I think of that it is the thought this being good. To designate feasibility concept completely as this, the computer sufficiently is the powerfuly complete brusqueness coming. As for me in everyone it is within these 1 Tsugas several years and thing, it verifies that heriage of home country language is maintained.
My bad, I had some of my facts reversed. It's been a while.
Of course, that hardly has anything at all to do with my point. But to be picky, the 911 is NOT "a car from the 70s." The first 911 was produced in 1964.
Or, if you have a tiny fire extinguisher you can open the hood and put the fire out in just seconds and drive the car again.
Or ensure that the car will be destroyed in a hurry. Tell me exactly how you are to know just how much is on fire under the hood and if all it needs is a bit of oxygen to take off for good? Oh, you don't carry a thermal imaging camera with you.....that's too bad.
FYI, most auto stores now charge and arm and pint of blood to use their scan tool.
And they should if you're stupid enought to not ask "hey...how much to buy that thing" and they tell you it's $120, about twice what you often pay for them to use it. The dealerships usually have better code scanners with the vehicle-specific codes in them, not just generic OBDII codes....those can be had for about $300.
As mentioned in a previous post, the cost of scanners can no longer be the argument against computer-controlled ignition/electronics. It's been years since they were the size of a mini-fridge on a cart costing $10k.
IE when you stomp on the gas, the computer turns off the A/C for a few seconds to divert power to the drivetrain.
1.) Doesn't require a computer. Just a mechanical switch to cut the compressor pump relay when the accelerator is depressed fully or near full.
2.) Been on many cars exactly that way since the early 80s, NOT connected to the ECM or any other onboard computer system.
You can't service your average BMW, Opel, Mercedes or any other modern computer-managed car without the appropriate equipment to interact with and (more importantly) reset the engine management computer.
Not that you've claimed this, but I would like to point out: These are no longer $10,000 machines. You can pick them up at any decent parts shop for under $400 (for nice ones) and about $100 for a basic version that only lists the generic codes....but even that one can be used to clear "MIL Status" (Malfunction Indicator Light).
Which of course has absolutely nothing to do with opwning the hood, unless there'a a new procedure for working on rears that I'm totally unfamiliar with.
Boxters aren't exactly expensive in comparision to real Porsches (real meaning 911s). Furthermore, 911's are exactly a treat to work on. They have most of the same issues with accessing anything.
Fortunately, they both have 2 things going for them:
1.) The engine placement is not to screw the owner. It is there because it makes the weight of the vehicle properly balanced for suspension perfoemnce.
2.) It's not actually all THAT had to drop the motors in these things. While I've never dropped the motor in the Boxter, I've done sone on 911's and VW Beetles (the old body style) more times than I can count (remember, the beetle is designed after the 911, and is very similar in construction), I'm told they are much the same. Your' looking at a couple of harnesses, and about 6 bolts. If you have a proper transmission style jack, it's not really a big deal. Anyone without these facilities (or the desire to get them) probably doesn't need to be monkeying around with their engine to begin with.
And most importantly, this really has little to do with the article. The Volvo concept car mentioned in it is really a totally different animal with different design goals in mind.
911 call centers cannot be reached by mapping to any 10-digit number. There is no 10-digit number for them, they are simply known as 911 on the network within the region they serve.
BZZZZZT. Yet another/.er talking with "authority",but still totally wrong.
There are 10-digit numbers. As a matter of fact, my station has an emergency 10-digit that actually is on call forward to the 10-digit number of the county 911 center. If they should have a fault of become overloaded, we take it off of forward and answer/dispatch calls directly.
Do they know it came in on the 10-digit rather than 911? Yes. Does it end up in the same call queue and get treated exactly the same way? Yes.
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The American economy may be expanding, [...] The American economy is not creating jobs nearly as fast as it's loosing them.
You can't have it both ways. Either the economy is expanding (net job increase) or it's not (net job decrease or stagnation).
While I admire that, it's unclear whether that was necessary or not and that is certainly not a justification for a whole new government agency.
It's certianly not justification for an entire government agency. Two points: my list was certianly not exhaustive and you clearly stated "If you think that organization has accomplished anything more than erasing parts of the constitution while no one's looking, you're incredibly naive" which is obvioulsy incorrect based one even my partial list.
I'm not a troll, albeit I'm now going off-topic. I don't appreciate undeserved accusations though.
You deserve the accusation. If you don't want accusations like that, don't make sweeping generalizations that are clearly false.
Maybe you don't understand how this works. #1. You can't train later. People have to be trained ahead of time. #2. Your a terrorist: would you consider using chem/bio/nuke on your enemy who doen't have a proper response team more than if most of their first responders are well trained in mitigating the effects?
I'm guessing the likelihood of actually being attached on this way is signinficantly reduced because the risk/cost/reward is much lower now.
We've never been invaded by a navy or army in the continental US. Should we get rid of the Coast Guard patrols and make them an unarmed Search and Rescue agency only?
Who modded this insightful rather than flamebait? Come on now... Al Qaeda hasn't stopped anything because of the Deptartment of Homeland Security. If you think that organization has accomplished anything more than erasing parts of the constitution while no one's looking, you're incredibly naive.
You are incredibly misinformed.
While I disagree with MANY MANY MANY of the things DHS does/is doing, speaking as a firefighter, DHS has spured many initiatives that have effected fire departments, police agencies, and ems crews around the country.
WMD first response training wasn't even on the map a couple of years ago. FEMA simply coulnd't get their shit together. DHS made sure they did. Now more than 75% of us have been trained for Bio, Chemical, Eplosion, and Nuke first response tactics.
Again getting FEMA kick around has made their grants (which make or break many smaller agencies) for ACTUAL USEFUL ITEMS AND TRAINING, like for community outreach programs and fire prevention/safety presentations. And equipment/supplies for mass casualty incidents. And funding for more useful Emergency Management Plans for local government.
Just to review: you are a troll. An un-informed troll.
Science offers us so many incredible possibilities to explore, things that can greatly enhance our everyday lives, and yet our tax dollars go to things like this.
What's wrong with this research? You don't see any direct non-military applications? How about for deep-woods search and rescue. How about for a basic survival kit? How about wildland firefighters? And that's certinaly not a comprehensive list, nor is it even taking into account the indirect non-military benefits.
You sound somewhat more like you know what you're talking about in this post. Although you mention no electrical experience whatsoever. 7 years, or even 20 years, as a network engineer means nothing in regards to electricity. As far as who has what service inth where and how it's carved up, that's largely controlled by code, and our various local areas of familiarity very probably differ. And frankly, I'm not going to get into it any further.
Can someone tell me why you would need all this extra bandwidth on your laptop?
I'm currently using a T-Mobile Sierra Wireless solution, with which I'm lucky to get 56k down. While it works for my purposes (getting mail, updating tickets in RT, and sometimes SSHing into routers/checking my NMS) I'd really be able to use more bandwidth and better latency (for SSH especially). I find that the couple of hours I spend on the train 2 or three times a week is now actually PRODUCTIVE, as opposed to a complete waste of time. More bandwidth would make my life easier, and I'd gladly pay for it.
So my question is... why did they ground it at all?
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Second question... sheilded twisted pair? No one with a brain uses shielded cable for networks. That defeats every reason for twisting the pairs. It just picks up currents from everything around it.
Since your knowledge is out of a book, rather than practice, it's going to be difficult to explain. But it comes down to some things like never installing riser runs without surge suppression, much of which is specifically designed for a grounded shield.
Third... The number of stories has nothing to do with it... People wire like that you'll get knocked on your butt between apartments... Try wiring in a building where they have split 3 phase to do the wiring. Forget to check a phase crossing and BAM you end up on your butt.
Troll Troll TROLL! Yet I'm still responding.
Yes the number of stories matter, as it relates to distance, and just about EVERY building (and residence) in the US has split three phase. Using big terms like that sure makes you sound smart to the/. crowd, who's largest experience with electricity that involves anything more complicated that plugging something in is either "C" or "D" cell. And if YOU knew anything, you'd be aware that standard multi-unit wiring practices are to distribure all three legs of the incoming circuit to the panel in each unit, and split from there. So if there's only one electrical service in the building and you want to get around phase problems, you use equipment that runs on 220.
That's it. I'm not explaining this anymore. It's actually quite interesting, but probably lost on the trolls and people who thinks that their book knowledge trumps hands-on practical experience.
Judging by your obviously knowledgeable answer, I'd say you just proved yourself wrong.
Not really. For example: Am I right, or am I full of shit? How far do you have to dig to figure out who know what they're taking about (because just about everyone asserts their opinions as facts here).
In terms of wiring, get at least CAT 5 cable run ("CAT 6" is even better) to every floor. A separate wire to every floor, all culminating in the basement (or wherever your Internet access is) gives a measure of reliability in case of a wire fault or router fault on one floor. A patch panel at the termination point of all the wires is a good idea.
While I'm sure you're well intentioned and really trying to help (and the rest of your suggestions were good), this is a perfect example of why NOT to ask/. how to do technical things. Especially if they involve layer 1 or tools of any sort.
A 4-story building most likely would cause significant issues (especially from the 4th floor to a basement) with ground potential differnces. That's why professionals use fiber for risers now. The old school way would still require STP for a run like that.
Failure to determine if this type of thing is a problem can result in: poor connections, no connection whatsoever, blown ethernet ports, etc. etc.
From firsthand experience on this, I was diagnosing an issue on an 8-floor STP run where some cable monkey moron (probably an electrician claiming to be a data cabling specialist) grounded both sides of the run. Being an idiot myself, I accidentally brushed the back of my hand on the shield after clipping it off on one side. It almost knocked me on my ass. And the connection ran without fault after that.
Bottom line....anything more than 2 floors is not a job for an amateur. Actually, anything on different floors/potentially different electrical services should be carefully considered.
Only the finest repair parts will do for classic pickups.
The floor of mine is now made entirely out of street signs. The original floor rotted away, and I've never seen a stret sign rust....so I figured why not. A few night missions, a couple boxes of pop rivets, a tube of caulk, and a couple bloody gashes later and I'm all set.
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I think of that it is the thought this being good. To designate feasibility concept completely as this, the computer sufficiently is the powerfuly complete brusqueness coming. As for me in everyone it is within these 1 Tsugas several years and thing, it verifies that heriage of home country language is maintained.
Now all I need is a $1000 5 gas sensor for tuning. Perhaps I can rent that.
;)
I've made friends with a guy who owns a gas station. That seem to be the only way for now.
As long as you know you're a bastard :)
And I'll defintiely agree - water bad.
My bad, I had some of my facts reversed. It's been a while.
Of course, that hardly has anything at all to do with my point. But to be picky, the 911 is NOT "a car from the 70s." The first 911 was produced in 1964.
Or, if you have a tiny fire extinguisher you can open the hood and put the fire out in just seconds and drive the car again.
Or ensure that the car will be destroyed in a hurry. Tell me exactly how you are to know just how much is on fire under the hood and if all it needs is a bit of oxygen to take off for good? Oh, you don't carry a thermal imaging camera with you.....that's too bad.
FYI, most auto stores now charge and arm and pint of blood to use their scan tool.
And they should if you're stupid enought to not ask "hey...how much to buy that thing" and they tell you it's $120, about twice what you often pay for them to use it. The dealerships usually have better code scanners with the vehicle-specific codes in them, not just generic OBDII codes....those can be had for about $300.
As mentioned in a previous post, the cost of scanners can no longer be the argument against computer-controlled ignition/electronics. It's been years since they were the size of a mini-fridge on a cart costing $10k.
IE when you stomp on the gas, the computer turns off the A/C for a few seconds to divert power to the drivetrain.
1.) Doesn't require a computer. Just a mechanical switch to cut the compressor pump relay when the accelerator is depressed fully or near full.
2.) Been on many cars exactly that way since the early 80s, NOT connected to the ECM or any other onboard computer system.
No problem: Haynes will have a way to replace the special tool with two screwdrivers and a 2x4.
I'm glad there's at least one other person posting here that knows something about cars and wrenching on them in driveways.
You can't service your average BMW, Opel, Mercedes or any other modern computer-managed car without the appropriate equipment to interact with and (more importantly) reset the engine management computer.
Not that you've claimed this, but I would like to point out: These are no longer $10,000 machines. You can pick them up at any decent parts shop for under $400 (for nice ones) and about $100 for a basic version that only lists the generic codes....but even that one can be used to clear "MIL Status" (Malfunction Indicator Light).
Which of course has absolutely nothing to do with opwning the hood, unless there'a a new procedure for working on rears that I'm totally unfamiliar with.
Boxters aren't exactly expensive in comparision to real Porsches (real meaning 911s). Furthermore, 911's are exactly a treat to work on. They have most of the same issues with accessing anything.
Fortunately, they both have 2 things going for them:
1.) The engine placement is not to screw the owner. It is there because it makes the weight of the vehicle properly balanced for suspension perfoemnce.
2.) It's not actually all THAT had to drop the motors in these things. While I've never dropped the motor in the Boxter, I've done sone on 911's and VW Beetles (the old body style) more times than I can count (remember, the beetle is designed after the 911, and is very similar in construction), I'm told they are much the same. Your' looking at a couple of harnesses, and about 6 bolts. If you have a proper transmission style jack, it's not really a big deal. Anyone without these facilities (or the desire to get them) probably doesn't need to be monkeying around with their engine to begin with.
And most importantly, this really has little to do with the article. The Volvo concept car mentioned in it is really a totally different animal with different design goals in mind.
911 call centers cannot be reached by mapping to any 10-digit number. There is no 10-digit number for them, they are simply known as 911 on the network within the region they serve.
/.er talking with "authority",but still totally wrong.
BZZZZZT. Yet another
There are 10-digit numbers. As a matter of fact, my station has an emergency 10-digit that actually is on call forward to the 10-digit number of the county 911 center. If they should have a fault of become overloaded, we take it off of forward and answer/dispatch calls directly.
Do they know it came in on the 10-digit rather than 911? Yes. Does it end up in the same call queue and get treated exactly the same way? Yes.
The American economy may be expanding, [...] The American economy is not creating jobs nearly as fast as it's loosing them.
You can't have it both ways. Either the economy is expanding (net job increase) or it's not (net job decrease or stagnation).
While I admire that, it's unclear whether that was necessary or not and that is certainly not a justification for a whole new government agency.
It's certianly not justification for an entire government agency. Two points: my list was certianly not exhaustive and you clearly stated "If you think that organization has accomplished anything more than erasing parts of the constitution while no one's looking, you're incredibly naive" which is obvioulsy incorrect based one even my partial list.
I'm not a troll, albeit I'm now going off-topic. I don't appreciate undeserved accusations though.
You deserve the accusation. If you don't want accusations like that, don't make sweeping generalizations that are clearly false.
Maybe you don't understand how this works. #1. You can't train later. People have to be trained ahead of time. #2. Your a terrorist: would you consider using chem/bio/nuke on your enemy who doen't have a proper response team more than if most of their first responders are well trained in mitigating the effects?
I'm guessing the likelihood of actually being attached on this way is signinficantly reduced because the risk/cost/reward is much lower now.
We've never been invaded by a navy or army in the continental US. Should we get rid of the Coast Guard patrols and make them an unarmed Search and Rescue agency only?
Who modded this insightful rather than flamebait? Come on now... Al Qaeda hasn't stopped anything because of the Deptartment of Homeland Security. If you think that organization has accomplished anything more than erasing parts of the constitution while no one's looking, you're incredibly naive.
You are incredibly misinformed.
While I disagree with MANY MANY MANY of the things DHS does/is doing, speaking as a firefighter, DHS has spured many initiatives that have effected fire departments, police agencies, and ems crews around the country.
WMD first response training wasn't even on the map a couple of years ago. FEMA simply coulnd't get their shit together. DHS made sure they did. Now more than 75% of us have been trained for Bio, Chemical, Eplosion, and Nuke first response tactics.
Again getting FEMA kick around has made their grants (which make or break many smaller agencies) for ACTUAL USEFUL ITEMS AND TRAINING, like for community outreach programs and fire prevention/safety presentations. And equipment/supplies for mass casualty incidents. And funding for more useful Emergency Management Plans for local government.
Just to review: you are a troll. An un-informed troll.
Science offers us so many incredible possibilities to explore, things that can greatly enhance our everyday lives, and yet our tax dollars go to things like this.
What's wrong with this research? You don't see any direct non-military applications? How about for deep-woods search and rescue. How about for a basic survival kit? How about wildland firefighters? And that's certinaly not a comprehensive list, nor is it even taking into account the indirect non-military benefits.
How precisely would MS (or any company) enter a market that is satisfied by GPL software by buying out or squeezing out?
Cough. Cough.
You sound somewhat more like you know what you're talking about in this post. Although you mention no electrical experience whatsoever. 7 years, or even 20 years, as a network engineer means nothing in regards to electricity. As far as who has what service inth where and how it's carved up, that's largely controlled by code, and our various local areas of familiarity very probably differ. And frankly, I'm not going to get into it any further.
Can someone tell me why you would need all this extra bandwidth on your laptop?
I'm currently using a T-Mobile Sierra Wireless solution, with which I'm lucky to get 56k down. While it works for my purposes (getting mail, updating tickets in RT, and sometimes SSHing into routers/checking my NMS) I'd really be able to use more bandwidth and better latency (for SSH especially). I find that the couple of hours I spend on the train 2 or three times a week is now actually PRODUCTIVE, as opposed to a complete waste of time. More bandwidth would make my life easier, and I'd gladly pay for it.
I can't be the only one.
So my question is... why did they ground it at all?
/. crowd, who's largest experience with electricity that involves anything more complicated that plugging something in is either "C" or "D" cell. And if YOU knew anything, you'd be aware that standard multi-unit wiring practices are to distribure all three legs of the incoming circuit to the panel in each unit, and split from there. So if there's only one electrical service in the building and you want to get around phase problems, you use equipment that runs on 220.
[...]
Second question... sheilded twisted pair? No one with a brain uses shielded cable for networks. That defeats every reason for twisting the pairs. It just picks up currents from everything around it.
Since your knowledge is out of a book, rather than practice, it's going to be difficult to explain. But it comes down to some things like never installing riser runs without surge suppression, much of which is specifically designed for a grounded shield.
Third... The number of stories has nothing to do with it... People wire like that you'll get knocked on your butt between apartments... Try wiring in a building where they have split 3 phase to do the wiring. Forget to check a phase crossing and BAM you end up on your butt.
Troll Troll TROLL! Yet I'm still responding.
Yes the number of stories matter, as it relates to distance, and just about EVERY building (and residence) in the US has split three phase. Using big terms like that sure makes you sound smart to the
That's it. I'm not explaining this anymore. It's actually quite interesting, but probably lost on the trolls and people who thinks that their book knowledge trumps hands-on practical experience.
Judging by your obviously knowledgeable answer, I'd say you just proved yourself wrong.
Not really. For example: Am I right, or am I full of shit? How far do you have to dig to figure out who know what they're taking about (because just about everyone asserts their opinions as facts here).
In terms of wiring, get at least CAT 5 cable run ("CAT 6" is even better) to every floor. A separate wire to every floor, all culminating in the basement (or wherever your Internet access is) gives a measure of reliability in case of a wire fault or router fault on one floor. A patch panel at the termination point of all the wires is a good idea.
/. how to do technical things. Especially if they involve layer 1 or tools of any sort.
While I'm sure you're well intentioned and really trying to help (and the rest of your suggestions were good), this is a perfect example of why NOT to ask
A 4-story building most likely would cause significant issues (especially from the 4th floor to a basement) with ground potential differnces. That's why professionals use fiber for risers now. The old school way would still require STP for a run like that.
Failure to determine if this type of thing is a problem can result in: poor connections, no connection whatsoever, blown ethernet ports, etc. etc.
From firsthand experience on this, I was diagnosing an issue on an 8-floor STP run where some cable monkey moron (probably an electrician claiming to be a data cabling specialist) grounded both sides of the run. Being an idiot myself, I accidentally brushed the back of my hand on the shield after clipping it off on one side. It almost knocked me on my ass. And the connection ran without fault after that.
Bottom line....anything more than 2 floors is not a job for an amateur. Actually, anything on different floors/potentially different electrical services should be carefully considered.
Exactly the same way I treat Anonymous Coward posts such as yours.
Nice try, but you've disproved your own point by simply responding.
I use a paper bag for my gas cap...
Only the finest repair parts will do for classic pickups.
The floor of mine is now made entirely out of street signs. The original floor rotted away, and I've never seen a stret sign rust....so I figured why not. A few night missions, a couple boxes of pop rivets, a tube of caulk, and a couple bloody gashes later and I'm all set.