emulate? Anyway, I'd say it would be more of a telecom industry emulation. Promise one thing, say nevermind but pocket the cash anyway, never be held accountable.
and his business did really well. I think by definition, yes, that makes him a very shrewd businessman. Not an ethical one, but definitely a shrewd one.
(a) use it to offset some portion of domestic hot water generation. Cooking, cleaning, showers, etc.
(b) didn't RTFA, so is it steam distribution? If so, then you can drive an adsorption chiller off of it. If it's not steam, I don't recall how hot the water has to be to make this work. Depends if it's an ammonia system. (common technology)
last I checked, bankruptcy meant you were unable to meet payments asked for by creditors, and you seek formal means of restructuring or partially satisfying your debt by fulfilling the negative side of lender risk.
Last I checked, China hasn't come callin' for payback.
wait, what? from NASA? I believe there is a unit inconsistency there. Of course, after the Mars probe crash, maybe we shouldn't be surprise.
"the power is only on for a fraction of a second, so the total power is actually small"
that should state the total _energy_ is actually small. That energy would only power a hundred watt lightbulb for 6 months.
Second, 6 months = ~15.5M seconds, making total energy about 15.5e6 sec x 100W = 15.5e8J, or 1550MJ. Car analogy: The average Prius battery holds ~1.3kWh (4.7MJ) of which half is regularly used (~0.6kWh or 2.3MJ)
Harnessing or collecting that lightning thus could charge 3565 Prius batteries. That's pretty significant if those numbers are right. Of course, capturing such a high power energy source without losing it all to heat would be a neat trick.
Finally, we all know the power of a bolt of lightning is about 1.21 GW, which can do some pretty amazing things
I would like to point out that the original 'Frankenstein' novel by Mary Shelley makes no statement connecting a lightning strike with animation of Dr. Frankenstein's golem. There is reference to a lightning striking a tree during his youth, and his amazement at natures power, but that is all.
it's not. working at a government R&D lab, I can assure you we are encouraged to both publish and patent as much as we are able. Now, we have a nice filter in place to clamp down on patent applications that wouldn't even be worth the taxpayer dollars to maintain. But, we have a tech transfer office that actively pursues licensing patents, and will go after contractors that patent things that were invented under government contract. The gov't generally doesn't manufacture things, but right now the general notion is that if we've paid for technology once, we shouldn't have to pay to use it later if someone else patents it, and licensing fees can help recoup R&D expenditure. They also have a really nice dividend sharing structure with the inventors, which is rare in industry.
"Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules prohibit the use of cellular phones using the 800 MHz frequency and other wireless devices on airborne aircraft. This ban was put in place because of potential interference to wireless networks on the ground. "
flying to a medical conference and trying to spruce up your powerpoint with some improved diagrams, or reading through some recent journal articles, or digging for quick references via webmd
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I miss the dancing glittery cleanroom bunny-suits. I have a plain white bunny suit, and we never dance.
emulate? Anyway, I'd say it would be more of a telecom industry emulation. Promise one thing, say nevermind but pocket the cash anyway, never be held accountable.
I vote for that one to be controlled by a single extended finger. now, which finger to choose...
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I thought MS Office was their biggest profit item. no?
and his business did really well. I think by definition, yes, that makes him a very shrewd businessman. Not an ethical one, but definitely a shrewd one.
So, who's got a link to a magic "foot shellac" that comes in a nice aerosol spray can? Why wear a shoe when you can just make your own sole?
better step up your game so you can run on Expert difficulty to get through the really cold days.
(a) use it to offset some portion of domestic hot water generation. Cooking, cleaning, showers, etc. (b) didn't RTFA, so is it steam distribution? If so, then you can drive an adsorption chiller off of it. If it's not steam, I don't recall how hot the water has to be to make this work. Depends if it's an ammonia system. (common technology)
last I checked, bankruptcy meant you were unable to meet payments asked for by creditors, and you seek formal means of restructuring or partially satisfying your debt by fulfilling the negative side of lender risk.
Last I checked, China hasn't come callin' for payback.
I only get spam lite.
wait, what? from NASA? I believe there is a unit inconsistency there. Of course, after the Mars probe crash, maybe we shouldn't be surprise.
"the power is only on for a fraction of a second, so the total power is actually small"
that should state the total _energy_ is actually small. That energy would only power a hundred watt lightbulb for 6 months.
Second, 6 months = ~15.5M seconds, making total energy about 15.5e6 sec x 100W = 15.5e8J, or 1550MJ. Car analogy: The average Prius battery holds ~1.3kWh (4.7MJ) of which half is regularly used (~0.6kWh or 2.3MJ)
Harnessing or collecting that lightning thus could charge 3565 Prius batteries. That's pretty significant if those numbers are right. Of course, capturing such a high power energy source without losing it all to heat would be a neat trick.
Finally, we all know the power of a bolt of lightning is about 1.21 GW, which can do some pretty amazing things
I would like to point out that the original 'Frankenstein' novel by Mary Shelley makes no statement connecting a lightning strike with animation of Dr. Frankenstein's golem. There is reference to a lightning striking a tree during his youth, and his amazement at natures power, but that is all.
buzzkill.
ok, someone else do the hex for me on that one. I'm too lazy to find out for myself if he said anything there.
first, you must have both tea and no tea...
but then ... microsoft and nintendo? don't they just package other people's chipsets?
"If patent law is like copyright law in the following regard..."
http://www.google.com/patents?q=assignee%3A+united+states+of+america
it's not. working at a government R&D lab, I can assure you we are encouraged to both publish and patent as much as we are able. Now, we have a nice filter in place to clamp down on patent applications that wouldn't even be worth the taxpayer dollars to maintain. But, we have a tech transfer office that actively pursues licensing patents, and will go after contractors that patent things that were invented under government contract. The gov't generally doesn't manufacture things, but right now the general notion is that if we've paid for technology once, we shouldn't have to pay to use it later if someone else patents it, and licensing fees can help recoup R&D expenditure. They also have a really nice dividend sharing structure with the inventors, which is rare in industry.
how can the first reply be redundant?
no cell phones on planes is an FCC mandate, not an FAA mandate:
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/cellonplanes.html
"Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules prohibit the use of cellular phones using the 800 MHz frequency and other wireless devices on airborne aircraft. This ban was put in place because of potential interference to wireless networks on the ground. "
flying to a medical conference and trying to spruce up your powerpoint with some improved diagrams, or reading through some recent journal articles, or digging for quick references via webmd
Patent troll sues Mozilla corporation in 3...2...1...
you must be new here.
the point is that you won't be able to tell one way or the other.
didn't the old Napster actually host copyrighted material? or was that mp3.com?