The electronics in cars today have lead to significant improvements.
The electric radiator fan instead of the mechanical (to use your example) - electric fans only exist in front wheel drive vehicles. The reason for that is FWD vehicles have tranversally mouted engines so putting a mechanicly driven fan is actually more complicated and costly and less reliable than an electric fan. Cars didn't used to have that because FWD only came onto the scene in the late 80's.
Electronic fuel injectors instead of carburators - now cars use less fuel and produce less harmful emissions than before. The Dodge Ram that used to get 6 mpg now gets over 15.
Electronic ignition saves fuel and improves the perfomance of the vehicle due to its ability to adapt to the changing conditions (temperature, speed, load, etc) on the engine and gets rid of the mechanical distributor (which was a maintenance issue).
Truth is, solid-state electronics are always less prone to failure than their mechanical counterparts and usually have the ability to adapt instantly to changing conditions.
The electronic suspension is a natural progression, something I've been waiting to see. I'm just surprised that it was Bose that introduced it first.
The spring designs that you refer to - they are the leaf spring live-axle suspension - the oldest design known. My truck has that on the rear axle. Some have it one the front as well. You are correct that they have a smooth ride and that they handle a wide variety of load conditions. In fact, they can probably handle a wider range than this electronic suspension.
The point of it though was that you can get great cornering ability without losing the smoothness of the ride. My truck corners quite poorly and the suspension is a major factor in that (the other factor being the higher centre of gravity).
It seems that Bose demontrated this on a luxury car instead of on a truck, which prolly means that that was the target market of this system. Cars don't handle nearly the range of loads that trucks do (which is why cars can have independant suspesions on all four wheels) so it seems that your point of hauling loads is irrelevant in this discussion.
As for reliability - the front suspension of my truck is independant, like most trucks. I've had all four ball joints replaced already. I've never had to replace any electronics in my car - anywhere. (I know - anectodal evidence...)
To summerize, the leaf spring isn't going away, this system is designed to achieve different goals. And reliability isn't a concern when you compare it to the alternative.
For the benefit of non-Americans (or all the "other Americans" described by many posts in these discussions), what are the words on the bottom of the pedestal?
They are already removing that much water from the lake for drinking water. The system isn't removing any more water than before, it's just tranferring heat from its cooling loop to teh city water.
Also, even though the drinking water is warming up before it goes about the city, it isn't going to have much of an effect on the temperature of the swer water returning because nearly all of the sewer water is heated to a certain temperature anyways - either it sits in the toilet to warm up to room temperature or it's heated for your shower or dish washing or used in cooking.
The only place in the home where cold water is generally used in quanitity is outdoors (like watering the lawn or washing your car) where it's more likely to be absorbed into the soil|cement and used by the vegetation than to drain back into the sewer and even if it goes intot he sewer it will be heated by the sun until it reaches the temperature at which it radiates heat at the same rate it absorbs it.
"Oy Vey" is Yiddish - spoken by many European Jews. Shares a lot with Hebrew. Brooklyn has a large Jewish community and because of that the expression "Oy Vey" is very commonly used there.
I think a single-seat electric vehicle would be a great compliment to my SUV. My SUV is great for hauling, carrying people, and road trips, but for running around town and to and from work it stinks! Short trips are hard on big engines, the size and handling characteristics of the SUV make city driving more difficult, and the extra space, weight, or capacity isn't needed when you are just driving to the office. I've been considering getting a second vehicle to compliment the SUV, and this one deserves consideration.
It's weird, technically, it's a virus. It spreads onto your system without your knowledge and prevents the computer from doing some function.
Aren't viri defined by idea of self-replication? To be a virus, you have to make copies of yourself and distribute them so the copies can repeat the cycle. This goes more under spyware as it installs on your computer and watches what you do and responds to those actions.
Glad we use Linux, we're immune from all these WinViruses;)
While yes, Linux is inherantly more secure than Windahs, but daemons run just as well from a user as they do from root, and social engineering works just as well if you are using Linux as it does Windahs. Not only that, but most of the notorious viri that have appeared lately didn't show up because of problems in Windahs, but because of problems in the software that runs Windahs (usually Outook, SQueaL Server, etc (Yes, I know, same company)). It's only a matter of time before the first Linux worm arrives so we can't rest on our laurels, we have to be just as vigilant on a Linux system as we do on Windahs.
"Open Source", as the name of the movement, is a proper noun, so it may not be translated in France. Quebec, with their silly language laws may though - they once banned the apostrophe-s on public signs because it was an english construct - So Kowalski's had to be called "de Kowalski" or something like that.
"Source Ouverte"
or
"Code Ouvert"
I could be wrong about the subject-adjective agreement for "Ouvert(e)" though, "Source" is femenin, "Code" is masculin. Typicly you add an "e" for adjectives of femenin nouns.
McDonald's is number two in Canada, Tim Hortons leads in number of locations and in revenue, and Tim Horton's is growing faster -- but its failure to lead the market in Canada is nothing compared to Philipines. In Philipines the biggest chain is called Jollibee's - which entered the filipino market at the same time as McDonald's, charges much more for their burgers, yet sells three times as much.
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The electronics in cars today have lead to significant improvements.
The electric radiator fan instead of the mechanical (to use your example) - electric fans only exist in front wheel drive vehicles. The reason for that is FWD vehicles have tranversally mouted engines so putting a mechanicly driven fan is actually more complicated and costly and less reliable than an electric fan. Cars didn't used to have that because FWD only came onto the scene in the late 80's.
Electronic fuel injectors instead of carburators - now cars use less fuel and produce less harmful emissions than before. The Dodge Ram that used to get 6 mpg now gets over 15.
Electronic ignition saves fuel and improves the perfomance of the vehicle due to its ability to adapt to the changing conditions (temperature, speed, load, etc) on the engine and gets rid of the mechanical distributor (which was a maintenance issue).
Truth is, solid-state electronics are always less prone to failure than their mechanical counterparts and usually have the ability to adapt instantly to changing conditions.
The electronic suspension is a natural progression, something I've been waiting to see. I'm just surprised that it was Bose that introduced it first.
The spring designs that you refer to - they are the leaf spring live-axle suspension - the oldest design known. My truck has that on the rear axle. Some have it one the front as well. You are correct that they have a smooth ride and that they handle a wide variety of load conditions. In fact, they can probably handle a wider range than this electronic suspension.
The point of it though was that you can get great cornering ability without losing the smoothness of the ride. My truck corners quite poorly and the suspension is a major factor in that (the other factor being the higher centre of gravity).
It seems that Bose demontrated this on a luxury car instead of on a truck, which prolly means that that was the target market of this system. Cars don't handle nearly the range of loads that trucks do (which is why cars can have independant suspesions on all four wheels) so it seems that your point of hauling loads is irrelevant in this discussion.
As for reliability - the front suspension of my truck is independant, like most trucks. I've had all four ball joints replaced already. I've never had to replace any electronics in my car - anywhere. (I know - anectodal evidence...)
To summerize, the leaf spring isn't going away, this system is designed to achieve different goals. And reliability isn't a concern when you compare it to the alternative.
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For the benefit of non-Americans (or all the "other Americans" described by many posts in these discussions), what are the words on the bottom of the pedestal?
OT, but I know who the head of gov't in 35 different countries is, but I have no idea who the mayor of the city I live in is.
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They are already removing that much water from the lake for drinking water. The system isn't removing any more water than before, it's just tranferring heat from its cooling loop to teh city water.
Also, even though the drinking water is warming up before it goes about the city, it isn't going to have much of an effect on the temperature of the swer water returning because nearly all of the sewer water is heated to a certain temperature anyways - either it sits in the toilet to warm up to room temperature or it's heated for your shower or dish washing or used in cooking.
The only place in the home where cold water is generally used in quanitity is outdoors (like watering the lawn or washing your car) where it's more likely to be absorbed into the soil|cement and used by the vegetation than to drain back into the sewer and even if it goes intot he sewer it will be heated by the sun until it reaches the temperature at which it radiates heat at the same rate it absorbs it.
So how does the lake heat up?
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You can't forget that these are Canadians too - 77 degrees for us is like molton brimstone to y'all, eh?
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Before I actually read the article I had this impression of the student being killed by sitting under a giant magnifying glass.
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Dude - Linux was only 10 at the time too!!!
Your rights end where my feelings begin!
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If J2ME is Java 2 Mono Edition, what's J2SE?
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You forgot Wolfenstein 3D - the only things you kill in that game are law enforcement officers.
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"Oy Vey" is Yiddish - spoken by many European Jews. Shares a lot with Hebrew. Brooklyn has a large Jewish community and because of that the expression "Oy Vey" is very commonly used there.
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Because manufacturers have to make sure that their products are off the market before they are supported in Linux.
+5 Flamebait
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sounds great but do we really need the first disk?
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We can't have that - what if SkyNet becomes self-aware and starts a nuclear holocaust? Do you REALLY think a twit like John Conner can save us?
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It's even easier in Rochester, Minnesota:
TH-52 until that FREAKING CONSTRUCTION is complete.
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Guess I'll have to go there and pick it up.
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Mod parent "Troll!" he called Curling a "Con"!
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There's more than just locating it - we have to get our tank out of Afghanistan. Our airplane is tied up too.
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I think a single-seat electric vehicle would be a great compliment to my SUV. My SUV is great for hauling, carrying people, and road trips, but for running around town and to and from work it stinks! Short trips are hard on big engines, the size and handling characteristics of the SUV make city driving more difficult, and the extra space, weight, or capacity isn't needed when you are just driving to the office. I've been considering getting a second vehicle to compliment the SUV, and this one deserves consideration.
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McDonald's is number two in Canada, Tim Hortons leads in number of locations and in revenue, and Tim Horton's is growing faster -- but its failure to lead the market in Canada is nothing compared to Philipines. In Philipines the biggest chain is called Jollibee's - which entered the filipino market at the same time as McDonald's, charges much more for their burgers, yet sells three times as much.
- Thomas;
These tribbles are everywhere!
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