I don't think this guy knows what he's talking about. OSS isn't about making money. It's about creating a community and giving that community the freedom to use and change its software as it pleases. And OSS, Free, and GPL code is not "Public Domain". It has a copyright, but the terms of that copyright allow it to be redistributed, changed, and copied for free provided all the terms are met and any code added to it or derived from it also remains free.
A Lightsaber cuts pretty fast through materials like that. As for the metal bits we'll asume it propels them away from the user, somehow. As for the heat...a portable (55 amp) plasma cutter can cut 1/4" material at roughly 70 inches per minute. The plasma coming out is roughly 24,000 degrees, and is a stream traveling at 20,000 fpm. An industrial cutter can do roughly 1000 inches per minute. I wouldn't imagine its flame is any hotter than 30K degrees. a lightsaber, it seems, cuts WAY faster than that. I wouldn' t know how to estimate its temperature using the given info, but maybe someone else can.
My first computer was an Atari 800. It was old even when i had it. A few years later when Pentiums came out we bought a P75 Acer Aspire. Mom and dad replaced it with a PII 450 Aspire (which they still use) and i got my first computer that was really mine, a Compaq Presario 1200 notebook.
From The Inquirer: Its massage is that corporations are engaging in racketeering in the developing world and a few power hungry individuals and greedy corporate entities are infringing on privacy and integrity.
Got to hand it to the Swedes, combining political advocacy with pirates and massages.
1. I don't see the valve gear anywhere. No cam, no lifters, rockers, valves, or valve springs.
2. No induction system. Nice exhaust though.
3. Fan blades on cooling fan are facing the wrong way. the fan should draw air towards the block, not blow it away from it. (This has little do to with the block itself and more to do with the fact that the radiator is usually in front of the engine, thus the fan draws cool air towards it. Having the fan blow into it causes an overheat due to a bubble of stagnant air and high-temp engine bay air being blowin into the radiator.)
4. Title is misleading. Thought they meant a real V8 engine. It's just a 'V8 visible model" thing.
500 pounds? I have a V-6 Mustang with a stick that's rated to tow 1000. Says so in the owners manual and on the "rated weights and capacities" sticker. I dunno what would be rated to tow 500...like a Focus?
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Can they run linux?
I don't think this guy knows what he's talking about. OSS isn't about making money. It's about creating a community and giving that community the freedom to use and change its software as it pleases. And OSS, Free, and GPL code is not "Public Domain". It has a copyright, but the terms of that copyright allow it to be redistributed, changed, and copied for free provided all the terms are met and any code added to it or derived from it also remains free.
Till this memory comes into play in standard PC's so i can install virus protection software on it. Irony!
The Altair, AMD's Quad-Core CPU, being named for the first widely available home computer, the Altair 8800, is just too fun.
Let's hope AMD's altair is more useful.
That the kid playing violent video games was a symptom of his violent capacity, not the other way around.
Don't worry, i have mod points, i can....D'OH!
Whatever shall we do? I guess read slashdot.
OH, and first post.
Switching to underground power would require not just the upkeep of underground wires:
Underground wires will require insulated wire to replace much of the uninsulated wire used in overhead lines.
Underground wires will require that thousands of miles of trenches be dug.
Underground lines will require that houses have power inlets underground rather than on the roof, as present.
Underground lines will require that Millions, if not billions, of towers and poles be constructed.
Underground lines will require pole-top transformers be moved to ground level or below.
The costs of converting are staggering, and will take probably at least a decade.
As a resident of the DC suburbs (southern MD to be precise) we aren't having too many power outages due to these recent storms. Mostly flooded roads.
Perhaps it'd be worth it to not spend 8 days downloading the Swedish version of Star Wars Ep. I like my friend did, thinking it was english.
Personally, i'd think any time i got a Score 5 *anything* on 2 comments in the same thread i was doing good :)
...about army forcefields, jet-powered coolers and other important things, but instead we get this.
Just the other day. kinda like the "Young Indiana Jones" tv series, except maybe it'll be good. I know it sounds like they're beating a dead horse...
but as long as Berman isn't involved i'm intrigued.
At least Paramount hasn't given up Star Trek for dead yet.
feet per minute. Furlongs would have been Fpm.
A Lightsaber cuts pretty fast through materials like that. As for the metal bits we'll asume it propels them away from the user, somehow. As for the heat...a portable (55 amp) plasma cutter can cut 1/4" material at roughly 70 inches per minute. The plasma coming out is roughly 24,000 degrees, and is a stream traveling at 20,000 fpm. An industrial cutter can do roughly 1000 inches per minute. I wouldn't imagine its flame is any hotter than 30K degrees. a lightsaber, it seems, cuts WAY faster than that. I wouldn' t know how to estimate its temperature using the given info, but maybe someone else can.
Why not just return the missiles? Saves on postage and packing, and has a very low rate of vendor complaints afterwards. ;-)
Because it is not a missile, it's an airplane.
Was going to be an iBook anyway, so i'm definitely waiting till the x86 iBooks hit shelves.
My first computer was an Atari 800. It was old even when i had it. A few years later when Pentiums came out we bought a P75 Acer Aspire. Mom and dad replaced it with a PII 450 Aspire (which they still use) and i got my first computer that was really mine, a Compaq Presario 1200 notebook.
McDonald's seems to be doing OK only selling hamburgers.
In the Fifties Mcdonalds did ok selling only hamburgers. And fries. And Shakes.
Now they sell burgers, burritos, sausage sandwiches, pancakes, chicken nuggets, chicken sandwiches, chicken strips, steak & cheese, salads, yogurt parfaits, ice cream, milkshakes, sundaes, cones, pie....
If it's so boring, why is the Indianapolis 500 the most popular single-day sporting event in the world?
All of Natalie Portman's Hot Grits are belong to Frist Psot!
I could do worse watching Ballroom bloody Dancing
On the contrary, BLOODY ballroom dancing would be quite entertaining.
From The Inquirer: Its massage is that corporations are engaging in racketeering in the developing world and a few power hungry individuals and greedy corporate entities are infringing on privacy and integrity.
Got to hand it to the Swedes, combining political advocacy with pirates and massages.
Well, you know, nothing beats a swedish massage.
The rotational speed is also a good issue..but maybe it's a water cooled block that's now air cooled by nothing other than a LOT OF AIR FLOW?
I see just a couple problems with this model.
1. I don't see the valve gear anywhere. No cam, no lifters, rockers, valves, or valve springs.
2. No induction system. Nice exhaust though.
3. Fan blades on cooling fan are facing the wrong way. the fan should draw air towards the block, not blow it away from it. (This has little do to with the block itself and more to do with the fact that the radiator is usually in front of the engine, thus the fan draws cool air towards it. Having the fan blow into it causes an overheat due to a bubble of stagnant air and high-temp engine bay air being blowin into the radiator.)
4. Title is misleading. Thought they meant a real V8 engine. It's just a 'V8 visible model" thing.
500 pounds? I have a V-6 Mustang with a stick that's rated to tow 1000. Says so in the owners manual and on the "rated weights and capacities" sticker. I dunno what would be rated to tow 500...like a Focus?