"you might as well just nuke afghanistan right now"
Yes. I agree as it happens. The idea that anything worthwhile can be salvaged from this war is laughable, WW1 and WW2 together didnt last as long as this will.
The alternator cuts out when the battery is fully charged. So the better the state of charge just before I turn the ignition, the quicker the engine starts up and the les time it takes - and fuel it takes - to recharge afterwards.
Also since the panels are permanently mounted on the rear parcel-shelf they trickle-feed 18v into the system while driving in daylight as well, meaning I get a little longer before the battery state drops low enough for the alternator to cut in again. Likewise the LED ancillary lights and rear runnning lights mean I get longer running at night between alternator cut-ins.
On my car the alternator is wired so it cuts in when battery voltage drops to a certain point then cuts out when it reaches that threshold again. Solar charging improves the state of charge when the car is standing (cancelling out the drain from the security system and clock) and ensuring the battery is maximally charged.
My car often spends several days without being used and its noticeable how much less the car labours just after starting when its been unused for a week since fitting the panels
Every time I refill I do so from the same pump, always to the brim, and record the exact volume of fuel pumped and the mileage. I have a high-accuracy fuel-economy record going back 3 years.
the improvement in fuel efficiency from my conversions is between 2% and 2.5%
Not really, you just have a remote killswitch on the batlefield nuke that makes it go supercritical. Then inform the Taleban that any attempt to capture one will result in that immediate area being denied to them for the next 3 centuries
Over this summer I've refitted my old car with solar panels to charge the battery when its parked and replaced all low-energy incandescent bulbs with aftermarket LED replacements. on this one car its lead to a detectable reduction in liquid fuel use. I imagine the fuel savings from even minor adjustments like this, applied to the whole service fleet, could make a noticeable saving on fuel... even before they start retiring portable generators in favour of panels.
There have already been - and remain - several netbooks on the market that run Android, so have fun. Asus I think were first to have one in the shops, well over a year ago now. They even ported the full Firefox browser to Android-x86 to give a more desktop-like browsing experience. And I agree, Chrome OS cant compete against Android on any platform
Yes, actually. It's not common but nor is it so unusual to be remarkable, it's just a bit dated. Like calling a guy a chap or a fellow - common currency among the wilfully old-fashioned.
Prior commenters on an earlier discussion suggested that a sheevaplug is best used as a room heater as they have a surprising capacity for overheating. Who'd have thought that putting a modern PC architecture into something the size of a power adapter might cause issues.....
In the last decade I've half a million miles in cars with no monitoring equipment at all and no airbags. *stops to check* - yup. Definitely still alive.
If we took the airbags out of every new car and replaced them with a hardened steel spike you'd see an immediate reduction in traffic accidents. Technology makes people cocky. Skill and a direct relationship with the car is the cure.
Actually in some of the conditions you specify - most specifically loose gravel - ABS dramatically reduces braking ability compared to a car without it.
Cars don't need wireless sensors. In fact they don't need most of the electronics that gets built in at all. This may seem old-fashioned but for nearly a century a complicated non-electronic system called 'THE DRIVER" would monitor the state of the car and act appropriately when a deflating tyre is detected. I believe this system is moderately effective and not subject to radio spoofing.
Ask me to design my ideal car and it'll have a lightweight but strong aluminium body, a simple, efficient diesel engine, comfortable seats and a decent stereo. Everything else is chaff, I don't even need ABS.
This question has occurred before regarding the USA - some companies banned employees from taking email devices and laptops into the USA, to prevent border searches accessing confidential data, in the light of the new US security arrangements after the terrorist attacks of the last decade
I posted on here in another thread a few days back that RIMs refusal to back down in the UAE stood them in very good stead as a company as their users would respect that. Its amazing how quickly one can lose confidence again....
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"you might as well just nuke afghanistan right now"
Yes. I agree as it happens. The idea that anything worthwhile can be salvaged from this war is laughable, WW1 and WW2 together didnt last as long as this will.
The alternator cuts out when the battery is fully charged. So the better the state of charge just before I turn the ignition, the quicker the engine starts up and the les time it takes - and fuel it takes - to recharge afterwards.
Also since the panels are permanently mounted on the rear parcel-shelf they trickle-feed 18v into the system while driving in daylight as well, meaning I get a little longer before the battery state drops low enough for the alternator to cut in again. Likewise the LED ancillary lights and rear runnning lights mean I get longer running at night between alternator cut-ins.
On my car the alternator is wired so it cuts in when battery voltage drops to a certain point then cuts out when it reaches that threshold again. Solar charging improves the state of charge when the car is standing (cancelling out the drain from the security system and clock) and ensuring the battery is maximally charged.
My car often spends several days without being used and its noticeable how much less the car labours just after starting when its been unused for a week since fitting the panels
Every time I refill I do so from the same pump, always to the brim, and record the exact volume of fuel pumped and the mileage. I have a high-accuracy fuel-economy record going back 3 years.
the improvement in fuel efficiency from my conversions is between 2% and 2.5%
Not really, you just have a remote killswitch on the batlefield nuke that makes it go supercritical. Then inform the Taleban that any attempt to capture one will result in that immediate area being denied to them for the next 3 centuries
Over this summer I've refitted my old car with solar panels to charge the battery when its parked and replaced all low-energy incandescent bulbs with aftermarket LED replacements. on this one car its lead to a detectable reduction in liquid fuel use. I imagine the fuel savings from even minor adjustments like this, applied to the whole service fleet, could make a noticeable saving on fuel... even before they start retiring portable generators in favour of panels.
We're dealing with Brummies here, lets not pretend that spelling is the most important problem they face.... Vuuurrrrrrrrry noyce....
There have already been - and remain - several netbooks on the market that run Android, so have fun. Asus I think were first to have one in the shops, well over a year ago now. They even ported the full Firefox browser to Android-x86 to give a more desktop-like browsing experience. And I agree, Chrome OS cant compete against Android on any platform
Yes, actually. It's not common but nor is it so unusual to be remarkable, it's just a bit dated. Like calling a guy a chap or a fellow - common currency among the wilfully old-fashioned.
I don't think the patent regime for HomePlug is that friendly, judging by the few suppliers and high price/performance ratio
Prior commenters on an earlier discussion suggested that a sheevaplug is best used as a room heater as they have a surprising capacity for overheating. Who'd have thought that putting a modern PC architecture into something the size of a power adapter might cause issues.....
Karma burn - I can afford it. Some people are proper cunts. Like the poster above.
ABS will get a car stopped faster than an identical car without ABS, even with a driver trained in emergency situations
Provably not true
I still miss the one carburretted car I've owned. Even now after nearly 20 years.
In the last decade I've half a million miles in cars with no monitoring equipment at all and no airbags. *stops to check* - yup. Definitely still alive.
If we took the airbags out of every new car and replaced them with a hardened steel spike you'd see an immediate reduction in traffic accidents. Technology makes people cocky. Skill and a direct relationship with the car is the cure.
Actually in some of the conditions you specify - most specifically loose gravel - ABS dramatically reduces braking ability compared to a car without it.
the ALUMINIUM body, the DIESEL engine and the COMFORTABLE seats provably aren't
Most people would have included those things as defining features of a car and therefore unworthy of mention.
Cars don't need wireless sensors. In fact they don't need most of the electronics that gets built in at all. This may seem old-fashioned but for nearly a century a complicated non-electronic system called 'THE DRIVER" would monitor the state of the car and act appropriately when a deflating tyre is detected. I believe this system is moderately effective and not subject to radio spoofing.
Ask me to design my ideal car and it'll have a lightweight but strong aluminium body, a simple, efficient diesel engine, comfortable seats and a decent stereo. Everything else is chaff, I don't even need ABS.
32gb SD cards, 32 of?
..can't trust the floating point calculations, which have assumed dramatic new importance
This question has occurred before regarding the USA - some companies banned employees from taking email devices and laptops into the USA, to prevent border searches accessing confidential data, in the light of the new US security arrangements after the terrorist attacks of the last decade
I would have thought their profits were critically dependent on trust
I posted on here in another thread a few days back that RIMs refusal to back down in the UAE stood them in very good stead as a company as their users would respect that. Its amazing how quickly one can lose confidence again....
Places like the Hague make some justice possible, but for those of us who acknowledge the possibility of imperfection, the lack of justice is tempered by the possibility of vengeance