Interesting stuff. What I wonder about is if Japan had been taked by conventional forces from the US, UK and Russia, would we have goten a divided country like with Germany? A Communist North Japan and a democratic South? Would there have been a "Tokyo wall"?
I stopped renting DVDs at all from the store because they were always scratched. I was half way through a movie and it started to skip. When I took it back and complained, they gave me anoter and it skipped too. Why couldn't they have made the DVD in a cartrage format? Netflix, on the other hand, was awesome. No scratches, but I didn't watch enough movies to make it worth the subscription price.
Same thing (sort of) is used for processor speeds. The difference between a 1.5GHz and a 1.8GHz chip is that the first one failed some tests when they ran it at 1.8, but passed at 1.5. Another trick used especlly in memories is to build extra memory cells. If bad cells are found durng testing, they are replaced with the "spares" by burning a few traces. Most memory chips end up with unused spares, but the yield is greatly increased.
How about solar panels. I heard that they use more energy to produce than they will create in their useful lifetime. I.e. it would be better to just take the energy from the oil, nuclear or coal plant directly, rather than "invest" it in the production of a solar panel.
I haven't seen the numbers for myself, that's just what I've heard.
When I am entering text into a form like this and I want to insert something at the begnning of the line. No problem, I'll just hit ^A and start... Wait, I'm not in Emacs, I just trashed my whole post. AAHHHHHH!
Hear hear. What oil company in its right mind would continue to operate wells all over the world, maintain a tanker fleet, etc. if they could accomplish the same thing with bio fuels at a lower cost? If the bio fuel were cheaper, the dust kicked up by the oil companies as they left the middle east could be seen from space!
Yep. I believe someone pointed out that police in Denver out on patrol get more on the job radiation than the engineers at a nuclear plant for just the same reason.
And all those people in mass graves were someone's borthers or sisters. The embargo against Saddam was not effective (But don't believe me, Former presidential candidate Al Gore said so too). Saddam was bad and his sons were worse. I see it as logically inconsistient that someone could oppose military action in Iraq and at the same time be glad Saddam is gone. Iraq must be great for those who hate the U.S. If Saddam was left in power, it's the fault of the U.S. If he is removed from power, it's the fault of the U.S. Damned if they do, damned if they don't.
The energy density in hydrogen is far greater than that of a similarly sized battery bank.
Depends on if you mean mass density or volume density. 1 kg of Hydrogen does store more energy than 1kg of battery, but you must store Hydrogen under pressure before 1L of hydrogen will store the same amount of energy as 1L of battery (about 1.6 atmospheres, I think).
As a matter of fact, I did a search right after I posted this. I found a couple of places that mentioned it, but unfortunately, no pics. If you watch the scene where Jabba's first slave girl is pulled into the pit, you can see her top come off as she falls in.
Well, although dark, I'm sure other theater goers could see someone changing a baby, breastfeeding, or (ahem) using a condom. If someone were doing one of these things behind me and I happened to turn around to strech, what then?
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I like this solution better.
Interesting stuff. What I wonder about is if Japan had been taked by conventional forces from the US, UK and Russia, would we have goten a divided country like with Germany? A Communist North Japan and a democratic South? Would there have been a "Tokyo wall"?
I stopped renting DVDs at all from the store because they were always scratched. I was half way through a movie and it started to skip. When I took it back and complained, they gave me anoter and it skipped too. Why couldn't they have made the DVD in a cartrage format? Netflix, on the other hand, was awesome. No scratches, but I didn't watch enough movies to make it worth the subscription price.
Same thing (sort of) is used for processor speeds. The difference between a 1.5GHz and a 1.8GHz chip is that the first one failed some tests when they ran it at 1.8, but passed at 1.5. Another trick used especlly in memories is to build extra memory cells. If bad cells are found durng testing, they are replaced with the "spares" by burning a few traces. Most memory chips end up with unused spares, but the yield is greatly increased.
Wow, is it really only 18%? NIMBY strikes again.
How about solar panels. I heard that they use more energy to produce than they will create in their useful lifetime. I.e. it would be better to just take the energy from the oil, nuclear or coal plant directly, rather than "invest" it in the production of a solar panel.
I haven't seen the numbers for myself, that's just what I've heard.
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Naw, the ^A is just to move the cursor to the beginning of the line. Unfortunately, this is "select all" in a lot of other word processors.
When I am entering text into a form like this and I want to insert something at the begnning of the line. No problem, I'll just hit ^A and start... Wait, I'm not in Emacs, I just trashed my whole post. AAHHHHHH!
I'm tired of people assuming that just because you're talking about something European it ha to be more refined... Oh _fuel_... Nevermind.
Hear hear. What oil company in its right mind would continue to operate wells all over the world, maintain a tanker fleet, etc. if they could accomplish the same thing with bio fuels at a lower cost? If the bio fuel were cheaper, the dust kicked up by the oil companies as they left the middle east could be seen from space!
"Nuclear power, eh? Advantage Burns."
Yep. I believe someone pointed out that police in Denver out on patrol get more on the job radiation than the engineers at a nuclear plant for just the same reason.
They accidentally typed the following in a config file:
.es TLD for spamish servers
.vi TLD for U.S. virgin islands
.ng TLD for Nigeria
.ph TLD for the Philipenis
See, just that one letter messed up the whole country when it was caught by a filter run on the config file. Look for similar things to happen to:
Seriously, haven't these folks ever heard of a spell checker?
How about this:
Could you make a xerox of this order for bandaids, cleenex and cokes? It's written on these postit notes.
"The flight attendants will now point out the locations of the emergency exits using a laser pointer. Wait!! not that pointer!!!!"
surprise witnesses, each more surprising than the last. I tell you, the judge won't know what hit him.
A classic from Kindergarden and it never gets old!
Sorry, My bad. I must be in a grumpy mood today. I completely misread that.
And all those people in mass graves were someone's borthers or sisters. The embargo against Saddam was not effective (But don't believe me, Former presidential candidate Al Gore said so too). Saddam was bad and his sons were worse. I see it as logically inconsistient that someone could oppose military action in Iraq and at the same time be glad Saddam is gone. Iraq must be great for those who hate the U.S. If Saddam was left in power, it's the fault of the U.S. If he is removed from power, it's the fault of the U.S. Damned if they do, damned if they don't.
So Linux can only be used in things which are given away? Should only be used by those too poor/cheap to buy another O/S? What's your point?
The energy density in hydrogen is far greater than that of a similarly sized battery bank.
Depends on if you mean mass density or volume density. 1 kg of Hydrogen does store more energy than 1kg of battery, but you must store Hydrogen under pressure before 1L of hydrogen will store the same amount of energy as 1L of battery (about 1.6 atmospheres, I think).
As a matter of fact, I did a search right after I posted this. I found a couple of places that mentioned it, but unfortunately, no pics. If you watch the scene where Jabba's first slave girl is pulled into the pit, you can see her top come off as she falls in.
Will Lucas edit out the brief (2-3 fame) nude scene from ROTJ?
Well, although dark, I'm sure other theater goers could see someone changing a baby, breastfeeding, or (ahem) using a condom. If someone were doing one of these things behind me and I happened to turn around to strech, what then?