So if you are the frame of reference, and you get into a car, what happens? Does the car spin the whole world under you? Man that must be a powerfull engine....
Arbitary frames of reference dont work for everything, you need to account for energy and momentum.
To be completely accurate, when you accelerate in a car the earth's spin does get affected by a minute amount, but it's so small as to be impercetible due to the difference in mass. Momentum is still maintained however. Similar things happen with planets orbiting stars, and galaxies orbiting each other. Nothing is truly stationary, there is no absolute frame of reference, but if you have to it's best that you choose a nice heavy one (like the sun) so as to introduce the least amount of error.
I agree with the parent poster. Maybe people cant tell the difference on an overdriven 5 watt iPod dock, but on a reasonable home amplifier with reasonable speakers it is definitely noticable.
I probably couldnt tell the difference between 256 and 320 though.
Mechanical watches are innefficient. Digital watches can be self powered very easily - solar digital watches were $10 a piece a while ago - it's just that they dont look very good.
Just like digital watches, electronic sensors can be built with low enough power to make it practical.
Nuclear is far far cleaner than oil, and yet treehuggers block that all the time.
They dont want gradual improvement, they want instant perfection and will block anything that doesnt fit that - which ironically dooms us all to continue with dirty hydrocarbons for longer.
If they were making the same spec part that would be fine, but as transistors shrink they cram more into the same space, so total heat flux tends to go up. Also the leakage gets worse too - but that gets offset by lower voltages.
If the bit error rate is sufficiently low for use as a primary storage interface, and it can handle bandwitdths of 2Gbit/sec, then i'm pretty sure regular SATA can happily deliver the 704kbit/sec for CD quality audio. Not to mention they use buffers to solve any jitter issues.
1) They are switching loops, not routing loops. 2) If you enable spanning tree on all port, you wont have any problems - in fact you can then make multiple connections for redundancy.
Motorbikes are legal, but I bet they wouldnt fare too well in a crash either.
At some point it would be good to allow consumers to make an informed choice with regards to their safety - oh wait, this is America we are talking about.
You're missing the point. They are a pump that moves heat from one side to the other - so if you try and made the underside of a controller cold, the other side of the peltier will get very hot and you'll have to dissipate that somewhere.
Personally I think it's a stupid idea. Who wants to have cold or hot hands whilst playing a game?
I would think that a faster spinning generator is better. You can create higher voltages with less windings, saving on weight. Also the rectified power becomes easier (and lighter) to filter.
I disagree - the carbon tax is to ensure that the cost of fossil fuels incorporates their entire usage cycle, including environmental remediation of the carbon. Other industries (eg nuclear) have to pay for fuel disposal costs, but so far the coal, oil & gas industries have gotten away with only accounting for the production side of a dirty product.
When you make the cost truly reflective, then you can have a real comparison to other energy sources. It may end up that the cheapest solution is to keep burning oil and plant a shitload of trees, but at least then the net harm to the environment is zero.
I think you'll find the "fibreglass" was actually fibreglass mesh like used in fly-wire. This has basically the same appearance and environmental properties as the wire mesh.
Here in Australia what you are describing is a ATM Card / EFTPOS Card.
Debit cards are a new spin on Credit cards for people with bad credit ratings. They work exactly like a credit card, but you use your own savings account, not the bank's credit. Personally I wouldnt go near them as signiature security is shockingly poor.
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I know it's traditional to not RTFA, but did you not even RTF Summary?
at worst, a wireless adaptor that plugs into USB (could be embedded into a protective case) would work well enough.
So if you are the frame of reference, and you get into a car, what happens? Does the car spin the whole world under you? Man that must be a powerfull engine....
Arbitary frames of reference dont work for everything, you need to account for energy and momentum.
To be completely accurate, when you accelerate in a car the earth's spin does get affected by a minute amount, but it's so small as to be impercetible due to the difference in mass. Momentum is still maintained however. Similar things happen with planets orbiting stars, and galaxies orbiting each other. Nothing is truly stationary, there is no absolute frame of reference, but if you have to it's best that you choose a nice heavy one (like the sun) so as to introduce the least amount of error.
Yeah, no-one builds rings out heavy elements like gold or anything.
Whoosh!
You might pack it, but who's to say they eat it? Maybe they swap it for M&M's.
I agree with the parent poster. Maybe people cant tell the difference on an overdriven 5 watt iPod dock, but on a reasonable home amplifier with reasonable speakers it is definitely noticable.
I probably couldnt tell the difference between 256 and 320 though.
Mechanical watches are innefficient. Digital watches can be self powered very easily - solar digital watches were $10 a piece a while ago - it's just that they dont look very good.
Just like digital watches, electronic sensors can be built with low enough power to make it practical.
Nuclear is far far cleaner than oil, and yet treehuggers block that all the time.
They dont want gradual improvement, they want instant perfection and will block anything that doesnt fit that - which ironically dooms us all to continue with dirty hydrocarbons for longer.
If they were making the same spec part that would be fine, but as transistors shrink they cram more into the same space, so total heat flux tends to go up. Also the leakage gets worse too - but that gets offset by lower voltages.
Bullshit.
If the bit error rate is sufficiently low for use as a primary storage interface, and it can handle bandwitdths of 2Gbit/sec, then i'm pretty sure regular SATA can happily deliver the 704kbit/sec for CD quality audio. Not to mention they use buffers to solve any jitter issues.
The salesman must have loved you. Would you like some special monster cable for your headlights too?
I can do posted speeds on my $110 tyres, pretty sure it's not that lofty a goal.
1) They are switching loops, not routing loops.
2) If you enable spanning tree on all port, you wont have any problems - in fact you can then make multiple connections for redundancy.
I dont see how wikileaks can censor what they publish without going against exactly what they stand for - exposing the truths that others are hiding!
Yeah, but even that is barely an excuse. It's not that hard to keep noise in a digital inteface below the logic threshold.
Motorbikes are legal, but I bet they wouldnt fare too well in a crash either.
At some point it would be good to allow consumers to make an informed choice with regards to their safety - oh wait, this is America we are talking about.
You're missing the point. They are a pump that moves heat from one side to the other - so if you try and made the underside of a controller cold, the other side of the peltier will get very hot and you'll have to dissipate that somewhere.
Personally I think it's a stupid idea. Who wants to have cold or hot hands whilst playing a game?
I would think that a faster spinning generator is better. You can create higher voltages with less windings, saving on weight. Also the rectified power becomes easier (and lighter) to filter.
I disagree - the carbon tax is to ensure that the cost of fossil fuels incorporates their entire usage cycle, including environmental remediation of the carbon. Other industries (eg nuclear) have to pay for fuel disposal costs, but so far the coal, oil & gas industries have gotten away with only accounting for the production side of a dirty product.
When you make the cost truly reflective, then you can have a real comparison to other energy sources. It may end up that the cheapest solution is to keep burning oil and plant a shitload of trees, but at least then the net harm to the environment is zero.
Just reading your description made me feel ill. I agree, anyone who could watch that and not be affected is probably a psychopath/sociopath.
Umm, UV radiation IS ionising.
I think you'll find the "fibreglass" was actually fibreglass mesh like used in fly-wire. This has basically the same appearance and environmental properties as the wire mesh.
Here in Australia what you are describing is a ATM Card / EFTPOS Card.
Debit cards are a new spin on Credit cards for people with bad credit ratings. They work exactly like a credit card, but you use your own savings account, not the bank's credit. Personally I wouldnt go near them as signiature security is shockingly poor.
In my dreams. In reality it's even worse :(
Hehe. Glad I'm not the only one.
Exactly. Which means the people that do get caught would have to be trying pretty hard and truly deserve it. Sounds like a win for common sense to me.