"NEW" is how you pronounce the animal. "Guh NEW" is how you pronounce the name of the FSF organization. What's so hard about that? Or do you have a problem with ANY word longer than one syllable?
Most laser pointers operate on just TWO specific wavelengths, one in the red region and one in the green. It should be possible to produce a filter that blocks these specific wavelengths of light while allowing all others to pass (such filters are made for telescopes to block the specific wavelengths of light emitted by sodium and mercury vapor street lamps). Fit these filters to glasses that pilots could wear (or even to the cockpit windows) to protect the pilot's from being blinded by wayward laser pointers.
BTW, operators of star parties often use green laser pointers to point upward at sky objects (stars, planets) to identify them for their guests.
Rather than key someone I wedged a large nail under each tire so that when the asshole backed out of the spot the nail would be driven into the tire. Sure it would be a slow leak, but he would have FOUR of them.
I think whatever they are proposing will work with a single cut shredder. However, we have a cross cut shredder that leaves behind only bits of confetti. Try pasting THAT together, I dare you, Especially after I toss and randomize the remains. (and maybe let someone use it to line their cat's litter box first).
The actual volcano in question ISN'T a super volcano. It's a conventional volcano as it has a mountain peak. A super volcano never forms a mountain because of the size and speed of the eruption can't pile lava up to form a mountain peak. All there is of a super volcano is a large caldera at ground level, or perhaps in a valley (like at Yellowstone). However there ARE extinct super volcanos in the area (perhaps not so extinct?).
If you take a look at the Google map, all the hot spots are near volcanic areas of the country. This includes all hot springs, and many fault zones. The source of this heat is ALWAYS a magma plume rising from the core to the earth's surface. These plumes are what carry the earth's natural heat to the surface. So I'm NOT wrong about the source of the geothermal energy.
I'm not sure if any oil gas or geothermal wells go deep enough to reach the upper layers of the mantel or not. You're probably right about the crust layer.
I hope those questions are a joke. Geothermal wells don't go any where deep enough to reach the core. In fact they remain in the mantle, the top layer of the earth. It's only where the core sends a plume of lava close to the surface that geo-thermal is possible. Removing any large amounts of energy from these plumes will make no difference in the core temperature. (about as much change as a fart in a hurricane). As for question #2, that is one of the limits to the amount of energy we can use on the surface of this planet, and a limit to growth of the human race.
I have an older thinkpad with a dual core pentium. It works well with LinuxMint (debian). I replaced the hard disk with a larger one, and found a small issue here. The thinkpads use a special firmware on the hard disk to interact with the bios and disk drivers (in Wndows) to shock protect the drive. If the bios self test discovers that the disk doesn't have the firmware support it refuses to boot. You can install Linux, but it won't boot directly from the bios. There IS a work around. During powerup press the blue IBM button during the bootstrap splash screen and a menu will come up, then hit the esc key. This bypasses the bios self test and it falls into the bootstrap. Works with a generic Seagate 250gb sata drive I installed.
Most private colleges have some sort of aid programs for students. Most of this money comes from alumni donations and government research grants. The aid programs are based on both need and academic ratings. In many cases the student can get an almost free ride (if he/she keeps his/her grades up). In most cases the required contribution of the family is based on their income, expenses, and number of children (especially when more than one are attending college at the same time). In some cases the aid takes the form of a loan (by the school NOT the government) to the student, in other cases it is an outright subsidy. Having two children (twins) applying to college at the same time has been enlightening.
I can think of at least three Apple products that were Lemons (or Edsels) as far as sales went. 1: The Apple III computer. 2: The Lisa computer (though this was the prototype for the Mac that WAS well received... eventually) 3:: The Newton PDA (perhaps it was just ahead of it's time)
The theory that flight evolved with proto birds using flapping wings to climb inclines is based on actual bird behavior. A bird running up an incline WILL use it's wings to help scale the slope. It is possible that flight evolved from both ends of the scale, with proto birds using their wings to help climb trees and then glide to another.
have much in common with two stroke piston engines. Oil consumption is high because there can only be one set of seals on the rotary "piston" compared to two (or more) sets of rings on a piston engine. This also results in some fuel being lost in the exhaust just like in a two stroke. The seals are not as good and wear out more quickly reducing compression and loosing power. The engine runs hotter and as a result can produce more 'smog' gases (however the extra heat helps the catalytic converter scrub the exhaust). The engine's high power to weight ratio and quick rev-up make it a good racing engine so I doubt it will disappear, but it really isn't suitable anymore for street cars.
In this case you are wrong. Global warming has EVERYTHING to do with the hole in the ozone layer. Greenhouse gases that cause global warming also cause a cooling in the upper atmosphere and THAT is the cause of the ozone hole, because the CFC chemicals that destroy ozone are activated by low temperatures.
Mr Shatner: Early in your career you appeared in several classic episodes of the twilight zone. Can you describe your experience with this show and your professional relationship with Mr. Rod Serling?
The problem with the secure boot system is that it won't work. It will fail for the same reason that DRM encryption on DVD's and BD disks failed. They were eventually 'cracked'. As soon as a third party OS (Linux, BSD, Mac, etc) is available for installation on systems with secure boot the 'secret' will be out to the malware writers and they will find ways to get in via subterfuge.
How many out there remember Heathkits? I guess you could call it that theIKEA effect on steroids. Back in the 70's I built my own Heathkit TV. I thought it was the best performing TV set I'd ever seen, and we did look in the stores at sets before buying that one. Many people built their own stereo receivers, portable radios (me too), and television sets from kits by Heath.
Then there was this guy on PBS with a show called the "New Yankee Workshop". Norm Abrams also wrote a few books on furniture construction and offered plans to all of the projects he built on the TV show. I bought some basic wood working power tools (table saw, drills, router, etc) and learned how to use them thanks to Norm's "instruction". I build a number of small furniture items including two chests of drawers that were based on a project from the NYWS. Those two chests are (IMHO) better constructed than anything I could buy (REAL WOOD instead of particle board or cardboard and limited use of plywood).
If you don't want to make your own from scratch, or bolt it together from IKEA there is always "Wood You". Wood You stores sell assembled furniture that is un-finished. They provide you with the materials to fine sand, stain or paint, and finish the product. I've gotten several pieces of furniture from them, and they are quite nice. The money saved on not finishing them allows Wood You to use better materials in construction (REAL WOOD!).
The shuttle was more than just a truck to deliver large loads to space or a commuter vehicle to get astronauts up there. It was also large enough to perform as an orbiting lab for science experiments that could only be performed in zero G. (Perhaps now that we have the ISS that function isn't as important). The shuttle was also the only way to bring cargo back to earth from orbit, and there were several such experiments placed in orbit to study exposure to space environments.
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"NEW" is how you pronounce the animal.
"Guh NEW" is how you pronounce the name of the FSF organization.
What's so hard about that? Or do you have a problem with ANY word longer than one syllable?
Most laser pointers operate on just TWO specific wavelengths, one in the red region and one in the green. It should be possible to produce a filter that blocks these specific wavelengths of light while allowing all others to pass (such filters are made for telescopes to block the specific wavelengths of light emitted by sodium and mercury vapor street lamps). Fit these filters to glasses that pilots could wear (or even to the cockpit windows) to protect the pilot's from being blinded by wayward laser pointers.
BTW, operators of star parties often use green laser pointers to point upward at sky objects (stars, planets) to identify them for their guests.
Rather than key someone I wedged a large nail under each tire so that when the asshole backed out of the spot the nail would be driven into the tire. Sure it would be a slow leak, but he would have FOUR of them.
I think whatever they are proposing will work with a single cut shredder. However, we have a cross cut shredder that leaves behind only bits of confetti. Try pasting THAT together, I dare you, Especially after I toss and randomize the remains. (and maybe let someone use it to line their cat's litter box first).
The actual volcano in question ISN'T a super volcano. It's a conventional volcano as it has a mountain peak. A super volcano never forms a mountain because of the size and speed of the eruption can't pile lava up to form a mountain peak. All there is of a super volcano is a large caldera at ground level, or perhaps in a valley (like at Yellowstone). However there ARE extinct super volcanos in the area (perhaps not so extinct?).
If you take a look at the Google map, all the hot spots are near volcanic areas of the country. This includes all hot springs, and many fault zones. The source of this heat is ALWAYS a magma plume rising from the core to the earth's surface. These plumes are what carry the earth's natural heat to the surface. So I'm NOT wrong about the source of the geothermal energy.
I'm not sure if any oil gas or geothermal wells go deep enough to reach the upper layers of the mantel or not. You're probably right about the crust layer.
I hope those questions are a joke. Geothermal wells don't go any where deep enough to reach the core. In fact they remain in the mantle, the top layer of the earth. It's only where the core sends a plume of lava close to the surface that geo-thermal is possible. Removing any large amounts of energy from these plumes will make no difference in the core temperature. (about as much change as a fart in a hurricane).
As for question #2, that is one of the limits to the amount of energy we can use on the surface of this planet, and a limit to growth of the human race.
Ya but just wait till the Thorium starts building a web.
NO. Wine does NOT work since the required codec with DRM is windows native only.
NASA is running out of plutonium for RTG electric generators for deep space probes. They should recycle the weapons grade plutonium to make RTG fuel.
I have an older thinkpad with a dual core pentium. It works well with LinuxMint (debian). I replaced the hard disk with a larger one, and found a small issue here. The thinkpads use a special firmware on the hard disk to interact with the bios and disk drivers (in Wndows) to shock protect the drive. If the bios self test discovers that the disk doesn't have the firmware support it refuses to boot. You can install Linux, but it won't boot directly from the bios. There IS a work around. During powerup press the blue IBM button during the bootstrap splash screen and a menu will come up, then hit the esc key. This bypasses the bios self test and it falls into the bootstrap. Works with a generic Seagate 250gb sata drive I installed.
Oh like Salvage - One?
Most private colleges have some sort of aid programs for students. Most of this money comes from alumni donations and government research grants. The aid programs are based on both need and academic ratings. In many cases the student can get an almost free ride (if he/she keeps his/her grades up). In most cases the required contribution of the family is based on their income, expenses, and number of children (especially when more than one are attending college at the same time). In some cases the aid takes the form of a loan (by the school NOT the government) to the student, in other cases it is an outright subsidy. Having two children (twins) applying to college at the same time has been enlightening.
I can think of at least three Apple products that were Lemons (or Edsels) as far as sales went. ... eventually)
1: The Apple III computer.
2: The Lisa computer (though this was the prototype for the Mac that WAS well received
3:: The Newton PDA (perhaps it was just ahead of it's time)
The theory that flight evolved with proto birds using flapping wings to climb inclines is based on actual bird behavior. A bird running up an incline WILL use it's wings to help scale the slope. It is possible that flight evolved from both ends of the scale, with proto birds using their wings to help climb trees and then glide to another.
In the first of the Foundation series novels Isaac Asimov predicted the pocket calculator. It was used by Hari Seldon.
A large enough asteroid hitting the ocean could reach all the way to the seabed and still raise a huge cloud of debris.
have much in common with two stroke piston engines. Oil consumption is high because there can only be one set of seals on the rotary "piston" compared to two (or more) sets of rings on a piston engine. This also results in some fuel being lost in the exhaust just like in a two stroke. The seals are not as good and wear out more quickly reducing compression and loosing power. The engine runs hotter and as a result can produce more 'smog' gases (however the extra heat helps the catalytic converter scrub the exhaust). The engine's high power to weight ratio and quick rev-up make it a good racing engine so I doubt it will disappear, but it really isn't suitable anymore for street cars.
Which BTW was EXACTLY what the Philadelphia experiment was all about.
In this case you are wrong. Global warming has EVERYTHING to do with the hole in the ozone layer. Greenhouse gases that cause global warming also cause a cooling in the upper atmosphere and THAT is the cause of the ozone hole, because the CFC chemicals that destroy ozone are activated by low temperatures.
Mr Shatner:
Early in your career you appeared in several classic episodes of the twilight zone. Can you describe your experience with this show and your professional relationship with Mr. Rod Serling?
The problem with the secure boot system is that it won't work. It will fail for the same reason that DRM encryption on DVD's and BD disks failed. They were eventually 'cracked'. As soon as a third party OS (Linux, BSD, Mac, etc) is available for installation on systems with secure boot the 'secret' will be out to the malware writers and they will find ways to get in via subterfuge.
How many out there remember Heathkits? I guess you could call it that theIKEA effect on steroids. Back in the 70's I built my own Heathkit TV. I thought it was the best performing TV set I'd ever seen, and we did look in the stores at sets before buying that one. Many people built their own stereo receivers, portable radios (me too), and television sets from kits by Heath.
Then there was this guy on PBS with a show called the "New Yankee Workshop". Norm Abrams also wrote a few books on furniture construction and offered plans to all of the projects he built on the TV show. I bought some basic wood working power tools (table saw, drills, router, etc) and learned how to use them thanks to Norm's "instruction". I build a number of small furniture items including two chests of drawers that were based on a project from the NYWS. Those two chests are (IMHO) better constructed than anything I could buy (REAL WOOD instead of particle board or cardboard and limited use of plywood).
If you don't want to make your own from scratch, or bolt it together from IKEA there is always "Wood You". Wood You stores sell assembled furniture that is un-finished. They provide you with the materials to fine sand, stain or paint, and finish the product. I've gotten several pieces of furniture from them, and they are quite nice. The money saved on not finishing them allows Wood You to use better materials in construction (REAL WOOD!).
The shuttle was more than just a truck to deliver large loads to space or a commuter vehicle to get astronauts up there. It was also large enough to perform as an orbiting lab for science experiments that could only be performed in zero G. (Perhaps now that we have the ISS that function isn't as important). The shuttle was also the only way to bring cargo back to earth from orbit, and there were several such experiments placed in orbit to study exposure to space environments.