All of my PCs except my Apple//c were broken, and I had this RHL 6.0 book that had an appendix on programming languages, complete with crash courses in them.
So, I slapped together a CMS in Python... ON PAPER.
A few days later, I typed it in verbatim... and it almost worked. It didn't error out, anyway. w00t!
Every "credit" transaction I've made on my debit card has no percentage fee whatsoever... it's just you have to sign for it, unless it's fuel that you're buying...
Unless you're referring to the interest, but on a debit card (even used as credit), there is no interest as long as you stick with the money in your account.
Um, e-mail, Adelphia, and Comcast are all blocked at my work (I work at a K-12 private school. I don't have control over the main filters, but I do have the override password (being one of the sysadmins) so that I can access my own personal e-mail and some blocked forums.)
Note, that's 60 on hills. On level ground, I've gotten it to about 72, and didn't want to get pulled over (65 speed limit, and I was going with the flow of traffic), so I didn't take it any further. The previous owner claims to have gotten it to 85, but I'm not totally sure that I believe him.
Regular diesel giving a little more power than B20? To be somewhat expected. Try "splash-blending" down to B5 - then, you get the lubricity advantage with very little power loss (in fact, the lubricity advantage could GIVE you power). (To splash blend B20 down to B5, put three parts D2, and one part B20.;))
BTW, your top speed... is that in 4th or 5th? Because I can go 60 all day long in 4th, no matter the fuel. (In fact, I just had a reringing done, and once some other work is done, I can actually drive the car again... anyway, my engine should have even more power...)
Well, in 2007, the emissions standards are getting stricter, to the point where it may take urea (which the EPA hates, because it can run out) and/or particulate filters (which are expensive, and don't get along with LSD - ULSD, which is what's coming out (and is already in many places in California), is what's needed).
Volkswagen, who makes the only diesel cars (the Jeep Liberty is an SUV) south of $50K, doesn't want to deal with the misfueling nightmare. That leaves Mercedes-Benz, and the E320 CDI (well, OK, the E320 Bluetec is what we're gonna get the 2007 model as) at $52,000.
Sure, there are people lobbying for looser standards, but there's also people (the big two (DCX is pro diesel) and big oil) who are lobbying for STRICTER standards for diesels, to push them out of the market. The big two want the public to think that 35 MPG is awesome, and big oil wants to block off the path to biofuels.
The car seems to smoke a little less (my car's an OLD diesel car, and doesn't have a turbo, so it smokes some), and have a touch more power (my engine is rated for all of 52 horsepower, so any more power is greatly appreciated).
Mileage I can't be certain on, as my odometer is broken. That happens on old Volkswagens...:(
You might try brewing some of your own biodiesel, and running a 5% blend of that with petroleum diesel.
Biodiesel that has been properly produced (that means drying it after washing it) does NOT contain water.
It IS hygroscopic (attracts water), but an additive will take care of that - and, so is regular petroleum diesel, for that matter. Using it quickly, or not letting it sit in a container that air can get in, solves that problem, as well.
BTW, fuel tanks on most diesel cars are plastic. Even on my Jetta, which is a 1985, I have a plastic tank.
However, from another comment on the same story...
"According to the UNH study and Wikipedia [wikipedia.org], the yield of algae farms is about 5000 to 20,000 gallons per acre of pond per year. This number varies mostly due to the pond conditions, strain of algae used, and oil collection method employed."
On a serious note, I usually fill my Jetta up with a premium diesel that I have been told is 50 cetane (opposite of octane, and with diesel, the higher, the better - 40 cetane is normal), and is one of the better premium diesels in the country.
(I've been told it's BP Diesel Supreme, which is refined right here in Ohio, and made from 0% Middle Eastern oil.:))
And, I plan on running homebrew biodiesel in the future, as well.:)
Just to clarify, biodiesel and veggie oil are NOT the same. Biodiesel is a type of synthetic diesel fuel made from a renewable resource, whereas veggie oil, while it can be run in a diesel engine (with modifications), is somewhat different, and much more viscuous.
That said, the tricky part with getting above 10% biofuels is not with biodiesel in diesels - modern diesels (1995 and newer) can handle 100% without much problem at all. And older diesels just need fuel lines replaced with urethane or Viton lines.
The tricky part is ethanol in gassers. The fuel system components often have a difficult time dealing with ethanol, and the fuel is different enough from gasoline that the engine must be optimized for ethanol to run well on it. (See the "flex-fuel" cars nowadays in the US, that are merely normal gasoline-powered cars with extra sensors... they get 30% less economy on 85% ethanol...)
As someone else pointed out, the PDA has a WHOLE lot more info. BTW, I've heard that V2 of the Newton's HWR system works the best of all of them on PDAs.;)
I think an OCR could simply be tuned to one style of human handwriting, preferably block, and people write in that style. Then again, my block-like handwriting is hard for some HUMANS to read, let alone a computer...:P
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It tends to be easier to actually GET the judgement if you file in the offender's home area.
i ms/index.shtml
According to this page, they're in New York, NY.
Read here. http://www.courts.state.ny.us/courts/nyc/smallcla
I suspect that it works much like the Google Video previews.
;)
Go to Google Video, and search for something. Note the play buttons to see a short preview of the clip.
Click the button. It uses JavaScript to load the preview in Flash.
Small claims is cheap. If nothing else, go for the maximum that you can in small claims. ;)
Check Hitachi's TravelStar E7K60 and E7K100. Those are the server versions of their 7200 RPM laptop drives. ;)
(Then again, I prefer Seagate... dunno if they've got a server-oriented Momentus...)
You know who makes Dell's laptops for them, right?
;)
That's right, Quanta.
Article tagged with "spam". ;)
You're thinking of Avast. ;)
And, seeing as there's ways to pass parameters to the Avast executable, and Windows has a scheduled tasks facility... ;)
:)
I use Avast, myself.
That's how I taught myself Python.
//c were broken, and I had this RHL 6.0 book that had an appendix on programming languages, complete with crash courses in them.
All of my PCs except my Apple
So, I slapped together a CMS in Python... ON PAPER.
A few days later, I typed it in verbatim... and it almost worked. It didn't error out, anyway. w00t!
Python's now my favorite language...
The point was more like buying an Apple IIe Platinum in 1993.
With a dog-slow 1MHz 65C02 when 486s were out...
Every "credit" transaction I've made on my debit card has no percentage fee whatsoever... it's just you have to sign for it, unless it's fuel that you're buying...
Unless you're referring to the interest, but on a debit card (even used as credit), there is no interest as long as you stick with the money in your account.
Well, the thing with debit is there's a fee.
Credit doesn't have it ON THE SAME CARD.
Um, e-mail, Adelphia, and Comcast are all blocked at my work (I work at a K-12 private school. I don't have control over the main filters, but I do have the override password (being one of the sysadmins) so that I can access my own personal e-mail and some blocked forums.)
Note, that's 60 on hills. On level ground, I've gotten it to about 72, and didn't want to get pulled over (65 speed limit, and I was going with the flow of traffic), so I didn't take it any further. The previous owner claims to have gotten it to 85, but I'm not totally sure that I believe him.
Regular diesel giving a little more power than B20? To be somewhat expected. Try "splash-blending" down to B5 - then, you get the lubricity advantage with very little power loss (in fact, the lubricity advantage could GIVE you power). (To splash blend B20 down to B5, put three parts D2, and one part B20. ;))
BTW, your top speed... is that in 4th or 5th? Because I can go 60 all day long in 4th, no matter the fuel. (In fact, I just had a reringing done, and once some other work is done, I can actually drive the car again... anyway, my engine should have even more power...)
Well, in 2007, the emissions standards are getting stricter, to the point where it may take urea (which the EPA hates, because it can run out) and/or particulate filters (which are expensive, and don't get along with LSD - ULSD, which is what's coming out (and is already in many places in California), is what's needed).
Volkswagen, who makes the only diesel cars (the Jeep Liberty is an SUV) south of $50K, doesn't want to deal with the misfueling nightmare. That leaves Mercedes-Benz, and the E320 CDI (well, OK, the E320 Bluetec is what we're gonna get the 2007 model as) at $52,000.
Sure, there are people lobbying for looser standards, but there's also people (the big two (DCX is pro diesel) and big oil) who are lobbying for STRICTER standards for diesels, to push them out of the market. The big two want the public to think that 35 MPG is awesome, and big oil wants to block off the path to biofuels.
And where did I say that making it the only solution was wrong?
:P
I think it's a GREAT addition to the various alternatives.
Just so you know, those cesspools that are being referenced... some of them already exist, and no additional space would be taken to use them.
Of course, obligatory hemp biodiesel joke...
You know some hippies are gonna get an old VW Bus, drop a diesel engine in, and route the exhaust into the cabin.
The car seems to smoke a little less (my car's an OLD diesel car, and doesn't have a turbo, so it smokes some), and have a touch more power (my engine is rated for all of 52 horsepower, so any more power is greatly appreciated).
:(
Mileage I can't be certain on, as my odometer is broken. That happens on old Volkswagens...
You might try brewing some of your own biodiesel, and running a 5% blend of that with petroleum diesel.
Biodiesel that has been properly produced (that means drying it after washing it) does NOT contain water.
It IS hygroscopic (attracts water), but an additive will take care of that - and, so is regular petroleum diesel, for that matter. Using it quickly, or not letting it sit in a container that air can get in, solves that problem, as well.
BTW, fuel tanks on most diesel cars are plastic. Even on my Jetta, which is a 1985, I have a plastic tank.
Check the following sites:
http://www.biodieselnow.com/
http://biodiesel.infopop.cc/
http://forums.tdiclub.com/forumdisplay.php?f=52 (centric to modern VW diesels)
I've heard things about very low percentages of ethanol in diesels before, but I'd still rather see biodiesel be used.
:(
Ethanol can be used in place of methanol in the biodiesel production process, so there's still a use for it.
Unfortunately, the "phase out gasoline and replace with diesel" idea can't work, thanks to our overzealous and misguided emissions regulations...
However, from another comment on the same story...
"According to the UNH study and Wikipedia [wikipedia.org], the yield of algae farms is about 5000 to 20,000 gallons per acre of pond per year. This number varies mostly due to the pond conditions, strain of algae used, and oil collection method employed."
On a serious note, I usually fill my Jetta up with a premium diesel that I have been told is 50 cetane (opposite of octane, and with diesel, the higher, the better - 40 cetane is normal), and is one of the better premium diesels in the country.
:))
:)
(I've been told it's BP Diesel Supreme, which is refined right here in Ohio, and made from 0% Middle Eastern oil.
And, I plan on running homebrew biodiesel in the future, as well.
Just to clarify, biodiesel and veggie oil are NOT the same. Biodiesel is a type of synthetic diesel fuel made from a renewable resource, whereas veggie oil, while it can be run in a diesel engine (with modifications), is somewhat different, and much more viscuous.
That said, the tricky part with getting above 10% biofuels is not with biodiesel in diesels - modern diesels (1995 and newer) can handle 100% without much problem at all. And older diesels just need fuel lines replaced with urethane or Viton lines.
The tricky part is ethanol in gassers. The fuel system components often have a difficult time dealing with ethanol, and the fuel is different enough from gasoline that the engine must be optimized for ethanol to run well on it. (See the "flex-fuel" cars nowadays in the US, that are merely normal gasoline-powered cars with extra sensors... they get 30% less economy on 85% ethanol...)
PDA's *DO NOT COUNT*.
;)
:P
As someone else pointed out, the PDA has a WHOLE lot more info. BTW, I've heard that V2 of the Newton's HWR system works the best of all of them on PDAs.
I think an OCR could simply be tuned to one style of human handwriting, preferably block, and people write in that style. Then again, my block-like handwriting is hard for some HUMANS to read, let alone a computer...
DisplayPort is, as I understand, a direct competitor to HDMI.
Last I heard, it was flopping horribly. Wonder what happened.