A sedan has an engine power of around 200kW; to travel 500 miles, say it takes 10 hours, so total energy consumed = 200 x 10 = 2000 kWh.
If the capacitor loads in 5 mins, it means the charger pumps said 2000 kWh in 1/12 of an hour, for a power of 2000 x 12 = 24MW; now most houses in Europe have 3kW energy pipes, so it looks like the filling station packs some serious punch... hmmmmm
BUSLink has had a 64GB drive for sale since march this year.
Anyhow, imagine how you feel when you find out you lost your house keys, your coffee machine key AND five grand worth' of solid-state memory in one fell swoop !
Great idea, I'm having three.
I slogged through the 1000+ pages of the tome three years ago - I remember all my friends were making fun of me because of the size of the book. While some of that stuff is interesting, anybody who claims he's invented a New Kind of Science is a raging lunatic.
The way the book is filled with self promotion is a testimony to this, all the more sad because Stephen Wolfram's curriculum is impressive and he might (I'm not equipped to understand) be a genius
I do not intend to turn this into a mystic discussion: cell phone using while driving - like any other distraction - is dangerous. The law says so, common sense says so. You are obviously free to think otherwise.
Nobody is saying here that it is more dangerous than driving under the effect of alcohol or speed or other mind-altering substance, of course.
True, stats can prove everything until proved wrong by a better stat. Frankly your own experience does not qualify as a better stat
It's not a question of "heard" - there is plenty stats for this.
For example, according to this article based on USDOT data, fully 25% of all car accidents in the US are due to the cell phone distraction.
So, while you ar efree to feel concerned about anything you want (like a meteor from outer space hitting you right on the head), the fact are something else.
PLUS, in many countries (and should be everywhere) using a phone while driving is just ILLEGAL.
Why, oh why, Google?
It is just that you people never leave the 'Plex and therefore have no idea what happens on the road with dorks yakking on the phone and crashing into the guy ahead of them?
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A sedan has an engine power of around 200kW; to travel 500 miles, say it takes 10 hours, so total energy consumed = 200 x 10 = 2000 kWh.
If the capacitor loads in 5 mins, it means the charger pumps said 2000 kWh in 1/12 of an hour, for a power of 2000 x 12 = 24MW; now most houses in Europe have 3kW energy pipes, so it looks like the filling station packs some serious punch... hmmmmm
BUSLink has had a 64GB drive for sale since march this year. Anyhow, imagine how you feel when you find out you lost your house keys, your coffee machine key AND five grand worth' of solid-state memory in one fell swoop ! Great idea, I'm having three.
I slogged through the 1000+ pages of the tome three years ago - I remember all my friends were making fun of me because of the size of the book. While some of that stuff is interesting, anybody who claims he's invented a New Kind of Science is a raging lunatic. The way the book is filled with self promotion is a testimony to this, all the more sad because Stephen Wolfram's curriculum is impressive and he might (I'm not equipped to understand) be a genius
I do not intend to turn this into a mystic discussion: cell phone using while driving - like any other distraction - is dangerous. The law says so, common sense says so. You are obviously free to think otherwise.
Nobody is saying here that it is more dangerous than driving under the effect of alcohol or speed or other mind-altering substance, of course.
True, stats can prove everything until proved wrong by a better stat.
Frankly your own experience does not qualify as a better stat
For example, according to this article based on USDOT data, fully 25% of all car accidents in the US are due to the cell phone distraction.
So, while you ar efree to feel concerned about anything you want (like a meteor from outer space hitting you right on the head), the fact are something else.
Why, oh why, Google?
It is just that you people never leave the 'Plex and therefore have no idea what happens on the road with dorks yakking on the phone and crashing into the guy ahead of them?
Or is it plain ol' Slashdot Front Page Whoring? Suspect the latter
made me cringe - please, please read after you write !
yak! I just fell off my chair laughing at this one - my coworkers are wondering what's the matter.
Best.Ever.