One caveat I should mention: DON'T DO THIS WITHOUT PRACTICING IT FIRST. It isn't taught in driver's ed--frankly, they don't teach much there but the laws. But, if you live in an area prone to major snowfall, you should practice in an empty parking lot first until you're comfortable with how the car handles and how much gas is enough. Always keep the wheels pointed the direction you want to go, and don't give it too much gas or counter-steer too hard. Chances are, the car will straighten out after a couple swings--if you practiced before it became necessary, and didn't overdo the gas/counter-steering.
Running for fitness? Running from bears? Running a business? Running for public office? You seem anonymous and have done cowardly things. Have you considered running?
I'm curious. On what grounds did your manager complain about this? Was it to the exclusion of other customers or something? Seems to me like that's pretty good customer service--something you can't get in a Radio Shack these days unless you're buying the latest GizmoWidget 3000. I've searched high and low--you can't even buy a variable capacitor in any of the stores around here.
This is why people who live around here tend to buy vehicles with AWD. Otherwise, you're not going much of anywhere. The further north you go, the more true this becomes.
20V under the right circumstances is more than enough to kill you. A static shock can be 10,000V and not do more than annoy you. The voltage isn't really important by itself until you get to around 500V and skin begins to break down--all that nice ionic fluid in your body is incredibly conductive. This is why it's the amps that do the trick. 20mA will happily kill you. 16mA at 60Hz is the maximum current a person can realistically let go of.
I'm an American and that seemed pretty obvious to me. Then again, there's no shortage of people using the term on this site. I'm also from Mass, and it doesn't seem like a slur to me. Hell, we call ourselves massholes.
Also, around here, they paint these lines on the ground leading up to an intersection. If you're doing the speed limit, on a dry day, a moderate amount of breaking force will bring you to a safe stop if you begin braking at the beginning of the line. If the light is yellow at or before the beginning of that line, you stop. If the light turns yellow and you're past the line, you generally have enough time to cross the intersection safely.
Around here, they're almost all 2 seconds long, and the green generally occurs 2 seconds after red for the other direction. They're quite predictable for the most part (but we don't have RLCs all over the place).
In driver's ed, we were taught that yellow means "stop, if it is safe to do so." In practice (I live in Mass), yellow seems to mean "stomp on the gas" to most people.
The whole point is to have it disconnect with a moderate amount of force, causing you the annoyance of plugging it back in rather than the annoyance of sending your laptop flying across the room when you trip on it. One of my old external hard drives died this death...
You're complaining? When my grandpappy was a boy, he had to walk uphill, both ways, in the snow just to send a submission by pony express and he never got accepted once!
What's 5A between friends? That means you likely want a 14 AWG. I've got an extension cord here rated for 30A at 300V...or 9kW (okay, I had to attach the plug/outlet myself, but still!) It's only moderate overkill, weighs about 20lbs. O:-)
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One caveat I should mention: DON'T DO THIS WITHOUT PRACTICING IT FIRST. It isn't taught in driver's ed--frankly, they don't teach much there but the laws. But, if you live in an area prone to major snowfall, you should practice in an empty parking lot first until you're comfortable with how the car handles and how much gas is enough. Always keep the wheels pointed the direction you want to go, and don't give it too much gas or counter-steer too hard. Chances are, the car will straighten out after a couple swings--if you practiced before it became necessary, and didn't overdo the gas/counter-steering.
Nope, but it does allow you to change direction to avoid a collision much more easily. The gas will save you more often than the brakes in a slide.
Running for fitness? Running from bears? Running a business? Running for public office? You seem anonymous and have done cowardly things. Have you considered running?
For one, you can't buy a variable capacitor from Radio Shack anymore (at least, around here). Kinda hard to build a useful radio without one.
You are stranded in a cave thought to be inhabited by wild grue. Which three books would you bring?
I'm curious. On what grounds did your manager complain about this? Was it to the exclusion of other customers or something? Seems to me like that's pretty good customer service--something you can't get in a Radio Shack these days unless you're buying the latest GizmoWidget 3000. I've searched high and low--you can't even buy a variable capacitor in any of the stores around here.
This is why people who live around here tend to buy vehicles with AWD. Otherwise, you're not going much of anywhere. The further north you go, the more true this becomes.
Additionally, my SO seems to think that the maximum acceptable distance from another vehicle is no more than 3", plus perhaps an inch for blizzards.
One of these would make it plug resistant!
You must really hate listening to albums.
I'd prefer 85 watts at 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058[...] volts.
20V under the right circumstances is more than enough to kill you. A static shock can be 10,000V and not do more than annoy you. The voltage isn't really important by itself until you get to around 500V and skin begins to break down--all that nice ionic fluid in your body is incredibly conductive. This is why it's the amps that do the trick. 20mA will happily kill you. 16mA at 60Hz is the maximum current a person can realistically let go of.
Unless you're a mildly dead zombie.
But how many are plug-resistant?
I'm an American and that seemed pretty obvious to me. Then again, there's no shortage of people using the term on this site. I'm also from Mass, and it doesn't seem like a slur to me. Hell, we call ourselves massholes.
Also, around here, they paint these lines on the ground leading up to an intersection. If you're doing the speed limit, on a dry day, a moderate amount of breaking force will bring you to a safe stop if you begin braking at the beginning of the line. If the light is yellow at or before the beginning of that line, you stop. If the light turns yellow and you're past the line, you generally have enough time to cross the intersection safely.
Around here, they're almost all 2 seconds long, and the green generally occurs 2 seconds after red for the other direction. They're quite predictable for the most part (but we don't have RLCs all over the place).
In driver's ed, we were taught that yellow means "stop, if it is safe to do so." In practice (I live in Mass), yellow seems to mean "stomp on the gas" to most people.
You know, that suggests an awfully easy way to get a submission accepted, if such is your goal in life...
Try rubbing it on your credit card, and you won't have to put up with buying Apple products anymore.
It's the plug resistant magnetic brits that are the real challenge.
The whole point is to have it disconnect with a moderate amount of force, causing you the annoyance of plugging it back in rather than the annoyance of sending your laptop flying across the room when you trip on it. One of my old external hard drives died this death...
With optional 54-1 USB->barrel connector, only $39.99.
You're complaining? When my grandpappy was a boy, he had to walk uphill, both ways, in the snow just to send a submission by pony express and he never got accepted once!
What's 5A between friends? That means you likely want a 14 AWG. I've got an extension cord here rated for 30A at 300V...or 9kW (okay, I had to attach the plug/outlet myself, but still!) It's only moderate overkill, weighs about 20lbs. O:-)