Does this mean that until now, proposed fuel-cell solutions for portable computers involved temperatures of 1000 deg. C.? Or is this just hydrogen, and not methanol? Kind of makes the Sony burning batteries seem cool by comparison.
I was wondering the same thing, I guess they run at 1000C when they have to supply all the power a car needs, but for a laptop it'd run cooler (in fact I remember a kit they sold on Pitsco which was a toy car which had a reversible fuel cell, which electrolized water with a solar cell and then used the hydrogen to run.
or gold-plated connectors (for *digital* signals??), it's actually at least a half-decent player?
It sounds like audiophile crap, but lots of connectors are gold plated, for example the ones in my old Palm and some serial cables. It barely adds any cost, they just want you to think so.
That theory has always appealed to me as it solves once of the major questions of the universe. What led up to the big bang? The idea that the universe expands and collapse suggests that before the big bang there was another universe
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in regular ram bits are stored in capacitors, which need refreshing. If you power it off, they lose their charge and you won't find it easy to read them (what are you gonna do, open the chips?)
Granted that WWII is more the subject of books, games and TV these days, partly because the generation that fought in it is leaving us and this is our last chance to recognize their deeds and sacrifice.
More like it was the last war where you could say good guy - bad guy, it was.. well, it was cool as hell, and had some remarkable stories. It also had bigger consequences than Vietnam, Korea, etc.
Ah, and by the way, don't treat LatinAmeria as it were a small town. You are talking about some 20 countries, with very different cultures and histories and you can't junt put all of us in the same bag.
Have you studied latin american history?
Me neither, but I'm in the process and most LA countries follow the same steps around the same years.
This discussion is making me sick because I think no side is good. Chávez should bring the people supporting the coup to trial (if it's a crime) instead ok taking their license and equip. Maybe RCTV really is a bunch of corporate asses who dislike socialistic policies, but that doesn't make it right to censor them. And the fact that there are less human rights violations means nothing. It's not like controlling crime, where you have to lower it and it takes time. Nowadays, you can't accept violation of human rights, at all.
Yeah, and if they made a toothpaste tube that somehow didn't need to be opened, several lifetimes would be saved.
Except, it doesn't matter because it is split between millions of people. I hate spam as much as anyone but thsi is ridiculous.
It may not be a "feature" I've intentionally used and it may not be the WORST, but it always gave me a chuckle WayBackWhen (tm) I'd turn on my PC without a keyboard plugged in
It's even better when the damn motherboard doesn't detect the keyboard, so you have to press F1 on every boot _
Schools job is not to teach, it is to produce an easily manageable population that will:
1) Be subject to corporations instead of producing and independent income, to assist mass production.
2) Be subject to marketing and mass persuasion to assist mass consupmtion (required for mass production).
Independent critical thinking is detrimental to these goals, and is only tolerated if it doesn't become widespread. The fact that a not insignificant number of teachers try to educate children is not enough to seriously disrupt the system.
I know cynicism (sp?) is teh hip on slashdot, but you couldn't be more off. Education's job is to create a thinking population, so that they won't sell their vote for a hotdog and fries next election. Sure, the methodology of school makes it very hard for those who excel to maximize their talent, but every teacher will tell you they're there so (my words) the general populace doesn't get shafted and deceived by the leading class.
That's why aberrations such as mcDonalds ads in class are so frowned upon.
Finally, you say a not insignificant number of teachers tries to educate children. Doesn't that imply the system attempts to educate children, and everything else are exceptions?
I'd reply and point out that public and violent executions are pretty much an everyday occurance in places like North Korea and even China, but I suspect you're really just one of those picky little bastards who'll jump on me and exclaim "Aha! Those arn't Communist states! There has never been a truly Communist country blah blah blah", and then you'd feel terribly smug. Ho hum.
Nope. Well, even if I did think that, it'd sound very stupid if I said it now.
Umm... North Korean nuke tests? How about the North Korean internment of Christians? Chinese oppression in Tibet and threats against Taiwan? Litvenienko and friends (let's not fool ourselves about Putin, people). Less recently, Pol Pot, Stalin. Plenty of examples. Need I go on?
I don't really see that as a way to turn the whole world into communism. However, when I look at them like that, the sept. 11 attacks weren't really meant to turn people into muslims either. Both the wtc attacks and the commie executions are punishing those who don't agree with their ideology, but neither really aim to convert.
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Enthropy?
That fancy new PDA phone by motorola?
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in regular ram bits are stored in capacitors, which need refreshing. If you power it off, they lose their charge and you won't find it easy to read them (what are you gonna do, open the chips?)
Me neither, but I'm in the process and most LA countries follow the same steps around the same years.
This discussion is making me sick because I think no side is good. Chávez should bring the people supporting the coup to trial (if it's a crime) instead ok taking their license and equip. Maybe RCTV really is a bunch of corporate asses who dislike socialistic policies, but that doesn't make it right to censor them. And the fact that there are less human rights violations means nothing. It's not like controlling crime, where you have to lower it and it takes time. Nowadays, you can't accept violation of human rights, at all.
Or this?
Yeah, and if they made a toothpaste tube that somehow didn't need to be opened, several lifetimes would be saved.
Except, it doesn't matter because it is split between millions of people. I hate spam as much as anyone but thsi is ridiculous.
"$10000? this is madness"
"Madness? this is SPARTA!"
Come on, twist my nipples!
That's why aberrations such as mcDonalds ads in class are so frowned upon.
Finally, you say a not insignificant number of teachers tries to educate children. Doesn't that imply the system attempts to educate children, and everything else are exceptions?
If your blood is at 0C you're either dead or a fish.
It'd make more sense if you said "they can't repeal Carnot's max. efficiency for an internal combustion engine"
The russian spy who Gary Powers (U2 pilot) was traded for was caught because of a bugged coin.