A few years back we had to build a small septic tank control system right on the coast of Monterrey, CA. You could literally throw a rock across highway-1 and hit the Pacific Ocean. We were using a monorail p166 all-in-one computer to run this septic tank control system. We really bit off more poop than we could chew on this project. To keep a long painfully stinky story short, we had no experience dealing with corrosive environments (i.e.- the ocean mist and raw sewage) and our standard methods for AC wiring and standard plumbing tactics were all compromised by these harsh conditions. I had the monorail and a 1000W UPS in a 4'x 4' NEMA 4/5? approved enclosure to withstand the moisture. After a year the monorails' power supply failed and there was a lot of fuzzy build-up on quite a few of electrical components in the computer and the control system electronics. We thought about using a small fan and a off-the-shelf automotive air filter (so replacement would be cheap and easy) to help circulate the air, but everytime you put a hole in the enclosure, you increase you chances of problems. At the end of the project, the only two lessons we learned was that even when we planned ahead, we still ran into unforeseen problems and secondly we should stay out of working in other peoples shit.
With the dust still settling from enron, worldcom and other failed conglomerates, it seems that most of the greedy fat cats involved in these corporate heists won't get much but a small fine ($250,00 of $15M = 1 less ivory coated rolls royce).
Dubya's latest bone for the American public, corporate thievery.
Where is the justice in imprisioning one person for their whole LIFE when 1,000's of CEO's and insider stock traders have made hundreds of millions of dollars by misleading their hard-working employees and shareholders?
In the last 10 years it seems like bills and laws are made by rickety old farts who can't tell the difference their ass and their ass.
That's not the point. Any Joe Six Pack can go to Goodguys and pay someone else to put a MP3 stereo in their car. I got a good buddy who started making a MP3 for his car in early 1997. He got about halfway done but then got distracted with other projects. The point is, he had a blast and learned a lot doing it. As far as I am concerned this fiberglass guy is a hacker and he enjoys what he is doing.
I don't post often but when I read the headline of this topic, I wanted to add my two cents. After reading the article and everyone's posts (most posts being irreverent or poop-joke related) I have finished another chapter on my book of human ignorance.
As U.S. citizens, we live in a wasteful society of throw-away everything and unlimited (we think) natural resources. When you go home tonight, make a note of how many lights you have on in your house. If you live alone, this will be a good test to see how much energy you use, if you have family members, roommates, etc you can also monitor the total energy consumption in your house. OK, so you got five lights on and you are the only one home. Now add the energy used to power your fridge, microwave, water heater, stereo, dishwasher, TV, computer(s), aquarium, Nintendo, space heater, furnace, the list goes on. Are all these items 100% necessary? of course, this America and we demand convenience 24/7.
I am no better than you, I waste energy and it bugs me to go outside and watch the power meter spinning like a twirling dervish when I got the guys over for band practice. But I am aware of what I use and I do my best to conserve energy. I live in the NW US and we have lots of hydro-electric power plants on the Columbia, I am not a save-the-salmon radical but I don't want to see all the changes we make on the environment in the name of power generation to go waste on every single light in my house.
If there is a new technology to limit energy use, I am all for it. In fact I have a few solar panels and few devices (lights & a TV) that I can use with my "free" power. In our lifetime, home-based power plants (natural gas-hydrogen based fuel cells, PV, wind power, etc) will become popular and necessary in many highly populated areas. Third world countries need this technology now since its price is low and their living conditions are so medieval compared to ours that any change for them is better than nothing. Our turn is coming soon.
My fifteen minutes are up. Here are some other links on energy-related websites/products.
NASA is an aerospace firm in the future. During this time society analyzes your liver and determines where you belong in life. (Insert male name here) was born with a congenital lying condition which would cast him out of getting a chance to travel in space. So in turn he assumes the identity of a middle-aged Amish man who has genes that would allow him to achieve his dream of space travel with two witty robots.
That's what sepearates great underachievers from the procrastinators.
Throughout school and college I learned to enhance my cheating skills. And guess what, I made it. Obviously, I am not designing aeronautical vehicles or writing code for iron lung machines, but I did understand every bit of code I cut and pasted, every deriative in Calculus 2, every projectile motion equiation in physics, every Karnaugh mapping excercise in digital circuits, etc.
I may not be proud of what I did but I got through school without killing myself or joining a frat.
Duke: The lights are growing dim Otto. I know a life of crime has led me to this sorry fate, and yet, I blame society. Society made me what I am.
Otto: That's bullshit. You're a white suburban punk just like me.
what are the rest of us (the qwest slaves in portland, oregon) supposed to do when we don't have another phone company alternative? I don't subscribe to cable, so I can't get a cable modem, I don't have satellite tv, so I can't have satellite internet access and I don't own a cell phone and I don't want to buy one so I can get wireless access. The list goes on...
so why does my butt hurt every time a new technology comes out?
Just be glad AT&T isn't owned by Enron.
http://www.forbes.com/2001/12/05/1205enron.html
At least AT&T's employees still have jobs, 401k's and stock options.
the new "time saver" -- I think not.
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This is IT?
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It takes me 15 minutes to get class, if I can get there in less than 5 minutes then its definitely a usefull device
I think NOT, like every gizmo and contraption that has been invented to help mankind, we usually abuse it beyond its original performance specs. People will still be late to class, work and first dates.
It looks safe
Its like any other vehicle, safety and common sense are required to use it. How many people will be decapitated and/or injured? Who knows. Anyone can drive a car on the sidewalk but few people do.
I hate being told what the next big thing is and that everyone needs one. I like my rollerblades and bicycle./P
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A few years back we had to build a small septic tank control system right on the coast of Monterrey, CA. You could literally throw a rock across highway-1 and hit the Pacific Ocean. We were using a monorail p166 all-in-one computer to run this septic tank control system. We really bit off more poop than we could chew on this project. To keep a long painfully stinky story short, we had no experience dealing with corrosive environments (i.e.- the ocean mist and raw sewage) and our standard methods for AC wiring and standard plumbing tactics were all compromised by these harsh conditions. I had the monorail and a 1000W UPS in a 4'x 4' NEMA 4/5? approved enclosure to withstand the moisture. After a year the monorails' power supply failed and there was a lot of fuzzy build-up on quite a few of electrical components in the computer and the control system electronics. We thought about using a small fan and a off-the-shelf automotive air filter (so replacement would be cheap and easy) to help circulate the air, but everytime you put a hole in the enclosure, you increase you chances of problems. At the end of the project, the only two lessons we learned was that even when we planned ahead, we still ran into unforeseen problems and secondly we should stay out of working in other peoples shit.
With the dust still settling from enron, worldcom and other failed conglomerates, it seems that most of the greedy fat cats involved in these corporate heists won't get much but a small fine ($250,00 of $15M = 1 less ivory coated rolls royce). Dubya's latest bone for the American public, corporate thievery. Where is the justice in imprisioning one person for their whole LIFE when 1,000's of CEO's and insider stock traders have made hundreds of millions of dollars by misleading their hard-working employees and shareholders? In the last 10 years it seems like bills and laws are made by rickety old farts who can't tell the difference their ass and their ass.
Permanent modifications to car: None
That's not the point. Any Joe Six Pack can go to Goodguys and pay someone else to put a MP3 stereo in their car. I got a good buddy who started making a MP3 for his car in early 1997. He got about halfway done but then got distracted with other projects. The point is, he had a blast and learned a lot doing it. As far as I am concerned this fiberglass guy is a hacker and he enjoys what he is doing.
1) Finally I can shut up that horrible teenage punk band next door.
2) Lowered mini-trucks with sub-sonic speakers that drive by my house at 2am are now a thing of the past.
3) Bob Saget Stealth - speaks for itself. Can also be used as Mother_in_law stealth.
4) Every Verizon TV commerical ever made stealth.
TIME MACHINE DATE : 05/20/2002 9:34 am
Just got the pre-release of The Eminem Show off thew web.
TIME MACHINE DATE : 05/20/2002 9:37 am
Just deleted the pre-release of The Eminem Show off drive C.
I don't post often but when I read the headline of this topic, I wanted to add my two cents. After reading the article and everyone's posts (most posts being irreverent or poop-joke related) I have finished another chapter on my book of human ignorance.
As U.S. citizens, we live in a wasteful society of throw-away everything and unlimited (we think) natural resources. When you go home tonight, make a note of how many lights you have on in your house. If you live alone, this will be a good test to see how much energy you use, if you have family members, roommates, etc you can also monitor the total energy consumption in your house. OK, so you got five lights on and you are the only one home. Now add the energy used to power your fridge, microwave, water heater, stereo, dishwasher, TV, computer(s), aquarium, Nintendo, space heater, furnace, the list goes on. Are all these items 100% necessary? of course, this America and we demand convenience 24/7.
I am no better than you, I waste energy and it bugs me to go outside and watch the power meter spinning like a twirling dervish when I got the guys over for band practice. But I am aware of what I use and I do my best to conserve energy. I live in the NW US and we have lots of hydro-electric power plants on the Columbia, I am not a save-the-salmon radical but I don't want to see all the changes we make on the environment in the name of power generation to go waste on every single light in my house. If there is a new technology to limit energy use, I am all for it. In fact I have a few solar panels and few devices (lights & a TV) that I can use with my "free" power. In our lifetime, home-based power plants (natural gas-hydrogen based fuel cells, PV, wind power, etc) will become popular and necessary in many highly populated areas. Third world countries need this technology now since its price is low and their living conditions are so medieval compared to ours that any change for them is better than nothing. Our turn is coming soon.
My fifteen minutes are up. Here are some other links on energy-related websites/products.
Home Power Magazine
Jade Mountain Alternative Energy Devices
Acapella version of MULE theme
Almost original version of MULE theme
On the 8th day, God made the SID and rested
NASA is an aerospace firm in the future. During this time society analyzes your liver and determines where you belong in life. (Insert male name here) was born with a congenital lying condition which would cast him out of getting a chance to travel in space. So in turn he assumes the identity of a middle-aged Amish man who has genes that would allow him to achieve his dream of space travel with two witty robots.
I think these are $2 at the local Goodwill
I always found that it wasn't easy to cheat
That's what sepearates great underachievers from the procrastinators.
Throughout school and college I learned to enhance my cheating skills. And guess what, I made it. Obviously, I am not designing aeronautical vehicles or writing code for iron lung machines, but I did understand every bit of code I cut and pasted, every deriative in Calculus 2, every projectile motion equiation in physics, every Karnaugh mapping excercise in digital circuits, etc.
I may not be proud of what I did but I got through school without killing myself or joining a frat.
Duke: The lights are growing dim Otto. I know a life of crime has led me to this sorry fate, and yet, I blame society. Society made me what I am.
Otto: That's bullshit. You're a white suburban punk just like me.
Duke: Yeah, but it still hurts.
Here's a more promising method for Hydrogen cracking without adding more junk into orbit around this planet.
Go, Go, Gadget.
I think you are the wiener (or weiner if you are a Simpsons fan.)
what are the rest of us (the qwest slaves in portland, oregon) supposed to do when we don't have another phone company alternative? I don't subscribe to cable, so I can't get a cable modem, I don't have satellite tv, so I can't have satellite internet access and I don't own a cell phone and I don't want to buy one so I can get wireless access. The list goes on...
so why does my butt hurt every time a new technology comes out?
These guys look good.
http://www.enron.com/corp/products/broadband/
Just be glad AT&T isn't owned by Enron. http://www.forbes.com/2001/12/05/1205enron.html At least AT&T's employees still have jobs, 401k's and stock options.
I think NOT, like every gizmo and contraption that has been invented to help mankind, we usually abuse it beyond its original performance specs. People will still be late to class, work and first dates.
It looks safeIts like any other vehicle, safety and common sense are required to use it. How many people will be decapitated and/or injured? Who knows. Anyone can drive a car on the sidewalk but few people do.
I hate being told what the next big thing is and that everyone needs one. I like my rollerblades and bicycle./P