What would be cool would be two large wheels in the back, with the ability to power one more than the other. Then they could be rectangular for better traction, plus you could turn on a dime (literally) and spin in place. You could work out a differential system to turn them both in the same direction for top speed, or power one more than the other to turn. Or to do it simply (but inefficiently) upt brakes on them and slow the right one down to turn right, etc.
You're right though, if it was one large wheel you would need some secondary method for steering, unlike the other one-wheel devices that rely on leaning right/left on a more motorcycle-like rounded tire.
the 170MPH limit was not likely a problem with horsepower. Top speed is only limited by three things: drag, power, and gearing. 1200HP is enough power to push anything over 170 no matter how bad the drag is (and I'm sure it was pretty decent for the 'rossa., and way more than enough to spin the wheels in 3rd. There are 944 turbos pushing less than half that HP that have a problem keeping rubber on the road, due to huge ammounts of torque. (I use that example because it's a car I know well enough), 170MPH was most likely a problem with gearing or just lack of balls.
As far as Max HP, There are plenty of street cars with 1000HP, but none that came from the factory like that. Although "factory" in this case is a bit of a misnomer.
Maybe someone who knows what they're talking about can answer this question I have about melting ice and flooding.
Since so much of ice sits underwater, and water expands when frozen, wouldn't it make sense that melting icebergs would actually shrink the oceans, or at least keep them the same size? I know there's a lot of ice on top of land masses melting as well, but what about all the ice in the water?
50 is a great number to design around, because any more than that you will be cut down to a trickle of bandwidth for each one. The access points technically support quite a few more simultanous connections than that, but no one is going to suggest that you design a newwork for a thousand clients per AP. There might be some odd situation where you need more than a hundred clients per AP for some low-bandwidth use (can't think of one, maybe like, a zillion iPaqs in a big room with one AP.. who knows.
IOW, you could have a lot more than 50, but you really shouldn't.
Yes, except with wireless there are no solid boundries, so it's not completely the same. You could have 6 non-overlapping channels are still have interfearance problems if they are stepping over each other. . It's very possible to have overlapping pieces, but as long as you manage your power levels and design it well, you should be OK.
I should add that the light is 350 feet away, and if the speeder is going 60MPH, that's 88ft/sec, giving them just enough room and time to speed up and run the light when they see it change.
That's good, instead of speeding, now they can speed *and* run a red light. I hope it's timed so that the light is far enough away that they have time to stop, and not run through it.
No, it's not "your music." You have certain limitations on what you can do with it, like it or not, because you bought it from Apple with those limitations. Don't like it? Don't buy it from them.
I don't like what Apple did (with this lawsuit), but changing the facts to suit your argument doesn't do you any good.
"I have been correcting people over this for decades and still nobody corrects their usage"
That's because you are the one that is wrong. Any and every dictionary I've ever seen has data as the plural of datum. Maybe no one is paying attention to you because they're tired of explaining it to YOU.
Server sales used to be the biggest chunk, but they have been eclipsed by the subscription income. Ad sales is a very small piece of the pie, but big enough that they don't want to give it up. The really stupid thing is that the ads and crap are hurting them in the long run... a LOT, but they need that cash right now I guess, to make it look like they're profitable.
Real's subscription offerings are great if you want certain news/sport video, and don't get it from TV.
The iPod doesn't "have DRM" any more than your Dell thing does. It's capable of playing DRM'd tracks from the Apple music store, but you don't have to buy those to use the iPod.
You're a little defensive about your manliness there buddy, I don't have to choose a certain electronics device to reassure myself that people will think I'm straight.
Pretty amazing when you put it in those terms, especially given so many people in the urban centers that don't have a walmart to shop at.
When a family in Kansas makes $50k a year, and 1/3 of that goes to the mortgage, and another 2/3 goes to general household expenses, that's....6 * 50... $30k that Walmart has a good shot at getting its hands on. Food, Clothes, Car parts, you name it, Walmart is the logical place to spend your money, they have the best prices.
What that family doens't realize is that walmart is the reason that half the small businesses in their little town are gone, and people are out of work. Of course, walmart will be happy to give you a job at minimum wage with no benefits to replace that job they took away from you. And people eat it up because they have a sale on tube socks today. 12 pair for $2.99!@# The price they pay for low priced products is the loss of small business, loss of jobs, and massive cost-saving consolidation across the entire retail sector in the US. Good for walmart, good for the country, right?
When the supplier goes out of business walmart creates its own store brand and sells that. And that's the stick they can hold above any supplier's head "we'll just make it ourselves." So do you sell at almost a loss to walmart, or lose 1/2 of your sales for the year overnight by standing up to them?
I wouldn't be surprised if they were paying a LOT less per track to the labels than Apple, etc. are. Walmart is by far the most powerful force in retail, selling more CDs than anyone in the country. They can dictate to their supliers exactly what they want to pay, and they will always play ball. I'm sure they are capable of making more money than most other online stores for that simple reason. For an interesting look at Walmart's pricing, look around on the web for the article on the 1 gallon jar of pickles from Vlassic.
With $250B in sales, that's $1k for every man, woman, and child in the US. So for the $3k they should get from my family (and won't) some other family is giving them $6k this year to make up for me not giving them a dime. It's staggering how huge they are.
You know, your comment is the first time I've ever thought about the fact that Macromedia makes "Flash" "Shockwave" and "Fireworks"... and "Dreamweaver" of course, which is a lot less explosive sounding.
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Except that low-speed stability would be very poor, especially on bumpy terrain. Maybe a very large two-wheel single-axle vehicle.
You're right though, if it was one large wheel you would need some secondary method for steering, unlike the other one-wheel devices that rely on leaning right/left on a more motorcycle-like rounded tire.
As far as Max HP, There are plenty of street cars with 1000HP, but none that came from the factory like that. Although "factory" in this case is a bit of a misnomer.
"gravitational drag"? You're saying having a few tons of ice actually pulls the sea level up? I don't believe that for a second.
Since so much of ice sits underwater, and water expands when frozen, wouldn't it make sense that melting icebergs would actually shrink the oceans, or at least keep them the same size? I know there's a lot of ice on top of land masses melting as well, but what about all the ice in the water?
Am I an idiot for thinking this way?
IOW, you could have a lot more than 50, but you really shouldn't.
Yes, except with wireless there are no solid boundries, so it's not completely the same. You could have 6 non-overlapping channels are still have interfearance problems if they are stepping over each other. . It's very possible to have overlapping pieces, but as long as you manage your power levels and design it well, you should be OK.
That depends on the access point, Cisco APs (which is what I work with at work) support hundreds and hundreds of connections.
I should add that the light is 350 feet away, and if the speeder is going 60MPH, that's 88ft/sec, giving them just enough room and time to speed up and run the light when they see it change.
That's good, instead of speeding, now they can speed *and* run a red light. I hope it's timed so that the light is far enough away that they have time to stop, and not run through it.
No, it's not "your music." You have certain limitations on what you can do with it, like it or not, because you bought it from Apple with those limitations. Don't like it? Don't buy it from them.
I don't like what Apple did (with this lawsuit), but changing the facts to suit your argument doesn't do you any good.
According to the terraserver web page, they have 4 nodes with 2TB each... that's not all that much data.
That's because you are the one that is wrong. Any and every dictionary I've ever seen has data as the plural of datum. Maybe no one is paying attention to you because they're tired of explaining it to YOU.
Real's subscription offerings are great if you want certain news/sport video, and don't get it from TV.
Bad Boy Entertainment.
AAC is not "open source" You still have to pay to license it.
You're a little defensive about your manliness there buddy, I don't have to choose a certain electronics device to reassure myself that people will think I'm straight.
Yep, that's the pickle article I mentioned, it's really excellent.
When a family in Kansas makes $50k a year, and 1/3 of that goes to the mortgage, and another 2/3 goes to general household expenses, that's ... .6 * 50... $30k that Walmart has a good shot at getting its hands on. Food, Clothes, Car parts, you name it, Walmart is the logical place to spend your money, they have the best prices.
What that family doens't realize is that walmart is the reason that half the small businesses in their little town are gone, and people are out of work. Of course, walmart will be happy to give you a job at minimum wage with no benefits to replace that job they took away from you. And people eat it up because they have a sale on tube socks today. 12 pair for $2.99!@# The price they pay for low priced products is the loss of small business, loss of jobs, and massive cost-saving consolidation across the entire retail sector in the US. Good for walmart, good for the country, right?
When the supplier goes out of business walmart creates its own store brand and sells that. And that's the stick they can hold above any supplier's head "we'll just make it ourselves." So do you sell at almost a loss to walmart, or lose 1/2 of your sales for the year overnight by standing up to them?
With $250B in sales, that's $1k for every man, woman, and child in the US. So for the $3k they should get from my family (and won't) some other family is giving them $6k this year to make up for me not giving them a dime. It's staggering how huge they are.
Are you sure? Sony used the ATRAC codec for minidiscs, I wasn't aware that another codec was an option.
Apple doesn't own AAC, Dolby does. So you would be licensing it from them, not Apple.
AAC itself does not have DRM, so unless additional DRM has been added, there is no need to "crack" it.
Apple's implementation does not use any "AAC DRM", they have their own scheme.
Hopefully in this case, you can simply copy the AAC on to your machine, because any transcoding will affect the quality.
You know, your comment is the first time I've ever thought about the fact that Macromedia makes "Flash" "Shockwave" and "Fireworks" ... and "Dreamweaver" of course, which is a lot less explosive sounding.
Man, you come along and add religion to the mix on that one, excellent work!