It's more efficient because it's cheaper. the chost prohibitive compinent of the system os the solar cell, whereas the lens and the litle bit of mechanics to keep it aligned is relatively cheap, (or at least that was the case when the idea was widely talked about)
I seem to remember something to that effect, but the diagram showed solar panel "Strips" that were covered by a lens that was like a half circle above and wider than the panel.
as I have said in other discussions, this is purely about who holds the trump card.
RIAA: Play fair is illegal because it violates the DMCA
Apple: Playfair is illegal because it violates iTMS EULA
Consumers: fair user trumps all, iTMS cannot restrict "fair use" rights, and DMCA is unconstitutional"
that is what this fight is all about.
I'm sure there is noone who would actually use all seven tuners all of the time, but,
if you really wanted to you could get all the prime time programming from TLC, Discovery, History Channel, and Animal Planet, on the night they aired, in either 6 hours with 2 tuners, (all four run a 3 hour block twice) or in 3 hours with 4, and then watch them at your leasure.
My old cable system actually had TechTV on Analog too!
they may choose to pare it down to four or five tuners, and a component input for production, adfter all this is a pie-in-the-sky prototype.
Stash all the documents on a seperate partition, therefore, reinstalling the software and OS has no effect on the data. then just make a daily backup that can inclute the system registry for good measure.
Well, I've never had that problem because I'm behinsd a Netgear Broadband router.
Any incoming traffic from a host that I didn't try to connect to will be rejected, simply because the router doesn't know who to send it to.
On a related note:
If someons installs XP, and activates the built in firewall, will that close the ports that blaster comes in on? or would they need something stronger like ZoneAlarm or Sygate or Tiny?
Havong worked for a company that both resold, and serviced notebook computers sold to 5th and 6th graders in Michigan, I can say that while there did seem to be a higher percentage of notebooks deployed to students coming back, (as opposed to ones issued to teachers,) but I can't be sure, I have no hard numbers on total deployment.
Out of somewhere on the order of 2000-3000 notebooks sold, we would usually have only a couple come in every day, and maybe once a week one that was a non warranty repair.
The package we sold, included a 3-year extended warranty with once-per-year for so called "End-User Abuse" repairs.
I think a lot has to do with the design of the notebooks.
I think the mode we handed out in '01 was much better than the one in '02, which had screws that secured the screen's plastic back to the hinges, that should have been installed with Loc-tite [SP? I've never had to use the stuff, really.] because they were working their way loose, causing loose displays, that would wiggle before the hinge started moving, occasionally causing damage to the plastic housing of the display.
I think from a durability standpoint, the notebooks design and weight matters more than anything else. Apple style slot load drives would have been a big improvement.
As I recall, the children were regularly told to back their work up to the network, (though not all of them did it) because if they ever had a problem, the first thing that they always did was re-image it to rule out any software problems, (and because the Mfr. would only pay us for working them if a part had actually failed.)
In the case of the program I worked for, the parents purchased and owned the laptops, (financial aid was availible,) and there were two "Special" notebooks, for visually impaired students, (one purchased by the district, one by the parents)
In summary I think the success or failure of such an inititive depends on the specific implimentation.
I seem to recall that there are also effeciency benefits to such "Morphing Wing" technology.
I seem to recall that one of the Wright brothers observed that birds seem to turn by twisting their wings, and actually built the Wright Flyer with cables that twisted the wings in order to control it.
Simply an establishment of precedent
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As I have stated in a previous posting, this case, Like the one against 321 Studios, is an attempt to set the precedent, and establish who holds the trump card.
The Consumer: Fair use trumps all Apple iTMS EULA: the EULA is the end-all-be-all RIAA/MPAA: DMCA trumps all, and breaking the protection is illegal.
Right, those spring loaded toy cars have a mechanism much like that of a bicycle chain and gears. It's essentially a Ratchet-like clutch.
When you stop pedaling your bike, it doesn't instantly stop. The rear hub has a clutch that allows it to spin freely in one direction. Ever notice that when you roll the tire backwards the pedals always move?
Exactly the same principle.
My understanding was that the Cariolis Effect does indeed influence the direction that water spirals down the drain, but the influence is minimal, and by moving your hand in the opposite direcion, it is possible to make it spin the other way.
I seem to recall that the rotation of the earth, (Cariolis Effect) is what makes the "Prevailing winds" that one finds out in the middle of the oceans blow in a diagonal direction.
Umm, Pardon me for interjecting here, but in my experience, being able to play sound from more than one program is a function of the sound card's capabilities, (being able to play and mix both sound streams.
My sister complained loudly about the fact that she couldn't hear IM sounds while listening to MP3's. Replaced the Sound Blaster PCI128 with a Live 5.1 and all was peachy.
there are also cards still more advanced than that and have multiple independent stereo outputs that could blay your MP3's on the front speakers and the IM sounds on the rear.
Or to put it another way, Steel Rebar has high tensile strength (resistant to stretching) concrete has high compressive strength, (not easily compressed) ergo, bridges are built out of steel reinforced concrete.
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I know that "Sleep" is where you leave the yo-yo spinning at the end of the string, for an extended period of time, before giving it a flick that will get it started winding back up again.
Well, I've looked at the list of clear channel stations in Detroit, and I will never listen to them again, (not that I ever listened to them before)
I used to like WWWW 106.7 when it was a country station, but now, they've changed the format and are down to one station run by infinity.
All I remember about 99.5 was hearing the "Thong song" every friggin hour for the longest time while I was at work.
I'm saving up for some kind of hard drive mp3 player for my car...
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It's pronounced fer-NEL and it's spelled Fresnel because it's named after the french guy who invented it.
It's more efficient because it's cheaper. the chost prohibitive compinent of the system os the solar cell, whereas the lens and the litle bit of mechanics to keep it aligned is relatively cheap, (or at least that was the case when the idea was widely talked about)
I seem to remember something to that effect, but the diagram showed solar panel "Strips" that were covered by a lens that was like a half circle above and wider than the panel.
I thought the SEC only regulates companies that are "public" (on the stock market) Am I Mistaken here?
realisticlly, Ram units are bytes/2^10 (1024)
hard drives are strictly 10^3 (1000)
and if you look an the capacity in bytes of a hard drive, the total space is >= rated size in GB * 1,000,000,000
Not sure how RAID arrays would affect this, (size of FAT or NTFS Index relative to cluster size...)
as I have said in other discussions, this is purely about who holds the trump card. RIAA: Play fair is illegal because it violates the DMCA Apple: Playfair is illegal because it violates iTMS EULA Consumers: fair user trumps all, iTMS cannot restrict "fair use" rights, and DMCA is unconstitutional" that is what this fight is all about.
I'm sure there is noone who would actually use all seven tuners all of the time, but,
if you really wanted to you could get all the prime time programming from TLC, Discovery, History Channel, and Animal Planet, on the night they aired, in either 6 hours with 2 tuners, (all four run a 3 hour block twice) or in 3 hours with 4, and then watch them at your leasure.
My old cable system actually had TechTV on Analog too!
they may choose to pare it down to four or five tuners, and a component input for production, adfter all this is a pie-in-the-sky prototype.
Actually the whole reason they started on the whole "Pentium" moniker was because they simply couldn't x86, and it's derivitives.
is an automated system to refill it!
Do like I do.
Stash all the documents on a seperate partition, therefore, reinstalling the software and OS has no effect on the data. then just make a daily backup that can inclute the system registry for good measure.
Well, I've never had that problem because I'm behinsd a Netgear Broadband router.
Any incoming traffic from a host that I didn't try to connect to will be rejected, simply because the router doesn't know who to send it to.
On a related note:
If someons installs XP, and activates the built in firewall, will that close the ports that blaster comes in on? or would they need something stronger like ZoneAlarm or Sygate or Tiny?
the waving the wand thing, (if it is true) is likely RFID.
but unless it's an integrated part of say the computers northbridge, or graphics chipset, it could be found and removed.
Look in a recent DVD movie case and you'll find a piece of cardboard with a square sticker, and if you look closely, you'll see a metal spiral.
that's an RFID chip. easy enough to find and remove.
I recall hearing about a trial program that used wireless iPaq handhelds and those folding keyboards, might be a bit more practical.
I personally enjoy reading on my Hi-res Sony handheld, that only cost me $130 new.
Havong worked for a company that both resold, and serviced notebook computers sold to 5th and 6th graders in Michigan, I can say that while there did seem to be a higher percentage of notebooks deployed to students coming back, (as opposed to ones issued to teachers,) but I can't be sure, I have no hard numbers on total deployment.
Out of somewhere on the order of 2000-3000 notebooks sold, we would usually have only a couple come in every day, and maybe once a week one that was a non warranty repair.
The package we sold, included a 3-year extended warranty with once-per-year for so called "End-User Abuse" repairs.
I think a lot has to do with the design of the notebooks.
I think the mode we handed out in '01 was much better than the one in '02, which had screws that secured the screen's plastic back to the hinges, that should have been installed with Loc-tite [SP? I've never had to use the stuff, really.] because they were working their way loose, causing loose displays, that would wiggle before the hinge started moving, occasionally causing damage to the plastic housing of the display.
I think from a durability standpoint, the notebooks design and weight matters more than anything else. Apple style slot load drives would have been a big improvement.
As I recall, the children were regularly told to back their work up to the network, (though not all of them did it) because if they ever had a problem, the first thing that they always did was re-image it to rule out any software problems, (and because the Mfr. would only pay us for working them if a part had actually failed.)
In the case of the program I worked for, the parents purchased and owned the laptops, (financial aid was availible,) and there were two "Special" notebooks, for visually impaired students, (one purchased by the district, one by the parents)
In summary I think the success or failure of such an inititive depends on the specific implimentation.
I seem to recall that there are also effeciency benefits to such "Morphing Wing" technology.
I seem to recall that one of the Wright brothers observed that birds seem to turn by twisting their wings, and actually built the Wright Flyer with cables that twisted the wings in order to control it.
The Consumer: Fair use trumps all
Apple iTMS EULA: the EULA is the end-all-be-all
RIAA/MPAA: DMCA trumps all, and breaking the protection is illegal.
Right, those spring loaded toy cars have a mechanism much like that of a bicycle chain and gears. It's essentially a Ratchet-like clutch. When you stop pedaling your bike, it doesn't instantly stop. The rear hub has a clutch that allows it to spin freely in one direction. Ever notice that when you roll the tire backwards the pedals always move? Exactly the same principle.
My understanding was that the Cariolis Effect does indeed influence the direction that water spirals down the drain, but the influence is minimal, and by moving your hand in the opposite direcion, it is possible to make it spin the other way. I seem to recall that the rotation of the earth, (Cariolis Effect) is what makes the "Prevailing winds" that one finds out in the middle of the oceans blow in a diagonal direction.
Umm, Pardon me for interjecting here, but in my experience, being able to play sound from more than one program is a function of the sound card's capabilities, (being able to play and mix both sound streams. My sister complained loudly about the fact that she couldn't hear IM sounds while listening to MP3's. Replaced the Sound Blaster PCI128 with a Live 5.1 and all was peachy. there are also cards still more advanced than that and have multiple independent stereo outputs that could blay your MP3's on the front speakers and the IM sounds on the rear.
Or to put it another way, Steel Rebar has high tensile strength (resistant to stretching) concrete has high compressive strength, (not easily compressed) ergo, bridges are built out of steel reinforced concrete.
I know that "Sleep" is where you leave the yo-yo spinning at the end of the string, for an extended period of time, before giving it a flick that will get it started winding back up again.
Sounds like it was an RFID reader, and those create a changing magnetic field that powers the RFID chip. I wouldn't be suprised at all by that.
Well, I've looked at the list of clear channel stations in Detroit, and I will never listen to them again, (not that I ever listened to them before) I used to like WWWW 106.7 when it was a country station, but now, they've changed the format and are down to one station run by infinity. All I remember about 99.5 was hearing the "Thong song" every friggin hour for the longest time while I was at work. I'm saving up for some kind of hard drive mp3 player for my car...
You could purchase a ReplayTV, and remove all the channels you never watch, Almost as good...
Plus there are lower frequency bands that are unlicensed, including the ones used for RC Cars