The NOX issue is dealt with by systems like Daimler's Bluetec, which injects a urea solution into the exhaust system. When urea decomposes, it releases ammonia, which reacted with NOX and produces nitrogen and water.
since Microsoft will soon stop XP support and updates, and refuse to patch any more security exploits.
"Soon" is not until 2014.
Most Windows XP installs don't make use of dual core or higher systems as one has to by the non uniprocessor version of XP to use more than one core or processor.
Cores and processors are different things in Microsoft's view. Cores are processors cores, while processors are the physical CPU packages. XP will use dual and quad core processors fine (7 arguably does a better job of distributing load across the processors, but that's beside the point), just you can't use a uniprocessor version of it on a machine with 2+ CPU sockets.
There are about 15 different formulations referred to as "Halon". Some of them are nasty to the ozone (Such as the most common Halon 1301 (bromotrifluoromethane)) and are banned under the Montreal protocol, newer formulations (like trifluoroiodomethane) aren't.
The trade-off is that sleeping less means you require more food. It's not a clear-cut advantage. Also, prior to practical artificial illumination, being awake for longer than there is daylight wasn't that useful as we're mostly adapted to function in the daylight.
There is no advantage to detecting an incoming impactor if you do not have the means to prevent its impact
I disagree. It gives you time to get far away from where it will hit (or far away from the coasts if it hits an ocean). Preventing it from hitting and avoiding the destruction and impact winter would obviously be better, but being able to get out of the way is far better than being blindsided.
Actually, looking closer, it looks like they only use a little more than half of the battery (it never goes above 85% charge or below 30%) to maximize the lifespan. The 230 is still bogus, but not quite as much.
The problem is electricity prices are wildly variable. According to the DOE, prices range from 20.43 cents for kw-hr in Connecticut (also 22.19 in Hawaii) down to 7.28 in Idaho, with a national average of 11.59.
What I would like to know as a consumer how well does this car work on gas, and how well on electric charge
It performs identically. The volt is different from other current hybrids in that it is a series hybrid rather than a parallel hybrid. The electric motor provides all the power to move the car. The gasoline engine is just a generator to provide energy when the battery runs low, as gasoline still has a fair lead over batteries in terms of energy density, even after taking into account how inefficient IC engines are.
Could I get a link to where you're hearing this from? I've only read last year that the CRTC was considering classing it as an essential service, but I never heard anything further about it.
Sasktel here in Saskatchewan has been doing the same for several years with their Max service. There's a nice 3-way battle for TV/phone/internet between Shaw, Access (Though they run on Shaw's network), and Sasktel.
1. Health plan - even here in Canada, I consider this important. Even routine dental and prescriptions (not to mentioned uncovered specialists like chiropractors and podiatrists) can cost a fantastic amount of money. Everywhere I've worked for recently had copies of the policy documentation available for interviewees.
2. Overtime policy - This generally doesn't vary much due to have a legislated minimum here (1.5x pay past 8 hours a day (or 12 if that's your schedule) or 40 hours per week), but it's always good to know.
Tab mix plus has an option for the "close button on the left" thing you desire (It's in tab mix plus options, display, tab, "place on left side"), among other tab customization options.
Not sure what you mean by "tabs should be attached to the pages they represent" though.
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The NOX issue is dealt with by systems like Daimler's Bluetec, which injects a urea solution into the exhaust system. When urea decomposes, it releases ammonia, which reacted with NOX and produces nitrogen and water.
No, the Civic hybrid uses Honda's Integrated Motor Assist, which is a parallel system.
They put in urea, not urine.
since Microsoft will soon stop XP support and updates, and refuse to patch any more security exploits.
"Soon" is not until 2014.
Most Windows XP installs don't make use of dual core or higher systems as one has to by the non uniprocessor version of XP to use more than one core or processor.
Cores and processors are different things in Microsoft's view. Cores are processors cores, while processors are the physical CPU packages. XP will use dual and quad core processors fine (7 arguably does a better job of distributing load across the processors, but that's beside the point), just you can't use a uniprocessor version of it on a machine with 2+ CPU sockets.
Up here in Canada, we have the Interac direct payment system.
Seriously though, if people don't like Facebook's policies just stop using Facebook.
The thing at issue is that doesn't solve the problem of them having your data.
There are about 15 different formulations referred to as "Halon". Some of them are nasty to the ozone (Such as the most common Halon 1301 (bromotrifluoromethane)) and are banned under the Montreal protocol, newer formulations (like trifluoroiodomethane) aren't.
The trade-off is that sleeping less means you require more food. It's not a clear-cut advantage. Also, prior to practical artificial illumination, being awake for longer than there is daylight wasn't that useful as we're mostly adapted to function in the daylight.
There is no advantage to detecting an incoming impactor if you do not have the means to prevent its impact
I disagree. It gives you time to get far away from where it will hit (or far away from the coasts if it hits an ocean). Preventing it from hitting and avoiding the destruction and impact winter would obviously be better, but being able to get out of the way is far better than being blindsided.
Just wait until the Chinese start firing rockets into space with people on them
They started doing that almost 6 years ago.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3192330.stm
You could measure it with a stop watch.
Indeed. Patch was committed 16 minutes after that blog post and 3 hours, 57 minutes before this story hit the front page.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e694958388c50148389b0e9b9e9e8945cf0f1b98
Actually, looking closer, it looks like they only use a little more than half of the battery (it never goes above 85% charge or below 30%) to maximize the lifespan. The 230 is still bogus, but not quite as much.
Approximately 36.
Approximately 0.44 gallons.
A gallon of gas contains about 36 kilowatt hours of energy and the volt battery pack is 16 kilowatt hours.
The problem is electricity prices are wildly variable. According to the DOE, prices range from 20.43 cents for kw-hr in Connecticut (also 22.19 in Hawaii) down to 7.28 in Idaho, with a national average of 11.59.
What I would like to know as a consumer how well does this car work on gas, and how well on electric charge
It performs identically. The volt is different from other current hybrids in that it is a series hybrid rather than a parallel hybrid. The electric motor provides all the power to move the car. The gasoline engine is just a generator to provide energy when the battery runs low, as gasoline still has a fair lead over batteries in terms of energy density, even after taking into account how inefficient IC engines are.
Could I get a link to where you're hearing this from? I've only read last year that the CRTC was considering classing it as an essential service, but I never heard anything further about it.
RS-232 may not be built into the motherboard, but converter cables and even addon cards are still readily available.
My college course does a fair lot of work with embedded procs (PICs and SST's 8052 derivatives) and both solutions generally work quite well.
If your fire department is constantly fighting fires, I would say it is high time for some public education on fire prevention.
Schwartz v. Comcast also found to be invalid in Pennsylvania. And I believe it's also invalid in Washington and California.
Sasktel here in Saskatchewan has been doing the same for several years with their Max service. There's a nice 3-way battle for TV/phone/internet between Shaw, Access (Though they run on Shaw's network), and Sasktel.
Didn't Comcast already get it's ass handed to them in court over similar terms?
1. Health plan - even here in Canada, I consider this important. Even routine dental and prescriptions (not to mentioned uncovered specialists like chiropractors and podiatrists) can cost a fantastic amount of money. Everywhere I've worked for recently had copies of the policy documentation available for interviewees.
2. Overtime policy - This generally doesn't vary much due to have a legislated minimum here (1.5x pay past 8 hours a day (or 12 if that's your schedule) or 40 hours per week), but it's always good to know.
Tab mix plus has an option for the "close button on the left" thing you desire (It's in tab mix plus options, display, tab, "place on left side"), among other tab customization options.
Not sure what you mean by "tabs should be attached to the pages they represent" though.
One word : games. Unless you have a very high spec machine, VMs are next to useless for any modern games.