A Stirling engine is an motor driven by two plates that are held (somehow) at a temperature difference. I have seen several, including one that was driven by the heat coming off my hand.
The benefit to a Stirling engine is that any type of heating process can lead to motion.
I actually learned this while visiting DEKA (Dean Kamen's research and development company that created the Segway). They were developed by a man named Stirling sometime in the 1800s, I believe.
When an hour long show contains
22 minutes worth of show (2 minutes of beginning and ending + 20 minutes actual plot and acting) and 28 minutes worth of commercials there's a little commercial zone-out going on.
That and they're stealing 10 minutes out of my hour!
I never dreamed of owning a PDA. I thought they were incredibly useless. I also kept appointments or phone numbers but always lost the paper I'd write them on.
My dad's company upgraded to newer devices so we got to keep the old Philips Velo 1, which I tried to use but had no good use for.
As soon as I hit college for the first few months I found myself unable to keep up with all the appointments. I was constantly getting emails about all sorts of things and the scheduled times were changing and I never knew when things were happening anymore, so I started using Outlook and copy/pasting the original email text into the notes section of each appointment.
After awhile I found myself booting up my laptop everytime I forgot what my next appointment was. I could have written down all my appointments, but knowing myself I would always leave them behind in my room as I shuffled out to get to class on time.
I bought a Palm OS device knowing that I would always grab it by habit with my wallet and keys as I would run out the door. Plus I would sync it to my computer by habit every day. By making it of more value than pieces of paper, I found I would treat it much better and never leave it behind, lest I lose my investment.
I think there are two main problems that prevent people from using their PDAs to their potential.
One is that people don't sync their devices up and therefore the info becomes obsolete and by then it's no longer a useful tool to have around. I love having everyone's phone number in one place, but it's even better to have all of them in two places and know that both are updated. Plus, if I lose either my Outlook data or my Palm's memory, I know I can get it all back from the other, so I trust it more.
Perhaps the main reason people don't use PDAs, though? One word: batteries. If the batteries aren't recharagable, then it's an expensive hassle to keep it up. By tossing it in the hotsync cradle when I get in every day, I've never had to worry about it croaking on me.
My final verdict is that you probably don't need one. I always advise people not to get one unless they really plan on using it a lot. I personally do use mine a lot and it's really helped me out. However, anyone who has to ask if they need it or not probably does not.
I'm a student at Olin, and there is somewhat of an emphasis on sports and leisurely exercise.
For instance, just the other day I participated in the weekly pick up basketball game that consistently draws both faculty and students. There are intramurals starting up this year, and last year there were three girls who played rugby, of all things.
My point is that we're certainly not a school of wimpy eggheads that sit around all day doing equations. Pigeonholing is next to impossible here, at least how things have been so far.
By the way, Franklin W. Olin himself was a professional athlete. He played baseball back in the late 1800s (before the major leagues, but still on a professional team). We currently believe we are the only institution that is named after a professional athlete, at least until we find out otherwise!
Now I can't guarantee that there will be any sort of physical education courses in the curriculum, but there certainly is an emphasis on exercise and health for faculty, students, and even staff and administration.
I'll be sure to give the Emerson essay a read. Thanks.
Quick lowdown on the 2 Olin foundations is another comment by someone that very plainly describes how we are not affiliated with the John Olin Foundation, but rather the Franklin W. Olin Foundation. You'll find they're very different. Please help us to dispel this rumor.
Well the lack of TV must be helping them, because they are only 2 and 4 and they're fully able to watch a full length movie that you admit is for five-year-olds. I must say that they sure have great attention spans, and can talk in both Dutch and English. I'm not joking.
Anyway, Pulp Fiction is probably not the right choice here.
And I watched tons of television while I was young. I don't watch as much lately, but I'm not overprotective about it.
Oh and I'll be DJing a good-sized party in a couple weeks, so we'll see if any of the females talk to me. You know, since I haven't talked to any of them ever before. Oh the anticipation!
Hmm, I wonder how many male engineering students are willing to sit down and babysit for four hours nowadays anyway.
First off, we're not doing a civil engineering program.;)
Anyway, sure you can argue that, but why not try? I think that trying is what separates the renaissance men from the trolls. I know that Olin won't teach me everything. But also I know that surrounding me with Renaissance Faculty sure won't hurt. I also am willing to push the school away from any ideas or programs that could hurt our greater goals. When they say the students have a lot of say, they're sure not kidding. But don't for a second think that we sit on our butts all day. Everyone here has argued and fought for the better solution rather than the easiest in many cases.
And anyway, even if renaissance people are born that way, I'd rather go to a school that actively picks out that 50%. We don't have a single mindless homework drone here.
I bet there are a ton of sites with.edu domains that aren't schools at all. Just think of the spam possibilites. Get your free diploma!
Well I can certainly tell you we're not like that. I went through a ton of work last year and learned so much about how engineering and business and science in general works. If anyone ever tried to convince me this place is a joke and you can't learn stuff here, they must not be a student from here.
ABET is the accreditation board we are working towards gaining acceptance from.
I'm just a student, so I'm not the most knowledgeable person in this arena. I also do not officially represent the school in any comment here.
We are most likely going to go far above and beyond the requirements for nonengineering courses by design. It's how we're trying to set ourselves apart.
The primary reason we are not accredited is that an old ABET regulation says that a school must graduate a class first. I don't care that we're not, because we've been working with the board to achieve and surpass any requirements. Also, some companies have promised to hire any graduates on the spot, along with a lot of graduate schools showing interest. So accreditation doesn't have to be the be-all-end-all solution.
There we learned a lot about the French school system, and personally I liked a lot about it and I also didn't like a lot about it. One negative thing is the strict paths that seem pretty much predetermined for each student based on standardized test scores.
To get into Olin, you should have a reasonably good SAT score, but once you're a finalist for a spot Olin Admission throws out all technical data and literally meets each student personally. Maybe that's a luxury for now, but we're keeping it going as long as we can. For the most part we're looking for people who are pretty active in both academics and in other nonacademic passionate pursuits.
No school can teach you how to be passionate about something you do, even in France.
I'm a student at Olin College. Sports are encouraged. We have many intramurals starting up, and three girls were onof all thingsa rugby team last year.
We've been working on joining regional sports leagues. However, we just don't have enough students yet. For now we've been trying to get permission to play on Babson College's team. Babson is right next door (we bought some of their land) and has several sports teams (although no football).
In the future, though, we will most likely be pursuing NCAA status. Our mascot is the Phoenix since we strive to constantly reinvent ourselves. (I know it's cheesy, but it works)
I know there isn't a lot we know about what is required contentwise for a degree course. That's what the professors are for.
It would be more accurate to say that we're working on what the best way to teach is. We all know what we liked from our high school educations (and even more about what we didn't like).
I must say it was a strange position to be in last year knowing that if I don't do my homework well, I get a bad school!
One caveat: I ordered one of these back in about February, and I only just got it a few weeks ago! I'm happy though because the US Government Printing Office gave me an automatic discount when it was slow. I must say the couple of quarters or so really helped defray that horrible $3.00 cost.
Anyway, I'm home for summer and can't wait to get back up to school to see what it's like (it was shipped there, since I didn't count on such a long wait).
I'm going to patent a technology that distributes random patents to customers. Sign up for my service and my automated database of hundreds to thousands of "existing and entrenched"(tm) public-domain technologies will work for you! Just think of all the royalties you can charge once you patent things such as:
Clicking the mouse
Turning on the computer
Muting the television
Muting the computer
and thousands more everyday! Plus, our complex pattern matching software ensures you that a steady stream of patents that involve multiple technologies combined in obvious ways will be yours to control as well! For instance:
Listening to headphones while playing music on the computer
Listening to speakers while music is playing on the computer
Listening to headphones while spoken-word performances are playing on the computer
and billions more! Why pay for sissy patent attorneys when you can get our service for the mere cost of 10% of all royalties collected?! It's a steal and quite a deal!
Disclaimer: We are not responsible for any legal charges or lost patents. Void where prohibited.
For the right amount of payment I've got a couple of friends who'd love to bang on the mouse all day! I tend to prefer the keyboard myself, so I'll do the typing. Best of all, we're entirely cross-platform (among platforms can handle physical input, that is).
Finally, I've discovered a use for this strange box on my desk.
Unplug your WebTV from the wall when it's not in use. Then it can't call 911 unless you're using it right then, and you'd notice when your connection was interrupted.
To be perfectly honest mine didn't do anything strange after this. Maybe you should your defective one back to the manufacturer and try to get a new one.
Conspiracy to Provide Material Support & Resources to Foreign Terrorist Organizations (2 counts)
Providing Material Support & Resources to Foreign Terrorist Organizations (2 counts)
Conspiracy to Contribute Services to al Qaeda
Contributing Services to al Qaeda
Conspiracy to Supply Services to the Taliban
Supplying Services to the Taliban
Using and Carrying Firearms and Destructive Devices During Crimes of Violence
First off, all of these are crimes under the U.S. Code. Second off, they never accuse him of joining a "political party" anywhere in those crimes. You could argue that they are political parties, but under current federal law they are defined as "terrorists groups" and that is all that the court can consider.
He most certainly was not tried for treason. If he had been convicted of treason, which is very difficult because it requires two witnesses to view the actual act of committing it (and affiliation alone is not an act). If he had been convicted, the only sentence possible is death (check your copy of the Constitution, as far as I can remember it's the only punishment spelled out directly in there). That will remain true unless an amendment is passed, and I don't think there are a lot of people ready to stand up for that cause.
How many Windows attacks go unreported and unnoticed? All this can show really is that Linux attacks are increasingly easier to notice and report, while Windows attacks either are actually lower or (more likely) go unnoticed and perhaps even persist over a long time.
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The benefit to a Stirling engine is that any type of heating process can lead to motion.
I actually learned this while visiting DEKA (Dean Kamen's research and development company that created the Segway). They were developed by a man named Stirling sometime in the 1800s, I believe.
My dad's company upgraded to newer devices so we got to keep the old Philips Velo 1, which I tried to use but had no good use for.
As soon as I hit college for the first few months I found myself unable to keep up with all the appointments. I was constantly getting emails about all sorts of things and the scheduled times were changing and I never knew when things were happening anymore, so I started using Outlook and copy/pasting the original email text into the notes section of each appointment.
After awhile I found myself booting up my laptop everytime I forgot what my next appointment was. I could have written down all my appointments, but knowing myself I would always leave them behind in my room as I shuffled out to get to class on time.
I bought a Palm OS device knowing that I would always grab it by habit with my wallet and keys as I would run out the door. Plus I would sync it to my computer by habit every day. By making it of more value than pieces of paper, I found I would treat it much better and never leave it behind, lest I lose my investment.
I think there are two main problems that prevent people from using their PDAs to their potential.
One is that people don't sync their devices up and therefore the info becomes obsolete and by then it's no longer a useful tool to have around. I love having everyone's phone number in one place, but it's even better to have all of them in two places and know that both are updated. Plus, if I lose either my Outlook data or my Palm's memory, I know I can get it all back from the other, so I trust it more.
Perhaps the main reason people don't use PDAs, though? One word: batteries. If the batteries aren't recharagable, then it's an expensive hassle to keep it up. By tossing it in the hotsync cradle when I get in every day, I've never had to worry about it croaking on me.
My final verdict is that you probably don't need one. I always advise people not to get one unless they really plan on using it a lot. I personally do use mine a lot and it's really helped me out. However, anyone who has to ask if they need it or not probably does not.
For instance, just the other day I participated in the weekly pick up basketball game that consistently draws both faculty and students. There are intramurals starting up this year, and last year there were three girls who played rugby, of all things.
My point is that we're certainly not a school of wimpy eggheads that sit around all day doing equations. Pigeonholing is next to impossible here, at least how things have been so far.
By the way, Franklin W. Olin himself was a professional athlete. He played baseball back in the late 1800s (before the major leagues, but still on a professional team). We currently believe we are the only institution that is named after a professional athlete, at least until we find out otherwise!
Now I can't guarantee that there will be any sort of physical education courses in the curriculum, but there certainly is an emphasis on exercise and health for faculty, students, and even staff and administration.
I'll be sure to give the Emerson essay a read. Thanks.
I wrote about this in less detail in another comment.
Thanks
Anyway, Pulp Fiction is probably not the right choice here.
And I watched tons of television while I was young. I don't watch as much lately, but I'm not overprotective about it.
Oh and I'll be DJing a good-sized party in a couple weeks, so we'll see if any of the females talk to me. You know, since I haven't talked to any of them ever before. Oh the anticipation!
Hmm, I wonder how many male engineering students are willing to sit down and babysit for four hours nowadays anyway.
At least we're doing better by default than most engineering schools!
And yes, I am an Olin student
Anyway, sure you can argue that, but why not try? I think that trying is what separates the renaissance men from the trolls. I know that Olin won't teach me everything. But also I know that surrounding me with Renaissance Faculty sure won't hurt. I also am willing to push the school away from any ideas or programs that could hurt our greater goals. When they say the students have a lot of say, they're sure not kidding. But don't for a second think that we sit on our butts all day. Everyone here has argued and fought for the better solution rather than the easiest in many cases.
And anyway, even if renaissance people are born that way, I'd rather go to a school that actively picks out that 50%. We don't have a single mindless homework drone here.
And the 50/50 male/female ratio is nice too. ;)
Well I can certainly tell you we're not like that. I went through a ton of work last year and learned so much about how engineering and business and science in general works. If anyone ever tried to convince me this place is a joke and you can't learn stuff here, they must not be a student from here.
I'm just a student, so I'm not the most knowledgeable person in this arena. I also do not officially represent the school in any comment here.
We are most likely going to go far above and beyond the requirements for nonengineering courses by design. It's how we're trying to set ourselves apart.
The primary reason we are not accredited is that an old ABET regulation says that a school must graduate a class first. I don't care that we're not, because we've been working with the board to achieve and surpass any requirements. Also, some companies have promised to hire any graduates on the spot, along with a lot of graduate schools showing interest. So accreditation doesn't have to be the be-all-end-all solution.
We all took a trip to Georgia Tech Lorraine in France.
There we learned a lot about the French school system, and personally I liked a lot about it and I also didn't like a lot about it. One negative thing is the strict paths that seem pretty much predetermined for each student based on standardized test scores.
To get into Olin, you should have a reasonably good SAT score, but once you're a finalist for a spot Olin Admission throws out all technical data and literally meets each student personally. Maybe that's a luxury for now, but we're keeping it going as long as we can. For the most part we're looking for people who are pretty active in both academics and in other nonacademic passionate pursuits.
No school can teach you how to be passionate about something you do, even in France.
(Any opinions are mine, not Olin College's)
We've been working on joining regional sports leagues. However, we just don't have enough students yet. For now we've been trying to get permission to play on Babson College's team. Babson is right next door (we bought some of their land) and has several sports teams (although no football).
In the future, though, we will most likely be pursuing NCAA status. Our mascot is the Phoenix since we strive to constantly reinvent ourselves. (I know it's cheesy, but it works)
I know there isn't a lot we know about what is required contentwise for a degree course. That's what the professors are for.
It would be more accurate to say that we're working on what the best way to teach is. We all know what we liked from our high school educations (and even more about what we didn't like).
I must say it was a strange position to be in last year knowing that if I don't do my homework well, I get a bad school!
One caveat: I ordered one of these back in about February, and I only just got it a few weeks ago! I'm happy though because the US Government Printing Office gave me an automatic discount when it was slow. I must say the couple of quarters or so really helped defray that horrible $3.00 cost.
Anyway, I'm home for summer and can't wait to get back up to school to see what it's like (it was shipped there, since I didn't count on such a long wait).
I'm going to patent a technology that distributes random patents to customers. Sign up for my service and my automated database of hundreds to thousands of "existing and entrenched"(tm) public-domain technologies will work for you! Just think of all the royalties you can charge once you patent things such as:
- Clicking the mouse
- Turning on the computer
- Muting the television
- Muting the computer
and thousands more everyday! Plus, our complex pattern matching software ensures you that a steady stream of patents that involve multiple technologies combined in obvious ways will be yours to control as well! For instance:- Listening to headphones while playing music on the computer
- Listening to speakers while music is playing on the computer
- Listening to headphones while spoken-word performances are playing on the computer
and billions more! Why pay for sissy patent attorneys when you can get our service for the mere cost of 10% of all royalties collected?! It's a steal and quite a deal!Disclaimer: We are not responsible for any legal charges or lost patents. Void where prohibited.
Finally, I've discovered a use for this strange box on my desk.
Two bees, or not two bees?
That is the question.
Unplug your WebTV from the wall when it's not in use. Then it can't call 911 unless you're using it right then, and you'd notice when your connection was interrupted.
Here's what I said:
To be perfectly honest mine didn't do anything strange after this. Maybe you should your defective one back to the manufacturer and try to get a new one.Make that Conspiracy to Murder U.S. Nationals.
- Conspiracy of U.S. Nationals
- Conspiracy to Provide Material Support & Resources to Foreign Terrorist Organizations (2 counts)
- Providing Material Support & Resources to Foreign Terrorist Organizations (2 counts)
- Conspiracy to Contribute Services to al Qaeda
- Contributing Services to al Qaeda
- Conspiracy to Supply Services to the Taliban
- Supplying Services to the Taliban
- Using and Carrying Firearms and Destructive Devices During Crimes of Violence
First off, all of these are crimes under the U.S. Code. Second off, they never accuse him of joining a "political party" anywhere in those crimes. You could argue that they are political parties, but under current federal law they are defined as "terrorists groups" and that is all that the court can consider.He most certainly was not tried for treason. If he had been convicted of treason, which is very difficult because it requires two witnesses to view the actual act of committing it (and affiliation alone is not an act). If he had been convicted, the only sentence possible is death (check your copy of the Constitution, as far as I can remember it's the only punishment spelled out directly in there). That will remain true unless an amendment is passed, and I don't think there are a lot of people ready to stand up for that cause.
And isn't the 17th anniversary about the weirest time to celebrate? Tetris can finally go to an R-rated movie!
Hmm... both / and . are tetris pieces too. I smell a conspiracy.
How many Windows attacks go unreported and unnoticed? All this can show really is that Linux attacks are increasingly easier to notice and report, while Windows attacks either are actually lower or (more likely) go unnoticed and perhaps even persist over a long time.
Then they'd have to make a "Software Update Security Hole Patch software update/security hole patch".