It is NOT a power breakthrough - I wish it were. He used a measurement of the open circuit voltage. There is nothing about power in this discussion. A cell may generate very very near peak voltage when angled thirty degrees from the sun, but will produce less than 87% as much power as when faced directly at the sun. Maximizing the duration of the peak voltage is nice, but irrelevant. The integrated power generation is NOT increased with this arrangement.
It is not surprising that a thirteen year-old would miss the need to measure power rather than voltage. I am confident that a patent will be issued in spite of the fact that there is little practical application for the design.
The title of the story is inflammatory as this MP is NOT the Australian Government. Apple was justified in not responding. A member of Parliament has no standing to ask such a question with the expectation of receiving an answer.
Apparently you DO know shit because it appears you have your head up your ass.
Melting of ice that is currently above sea level has a much more significant potential impact on ocean levels than does thermal expansion.
FYI: Seawater is densest at about -3.5 degrees C, and it freezes at about -2 degrees C. The temperature of the ocean is rising at.13 degree C per decade. The average depth of the oceans is 3790 m. The thermal expansion coefficient of seawater is approximately 0.0001 . Therefore the sea level rise due to thermal expansion is the product of those three numbers, approximately 0.05 m (2 inches) per decade. While I recognize that this is not without consequences, I think that directing others to focus on that issue instead of the other issues associated with global warming may lead them to the false conclusion that we can mitigate the impact of global temperature changes.
Arctic ice floats - when it melts, it does not result in a rise in water level. If that's the best argument you have, few will see a reason to take any action you might suggest.
I am not convinced that the locks in the You Tube videos were actually locked. The plunger on the deadlatch was not depressed, and many locks respond differently in this mode since there is no purpose served in making the lock secure while the door is open. Last week I performed a modification to the front door lock of my parents' home to allow opening the door by either raising or depressing the handle that was similar to the third attack and the plunger function is critical to the locking function on that lock. The techniques may work with the deadlatch engaged to the striker plate, but without seeing the demonstrations repeated in that arrangement I remain a little dubious.
It does not mention putting one's password on a Post-it note on the keyboard, but I hardly conclude that the omission should be considered an endorsement of such an act.
It does not mention keychain. I see that as an oversight - not a recommendation of its security. If you assume otherwise, I hope you are not a system administrator.
Boycott is a strong threat. Why would any company let its forums be used for activities that are clearly not in its interests? Apple is not censoring posts requesting assistance in a civilized manner, the respect you speak of should flow in both directions.
"Public figure", not "public official." Not really "his own money" either, since he swindled it from the group this public figure is associated with.
I agree that abuse of vague laws by prosecutors should be punished, as should the writers of such laws and those who voted for them. They should be barred from holding public office, direct interaction with those in public office (lobbying) except for personal matters, and forfeit any pensions and benefits associated with their position in excess of their direct contributions thereto. Now all we have to do is write a vague law that captures all that.
You should have stayed with the generic argument against anecdotal "evidence" which is much stronger than the case specific one.
If you want to see the tablet floor models that really get used a lot, go to an Apple Store. But they don't seem to crash.
"When expenditures are 49% more than revenues, it is obvious to those who do not believe in Santa Claus that knocking out a few tax loopholes is not going to balance the budget, and that the bulk of the solution lies in reducing expenditures"
Yes, that IS true.
I wrote nothing that would lead any rational person to believe I am extremist. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people like you who would rather rail mindlessly against one or the other of the two major political parties using the same old worn out rhetoric that issues from the asses of the leaders of their particular party, rather than actually think. You are not a moderate, if you were you would have something other than tired Democratic sound bites to offer. Just because I take issue with the bullshit you spew does not mean that I am a supporter of Republicans or any Republican policies. Both parties have contributed to this mess, and to condemn only one surely means you have been drinking the others Kool-Aid. What you describe as the "Republican Fairy Tale" is in fact "Washington's Fairy Tale" with Democrats equally to blame.
P.S. One does not traditionally put a period after one's signature/sign-off.
You are an idiot. When expenditures are 49% more than revenues, it is obvious to those who do not believe in Santa Claus that knocking out a few tax loopholes is not going to balance the budget, and that the bulk of the solution lies in reducing expenditures.
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It is NOT a power breakthrough - I wish it were. He used a measurement of the open circuit voltage. There is nothing about power in this discussion. A cell may generate very very near peak voltage when angled thirty degrees from the sun, but will produce less than 87% as much power as when faced directly at the sun. Maximizing the duration of the peak voltage is nice, but irrelevant. The integrated power generation is NOT increased with this arrangement.
It is not surprising that a thirteen year-old would miss the need to measure power rather than voltage. I am confident that a patent will be issued in spite of the fact that there is little practical application for the design.
The title of the story is inflammatory as this MP is NOT the Australian Government. Apple was justified in not responding. A member of Parliament has no standing to ask such a question with the expectation of receiving an answer.
I was thinking Sweet Corn. I was thinking exports to China; you were thinking imports.
And might it predate television?
Yes, but the bigger issue is that they can erase you.
Apparently you DO know shit because it appears you have your head up your ass.
Melting of ice that is currently above sea level has a much more significant potential impact on ocean levels than does thermal expansion.
FYI: Seawater is densest at about -3.5 degrees C, and it freezes at about -2 degrees C. The temperature of the ocean is rising at .13 degree C per decade. The average depth of the oceans is 3790 m. The thermal expansion coefficient of seawater is approximately 0.0001 . Therefore the sea level rise due to thermal expansion is the product of those three numbers, approximately 0.05 m (2 inches) per decade. While I recognize that this is not without consequences, I think that directing others to focus on that issue instead of the other issues associated with global warming may lead them to the false conclusion that we can mitigate the impact of global temperature changes.
Arctic ice floats - when it melts, it does not result in a rise in water level. If that's the best argument you have, few will see a reason to take any action you might suggest.
I am not convinced that the locks in the You Tube videos were actually locked. The plunger on the deadlatch was not depressed, and many locks respond differently in this mode since there is no purpose served in making the lock secure while the door is open. Last week I performed a modification to the front door lock of my parents' home to allow opening the door by either raising or depressing the handle that was similar to the third attack and the plunger function is critical to the locking function on that lock. The techniques may work with the deadlatch engaged to the striker plate, but without seeing the demonstrations repeated in that arrangement I remain a little dubious.
It does not mention putting one's password on a Post-it note on the keyboard, but I hardly conclude that the omission should be considered an endorsement of such an act.
It does not mention keychain. I see that as an oversight - not a recommendation of its security. If you assume otherwise, I hope you are not a system administrator.
... whatcha gonna do, no donut for you, bad cop, bad cop.
"They" notably is Apple, not the NSA.
Boycott is a strong threat. Why would any company let its forums be used for activities that are clearly not in its interests? Apple is not censoring posts requesting assistance in a civilized manner, the respect you speak of should flow in both directions.
Flavor-Aid, if you please.
You can't get more left than Massachusetts.
You're not right. Her lawyers != prosecutors. She is a religious leader, not a political figure or public official.
"Public figure", not "public official." Not really "his own money" either, since he swindled it from the group this public figure is associated with.
I agree that abuse of vague laws by prosecutors should be punished, as should the writers of such laws and those who voted for them. They should be barred from holding public office, direct interaction with those in public office (lobbying) except for personal matters, and forfeit any pensions and benefits associated with their position in excess of their direct contributions thereto. Now all we have to do is write a vague law that captures all that.
That was a civil suit. This is a criminal case. Precedents do not cross from one to the other.
You should have stayed with the generic argument against anecdotal "evidence" which is much stronger than the case specific one. If you want to see the tablet floor models that really get used a lot, go to an Apple Store. But they don't seem to crash.
US companies discovered this years ago.
Dwight D. Eisenhower warned us in 1961: http://www.h-net.org/~hst306/documents/indust.html
"When expenditures are 49% more than revenues, it is obvious to those who do not believe in Santa Claus that knocking out a few tax loopholes is not going to balance the budget, and that the bulk of the solution lies in reducing expenditures"
Yes, that IS true.
I wrote nothing that would lead any rational person to believe I am extremist. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people like you who would rather rail mindlessly against one or the other of the two major political parties using the same old worn out rhetoric that issues from the asses of the leaders of their particular party, rather than actually think. You are not a moderate, if you were you would have something other than tired Democratic sound bites to offer. Just because I take issue with the bullshit you spew does not mean that I am a supporter of Republicans or any Republican policies. Both parties have contributed to this mess, and to condemn only one surely means you have been drinking the others Kool-Aid. What you describe as the "Republican Fairy Tale" is in fact "Washington's Fairy Tale" with Democrats equally to blame.
P.S. One does not traditionally put a period after one's signature/sign-off.
You are an idiot. When expenditures are 49% more than revenues, it is obvious to those who do not believe in Santa Claus that knocking out a few tax loopholes is not going to balance the budget, and that the bulk of the solution lies in reducing expenditures.
They have 10% of local populations.
I believe the US debt indicates otherwise.