Ya, I took Physics and EE courses too, but you're missing the point. Yes, resistance *can* prevent current penetration of the skin but *if that fails*, you're basically one big bag of saline - through which current travels very, very well (your skin provides the stopping resistance, not your body) and as little as 1/2 amp can kill you if it crosses your heart. I'm not contesting your assumption of prevention, but I certainly wouldn't count on it - if you're skin is wet and/or you have an open cut, etc... you're probably fucked. My assertion that 1/2 amp can stop your heart is correct. You're arguing "not if it doesn't reach it", which is also true, but that doesn't in-validate my statement. Now, you keep playing with electricity all willy-nilly and I'll come to your funeral before you come to mine:-) Have a good, safe weekend.
Offhand it would seem that a shock of 10,000 volts would be more deadly than 100 volts. But this is not so! Individuals have been electrocuted by appliances using ordinary house currents of 110 volts and by electrical apparatus in industry using as little as 42 volts direct current. The real measure of shock's intensity lies in the amount of current (amperes) forced though the body, and not the voltage. Any electrical device used on a house wiring circuit can, under certain conditions, transmit a fatal current.
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Bulletin VOL. 2, NO. 13, February, 1987
A domestic power supply voltage (110 or 230 V), 50 or 60 Hz alternating current (AC) through the chest for a fraction of a second may induce ventricular fibrillation at currents as low as 60 mA. With direct current (DC), 300 to 500 mA is required.[2] If the current has a direct pathway to the heart (e.g., via a cardiac catheter or other kind of electrode), a much lower current of less than 1 mA (AC or DC) can cause fibrillation. If not immediately treated by defibrillation, fibrillations are usually lethal because all the heart muscle cells move independently instead of in the coordinated pulses needed to pump blood to maintain circulation. Above 200 mA, muscle contractions are so strong that the heart muscles cannot move at all.
Try again after you get some education. 1/2 an Amp can stop your heart - fact. It's not about burns or resistance of the body, it's about disrupting the electrical signal and rhythm of your heartbeat. Volts and Amps are different things. In this particular case, Volts don't matter, which is why you're still alive after getting your 240V shock and why people can touch Van der Graaff generators (at upwards 5 megavolts - but no amps). You're correct about the conduction path and that also probably saved your life. The current went in your arm and out somewhere, but either didn't have enough Amps to matter or (more likely) didn't cross your heart.
The carrier was originally meant for the Soviet navy, but its construction was halted as the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and engineers in the Ukraine disarmed it and removed its engines before selling it to China in 1998 for $20 million.
I know 3 people named Steve Wright. How does Facebook know which one I'm referring to at any particular time.
I can narrow that down for you. The one who mentions he has a map of the US - its actual size (legend says "1 mile = 1 mile") - and lives at "E4" is Steven Wright.
You're much better off just treating a credit card like a debit card & paying it off monthly, and using your debit card ONLY as an ATM card.
Agreed. I pay for most things using my CC and pay it off every month (other things I use cash). I've *never* carried a CC balance (or paid a fee). I've been debt-free for years (including my mortgage since last summer). In addition, I have an ATM only, not Debit card. SunTrust tried to make me switch last summer, but I (actually) wrote the President of SunTrust to complain - citing many of the reasons against Debit cards mentioned in this thread (as, apparently did many others) and got a personal phone call and my ATM card back.
For the same reason we allow labor unions, the EFF, and any other group to donate to political parties. Groups of people are still people with the same rights they always had even if they were not in a group. Exercising your freedom of association does not strip you of other rights.
While this may indeed be the rational behind the decision, it's flawed. In the cases you describe, the members of the group do not generally decide on the donations, only a few (or one) of the group that are in charge decide. Supposedly their decision is based on what's good for the group, but I suspect that what's good for those individuals in charge enters into the calculation as well. In any case, the actual group members usually have no say in the matter, or only after the fact (elect new officials). I know my company makes political donations, but I've never seen a referendum on a shareholder ballot about this, nor do I believe they would care about my opinion as an employee.
The SCOTUS decision was wrong. If groups want to donate, they can do so as coordinated individuals.
Why the fuck do you allow corporates to donate to political parties?
Because, apparently, corporations are considered people in the US, at least for Freedom of Speech issues. They have other rights too, but apparently few responsibilities - except to their shareholders - and this is the problem. I mean, if they're people, why do they get special tax rules and rates, limited liability? Why are they allowed to pick their state of incorporation, regardless of where their headquarters or major operations are located? Many (most?) banks pick Delaware because the state's laws favor corporations (http://www.delawareintercorp.com/t-WhyIncorporateinDelaware.aspx). Hell, I live in Virginia, but would love to pick Florida (no state income tax).
So why are Corporations People? Because Corporations helped write the laws and fund our Politicians.
The practical upshot of this research is that — even for adult brains, which aren't supposed to change much — what you learn structurally changes your brain. Significantly.
Okay. Now I *really* feel sorry for Windows programmers/admins:-)
Human-scanning every single message would be nearly impossible. Even if they managed to handle the staffing problem, they couldn't afford it. And even if they could afford it, there's the ethical issues it presents.
Reminds me of the Better Off Ted episode "Racial Sensitivity" where a glitch in the new automatic sensors controlling the building (lights, door, elevators, water-fountains, bathrooms) - that worked by measuring light reflected off faces/skin - didn't detect "black people"... Management didn't want to face the expense of reverting to the previous system or admit they made a mistake, so they tried other alternatives.
First Management installed separate, manual water-fountains - with a sign that said "For Blacks," then they decided to simply hire minimum-wage white people to follow the black employees around and trigger the sensors. Of course, HR said that was discrimination to only hire white people, so they had to also hire more black people and - you see where this is going... Finally, they convinced Management that this circle of hiring would quickly lead to all the people on the planet working for Veridian Dynamics and that they "simply don't have the parking for that."
Fedex does deliver to all addresses. Don't know about UPS. USPS does not.
By law, the USPS is mandated to provide universal delivery. From: Postal Facts
A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 150 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes.
Some very basic functionality that should exist (but I haven’t seen) would be that the TV should detect a signal on an input and auto switch to it via some kind of hierarchy. Turn on the DVD player.. input should go to that.. turn it off.. back to digital box.. turn that off, back to analog cable. This seems basic and maybe it has been done, but when I looked I couldn’t find a TV that supported this.
The latest Sony Bravia components have "Bravia Sync" (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_bravia_sync) that basically do what you want. All the components can be controlled from a single remote. Select DVD and the TV and DVD power up and the TV switches to the DVD input, etc...Other vendors might have something similar.
Let me choose about 20 channels, and cut my bill about 70%.
But it probably won't cut your bill, or not by as much as you'd think/like. Content providers negotiate bundles with the cable companies. For example, if the cable companies want to be able to distribute The Disney Channel, most likely they'll have to accept ABC Family, ESPN and ESPN2, etc...The Discovery Network has many channels, several that always seem to go together. The cable companies have to make up their content costs somewhere. In addition, the fewer people that want a channel, the more expensive it will probably be...
Why have kids if you never see them? Why work that much that you're totally exhausted, all the time, and have no chance to enjoy life? Why bother? How depressing...
In addition, working that much isn't healthy for you; could get Cancer or something... oh wait. (Too soon?):-)
It's been proven for at least a decade that if you absolutely, positively need it there tomorrow, people are willing to pay $13-25 to make sure it gets there through carriers like UPS and FedEx.
And unavailable at any price if it's to somewhere FedEx or UPS don't deliver, whereas the USPS delivers to *every* address, 6 days a week.
I'm sorry, but which people are demanding it? Seems like the massive amounts of packages shipped via other carries shows that the majority of the US doesn't want the USPS, so why should they be forced to pay for it?
I'm pretty sure your numbers are off - way off. Yes, many businesses use FedEx or UPS rather than the USPS, most likely because (a) they've negotiated shipping rates with carriers and (b) parcel tracking is much better than w/USPS, but I'm willing to bet money that most people ship most of their packages via USPS, especially as it's much less expensive to do so. As for volume, according to this http://www.nalc.org/postal/perform/productivity.html and at least one other reference on Answers.com - of course, some of this volume is letters not packages.
The USPS delivers more items in one day than Federal Express does in a year and more items in one week than United Parcel Service does in a year.
The Postal Service delivers to 146 million businesses and households each day, six days per week. UPS delivers to 8 million addresses daily while FedEx serves even fewer.
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Google: Do no evil, unless contractually obligated, then it's okay.
Ya, I took Physics and EE courses too, but you're missing the point. Yes, resistance *can* prevent current penetration of the skin but *if that fails*, you're basically one big bag of saline - through which current travels very, very well (your skin provides the stopping resistance, not your body) and as little as 1/2 amp can kill you if it crosses your heart. I'm not contesting your assumption of prevention, but I certainly wouldn't count on it - if you're skin is wet and/or you have an open cut, etc... you're probably fucked. My assertion that 1/2 amp can stop your heart is correct. You're arguing "not if it doesn't reach it", which is also true, but that doesn't in-validate my statement. Now, you keep playing with electricity all willy-nilly and I'll come to your funeral before you come to mine :-) Have a good, safe weekend.
http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~p616/safety/fatal_current.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_shock
Try again after you get some education. 1/2 an Amp can stop your heart - fact. It's not about burns or resistance of the body, it's about disrupting the electrical signal and rhythm of your heartbeat. Volts and Amps are different things. In this particular case, Volts don't matter, which is why you're still alive after getting your 240V shock and why people can touch Van der Graaff generators (at upwards 5 megavolts - but no amps). You're correct about the conduction path and that also probably saved your life. The current went in your arm and out somewhere, but either didn't have enough Amps to matter or (more likely) didn't cross your heart.
I can narrow that down for you. The one who mentions he has a map of the US - its actual size (legend says "1 mile = 1 mile") - and lives at "E4" is Steven Wright.
Agreed. I pay for most things using my CC and pay it off every month (other things I use cash). I've *never* carried a CC balance (or paid a fee). I've been debt-free for years (including my mortgage since last summer). In addition, I have an ATM only, not Debit card. SunTrust tried to make me switch last summer, but I (actually) wrote the President of SunTrust to complain - citing many of the reasons against Debit cards mentioned in this thread (as, apparently did many others) and got a personal phone call and my ATM card back.
While this may indeed be the rational behind the decision, it's flawed. In the cases you describe, the members of the group do not generally decide on the donations, only a few (or one) of the group that are in charge decide. Supposedly their decision is based on what's good for the group, but I suspect that what's good for those individuals in charge enters into the calculation as well. In any case, the actual group members usually have no say in the matter, or only after the fact (elect new officials). I know my company makes political donations, but I've never seen a referendum on a shareholder ballot about this, nor do I believe they would care about my opinion as an employee.
The SCOTUS decision was wrong. If groups want to donate, they can do so as coordinated individuals.
Because, apparently, corporations are considered people in the US, at least for Freedom of Speech issues. They have other rights too, but apparently few responsibilities - except to their shareholders - and this is the problem. I mean, if they're people, why do they get special tax rules and rates, limited liability? Why are they allowed to pick their state of incorporation, regardless of where their headquarters or major operations are located? Many (most?) banks pick Delaware because the state's laws favor corporations (http://www.delawareintercorp.com/t-WhyIncorporateinDelaware.aspx). Hell, I live in Virginia, but would love to pick Florida (no state income tax).
So why are Corporations People? Because Corporations helped write the laws and fund our Politicians.
Of course, it only takes 100-500 mA to stop your heart.
For the love of GOD I hope you're talking about the Star Trek kind, not the Stargate kind of Replicator.
Hmm... Can't Emacs emulate Firefox? Let me see... something like < M-x firefox-mode >
Okay. Now I *really* feel sorry for Windows programmers/admins :-)
Well, that's as good an explanation for the Wall Street bailouts as any I've heard so far...
Reminds me of the Better Off Ted episode "Racial Sensitivity" where a glitch in the new automatic sensors controlling the building (lights, door, elevators, water-fountains, bathrooms) - that worked by measuring light reflected off faces/skin - didn't detect "black people"... Management didn't want to face the expense of reverting to the previous system or admit they made a mistake, so they tried other alternatives.
First Management installed separate, manual water-fountains - with a sign that said "For Blacks," then they decided to simply hire minimum-wage white people to follow the black employees around and trigger the sensors. Of course, HR said that was discrimination to only hire white people, so they had to also hire more black people and - you see where this is going... Finally, they convinced Management that this circle of hiring would quickly lead to all the people on the planet working for Veridian Dynamics and that they "simply don't have the parking for that."
Nor did Cold Fusion ... Science is about process and critical thinking not just results.
By law, the USPS is mandated to provide universal delivery. From: Postal Facts
The latest Sony Bravia components have "Bravia Sync" (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_bravia_sync) that basically do what you want. All the components can be controlled from a single remote. Select DVD and the TV and DVD power up and the TV switches to the DVD input, etc...Other vendors might have something similar.
But it probably won't cut your bill, or not by as much as you'd think/like. Content providers negotiate bundles with the cable companies. For example, if the cable companies want to be able to distribute The Disney Channel, most likely they'll have to accept ABC Family, ESPN and ESPN2, etc...The Discovery Network has many channels, several that always seem to go together. The cable companies have to make up their content costs somewhere. In addition, the fewer people that want a channel, the more expensive it will probably be...
In addition, working that much isn't healthy for you; could get Cancer or something... oh wait. (Too soon?) :-)
Umm... As I said, they do - unlike FedEx and UPS.
I was thinking more about FedEx and UPS not delivering to the destination, as they're not required to (and do not) deliver everywhere like the USPS.
Agreed, but it's Congress that sets the USPS operating rules (and price). Critters from rural districts want to keep Saturday delivery.
And unavailable at any price if it's to somewhere FedEx or UPS don't deliver, whereas the USPS delivers to *every* address, 6 days a week.
I'm pretty sure your numbers are off - way off. Yes, many businesses use FedEx or UPS rather than the USPS, most likely because (a) they've negotiated shipping rates with carriers and (b) parcel tracking is much better than w/USPS, but I'm willing to bet money that most people ship most of their packages via USPS, especially as it's much less expensive to do so. As for volume, according to this http://www.nalc.org/postal/perform/productivity.html and at least one other reference on Answers.com - of course, some of this volume is letters not packages.