I remember reading something at some point a long long time ago (therefore cant remember where) about a scheme to store bits according to the position of an atom (err, molecule?) inside of the naner-tube. a charge at one end of the tube would force the ball to the opposite end and vice-versa. the bit would be 1 or 0 depending on which end of the tube it was in. sounds pretty far fetched to me but that doesn't mean i didn't read it somewhere. none the less, with that sort of scheme your tube would hold memory with the absence of power, assuming you didn't shake it, ala etch-a-schetch!
I would think that something this large(?) would require quite a few square feet (aww damnit, i meant meters!) of panels, not something you could just mount to the top of a mobile, thrashing around vehicle. on the other hand i dont see why they couldn't have some setup where the panels unroll on the ground (think of an overhead garage door). when the batteries start getting low the thing could find a nice flat place to lay the panels, start rolling forward while unrolling the panels out of the back onto the ground. and like you say, when rolling the pannels back into the rover dust them off with the compressed air. THe biggest problem is bringing all that compressed air from earth seeing as how mars doesn't have any;)
Don't you have any.jps formatted photos for shutter glasses? There just aren't enough stereo photos on the net to justify having bought this video card. Thanks for the post anyway.
First thing that comes to mind is a potentiometer where a voltage is applied to the ends and the wiper is adjusted to get a voltage (i guess you could also use a multitap transformer analogy). If this is the case it sounds like concerns about selectable input (120 / 240 vac) can be resolved by tapping into the crystal at different points for different voltage inputs, not to mention varying different taps for differnt voltage outputs. The thing that baffles me is how it works in the ultrasonic range. is the 60hz line frequency being multiplied first or is it just the size/thickness of the crystal, standing waves and all that?
Eh so i screwed up. price probably won't come down. The manufacturers will probably leave the price as ac-dc converters or jack it up due to the "convenience" of having a smaller lighter power supply. all hail capitalizm.
dc-dc ac-dc switching power supplies may not use transformers (besides isolation as mentioned below), but they're chocked full of electronic components. Reduction of components count reduces failure points, manufacturing cost and price.
I see your point, but to clarify mine... who came up with the whole KKK idea? Its outside of government so it can't be considered law, but it's an ideology that requires followers and creates meyham. btw, if you're into the kkk then insert some other "idea" you don't like and make the argument.
"Would there be terrorism if terrorists couldn't hide? Could we trust our governments if we knew everything they were saying and doing?"
interesting you should put those two on the same line, but this is really the only problem in the whole mix. I'm guessing that people wouldn't mind being open so long as the fuck stains we call leaders were open (read ACCOUNTABLE) as well. If there's something you need to hide its generally due to some stupid law or idea that the creator wasn't held accountable for creating because they were hidden.
That dream you had when you were a kid about getting on the bus naked? on the bus naked... That's the way you wanted it to be. the horror you felt after you realized being naked... eh, call the FCC and get their fucking opinion.
Wow, interesting that you bring this up while Rainmain is on the tube. Could it be that society is autistic, set in it's ways and resistant to [large amounts of] change? Seeing that autism is generally a male attribute and that males generally run the world including the music industry.
I've mentioned this before - They're doing it just to piss you off. They're flexing their legal muscle at you, nay, all of us. They're doing it because they know that the system is so stacked that you won't be able to do anything about it. At least not in Vivendi's lifetime.
i want more arial photos
terrafly has realestate info, demographics, it's an info orgy for christsakes! don't care much for the "fly quota" but i recon they gotta protect their interests.
terraserver is good too, but the navigation (and all that info) makes terrafly way better.
No, not a slam. Matter of fact i have mine sitting right here next to my PC just waiting for a purpose... I just can't put my finger on that purpose. I can't imagine using the 64 for any major number crunching, but for gods sakes its got IO! I'm just wondering if anyone is using one for any homebrew automation. One of my old employers used a c64 with a modified rom to calibrate signal conditioning products. I've contemplated using this one for home automation - any other ideas? I'd hate to let it go to waste.
Amazingly, even economists are now coming to grips with the fact that they've overestimated consumer rationalism. The models that they built on such assumptions don't seem to reflect reality... and the hot new trend in economics research is consumer irrationalism.
irrationalism? The monetary system is irrationalism. Stepping back and looking at the bigger picture I'd say that what the public is doing here is rational. Why should the public want to adhere to a system that is inherently unblanced? Yes you're right, the attention span of most is quite short, but don't look at the micro, look at the macro. After all, isn't sanity based on the average behavior? How many millions of people are downloading "illegal" music? You could make the argument that the majority of people (well, ok, americans) are insane concidering their will to let bush continue unimpeded and i'd agree with that, but in the current RIAA case i'd say that the public is just reacting to an inherently fucked up monetary system - you know, the core item that's supposed to instill civil behavior by promoting fair trade. I'd say that this little sorry-assed "revolution" has been brewing for a while and that "the people" have been waiting for an opportunity to have their voices heard through a medium (p2p) that doesn't require alot of energy (i.e. writing congress) and is basicly safe (i.e. not rioting in the streets).
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I remember reading something at some point a long long time ago (therefore cant remember where) about a scheme to store bits according to the position of an atom (err, molecule?) inside of the naner-tube. a charge at one end of the tube would force the ball to the opposite end and vice-versa. the bit would be 1 or 0 depending on which end of the tube it was in. sounds pretty far fetched to me but that doesn't mean i didn't read it somewhere. none the less, with that sort of scheme your tube would hold memory with the absence of power, assuming you didn't shake it, ala etch-a-schetch!
What? You think they don't already have this technology? Pbbt.
wheres the .jps?
Sorry to spoil the fun but mars looks really boring. i would've at least expected to see a mcdonalds. glad i'm not there.
I would think that something this large(?) would require quite a few square feet (aww damnit, i meant meters!) of panels, not something you could just mount to the top of a mobile, thrashing around vehicle. ;)
on the other hand i dont see why they couldn't have some setup where the panels unroll on the ground (think of an overhead garage door). when the batteries start getting low the thing could find a nice flat place to lay the panels, start rolling forward while unrolling the panels out of the back onto the ground. and like you say, when rolling the pannels back into the rover dust them off with the compressed air. THe biggest problem is bringing all that compressed air from earth seeing as how mars doesn't have any
Don't you have any .jps formatted photos for shutter glasses? There just aren't enough stereo photos on the net to justify having bought this video card. Thanks for the post anyway.
for a billion year old rock. but i guess that's why there wansn't any mention of dooms day, which i miss so... WERE ALL GONNA DIE!!
at least so I've read.
Holographic Universe? Interesting book.
First thing that comes to mind is a potentiometer where a voltage is applied to the ends and the wiper is adjusted to get a voltage (i guess you could also use a multitap transformer analogy).
If this is the case it sounds like concerns about selectable input (120 / 240 vac) can be resolved by tapping into the crystal at different points for different voltage inputs, not to mention varying different taps for differnt voltage outputs.
The thing that baffles me is how it works in the ultrasonic range. is the 60hz line frequency being multiplied first or is it just the size/thickness of the crystal, standing waves and all that?
Eh so i screwed up. price probably won't come down. The manufacturers will probably leave the price as ac-dc converters or jack it up due to the "convenience" of having a smaller lighter power supply. all hail capitalizm.
dc-dc ac-dc switching power supplies may not use transformers (besides isolation as mentioned below), but they're chocked full of electronic components. Reduction of components count reduces failure points, manufacturing cost and price.
I see your point, but to clarify mine... who came up with the whole KKK idea? Its outside of government so it can't be considered law, but it's an ideology that requires followers and creates meyham. btw, if you're into the kkk then insert some other "idea" you don't like and make the argument.
"Would there be terrorism if terrorists couldn't hide? Could we trust our governments if we knew everything they were saying and doing?"
interesting you should put those two on the same line, but this is really the only problem in the whole mix. I'm guessing that people wouldn't mind being open so long as the fuck stains we call leaders were open (read ACCOUNTABLE) as well. If there's something you need to hide its generally due to some stupid law or idea that the creator wasn't held accountable for creating because they were hidden.
That dream you had when you were a kid about getting on the bus naked? on the bus naked... That's the way you wanted it to be. the horror you felt after you realized being naked... eh, call the FCC and get their fucking opinion.
Wow, interesting that you bring this up while Rainmain is on the tube. Could it be that society is autistic, set in it's ways and resistant to [large amounts of] change? Seeing that autism is generally a male attribute and that males generally run the world including the music industry.
I've mentioned this before - They're doing it just to piss you off. They're flexing their legal muscle at you, nay, all of us. They're doing it because they know that the system is so stacked that you won't be able to do anything about it. At least not in Vivendi's lifetime.
See the The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg. They predict pretty much what you say. Semi-interesting.
the crack for this is already in the public domain.
i want more arial photos terrafly has realestate info, demographics, it's an info orgy for christsakes! don't care much for the "fly quota" but i recon they gotta protect their interests. terraserver is good too, but the navigation (and all that info) makes terrafly way better.
No, not a slam. Matter of fact i have mine sitting right here next to my PC just waiting for a purpose... I just can't put my finger on that purpose. I can't imagine using the 64 for any major number crunching, but for gods sakes its got IO! I'm just wondering if anyone is using one for any homebrew automation. One of my old employers used a c64 with a modified rom to calibrate signal conditioning products. I've contemplated using this one for home automation - any other ideas? I'd hate to let it go to waste.
Yeah, and while were at it lets burn the bible.
How about the problem of wicking the atmosphere into space. Like breathing?
That cable will wick the atmosphere out into space. My god, someone stop those idiots before they kill us all.
Kirks, unintended consequenses is listed in the fiction section because the american public hasn't the balls to pull it off. what a fuckin shame.
Amazingly, even economists are now coming to grips with the fact that they've overestimated consumer rationalism. The models that they built on such assumptions don't seem to reflect reality... and the hot new trend in economics research is consumer irrationalism.
irrationalism? The monetary system is irrationalism. Stepping back and looking at the bigger picture I'd say that what the public is doing here is rational. Why should the public want to adhere to a system that is inherently unblanced? Yes you're right, the attention span of most is quite short, but don't look at the micro, look at the macro. After all, isn't sanity based on the average behavior? How many millions of people are downloading "illegal" music? You could make the argument that the majority of people (well, ok, americans) are insane concidering their will to let bush continue unimpeded and i'd agree with that, but in the current RIAA case i'd say that the public is just reacting to an inherently fucked up monetary system - you know, the core item that's supposed to instill civil behavior by promoting fair trade. I'd say that this little sorry-assed "revolution" has been brewing for a while and that "the people" have been waiting for an opportunity to have their voices heard through a medium (p2p) that doesn't require alot of energy (i.e. writing congress) and is basicly safe (i.e. not rioting in the streets).
Here's the mfr's site.