The advantage of electric motors, which you allude to, is that the max power (150 kw, 200 hp, whatever) is available immediately, rather than only once engine revs climb high enough like in a petrol engine.
Nitpick - The torque on an electric motor vs RPM varies significantly based on winding type. For some motors, like a DC series-wound, you have an incredible amount of torque at 0 RPM (which is why they are used for starter motors). There are others - such as AC synchronous motors- that have nearly any torque at startup, and are usually built with a second motor on the same shaft to try to get the unit turning under load. Given a constant power source (i.e. voltage) the internal resistance (and hence current draw, and hence, by definition, power) will vary over RPM.
That said, on average, I think we all agree the torque curve is WAY more impressive than either a diesel or a gasoline engine (both of which have different torque curves).
Former locksmith here. The Primus (and nearly all of the other high security keys) are simply relying on patent protection to keep people from duplicating the keys. Any locksmith worth his/her salt already has key machines that could reproduce them onto a chunk of brass (worst case) or just onto a normal key blank.
If you want to see something that would impress me, look at a German company - DOM - that has a design that includes a floating ball bearing in the key, which is integral to making the lock work. If they could make THAT with a printer, I'd be impressed.
In defense of UPS and FedEx (and I don't work for either), their surcharges are based on the published cost of diesel fuel... so yes, it changes month to month, but they don't get to dial it up when the donut fund is running low. It is fixed to something outside their control.
Here in Chicago, we have a lot of lights that do not have left turn arrows... just red, yellow, green. Most of the urban intersections don' t even have dedicated turn lanes. If you DON'T get in the intersection during most of the day, you aren't turning. Period.
Not that I'm defending them- I hate them- but the red light cameras don't care and won't get you for this... if any part of your car is past the white line when the light goes from yellow to red, the ticket will not be issued. However, if you are trying to cheat and sneak out, then you get the $100 love note from the city in the mail.
Wow... you must not be from the Red Light Camera capital of the world, Chicago! Here, everyone* knows the valid legal defenses against a red light ticket:
1. Defendant issued ticket by another means for the same issue (double jeopardy, like if an officer gives you a ticket for blowing the light, the camera won't make another one stick) 2. Had to go through light to yield to emergency vehicle, or was part of a funeral procession. 3. Vehicle was reported stolen during time of citation** 4. Defendant was not owner of vehicle during time of citation** 5. Facts alleged in violation are inconsistent or do not support a finding that the Chicago municipal code was violated, which "may" include "weather related" defenses.
* Everyone that fights them, that is... I guess the sheep don't. ** This doesn't often work, the city picks on the poor and defenseless for all kinds of things*** *** Like a person parked racked up over $100K of tickets... despite not actually owning the car: http://theexpiredmeter.com/2012/11/fox-chicago-covers-100000-parking-ticket-story/
In the literary world, you could take a picture of every bowel movement you've had for the last year, pay somebody $1,000, and have the resulting picture book officially published
In the contemporary world, however, you use Twitter for that.
Now the Government can track you, by your cell phone, wherever you are, and can monitor what you do much easier by running a single tap. Those pesky Linux users are a lot harder to install the Govt spyware on; the telecoms and their networks are completely pwn3d and now you've given them wireless access 24/7 to anything.
Seriously who forgets their Mother's maiden name or their first pets name?
Any idiot that actually replaces a high-security password with a low security, common knowledge item like MMN I hope to $diety never works as any type of admin in IT. I would assume anyone that thinks about it names their pets with a high-security name (like MD0km2!#nm1, or correct-horse-battery-staple if you prefer that style).
I have no mod points, and you are already at "5" even if I did, so let me take this opportunity to say you owe me one monitor cleaning; for the best comment I've read on/. in pretty much as long as I can remember.
And yet, in modern cars (even my 9-year-old car), it's literally impossible for a human to outshift the automatic transmisson by any measurement.
And therein lies the crux of the matter, and exactly the reason C is appropriate for certain projects!
A *GOOD* automatic transmission, paired with an engine with appropriate torque curve, is indeed better than what a human can do. But considering you don't often get to choose *ALL* the variable parts (crappy engine, off-the-line vs high-end torque, some dumbass put in tree-hugger shift points so your car was Safe For The Children, etc) sometimes you need the "nuclear" option to compensate for it.
Sadly, some banks use some type of "close" algorithm (soundex?) that lets you get away with a somewhat inexact answer (one of mine is one, sigh). So although I totally praise your style (I do this too) you are SOL if their algorithm chokes on the first non-alpha character, and "v#()*(#(#(#" also becomes acceptable, and you have no further guards on setting up EFT/ACH transfers...
These stupid, asinine people designing this security theater are replacing your secure password with a totally insecure one.
I mean, what other industry that resells scarce, shared-resource services sells it to you at flat-rate all-you-can-eat pricing? Electricity? Water? Telephone? Fuel? None of those.
Speaking from a recent rehab experience, the problem with that statement is my utility providers will come in and install a bigger (physical) pipe (or cable, or whatever) if I want it. My gas provider did... under no obligation for me to buy any more gas, just simply on architect plans that my tankless hot water heater plus my new stove (et al) MAY take more than my service and meter could deliver. My electric provider came and ran new lines (for the entire block on my transformer) for my amperage upgrade... I hope to have the whole house WAY below my current usage once we are done with appliance replacement, wall insulation, etc), but it didn't cost me a dime beyond the meter for the shiny new cables (which were NOT cheap).
I'd gladly pay per GB for my Internet connection at home... all my ISP needs to do is run an OC-48 or higher so I *COULD* burst up to that capacity if I want, and don't charge me more than I'm paying now for an oversold consumer DSLAM if I don't. Same thing with cell service... if I want to watch a movie on my smartphone and it costs me $5 in bandwidth (random number) I can deal with that... but they damn well better have the towers to support me doing it when I want to (I live in metropolitan Chicago, no excuses for rural areas apply).
On the subject of car crashes... there's more to it than just "due to people being awake". For a good percentage of the populous that lives west of their place of employment, this means they are driving into the sunrise and into the sunset (assuming a normal commute) for at least a few days each year, making a large portion of the world (pedestrians, cyclists, other vehicles...) nearly invisible. This wouldn't be too bad if it were only a few days, but Terrorist Savings Time makes this same thing play out again a second time each year.
Really, the money is always what decides it. There are some views of "civil" society that merely represent rather than spend our money on war equipment, we use that money to elect people to "fight" in court/congress... as opposed to the barbaric society that simply cuts out the middleman, and the rich get to buy the best (and, hence winning) army to go take all the plunder from the losers in that country. Either way, the effect is pretty much the same, after enough time...
Agreed. Ditto for lying down (couch, bed, whatever) and putting your 16:10 19" laptop screen about 18 inches from your face. VLC's mixer can often correct for the speakers sounding like ass enough to enjoy the movie like you are at a theater.
Not so good for dates, but when traveling, I can rip and load up a bunch of DVDs and be entertained well without worrying how many decades old the hotel AV system is...
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The advantage of electric motors, which you allude to, is that the max power (150 kw, 200 hp, whatever) is available immediately, rather than only once engine revs climb high enough like in a petrol engine.
Nitpick - The torque on an electric motor vs RPM varies significantly based on winding type. For some motors, like a DC series-wound, you have an incredible amount of torque at 0 RPM (which is why they are used for starter motors). There are others - such as AC synchronous motors- that have nearly any torque at startup, and are usually built with a second motor on the same shaft to try to get the unit turning under load. Given a constant power source (i.e. voltage) the internal resistance (and hence current draw, and hence, by definition, power) will vary over RPM.
That said, on average, I think we all agree the torque curve is WAY more impressive than either a diesel or a gasoline engine (both of which have different torque curves).
Former locksmith here. The Primus (and nearly all of the other high security keys) are simply relying on patent protection to keep people from duplicating the keys. Any locksmith worth his/her salt already has key machines that could reproduce them onto a chunk of brass (worst case) or just onto a normal key blank.
If you want to see something that would impress me, look at a German company - DOM - that has a design that includes a floating ball bearing in the key, which is integral to making the lock work. If they could make THAT with a printer, I'd be impressed.
One model:
http://www.dom-sicherheitstechnik.com/DOM-ix-Saturn.667.0.html
It is called "Gang Leader for a Day". Good read.
http://www.amazon.com/s?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=014311493X
In defense of UPS and FedEx (and I don't work for either), their surcharges are based on the published cost of diesel fuel... so yes, it changes month to month, but they don't get to dial it up when the donut fund is running low. It is fixed to something outside their control.
I think you are looking for Ghostery...
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/ghostery/
With apologies to Southpark: "They put the trackers on their webpages over there, and... they're gone."
Here in Chicago, we have a lot of lights that do not have left turn arrows... just red, yellow, green. Most of the urban intersections don' t even have dedicated turn lanes. If you DON'T get in the intersection during most of the day, you aren't turning. Period.
Not that I'm defending them- I hate them- but the red light cameras don't care and won't get you for this... if any part of your car is past the white line when the light goes from yellow to red, the ticket will not be issued. However, if you are trying to cheat and sneak out, then you get the $100 love note from the city in the mail.
Wow... you must not be from the Red Light Camera capital of the world, Chicago! Here, everyone* knows the valid legal defenses against a red light ticket:
1. Defendant issued ticket by another means for the same issue (double jeopardy, like if an officer gives you a ticket for blowing the light, the camera won't make another one stick)
2. Had to go through light to yield to emergency vehicle, or was part of a funeral procession.
3. Vehicle was reported stolen during time of citation**
4. Defendant was not owner of vehicle during time of citation**
5. Facts alleged in violation are inconsistent or do not support a finding that the Chicago municipal code was violated, which "may" include "weather related" defenses.
* Everyone that fights them, that is... I guess the sheep don't.
** This doesn't often work, the city picks on the poor and defenseless for all kinds of things***
*** Like a person parked racked up over $100K of tickets... despite not actually owning the car: http://theexpiredmeter.com/2012/11/fox-chicago-covers-100000-parking-ticket-story/
Ballooning started in France, so I'd guess that was to keep the landowner from surrendering after being invaded by air.
You, sir, owe me one monitor cleaning. How dare you interfere with my miserable day!
WTF? Why does a machine for choosing between one of a few choices need 'calibration'?
Because Rich Daley is not on the Chicago ballot anymore for mayor.
In the literary world, you could take a picture of every bowel movement you've had for the last year, pay somebody $1,000, and have the resulting picture book officially published
In the contemporary world, however, you use Twitter for that.
There's really only one way to counter that: Samuel L. Ipsum
http://slipsum.com/
What's the point of the phone in that setup?
Now the Government can track you, by your cell phone, wherever you are, and can monitor what you do much easier by running a single tap. Those pesky Linux users are a lot harder to install the Govt spyware on; the telecoms and their networks are completely pwn3d and now you've given them wireless access 24/7 to anything.
Seriously who forgets their Mother's maiden name or their first pets name?
Any idiot that actually replaces a high-security password with a low security, common knowledge item like MMN I hope to $diety never works as any type of admin in IT. I would assume anyone that thinks about it names their pets with a high-security name (like MD0km2!#nm1, or correct-horse-battery-staple if you prefer that style).
I have no mod points, and you are already at "5" even if I did, so let me take this opportunity to say you owe me one monitor cleaning; for the best comment I've read on /. in pretty much as long as I can remember.
Show me SOMETHING that is made inthe (sic) USA.
Well... lessee... we make corn here. And we feed it to (some of) our food... so we could say most of our CAFO beef is made here...
(And yes, I know it requires foreign oil as part of the process, but it is still manufactured here).
Please RTFA before flaming.
You must be new here...
And yet, in modern cars (even my 9-year-old car), it's literally impossible for a human to outshift the automatic transmisson by any measurement.
And therein lies the crux of the matter, and exactly the reason C is appropriate for certain projects!
A *GOOD* automatic transmission, paired with an engine with appropriate torque curve, is indeed better than what a human can do. But considering you don't often get to choose *ALL* the variable parts (crappy engine, off-the-line vs high-end torque, some dumbass put in tree-hugger shift points so your car was Safe For The Children, etc) sometimes you need the "nuclear" option to compensate for it.
IIRC Mr Rogers > Chuck Norris ?
No, duh, that's a different XKCD Cartoon... http://xkcd.com/538/
Sadly, some banks use some type of "close" algorithm (soundex?) that lets you get away with a somewhat inexact answer (one of mine is one, sigh). So although I totally praise your style (I do this too) you are SOL if their algorithm chokes on the first non-alpha character, and "v#()*(#(#(#" also becomes acceptable, and you have no further guards on setting up EFT/ACH transfers...
These stupid, asinine people designing this security theater are replacing your secure password with a totally insecure one.
... the last person to invent the diesel engine got to play with the fishes on a dark and lonely night at sea.
I mean, what other industry that resells scarce, shared-resource services sells it to you at flat-rate all-you-can-eat pricing? Electricity? Water? Telephone? Fuel? None of those.
Speaking from a recent rehab experience, the problem with that statement is my utility providers will come in and install a bigger (physical) pipe (or cable, or whatever) if I want it. My gas provider did... under no obligation for me to buy any more gas, just simply on architect plans that my tankless hot water heater plus my new stove (et al) MAY take more than my service and meter could deliver. My electric provider came and ran new lines (for the entire block on my transformer) for my amperage upgrade... I hope to have the whole house WAY below my current usage once we are done with appliance replacement, wall insulation, etc), but it didn't cost me a dime beyond the meter for the shiny new cables (which were NOT cheap).
I'd gladly pay per GB for my Internet connection at home... all my ISP needs to do is run an OC-48 or higher so I *COULD* burst up to that capacity if I want, and don't charge me more than I'm paying now for an oversold consumer DSLAM if I don't. Same thing with cell service... if I want to watch a movie on my smartphone and it costs me $5 in bandwidth (random number) I can deal with that... but they damn well better have the towers to support me doing it when I want to (I live in metropolitan Chicago, no excuses for rural areas apply).
On the subject of car crashes... there's more to it than just "due to people being awake". For a good percentage of the populous that lives west of their place of employment, this means they are driving into the sunrise and into the sunset (assuming a normal commute) for at least a few days each year, making a large portion of the world (pedestrians, cyclists, other vehicles...) nearly invisible. This wouldn't be too bad if it were only a few days, but Terrorist Savings Time makes this same thing play out again a second time each year.
I HATE Terrorist Savings Time.
Really, the money is always what decides it. There are some views of "civil" society that merely represent rather than spend our money on war equipment, we use that money to elect people to "fight" in court/congress... as opposed to the barbaric society that simply cuts out the middleman, and the rich get to buy the best (and, hence winning) army to go take all the plunder from the losers in that country. Either way, the effect is pretty much the same, after enough time...
Agreed. Ditto for lying down (couch, bed, whatever) and putting your 16:10 19" laptop screen about 18 inches from your face. VLC's mixer can often correct for the speakers sounding like ass enough to enjoy the movie like you are at a theater.
Not so good for dates, but when traveling, I can rip and load up a bunch of DVDs and be entertained well without worrying how many decades old the hotel AV system is...