No, you are correct, that ~10m^2 figure is probably off. Maybe some of those mods should have double checked the figures as I asked. The new Prius is about 50cm longer than your Insight, and the same width.
It is 444cm x 173cm. So it takes up ~7.5m^2, but depending on how much the sides stick out and the size of the front and read windows, the surface that could be used for solar panels is probably considerably less than 7.5m^2.
This is what I found: http://sharp-world.com/corporate/news/0304 21.html
"17.4% Module Conversion Efficiency Industry's Most Efficient --- April 21, 2003" "17.3 m2 of area yielding 3.01 kW (4hp)"
The surface area (hood, roof) of a 2004 Prius is ~10m^2. So that would generate around 2kW with these panels.
What are the projection for panel efficiency over the next 5-20 years?
At 50% efficiency you could get 5kW output for a 10m^2 panel. If you drove 1 hour/day and parked in the sun 6 hours/day you could generate an extra 40hp for that hour on the road. As someone mentioned earlier, slap this on a Prius and you should reach 100mpg+ easily.
http://solar42.umr.edu/faq/techfaq.htm "Q: What does the car weigh? A: Solar Miner II weighs 822 pounds with the driver. The batteries alone weigh 320 pounds and our driver weighs 176 pounds. If the driver weighs in less than 176 pounds, he/she must carry lead shot with them to bring their weight to 176 pounds. "
Is that 339lb figure from the article only the batteries?
If someone opens a node and it extends over the park, the only thing they can do is do an intensive search of everyone coming into the park to make sure they aren't carrying anything that could access the node.
Or they could set up 100 machines to saturate the nodes bandwidth with random traffic during ballgames.
DMN: Now, you're saying it's the first 64-bit desktop machine. But isn't there an Opteron dual-processor machine? It shipped on June 4th. BOXX Technologies shipped it. It has an Opteron 244 in it.
Rubinstein: Uh...
Akrout: It's not a desktop.
DMN: That's a desktop unit.
Akrout: It depends on what you call a desktop, now. These... From a full desktop per se, this is the first one. I don't know how you really distinguish the other one as a desktop.
DMN: Well, it's a dual processor desktop machine, just like that one.
Akrout: It's not 64, then.
DMN: Yes, it's a 64-bit machine with two Opteron chips in it. It started shipping June 4th.
Akrout: That we'll double check, but in my mind, it wasn't.
"I think it's funny that one needs to install another video player considering that the videos are supposed to be.MP4 files which should just play fine with Quicktime"
The videos are 3GPP, which is based on mpeg-4 but is an entirely different standard.
Look in the box on the right side of that page.
"Add 3GPP capabilities to your player with the QuickTime 3GPP Component. Download Now"
DoD Directive 5154.24, dated 28 Oct 96, specifically states that a donor may request destruction of their specimen upon conclusion of their complete military service obligation. Complete military service is not limited to active duty service; it includes all service as a member of the Selected Reserve, Individual Ready Reserve, Standby Reserve or Retired Reserve. Upon destruction of a specimen the donor is notified in writing that the specimen has been destroyed.
To get the necessary paperwork contact:
Armed Forces Repository of Specimen Samples for the Identification of Remains (AFRSSIR) 16050 Industrial Drive, Suite 100 Gaithersburg, MD 20877-1413
* The purpose of the armed forces DNA sampling program is to replace the dental forensic identification program or the DSO/Panograph, which was unreliable. The program involves collecting a blood sample from each member along with a fingerprint.
* The blood sample is frozen and stored in a repository in Maryland for 50 years. A DNA test is not conducted unless needed for identifying remains..
* Testing is very expensive and, since it is not done unless needed for identifying remains, there is no data base of DNA samples maintained. Because there is no sample data base, and contrary to what some members thought, a criminal investigation could not test crime scene blood samples for DNA and then use the blood samples stored in the repository to find a match. For the same reason, insurance companies would find no value in trying to access information and stored blood samples are NOT available to them.
* The frozen blood sample is only retrieved and DNA type matching done in the event that positive postmortem identification is not possible through alternative means. The sample may only be used for 2 other purposes:
(1) The express use, for some reason, directed by the sample donor or surviving next-of-kin.
(2) The use in a criminal felony case with a minimum potential sentence of at least one year. (This leaves out such civil actions as paternity suits). It must be ordered by a federal judge, approved by the Asst. Secretary Defense (Health Affairs) and General Counsel of DOD, and there must be no other available means of sampling the suspect.
* Members may have their blood sample destroyed upon their discharge from the armed forces.
* Members that refuse to provide the DNA blood sample will be held accountable under the UCMJ for disobeying a direct order. Although one member of another armed service was granted a waiver on religious grounds (it was not a mainstream religion and specifically prohibited donating anything from the human body), all others have been separated from their respective service.
"compute the cost in bandwidth and processing power to suck down all of Amazon.com's book listings and you'll find it to be decidely non-trivial"
You only need to download the html for each page and you can get the info you need by looking at the tags. Each page has about 60KB of code, so a standard 1.5Mbit(180KB/s) home DSL or Cable connection could get the info for 3 books/sec, 180 books/minute or 260,000 books/day. A lot better than 10,000 in 6 months.
Not sure how quickly that data could be processed, but it could be quickly gathered.
Judging by how tiny the scroll bar becomes when I open the Clear Channel page, I would say they own most of radio while Viacom, NewsCorp and Disney own most of TV.
Just an FYI; Vanuatu, the country Kazaa is now incorporated in, can not yet handle web hosting. I contacted several of the hosting providers in this country and was told by all of them that the bandwidth I requested (100GB/month) was simply not possible.
Is anyone familiar with countries that have inexpensive web hosting and lax copyright laws?
Right now I am investigating several hosts in Ukraine.
It seems that for each book they have: Title, Year, Author, Synopsis, Language, ISBN# and Genre. It seems there are already sites out there *cough*Amazon*cough* where a bot could scour this information for millions of titles.
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Your computer belongs to you. What happens with that computer is your responsibility.
So everyone that was infected with -=SQL_Worm_Of_the_Month=- is liable for DOS'ing me? When do I get my compensation?
No, you are correct, that ~10m^2 figure is probably off. Maybe some of those mods should have double checked the figures as I asked. The new Prius is about 50cm longer than your Insight, and the same width.
It is 444cm x 173cm. So it takes up ~7.5m^2, but depending on how much the sides stick out and the size of the front and read windows, the surface that could be used for solar panels is probably considerably less than 7.5m^2.
What is the current progress on this?
4 21.html
This is what I found:
http://sharp-world.com/corporate/news/030
"17.4% Module Conversion Efficiency Industry's Most Efficient --- April 21, 2003"
"17.3 m2 of area yielding 3.01 kW (4hp)"
The surface area (hood, roof) of a 2004 Prius is ~10m^2. So that would generate around 2kW with these panels.
What are the projection for panel efficiency over the next 5-20 years?
At 50% efficiency you could get 5kW output for a 10m^2 panel. If you drove 1 hour/day and parked in the sun 6 hours/day you could generate an extra 40hp for that hour on the road. As someone mentioned earlier, slap this on a Prius and you should reach 100mpg+ easily.
Feel free to fix any calculation errors.
Do they have the specs for the new car anywhere on their site?
"The roughly 339lb car (517lb with driver)"
http://solar42.umr.edu/faq/techfaq.htm
"Q: What does the car weigh?
A: Solar Miner II weighs 822 pounds with the driver. The batteries alone weigh 320 pounds and our driver weighs 176 pounds. If the driver weighs in less than 176 pounds, he/she must carry lead shot with them to bring their weight to 176 pounds. "
Is that 339lb figure from the article only the batteries?
If someone opens a node and it extends over the park, the only thing they can do is do an intensive search of everyone coming into the park to make sure they aren't carrying anything that could access the node.
Or they could set up 100 machines to saturate the nodes bandwidth with random traffic during ballgames.
Older story here: "We would like to know how you geeks stay fit "
Check out PCWorld's running Top 10 Color Laser Printers list.
SGtHT did a review with a couple of DVD players using DVI. Their conclusion: for 480p it just doesn't matter.
When DVD's are 720p or 1080i, then it may.
Looks like Designtechnica's new ad campaign is working out well for them.
From Digit Media Online
DMN: Now, you're saying it's the first 64-bit desktop machine. But isn't there an Opteron dual-processor machine? It shipped on June 4th. BOXX Technologies shipped it. It has an Opteron 244 in it.
Rubinstein: Uh...
Akrout: It's not a desktop.
DMN: That's a desktop unit.
Akrout: It depends on what you call a desktop, now. These... From a full desktop per se, this is the first one. I don't know how you really distinguish the other one as a desktop.
DMN: Well, it's a dual processor desktop machine, just like that one.
Akrout: It's not 64, then.
DMN: Yes, it's a 64-bit machine with two Opteron chips in it. It started shipping June 4th.
Akrout: That we'll double check, but in my mind, it wasn't.
"I think it's funny that one needs to install another video player considering that the videos are supposed to be .MP4 files which should just play fine with Quicktime"
The videos are 3GPP, which is based on mpeg-4 but is an entirely different standard.
Look in the box on the right side of that page.
"Add 3GPP capabilities to your player with the QuickTime 3GPP Component. Download Now"
"So is this the way the search engine competition will be won? Through patents and lawsuits?""
No, SCO has already patented that business model.
DoD Directive 5154.24, dated 28 Oct 96, specifically states that a donor may request destruction of their specimen upon conclusion of their complete military service obligation. Complete military service is not limited to active duty service; it includes all service as a member of the Selected Reserve, Individual Ready Reserve, Standby Reserve or Retired Reserve. Upon destruction of a specimen the donor is notified in writing that the specimen has been destroyed.
To get the necessary paperwork contact:
Armed Forces Repository of Specimen Samples for the Identification of Remains (AFRSSIR)
16050 Industrial Drive, Suite 100
Gaithersburg, MD 20877-1413
Phone/Fax
(301) 319-0366 (Commercial)
285-0366 (DSN)
(301) 319-0369 Facsimile (Commercial)
285-0369 Facsimile (DSN)
1-800-944-7912 (Ext. #3)
Microsoft sued for copyright infringement over Windows XP shutdown music.
And On-Topic:
Software Giveaways should be assigned no value in a legal settlement!
People who are decoding DirecTV signals illegally are not customers.
This story, covered by slashdot last week, is a lot more detailed.
"compute the cost in bandwidth and processing power to suck down all of Amazon.com's book listings and you'll find it to be decidely non-trivial"
You only need to download the html for each page and you can get the info you need by looking at the tags. Each page has about 60KB of code, so a standard 1.5Mbit(180KB/s) home DSL or Cable connection could get the info for 3 books/sec, 180 books/minute or 260,000 books/day. A lot better than 10,000 in 6 months.
Not sure how quickly that data could be processed, but it could be quickly gathered.
"Media companies continue to grow, and a shrinking number of them shape what we view and read. What does that mean for journalists -- and for the nation?"
Columbia Journalism Review's Web guide to what the major media companies own.
Judging by how tiny the scroll bar becomes when I open the Clear Channel page, I would say they own most of radio while Viacom, NewsCorp and Disney own most of TV.
I considered them first, but the package they offered me was $750 setup and $9,000/yr, while Rackshack offered $0 setup $1,500/yr for the same setup.
There has to be somewhere that has similar fees to Rackshack located outside of DMCA territory.
Just an FYI; Vanuatu, the country Kazaa is now incorporated in, can not yet handle web hosting. I contacted several of the hosting providers in this country and was told by all of them that the bandwidth I requested (100GB/month) was simply not possible.
Is anyone familiar with countries that have inexpensive web hosting and lax copyright laws?
Right now I am investigating several hosts in Ukraine.
Have we seen the fastest SPEC scores that the G5 can produce? Any tests done other than with gcc?
Intel has given us SPEC_INT/SPEC_FP of 1261/1267 using ICC for a P4 @ 3.2GHz, can Apple beat it with any compiler?
I was implying that they could use a bot to gather information for millions of books instead of taking months to manually input 10,000.
It seems that for each book they have: Title, Year, Author, Synopsis, Language, ISBN# and Genre. It seems there are already sites out there *cough*Amazon*cough* where a bot could scour this information for millions of titles.