Sure, my dad sliced right through a nerve bundle while slicing the turkey on Thanksgiving a few years ago. The ER doc did a passable enough job of stitching him up but he noticed severe sensory problems with the thumb along with some movement problems when he took off the splint a day or two later. He went to a specialist and the guy ended up doing microsurgery to repair the nerve bundle as well as to do a better job of re-attaching the tendon.
Perhaps to learn that most of humanity doesn't consider protecting the rights of the majority from the infantile, addiction fed actions of the few to be despotic?
Wow, pointing out that the BAC standard in most of the world is lower than the US is flaimbait now? I hate how Slashdot moderation has turned into "-1 I disagree with you" over the last few years.
Outside of CARB areas I would think they'd be diesel generators today. The Solar Saturn tubines were mostly used at the microwave transmission towers, not for CO's (not saying they were never used, just that I've never seen a turbine generator install at any of the CO's I've visited).
Not to mention that the phone lines are NOT designed for constant voltage but rather intermittent voltage, a constant 3REN would probably generate more heat than the spec calls for. That's not such a big deal for one line but if you were pushing the thousands of lines in a typical CO like that you would probably have some major problems. There's also the simple fact that VoIP+copper for power would be less reliable than the PSTN so where is the advantage?
Turbines? I've only seen one turbine backup installation and that was for a WaMu facility in Northridge CA that had to use a turbine to meet harsh pollution standards for the LA basin.
Which is more reliable, a centrally managed and maintained redundant bank of batteries in the CO or tens or hundreds of thousands of individual batteries in customer premise equipment? Also which is going to be faster to repair or replace if there is an issue? The only system more reliable than the PSTN is HAM radio. As far as diesel not lasting forever that's true, but CO's and 911 centers are behind only hospitals as far as diesel delivery contracts are concerned and in natural disasters it's not unusual for the local national guard (or equivalent) to be used to help with those deliveries if there is the need.
Business's will simply skip Win8 on the desktop. We'll continue to have access to Win7 through our Select or Enterprise agreements and if you're too small to have either you're probably too small for the differences to matter. The more interesting question is if they will come out with a version of IE that supports Metro apps on Win7, if not then don't expect to see any significant business buyin for Metro.
The only way to get a safer margin between airspeed and stall speed would be to quickly descend but there are maximum dive rates as well. I'm not a pilot but I do read enough to understand that at cruising altitude you aren't making too many sudden maneuvers without putting the plane dangerously close to the limits.
Their ability to do that during the majority of flight is quite limited. The difference between stall speed and cruise speed at cruising altitude is on the order of tens of knots (for a 747-400 stall speed is ~425 knots and cruise speed 470-490 knots).
Not at all. I have much more than basic knowledge of electronics (worked as a depot tech early in my career) and I would not think that leaving a car for two weeks could possibly damage the cells irreparably, typical cell drainage for most battery types is on the order of 1-2% per month and even then you don't normally create permanent damage by letting them completely discharge (you might harm the full charge capacity some but that's about it). This phenomenon is apparently fairly unique to a small set of high capacity LiOn chemistries.
How is letting a car sit in a parking lot while you're on vacation come even close to being the same as draining the oil and driving it?!? One is a completely normal activity that won't cause a problem with any other vehicle on the market, the other is something no sane person with basic knowledge of anything mechanical would do.
Read what I said, I specifically mentioned AWD system, a typical sedan is not AWD. The BMW x1 xdrive 20i is probably the most efficient non-diesel AWD vehicle available (it was the most efficient at introduction) and it gets 7.7L/100km combined on the european circuit. The x1 xdrive 20d does considerably better at 5.3L/100km but for a variety of reasons from emissions standards to public perception diesel passenger cars are exceedingly rare in the US (moreso if you combine it with AWD, in fact I don't believe that combination is available in anything smaller than a full size truck in the US right now).
Oh, and best of all I can't get an x1 here in the states in any configuration since they don't currently sell them and as of a month ago have no plans to bring them to the US. As I mentioned in another comment I'm really hoping we hit $4.50-5.00/gallon this summer since I think a lot of options that are available in the European and Japanese markets will become available in the US this fall.
The NA EJ20 topped out at 190HP and with a turbo at 280HP, I fail to see how that is underpowered for any 4 seat passenger vehicle. Probably 90% of Subaru's cars outside the US market have engines smaller than the 2.5 yet that is the smallest engine they offer here. I'm personally hoping that we get to $5/gallon gas this summer so the American consumer can be smacked upside the head and come to realize that they don't need 380HP to commute to work.
More like Intel using their fab capital as seed money for small startups that they might want to buy. If they're small and already on Intel process then it's an easy way for Intel to buy into a market that gets hot.
I've never had a code that I couldn't look up through a quick Google and find not only the problem but also the fix with full step by step instructions if it's something a shade tree mechanic might possibly tackle.
I know you were going for funny, but I've totaled two cars in my day and in both instances the process was fast with little hassle, and I was fairly compensation (made money on the second one, bought it used 29 days prior and the KBB value was higher than what I had bought it for + deductible).
Yeah and the Mazda/Ford partnership is over (for now, not sure how long Mazda will be able to keep up world class R&D with their relatively small world shipments).
I'd never buy a used Subaru until the current engine gets into the used market, the NA 2.5's tend to develop head gasket problem's and it's not a cheap fix and unfortunately the 2.5 is the engine on almost all US Subaru's since US buys are idiots and think that the 2.0 and 2.2 are "underpowered".
There's no way you could realistically pay someone who pays that close attention to detail to open every box of connectors and inspect each one for cracks. There's just no way. You'd go crazy looking over little white MOLEX connectors, 1000 per hour, 8 hours a day.
You know we have computer vision systems for that sort of thing, I have a friend who does computer vision systems that analyze millions of items an hour for minor defects.
8.11L/100km isn't bad for a non-diesel AWD vehicle, especially for one with three rows of seats. Heck the very best non-diesel, non-hybrid AWD vehicles without a third row get around 7.5L/100km (Mazda CX5/new Ford Escape). You can do a bit better with a small displacement diesel due to superior torque to engine weight but at $4-4.50/gallon the ~$4-5k higher purchase price is hard to justify if you don't plan to keep the vehicle to ~200k miles (yes I know I'm mixing units, I do price comparison in local units but have researched cars world wide so I'm familiar with the normal range for the kinds of vehicle's I'm interested in).
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Sure, my dad sliced right through a nerve bundle while slicing the turkey on Thanksgiving a few years ago. The ER doc did a passable enough job of stitching him up but he noticed severe sensory problems with the thumb along with some movement problems when he took off the splint a day or two later. He went to a specialist and the guy ended up doing microsurgery to repair the nerve bundle as well as to do a better job of re-attaching the tendon.
Perhaps to learn that most of humanity doesn't consider protecting the rights of the majority from the infantile, addiction fed actions of the few to be despotic?
Wow, pointing out that the BAC standard in most of the world is lower than the US is flaimbait now? I hate how Slashdot moderation has turned into "-1 I disagree with you" over the last few years.
Dude, if you think US BAC limits are low you need to get out more. The limit in France is .05% just like most of the EU.
Outside of CARB areas I would think they'd be diesel generators today. The Solar Saturn tubines were mostly used at the microwave transmission towers, not for CO's (not saying they were never used, just that I've never seen a turbine generator install at any of the CO's I've visited).
Not to mention that the phone lines are NOT designed for constant voltage but rather intermittent voltage, a constant 3REN would probably generate more heat than the spec calls for. That's not such a big deal for one line but if you were pushing the thousands of lines in a typical CO like that you would probably have some major problems. There's also the simple fact that VoIP+copper for power would be less reliable than the PSTN so where is the advantage?
Turbines? I've only seen one turbine backup installation and that was for a WaMu facility in Northridge CA that had to use a turbine to meet harsh pollution standards for the LA basin.
Which is more reliable, a centrally managed and maintained redundant bank of batteries in the CO or tens or hundreds of thousands of individual batteries in customer premise equipment? Also which is going to be faster to repair or replace if there is an issue? The only system more reliable than the PSTN is HAM radio. As far as diesel not lasting forever that's true, but CO's and 911 centers are behind only hospitals as far as diesel delivery contracts are concerned and in natural disasters it's not unusual for the local national guard (or equivalent) to be used to help with those deliveries if there is the need.
Business's will simply skip Win8 on the desktop. We'll continue to have access to Win7 through our Select or Enterprise agreements and if you're too small to have either you're probably too small for the differences to matter. The more interesting question is if they will come out with a version of IE that supports Metro apps on Win7, if not then don't expect to see any significant business buyin for Metro.
My point was installing Chrome or Firefox does nothing to help with the "problem" of having the family protection service running.
Chrome and Firefox both integrate with the family safety API on Windows just fine....
The only way to get a safer margin between airspeed and stall speed would be to quickly descend but there are maximum dive rates as well. I'm not a pilot but I do read enough to understand that at cruising altitude you aren't making too many sudden maneuvers without putting the plane dangerously close to the limits.
Their ability to do that during the majority of flight is quite limited. The difference between stall speed and cruise speed at cruising altitude is on the order of tens of knots (for a 747-400 stall speed is ~425 knots and cruise speed 470-490 knots).
Not at all. I have much more than basic knowledge of electronics (worked as a depot tech early in my career) and I would not think that leaving a car for two weeks could possibly damage the cells irreparably, typical cell drainage for most battery types is on the order of 1-2% per month and even then you don't normally create permanent damage by letting them completely discharge (you might harm the full charge capacity some but that's about it). This phenomenon is apparently fairly unique to a small set of high capacity LiOn chemistries.
How is letting a car sit in a parking lot while you're on vacation come even close to being the same as draining the oil and driving it?!? One is a completely normal activity that won't cause a problem with any other vehicle on the market, the other is something no sane person with basic knowledge of anything mechanical would do.
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Seriously, the first three pages of "Morning Thunder caffeine FDA" turn up no useful results in Google.
Read what I said, I specifically mentioned AWD system, a typical sedan is not AWD. The BMW x1 xdrive 20i is probably the most efficient non-diesel AWD vehicle available (it was the most efficient at introduction) and it gets 7.7L/100km combined on the european circuit. The x1 xdrive 20d does considerably better at 5.3L/100km but for a variety of reasons from emissions standards to public perception diesel passenger cars are exceedingly rare in the US (moreso if you combine it with AWD, in fact I don't believe that combination is available in anything smaller than a full size truck in the US right now).
Oh, and best of all I can't get an x1 here in the states in any configuration since they don't currently sell them and as of a month ago have no plans to bring them to the US. As I mentioned in another comment I'm really hoping we hit $4.50-5.00/gallon this summer since I think a lot of options that are available in the European and Japanese markets will become available in the US this fall.
The NA EJ20 topped out at 190HP and with a turbo at 280HP, I fail to see how that is underpowered for any 4 seat passenger vehicle. Probably 90% of Subaru's cars outside the US market have engines smaller than the 2.5 yet that is the smallest engine they offer here. I'm personally hoping that we get to $5/gallon gas this summer so the American consumer can be smacked upside the head and come to realize that they don't need 380HP to commute to work.
More like Intel using their fab capital as seed money for small startups that they might want to buy. If they're small and already on Intel process then it's an easy way for Intel to buy into a market that gets hot.
I've never had a code that I couldn't look up through a quick Google and find not only the problem but also the fix with full step by step instructions if it's something a shade tree mechanic might possibly tackle.
I know you were going for funny, but I've totaled two cars in my day and in both instances the process was fast with little hassle, and I was fairly compensation (made money on the second one, bought it used 29 days prior and the KBB value was higher than what I had bought it for + deductible).
Yeah and the Mazda/Ford partnership is over (for now, not sure how long Mazda will be able to keep up world class R&D with their relatively small world shipments).
I'd never buy a used Subaru until the current engine gets into the used market, the NA 2.5's tend to develop head gasket problem's and it's not a cheap fix and unfortunately the 2.5 is the engine on almost all US Subaru's since US buys are idiots and think that the 2.0 and 2.2 are "underpowered".
There's no way you could realistically pay someone who pays that close attention to detail to open every box of connectors and inspect each one for cracks. There's just no way. You'd go crazy looking over little white MOLEX connectors, 1000 per hour, 8 hours a day.
You know we have computer vision systems for that sort of thing, I have a friend who does computer vision systems that analyze millions of items an hour for minor defects.
8.11L/100km isn't bad for a non-diesel AWD vehicle, especially for one with three rows of seats. Heck the very best non-diesel, non-hybrid AWD vehicles without a third row get around 7.5L/100km (Mazda CX5/new Ford Escape). You can do a bit better with a small displacement diesel due to superior torque to engine weight but at $4-4.50/gallon the ~$4-5k higher purchase price is hard to justify if you don't plan to keep the vehicle to ~200k miles (yes I know I'm mixing units, I do price comparison in local units but have researched cars world wide so I'm familiar with the normal range for the kinds of vehicle's I'm interested in).