You, Mr Amiga3D, are a misogynistic shithead who barely deserves to get oxygen from the atmosphere, let alone a vote. You happily name the major male candidates, whether you like them or not, but somehow feel that the one female candidate with a chance can only be referred to by unacceptable derogatory words. I suggest you go quietly into a dark corner to meditate on what sort of person you are before someone shows you with a punch in the teeth.
Oh, if you happen to be female, the same still applies and you are possibly even more contemptible.
I'm not quite sure where the idea came from, maybe the Brits, but South Africa has a brilliant article in our constitution that a bill dealing with the appropriation of fund or taxation can only deal with that and no other item.
Somewhere we learned that lesson that the US government doesn't want to have to learn.
A bulb is just that, a bulb. A filament heated by application of 120VAC across it. Why is there firmware?
This sounds like a Millenial problem.
You're correct. This is for millenials that like to have their lights switching colours and dimming via their phones. For the rest of us, simple, dumb LED bulbs do the job of saving power and lasting long without the need for firmware or controllers.
The paper and TFA are correct. X-fold or fold change is the ratio of the after measurement to the before measurement, in this case 17.5/2 = ~9 fold increase.
The Lacey V. Murrow sinking wasn't because of pressure washing without understanding displacement, they knew exactly how much they could flood the pontoons with contaminated water from hydraulic demolition of the bridge sidewalks during an expansion project. They failed to plan for a storm that dumped rain and lake water into the pontoons because they didn't close the watertight doors between demolition shifts.
It was an engineering failure, but not due to lack of understanding about displacement, just an assumption they'd be the only source of water in the pontoons.
Both of you are incorrect. The 120v system in the US isn't a 2-phase system, it is a 3 wire split single phase system. The two 120v lines are in phase, not 180 degrees out of phase, otherwise the two 120v lines would cancel each other out and you'd get 0V, not 240V.
Three-phase runs along the HV circuits and is stepped down by the pole-mounted distribution transformers. Each transformer is usually fed by one phase from the three and steps down from 13.8kV to 240V with a center tap, so you actually get 120V-0V-120V. Sometimes the HV side of the transformer is wired phase-to-phase across two of the phases instead of one phase and neutral, but the output is still split single phase.
All the houses fed by a lateral circuit from a single distribution transformer get the same single phase (A). The next transformer along the poles will provide power from B phase, the next one C phase and then back to A phase. If a house was fed by A + B, then you would get major problems as the 120 degree phase angles would interact differently to the in-phase 120V wires in the split-phase system and would produce 180V-200V instead.
Rest-of-world 220V/240V systems use two wire, pure single phase to the house from the distribution transformers. Everything operates on a single voltage, not like the US where low power runs on 120V and higher power on 240V. Makes it simpler to wire and control.
3-phase to a residential premises is very rare and would have to be specially requested from the power utility. You would bring it in only if you are using machinery that requires 3-phase (large machine tools etc) or need more power than a single phase circuit can safely provide. A heavy computer farm would probably have that sort of requirement.
These are small turbines, 10kW for running your cabin or ranch, not the big boys you see strung out on mountains and oceans. They cost around $40k.
Still unacceptable, but I suspect the monitoring controller was wanged on with a hammer using an off-shelf SoC controller and some Linux OS kit with a design wizard.
I wonder if we are witnessing what a system would look like during a cometary disruption event like our Late Heavy Bombardment period with a lot of close-in comets with planets' names on them.
Yeah only 32. In what would have been the first wave of a full scale nuclear war.
The Soviets would have either picked up the missiles being launched or maybe only the explosions, can't remember the level of launch detection technology in 62, and launched their alpha strike weapons. Once the US realized the Soviets had launched, their retaliatory strike would launch. Remember both sides were extremely twitchy that week and looking for the slightest signal that the other side was firing.
Maybe the lieutenant's 4 missiles might not have triggered the Soviet's alpha, but anything more than that would certainly have pulled the hair trigger.
The only proposal so far to actually make sense. No corporate is going to open-source their Wifi code if they haven't already, especially those multi-channel directional systems. And binary- and official-only firmware has obvious problems as well.
This is the proposal to get behind, to reinforce to the FCC in the public consulations. It lets the corporates keep their trade secrets and allows open source firmware to exist at the same time.
The detection algorithms assume two purchases at the same store within minutes of each other are usually a sign of double-dipping or card cloning at the store. Physical presence at a store normally results in a single transaction, not multiple, for most shoppers.
Dealing with this in an online store can be difficult as multiple purchases are normal. Amazon's Kindle store handles this by delaying some of the transactions if they would appear too similar. I just bought two ebooks via the Kindle for $10.00. The first went through instantly, the second came through nearly six hours later. This is an interesting way to do things and I think Amazon only does it with the Kindle store because they can remove the book if the transaction fails later.
Defending a trademark can be as simple as asking nicely to stop using it. A formal cease-and-desist letter will work as well. You don't need to sue for damages to defend it if the abuser responds to the requests to stop.
I think they'd be covered as the original owners of the prior art that the BBC blatantly stole and copied for the entertainment of the masses. The bigger on the inside feature might well have been added in to get around the Met's existing copyright.
To me it makes sense when coupled with the assumption that Weyland hired the crew to be susceptible to bribery and to be easily disposable. The mission wasn't supposed to be scientific, just to appear to be just scientific enough that Shaw and Holloway wouldn't be suspicious about the real nature mission.
If Weyland had hired top xeno-biologists, they would have canned the exploration long before they got anywhere near what Weyland needed. Having someone who is there for the cash, basically a mercenary with just enough biological skills to pass muster, but not to react as a research scientist would, gets Weyland to that goal. Same for the rest of the team, and that scene with electrocuting the head highlights that they hired third or fourth-rate scientifically skilled mercenaries.
Ridley Scott and the rest of the Alien series set the groundwork for this process. Weyland-Yutani routinely had ill-equipped, non-specialist groups fiddling with alien technology, relying on their mercenary nature to do stupid yet profitable things.
The crew of the Nostromo was a long-distance trucking crew.
The family sent to investigate the crashed ship in Aliens, and the entire colony team, was in it for a cash reward.
Carter Burke and the real Bishop are the same.
The entire research station crew, including the military, in Resurrection also.
It might have been a bit too much in-your-face in Prometheus compared to the early Alien movies, but the way Weyland carried out the mission was in perfect conformity with their "later" missions in the Aliens series. Hell, it explains why the Nostromo of all ships was diverted to investigate the signal.
How would a computer do a task like this. Aircraft is on final approach, 300m from the end of the runway when it drops suddenly and crashes over the final row of landing lights and skids to a halt on the hit point of the runway? How does the computer detect that, determine that it is an accident and then respond.
Sometimes you just need humans who are watching what is going on and capable of instant recognition of what is happening.
There may be 10000 bird strikes a year without causing a crash, but it doesn't mean those strikes are harmless. AVHerald has three bird strike incidents listed for the last calendar week that have results in the aircraft returning to the airport and then being grounded for 2-3 days while repairs to radomes and other panels are carried out. That's repair costs and lost revenue for the airline because of a relatively unavoidable incident.
Incurring the same repair costs and lost revenue for a completely preventable incident would seriously piss off most beancounters and that's why the FAA regulates RC aircraft near commercial flight paths. It's not just about a crash, it's about the damage and costs of non-crash incidents as well.
It's not YOUR TAX DOLLARS, it's a mandatory fee from the egg producers. They have to be members of the AEB if they produce eggs above a certain quantity and the AEB provides services in exchange for that.
No, it's not MY TAX DOLLARS, it's a mandatory fee from the egg producers that funds the board. It might increase the price of eggs on the shelf to cover that fee, but it isn't coming out of sales taxes, income taxes and so forth.
You're all falling into the trap of average daily power usage. The heliostat needs to provide the peak power draw, not the average power draw of a house.
I'm a South African and while my 3 person house averages 700W power consumption over a 24 hour period, my peak is close to 10kW if I've got the stove, water heater and kettle going at the same time. That happens regularly in the early evening or mornings. And yes, we have electric stoves and water heaters because we don't have a gas infrastructure like Europe or North America.
Our electricity rates per kWh seem to be comparable to the US rates, 10 US cents to 14 US cents per kWh for my city's inclined tariffs. But solar installation costs are high, a 10kW installation with batteries to hold overnight can be around $25000 and the batteries will have to be replaced after 6-9 years at around $8000. My house uses roughly 1000 kWh a month for a bill of $110. So the capital cost would pay off over 19 years, but after a maximum of 9 years, I'd add another 6 years to that. And for the average working and middle class South African, $25000 as a capital expense is a harsh layout.
Slashdot Mirror
Watch me get labeled a SJW for this comment.
You, Mr Amiga3D, are a misogynistic shithead who barely deserves to get oxygen from the atmosphere, let alone a vote. You happily name the major male candidates, whether you like them or not, but somehow feel that the one female candidate with a chance can only be referred to by unacceptable derogatory words. I suggest you go quietly into a dark corner to meditate on what sort of person you are before someone shows you with a punch in the teeth.
Oh, if you happen to be female, the same still applies and you are possibly even more contemptible.
Two things, ignore the troll and.
Close enough.
Nope, no Python module, the Feds don't trust the Snakes. Emacs does have a key-combo to try, convict and manage sentences though.
I'm not quite sure where the idea came from, maybe the Brits, but South Africa has a brilliant article in our constitution that a bill dealing with the appropriation of fund or taxation can only deal with that and no other item.
Somewhere we learned that lesson that the US government doesn't want to have to learn.
A bulb is just that, a bulb. A filament heated by application of 120VAC across it. Why is there firmware? This sounds like a Millenial problem.
You're correct. This is for millenials that like to have their lights switching colours and dimming via their phones. For the rest of us, simple, dumb LED bulbs do the job of saving power and lasting long without the need for firmware or controllers.
That's racist. DING
The paper and TFA are correct. X-fold or fold change is the ratio of the after measurement to the before measurement, in this case 17.5/2 = ~9 fold increase.
The Lacey V. Murrow sinking wasn't because of pressure washing without understanding displacement, they knew exactly how much they could flood the pontoons with contaminated water from hydraulic demolition of the bridge sidewalks during an expansion project. They failed to plan for a storm that dumped rain and lake water into the pontoons because they didn't close the watertight doors between demolition shifts.
It was an engineering failure, but not due to lack of understanding about displacement, just an assumption they'd be the only source of water in the pontoons.
Both of you are incorrect. The 120v system in the US isn't a 2-phase system, it is a 3 wire split single phase system. The two 120v lines are in phase, not 180 degrees out of phase, otherwise the two 120v lines would cancel each other out and you'd get 0V, not 240V.
Three-phase runs along the HV circuits and is stepped down by the pole-mounted distribution transformers. Each transformer is usually fed by one phase from the three and steps down from 13.8kV to 240V with a center tap, so you actually get 120V-0V-120V. Sometimes the HV side of the transformer is wired phase-to-phase across two of the phases instead of one phase and neutral, but the output is still split single phase.
All the houses fed by a lateral circuit from a single distribution transformer get the same single phase (A). The next transformer along the poles will provide power from B phase, the next one C phase and then back to A phase. If a house was fed by A + B, then you would get major problems as the 120 degree phase angles would interact differently to the in-phase 120V wires in the split-phase system and would produce 180V-200V instead.
Rest-of-world 220V/240V systems use two wire, pure single phase to the house from the distribution transformers. Everything operates on a single voltage, not like the US where low power runs on 120V and higher power on 240V. Makes it simpler to wire and control.
3-phase to a residential premises is very rare and would have to be specially requested from the power utility. You would bring it in only if you are using machinery that requires 3-phase (large machine tools etc) or need more power than a single phase circuit can safely provide. A heavy computer farm would probably have that sort of requirement.
These are small turbines, 10kW for running your cabin or ranch, not the big boys you see strung out on mountains and oceans. They cost around $40k.
Still unacceptable, but I suspect the monitoring controller was wanged on with a hammer using an off-shelf SoC controller and some Linux OS kit with a design wizard.
I wonder if we are witnessing what a system would look like during a cometary disruption event like our Late Heavy Bombardment period with a lot of close-in comets with planets' names on them.
That would be the worst beer in the world. Beer needs darkness, light damages the taste.
Yeah only 32. In what would have been the first wave of a full scale nuclear war.
The Soviets would have either picked up the missiles being launched or maybe only the explosions, can't remember the level of launch detection technology in 62, and launched their alpha strike weapons. Once the US realized the Soviets had launched, their retaliatory strike would launch. Remember both sides were extremely twitchy that week and looking for the slightest signal that the other side was firing.
Maybe the lieutenant's 4 missiles might not have triggered the Soviet's alpha, but anything more than that would certainly have pulled the hair trigger.
The only proposal so far to actually make sense. No corporate is going to open-source their Wifi code if they haven't already, especially those multi-channel directional systems. And binary- and official-only firmware has obvious problems as well.
This is the proposal to get behind, to reinforce to the FCC in the public consulations. It lets the corporates keep their trade secrets and allows open source firmware to exist at the same time.
The detection algorithms assume two purchases at the same store within minutes of each other are usually a sign of double-dipping or card cloning at the store. Physical presence at a store normally results in a single transaction, not multiple, for most shoppers.
Dealing with this in an online store can be difficult as multiple purchases are normal. Amazon's Kindle store handles this by delaying some of the transactions if they would appear too similar. I just bought two ebooks via the Kindle for $10.00. The first went through instantly, the second came through nearly six hours later. This is an interesting way to do things and I think Amazon only does it with the Kindle store because they can remove the book if the transaction fails later.
I would hope (probably a false hope) that the CC card company may know that I've bought an airline ticket, but not the details of the flight itself.
Defending a trademark can be as simple as asking nicely to stop using it. A formal cease-and-desist letter will work as well. You don't need to sue for damages to defend it if the abuser responds to the requests to stop.
I think they'd be covered as the original owners of the prior art that the BBC blatantly stole and copied for the entertainment of the masses. The bigger on the inside feature might well have been added in to get around the Met's existing copyright.
To me it makes sense when coupled with the assumption that Weyland hired the crew to be susceptible to bribery and to be easily disposable. The mission wasn't supposed to be scientific, just to appear to be just scientific enough that Shaw and Holloway wouldn't be suspicious about the real nature mission.
If Weyland had hired top xeno-biologists, they would have canned the exploration long before they got anywhere near what Weyland needed. Having someone who is there for the cash, basically a mercenary with just enough biological skills to pass muster, but not to react as a research scientist would, gets Weyland to that goal. Same for the rest of the team, and that scene with electrocuting the head highlights that they hired third or fourth-rate scientifically skilled mercenaries.
Ridley Scott and the rest of the Alien series set the groundwork for this process. Weyland-Yutani routinely had ill-equipped, non-specialist groups fiddling with alien technology, relying on their mercenary nature to do stupid yet profitable things.
It might have been a bit too much in-your-face in Prometheus compared to the early Alien movies, but the way Weyland carried out the mission was in perfect conformity with their "later" missions in the Aliens series. Hell, it explains why the Nostromo of all ships was diverted to investigate the signal.
What's wrong with Prometheus? It was a great soft sci-fi action movie.
How would a computer do a task like this. Aircraft is on final approach, 300m from the end of the runway when it drops suddenly and crashes over the final row of landing lights and skids to a halt on the hit point of the runway? How does the computer detect that, determine that it is an accident and then respond.
Sometimes you just need humans who are watching what is going on and capable of instant recognition of what is happening.
There may be 10000 bird strikes a year without causing a crash, but it doesn't mean those strikes are harmless. AVHerald has three bird strike incidents listed for the last calendar week that have results in the aircraft returning to the airport and then being grounded for 2-3 days while repairs to radomes and other panels are carried out. That's repair costs and lost revenue for the airline because of a relatively unavoidable incident.
Incurring the same repair costs and lost revenue for a completely preventable incident would seriously piss off most beancounters and that's why the FAA regulates RC aircraft near commercial flight paths. It's not just about a crash, it's about the damage and costs of non-crash incidents as well.
It's not YOUR TAX DOLLARS, it's a mandatory fee from the egg producers. They have to be members of the AEB if they produce eggs above a certain quantity and the AEB provides services in exchange for that.
No, it's not MY TAX DOLLARS, it's a mandatory fee from the egg producers that funds the board. It might increase the price of eggs on the shelf to cover that fee, but it isn't coming out of sales taxes, income taxes and so forth.
You're all falling into the trap of average daily power usage. The heliostat needs to provide the peak power draw, not the average power draw of a house.
I'm a South African and while my 3 person house averages 700W power consumption over a 24 hour period, my peak is close to 10kW if I've got the stove, water heater and kettle going at the same time. That happens regularly in the early evening or mornings. And yes, we have electric stoves and water heaters because we don't have a gas infrastructure like Europe or North America.
Our electricity rates per kWh seem to be comparable to the US rates, 10 US cents to 14 US cents per kWh for my city's inclined tariffs. But solar installation costs are high, a 10kW installation with batteries to hold overnight can be around $25000 and the batteries will have to be replaced after 6-9 years at around $8000. My house uses roughly 1000 kWh a month for a bill of $110. So the capital cost would pay off over 19 years, but after a maximum of 9 years, I'd add another 6 years to that. And for the average working and middle class South African, $25000 as a capital expense is a harsh layout.