Don't bother checking on Ebay, or even the recycle bin. It is the dream of EVERY programmer to have an IBM mainframe in the living room at home. Doesn't matter what software does or doesn't run on it. This is the ultimate conversation piece.
Just like it was from the IS department where they stole it. Obviously.
While there is something compelling about using electricity to generate electricity, I'm convinced electricity is nothing more than a passing fad. Witness California, for example. This might in turn lead to variations in the weather, which we all agree is EEEEEEVIL !!!
I have found a MUCH better use for old MFM hard drives: smoke them.
Sincerely,
Al Gore
If I didn't already live in California, I might consider moving here just for the satisfaction of joining the movement to recall Gray Davis. No wait, something about that didn't make sense. But so what, this is California! Land of fruits and nuts. http://www.recallgraydavis.com/
It wouldnt surprise me in the least to see Gray joining the movement. I can't imagine his life is all that wonderful having inherited the mess that he passed on to the next gov, which just HAPPENS to be himself. That would be a nice out.
I'm guessing you plan to drill your own oil wells and refine the gasoline to run your engine to turn the turn the alternator to charge the battery to run the eletrolytic process to split the water and create the hydrogen to feed your fuel cells. No wonder you seem completely intimidated by hydrogen technology.
Folks serious about hydrogen START with hydrogen and let somebody else figure out how to make it and deliver it on your doorstep cheaply and efficiently. The only real challenge is to make the electron do some work when the hydrogen reunites with oxygen. And to do it affordably. I am convinced that cheap fuel cells are inevitable and will drive the next industrial revolution, as well as the next stock market bubble.
(The nice thing about letting somebody else make the hydrogen is that "they" can do it with just sunshine and water somewhere where both are cheap and plentiful and efficiency is not an issue and hydrocarbons are frowned upon).
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NO NO NO NO NO !!!
Don't bother checking on Ebay, or even the recycle bin. It is the dream of EVERY programmer to have an IBM mainframe in the living room at home. Doesn't matter what software does or doesn't run on it. This is the ultimate conversation piece.
Just like it was from the IS department where they stole it. Obviously.
Botec analysis suggests a mere 3.62. That seems like pathetically few elephants. (1.25g/ft3 * 35.31 ft3/M3 * 500000 M3/JClifetime) / (1016047g/ton[long]* 6ton/elephant) (Julius' breath volume: http://members.brabant.chello.nl/~h.reints/caesar. htm)
(Botec analysis: http://www.lingo2word.com/lists/acronym_listB.html )
(weight of air: http://www.overflite.com/thermo.html)
Eh??? Oh Well.
While there is something compelling about using electricity to generate electricity, I'm convinced electricity is nothing more than a passing fad. Witness California, for example. This might in turn lead to variations in the weather, which we all agree is EEEEEEVIL !!! I have found a MUCH better use for old MFM hard drives: smoke them. Sincerely, Al Gore
If I didn't already live in California, I might consider moving here just for the satisfaction of joining the movement to recall Gray Davis. No wait, something about that didn't make sense. But so what, this is California! Land of fruits and nuts. http://www.recallgraydavis.com/
It wouldnt surprise me in the least to see Gray joining the movement. I can't imagine his life is all that wonderful having inherited the mess that he passed on to the next gov, which just HAPPENS to be himself. That would be a nice out.
I'm guessing you plan to drill your own oil wells and refine the gasoline to run your engine to turn the turn the alternator to charge the battery to run the eletrolytic process to split the water and create the hydrogen to feed your fuel cells. No wonder you seem completely intimidated by hydrogen technology.
Folks serious about hydrogen START with hydrogen and let somebody else figure out how to make it and deliver it on your doorstep cheaply and efficiently. The only real challenge is to make the electron do some work when the hydrogen reunites with oxygen. And to do it affordably.
I am convinced that cheap fuel cells are inevitable and will drive the next industrial revolution, as well as the next stock market bubble.
(The nice thing about letting somebody else make the hydrogen is that "they" can do it with just sunshine and water somewhere where both are cheap and plentiful and efficiency is not an issue and hydrocarbons are frowned upon).
"never pet a burning dog"