You've hit the nail on the head. We're seeing these systems because either the gas giant is so close to the star that it obviously occludes the light and affects the radial acceleration of the star, or because their orbit extends far enough out from the star that it intersects with and modifies the surrounding debris cloud (think Oort).
Kepler and COROT are starting to return results. They'll need a decade or two to identify Jupiters and Kepler will need 4 or 5 years to identify an Earth or Mars.
I guess I forgot the disclosure statement... I am a Windows user with machines running XP, Vista and Windows 7. I work as an engineer who spends a lot of time doing software dev. on Visual Studio. I'm responsible for a number of data manipulating forms and spreadsheets, all done with Office, at the company I work for. I own a Windows mobile phone. I'm typing this on a Microsoft Natural keyboard sitting next to a Microsoft wireless mouse. I don't own a Zune, my WM phone does double duty. I don't own a 360 -- I'm just not a gamer.
Windows 7 is da BOMB! Office... It just works! And I can do sooo much using Excel and VBA macros! Who doesn't like PowerPoint? For devs, Visual Studio is the BEST tool chain on the market. There's nothing it can't do! Hey, and let's not forget the hardware! Microsoft makes the BEST keyboard and mouse on the planet. And the Zune! Oh man I LOVE that thing. WOW, I almost forgot the X-Box 360. I can't tell you the number of hours I've spent playing on my X-Box...
Sure. I havent' dug into the details; but, as I understood it, they stuck a 4" pipe into a 21" riser which had oil and gas flowing out under some pressure. They're drawing oil up through the 4" pipe at a fairly high rate. I'd expect there to be some water intrusion, there is more than one breach in the riser. If the 4" pipe is inside the riser a fair way, (it's 5' long according to BP's site) I'd expect it to be picking up mostly oil.
The models might actually be a good way to verify the estimates. Is it 5,000 barrels a day (not) or 30,000-70,000 barrels (within the realm of possibility). We know it's not 5,000 because they're pumping it out now at 5,000 (with the 4" pipe the inserted into the riser) and they haven't had much effect on the outflow.
If you want it to be terribly inefficient and slow then, yes, the government should manage it. If you want the work done to a standard, then the government should have oversight, defined as regulatory supervision, and let BP and its contractors do the work.
Right, and the "Far East" means waaaaaayyy over there. But, I was replying to myself replying to a guy who was complaining that we refer to Oregon and Washington as being in the north west when, he claims, they're in the east. So, clearly, they are standing in Asia somewhere, or perhaps Hawaii. In any event, it all depends on the context. If you want to be really specific you'll state the context. Which, this being/., is North America.
Don't forget that, here in the U.S., we refer to those states as being in the west, and we occasionally refer to Asia (China, Japan, Korea, etc) as the "Far East". The origin is probably either the perspective of the early American settlers or the European perspective. Does that make it better or worse?
Within the United States, we often refer to Oregon and Washington as the Pacific NorthWest because, they are the North-Western most states on the Pacific ocean coast. They get grouped together because they have a similar climate and geology. Pretty straight forward if you're looking at a map of the North American continent. Does that explain it?
You missed the point. It's a university; they're not there to hold your hand. The study guide/homework guide is a study guide which you're supposed to use, on your own, following along within the context of your class discussion. Now, having said that I rarely bothered to purchase the study guide...
It's not in his head. Your lucky and he's not. I was having problems with occasional migraines for a while, associated with staring at a monitor for 10-12 hours a day. A change in eye prescription made it better.
Been there. Getting the head out was a pretty significant job on my Epson as well. If the jets on the head are full of dried ink, unfortunatly, it might require soaking in alcohol or another appropriate solvent. Good luck.
That's a good point. Phoenix ended up with, I believe, an estimated 7" to 8" of ice accumulated. The ice would have an insulating effect on the chassis. However, if you intended to maintain use of the arm, camera, or any externally mounted instruments, you'd need to supply their heaters. It is all possible, of course. You could put a 100kWe reactor on the pole and have it operate year round. It's a question of mass and budget. If you have funding them my argument falls on its face...
I knew the T was "Thermal". The point you missed was the magnitude required. It's one thing to keep the probe warm. It's another entirely to melt the snow and ice and prevent any accumulation. There's a significant amount of heat that would be absorbed in liquifying or sublimating that ice.
Then, as another poster pointed out, what do you do with the heat in the summer? All that heat dissapation might affect the soil in the area around the probe; the soil that you're trying to study.
take it apart. soak the head in cleaner. Be careful of the head, the metal is thin and the holes are microscopic -- it's easy to damage. You might also run it with a cleaning solution in the cartridge (a cartridge filled with cleaning solution).
I haven't looked at a Brother inkjet recently, but this is fairly universal: At the location where the printer parks the head, there should be a pad with a rubber seal. When the head is parked the seal or head should move so that they come in contact. This keeps the head from being exposed to air and keeps the ink from drying. It is VERY common for that seal to be dirty and NOT make a good seal. The seal ends up covered in dried ink and paper dust. Try cleaning the seal. This should help prevent your printer head from clogging again.
Well, HP printers aren't necessarily the solution. They certainly don't own the market on inkjet printers. I prefer Canon and Epson myself. Now that that's out of the way
I've been running refilled carts with non-Epson ink since I bought my Epson in 2005. I've not had a problem yet other than the waste ink pad "expired" and the counter had to be reset. I gave the printer a thorough cleaning at that time. I don't consider myself a heavy user -- my family goes through around 4-5 reams of paper and 10-15 carts of ink per year (kids printing drawings and pics).
The ink that fades, is usually dye based ink, not pigment. If you're doing photo printing there are archival quality inks available. If you're cost conscious the archival quality inks are more expensive ($18/4oz vs $6-8/4oz). There's no point in assuming I'm not using archival quality ink though.
As for Grandma's pictures -- they're digitized. Backed up to an external hard drive and archived on DVD.
Buy a printer that has a fixed head, not one with the head built into the cart. Buy bulk ink. Refill the cartridges yourself. If your printer cartridges are chipped then buy a reset tool, build one, or, if they're available, buy "auto-reset" chips.
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You've hit the nail on the head. We're seeing these systems because either the gas giant is so close to the star that it obviously occludes the light and affects the radial acceleration of the star, or because their orbit extends far enough out from the star that it intersects with and modifies the surrounding debris cloud (think Oort).
Kepler and COROT are starting to return results. They'll need a decade or two to identify Jupiters and Kepler will need 4 or 5 years to identify an Earth or Mars.
I guess I forgot the disclosure statement... I am a Windows user with machines running XP, Vista and Windows 7. I work as an engineer who spends a lot of time doing software dev. on Visual Studio. I'm responsible for a number of data manipulating forms and spreadsheets, all done with Office, at the company I work for. I own a Windows mobile phone. I'm typing this on a Microsoft Natural keyboard sitting next to a Microsoft wireless mouse. I don't own a Zune, my WM phone does double duty. I don't own a 360 -- I'm just not a gamer.
Cool! that stock I bought in 1996 should be worth... DAMN I didn't buy it! I'm such an idiot.
Windows 7 is da BOMB! Office... It just works! And I can do sooo much using Excel and VBA macros! Who doesn't like PowerPoint? For devs, Visual Studio is the BEST tool chain on the market. There's nothing it can't do! Hey, and let's not forget the hardware! Microsoft makes the BEST keyboard and mouse on the planet. And the Zune! Oh man I LOVE that thing. WOW, I almost forgot the X-Box 360. I can't tell you the number of hours I've spent playing on my X-Box...
*GAG* Was that fanboy enough?
Perhaps. But I'm in south east Virginia, Hampton Roads. Not quite as sophisticated as DC; but, we do OK.
Sure. I havent' dug into the details; but, as I understood it, they stuck a 4" pipe into a 21" riser which had oil and gas flowing out under some pressure. They're drawing oil up through the 4" pipe at a fairly high rate. I'd expect there to be some water intrusion, there is more than one breach in the riser. If the 4" pipe is inside the riser a fair way, (it's 5' long according to BP's site) I'd expect it to be picking up mostly oil.
The models might actually be a good way to verify the estimates. Is it 5,000 barrels a day (not) or 30,000-70,000 barrels (within the realm of possibility). We know it's not 5,000 because they're pumping it out now at 5,000 (with the 4" pipe the inserted into the riser) and they haven't had much effect on the outflow.
If you want it to be terribly inefficient and slow then, yes, the government should manage it. If you want the work done to a standard, then the government should have oversight, defined as regulatory supervision, and let BP and its contractors do the work.
Hey! My work resembles that remark. Especially the VB part. Other than being horrible, what's wrong with it?!
Right, and the "Far East" means waaaaaayyy over there. But, I was replying to myself replying to a guy who was complaining that we refer to Oregon and Washington as being in the north west when, he claims, they're in the east. So, clearly, they are standing in Asia somewhere, or perhaps Hawaii. In any event, it all depends on the context. If you want to be really specific you'll state the context. Which, this being /., is North America.
Don't forget that, here in the U.S., we refer to those states as being in the west, and we occasionally refer to Asia (China, Japan, Korea, etc) as the "Far East". The origin is probably either the perspective of the early American settlers or the European perspective. Does that make it better or worse?
Within the United States, we often refer to Oregon and Washington as the Pacific NorthWest because, they are the North-Western most states on the Pacific ocean coast. They get grouped together because they have a similar climate and geology. Pretty straight forward if you're looking at a map of the North American continent. Does that explain it?
Virginia's not bad, if you stay out of DC. But DC, technically, isn't part of Virginia.
Name a state without the same problems, and you won't be talking about the USA.
Virginia.
You missed the point. It's a university; they're not there to hold your hand. The study guide/homework guide is a study guide which you're supposed to use, on your own, following along within the context of your class discussion. Now, having said that I rarely bothered to purchase the study guide...
yes. consider yourself lucky. With university physics, engineering and math texts, $200 wasn't uncommon.
It's not in his head. Your lucky and he's not. I was having problems with occasional migraines for a while, associated with staring at a monitor for 10-12 hours a day. A change in eye prescription made it better.
Been there. Getting the head out was a pretty significant job on my Epson as well. If the jets on the head are full of dried ink, unfortunatly, it might require soaking in alcohol or another appropriate solvent. Good luck.
That's a good point. Phoenix ended up with, I believe, an estimated 7" to 8" of ice accumulated. The ice would have an insulating effect on the chassis. However, if you intended to maintain use of the arm, camera, or any externally mounted instruments, you'd need to supply their heaters. It is all possible, of course. You could put a 100kWe reactor on the pole and have it operate year round. It's a question of mass and budget. If you have funding them my argument falls on its face...
I knew the T was "Thermal". The point you missed was the magnitude required. It's one thing to keep the probe warm. It's another entirely to melt the snow and ice and prevent any accumulation. There's a significant amount of heat that would be absorbed in liquifying or sublimating that ice.
Then, as another poster pointed out, what do you do with the heat in the summer? All that heat dissapation might affect the soil in the area around the probe; the soil that you're trying to study.
But Mom is going to have to spend millions in litigation costs to prove she has the rights to your (and her) genome.
take it apart. soak the head in cleaner. Be careful of the head, the metal is thin and the holes are microscopic -- it's easy to damage. You might also run it with a cleaning solution in the cartridge (a cartridge filled with cleaning solution).
I haven't looked at a Brother inkjet recently, but this is fairly universal: At the location where the printer parks the head, there should be a pad with a rubber seal. When the head is parked the seal or head should move so that they come in contact. This keeps the head from being exposed to air and keeps the ink from drying. It is VERY common for that seal to be dirty and NOT make a good seal. The seal ends up covered in dried ink and paper dust. Try cleaning the seal. This should help prevent your printer head from clogging again.
Well, HP printers aren't necessarily the solution. They certainly don't own the market on inkjet printers. I prefer Canon and Epson myself. Now that that's out of the way
I've been running refilled carts with non-Epson ink since I bought my Epson in 2005. I've not had a problem yet other than the waste ink pad "expired" and the counter had to be reset. I gave the printer a thorough cleaning at that time. I don't consider myself a heavy user -- my family goes through around 4-5 reams of paper and 10-15 carts of ink per year (kids printing drawings and pics).
The ink that fades, is usually dye based ink, not pigment. If you're doing photo printing there are archival quality inks available. If you're cost conscious the archival quality inks are more expensive ($18/4oz vs $6-8/4oz). There's no point in assuming I'm not using archival quality ink though.
As for Grandma's pictures -- they're digitized. Backed up to an external hard drive and archived on DVD.
It's too late. There's already large sections of your genome that have been patented by various companies.
Buy a printer that has a fixed head, not one with the head built into the cart. Buy bulk ink. Refill the cartridges yourself. If your printer cartridges are chipped then buy a reset tool, build one, or, if they're available, buy "auto-reset" chips.