Not that I pretend that it's the best source, but Penn & Teller Bullshit did azn episode on this and found that plastic was better trashed than recycled in almost all cases. -nB
Afterall we wouldn't want to fail to meet his expectations now would we? -nB
BTW, while we are meeting expectations how bout some underrateds for me? Man I never get those! I want one troll and 6 underrateds! that would be awesome. Cheers all, -nB
Why not methanol? Pure Ethyl or Methyl alcohol gives horrid economy. Simple example, numbers close but not perfect: 10 gallon tank. Burn 100% gas: 200 miles per tank Burn 100% alcohol: 50 miles per tank Burn 75 alcohol & 25% gas? 180+ miles per tank.
Point is that you can dilute gas a lot while maintaining most of the energy density, as a bonus all the oxygen in the alcohol reduces emissions to ridiculously low levels. Subsidies are not required once production begins in earnest. Maybe reduce the tax rate on blends to encourage consumption preference but that's it. The cost of production will drop to low enough amounts quickly.
I spent 34,500 for my car (Plus T&L). I spent more than that (by about 7K) on my "PC". My PC was supposed to be a compute machine, but ended up being mothballed after purchase because the department that bought it went tits-up. No-one else wnats to pay the depriciation, so it sits in the corner of the machine room gathering dust and transcoding the odd file here and there.
Bit of trivia: Since AutoGK is not optimised for running on multiple CPUs on multiple machines as a cluster, it is vastly faster to break the cluster and run 5 instances on the 5 machines. -nB
"Plus the aforementioned HTT links make Opterons architectures much easier to scale up."
Only for a time. Once you saturate the bandwith on the HTT you are screwed and need bridge glue just like with the Intel offerings. Problem there is the Intel chips expect glue and partitioned memory, the AMDs don't, so your glue will likely cost more.
"This bill, though, does not ban any speech. It only bans speech"
nice self contradiction there:-) It does ban speech, maby a narrow vein of speech, but speech non the less.
AND: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
The other messed up part is that if the theif hurts himself on something that was either a trap and/or obviously unsafe he can then sue the homeowner!
I know of one person who, having been robbed several times, simply had his friend take his car, then with the lights out he sat in his appartment by the fire escape and waited, when the perp came in for thirds this guy blew him apart with a 10 guage and slug ammo. Can't say I blame him in a way. -nB
you forgot that the cheque is marked "void after 6 months from issue date", thus your holding the cheque does not screw up their books. At 6 months they record a nickel of profit. -nB
So I take all my movies and transcode them to a format and quality I deem acceptable and stream them over my home network to xboxes configured as media center PCs. I've got to think that this is not uncommon with netflix... -nB
All true, but at least it doesn't bluescreen when you plug in a USB scanner on stage for the world to see.:-) In fact it doesn't bluescreen that much at all any more. At least in many cases (as a user desktop) you can do a last ditch save before reboot rather than losing all your RAM only data. I agree that it is not ready for the Virtualization host yet though. -nB
Why is FR-4 the root of all evil? Without it signal quality would suck &&|| boards would cost literally 100x their current price and be far more fragile... -nB
Completely OT, but... What is involved in making solid oxygen? I know the "poor mans LOX" is by boiling LN2 in a metal container and LOX will form at the underside of said container (even better blowing Oxy on it). How do you freeze it? That would be wonderfully fun to play with. -nB
Nevermind that to me 4x4 implies four chips each with four cores. likewise 8x8 is 8 chips of 8 cores. I don't know WTF the marketing dept was thinking. They are really selling a 2x2 and a 2x4. -nB
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Not that I pretend that it's the best source, but Penn & Teller Bullshit did azn episode on this and found that plastic was better trashed than recycled in almost all cases.
-nB
comportable, hmmm like easy typo, seing as P and F are so friggen close to each other on the keyboard...
sheesh I need sleep.
"I dare say that even the best of us could not say with certainty the exact day that a project of this scale would be released."
While not an exact day, I feel comportable saying: before the heat death of the universe... maybe.
-nB
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Afterall we wouldn't want to fail to meet his expectations now would we?
-nB
BTW, while we are meeting expectations how bout some underrateds for me? Man I never get those! I want one troll and 6 underrateds! that would be awesome.
Cheers all,
-nB
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Why not methanol?
Pure Ethyl or Methyl alcohol gives horrid economy.
Simple example, numbers close but not perfect:
10 gallon tank.
Burn 100% gas: 200 miles per tank
Burn 100% alcohol: 50 miles per tank
Burn 75 alcohol & 25% gas? 180+ miles per tank.
Point is that you can dilute gas a lot while maintaining most of the energy density, as a bonus all the oxygen in the alcohol reduces emissions to ridiculously low levels. Subsidies are not required once production begins in earnest. Maybe reduce the tax rate on blends to encourage consumption preference but that's it. The cost of production will drop to low enough amounts quickly.
Other option? Biodiesel.
-nB
I spent 34,500 for my car (Plus T&L).
I spent more than that (by about 7K) on my "PC".
My PC was supposed to be a compute machine, but ended up being mothballed after purchase because the department that bought it went tits-up.
No-one else wnats to pay the depriciation, so it sits in the corner of the machine room gathering dust and transcoding the odd file here and there.
Bit of trivia:
Since AutoGK is not optimised for running on multiple CPUs on multiple machines as a cluster, it is vastly faster to break the cluster and run 5 instances on the 5 machines.
-nB
specifically the petabox, no?
Bet that's where at least 5% of that 5.x% number came from.
-nB
"Plus the aforementioned HTT links make Opterons architectures much easier to scale up."
Only for a time. Once you saturate the bandwith on the HTT you are screwed and need bridge glue just like with the Intel offerings. Problem there is the Intel chips expect glue and partitioned memory, the AMDs don't, so your glue will likely cost more.
-nB
AKA Woodcrest IIRC
Ahem:
:-)
teh stupid == teh average wardriving script kiddie
One in the same and I now have an excellent idea for use in my apt complex
Thanks
-nB
"This bill, though, does not ban any speech. It only bans speech"
:-)
nice self contradiction there
It does ban speech, maby a narrow vein of speech, but speech non the less.
AND:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
end of argument.
-nB
"that is pretty much the textbook definition of premeditated homicide."
Except it occoured durring a B&E.
there is no way the guy confessed that he lay in wait.
-nB
Public flogging.
seriously.
The other messed up part is that if the theif hurts himself on something that was either a trap and/or obviously unsafe he can then sue the homeowner!
I know of one person who, having been robbed several times, simply had his friend take his car, then with the lights out he sat in his appartment by the fire escape and waited, when the perp came in for thirds this guy blew him apart with a 10 guage and slug ammo. Can't say I blame him in a way.
-nB
Thank you.
That made my day, sent a wasabi pea across the room, and got some co-workers over to se WTF just happened.
-nB
WTF?!?!
you forgot that the cheque is marked "void after 6 months from issue date", thus your holding the cheque does not screw up their books. At 6 months they record a nickel of profit.
-nB
Hampsters not cutting it?
Upgrade to my enhanced Gerbal or premium Ferrit power systems for only 49.99 and 199.99 each!
-nB
So I take all my movies and transcode them to a format and quality I deem acceptable and stream them over my home network to xboxes configured as media center PCs. I've got to think that this is not uncommon with netflix...
-nB
For the first time ever a new cyber law make me happy I'm in the US and not the UK!
FTFA: This law would not be consitutional in the US.
Still think all the geeks of the world need to unite and form a new country with fat pipes and takeout resteraunts every half mile.
-nB
All true, but at least it doesn't bluescreen when you plug in a USB scanner on stage for the world to see. :-)
In fact it doesn't bluescreen that much at all any more. At least in many cases (as a user desktop) you can do a last ditch save before reboot rather than losing all your RAM only data. I agree that it is not ready for the Virtualization host yet though.
-nB
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Why is FR-4 the root of all evil?
Without it signal quality would suck &&|| boards would cost literally 100x their current price and be far more fragile...
-nB
Completely OT, but...
What is involved in making solid oxygen? I know the "poor mans LOX" is by boiling LN2 in a metal container and LOX will form at the underside of said container (even better blowing Oxy on it). How do you freeze it? That would be wonderfully fun to play with.
-nB
FWIW, DHMO can not help with LiPoly and Li Primary cells. It can *only* make it worse. ;)
-nB
Nevermind that to me 4x4 implies four chips each with four cores.
likewise 8x8 is 8 chips of 8 cores. I don't know WTF the marketing dept was thinking. They are really selling a 2x2 and a 2x4.
-nB