Yes they do. I didn't say produce energy; that can only be done by converting matter to energy. I said produce electricity. When I feed grass to a cow, I produce milk, as all would agree, though I don't produce matter, just transform it (OK, odd example). When a water turbine transforms mechanical energy to electrical energy, we commonly say that it produces electricity. The same aplies when converting from chemical energy: You don't produce energy, but you DO produce electricity. Oh, and a battery is NOT a capacitor of sorts. They work on different principles.
Yes the DO produce electricity. When they are charged, the energy is stored in chemical form, and electricity is created by a chemical reaction as the battery is used. What you are describing is a capacitor, which stores charge. High school physics.
Given the multi-lingual nature of South Africa, an open source cd, created from the software at translate.org.za makes more sense
Yes, that makes sense. How many of the programs on TheOpenCD have been translated by translate.org.za? Just OpenOffice? The next version of the CD-browser will itself be multilingual. We should contact translate.org.za about translating the content of that as well.
I've been in touch with the OSS people at the Shuttleworth Foundation about distributing TheOpenCD. They may have made some modifications (as they are free to do). Thomas Black of the foundation even helped us squash some last minute bugs. Thanks:)
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They still do not PRODUCE (generate) electricity.
Yes they do. I didn't say produce energy; that can only be done by converting matter to energy. I said produce electricity. When I feed grass to a cow, I produce milk, as all would agree, though I don't produce matter, just transform it (OK, odd example). When a water turbine transforms mechanical energy to electrical energy, we commonly say that it produces electricity. The same aplies when converting from chemical energy: You don't produce energy, but you DO produce electricity. Oh, and a battery is NOT a capacitor of sorts. They work on different principles.
A 6V battery will last for weeks. Remember, it only has LEDs and simple electronics; no LCD screen or Pentium processor.
Yes the DO produce electricity. When they are charged, the energy is stored in chemical form, and electricity is created by a chemical reaction as the battery is used. What you are describing is a capacitor, which stores charge. High school physics.
Given the multi-lingual nature of South Africa, an open source cd, created from the software at translate.org.za makes more sense
Yes, that makes sense. How many of the programs on TheOpenCD have been translated by translate.org.za? Just OpenOffice? The next version of the CD-browser will itself be multilingual. We should contact translate.org.za about translating the content of that as well.
I've been in touch with the OSS people at the Shuttleworth Foundation about distributing TheOpenCD. They may have made some modifications (as they are free to do). Thomas Black of the foundation even helped us squash some last minute bugs. Thanks :)
There is a mirror of the web page here: http://www.theopencd.net/ ... that works for the time being.