No need to rip up the interstates, just tunnel beneath them. Or get the railroads involved - they're already in the business and already have miles and miles of fairly straight routes available.
Of course, this might not be all that feasible with today's tunneling technology. Maybe a new company could find an opportunity here . . .
From a cutting engineer's POV, it is more accurate to say that the track spacing is dependent upon the volume, not the other way around - dynamically adjusting the spacing was part of his job. Nothing new here.
But there was another issue: pre-echo, a phenomena caused by the cutting stylus distorting the thin wall between the current groove and the one cut just before. This would transfer a faint copy of the outside of the fresh groove onto the inside of the prior groove. This is most often heard at the start of a track, where a faint copy of the music is heard precisely one revolution (about 2 seconds) before it starts in earnest.
Pre-echo is prevented by spacing the grooves widely enough such that the wall between the grooves doesn't deform. Laser cutting would eliminate that inter-grooval pressure, allowing the grooves to be more tightly packed. I suspect that that is where the capacity boost comes from.
"The electrified road is divided into 50m sections, with an individual section powered only when a vehicle is above it. When a vehicle stops, the current is disconnected."
Not really - the logical place to "cross over" is at the very nearby intersection. Also, note there is no corresponding 'X' on the other side of the bridges.
But no reason one could not implement the same thing in a grill that was a chain driven burger sliding system.
Flippy does have one advantage - it uses infrared vision in order to judge when to flip and when to serve, meaning that variations in meat density or grill heat shouldn't matter.
Do you seriously think microwaving a burger for 11 seconds actually cooks the meat in some way?
Yes.
The burgers exit the boiler fully cooked
What is "fully cooked"? Is a rare burger "fully cooked"? Or does it have to be medium? Or well?
The microwaving is just to boost the temperature after they are taken out,
Boosting the temperature boosts how done it is - doneness is a measure of temperature, not time. (That's why meat thermometers are bracketed into Rare/Medium/Well Done zones.)
Because the first class seats are more comfortable than the seats in the terminal, and the drinks are free while the peons file into their steerage class seats.
You are irrationally focused on something that can be easily controlled automatically. Cruise control has been around for a very long time
The more I read responses the more concern I feel, and it's all quite rational - when most driving is through city streets (or ever highways) with varied speed, to bring up "cruise control" as a defense is beyond alarming and right up into head-slapping territory.
You skipped the part about "enhanced cruise control solutions", AKA adaptive cruise control. This is a system which uses radar to keep track of the car in front of you, and match your speed to theirs in order to maintain a predefined following distance.
Not so hot in stop and go city traffic, but has a terrific potential for smoothing out traffic flow in almost any other scenario.
BTW, do you have cites on claiming that most driving is city driving? I thought that that was where mass transit was most effective.
"A right is something that you started with, and shouldn't be taken away."
Nice post. To clarify a bit, we have both natural (human) rights and legal rights. Legal rights are whatever the courts currently decide, and can continuously be granted or denied. Natural rights (often called human rights) are the innate rights that you are referring to.
But our right to those rights goes beyond "shouldn't be taken away". They are inalienable - that is, they cannot be either taken away or given up. They can be ignored or trampled, but cannot be separated from us.
Opera houses are an excess of the ultra-wealthy? Wow - I've attended regularly over the past twenty years, and I've always been scratching to make middle-class. Thanks for the promotion!
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No need to rip up the interstates, just tunnel beneath them. Or get the railroads involved - they're already in the business and already have miles and miles of fairly straight routes available.
Of course, this might not be all that feasible with today's tunneling technology. Maybe a new company could find an opportunity here . . .
[I know - that answer is Boring.]
Less than 5% are recycled, according to this article: A Look At The Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Industry, and the lithium is indeed destroyed.
OTOH, the article also suggests that the economics involved may be leading to a surge in the recycling rates.
Good analogy - and as you may recall, the Serenity did have a 'pedestrian' bounce off its windshield.
Just ask Saint Jobs.
Bitch.
Wait - did you miss the use of the singular form of 'second' instead of the [correct] plural form?
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From a cutting engineer's POV, it is more accurate to say that the track spacing is dependent upon the volume, not the other way around - dynamically adjusting the spacing was part of his job. Nothing new here.
But there was another issue: pre-echo, a phenomena caused by the cutting stylus distorting the thin wall between the current groove and the one cut just before. This would transfer a faint copy of the outside of the fresh groove onto the inside of the prior groove. This is most often heard at the start of a track, where a faint copy of the music is heard precisely one revolution (about 2 seconds) before it starts in earnest.
Pre-echo is prevented by spacing the grooves widely enough such that the wall between the grooves doesn't deform. Laser cutting would eliminate that inter-grooval pressure, allowing the grooves to be more tightly packed. I suspect that that is where the capacity boost comes from.
From the Fine Summary:
"The electrified road is divided into 50m sections, with an individual section powered only when a vehicle is above it. When a vehicle stops, the current is disconnected."
Having a pool party? Check the batteries (duh!) and then strap a band on to any child not authorized to use the pool.
And the downside is?
(Adding a simply keyed wristband to prevent removal would be a sensible next step).
Because this allows others to use the pool without setting off the alarm.
Anecdote: My brother had a pool party, well attended, and happened to notice something wrong - a small body descending into the water.
He dove in and emerged moments with a toddler who was choking and crying a bit, but was otherwise no worse for wear.
Yes, a toddler can fall unnoticed into a populated swimming pool.
Nonsense. Why dump asphalt when the two roads converge in a few hundred feet? And where is the X on the other side?
Not really - the logical place to "cross over" is at the very nearby intersection. Also, note there is no corresponding 'X' on the other side of the bridges.
But no reason one could not implement the same thing in a grill that was a chain driven burger sliding system.
Flippy does have one advantage - it uses infrared vision in order to judge when to flip and when to serve, meaning that variations in meat density or grill heat shouldn't matter.
Do you seriously think microwaving a burger for 11 seconds actually cooks the meat in some way?
Yes.
The burgers exit the boiler fully cooked
What is "fully cooked"? Is a rare burger "fully cooked"? Or does it have to be medium? Or well?
The microwaving is just to boost the temperature after they are taken out,
Boosting the temperature boosts how done it is - doneness is a measure of temperature, not time. (That's why meat thermometers are bracketed into Rare/Medium/Well Done zones.)
Because the first class seats are more comfortable than the seats in the terminal, and the drinks are free while the peons file into their steerage class seats.
You are irrationally focused on something that can be easily controlled automatically. Cruise control has been around for a very long time
The more I read responses the more concern I feel, and it's all quite rational - when most driving is through city streets (or ever highways) with varied speed, to bring up "cruise control" as a defense is beyond alarming and right up into head-slapping territory.
You skipped the part about "enhanced cruise control solutions", AKA adaptive cruise control. This is a system which uses radar to keep track of the car in front of you, and match your speed to theirs in order to maintain a predefined following distance.
Not so hot in stop and go city traffic, but has a terrific potential for smoothing out traffic flow in almost any other scenario.
BTW, do you have cites on claiming that most driving is city driving? I thought that that was where mass transit was most effective.
You're probably right - but what income class itemizes rather than taking the (now larger) standard deduction?
Nitpick: It is Starman, not Spaceman.
Thank you for prompting instead of begging.
Or you can buy the same watch in stainless steel for $25.
I don''t know the origin of the phrase, but it predated American Dad by decades - my Dad used to sing it out when I was a kid, back in the early '60s.
Good question, I'm surprised it didn't come up already.
"A right is something that you started with, and shouldn't be taken away."
Nice post. To clarify a bit, we have both natural (human) rights and legal rights. Legal rights are whatever the courts currently decide, and can continuously be granted or denied. Natural rights (often called human rights) are the innate rights that you are referring to.
But our right to those rights goes beyond "shouldn't be taken away". They are inalienable - that is, they cannot be either taken away or given up. They can be ignored or trampled, but cannot be separated from us.
Opera houses are an excess of the ultra-wealthy? Wow - I've attended regularly over the past twenty years, and I've always been scratching to make middle-class. Thanks for the promotion!
Aha! Bored of the Rings - haven't read it for years. Gotta dig it up now.
"Something queer about this river," he muttered, as the water lapped at his thighs.