This baffles me. I got a "double-album" which was 18 tracks on 2 CDs. Why it was on 2 CDs I'll never know, since the total track time was 61 minutes.
*The album was "Get Away From Me" by Nellie McKay, who reportedly fought long and hard with Sony to put out a "double-album". Apparently her insistence on a double-album for her second album ended her relationship w/ Sony.
Once you extend the scope of your analysis beyond the actual heater, all bets are off. Burning fossil fuel is highly inefficient considering the millenia of sunlight and geological forces it took to produce it. Who's to say that the heat wasted in nuclear power production is really greater than that? Or are we going to factor in the energy wasted in the supernova that created the uranium? It's clear from the GP's post that he was talking about the economy of electiric heat (the last word to the prior sentence was "bill").
It may not be a good idea to use halogen lamps for only a few minutes at a time. This is because it may take a few minutes to reach operating temperature, which might mess up the tungsten recycling process. I'm not entirely sure this is a problem, as this analysis is extrapolated from discussions about dimming halogens. One solution might be to keep the light on for an extended period once in a while.
What's with the invasion of the latin geeks on slashdot? In the past few weeks, I've seen "et alia", "inter alios" and "et similia", not to mention the more common "et cetera" and "et al". Have you guys been here this whole time (and I never noticed), or has something changed? Are these phrases more familiar than I think they are?
I am very sensitive to the rainbow effect. The other day I was watching my friend's new big screen tv... it was a black and white film. The rainbow effect was getting to me and I asked "is this DLP rear projection?" and he said "no, it's plasma". That's when I realized that plasma has the same problem with rainbow as old-school crt did: namely, it uses phosphors and those phosphors have different decay rates. I would have thought this would be eliminated because plasma doesn't need to SCAN. But apparently this plasma screen did scan, or something equivalent, which meant that I saw rainbows. Can someone please explain this?
at 140 cars a minute a traffic jam is virtually certain.
But if there is a traffic jam, you aren't going to be pushing 140 CPM. I have a feeling that CPM will stay mostly constant and the speed will vary inversely with the total number of cars. Therefore, you would never get enough cars going fast enough to hit a CPM that makes a traffic jam certain (self-limiting). Or maybe it's late and I'm going crazy.
Most of us have probably sent our laptops tumbling only once or twice
I've actually always wondered about that. Who are these people who drop their laptops? I've never dropped one in many many years with daily mobile use. And it's not that I'm overly cautious. Maybe it's because I don't use it while walking? That could get ugly. Anyways, I'm very suspicious of the manufacturer's claim that some 30% (don't recall the exact figure) of laptops get broken in the first year. The only thing I drop regularly is my phone. And that's because I take it out while dancing/drunk.
I'd be surprised if they didn't already know. I mean, it should be pretty trivial to keep a log of all cell phones that have contacted that many towers simultaneously.
Of course they don't have any evidence of what the intruder did with the data.
You mean the sophisticated hacker. Is anyone else interested in what evidence they have that this was the work of a formidable enemy rather than mere incompetence on their part?
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This baffles me. I got a "double-album" which was 18 tracks on 2 CDs. Why it was on 2 CDs I'll never know, since the total track time was 61 minutes.
*The album was "Get Away From Me" by Nellie McKay, who reportedly fought long and hard with Sony to put out a "double-album". Apparently her insistence on a double-album for her second album ended her relationship w/ Sony.
Interesting, when you said strong, I though you meant STRONG. Of course, I can suspend gaseous oxygen without any magnetic field at all ;)
You can also suspend a frog in a strong magnetic field because water is diamagnetic. http://www.hfml.ru.nl/froglev.html
Once you extend the scope of your analysis beyond the actual heater, all bets are off. Burning fossil fuel is highly inefficient considering the millenia of sunlight and geological forces it took to produce it. Who's to say that the heat wasted in nuclear power production is really greater than that? Or are we going to factor in the energy wasted in the supernova that created the uranium? It's clear from the GP's post that he was talking about the economy of electiric heat (the last word to the prior sentence was "bill").
It may not be a good idea to use halogen lamps for only a few minutes at a time. This is because it may take a few minutes to reach operating temperature, which might mess up the tungsten recycling process. I'm not entirely sure this is a problem, as this analysis is extrapolated from discussions about dimming halogens. One solution might be to keep the light on for an extended period once in a while.
electric heat is very inefficient
I think you mean it's not economic. A heater designer would have to be pretty dumb not to get 100 percent efficiency out of an electric heater.
What's with the invasion of the latin geeks on slashdot? In the past few weeks, I've seen "et alia", "inter alios" and "et similia", not to mention the more common "et cetera" and "et al". Have you guys been here this whole time (and I never noticed), or has something changed? Are these phrases more familiar than I think they are?
If your music was made in the last 10 years, it's probably shit.
May I suggest you find some better music to listen to? There's plenty of good music from the last 10 years.
No need to prove you wrong, as you don't even exist. Prove me wrong!
Well, I see you're willing to trade "Loading... Please Wait" for "> Go North" (yes, I know some great games are text based)
I am very sensitive to the rainbow effect. The other day I was watching my friend's new big screen tv... it was a black and white film. The rainbow effect was getting to me and I asked "is this DLP rear projection?" and he said "no, it's plasma". That's when I realized that plasma has the same problem with rainbow as old-school crt did: namely, it uses phosphors and those phosphors have different decay rates. I would have thought this would be eliminated because plasma doesn't need to SCAN. But apparently this plasma screen did scan, or something equivalent, which meant that I saw rainbows. Can someone please explain this?
Easier than any other executable you get off the internet?
Maybe what we really need to bring back is games that take up less than a megabyte of storage.
How's 96K sound?
at 140 cars a minute a traffic jam is virtually certain.
But if there is a traffic jam, you aren't going to be pushing 140 CPM. I have a feeling that CPM will stay mostly constant and the speed will vary inversely with the total number of cars. Therefore, you would never get enough cars going fast enough to hit a CPM that makes a traffic jam certain (self-limiting). Or maybe it's late and I'm going crazy.
You could, you know... carpool.
Most of us have probably sent our laptops tumbling only once or twice
I've actually always wondered about that. Who are these people who drop their laptops? I've never dropped one in many many years with daily mobile use. And it's not that I'm overly cautious. Maybe it's because I don't use it while walking? That could get ugly. Anyways, I'm very suspicious of the manufacturer's claim that some 30% (don't recall the exact figure) of laptops get broken in the first year. The only thing I drop regularly is my phone. And that's because I take it out while dancing/drunk.
They weren't dropping it on the corner though. Not any more than what was unavoidable at least.
Yeah, and USPS doesn't deliver letters. USPS delivers envelopes. Letters can be put inside of envelopes. USPS is not a letter delivery service.
Dispute the charge. That'll get their attention.
I'd be surprised if they didn't already know. I mean, it should be pretty trivial to keep a log of all cell phones that have contacted that many towers simultaneously.
Does SMTP transfer files? Yep, did it the other day. Is SMTP a protocol? I mean, it's got the P in there.
From 1962-1982 pennies were 95% copper. Those pennies are worth over $.02 in metal. And yes, zinc is getting pricey as well.
They are talking about the copper pennies, obviously.
They are not random, but sequential in order of admittance to the school.
These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined.
Of course they don't have any evidence of what the intruder did with the data.
You mean the sophisticated hacker. Is anyone else interested in what evidence they have that this was the work of a formidable enemy rather than mere incompetence on their part?