So when I go to buy a Win98SE full version CD (so the box I'm building is legit) you're saying I need to be on the lookout for Buy-It-Now(tm) auctions? Thanks for the tip!
Seems like a reasonable way to start the flow, but how do you throttle it up or down? IANAAerospaceEngineer, nor have I had fluid dynamics training beyond undergrad classes, but the condensation-generated shockwave would seem to work in a very narrow window. Increase or decrease the steam flow by much and the shockwave either moves out the back of the jet or up into the mixing chamber.
When I fish, the throttle is rarely full-open.
Mind you, the invention would still be awesome for ocean-traversing ships, where constant thrust for long distances is the rule of thumb. I just don't see the value for the small bass boat.
Same Stupidity, Different Decade.
Also in Denver, 1970s. (17th and Hudson, east of City Park)
For me (and my older brothers) it was Schlitz beer cans (back when they were steel, not Flimsy Al) duct tape, tennis balls, and ever-increasingly-dangerous fluid propellants
Started with hairspray, then naptha (Zippo fuel -- had to heat the beer can up to vaporize it) then gasoline from the lawnmower.
Strangely, we all kinda stopped doing it right after that.
Re:Evidence we've been damaging the environment
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Starshine 3 is Toast
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I tried to mod this, but I couldn't find the "-1 OffHisRocker" option.
Here is the movies page mentioned above.
More details:
The work is about RFID tagging tires and/or wheels, for the purpose of air pressure monitoring systems.
The RFID to VIN association is described, but in the context of "avoiding false alarms" e.g. low-pressure signal from the next car over.
The AIAG is the Automotive Industry Action Group -- "We do what's right for the Automotive Industry!" -- the do very little to make it sound like their work is pro-consumer, and a lot to make it sound pro-industry.
But only if it has Ogg Vorbis support.
Oh, and plays Divx movies.
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TiVo and Rendezvous
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I'm sorry, you're right. This is what happens when an Apple story makes the front page -- riff-raff like me wander into the Apple crowd and make fools of ourselves like this.
I'll go back to the WinTel corner now and leave you pinko commie fanatics to your fancy colorful computers.
Interactions between the clouds of electrically charged gas around Io and electrically charged particles in Jupiter's polar atmosphere speed up the rotation of the charged particles around Io but also apply an infinitesmal drag to the rotation of Jupiter, gradually slowing the speed at which the giant planet spins.
I struggle to get my mind around just how massive Jupiter is, particularly with respect to the force that Io's ionosphere (say that three times fast) can apply to that mass. Gnats have a better chance of stopping my Jeep as they meet my windshield.
802.11g for meta information?
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TiVo and Rendezvous
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Two questions:
1 - Where do you live that 11Mb/s is the bottleneck between your Tivo and the backbone? I count myself lucky to have 640k down/128 up DSL.
2 - Just how much meta information do you need to download to this thing that you need 22Mb/s? Or do you really need to refresh all program info for all 400 DBS channels every second?
Damn, there goes another joke.
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Drilling For Magma
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At a previous job, I wrote code to clean up data entry problems in oil well data. If someone put an extra digit into the Total Depth field, those were flagged as Magma wells. (it's only funny if there is no such thing, you see)
On the other hand, it's nice to look at this story and realize my code would simply call this a 170m well and move on its merry way.
My first sysadmin gig started in 1988 @ CIRES (Hi John!)
The previous winter they decommisioned the PDP-11 and learned that the thermostat in the machine room never really worked -- the AC had been running 24/7 for months, maybe years. When the PDP was shut down, the temperature dropped into the 40s. They had to open doors and set up fans to WARM UP the machine room until the facilities folks arrived.
Heat (and nosie for that matter) are only a big problem if your top priority is speed.
My latest system has a top priority of silence, with raw horsepower a second thought. The purpose is to record audio in a live setting (burn off CDs of a church service immediately following the service.) so I don't need a 2GHz P4. Once you back away from the bleeding edge, heat becomes much less of a problem.
The solution in my case is a VIA C3 650, decent copper heat sink and no CPU fan. The video needs are minimal, so no GPU fan. The thing draws less power than most, so the temp-controlled fans never turn on.
I'm still trying to decide if the liquid-bearing hard drive is worth the extra $100 though.
Journal entry: Day 3.
Got my butt kicked by the cool kids again. Maybe I'll see if the geeks at slashdot will respect me instead. Geez this thing sucks. For $3k, I could have bought that snazzy water cooled overclocked P4! Damn!
I think a better "Ask Slashdot" would be: Gee, holiday lights are so darn cheap these days, what other uses can we find for them?"
You had to ask...
I took a 50-bulb string and re-spliced the wiring every 5 bulbs. This converts a 120v string to a 12v string. My Jeep's spare tire is centered on the tailgate, just begging for a wreath at Christmas time. Lots of Jeeps have this, but mine lights up when I step on the brakes.
I've had this for years. This year I added a centerpiece -- I found a 4" plasma ball at Walgreens (for $8) that already ran on 12VDC.
I love it, my freinds love it. Strangely, my wife (and my friends' wives) just roll their eyes. Go figure. --
How many posts have the theme "I've been boycotting RIAA for years -- the last new CD I bought was xx years ago."
News flash -- this means that RIAA doesn't care about you. By definition, you are not their customer. Hell, you're not even close to their target demographic. Why would they care if you love/hate/support/boycott/praise/condemn them?
You, personally, have absolutely zero impact on their bottom line. Zip Nada --
Radical notion -- opt out.
Step one - realize that you are NOT the consumer for broadcast entertainment -- you are the product. The consumer is the advertiser, the "content" is the vehicle for delivering the product (you) to the consumer.
Step two -- get sick of being sold
Step three -- look at your "favorite shows" in a whole new light
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So when I go to buy a Win98SE full version CD (so the box I'm building is legit) you're saying I need to be on the lookout for Buy-It-Now(tm) auctions? Thanks for the tip!
How could I ask for more? It already keeps the hot stuff hot, and the cold stuff cold!
Oh wait, that's my thermos. Nevermind.
Story is a duplicate -- original is here.
This article is a dupe of a story that Taco is going to post a few hours from now
Seems like a reasonable way to start the flow, but how do you throttle it up or down? IANAAerospaceEngineer, nor have I had fluid dynamics training beyond undergrad classes, but the condensation-generated shockwave would seem to work in a very narrow window. Increase or decrease the steam flow by much and the shockwave either moves out the back of the jet or up into the mixing chamber.
When I fish, the throttle is rarely full-open.
Mind you, the invention would still be awesome for ocean-traversing ships, where constant thrust for long distances is the rule of thumb. I just don't see the value for the small bass boat.
Same Stupidity, Different Decade.
Also in Denver, 1970s. (17th and Hudson, east of City Park)
For me (and my older brothers) it was Schlitz beer cans (back when they were steel, not Flimsy Al) duct tape, tennis balls, and ever-increasingly-dangerous fluid propellants
Started with hairspray, then naptha (Zippo fuel -- had to heat the beer can up to vaporize it) then gasoline from the lawnmower.
Strangely, we all kinda stopped doing it right after that.
I tried to mod this, but I couldn't find the "-1 OffHisRocker" option.
Here is the movies page mentioned above.
More details:
The work is about RFID tagging tires and/or wheels, for the purpose of air pressure monitoring systems.
The RFID to VIN association is described, but in the context of "avoiding false alarms" e.g. low-pressure signal from the next car over.
The AIAG is the Automotive Industry Action Group -- "We do what's right for the Automotive Industry!" -- the do very little to make it sound like their work is pro-consumer, and a lot to make it sound pro-industry.
In case this seems familiar
But only if it has Ogg Vorbis support.
Oh, and plays Divx movies.
I'm sorry, you're right. This is what happens when an Apple story makes the front page -- riff-raff like me wander into the Apple crowd and make fools of ourselves like this.
I'll go back to the WinTel corner now and leave you pinko commie fanatics to your fancy colorful computers.
Interactions between the clouds of electrically charged gas around Io and electrically charged particles in Jupiter's polar atmosphere speed up the rotation of the charged particles around Io but also apply an infinitesmal drag to the rotation of Jupiter, gradually slowing the speed at which the giant planet spins.
I struggle to get my mind around just how massive Jupiter is, particularly with respect to the force that Io's ionosphere (say that three times fast) can apply to that mass.
Gnats have a better chance of stopping my Jeep as they meet my windshield.
Two questions:
1 - Where do you live that 11Mb/s is the bottleneck between your Tivo and the backbone? I count myself lucky to have 640k down/128 up DSL.
2 - Just how much meta information do you need to download to this thing that you need 22Mb/s? Or do you really need to refresh all program info for all 400 DBS channels every second?
Dammit Lot, I told you not to look back!
At a previous job, I wrote code to clean up data entry problems in oil well data. If someone put an extra digit into the Total Depth field, those were flagged as Magma wells. (it's only funny if there is no such thing, you see)
On the other hand, it's nice to look at this story and realize my code would simply call this a 170m well and move on its merry way.
My first sysadmin gig started in 1988 @ CIRES (Hi John!)
The previous winter they decommisioned the PDP-11 and learned that the thermostat in the machine room never really worked -- the AC had been running 24/7 for months, maybe years. When the PDP was shut down, the temperature dropped into the 40s. They had to open doors and set up fans to WARM UP the machine room until the facilities folks arrived.
Heat (and nosie for that matter) are only a big problem if your top priority is speed.
My latest system has a top priority of silence, with raw horsepower a second thought. The purpose is to record audio in a live setting (burn off CDs of a church service immediately following the service.) so I don't need a 2GHz P4. Once you back away from the bleeding edge, heat becomes much less of a problem.
The solution in my case is a VIA C3 650, decent copper heat sink and no CPU fan. The video needs are minimal, so no GPU fan. The thing draws less power than most, so the temp-controlled fans never turn on.
I'm still trying to decide if the liquid-bearing hard drive is worth the extra $100 though.
Journal entry: Day 3.
Got my butt kicked by the cool kids again. Maybe I'll see if the geeks at slashdot will respect me instead. Geez this thing sucks. For $3k, I could have bought that snazzy water cooled overclocked P4! Damn!
"But senator, you say 'Industry-wide consolidation' like it's a BAD thing!"
Oh, and Bill didn't say this. He didn't say "640k should be enough for anybody" either, but the 'net is a funny thing.
Highly entertaining read, and props for putting the Google Cache link into the summary.
On that note, I'm going home.
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Oh it's a Ringo all right, just not THAT Ringo.
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I think a better "Ask Slashdot" would be: Gee, holiday lights are so darn cheap these days, what other uses can we find for them?"
You had to ask...
I took a 50-bulb string and re-spliced the wiring every 5 bulbs. This converts a 120v string to a 12v string. My Jeep's spare tire is centered on the tailgate, just begging for a wreath at Christmas time. Lots of Jeeps have this, but mine lights up when I step on the brakes.
I've had this for years. This year I added a centerpiece -- I found a 4" plasma ball at Walgreens (for $8) that already ran on 12VDC.
I love it, my freinds love it. Strangely, my wife (and my friends' wives) just roll their eyes. Go figure.
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How many posts have the theme "I've been boycotting RIAA for years -- the last new CD I bought was xx years ago."
News flash -- this means that RIAA doesn't care about you. By definition, you are not their customer. Hell, you're not even close to their target demographic. Why would they care if you love/hate/support/boycott/praise/condemn them?
You, personally, have absolutely zero impact on their bottom line.
Zip
Nada
--
Radical notion -- opt out.
Step one - realize that you are NOT the consumer for broadcast entertainment -- you are the product. The consumer is the advertiser, the "content" is the vehicle for delivering the product (you) to the consumer.
Step two -- get sick of being sold
Step three -- look at your "favorite shows" in a whole new light
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It may or may not surprise you that burned Seattleites smell a lot like roasted coffee.
Mind if I swipe that quote for my sig?
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