This is all true. They may continue to support win32, in emulation. The writing's on the wall however. They've been pushing.NET CLR and have indicating Windows 7 is the last 32bit version of Windows.
Excuse me... Every President since Harry Truman has had to deal with North Korea; and, every administration has criticized the previous administrations handling of issues in asia, in general.
Just remember that, no matter how fast an invasion force moves, the'll get off a couple of missles. North Korea has lots and lots of conventional missles. Japan and South Korea are well within range.
This is kind of strange... If the phone was on, it would be in contact with a tower, even if the account was not "activated". If the phone was in contact with a tower, Verizon could have told them, at a minimum, the general area the phone was in (perhaps they did, but it's not in the article). Finally, if the phone was in range of more than one tower, Verizon could have told them where the phone was by triangulation. They actually use this method where I live if the phone doesn't have GPS capability built in. They only use the system when 911 operators are trying to locate an incoherent caller or a caller who's had an accident and can not explain where they are. Strange that Verizon in OH doesn't have this ability when they do in VA.
The carbon is only used as a reaction matrix and an electrode. It's a lithium air battery. The oxygen reacts with the lithium during discharge to create lithium oxides. During recharge the oxygen is liberated and returned to the atmosphere.
Ok, second time I've had to do this; but, clearly the articles are pooorly written and do not describe the technology well, if at all.
It's a lithium-air battery in a carbon matrix. One electrode is lithium metal, one electrode is carbon. The oxygen, supplied by air and entering through the porous carbon electrode, reacts with the lithium to create lithium oxide. When the battery is recharged, the oxygen is liberated, returned to the atmosphere, and the lithium ions are returned to (plated on) the lithium metal electrode.
No CO2.
The output is electricity during discharge and oxygen during charging.
Certainly not the first air based battery. Zinc air and Aluminum air batteries exist. Both were evaluated for use in electric cars with zinc-air being the most favorable. Problem is that it's not rechargeable. The idea, as it was developed, was that you would "burn" your zinc fuel load (creating zinc oxide), then exchange the zinc oxide paste for a new load of zinc fuel. The zinc would be recycled via electrolysis for re-use. Clearly this plan is somewhat convoluted, and not worth persuing if high density rechargeable Li-ion batteries are available.
The alternator is a 3 phase AC generator with rectifier diodes. While it is regulated, the output is limited by the engine rpm, design; and, the output pulses. Some cars may run into problems running without the battery because of an undersized alternator or ineffective filtering in the engine computer. To counter your example, I've seen my Chevy Blazer (with an oversized alternator) and my Honda Accord run with totally dead (bad) batteries.
The lack of the filtering provided by the battery, as I said, can cause problems. I remember my father pulling a battery out of a running Chevy Nova in order to use it to start another car, and all the damage that caused. (the regulator failed high, killed the radio, burned out light bulbs, and so on; but, because it was carbureted and had a simple analog electronic ignition, it kept running).
I'm not recommending, and in fact I strongly recommend against, ever disconnecting the primary starting battery while a car is running. I'm also not surprised that having the battery fail or be disconnected might cause a modern car to stop running. It is not the rule, however.
Just for future reference, cutting the battery does not kill power; because there's an alternator generating all the electrical power the car (usually) needs. It will; however, play hobb with the electrical system because the battery acts, in effect, as a large filter and it helps to regulate the system voltage.
You realize that with every breath you take, you exhale CO2, right? The biological processes in your body generate CO2 as you burn sugar. CO2 blood concentration is used as the signal to control breathing rate. You are aware of this, no?
We are lucky in that the continental US has never been bombed (in recent memory). We had a period of paranoia in the '50's where people built small "fall-out shelter" that, it turns out, would have been fairly in-effective. I expect, one day, we might have to amend our thinking. For now, we have the benefit of two oceans to protect us (note that I don't really consider the Chinese or Russians to be a threat, because, economics aside, it would be pure insanity for any two of the us to go to war with each other)
This is a pet peave of mine too. But, when I run into someone referring to the computer as a "Hard Drive" I pull out the disk platter I keep in my desk drawer and patiently explain that the hard drive is just one component...
There's a difference between assuming it's there and someone directly stating it as fact. The difference can get you serious prison time. For example: Decades later, if I ask my father, "Are there nuclear weapons at the Naval Weapons Station?" he would say "I can neither confirm, nor deny the existance of nuclear weapons..." Yet, it's reasonable to assume that there are probably nuclear weapons stored there from time to time, if not all the time.
No I haven't. And some of those bunkers are designed to survive a nuclear attack, as long as it's not a direct hit with a weapon fused for a ground burst. It might be hell on Earth to be there; but, they will be alive. I've said enough...
Doesn't always work. A lot of datacenters are not filled out because the power density of racks of modern servers is so high it can result in the datacenter exceeding the available electric service, if they filled out all of their space..
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This is all true. They may continue to support win32, in emulation. The writing's on the wall however. They've been pushing .NET CLR and have indicating Windows 7 is the last 32bit version of Windows.
Excuse me... Every President since Harry Truman has had to deal with North Korea; and, every administration has criticized the previous administrations handling of issues in asia, in general.
Just remember that, no matter how fast an invasion force moves, the'll get off a couple of missles. North Korea has lots and lots of conventional missles. Japan and South Korea are well within range.
Yes, but, Win32 is soon to be deprecated, making Wine only good for supporting legacy apps.
This is kind of strange... If the phone was on, it would be in contact with a tower, even if the account was not "activated". If the phone was in contact with a tower, Verizon could have told them, at a minimum, the general area the phone was in (perhaps they did, but it's not in the article). Finally, if the phone was in range of more than one tower, Verizon could have told them where the phone was by triangulation. They actually use this method where I live if the phone doesn't have GPS capability built in. They only use the system when 911 operators are trying to locate an incoherent caller or a caller who's had an accident and can not explain where they are. Strange that Verizon in OH doesn't have this ability when they do in VA.
Energy density was about the same as I recall. So the range would be more like 100-150 miles.
The manganese is the catalyst. There, it's done. Are you happy now.
The carbon is only used as a reaction matrix and an electrode. It's a lithium air battery. The oxygen reacts with the lithium during discharge to create lithium oxides. During recharge the oxygen is liberated and returned to the atmosphere.
Ok, second time I've had to do this; but, clearly the articles are pooorly written and do not describe the technology well, if at all.
It's a lithium-air battery in a carbon matrix. One electrode is lithium metal, one electrode is carbon. The oxygen, supplied by air and entering through the porous carbon electrode, reacts with the lithium to create lithium oxide. When the battery is recharged, the oxygen is liberated, returned to the atmosphere, and the lithium ions are returned to (plated on) the lithium metal electrode.
No CO2.
The output is electricity during discharge and oxygen during charging.
Certainly not the first air based battery. Zinc air and Aluminum air batteries exist. Both were evaluated for use in electric cars with zinc-air being the most favorable. Problem is that it's not rechargeable. The idea, as it was developed, was that you would "burn" your zinc fuel load (creating zinc oxide), then exchange the zinc oxide paste for a new load of zinc fuel. The zinc would be recycled via electrolysis for re-use. Clearly this plan is somewhat convoluted, and not worth persuing if high density rechargeable Li-ion batteries are available.
exactly. But if there's no button... I see a couple of easy work arounds.
hmmm...
The alternator is a 3 phase AC generator with rectifier diodes. While it is regulated, the output is limited by the engine rpm, design; and, the output pulses. Some cars may run into problems running without the battery because of an undersized alternator or ineffective filtering in the engine computer. To counter your example, I've seen my Chevy Blazer (with an oversized alternator) and my Honda Accord run with totally dead (bad) batteries.
The lack of the filtering provided by the battery, as I said, can cause problems. I remember my father pulling a battery out of a running Chevy Nova in order to use it to start another car, and all the damage that caused. (the regulator failed high, killed the radio, burned out light bulbs, and so on; but, because it was carbureted and had a simple analog electronic ignition, it kept running).
I'm not recommending, and in fact I strongly recommend against, ever disconnecting the primary starting battery while a car is running. I'm also not surprised that having the battery fail or be disconnected might cause a modern car to stop running. It is not the rule, however.
Which, point of fact, we do. Petroleum is used to generate some of the artifical chemicals used in food-stuffs.
So, how many people here can already see how this device can be defeated or bypassed completely? Or is it just me?
Just for future reference, cutting the battery does not kill power; because there's an alternator generating all the electrical power the car (usually) needs. It will; however, play hobb with the electrical system because the battery acts, in effect, as a large filter and it helps to regulate the system voltage.
I'm wondering the same thing myself. What, did Toshiba only just now notice that these companies were making DVD-R media?
And let us not forget that the ubiquitous FAT32 filesystem, used (default) on nearly all flash memory devices, is patented.
3/4 ton refers to the cargo capacity within the bed box, not the towing capacity.
You realize that with every breath you take, you exhale CO2, right? The biological processes in your body generate CO2 as you burn sugar. CO2 blood concentration is used as the signal to control breathing rate. You are aware of this, no?
We are lucky in that the continental US has never been bombed (in recent memory). We had a period of paranoia in the '50's where people built small "fall-out shelter" that, it turns out, would have been fairly in-effective. I expect, one day, we might have to amend our thinking. For now, we have the benefit of two oceans to protect us (note that I don't really consider the Chinese or Russians to be a threat, because, economics aside, it would be pure insanity for any two of the us to go to war with each other)
This is a pet peave of mine too. But, when I run into someone referring to the computer as a "Hard Drive" I pull out the disk platter I keep in my desk drawer and patiently explain that the hard drive is just one component...
There's a difference between assuming it's there and someone directly stating it as fact. The difference can get you serious prison time. For example: Decades later, if I ask my father, "Are there nuclear weapons at the Naval Weapons Station?" he would say "I can neither confirm, nor deny the existance of nuclear weapons..." Yet, it's reasonable to assume that there are probably nuclear weapons stored there from time to time, if not all the time.
No I haven't. And some of those bunkers are designed to survive a nuclear attack, as long as it's not a direct hit with a weapon fused for a ground burst. It might be hell on Earth to be there; but, they will be alive. I've said enough...
So they say they backed up the server... To the 2nd online server! That is not a backup.
Doesn't always work. A lot of datacenters are not filled out because the power density of racks of modern servers is so high it can result in the datacenter exceeding the available electric service, if they filled out all of their space..