However, if you use solar energy to create electricity to electrolyze water, and make hydrogen gas that way, you end up with less energy at the wheels of a car than you would just charging a battery from the same solar energy.
Powering cars by rechargable batteries has MANY more problems...
If 50% power loss is assumed at each step (optimistic), how much power is really needed to charge a battery, after 1) Generation 2) Transmission 3) Step down to battery V in garage 4)Recharge loss 5) Storage loss
You want leaks? Battery drains faster than hydrogen can escape
Let's not even talk about the unchanging (heavy) weight of batteries (whereas fuel weight decreases at is consumed). You are still hauling 500 lbs of battery full or empty.
What about practicality? It takes several hours to recharge a battery vehicle. They are only practical in closed loops e.g. golf courses, where usage is more or less constant. Though admittedly a setup with chargers at home +and+ at place of employment would be useful for the 9-5'ers.
What about the environment? Lead and elecrtolyte will have to be replaced regularly. And accidents will get really ugly as acid is spilled all over the place.
While the low-hanging fruit concept is good for the present, you have to think of the future. We actually need more people to suck it up, take the First-Mover Disadvantage and buy those $20,000 photovoltaic solar arrays. because the same setup will cost $200 once mass-produced... You have a couple hundred amps of free electricity falling on your roof in the daytime... if you had amorphous solar cells up there instead of wood shingles.
I know Earthlinks $16 million judgment against Howard Carmack was just a drop in the bucket for a spammer, but the 3.5 to 7
years the fed got him for should get the attention of the other ass pounders.
Spammers, being the leeches that they are, adapt pretty damn fast.
Spammers are persistent and work damn hard. Which brings to mind, if they only put half that effort in legit work, they would probably be halfway to CEO by now in a legit company.
However, legitimacy is not an option for the truly evil.
All IBM laptops use 16 volt power supplies and have the same plug. They have been inching ever up in current output, but it is still possible to use those old adapters on a fairly modern laptop. I have one running a 240X right now, 24/7 deleting spam.
I had a brick melt on a WD external hard drive recently. They were so cheap, there was no power switch, so to turn it on or off, you had to pull out the power jack, which is a complicated +5 +12v 4-pin thing which looks like an s-video jack. It simply wore out in five months.
WD replaced everything -- the new enclosure has three switches.
He could bring suit against the manufacturers of Jeffries(R) tubes(TM) for his illnesses, and rake in a ton of bucks in a quick out of court settlement. It is clear to me those greedy corporations cared nothing for the health of engineers, and they need to be taught a lesson.
Mozilla is better in every way but one: resources. Maybe it's something I'm doing wrong, but when running several programs, trying to bring back Mozilla from minimize takes a minute and a half. It's "only" using 80 or 90 meg, but it's like the whole thing gets moved from ram to disc on minimize. That and fly-in popup ads still work on Mozilla (where is the turn off DHTML switch?)
I saw a satellite shot like this done about 10 years ago. One of the things that stood out about it was the presence of massive amounts of light in the Sea of Japan from squid fishermen. I can't find the shot online (it's from a book) but this pic shows the area.
I wonder if NASA removed those lights from their composite image, or if it's a fish season thing.
...if you think Olympic games are about the fireworks and a city getting cash to build a large infrastructure around the games that they can enjoy long after, you should love it the way it is
The idea that the host city gets a lot of cash and a sporting infrastructure is a common misconception. In a few weeks, it will be announced exactly how much the Greek people will lose by hosting the Games. I'm guessing they will lose the most money in history of the Olympics, even exceeding the blow Montreal took in '76.
It is not entirely their fault. Security costs exceed 1.2 billion US -- an enormous cost for a country of only 11 million to shoulder.
Salt Lake made a little cash -- but did not build anything that wasn't already planned. Atlanta built nothing that wasn't prepaid, the games were spread from DC to Florida to use existing facilities. Things like Centennial Park were funded privately, not by IOC activity.
I agree that the IOC has sold itself for money. Some of it has got to be backfiring. For instance, by only accepting Visa (R) credit cards as payment for tickets, they are excluding potential spectators and merchandise buyers who hold cards bearing other brands. If I were running these Games, I would accept any instrument of payment the paying fan had on them, in order to move merchandise and tickets that will be valueless in two weeks. I am guessing that the Athens organisers have lost more than the US$40m the IOC gained from the sponsorship fee.
It says 3km high not 3km wide, and it wouldn't be wide anyway, but spreading in a circle from the center point of explosion.
We don't have the technology to generate a nearly 2 mile high wave, accidentally or otherwise. That's greater than earthquake generated tsunami, it would probably take an asteroid strike in deep ocean to create that.
Having said that, 16ft would be enough to cause a compete disaster to the town. There is no need to exaggerate.
I don't care what they do in their life as long as it doesn't involve them getting my E-mail address.
What the hell kind of an attitude is that. You probably also say "I don't care who terrorists blow up, as long as it isn't ME."
The problem is -- it DOES affect you. In terms of lost business, lost communications, increased prices for internet services, loss of freedom. You're simply too short sighted and selfish to see it.
I never figured out why Windows Setup doesn't have an internet install procedure, where it would boot the computer, connect to Redmond and download all patches newer than the CD.
The user would then run the full Setup already having patches in place.
Or however people are getting it. There is a link on Windows Update for the SP2 download but it says it is not appropriate to single uworkstations. So I turned on automatic downloading of updates about a week ago, when SP2 was announced, but still haven't gotten it. I've tried to force it a couple times but still no go.
Still trying to figure what the condition of Pwn3rsh1p is, and how is it pronounced... and how is 0wn3d pronounced.... everytime I see that I read it as "zer-own-threed"
Only 3 spams so far today as hurricane makes landfall in Fla. To compare, last Friday there were 48 by 12 noon. Let's hope the hurricane wipes Boca Raton and all those spammer bastards in the trailer park off the planet.
I don't recall seeing any transparent ads since switching to Mozilla, although I do remember seeing a "fly-in" ad once. Personally I find these more annoying for the following reasons:
1) As fly-ins are associated with lack of content, when one is seen, you are not missing anything by exiting the site for good. 2) Since sites using fly-ins are primarily concerned with extracting maximum revenue from each visitor, knowing you will only visit once, they will hit you with other ads, including popups which try to install software.
As far as flash ads go, if you insist on using IE, install a plugin such as popup cop, which can selectively turn off flash. For Mozilla/Firefox there is the flashblock plugin which is still in beta.
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33,000 hits on that page at this point, against 0 bids placed... I think we got some kind of record
Powering cars by rechargable batteries has MANY more problems... If 50% power loss is assumed at each step (optimistic), how much power is really needed to charge a battery, after 1) Generation 2) Transmission 3) Step down to battery V in garage 4)Recharge loss 5) Storage loss
You want leaks? Battery drains faster than hydrogen can escape
Let's not even talk about the unchanging (heavy) weight of batteries (whereas fuel weight decreases at is consumed). You are still hauling 500 lbs of battery full or empty.
What about practicality? It takes several hours to recharge a battery vehicle. They are only practical in closed loops e.g. golf courses, where usage is more or less constant. Though admittedly a setup with chargers at home +and+ at place of employment would be useful for the 9-5'ers.
What about the environment? Lead and elecrtolyte will have to be replaced regularly. And accidents will get really ugly as acid is spilled all over the place.
While the low-hanging fruit concept is good for the present, you have to think of the future. We actually need more people to suck it up, take the First-Mover Disadvantage and buy those $20,000 photovoltaic solar arrays. because the same setup will cost $200 once mass-produced...
You have a couple hundred amps of free electricity falling on your roof in the daytime... if you had amorphous solar cells up there instead of wood shingles.
I know Earthlinks $16 million judgment against Howard Carmack was just a drop in the bucket for a spammer, but the 3.5 to 7 years the fed got him for should get the attention of the other ass pounders.
I second the plan -- except I would smear them with used spam.
What if there is some law of thermodynamics that prevent moving energy around like this.
Spammers are persistent and work damn hard. Which brings to mind, if they only put half that effort in legit work, they would probably be halfway to CEO by now in a legit company.
However, legitimacy is not an option for the truly evil.
I had a brick melt on a WD external hard drive recently. They were so cheap, there was no power switch, so to turn it on or off, you had to pull out the power jack, which is a complicated +5 +12v 4-pin thing which looks like an s-video jack. It simply wore out in five months. WD replaced everything -- the new enclosure has three switches.
He could bring suit against the manufacturers of Jeffries(R) tubes(TM) for his illnesses, and rake in a ton of bucks in a quick out of court settlement. It is clear to me those greedy corporations cared nothing for the health of engineers, and they need to be taught a lesson.
Download IEradicator (IE required). It runs on 98 and before, and it can be made to work on XP/2000 despite the warning.
Mozilla is better in every way but one: resources. Maybe it's something I'm doing wrong, but when running several programs, trying to bring back Mozilla from minimize takes a minute and a half. It's "only" using 80 or 90 meg, but it's like the whole thing gets moved from ram to disc on minimize.
That and fly-in popup ads still work on Mozilla (where is the turn off DHTML switch?)
I saw a satellite shot like this done about 10 years ago. One of the things that stood out about it was the presence of massive amounts of light in the Sea of Japan from squid fishermen. I can't find the shot online (it's from a book) but this pic shows the area. I wonder if NASA removed those lights from their composite image, or if it's a fish season thing.
The idea that the host city gets a lot of cash and a sporting infrastructure is a common misconception. In a few weeks, it will be announced exactly how much the Greek people will lose by hosting the Games. I'm guessing they will lose the most money in history of the Olympics, even exceeding the blow Montreal took in '76.
It is not entirely their fault. Security costs exceed 1.2 billion US -- an enormous cost for a country of only 11 million to shoulder.
Salt Lake made a little cash -- but did not build anything that wasn't already planned. Atlanta built nothing that wasn't prepaid, the games were spread from DC to Florida to use existing facilities. Things like Centennial Park were funded privately, not by IOC activity.
I agree that the IOC has sold itself for money. Some of it has got to be backfiring. For instance, by only accepting Visa (R) credit cards as payment for tickets, they are excluding potential spectators and merchandise buyers who hold cards bearing other brands. If I were running these Games, I would accept any instrument of payment the paying fan had on them, in order to move merchandise and tickets that will be valueless in two weeks. I am guessing that the Athens organisers have lost more than the US$40m the IOC gained from the sponsorship fee.
We don't have the technology to generate a nearly 2 mile high wave, accidentally or otherwise. That's greater than earthquake generated tsunami, it would probably take an asteroid strike in deep ocean to create that.
Having said that, 16ft would be enough to cause a compete disaster to the town. There is no need to exaggerate.
What the hell kind of an attitude is that. You probably also say "I don't care who terrorists blow up, as long as it isn't ME."
The problem is -- it DOES affect you. In terms of lost business, lost communications, increased prices for internet services, loss of freedom. You're simply too short sighted and selfish to see it.
I never figured out why Windows Setup doesn't have an internet install procedure, where it would boot the computer, connect to Redmond and download all patches newer than the CD.
The user would then run the full Setup already having patches in place.
Or however people are getting it. There is a link on Windows Update for the SP2 download but it says it is not appropriate to single uworkstations. So I turned on automatic downloading of updates about a week ago, when SP2 was announced, but still haven't gotten it. I've tried to force it a couple times but still no go.
What's the secret to getting SP2?
Still trying to figure what the condition of Pwn3rsh1p is, and how is it pronounced... and how is 0wn3d pronounced.... everytime I see that I read it as "zer-own-threed"
Only 3 spams so far today as hurricane makes landfall in Fla. To compare, last Friday there were 48 by 12 noon. Let's hope the hurricane wipes Boca Raton and all those spammer bastards in the trailer park off the planet.
-- which no one (at least, who is smart enough to do this) uses any more.
This concept will never get off the ground until the site becomes Mozilla friendly.
I haven't seen any similar increase in activity. Does your firm have enemies? For instance, does your first name rhyme with Carl?
1.5bn cost versus 3,000,000 tickets sold = $500 per spectator spent in security.
How are these Games supposed to make money?
I don't recall seeing any transparent ads since switching to Mozilla, although I do remember seeing a "fly-in" ad once. Personally I find these more annoying for the following reasons:
1) As fly-ins are associated with lack of content, when one is seen, you are not missing anything by exiting the site for good.
2) Since sites using fly-ins are primarily concerned with extracting maximum revenue from each visitor, knowing you will only visit once, they will hit you with other ads, including popups which try to install software.
As far as flash ads go, if you insist on using IE, install a plugin such as popup cop, which can selectively turn off flash. For Mozilla/Firefox there is the flashblock plugin which is still in beta.
Pull the drive & scan + wipe it with another computer.
I already feel sorry for the legitimate, honest penis pill sellers and horse porn webmasters...