A superconductor has a critical current, if you go above the critical current, the superconductivity breaks down (and you are screwed). The critical current density depends on: material, temperature, and the magnetic field (basically, the critical current decreases when the temperature or magnetic field increases).
Since there is always a magnetic field present (the earth magnetic field), there is always a maximum current a superconductor can carry.
which is why 5 gigawatts is useless - you need to know how many amps it can carry: not watts. If you've got watts, you're got volts, and that means heat. Heat is bad. If it's carrying 100KA, that *might* be 5GW at the entering or exiting end (since entry and exit are "traditional", ie resistive cable. But rating HTS (or LTS) in watts is pointless.
Umm... they have. Have you not seen the Mayors group, Bloomberg, etc that have tried suign gunmakers for crimes committed with their devices?
Cars can be used to kill people. And knives. And airplanes. And bombs - shoot, those are supposed kill people, and yet no one ever sues Picatinny because their munitions wiped out a bad guy.
Street lights in Sweden: really good. Even rural areas are well lit.
US: not even big cities are well lit everywhere, nearly nonexistent in rural areas.
Right - we like to be able to see in our rural areas:)
And it's left up to each state how it implements its Electors. Some states are winner-take-all while others split them based on the popular vote of its residents
Does listening to Rush Limbaugh contribute to your open minded conduct on election day? Not that listening to Rush is an altogether bad thing, if you balance it out with some Thom Hartmann or other left-wing radio occasionally.
How good of you to bring that up.
Based on when I'm normally able to listen to the radio (when traveling for pleasure mostly), I end up rarely listening to any of the talk shows because they're not on when I'm driving, or they're more frustrating (left, right, to, bottom, up, down, charmed, or strange) than enlightening. And, as stated before, since I tend towards Libertarianism, tempered by some Conservatism, I find lots of things I disagree with from all of the talk show hosts.
If you truly do occasionally vote for Green or Libertarian candidates you're doing the "right" thing, but you're also just throwing your vote away.
I heartily disagree with you on this point, but I do understand the view. I cannot in good conscience vote merely against the candidate I do not want. I didn't want either major candidate to be president in 2004. I didn't want Mr Kerry more than I didn't want Mr Bush, but I didn't vote for Mr Bush because I disliked Mr Kerry more. I read all the candidates available in NY, and voted for the guy who I could not feel guilty about voting for, based on the data available at the time. No, I don't recall his name, but he was about 17th on the list of vote getters in NY in 2004.
Personally, I don't view my voting for a third (or 12th or 17th) party candidate as "throwing your vote away". I view it as taking my stand against those I don't want elected, even if I "know" my guy (or gal) won't be elected.
PS: As a side note, as when submitting a paper or article to be published, it's generally a good idea to send it to one place, and only if they deny you comment/publishing to then submit it elsewhere. Honestly, the only contact email address I knew off the top of my head for any of the talk show hosts was Rush's. And after I sent it there, I published it on my blog, and have attempted to find some of the left-side hosts to submit it to, also:)
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1.25^5 - that's 125% times itself for five years. 25% gain plus the original 100% is 125%, or 1.25.
You list a loss of 75% per year (.25 of the total times itself for five years). Remind me not to invest with you.
which is why 5 gigawatts is useless - you need to know how many amps it can carry: not watts. If you've got watts, you're got volts, and that means heat. Heat is bad. If it's carrying 100KA, that *might* be 5GW at the entering or exiting end (since entry and exit are "traditional", ie resistive cable. But rating HTS (or LTS) in watts is pointless.
Cars can be used to kill people. And knives. And airplanes. And bombs - shoot, those are supposed kill people, and yet no one ever sues Picatinny because their munitions wiped out a bad guy.
..I don't want to know baout your "sticky" keyboard, thank you.
While I'm surprised about NH and MT, those are mostly Blue states - only FL and MT are really red, if I am not mistaken.
Right - we like to be able to see in our rural areas :)
what country are you in?
last I checked, government employees get paid three times less than they would in the private sector
I think you mean "ultra-bright" side ;')
no it doesn't - what happens when the anonymous post comes from another jurisdiction.. like, say Chile or Easter Island?
and if you look at the percentage of eligible citizens who voted, it's even more depressing :-\
And it's left up to each state how it implements its Electors. Some states are winner-take-all while others split them based on the popular vote of its residents
fortunately the US is like that, too - we elect senators, representatives, a president, local officials, etc
wouldn't it be easier to let the snakes freeze to death in the wintertime?
he lives in the White House... his wife and children are already at risk by him being president and living with him...
but by no means is there only 1 backup, there is a well-defined chain-of-command/ascension that has been designed for such purposes
certainly it's possible to not setup any swap space when installing Linux, no?
why are you running gimp on a *webserver*? just have to ask!
AVG comes to mind from grisoft
I don't see that as an issue on an OS past official support.
feel free to disagree with her, but I'll take someone speaking their mind, and not the party line, any day of the week
Why would that have to be a slam (inept or brilliant) against Obama?
Seriously, though - I love Iowa, I love corn :)
you did say "if" :)
That's not true: snow tires have dates they may be used; chains may be used on snow and ice- they're just not supposed to be used on dry pavement.
How good of you to bring that up.
Based on when I'm normally able to listen to the radio (when traveling for pleasure mostly), I end up rarely listening to any of the talk shows because they're not on when I'm driving, or they're more frustrating (left, right, to, bottom, up, down, charmed, or strange) than enlightening. And, as stated before, since I tend towards Libertarianism, tempered by some Conservatism, I find lots of things I disagree with from all of the talk show hosts.
If you truly do occasionally vote for Green or Libertarian candidates you're doing the "right" thing, but you're also just throwing your vote away.
I heartily disagree with you on this point, but I do understand the view. I cannot in good conscience vote merely against the candidate I do not want. I didn't want either major candidate to be president in 2004. I didn't want Mr Kerry more than I didn't want Mr Bush, but I didn't vote for Mr Bush because I disliked Mr Kerry more. I read all the candidates available in NY, and voted for the guy who I could not feel guilty about voting for, based on the data available at the time. No, I don't recall his name, but he was about 17th on the list of vote getters in NY in 2004.
Personally, I don't view my voting for a third (or 12th or 17th) party candidate as "throwing your vote away". I view it as taking my stand against those I don't want elected, even if I "know" my guy (or gal) won't be elected.
PS: As a side note, as when submitting a paper or article to be published, it's generally a good idea to send it to one place, and only if they deny you comment/publishing to then submit it elsewhere. Honestly, the only contact email address I knew off the top of my head for any of the talk show hosts was Rush's. And after I sent it there, I published it on my blog, and have attempted to find some of the left-side hosts to submit it to, also :)