The new desalination plant nearing completion in Carlsbad, CA is priced at about $1B and has an expected output of 50 million gallons per day. This is about 7-8% of San Diego County's usage.
Torque sleep only makes sense for dual engine models, definitely not "the entire fleet". Could be part of the announcement (torque sleep is overdue), but there has to be more. Something that also applies to the single engine models.
Torque "sleep" may refer to a new motor control algorithm. It would work just fine on the single motor cars. Basically apply torque until speed reaches the setpoint, then turn the motor off. Only "wake up" and apply torque when the speed drops below the setpoint. If you do it quickly enough it is unnoticeable. It increases efficiency because it automatically takes advantage of tailwinds and downslopes. The same thing could be done with an i.c.e. car as well, without as much benefit, by stopping fuel flow and ignition on a short-term (milliseconds) basis.
My dad designed, but had an architect complete the details of, the house I grew up in. We moved in in 1967. The house has plunger switches in the door jambs of the closets. Open the door, the light goes on. Close the door, it goes off. Very simple, and very effective as long as you are willing to keep the closet door closed most of the time and go without light if you go in the closet and close the door behind you.
As for X10, I was an early adopter, starting in 1979. I've thrown away many defective X10 devices (controllers, lamp modules, appliance modules), yet those closet door switches still work. Not saying automation is bad, just not robust enough yet.
Mod this up. Indeed, MOS (Metal Oxide Semiconductor) was the maverick company that came up with the 6502, a very clever improvement over the Motorola 6800.
> Modern SDD have read limits. Every 10.000 reads or so the data has to be refreshed. The firmware will do this silent.
Please provide reference(s). I have never seen any indication of this, or at least there is no read limit for the flash memory itself. You can read from it indefinitely just like static RAM, without "refresh" as required for DRAM.
Here we go again (same discusion on Slashdot several years ago). Everyone can see 24 Hz. flicker. I seriously doubt there is anyone on earth that cannot. This problem was solved long, long ago by flashing each movie frame on the screen 2 or 3 times, then switching to the next frame. 3 x 24fps = 72 Hz. This corresponds perfectly to the fact that, for most people, a CRT refresh rate of 72 Hz. or so is comfortable. For example, the Eumig S710D Super 8mm film projector from the 1970s has a 72Hz. refresh rate due to its triple-slotted shutter.
Passage of these bills effectively bans drones and video camera guided RC (Radio Control) aircraft because cameras are used for navigation, not just taking photos of objects of interest.
Useful applications of privately-operated drones and RC aircraft with cameras include roof inspection and birds-eye view promotional shots for real-estate listings.
Making these devices illegal will cause more harm than good.
My first computer experience (1972) was at 110 baud, banging away on an ASR-33 Teletype connected via leased line to a DEC PDP-8 running Dartmouth Basic.
I'd get up and run a lap around the building for fresh air while printing a program listing. Data rate in/out was 10 CPS (Characters Per Second).
I recall proudly showing my dad the program listing at home, unrolled on the living room floor at about 10 or 12 feet long...
Reliance on tools of this nature will reduce the quality and clarity of the source code. The programmer will have little motivation to use descriptive variable names or constant definitions.
This is evident in the video. You can see the use of integer literals everywhere instead of symbolic constants.
Unlike the commenters to your post, I'm impressed. What do you do to back up your data? I think both your music and Linux.iso collection is worth preserving and passing on to your heirs, if you have any.
Two simple questions. What's the fastest SDHC card on the market, and how fast is it? Don't know? OK, what is the brand and model number of the fastest SDHC you own?
32GB in less than 2 minutes? pure BS 32GB = 32*1024*1024*1024
= 34,359,738,368 bytes lets round down to 30,000,000,000 for simplicity 30,000,000,000bytes / 120seconds = 250,000,000 bytes/second So, tell us which USB or Firewire card reader can read at better than 250MB per second, and which brands and models of SD cards support reading at that speed?
I was way, way behind in 10th grade math, so my Dad hired a local college professor to tutor me. This was in 1972. The professor set me up with an account on the college's time-sharing hookup to Long Island University's DEC PDP-8. I spent many a night over at the college sitting at the ASR-33 teletype working on programs I dreamed up in Dartmouth BASIC. When I wanted to make a long program listing, I'd get it started, then run around the outside of the building a couple of times while it chugged away at 10 CPS. When I got home I'd unroll the listing onto the living room floor and lie down and debug/improve the program by making notes in the margins. Thanks Dad, and thanks Dr. Melter.
I've read that railway transport is the cheapest and most efficient, mostly due to low rolling resistance and aerodynamic drag (low frontal area of first engine unit compared to the overall mass of the train).
It's worth taking the time to watch the video. The individual cowering in the corner of the room with fingers in ears gives you a good idea of how loud it is.
I nicknamed my '70 Porsche 911S the blue flame, since, if you revved it in neutral and stood outside at night, you could see a blue flame coming out of the (stock) exhaust pipe.
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The new desalination plant nearing completion in Carlsbad, CA is priced at about $1B and has an expected output of 50 million gallons per day. This is about 7-8% of San Diego County's usage.
Care to list some of the "all kinds of chemicals" you are talking about?
Torque sleep only makes sense for dual engine models, definitely not "the entire fleet". Could be part of the announcement (torque sleep is overdue), but there has to be more. Something that also applies to the single engine models.
Torque "sleep" may refer to a new motor control algorithm. It would work just fine on the single motor cars. Basically apply torque until speed reaches the setpoint, then turn the motor off. Only "wake up" and apply torque when the speed drops below the setpoint. If you do it quickly enough it is unnoticeable. It increases efficiency because it automatically takes advantage of tailwinds and downslopes. The same thing could be done with an i.c.e. car as well, without as much benefit, by stopping fuel flow and ignition on a short-term (milliseconds) basis.
My dad designed, but had an architect complete the details of, the house I grew up in. We moved in in 1967. The house has plunger switches in the door jambs of the closets. Open the door, the light goes on. Close the door, it goes off. Very simple, and very effective as long as you are willing to keep the closet door closed most of the time and go without light if you go in the closet and close the door behind you.
As for X10, I was an early adopter, starting in 1979. I've thrown away many defective X10 devices (controllers, lamp modules, appliance modules), yet those closet door switches still work. Not saying automation is bad, just not robust enough yet.
The mirrors don't all have the latest version yet, so you can download here:
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/e...
Mod this up. Indeed, MOS (Metal Oxide Semiconductor) was the maverick company that came up with the 6502, a very clever improvement over the Motorola 6800.
> Modern SDD have read limits. Every 10.000 reads or so the data has to be refreshed. The firmware will do this silent.
Please provide reference(s). I have never seen any indication of this, or at least there is no read limit for the flash memory itself. You can read from it indefinitely just like static RAM, without "refresh" as required for DRAM.
Here we go again (same discusion on Slashdot several years ago). Everyone can see 24 Hz. flicker. I seriously doubt there is anyone on earth that cannot. This problem was solved long, long ago by flashing each movie frame on the screen 2 or 3 times, then switching to the next frame. 3 x 24fps = 72 Hz. This corresponds perfectly to the fact that, for most people, a CRT refresh rate of 72 Hz. or so is comfortable. For example, the Eumig S710D Super 8mm film projector from the 1970s has a 72Hz. refresh rate due to its triple-slotted shutter.
Passage of these bills effectively bans drones and video camera guided RC (Radio Control) aircraft because cameras are used for navigation, not just taking photos of objects of interest.
Useful applications of privately-operated drones and RC aircraft with cameras include roof inspection and birds-eye view promotional shots for real-estate listings.
Making these devices illegal will cause more harm than good.
And Tracfone text messages are charged at the rate of 0.3 minutes each, so 10 of them cost you 3.0 minutes of talk time.
Thanks for the link to the energy density chart.
A couple of conclusions:
1) We should be burning poly bags in our cars.
2) Li-ion batteries are going nowhere.
My first computer experience (1972) was at 110 baud, banging away
on an ASR-33 Teletype connected via leased line to a DEC PDP-8 running Dartmouth Basic.
I'd get up and run a lap around the building for fresh air while printing
a program listing. Data rate in/out was 10 CPS (Characters Per Second).
I recall proudly showing my dad the program listing at home, unrolled on the living room floor at about 10 or 12 feet long...
Reliance on tools of this nature will reduce the quality and clarity of the source code. The programmer will have little motivation to use descriptive variable names or constant definitions.
This is evident in the video. You can see the use of integer literals everywhere instead of symbolic constants.
Unlike the commenters to your post, I'm impressed. What do you do .iso collection is worth preserving and passing on to your heirs, if you have any.
to back up your data? I think both your music and Linux
How about writing up a tutorial on how to correctly declare
c/c++ numeric variables. When I went to school many moons
ago, int and long were it.
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/variables/
has a tutorial on declaring variables, and a table listing sizes.
They state the sizes of char, short int, int, long, etc.
If this is not the correct way to do it, please help enlighten us!
Thank you.
This behavior is a consequence of Chinese culture, namely the overriding importance of "saving face".
Two simple questions. What's the fastest SDHC card on the market, and how fast is it? Don't know? OK, what is the brand and model number of the fastest SDHC you own?
32GB in less than 2 minutes?
pure BS
32GB = 32*1024*1024*1024
= 34,359,738,368 bytes
lets round down to 30,000,000,000 for simplicity
30,000,000,000bytes / 120seconds = 250,000,000 bytes/second
So, tell us which USB or Firewire card reader can read at better than 250MB per second, and which brands and models of SD cards support reading at that speed?
And no stupid helmets like in the US.
Try sitting around in an ER for a week; you'll change your mind about helmets before the week is out!
Hey, I still have my HP-45 bought in '74 I think,
and it still works!
I was way, way behind in 10th grade math, so my Dad hired a local college professor to tutor me. This was in 1972. The professor set me up with an account on the college's time-sharing hookup to Long Island University's DEC PDP-8. I spent many a night over at the college sitting at the ASR-33 teletype working on programs I dreamed up in Dartmouth BASIC. When I wanted to make a long program listing, I'd get it started, then run around the outside of the building a couple of times while it chugged away at 10 CPS. When I got home I'd unroll the listing onto the living room floor and lie down and debug/improve the program by making notes in the margins.
Thanks Dad, and thanks Dr. Melter.
I am in the USA. Here the freight trains are Diesel-electric, and often over a mile (1.6KM) long.
I've read that railway transport is the cheapest and most efficient,
mostly due to low rolling resistance and aerodynamic drag (low frontal
area of first engine unit compared to the overall mass of the train).
It's worth taking the time to watch the video.
The individual cowering in the corner of the room
with fingers in ears gives you a good idea of how
loud it is.
I nicknamed my '70 Porsche 911S the blue flame,
since, if you revved it in neutral and stood outside
at night, you could see a blue flame coming out of
the (stock) exhaust pipe.