Why not just use compressed air attached to a moving arm with small holes. Then, just program it to sweep just 1/2 an inch above the panels while providing short bursts of air to blow the dust off.
Sounds simple enough for me. Except, the dynamic change in temperature that the rover has to deal with my cause the air tanks to rupture. So, the amount of PSI you could hold per tank might be limited...thus the amount of times you could clean the solar panels
The idea of being able to upgrade the firmware in my car stereo is something I look forward to. How hard can it be to implement a USB connection to the faceplate? Upgrading the unit this way would be a lot easer then ripping the whole unit out from my cars console.
Also, getting the whole stero replaced is NOT cheap. And I hate the idea of clipping wires in my car just to replace it.
The economy sucks right now. Just look around you. Lack of jobs, piss-poor wages, no innovation for new products, terrorism by Islamic fanatics...umm did I miss any?
Anyways, the next method of revenue is JACKPOT JUSTICE. Basically, the waters are getting bare and the sharks are hungry. So expect the feeding frenzy among corps to get more intense with the litigation wars.
Just spin it the other way. Tell them that by playing their games, you are promoting their product. In fact, they should be PAYING YOU for the effort. If they still make you go through all the legal effort...then fuck em. Play other games and make it publically known to all other players the hell those other game companies wanted to drag you through. Trust me, no company wants bad PR!
A game is basically an activity in which you follow a set of rules in order to reach a goal. While at the same time achieving satisfaction in the process.
It's very well known that Kerry has very close ties to "Fritz" Hollings.
And remember when he basically told Dean that in order to get a bill passed, you do NOT put your name on it. Gee, what a fucking snake!!! I'm not a democrat, but I would rather vote for Dean over Kerry any day if I had to choose between the two.
If you have a Honda, you can swap out the ECU for a reprogrammable version. So anytime you make a change to the hardware, you can reflect the changes through the ECU by remapping the fuel tables.
Nothing beats hacking both hardware and software at the same time for the ultimate geekdom feeling. And the extra HP gained from your achivements doesn't hurt either.;)
From the P-Pro on up, Intel CPU now support microcode updates to fix or work around the bugs. Once a motherboard manufacture knows of the CPU errata, they simply update the microcode into a newer BIOS revision. By flashing your BIOS to the latest rev (assuming it contains updated microcode), you will have fixed the CPU problem.
A book by Michael Crichton sums up time in a unique way. Obviously, hey he didn't come up with the idea. But he did write the fiction book around the principle.
According to the book, you can never travel back or forward in time within your own universe. But, you can teleport to another parallel universe (one of nearly an infinate amount). And of these universes, they may either be ahead or behind in progress in relation to general age of your own universe.
This idea really gets around paradoxes. For example, you could hop to another alternate universe and kill your great grandfather. Though you will still be alive because you didn't affect YOUR universe. You only effected the outcome of another universe. Though to me, this does raise some ethical questions. Suppose I was able to hop around from one universe to another..and the amount of uiverses is infinite. Would I be charged with murder in my own universe for killing my alternate in another universe? Or would it be an alternate suicide. Also, would it even matter by the time came back home? No one would know of my evil doings.
Also, check out the TV series Sliders. It was based on this as well.
Yes, I'm pissed off about people attude such as yours. If mankind never attempted anything dangerous, mankind would have achived flight, going to the moon, and hell...even crossing vast oceans in search of new land.
I'm so tired of the fucking hypocrisy on slashdot. For example, if you fail at something dangerous, you granted a darwin award. But...if by CHANCE, you happen to succeed... Well then, your either a hero, saint, or some great explorer.
With an attitude like that, it's a wonder how Wright brothers managed to create a successful "flying machine". I mean, when you think about it, what they did was by far more dangerous!!! At least now, these guys are working with existing knowledge of flight mechanics.
I did not know that different stages of sleep repaired differents areas of the body. But I do find this information very interesting being that I suffer from sleep deprivation and insomnia. Also, some days I feel as though I'm not very cognitive after I've had a good eight hours of sleep (I'm only 27). At least, I thought they might be good hours. Maybe there is something with my sleep state that isn't helping my brain repair itself or something.
I suppose I could try sleeping pills for a week. I just hope it's the solution. If not, then caffeine my be my only best hope to counter my sluggish mind.
Us IT guys ARE treated like construction workers. I mean, lets face it programmers and sys-admins are a dime a dozen now. So while we may be skilled, we are also very common. I know...it sucks.
I'll be looking elsewhere for work. I'm tired of the ups and downs of IT. Also, I hate having to worry about my next paycheck.
Maybe I'll just become a taxi driver. At least I can get work everyday...hopefully.
Don't worry. In another dimension, the other end of a black hole is called a white hole. Just imagine all of the white people being insulted as it's own universe is being flooded with "white trash". It's tough being white *sigh*
Of all the years the Earth has been around (4.5 billion?), why would a run-away process happen now? I have a gut feeling that maybe all of this climatic change is just one of the many cycles that the Earth goes through. So regardless of the outcome, the poles shouldn't be melted forever.
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Change your sig, otherwise your just asking to be marked at a troll in anything you post.
I'm not saying that I agree or disagree with it, just being giving you some friendly advice.
Did anyone else read that as "Vint Cerf's Disrupt Torrent Networking"? Damn, I must be really paranoid about the distruction of P2P file sharing.
Why not just use compressed air attached to a moving arm with small holes. Then, just program it to sweep just 1/2 an inch above the panels while providing short bursts of air to blow the dust off.
Sounds simple enough for me. Except, the dynamic change in temperature that the rover has to deal with my cause the air tanks to rupture. So, the amount of PSI you could hold per tank might be limited...thus the amount of times you could clean the solar panels
The idea of being able to upgrade the firmware in my car stereo is something I look forward to. How hard can it be to implement a USB connection to the faceplate? Upgrading the unit this way would be a lot easer then ripping the whole unit out from my cars console.
Also, getting the whole stero replaced is NOT cheap. And I hate the idea of clipping wires in my car just to replace it.
The economy sucks right now. Just look around you. Lack of jobs, piss-poor wages, no innovation for new products, terrorism by Islamic fanatics...umm did I miss any?
Anyways, the next method of revenue is JACKPOT JUSTICE. Basically, the waters are getting bare and the sharks are hungry. So expect the feeding frenzy among corps to get more intense with the litigation wars.
You should see Bjorks video "All is full of love"
Just spin it the other way. Tell them that by playing their games, you are promoting their product. In fact, they should be PAYING YOU for the effort. If they still make you go through all the legal effort...then fuck em. Play other games and make it publically known to all other players the hell those other game companies wanted to drag you through. Trust me, no company wants bad PR!
A game is basically an activity in which you follow a set of rules in order to reach a goal. While at the same time achieving satisfaction in the process.
It's very well known that Kerry has very close ties to "Fritz" Hollings.
And remember when he basically told Dean that in order to get a bill passed, you do NOT put your name on it. Gee, what a fucking snake!!! I'm not a democrat, but I would rather vote for Dean over Kerry any day if I had to choose between the two.
Eminem is such a little pussy. In fact, I can't stand that little punk-ass prick!
All he does is bitch and moan about his problems in life.
God damnit Eminem, get a fucking life. Grow some ball and get over it. Shit happens, now move on!.
Arrrrgaahhhhh!!!! I just had to vent this one out.
If you have a Honda, you can swap out the ECU for a reprogrammable version. So anytime you make a change to the hardware, you can reflect the changes through the ECU by remapping the fuel tables.
;)
Nothing beats hacking both hardware and software at the same time for the ultimate geekdom feeling. And the extra HP gained from your achivements doesn't hurt either.
http://www.hondata.com/
From the P-Pro on up, Intel CPU now support microcode updates to fix or work around the bugs. Once a motherboard manufacture knows of the CPU errata, they simply update the microcode into a newer BIOS revision. By flashing your BIOS to the latest rev (assuming it contains updated microcode), you will have fixed the CPU problem.
Also, AMD CPUs support microcode updates as well.
"This "war on terrorism" is more than people fighting people, but ideas fighting ideas. You can't shoot an idea."
Yes you can. Just shoot the human that holds on to such ideas. Or...scare them into giving up. It worked on Japan in WWII.
Now, whether or not you feel this was moral is up for you to decide and debate.
A book by Michael Crichton sums up time in a unique way. Obviously, hey he didn't come up with the idea. But he did write the fiction book around the principle.
According to the book, you can never travel back or forward in time within your own universe. But, you can teleport to another parallel universe (one of nearly an infinate amount). And of these universes, they may either be ahead or behind in progress in relation to general age of your own universe.
This idea really gets around paradoxes. For example, you could hop to another alternate universe and kill your great grandfather. Though you will still be alive because you didn't affect YOUR universe. You only effected the outcome of another universe. Though to me, this does raise some ethical questions. Suppose I was able to hop around from one universe to another..and the amount of uiverses is infinite. Would I be charged with murder in my own universe for killing my alternate in another universe? Or would it be an alternate suicide. Also, would it even matter by the time came back home? No one would know of my evil doings.
Also, check out the TV series Sliders. It was based on this as well.
The cartoon was an inspiration. Nothing more. These engineers are NOT building something that flies based on the way it looks to cartoon specs.
Yes, I'm pissed off about people attude such as yours. If mankind never attempted anything dangerous, mankind would have achived flight, going to the moon, and hell...even crossing vast oceans in search of new land.
I'm so tired of the fucking hypocrisy on slashdot. For example, if you fail at something dangerous, you granted a darwin award. But...if by CHANCE, you happen to succeed... Well then, your either a hero, saint, or some great explorer.
Don't tell me to grow up, you fucking troll.
With an attitude like that, it's a wonder how Wright brothers managed to create a successful "flying machine". I mean, when you think about it, what they did was by far more dangerous!!! At least now, these guys are working with existing knowledge of flight mechanics.
I did not know that different stages of sleep repaired differents areas of the body. But I do find this information very interesting being that I suffer from sleep deprivation and insomnia. Also, some days I feel as though I'm not very cognitive after I've had a good eight hours of sleep (I'm only 27). At least, I thought they might be good hours. Maybe there is something with my sleep state that isn't helping my brain repair itself or something.
I suppose I could try sleeping pills for a week. I just hope it's the solution. If not, then caffeine my be my only best hope to counter my sluggish mind.
I hope the RIAA finds illigal MP3s on SCOs corporate servers. Ohhh, that would be so sweet!
Us IT guys ARE treated like construction workers. I mean, lets face it programmers and sys-admins are a dime a dozen now. So while we may be skilled, we are also very common. I know...it sucks.
I'll be looking elsewhere for work. I'm tired of the ups and downs of IT. Also, I hate having to worry about my next paycheck.
Maybe I'll just become a taxi driver. At least I can get work everyday...hopefully.
Don't worry. In another dimension, the other end of a black hole is called a white hole. Just imagine all of the white people being insulted as it's own universe is being flooded with "white trash". It's tough being white *sigh*
I thought WinCE was built into the Dreamcasts boot ROM, except using Segas own GUI shell. Oh well...I guess I thought wrong.
Wow, you should be a rich man if you add in compound interest. *grin*
It would be interesting to know whether or not tides would be more dynamic due extra water in the oceans.
Of all the years the Earth has been around (4.5 billion?), why would a run-away process happen now? I have a gut feeling that maybe all of this climatic change is just one of the many cycles that the Earth goes through. So regardless of the outcome, the poles shouldn't be melted forever.