You can be certain that this tiny little drive will have negligable gyroscopic effects.
The angular momentum is (for a point)
L = M x R^2 x omega
So scales as the square of the disk radius. The radius of a standard 3.5" disk is probably about 1.7", the radius of this new disk is 0.425". The small disk will therefore have about 5% of the momentum of the larger disk (assuming all else is equal).
Also, all else is not equal: the minature disk will spin slower for sure. 5400RPM or less.
My understanding is that it is not possible to have apt-get or dselect for RPMs because the dependency description is not rich enough. Hence RPMs are fundamentally flawed and Debian rocks...
Debian did have the advantage of coming out with improvements after the RPM format was used for a while.
He hit all of my favourites: XML, Visual Fred, etc...
But missed CORBA! Surely it belongs in the Technology X != Silver Bullet category. As far as I'm concerned, CORBA best solves the "this project has too many resources" problem.
Engineers should not be able to cover their asses with pointless paperwork. If an engineer puts it down on paper, it should be acted on. If the engineer gets it wrong too many times, they get fired or "reassigned".
But ignoring paperwork? Sounds like the total freaking disaster that is a common perception of NASA.
The ice is already in the water (ocean), so melting it is not going to increase the sea levels. Remember, water expands when it freezes and it goes back down when you melt it. If you don't believe me, fill a glass full of water and put it in the freezer.
A better test: take a glass of water put an ice-cube
in it (making sure it is floating), mark the water level,
wait for the ice-cube to melt. The water level doesn't change.
This will work for as large an ice-cube as you can fit in the
glass and still have it floating (i.e. not resting on the bottom).
Same applies to our oceans (HUGE glass of water) and icebergs (BIG ice-cubes).
Off to search for a HUGE bottle of vodka to go with all those fresh Artic ice-cubes...
I can't imagine that ice "anchored" to land is significantly
lifted out of the water. Therefore the effect will be small.
But there is a huge amount of ice on top of land,
in Antarctica and elsewhere. If this melts then those
people with nice, expensive, beach-front houses are SOL.
Actually, the charge is (largely) for collecting the toll. The cost of manual toll collection is quite high.
Hence, the desire for fully automatic systems. Transponders are clearly a good model for commuters/frequent traffic, but don't work for occasional road users.
That said, I don't really see the value of GPS to a transponder. If the transponder only has a short
range radio, then you don't need GPS. On the other hand, if the transponder has a longer range radio, then privacy goes out the window.
You'll have to forgive some of us who may not believe that the interests of the US are somehow magically the interests of the rest of the planet. Certainly the US feels no compunction to act honorably on any other agreements we may sign with them.
Hey! There is some insight on Slashdot!
Someone mod it up quickly before it gets lost.
Defect is way too strong. Take Defect 1.
Can only possibly derefence a NULL pointer
if a number of preconditions are true.
The last one is (!conf->providers)[the
pointer in question] must be false.
Their program has detected "defects"
where there are none. Perhaps the
greater coding style variation on
open source projects exposes more defects
in their automated program!
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Microsoft advises that it is best to type in your OS, rather than just purchase one off the shelf.
Yeah, but can I play Doom on it?
CORBA
For the time being you can get your fix here.
That would be a sundial right?
The angular momentum is (for a point)
L = M x R^2 x omega
So scales as the square of the disk radius. The radius of a standard 3.5" disk is probably about 1.7", the radius of this new disk is 0.425". The small disk will therefore have about 5% of the momentum of the larger disk (assuming all else is equal).
Also, all else is not equal: the minature disk will spin slower for sure. 5400RPM or less.
Debian did have the advantage of coming out with improvements after the RPM format was used for a while.
So now we just need Bill Gates to change his name to Money Love or Power Love.
"He says Christmas Island will take the lead while Cocos will play a supporting role."
It's good to see the islands supporting our rural industries and pastimes!
Strange how the land of freedom is creeping towards censorship...
But missed CORBA! Surely it belongs in the Technology X != Silver Bullet category. As far as I'm concerned, CORBA best solves the "this project has too many resources" problem.
But then again, I'm probably just another SFV :-)
And on the subject of eating at McDonalds, a weapons of mass obesity filter.
If it was text, that'd be a lot of paper. I'd sure like to see that...
I wish /. editors had a clue about spelling!
Engineers should not be able to cover their asses with pointless paperwork. If an engineer puts it down on paper, it should be acted on. If the engineer gets it wrong too many times, they get fired or "reassigned".
But ignoring paperwork? Sounds like the total freaking disaster that is a common perception of NASA.
In Soviet Australia, we already pay for bits, not bandwidth
A better test: take a glass of water put an ice-cube in it (making sure it is floating), mark the water level, wait for the ice-cube to melt. The water level doesn't change.
This will work for as large an ice-cube as you can fit in the glass and still have it floating (i.e. not resting on the bottom). Same applies to our oceans (HUGE glass of water) and icebergs (BIG ice-cubes).
Off to search for a HUGE bottle of vodka to go with all those fresh Artic ice-cubes...
But there is a huge amount of ice on top of land, in Antarctica and elsewhere. If this melts then those people with nice, expensive, beach-front houses are SOL.
Do we have to have 10,000 I can scramble the letters postings?
Move on people, nothing to see here
Hence, the desire for fully automatic systems. Transponders are clearly a good model for commuters/frequent traffic, but don't work for occasional road users.
That said, I don't really see the value of GPS to a transponder. If the transponder only has a short range radio, then you don't need GPS. On the other hand, if the transponder has a longer range radio, then privacy goes out the window.
Hey! There is some insight on Slashdot! Someone mod it up quickly before it gets lost.
!!conf->providers => conf->providers => conf->providers != NULL
Their program has detected "defects" where there are none. Perhaps the greater coding style variation on open source projects exposes more defects in their automated program!
127.0.0.1
Where's the gold plated version to go with my gun?