You forgot to mention that by the end of the school year, your wife, aunt and friends are totally whipped and need the few free days of summer to get their sanity back. I work as the techie in a very small district and see that by the time June rolls around, pretty much every teacher is all in. In most jobs, you don't have to put out 100% for six hours a day (the class hours) with an hour of paid time to get ready for tomorrow (and you'd better be ready or there'll be hell to pay). Most teachers have way too much to do during their paid hours and, like you mention, work early mornings, late evenings, weekends and holidays. Summer consists of winding down the school year, relaxing for a few days interspersed with classes and training and then ramping up for the new year. Many teachers work during the summer because they don't get paid enough. My wife teaches math in a different district and makes about as much as she did as a software engineer 25 years ago. Then again, even though it's far more work, she gets more satisfaction from teaching.
FTFA: "The silicon wire arrays... are able to convert between 90 and 100 percent of the photons they absorb into electrons--in technical terms, the wires have a near-perfect internal quantum efficiency".
Some comments on your observations (I've got an '07 Prius): - I agree that the gear lever is for tactile feedback. Pushbuttons or on-screen buttons would be hard to find in the dark or without looking. - The driver floormat hasn't come off the hooks, but is getting worn (almost 100K miles). I've seen some news stories that suggest that the all-weather "winter" ones are more problematic. - I use the cruise control many times a day and bump it up and down a lot (to the point where it's automatic and I don't even realize I'm doing it). It works very nicely by speeding up or slowing down by 1 mph per toggle. It has never, ever misbehaved.
A note about unintended acceleration: I found that even under full throttle, if you hit the "Park" button, it throws the transmission into neutral and the engine goes to idle. Also tested it with the cruise control by bumping it up a few miles an hour and then hitting Park. Same thing. (Luckily, it doesn't try to lock the transmission like shifting a normal car into Park would do).
It's one thing when people who feel they have the requisite knowledge choose to locate an alternative browser and install it. If every user had to use Google to locate what they thought might be a web browser and then attempt to install it successfully, a significant percentage would go straight off the cliff.
Yes, they can. I got dinged about $2 for pressing a button, so I had them turn it off. That broke the automatic backup of my contact list. Just about every time I opened the phone after that it was busy trying (and failing) to connect to do the backup. Damned if you do and damned if you don't.
You seem to think that a Prius runs either on the gas motor OR the electric motor (but not both). If you watch the display on a Prius at highway speed (gas motor running), the electric motor / generator / battery are being used in one way or another almost all the time. If they were just useless weight, a Prius would get mileage similar to a typical gas car. In reality, it gets much better mileage and has rather good highway performance. I drive 100 miles roundtrip to work every day and average about 50 mpg at 65 mph, driving "normally" (no concessions for the sake of mileage). Passing acceleration (50 up to 75-80) is surprisingly good because both the gas and electric are combined.
Amen. I learned cursive in elementary school and it looked pretty good. Then, in 9th grade (~1969), I trained myself to print block capital letters as fast as my science teacher could write them on the board (he was very fast). I was successful but probably would have gotten more from the class if I had concentrated on comprehending what he was explaining instead of concentrating on copying.
The problem is not the Prius, it's the driver. I have an '07 and have no problem at all maintaining 75mph even in the mountains, with four adults plus luggage. It'll do 90+, no problem. Acceleration is very good. When passing a semi, I'm usually going about 80 when even with the cab (starting at 50-55). While the peak hp is only about 110 (gas plus electric), the electric motor puts out 258 ft-lbs of torque (a standard '09 Ford F-150 pickup has 294). I know a lot of other people with Prius (Toyota says that's the plural) and they all agree that that they have no problem going fast (usually faster than other traffic). You must be seeing people who are staring at the mileage display and are ignoring the traffic around them.
Some parts of the 747 may have been produced in Hawthorne, but the 747 is (and always has been) assembled in a Everett, WA. The article mentions the Hawthorne facility having a "massive hangar". The real thing is gigantic (eg: 90' ceiling). http://www.boeing.com/commercial/facilities/
If you call 811 and have the underground utilities marked, it's my understanding that you're good to go. If you hit something you weren't told about, not your problem.
If you *don't* call to have them located and you dig something up, you're pretty much on the hook for the whole shebang.
I worked with a guy who did third party consulting on DEC equipment and one day he picked up the phone and dialed D-I-G-I-T-A-L and offered the person $100 plus expenses to transfer their number to his company. They accepted, so he could tell people his number was DIGITAL. It was like "Who's on first?". "What's your phone number?" "It's DIGITAL". (pronounced, not spelled out) "Okay,.... but what is it?" "I just gave it to you?" "You said it was digital." "Right, it's DIGITAL." "Okay, so it has digits in it, but what are they?"...
It was more trouble than it was worth, but it bugged the hell out of the local DEC office.
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I hardly ever use checks these days. Can I just take a picture of some cash and deposit it instead?
> How do you find non-Web resources on the Internet other than through search
> engines on the Web?
I use Gopher.
Oh, and by the way, get the hell off my lawn!
FTFY
Nice try, but, at best, a "vehicle" analogy. To be more precise, a truck analogy.
You forgot to mention that by the end of the school year, your wife, aunt and friends are totally whipped and need the few free days of summer to get their sanity back. I work as the techie in a very small district and see that by the time June rolls around, pretty much every teacher is all in. In most jobs, you don't have to put out 100% for six hours a day (the class hours) with an hour of paid time to get ready for tomorrow (and you'd better be ready or there'll be hell to pay). Most teachers have way too much to do during their paid hours and, like you mention, work early mornings, late evenings, weekends and holidays. Summer consists of winding down the school year, relaxing for a few days interspersed with classes and training and then ramping up for the new year. Many teachers work during the summer because they don't get paid enough. My wife teaches math in a different district and makes about as much as she did as a software engineer 25 years ago. Then again, even though it's far more work, she gets more satisfaction from teaching.
FTFA: "The silicon wire arrays ... are able to convert between 90 and 100 percent of the photons they absorb into electrons--in technical terms, the wires have a near-perfect internal quantum efficiency".
Nah, you only use real badgers when you need to literally rip somebody a new one.
Some comments on your observations (I've got an '07 Prius):
- I agree that the gear lever is for tactile feedback. Pushbuttons or on-screen buttons would be hard to find in the dark or without looking.
- The driver floormat hasn't come off the hooks, but is getting worn (almost 100K miles). I've seen some news stories that suggest that the all-weather "winter" ones are more problematic.
- I use the cruise control many times a day and bump it up and down a lot (to the point where it's automatic and I don't even realize I'm doing it). It works very nicely by speeding up or slowing down by 1 mph per toggle. It has never, ever misbehaved.
A note about unintended acceleration: I found that even under full throttle, if you hit the "Park" button, it throws the transmission into neutral and the engine goes to idle. Also tested it with the cruise control by bumping it up a few miles an hour and then hitting Park. Same thing. (Luckily, it doesn't try to lock the transmission like shifting a normal car into Park would do).
Actually, in TFA they argue that it's a conflict of interest to be both a tax collector and tax preparer.
On the contrary, it blows.
Let me be the first to say...
Noooooooooooooooooo...!!!
You can go to work in a F1 car, or your normal car.
I wish. My F1 always gets stuck in the gutter at the end of the driveway.
It's one thing when people who feel they have the requisite knowledge choose to locate an alternative browser and install it. If every user had to use Google to locate what they thought might be a web browser and then attempt to install it successfully, a significant percentage would go straight off the cliff.
If a man speaks in the forest and there are no women around, is he still wrong?
The fact that your system appears to have been sanitized has been used in some cases to indicate guilt.
Yes, they can. I got dinged about $2 for pressing a button, so I had them turn it off. That broke the automatic backup of my contact list. Just about every time I opened the phone after that it was busy trying (and failing) to connect to do the backup. Damned if you do and damned if you don't.
Wait, how many Libraries of Congress is that??? Now I'm totally confused, you keep switching the units on me!
You're still using the wrong units. It's about 1.5 Alamodomes.
The real question is for how many decades is it going to be ten years away?
This is your party...
This is your party on Windows 7...
You seem to think that a Prius runs either on the gas motor OR the electric motor (but not both).
If you watch the display on a Prius at highway speed (gas motor running), the electric motor / generator / battery are being used in one way or another almost all the time. If they were just useless weight, a Prius would get mileage similar to a typical gas car. In reality, it gets much better mileage and has rather good highway performance. I drive 100 miles roundtrip to work every day and average about 50 mpg at 65 mph, driving "normally" (no concessions for the sake of mileage). Passing acceleration (50 up to 75-80) is surprisingly good because both the gas and electric are combined.
> The field museum in Chicago has an exhibit on Pirates (the old-fashioned kind). It's arrr-some. Go there.
Fixed that for you.
Amen. I learned cursive in elementary school and it looked pretty good. Then, in 9th grade (~1969), I trained myself to print block capital letters as fast as my science teacher could write them on the board (he was very fast). I was successful but probably would have gotten more from the class if I had concentrated on comprehending what he was explaining instead of concentrating on copying.
The problem is not the Prius, it's the driver. I have an '07 and have no problem at all maintaining 75mph even in the mountains, with four adults plus luggage. It'll do 90+, no problem. Acceleration is very good. When passing a semi, I'm usually going about 80 when even with the cab (starting at 50-55). While the peak hp is only about 110 (gas plus electric), the electric motor puts out 258 ft-lbs of torque (a standard '09 Ford F-150 pickup has 294).
I know a lot of other people with Prius (Toyota says that's the plural) and they all agree that that they have no problem going fast (usually faster than other traffic). You must be seeing people who are staring at the mileage display and are ignoring the traffic around them.
Some parts of the 747 may have been produced in Hawthorne, but the 747 is (and always has been) assembled in a Everett, WA. The article mentions the Hawthorne facility having a "massive hangar". The real thing is gigantic (eg: 90' ceiling).
http://www.boeing.com/commercial/facilities/
If you call 811 and have the underground utilities marked, it's my understanding that you're good to go. If you hit something you weren't told about, not your problem.
If you *don't* call to have them located and you dig something up, you're pretty much on the hook for the whole shebang.
I worked with a guy who did third party consulting on DEC equipment and one day he picked up the phone and dialed D-I-G-I-T-A-L and offered the person $100 plus expenses to transfer their number to his company. They accepted, so he could tell people his number was DIGITAL. It was like "Who's on first?". ...
"What's your phone number?"
"It's DIGITAL". (pronounced, not spelled out)
"Okay,.... but what is it?"
"I just gave it to you?"
"You said it was digital."
"Right, it's DIGITAL."
"Okay, so it has digits in it, but what are they?"
It was more trouble than it was worth, but it bugged the hell out of the local DEC office.