Instead of a counter-weight you counter gravity with magnetics. The at rest position of the magnets should equal the weight of the car. Not to hard and less moving parts and less space needed.
You can't do that with electomagnets. At rest, ( no motion and no electricity flowing through the wire), you don't have a magnet at all, you just have a coil of wire.
That only works with permanent magnets, and to make a maglev you need to be able to switch the magnets, hence requiring electromagnets.
Now, short the motor out and try turning it. You can't. It will be locked hard in place.
This is completely incorrect. You can still turn it, just not as fast. In order for the electromagnet to generate a field, you need electrons flowing through the wire, and they wouldn't be if the motor wasn't turning. Therefore it's impossible for it to be locked hard in place.
Firstly, any Mac OS is going to be locked-down to their hardware, so if someone wants to experience that famed GUI, buying Apple hardware is the only option.
I've already run OSX86 natively on a Hewlett Packard P4 workstation. There are a bunch of sites showing how to do it. It wasn't very hard, either.
Seems til today (macworld) Dell always had the sweetest sweethart deal from Intel; but when Jobs gets to announce that they're exempt from Intel's branding campaing - and God (Jobs) knows what other concessions Intel had to give Steve to win them from IBM, I bet Dell is pretty pissed.
It'll be fun to see the new wars brewing between the big PC players - Dell & Intel using Linux against Microsoft. Dell & AMD using AMD against Intel. t. Microsoft using IBM (Xbox) against Intel. Intel&Apple using MacOS against Microsoft. The computing industry's starting to get fun again.
Apple is a minor player compared to Dell. Look at the volume. You can rest assured that Dell gets a better deal than Apple.
As to HD displays, I think it will be a long time before the average purchase is HD. Most families have more than one TV, and while the main living room display may best CRT in the next few years (though not anytime soon, at least beyond "HDTV ready", which most consumers don't get isn't HDTV), Susie and Joey's room will remain CRTs.
You're using the term "CRT" as if it's different than HDTV. My HDTV is a CRT. It's not a flat panel, it has a CRT.
XBOX and XBOX 360 will be more of the same. Instead of building platforms that can last a decade (think PSOne), Microsoft will start churning out new versions more rapidly and product quality will slide quickly
How are you blaming Microsoft for churning out new versions of their Xbox while giving credit to Sony for making the PSOne? The Xbox lasted about as long as the PS2 did. And the PSOne didn't last much longer.
Sometimes I think the more I learn, the dumber I get. When I was younger I could easily spell most people's names. But after seeing multiple spellings of common names like "Lauren, Lawren, Lawryn, etc", I don't know what spelling to use anymore.
After seeing things written in British English, or as they call it, "English", I have trouble spelling, too.
After hearing concerns voiced by every government on Earth, Google has agreed to only show satellite images of the oceans. This is to prevent terrorists from using sensitive data revealed by the images.
Did you choose to be smart? If not, don't you think social democracies are fairer?
I wouldn't mind paying for people who are honestly unable to make enough money for themselves, but I think those people are vastly outnumbered bypeople who are simply lazy and want a free ride. In a social democracy, they'll get their free ride.
You know, I think you might be able to pay for an expensive drug habit for every "welfare queen" in the country with the money that you're now pumping into Iraq.
Don't worry- we'll be able to pay for their drug habit and more with the oil that we'll be pumping out of Iraq.
Not to say all Americans are like that, but some seem to refuse to acknowledge there's a difference. It's like "you're not properly free until you've trashed your universal healthcare system", nevermind that we're fully functional democracies with a market economy. Yes, it's a huge tax on our economy, but it is worth it. Maybe your system is more cost-efficient, but it is certainly a lot crueler. I think the USA just can't accept that the general population is better off here in Europe, and would rather we became just like them. I'm sorry but I'd rather have one Bill Gates less and have everyone's life be a little better.
The makeup of your population is different than the US's. Your population is more homogeneous than ours. In the US, we have many more deadbeats who just live off welfare. If we had a more socialist system it would be a HUGE drain on the people who make good money while they pay for all the welfare queens in the inner city and trailer parks. I don't want to give them any more money than I already do.
The smart shouldn't have to pay for the stupid to exist. It drags the productive people down and weakens the human race as a whole. The dirt poor have many more kids than the rich. As you can see, in short order, the few smart rich people would be paying for the many poor dumb people to exist.
Um, do you honestly think the American people have anything to say whatsoever about the siting of stadiums? They are built by and for the elites of a region, normally with back-door deals with corrupt politicians.
If they didn't think the people of that region would fill the stadium to watch the games, they wouldn't build it there. No matter how corrupt you think those businessmen are, they certainly aren't out to lose money- they'll built it where the demand is, where they'll sell tickets.
You seem to be the typical ultra-liberal limpwrist that has no political influence and is mad about it.
If Kerry didn't win the election, why would your favorite candidate have any chance? From your bashing of Kerry, I have a feeling that Kerry is still far too right-leaning for you.
And what do these all these limpwristed psuedointellectuals have against football? The football stadiums are there because the people want the stadiums there. They get enjoyment from watching the games.
All these leftists cry about not having a voice, but what kind of democracy would we live in if the majority of the population didn't control the country? I'm sure you'd rather ignore the majority and install a radical liberal candidate that only a tiny fraction of the population actually wants. Yeah, that would be a great democracy.
And before you bark up the wrong tree, NO, I didn't vote for Bush.
That would depend on whether the hydrogen is being produced or released wouldn't it? Producing energy at more than 100% efficiency is, of course, impossible. Releasing stored energy by adding a small amount of energy to start a reaction, on the other hand, is done all the time. So which is it? Is there latent energy in H20 that is being released by the electrolisis?
No. Basic physics tells us that there is not latent energy in H20 that is being released by the electrolisis. It takes more energy to separate the hydrogen and oxygen from water than you'd get by burning them. Any extra energy that comes from this must come from the diesel fuel.
They made an engine that could run on water but the Big Oil companies bought the patents and hid it in a dark room and behind closed doors, black helicopters, Area51, republicans, Bob Lazar, tin foil hats, mind control beam, yada yada yada.
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Instead of a counter-weight you counter gravity with magnetics. The at rest position of the magnets should equal the weight of the car. Not to hard and less moving parts and less space needed.
You can't do that with electomagnets. At rest, ( no motion and no electricity flowing through the wire), you don't have a magnet at all, you just have a coil of wire.
That only works with permanent magnets, and to make a maglev you need to be able to switch the magnets, hence requiring electromagnets.
Now, short the motor out and try turning it. You can't. It will be locked hard in place.
This is completely incorrect. You can still turn it, just not as fast. In order for the electromagnet to generate a field, you need electrons flowing through the wire, and they wouldn't be if the motor wasn't turning. Therefore it's impossible for it to be locked hard in place.
Firstly, any Mac OS is going to be locked-down to their hardware, so if someone wants to experience that famed GUI, buying Apple hardware is the only option.
I've already run OSX86 natively on a Hewlett Packard P4 workstation. There are a bunch of sites showing how to do it. It wasn't very hard, either.
Not much has changed.
Well, given that Apple got the fancy new processors first, I'd have to say Apple.
Apple didn't get the processors first. Dell got them first. The first systems using those processors will be made by Dell
Our personal view is that Linux, period, is only for the desktop.
Why would you put the period in the middle of the sentence? Even when speaking, you say "period" to denote a conclusive end to a statement.
http://www.twice.com/article/CA6250068.html/
Marketshare in Q2 2005
Vendor. Units shipped (thousands), Marketshare
Dell. 4,988 , 32.0%
Hewlett-Packard 2,711 , 17.4%
Gateway 890 , 5.7%
Apple 663 , 4.3%
Dell ships 7.5x more computers than Apple. And they do advertising for Intel. Who do you think gets the better deal?
Seems til today (macworld) Dell always had the sweetest sweethart deal from Intel; but when Jobs gets to announce that they're exempt from Intel's branding campaing - and God (Jobs) knows what other concessions Intel had to give Steve to win them from IBM, I bet Dell is pretty pissed.
It'll be fun to see the new wars brewing between the big PC players - Dell & Intel using Linux against Microsoft. Dell & AMD using AMD against Intel. t. Microsoft using IBM (Xbox) against Intel. Intel&Apple using MacOS against Microsoft. The computing industry's starting to get fun again.
Apple is a minor player compared to Dell. Look at the volume. You can rest assured that Dell gets a better deal than Apple.
As to HD displays, I think it will be a long time before the average purchase is HD. Most families have more than one TV, and while the main living room display may best CRT in the next few years (though not anytime soon, at least beyond "HDTV ready", which most consumers don't get isn't HDTV), Susie and Joey's room will remain CRTs.
You're using the term "CRT" as if it's different than HDTV. My HDTV is a CRT. It's not a flat panel, it has a CRT.
XBOX and XBOX 360 will be more of the same. Instead of building platforms that can last a decade (think PSOne), Microsoft will start churning out new versions more rapidly and product quality will slide quickly
How are you blaming Microsoft for churning out new versions of their Xbox while giving credit to Sony for making the PSOne? The Xbox lasted about as long as the PS2 did. And the PSOne didn't last much longer.
...made by Microsoft?
$5 says it doesn't suck.
Good stuff.
Sometimes I think the more I learn, the dumber I get. When I was younger I could easily spell most people's names. But after seeing multiple spellings of common names like "Lauren, Lawren, Lawryn, etc", I don't know what spelling to use anymore.
After seeing things written in British English, or as they call it, "English", I have trouble spelling, too.
I'm not overly fond of the way information is organised on the BBC's site and subsites
If you're from the USA like you say you are, you'd spell that "organized".
After hearing concerns voiced by every government on Earth, Google has agreed to only show satellite images of the oceans. This is to prevent terrorists from using sensitive data revealed by the images.
This just in:
People like to look at attractive people. People want to be like attractive people. People want to be around attractive people.
And by "refreshing", I mean "totally horrible".
Did you choose to be smart? If not, don't you think social democracies are fairer?
I wouldn't mind paying for people who are honestly unable to make enough money for themselves, but I think those people are vastly outnumbered bypeople who are simply lazy and want a free ride. In a social democracy, they'll get their free ride.
You know, I think you might be able to pay for an expensive drug habit for every "welfare queen" in the country with the money that you're now pumping into Iraq.
Don't worry- we'll be able to pay for their drug habit and more with the oil that we'll be pumping out of Iraq.
Not to say all Americans are like that, but some seem to refuse to acknowledge there's a difference. It's like "you're not properly free until you've trashed your universal healthcare system", nevermind that we're fully functional democracies with a market economy. Yes, it's a huge tax on our economy, but it is worth it. Maybe your system is more cost-efficient, but it is certainly a lot crueler. I think the USA just can't accept that the general population is better off here in Europe, and would rather we became just like them. I'm sorry but I'd rather have one Bill Gates less and have everyone's life be a little better.
The makeup of your population is different than the US's. Your population is more homogeneous than ours. In the US, we have many more deadbeats who just live off welfare. If we had a more socialist system it would be a HUGE drain on the people who make good money while they pay for all the welfare queens in the inner city and trailer parks. I don't want to give them any more money than I already do.
The smart shouldn't have to pay for the stupid to exist. It drags the productive people down and weakens the human race as a whole. The dirt poor have many more kids than the rich. As you can see, in short order, the few smart rich people would be paying for the many poor dumb people to exist.
Um, do you honestly think the American people have anything to say whatsoever about the siting of stadiums? They are built by and for the elites of a region, normally with back-door deals with corrupt politicians.
If they didn't think the people of that region would fill the stadium to watch the games, they wouldn't build it there. No matter how corrupt you think those businessmen are, they certainly aren't out to lose money- they'll built it where the demand is, where they'll sell tickets.
You seem to be the typical ultra-liberal limpwrist that has no political influence and is mad about it.
If Kerry didn't win the election, why would your favorite candidate have any chance? From your bashing of Kerry, I have a feeling that Kerry is still far too right-leaning for you.
And what do these all these limpwristed psuedointellectuals have against football? The football stadiums are there because the people want the stadiums there. They get enjoyment from watching the games.
All these leftists cry about not having a voice, but what kind of democracy would we live in if the majority of the population didn't control the country? I'm sure you'd rather ignore the majority and install a radical liberal candidate that only a tiny fraction of the population actually wants. Yeah, that would be a great democracy.
And before you bark up the wrong tree, NO, I didn't vote for Bush.
My e-penis is in excess of 12". While that has nothing to do with the topic at hand, I wanted to brag about it.
By the way, here are my other stats:
7 feet tall
180 IQ
305lbs
1% bodyfat
Was Time Magazine's "Man of the year" 20 consecutive times, from 1985-present
That would depend on whether the hydrogen is being produced or released wouldn't it? Producing energy at more than 100% efficiency is, of course, impossible. Releasing stored energy by adding a small amount of energy to start a reaction, on the other hand, is done all the time. So which is it? Is there latent energy in H20 that is being released by the electrolisis?
No. Basic physics tells us that there is not latent energy in H20 that is being released by the electrolisis. It takes more energy to separate the hydrogen and oxygen from water than you'd get by burning them. Any extra energy that comes from this must come from the diesel fuel.
They made an engine that could run on water but the Big Oil companies bought the patents and hid it in a dark room and behind closed doors, black helicopters, Area51, republicans, Bob Lazar, tin foil hats, mind control beam, yada yada yada.
I'm probably a bit rusty on my car mechanics, but as long as that thing is spinning you're generating electricty
Not necessarily. If you turned a generator and the poles weren't hooked up to any circuit, it's not moving any electrons through that circuit.
Take a motor sometime and turn it with the leads disconnected. Then short the leads and try to turn it.