imagine how fucked up the outside would look if solar panels produced all our electricity
Panels need not look bad. Why not integrate them into other materials? Ever seen a Citizen EcoDrive watch? They have a solar panel integrated into the watch face--if there's light, the watch charges. See? Beautiful and functional at the same time.
As to overpopulation. I don't really think the world is overpopulated. I once read that you could put all 6 billion people in a an area the size of Jacksonville, FL's city limits, and each person would still have 9 sq ft (3ft x 3ft) to themselves.
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I would tend to disagree with that. A few years ago, I took a tour of Curtis H. Staton energy plant, which is owned by OUC (the Orlando [Florida] Utilities Comission). This plant has won environmental awards since boiler #2 was completed in 1994(5?). Both boilers are filtered through an ABB designed system that includes everything from cyclonic filtering, to electrostatic precipitators, to lime wash, to a final-stage HEPA filter. The plant's exhaust is 99.6% CO2 and H2O vapor, making it one of the cleanest in the world. To this plant, Lake Underhill residents acutally said "YIMBY."
Sort of, Microsoft calls it "Entourage X," and it's essentially Outlook for the Mac. The downside is that it (of course) doesn't support Exchange--you've gotta set up a Terminal Server with Outlook on it for a Mac to have access to Exchange-native features...
...I see one problem: assignment of blame. In a peer-to-peer network, a business customer (or someone like myself who wants/needs the "mythical 5 nines" i.e. 99.999% uptime) cannot even get a service agreement, let alone a guarantee of connection uptime. Face it: we humans like to blame someone else for our problems, and we can accept pointing the finger at a company much more easily than we can (or will) some monolithic network. I think that people are more willing than we give them credit to pay for reliability.
At the same time, airwaves are instrinsically less secure than wires, so business clients (and paranoid types) will always want a "secured" alternative to what the masses use.
I'll agree with you there. I used to have a cheap 15" CRT which, while not awful, certainly wasn't good for me (I had tired eyes at the end of a session + excessive tearing). I replaced it with a 15" LCD on the suggestion of my opthalmologist and haven't had a problem since. He says it's becuase the LCD image doesn't refresh like a CRT--rather, it holds a constant image at all times.
If you get your own phone switch you provide what you want and it's trusted right now.
Well, sort of. You will still get the ANI of the telemarketer's trunk line (i.e. it'll look like (321) 555-0000). With that info, you can then find out who owns that line.
While that is true, there is an answer to this issue: ANI, or Automated Number Identification. Unlike Caller-ID (CLID), ANI is used for things like 800-number billing and 911 services, it cannot be blocked, and it is transmitted on the telco's internal equipment with your call. On older equipment, it was transmitted via MF tones while your call was connected, on modern digital and IP systems, ANI gives the system a destination address for switching.
I think it's because the only other thing in the 2.4GHz spectrum for aircraft is the WX radar. And since it points forward through the aircraft's nose, anything behind it won't affect it. Also, those transmissions are all within the Faraday cage that is the aircraft's skin--none of those transmissions have to leave the plane (and won't anyway, because of the frequency). Aircraft have onboard microwaves, so I don't think that 802.11b|g poses a problem (don't know about.11a, though).
Yes, it's generally not an indicator of common sense to compromise the very safety systems that are keeping you alive whilst you are being propelled at mach ~0.78 at 30,000' MSL...but, that's why common sense isn't all that common!
Sure, HP doesn't have 802.11x embedded in its printers, yet.
Actually, they kinda do. I just bought an 802.11b JetDirect 680n EIO printserver for my LaserJet 2100 today--HP part number J6058A. So while it isn't embedded, it is internal. Is that close enough?
When valve amps clip, they have a nicer sound then transistor amps.
I agree with you 100% there. Over these past few years, I've mixed on full analog, solid-state, and digital audio boards. Analogs (like a certain Trident) are my favorite for rock because when they clip, you don't get hit by it. Solid-state boards are what I grew up with, so the clip isn't that bad...but not nearly as "nice as analog." The new digital boards suck in this regard--when they clip, they clip, generally leaving the technician (usually me) screaming "gaaaaa..."
Actually, it probably can. If you have these tires, your car might actually be safer because it'll stick to the road better in an emergency situation (sudden turn, emergency stop, etc.)
As I recall, that person also couldn't be charged with counterfeiting because there is no $200 bill! That's where the real money is: social engineering.
You know what they say about the EM spectrum...
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Many devices do not show up as completely x-ray opaque
True, but you'd be hard pressed to create an electronic device that would not show up in an MRI. Any metal at all would create field distortion--and the plastic parts of the device would show up in the field as different from surrounding tissue.
Also, I don't think these would be undetectable by PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scanners--they find everything, including that chewing gum you swallowed a few months ago...
The cd label on Microsoft discs has never been copied.
Right, that's becuase it's not a label. It's embedded into the aluminum top of the CD's data surface (basically buried under a few mils of polycarbonate). The new ones even have copper!
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The article said 40-60gpm (for reference: showers are limited by US regs to 2.5gpm). I'm definitely thinking fire hydrant.
Panels need not look bad. Why not integrate them into other materials? Ever seen a Citizen EcoDrive watch? They have a solar panel integrated into the watch face--if there's light, the watch charges. See? Beautiful and functional at the same time.
As to overpopulation. I don't really think the world is overpopulated. I once read that you could put all 6 billion people in a an area the size of Jacksonville, FL's city limits, and each person would still have 9 sq ft (3ft x 3ft) to themselves.
I would tend to disagree with that. A few years ago, I took a tour of Curtis H. Staton energy plant, which is owned by OUC (the Orlando [Florida] Utilities Comission). This plant has won environmental awards since boiler #2 was completed in 1994(5?). Both boilers are filtered through an ABB designed system that includes everything from cyclonic filtering, to electrostatic precipitators, to lime wash, to a final-stage HEPA filter. The plant's exhaust is 99.6% CO2 and H2O vapor, making it one of the cleanest in the world. To this plant, Lake Underhill residents acutally said "YIMBY."
Sort of, Microsoft calls it "Entourage X," and it's essentially Outlook for the Mac. The downside is that it (of course) doesn't support Exchange--you've gotta set up a Terminal Server with Outlook on it for a Mac to have access to Exchange-native features...
At the same time, airwaves are instrinsically less secure than wires, so business clients (and paranoid types) will always want a "secured" alternative to what the masses use.
I'll agree with you there. I used to have a cheap 15" CRT which, while not awful, certainly wasn't good for me (I had tired eyes at the end of a session + excessive tearing). I replaced it with a 15" LCD on the suggestion of my opthalmologist and haven't had a problem since. He says it's becuase the LCD image doesn't refresh like a CRT--rather, it holds a constant image at all times.
Well, sort of. You will still get the ANI of the telemarketer's trunk line (i.e. it'll look like (321) 555-0000). With that info, you can then find out who owns that line.
While that is true, there is an answer to this issue: ANI, or Automated Number Identification. Unlike Caller-ID (CLID), ANI is used for things like 800-number billing and 911 services, it cannot be blocked, and it is transmitted on the telco's internal equipment with your call. On older equipment, it was transmitted via MF tones while your call was connected, on modern digital and IP systems, ANI gives the system a destination address for switching.
I stand (erm, sit) corrected. Thanks.
I think it's because the only other thing in the 2.4GHz spectrum for aircraft is the WX radar. And since it points forward through the aircraft's nose, anything behind it won't affect it. Also, those transmissions are all within the Faraday cage that is the aircraft's skin--none of those transmissions have to leave the plane (and won't anyway, because of the frequency). Aircraft have onboard microwaves, so I don't think that 802.11b|g poses a problem (don't know about .11a, though).
Yes, it's generally not an indicator of common sense to compromise the very safety systems that are keeping you alive whilst you are being propelled at mach ~0.78 at 30,000' MSL...but, that's why common sense isn't all that common!
Yeah, I have a coworker that proposed to his wife via FAX--now that's odd.
Sure I have, with my public key.
;-)
Actually, they kinda do. I just bought an 802.11b JetDirect 680n EIO printserver for my LaserJet 2100 today--HP part number J6058A. So while it isn't embedded, it is internal. Is that close enough?
"I did not attend his funeral; but I wrote a nice letter saying I approved of it."
Aren't they getting ahead of themselves? I thought those machines were made by "the machines" after they enslaved the human race?
A: Pay him for the pizza.
I agree with you 100% there. Over these past few years, I've mixed on full analog, solid-state, and digital audio boards. Analogs (like a certain Trident) are my favorite for rock because when they clip, you don't get hit by it.
Solid-state boards are what I grew up with, so the clip isn't that bad...but not nearly as "nice as analog." The new digital boards suck in this regard--when they clip, they clip, generally leaving the technician (usually me) screaming "gaaaaa..."
Actually, it probably can. If you have these tires, your car might actually be safer because it'll stick to the road better in an emergency situation (sudden turn, emergency stop, etc.)
Don't these people realize that they're wasting a renewable resource: hot air! We could probably produce megawatts from all of this ill wind...
As I recall, that person also couldn't be charged with counterfeiting because there is no $200 bill! That's where the real money is: social engineering.
...shift happens!
Most of it is then made into toilet paper.
How ironic indeed...any word on which manufacturer will get the pulp (I want to get me some of that!)
Many devices do not show up as completely x-ray opaque
True, but you'd be hard pressed to create an electronic device that would not show up in an MRI. Any metal at all would create field distortion--and the plastic parts of the device would show up in the field as different from surrounding tissue.
Also, I don't think these would be undetectable by PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scanners--they find everything, including that chewing gum you swallowed a few months ago...
The cd label on Microsoft discs has never been copied.
Right, that's becuase it's not a label. It's embedded into the aluminum top of the CD's data surface (basically buried under a few mils of polycarbonate). The new ones even have copper!