I believe the two of you are looking at the engineering/maintenance problem from different perspectives. From a managerial perspective, the two are the same. You can trade one for the other, with money spent, and you do your calculations. From a technical perspective, they are quite different. Maintenance only repeats the same thing, restoring it to when it was new, but does not change it to something better. Re-engineering it would improve it so it is better than what it was when it was new.
Finally a study that shows percentages.The politicals have have claimed that climate change is either 100% man-made or 100% natural, depending upon which side of the argument they were on. Reasonable people knew that it had to be a bit of both, but there never seemed to be any studies that showed what the percentages of each it was.
Imagine a "gas station" having a very, very large capacity battery, which would be used like their big gas tanks now. Charging a car could take the charge from that battery in a short amount of time. The "gas station' would the slowly charge their big battery off of the grid. As long as the station's battery could hold enough charge for, say a fifty or hundred cars (just a stupid, off the top of my head estimate), the battery could be charged off the grid at a steady rate.
According to the 'Revolution' series on the History channel, both sides were guilty of terrorizing the civilian population. Admittedly, I haven't read an extensive history book on just the American Revolution. One particular story comes to mind where the British killed a bunch of people by burning them in a church. That particular incident was shown in 'The Patriot', but wasn't entirely accurate (typical of Hollywood) according to a historian that I talked to. The rebels/patriots also terrorized the 'Torries' for giving aid to the British. I don't remember a particular incident, except that it got pretty nasty both ways.
according to Wikipedia they added the input type "range". Sadly, the input type "number" is still listed as experimental, and no support for the date/time input types. Since Firefox 22 added a couple of different element types, I was hoping that the "number" type would be supported, and have at least 'experimental' support fo the date/time formats.
I was going to be pedantic and point out that the word was "persnickety", but then I just found out that "pernickety" was an alternate spelling for the same word. I guess I'm a bad speller after all.
DARPA's grand challenge had the cars unmanned. Totally autonomous, no human control, no one in the vehicle. Remote control of them would be easier than that.
DARPA's goal at the time was to have supply trucks for the US Army to move around with like drones, so they wouldn't risk soldiers to IEDs.
Actually, I was thinking of both the 'Rings of Power' and electrical power, since it rains down 'charged' particles that affect the electron density of the ionosphere.
The last version that I read about had them melting through the ice, instead of drilling. The probe would be hot enough to melt its way down, and leave just a wire for communications back to the surface, probably using a super hot radioactive component. It would be much lighter and easier to get there, if only they could get approval to make such a device.
How would this result in less cars? People are going to still want their own, for convenience. The shared model may work for some, but that will be made up for by rich parents buying self-driving cars for their small children. Imagine not having to drive your kid to soccer practice, but have a car do it for you... Since there is no need for drivers licenses for those cars, there will be a lot of cars sold for children's use, which will more than make up for those that are using the shared cars.
Yes, it can use a bluetooth keyboard, but when schools provide the iPads to junior high/ high school students, they don't provide a bluetooth keyboard. I don't particularly want to buy an accessory for something that I won't be keeping either.
So, when my son does his homework on his school provided iPad, he winds up being very frustrated by using the onscreen functions. Since he was so frustrated with it, I watched him try to do his homework. What would have taken him 10 minutes to do with a pen and paper wound up taking him 30 minutes, because of fighting with the app and the iPad. I convinced him to log onto the school's system with his notebook (yes, I had bought him a notebook, but not an iPad), he was able to finish up quickly.
My experience with watching a school deploy iPads for 8th grade students here in Indiana has been mixed. It has been great that the text books (what they use of them) area always available, and they can't forget their homework. However, doing the actual homework on the iPad is less than ideal. The algebra teacher, wisely, passes out the assignment, but has the students do the work on paper and hand it in. The English teacher, unfortunately, has them doing their homework on the iPad. Writing out an essay, or filling out forms, etc. take much longer than if done on a notebook. Even if a bluetooth keyboard was provided, the editing functionality is frustrated. One of his main problems with editing is just positioning the cursor. With a notebook, the use of cursor keys or a mouse can very easily position the cursor in the correct spot for editing. On the iPad, one must hold a finger down in the right spot, and wait for the magnifying glass to appear (if it does), and then to carefully move your finger until the cursor is in the correct spot. It is much, much harder to do, and slower than if they just had some cursor keys.
My conclusion is that the iPad is great for textbooks and handing out assignments. For doing homework, it is better use pencil and paper.
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Since Doctor Who is a British show, I don't think it would affected by this strike.
I believe the two of you are looking at the engineering/maintenance problem from different perspectives. From a managerial perspective, the two are the same. You can trade one for the other, with money spent, and you do your calculations. From a technical perspective, they are quite different. Maintenance only repeats the same thing, restoring it to when it was new, but does not change it to something better. Re-engineering it would improve it so it is better than what it was when it was new.
Finally a study that shows percentages.The politicals have have claimed that climate change is either 100% man-made or 100% natural, depending upon which side of the argument they were on. Reasonable people knew that it had to be a bit of both, but there never seemed to be any studies that showed what the percentages of each it was.
I always knew they were a little off
Imagine a "gas station" having a very, very large capacity battery, which would be used like their big gas tanks now. Charging a car could take the charge from that battery in a short amount of time. The "gas station' would the slowly charge their big battery off of the grid. As long as the station's battery could hold enough charge for, say a fifty or hundred cars (just a stupid, off the top of my head estimate), the battery could be charged off the grid at a steady rate.
Everyone knows that the 'capital' of Sweden is 'S'. You can see it right there....
Wasn't that Voyager 6?
Don't forget ColesLaw. It would probably go good with fried wolly mammoth.
According to the 'Revolution' series on the History channel, both sides were guilty of terrorizing the civilian population. Admittedly, I haven't read an extensive history book on just the American Revolution. One particular story comes to mind where the British killed a bunch of people by burning them in a church. That particular incident was shown in 'The Patriot', but wasn't entirely accurate (typical of Hollywood) according to a historian that I talked to. The rebels/patriots also terrorized the 'Torries' for giving aid to the British. I don't remember a particular incident, except that it got pretty nasty both ways.
according to Wikipedia they added the input type "range". Sadly, the input type "number" is still listed as experimental, and no support for the date/time input types. Since Firefox 22 added a couple of different element types, I was hoping that the "number" type would be supported, and have at least 'experimental' support fo the date/time formats.
I was going to be pedantic and point out that the word was "persnickety", but then I just found out that "pernickety" was an alternate spelling for the same word. I guess I'm a bad speller after all.
DARPA's grand challenge had the cars unmanned. Totally autonomous, no human control, no one in the vehicle. Remote control of them would be easier than that. DARPA's goal at the time was to have supply trucks for the US Army to move around with like drones, so they wouldn't risk soldiers to IEDs.
Exactly. I was wondering what Teenage Mutant (ninja) Turtles had to do with telescopes.
Actually, I was thinking of both the 'Rings of Power' and electrical power, since it rains down 'charged' particles that affect the electron density of the ionosphere.
Wow, so they really are Rings of Power.
That didn't work for George Burns
The last version that I read about had them melting through the ice, instead of drilling. The probe would be hot enough to melt its way down, and leave just a wire for communications back to the surface, probably using a super hot radioactive component. It would be much lighter and easier to get there, if only they could get approval to make such a device.
From what I've read, it looks like they want it to look more and more like a Jellyfish. I wonder how they will keep it from getting eaten?
How would this result in less cars? People are going to still want their own, for convenience. The shared model may work for some, but that will be made up for by rich parents buying self-driving cars for their small children. Imagine not having to drive your kid to soccer practice, but have a car do it for you... Since there is no need for drivers licenses for those cars, there will be a lot of cars sold for children's use, which will more than make up for those that are using the shared cars.
Since Blue is the code name, I keep thinking about a hospital's 'Code Blue'. The patient has had a heart attack.
Another reason is to cut down on the dust getting to the sheets for those of us who have allergies...
Hmm. I think I saw that on the Jetsons... I particularly liked the version that looked like a toaster.
Two hundred and seventy one different motherboards? Wouldn't that lead to market confusion?..... Oh Z71 Nevermind.
I thought that all of that was tracked in wikipaedia
Yes, it can use a bluetooth keyboard, but when schools provide the iPads to junior high/ high school students, they don't provide a bluetooth keyboard. I don't particularly want to buy an accessory for something that I won't be keeping either. So, when my son does his homework on his school provided iPad, he winds up being very frustrated by using the onscreen functions. Since he was so frustrated with it, I watched him try to do his homework. What would have taken him 10 minutes to do with a pen and paper wound up taking him 30 minutes, because of fighting with the app and the iPad. I convinced him to log onto the school's system with his notebook (yes, I had bought him a notebook, but not an iPad), he was able to finish up quickly. My experience with watching a school deploy iPads for 8th grade students here in Indiana has been mixed. It has been great that the text books (what they use of them) area always available, and they can't forget their homework. However, doing the actual homework on the iPad is less than ideal. The algebra teacher, wisely, passes out the assignment, but has the students do the work on paper and hand it in. The English teacher, unfortunately, has them doing their homework on the iPad. Writing out an essay, or filling out forms, etc. take much longer than if done on a notebook. Even if a bluetooth keyboard was provided, the editing functionality is frustrated. One of his main problems with editing is just positioning the cursor. With a notebook, the use of cursor keys or a mouse can very easily position the cursor in the correct spot for editing. On the iPad, one must hold a finger down in the right spot, and wait for the magnifying glass to appear (if it does), and then to carefully move your finger until the cursor is in the correct spot. It is much, much harder to do, and slower than if they just had some cursor keys. My conclusion is that the iPad is great for textbooks and handing out assignments. For doing homework, it is better use pencil and paper.