I think they were referring to the comical voice pitch change done in movies following a kick in the testicles, not a permanent change in voice caused by their destruction/removal.
I've wondered about this. I mean, *right* next to the platters in a hard disk are two rare earth magnets. The voice coil that controls the head position pushes against the field they create. If the platters spinning by them at a few thousand RPMs doesn't mess them up, I can't see how a static magnetic field outside the machine is likely to do the deed.
Now an alternating electromagnetic field like a tape eraser or inductive soldering iron...
I've watched these videos on the different engineering challenges faced by the Apollo program well before this 40th anniversary... but now's as good a time to revisit them as any:
Not that I think your figures on the DEA budget are wrong, but stopping folks from smoking pot involves a lot of additional enforcement costs shouldered by local police, border patrol, coast guard and the courts. The DEA typically, though not always, spends their budget going after growers and trafficers and in the process they utilize a lot of local resources.
When you consider the cost of that local utilization, the cost of jailing these non-violent offenders, the costs incurred in public defense, prosecution and lost productivity (in the courts and in the lives of those being tried) - I'd be inclined to think it's much closer to 100B nationally than to 1.9B - still hyperbole but not just hand-waving.
I'd honestly be interested in seeing what those costs total out to nationally but I'd doubt there are numbers that would allow for a decent projection of those costs as they relate to marijuana and not all drugs combined.
Once you bind 2 Cobalt atoms to a Benzene Ring, it's no longer Benzene. Not sure what the molecule would be called or for that matter, what effect it would have if you were exposed to it.
Though 8 billion of these molecules - about enough for a gigabyte of data - only utilizes around 1 picogram of benzene rings. Average daily exposure to Benzene is around 5 orders of magnitude larger. And, contrary to what most people seem to think, I'd wager this is going to be attached to silicon and used in actual memory chips. Even if you had 10 trillion of these cells in a single chip and they decided that it would be regulated as benzene, I don't think those few micrograms are enough to be an issue - there's more Benzene in a glass of tap water.
Of course, if they are being used in a chip, you wouldn't want them to be able to "get out" as that would mean you have memory cells that can no longer be used for bit storage.
Sure, but if it were to somehow leave the device, that would mean there are cells that can no longer function. I can't imagine this could make it in the market if any appreciable amount benzene could be "lost" after manufacturing.
Though, if my math is correct, you only need about 1 picogram of Benzene for a Gigabyte worth of cells. Not worth considering even if it wasn't locked away inside a silicon and ceramic package...
Not that it's necessarily the case, but I'd imagine there is some minimal spacing dictated by the strength of the magnetic fields in use. The smaller structures could allow for smaller spacing than would be allowable for their contemporaries.
Make it cheap enough and combine this with cheap electronic paper and we could have store aisles stocked with animated labels on anything big enough to carry a receiving antenna.
If you think walking with your child down the gauntlet that is the cereal aisle is bad now...
If it's anything like Arizona, he can walk all the way up to the security checkpoint for a concourse with a gun on his hip without so much as a sideways glance from TSA or PD. Of course he was in the parking garage so he could have one in the center console, map pocket of his door, anywhere in plain sight or in his closed glovebox provided it had a holster on it.
You need to multiply your 2 meter strip by at least 4 (if not more) as the site mentions having 4 sets of tracks- the outer carrying multi-stop trains and the inner set carrying express trains.
Now we're talking ~48MW. As another poster mentioned, other similar high speed locomotives consume about 9MW continuously but go slightly slower - we'll say they need a continuous 12MW. Looks like we have enough power to cover all 4 sets of tracks operating at the same time. Figure in down time for stops at each end for express, and stops in between on the regular lines and we have an excess of power during fully generating times of day.
It's almost certainly just going to pump back into the grid to offset usage and I doubt they'd bother with 24 hour service so it seems pretty feasible from a power balance perspective. Trying to run them at 100% duty cycle will certainly outstrip solar power output along the line but 33% seems possible for half the year and 25% for the other half.
It's my understanding that Implanon is 100% effective for its rated duration and the only reason its contraception rate is listed as less than 100% is that the figure must include women that conceived within a month of having it removed.
And it makes for a lot more fun than your method:P
Provide them information that sends a clear message of what you want and they will most certainly meet your demands to continue making money!
I want them to leave me the fuck alone and respect my privacy, regardless of a "prior business relationship". There's no marketing info they can be given that shows that to them better than nothing at all.
BTW, FedEx can't get a package to my (notably small) hometown in less than two days. The USPS can get me 24-hour priority delivery. Why is that? Somehow I think it has something to do with the fact that FedEx doesn't find it profitable to do so.
I'm sure some company would find it profitable, provided customers would be willing to pay the actual costs associated with the delivery instead of a USPS rate that's being subsidized by the people in the high density areas. If the USPS is doing it anyway, why bother?
Depending on the materials used (glass or different types of plastic) they can be fused back together with heat or an appropriate optically clear resin. I'd imagine each time it has to be done it would add a bit of loss to the line.
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I think they were referring to the comical voice pitch change done in movies following a kick in the testicles, not a permanent change in voice caused by their destruction/removal.
I've wondered about this. I mean, *right* next to the platters in a hard disk are two rare earth magnets. The voice coil that controls the head position pushes against the field they create. If the platters spinning by them at a few thousand RPMs doesn't mess them up, I can't see how a static magnetic field outside the machine is likely to do the deed.
Now an alternating electromagnetic field like a tape eraser or inductive soldering iron...
Pi calculated to 2.5 Trillion Digits: Still thought to be between 3.1 and 3.2...
That's Mister Fusion to you!
I've watched these videos on the different engineering challenges faced by the Apollo program well before this 40th anniversary... but now's as good a time to revisit them as any:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Moon-Machines-The-Navigation-Computer-1-5
http://www.videosift.com/video/Moon-Machines-Command-Module
http://www.videosift.com/video/Moon-Machines-Space-Suits-1-5
http://www.videosift.com/video/Moon-Machines-Lunar-Rover-1-5
http://www.videosift.com/video/Moon-Machines-Saturn-V-1-5
Not that I think your figures on the DEA budget are wrong, but stopping folks from smoking pot involves a lot of additional enforcement costs shouldered by local police, border patrol, coast guard and the courts. The DEA typically, though not always, spends their budget going after growers and trafficers and in the process they utilize a lot of local resources.
When you consider the cost of that local utilization, the cost of jailing these non-violent offenders, the costs incurred in public defense, prosecution and lost productivity (in the courts and in the lives of those being tried) - I'd be inclined to think it's much closer to 100B nationally than to 1.9B - still hyperbole but not just hand-waving.
I'd honestly be interested in seeing what those costs total out to nationally but I'd doubt there are numbers that would allow for a decent projection of those costs as they relate to marijuana and not all drugs combined.
What is it with Florida attorneys publicly offering money on clear terms and then backing out?
The last one that did it was disbarred for life, you'd think others wouldn't be in a hurry to follow his lead...
Once you bind 2 Cobalt atoms to a Benzene Ring, it's no longer Benzene. Not sure what the molecule would be called or for that matter, what effect it would have if you were exposed to it.
Though 8 billion of these molecules - about enough for a gigabyte of data - only utilizes around 1 picogram of benzene rings. Average daily exposure to Benzene is around 5 orders of magnitude larger. And, contrary to what most people seem to think, I'd wager this is going to be attached to silicon and used in actual memory chips. Even if you had 10 trillion of these cells in a single chip and they decided that it would be regulated as benzene, I don't think those few micrograms are enough to be an issue - there's more Benzene in a glass of tap water.
Of course, if they are being used in a chip, you wouldn't want them to be able to "get out" as that would mean you have memory cells that can no longer be used for bit storage.
Sure, but if it were to somehow leave the device, that would mean there are cells that can no longer function. I can't imagine this could make it in the market if any appreciable amount benzene could be "lost" after manufacturing.
Though, if my math is correct, you only need about 1 picogram of Benzene for a Gigabyte worth of cells. Not worth considering even if it wasn't locked away inside a silicon and ceramic package...
Not that it's necessarily the case, but I'd imagine there is some minimal spacing dictated by the strength of the magnetic fields in use. The smaller structures could allow for smaller spacing than would be allowable for their contemporaries.
While I love the elegance of good OTP encryption, it is only as good as the security during the key exchange which is not 100% foolproof.
you're right, "I would walk 804.672 kilometers and I would walk 804.672 more" just doesn't have the same ring to it
Anyone have decent sources/info for the cost, footprint, maintenance requirements and total output for wind turbines at the top of the Watts/$ curve?
Make it cheap enough and combine this with cheap electronic paper and we could have store aisles stocked with animated labels on anything big enough to carry a receiving antenna.
If you think walking with your child down the gauntlet that is the cereal aisle is bad now...
I find it funny that others think what you've said is funny.
If it's anything like Arizona, he can walk all the way up to the security checkpoint for a concourse with a gun on his hip without so much as a sideways glance from TSA or PD. Of course he was in the parking garage so he could have one in the center console, map pocket of his door, anywhere in plain sight or in his closed glovebox provided it had a holster on it.
It's just an issue in the summary write-up, they used the word contribution in the actual acticle.
You need to multiply your 2 meter strip by at least 4 (if not more) as the site mentions having 4 sets of tracks- the outer carrying multi-stop trains and the inner set carrying express trains.
Now we're talking ~48MW. As another poster mentioned, other similar high speed locomotives consume about 9MW continuously but go slightly slower - we'll say they need a continuous 12MW. Looks like we have enough power to cover all 4 sets of tracks operating at the same time. Figure in down time for stops at each end for express, and stops in between on the regular lines and we have an excess of power during fully generating times of day.
It's almost certainly just going to pump back into the grid to offset usage and I doubt they'd bother with 24 hour service so it seems pretty feasible from a power balance perspective. Trying to run them at 100% duty cycle will certainly outstrip solar power output along the line but 33% seems possible for half the year and 25% for the other half.
So do I
It's my understanding that Implanon is 100% effective for its rated duration and the only reason its contraception rate is listed as less than 100% is that the figure must include women that conceived within a month of having it removed.
And it makes for a lot more fun than your method :P
I want them to leave me the fuck alone and respect my privacy, regardless of a "prior business relationship". There's no marketing info they can be given that shows that to them better than nothing at all.
I'm sure some company would find it profitable, provided customers would be willing to pay the actual costs associated with the delivery instead of a USPS rate that's being subsidized by the people in the high density areas. If the USPS is doing it anyway, why bother?
I started my car then disconnected the battery cable and spilled amps all over the driveway. Do you have anything that will clean that up?
Depending on the materials used (glass or different types of plastic) they can be fused back together with heat or an appropriate optically clear resin. I'd imagine each time it has to be done it would add a bit of loss to the line.
I don't work with fiber, just an educated guess.
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