Agreed. I couldn't help but hear the ST:Enterprise theme song when looking at that picture and thinking (jokes about Enterprise quality aside) *this* is what should be happening.
My cheap power meter displays power factor, but not very accurately. It will tell me an AC fan has a power factor of 33% (correct) and an early-model switch-mode PSU has a power factor of 100% (wrong).
After seeing the effects of several hundred inductive loads on an AC grid, I now only buy PSUs with Active Power Factor Correction. It costs less in the long run.
I've noticed that Firefox 3 is much less forgiving of self-signed certs than other browsers. There's a lot more hoops that one has to jump through to get a page to load.
I've found it rather annoying, since all our internal web applications are served via SSL.
So these two frames were taken four days apart while the sublimation was taking place. My question would be - where are the rest of the frames? Does this lander really only "look around" every few days?
It would be nice to see it at even a 1-day resolution and get a 4-frame animation of the process. Those lumps should be seen to get smaller and vanish.
Not that I'm complaining, this is still very cool (no pun intended).
You've pretty much nailed it there. Us Kiwis struggle to tell the difference between US and Canadian accents, so a lot of Americans seem to confuse NZ and Australian accents.
1. Yes it does state that. However what's stopping them from doing exactly that further down the track when they find agricultural waste, like waste fat from restaurants, doesn't scale well?
2. What we call agricultural waste isn't always wasted - it decomposes back into the ground providing an important part of the nutrient cycle. Okay, so maybe not all of the waste generated is essential for that, but farmers aren't exactly known for turning down the opportunity to bollocks up the future for short term benefits.
Conservation of Energy says that what they are claiming is impossible.
You're right, it does. However, Conservation of Energy also says that you can't get energy from a couple of parallel plates sitting closely together, but we can and do. See the Casimir effect. So either the concept of Conservation of Energy is wrong or we need to redefine what we consider energy input.
(Note: I'm aware a lot of crackpots are touting this Zero Point energy as the next big thing. It doesn't look like we'll be able to tap this to anything scalable anytime soon but that doesn't mean it's useless)
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Agreed. I couldn't help but hear the ST:Enterprise theme song when looking at that picture and thinking (jokes about Enterprise quality aside) *this* is what should be happening.
My cheap power meter displays power factor, but not very accurately. It will tell me an AC fan has a power factor of 33% (correct) and an early-model switch-mode PSU has a power factor of 100% (wrong).
After seeing the effects of several hundred inductive loads on an AC grid, I now only buy PSUs with Active Power Factor Correction. It costs less in the long run.
I've noticed that Firefox 3 is much less forgiving of self-signed certs than other browsers. There's a lot more hoops that one has to jump through to get a page to load.
I've found it rather annoying, since all our internal web applications are served via SSL.
I didn't know he'd gone anywhere.
You might want to take a look at SAGE as a platform option for that cluster. Then you should be able to farm out jobs from Matlab, Mathematica etc.
"Most heavily guarded secret"...
"Gizmodo has an exclusive video and feature"
So how's the guarding of that secret going, guys?
In other news, Prince Charles role as Defender Of The Faith was changed to Defender Of The Faiths.
Fail.
They have to give their card back.
So these two frames were taken four days apart while the sublimation was taking place. My question would be - where are the rest of the frames? Does this lander really only "look around" every few days?
It would be nice to see it at even a 1-day resolution and get a 4-frame animation of the process. Those lumps should be seen to get smaller and vanish.
Not that I'm complaining, this is still very cool (no pun intended).
I do mind.
I remember playing it in 1993. Quite a fun little adventure.
Not sure why they're kicking up such a stink about it now. Better late than never I suppose.
Looks more like a Quagaar to me.
Hmm I see your point. Though I wonder if perhaps he's been eating a cake every time a competitor releases a product.
Damn now I'm going to have that song stuck in my head all day.
Is there such a thing as Fodder-rolling?
As did we. Remember that /. meme centered on the Iraqi Information Minister?
You've pretty much nailed it there. Us Kiwis struggle to tell the difference between US and Canadian accents, so a lot of Americans seem to confuse NZ and Australian accents.
Why's that? Got something against loving thy neighbour?
The treadmill is certainly there if you want security updates and current application support, but it's a pretty easy ride:
apt-get update && aptitude upgrade. Wait a few minutes.
Done.
Or on ubuntu:
Click on 'Update now'. Wait a few minutes.
Done.
1. Yes it does state that. However what's stopping them from doing exactly that further down the track when they find agricultural waste, like waste fat from restaurants, doesn't scale well?
2. What we call agricultural waste isn't always wasted - it decomposes back into the ground providing an important part of the nutrient cycle. Okay, so maybe not all of the waste generated is essential for that, but farmers aren't exactly known for turning down the opportunity to bollocks up the future for short term benefits.
You, sir, are what is wrong with the consumer electronics industry today.
More so if you had said 3 years instead of 30.
Can you please repost with 3 years to make my point stronger? Thanks.
I suspect that number is about to rise somewhat.
Well done.
And yet no one claims that car batteries are water powered. Then again someone might.
Conservation of Energy says that what they are claiming is impossible.
You're right, it does. However, Conservation of Energy also says that you can't get energy from a couple of parallel plates sitting closely together, but we can and do. See the Casimir effect. So either the concept of Conservation of Energy is wrong or we need to redefine what we consider energy input.
(Note: I'm aware a lot of crackpots are touting this Zero Point energy as the next big thing. It doesn't look like we'll be able to tap this to anything scalable anytime soon but that doesn't mean it's useless)
... it will by now.
I can haz... Kitteh?
Oh dear, that was bad taste.
I'd better stop now.
That's one reason why no sane carrier charges you for incoming calls. Ever.