tiny quantities, brewed by elves in small silver cauldrons.
After each tiny batch is made, the elf lore demands that the used cauldron be destroyed and thrown into the vent of an active volcano.
HTH. HAND.
Most of the 9/11 hijackers were well off. They were not poor people.
They were all educated as their culture dictates:
The knew the Koran.
Your fetish about "neo-cons", bombs, and "stiffy" is amusingly self-revealing.
Well sure, who cares about the working poor who live far away from their jobs and can only afford older, less fuel efficient cars. Let them eat Cake!
[make] old-growth trees cost a lot to harvest
Trees are a crop. Trees are also a Carbon sink. Harvesting inefficient older trees and replacing them with faster growing, new trees helps reduce CO2 in the atmosphere. Older trees are not the home of the tree fairy. No matter how hard a tree feels when you hug it, the tree does not love you.
Almost. Open Source is pure capitalism.
The "capital" here is not purely in dollars, it is in reputation and prestige gained by being a contributor.
Consider the charactaristics of both:
Capitalism:
No central control
People trade with each other freely
People are free to choose the best product or service
No control on competition
Crappy products are not forced on buyers by some "Central Authority"
Lowest cost and best quality products rise to the top.
Now consider Communism ( Socialism plus electricity ):
Central Control, Central Planning
Netscape^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HDissent is crushed
Central authority decides what products are going to be made and sold and at what cost.
Free trade is forbidden
Only one or a few products to choose from
Faults or shortages in products are common but it is a Crime against the State to compete or fix these problems
The careful observer will note that certain highlights of the Communism model seem to describe the output at Microsoft.
Next, a realization that prison rape is not "funny", is a violation of basic human rights, and that /. comments about "bubba the love bunny" deserve a -1, flamebait mod, not a +1 funny.
In a civilized society, prisoners are sentenced to time in jail.
They should not be subject to torture at the hands of other inmates, and it is the duty of the State to prevent such abuses.
Have you ever heard of FUD?
If my huge corporation was facing competition, I would do anything possible to discredit that competition.
I would hire good writers to create multiple accounts on message boards, and these writers would be directed to create personas that were modded up as informative, funny, you know, all that opinion maker stuff... like those smarmy jocks in high school.
When pro-Linux articles came up for comment, these writers would say things like:
I run linux at home, but...
Linux is too hard to install and gave me cooties!
As much as I love Linux, it is just too hard for anyone but the Elite!
Linux is great, but without MS Office, life itself cannot exist.
My writers would also use personal attacks against anyone who tried to expose us, calling our opponents fanboys and zealots.
Online, no one can really tell who is the dog, so my writers would add lots of volume to the small number of real, genuine problems that real Linux users might actually have.
Any of this starting to sound familiar?
Good.
Other examples..
Note that if your car generates electricity, you could conceivably make a few bucks selling juice to the grid at peak hours
Like many good ideas, though, this one is illegal without an EPA Permit
What?
You thought that environmental laws only regulated things that you believe to be "bad"?
Welcome to the Law of unintended consequences!!!
Cut out all caffine
Cut out all alcohol
Physical exercise
See your doctor
Ambien
Librium
Valium
Seriously, if you go the medication route, do it as a temporary thing while you change your lifestyle.
While the caffine thing is obvious, the alcohol will also disturb your sleep cycle.
No beers before bedtime!