Sometimes the tree hugging hippies just piss me off.
Nuclear? Right out.
Hydroelectric? Nope, the plants killed by the dam reservoir release more carbon than a coal plant releases in its lifetime (hard to believe...)
Wind power? No! Won't someone please think of the birds!?
To the dead bird argument:
a. How many birds are killed by living room picture windows each year? I know my childhood house racked up a few each year, and thats only one house...
b. Who is to say birds won't evolve to avoid big white spinning blades?
All he was saying is that Apple should have built a time machine and gone into the future to obtain magical batteries that have 10MW/g energy density and recharge by breathing on them for 2 seconds.
"The technology is geared toward applications where power is needed in inaccessible places or under extreme conditions. Since the battery should be able to run reliably for more than 10 years without recharge or replacement, it would be perfect for medical devices like pacemakers, implanted defibrillators, or other implanted devices that would otherwise require surgery to replace or repair. Likewise, deep-space probes or deep-sea sensors, which are beyond the reach of repair, also would benefit from such technology."
Sooo, don't expect this in the next-gen iPod or laptop or cellphone, cause it just ain't in the cards.
Pedantic I know, but it probably wasn't chilled directly with engine bleed air, as it is high pressure and high temperature air. More likely it was cooled with air chilled by a compressor powered by bleed air.
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Sometimes the tree hugging hippies just piss me off.
Nuclear? Right out.
Hydroelectric? Nope, the plants killed by the dam reservoir release more carbon than a coal plant releases in its lifetime (hard to believe...)
Wind power? No! Won't someone please think of the birds!?
To the dead bird argument:
a. How many birds are killed by living room picture windows each year? I know my childhood house racked up a few each year, and thats only one house...
b. Who is to say birds won't evolve to avoid big white spinning blades?
Well said. Its not hate of Intel, its that AMD is superior in many ways, but is being held back because of Intel's iron grip over the market.
All he was saying is that Apple should have built a time machine and gone into the future to obtain magical batteries that have 10MW/g energy density and recharge by breathing on them for 2 seconds.
That'd be awesome
Wouldn't it be an IFO? Identified Flying Object?
Transistors. And ICs. Without them you wouldn't be reading this.
'Invent the war'? Where did that come from? Is that a WWI/WWII reference? The US DID invent the war in Iraq... does that count?
I've got bad news for your extra power cords. The PS3 will ship (sadly for you, I know) with a power cord.
So it looks like you will STILL have extra cables in a box in your basement.
Yes, and it was powered by coal and...
Parent is a troll guys, come on. +5 Insightful?
From TFA:
"The technology is geared toward applications where power is needed in inaccessible places or under extreme conditions. Since the battery should be able to run reliably for more than 10 years without recharge or replacement, it would be perfect for medical devices like pacemakers, implanted defibrillators, or other implanted devices that would otherwise require surgery to replace or repair. Likewise, deep-space probes or deep-sea sensors, which are beyond the reach of repair, also would benefit from such technology."
Sooo, don't expect this in the next-gen iPod or laptop or cellphone, cause it just ain't in the cards.
Pedantic I know, but it probably wasn't chilled directly with engine bleed air, as it is high pressure and high temperature air. More likely it was cooled with air chilled by a compressor powered by bleed air.
From the inventor of the concept:
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"Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism as it is a merge of state and corporate power."
-Benito Mussolini
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quotes.nsf/QuotesBy
At least the Federal government in the United States isn't controlled by corporate power. Oh damn.
And with this on your bookshelf you'll be removing all doubt about your level of nerdiness.
There are some very odd typos in that link, but it has an interesting blurb on MHD pumps.
I work on old car 6v electrical systems, and they still are!