You are young, and have not met the big disasters of life yet, like a divorce with children, the death of a loved one, the bad decisions with life-long consequences. At your age I liked keeping track and archives, even bank statements many years back. Not a good idea. Your past starts to grow on you, and can slow you down on your way to new pastures. So remember to build in mechanisms for forgetting all but the most essential stuff. Use Facebook and Linkedin to keep track of people, keep some nice pictures, but learn to delete and forget. You will thank me later.
Nice explanation, thx But why does your train need to be infinitely long? I would argue an infinitely long train has quite a problem driving in circles. Unless of course you hook the front of the loc to the end of the last wagon...
Car key (shaking + induction when in contact)
Central heating thermostat (Day / night temp variations, solar panel)
Data logger for temperature monitoring in transport of fresh food.
Pocket calculator
Keeping the battery topped up of an emergency flash light in car / boat / plane
Keep single battery lasting "forever", e.g. smoke alarm: detection self powered, the alarm beeper on battery.
please note some people are allergic to Nickel, and the right side of their face turns fancy colours when they use cheap phones that have Ni in the "metallic" shiny buttons.
So, what are the military applications for this missile, I mean rocket, design?
The builders themselves describe it as "less high tech then an off the shelf scud". AFAIK, there is not really any navigation in it, apart from small thrusters which allow the pilot to spin the rocket around its own axis for panoramic viewing. And their civilian GPS is subsonic only, so they have to wait for the chutes to deploy before they even know where the fuck the thing went. They built the launching platform for less money than what it would cost to rent a decent pram for a week. This project is the very definition of awesome. It is what can inspire a young generation. Give them the geek card Platina, and I'll kiss the ground they walk on.
64 Gigabytes of BIOS? What, it's going to show random clips of LOTR in HD during POST? Oh my god.... Well, at least it should be enough for everybody...
Most homes in the US should be able to recuperate an investment in insulation within 4 years. Most stock market traders would bugger their own mother for that kind of a (guaranteed) return.
is called Filips Leopold Lodewijk Maria, even though "Filips" is now considered old fashioned, and most people use "Filip" instead. Unless of course you are part of the French speaking part of Belgium, then his name is Philippe Léopold Louis Marie (note the accent). And don't get me started on his last name.
The answer: For commercial, government and scientific organizations, Iridium NEXT will also offer new business and earth observation opportunities through hosted secondary payloads on the 66 Iridium NEXT satellite network.
Just one little sentence. They will include cameras as well. WTF?? Privatised spying? Own your own weather-sat? Delivering Google-earth quality pictures (or better) is not only going to take one hell of a lens, but also a hefty infrastructure on the ground. They must have a solid business case. This isn't like putting a "camera" on a 50€ cellphone.
Plenty of very democratic countries (in Scandinavia a.o.) have ID cards. Your "rights" don't get cut down by running around with a silly piece of plastic. If a cop really wants to identify you, how hard can it be? Drivers license, credit card, social insurance. The whole question is how it is USED, and who gets access to the database behind it. Fantastic new system at the library. Borrow a book by simply swiping your ID card past this terminal. Does that mean a cop driving behind me and entering my cars license plate in the cruisers computer can see which books I have checked out lately? ID cards are OK, if they are done in a country where an independent "data-police" makes sure the data does not get abused. And no, that is not a joke, here in Denmark we have exactly that
The real problem is that many mobile ISP's (like Telefonica) have unlimited data plans on mobile phones. Guess what; some people actually use those. Big ooops. But not all countries have this, so it is unlikely they will be able to get Google to pay for their stupidity.
Try doing a Google streetview on that place. God what a dump. It doesn't even seem to have some kind of a city centre, houses are just all over the place, with huge empty pieces in between.
Wind -> Electricity ->compressed air ->electricity. That should give some serious losses. On top of that, windmills have gearboxes, brakes and all kinds of complicated crap to make them run perfectly in sync with the phase of the power grid. So question is, would it not be cheaper to mount a basic compressor in the nacelle and have it run directly on the axle, then pump the air through a set of pipes. Yes pipes have losses too, but remember the main cost of the windmill is its purchase, so a cheaper design might pay off?
The real killer app is of course the millions of projectors hanging from office ceilings worldwide. From now on you will get Death By Powerpoint without these pesky 20 meter VGA cables. When does somebody make a projector you can simply stick a USB key in?
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You are young, and have not met the big disasters of life yet, like a divorce with children, the death of a loved one, the bad decisions with life-long consequences. At your age I liked keeping track and archives, even bank statements many years back. Not a good idea. Your past starts to grow on you, and can slow you down on your way to new pastures. So remember to build in mechanisms for forgetting all but the most essential stuff. Use Facebook and Linkedin to keep track of people, keep some nice pictures, but learn to delete and forget. You will thank me later.
Nice explanation, thx But why does your train need to be infinitely long? I would argue an infinitely long train has quite a problem driving in circles. Unless of course you hook the front of the loc to the end of the last wagon...
If I surf in porn mode, can NYT see I've been there before?
The technology has been around for years. I guess what is new is that the suits no longer see it as a "green" thing but as a necessary supply line.
If you gonna do it, do it in style. Die in a homebuild rocket dragged behind a homebuild submarine.
Car key (shaking + induction when in contact)
Central heating thermostat (Day / night temp variations, solar panel)
Data logger for temperature monitoring in transport of fresh food.
Pocket calculator
Keeping the battery topped up of an emergency flash light in car / boat / plane
Keep single battery lasting "forever", e.g. smoke alarm: detection self powered, the alarm beeper on battery.
please note some people are allergic to Nickel, and the right side of their face turns fancy colours when they use cheap phones that have Ni in the "metallic" shiny buttons.
So, what are the military applications for this missile, I mean rocket, design?
The builders themselves describe it as "less high tech then an off the shelf scud". AFAIK, there is not really any navigation in it, apart from small thrusters which allow the pilot to spin the rocket around its own axis for panoramic viewing. And their civilian GPS is subsonic only, so they have to wait for the chutes to deploy before they even know where the fuck the thing went. They built the launching platform for less money than what it would cost to rent a decent pram for a week. This project is the very definition of awesome. It is what can inspire a young generation. Give them the geek card Platina, and I'll kiss the ground they walk on.
64 Gigabytes of BIOS? What, it's going to show random clips of LOTR in HD during POST? Oh my god.... Well, at least it should be enough for everybody...
Most homes in the US should be able to recuperate an investment in insulation within 4 years. Most stock market traders would bugger their own mother for that kind of a (guaranteed) return.
is called Filips Leopold Lodewijk Maria, even though "Filips" is now considered old fashioned, and most people use "Filip" instead. Unless of course you are part of the French speaking part of Belgium, then his name is Philippe Léopold Louis Marie (note the accent).
And don't get me started on his last name.
The answer: For commercial, government and scientific organizations, Iridium NEXT will also offer new business and earth observation opportunities through hosted secondary payloads on the 66 Iridium NEXT satellite network.
Just one little sentence. They will include cameras as well. WTF?? Privatised spying? Own your own weather-sat? Delivering Google-earth quality pictures (or better) is not only going to take one hell of a lens, but also a hefty infrastructure on the ground. They must have a solid business case. This isn't like putting a "camera" on a 50€ cellphone.
According to Wikipedia, there is no international dial code for the antartic
Plenty of very democratic countries (in Scandinavia a.o.) have ID cards. Your "rights" don't get cut down by running around with a silly piece of plastic. If a cop really wants to identify you, how hard can it be? Drivers license, credit card, social insurance. The whole question is how it is USED, and who gets access to the database behind it. Fantastic new system at the library. Borrow a book by simply swiping your ID card past this terminal. Does that mean a cop driving behind me and entering my cars license plate in the cruisers computer can see which books I have checked out lately? ID cards are OK, if they are done in a country where an independent "data-police" makes sure the data does not get abused. And no, that is not a joke, here in Denmark we have exactly that
GWB got his campaign paid for by the oil industry. With Obama, there is at least a reasonable doubt.
Unless you think they abduct actual schoolgirls, and octopuses, to use them as models.
How about the calamari I can buy in the fish shop down the street. Will that do?
The real problem is that many mobile ISP's (like Telefonica) have unlimited data plans on mobile phones. Guess what; some people actually use those. Big ooops. But not all countries have this, so it is unlikely they will be able to get Google to pay for their stupidity.
maybe this has something to do with it?
Try doing a Google streetview on that place. God what a dump. It doesn't even seem to have some kind of a city centre, houses are just all over the place, with huge empty pieces in between.
Wind -> Electricity ->compressed air ->electricity. That should give some serious losses. On top of that, windmills have gearboxes, brakes and all kinds of complicated crap to make them run perfectly in sync with the phase of the power grid. So question is, would it not be cheaper to mount a basic compressor in the nacelle and have it run directly on the axle, then pump the air through a set of pipes. Yes pipes have losses too, but remember the main cost of the windmill is its purchase, so a cheaper design might pay off?
Not as big, but quite good looking: Belgian - Princess Elisabeth station
And when exactly did you give women the right to vote? Oh yeah, right: 1971
the letter "ij" is not pronounced like in dyke, it is like in "weight"
The real killer app is of course the millions of projectors hanging from office ceilings worldwide. From now on you will get Death By Powerpoint without these pesky 20 meter VGA cables. When does somebody make a projector you can simply stick a USB key in?