Re:Wrong target market.
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Shameless plug (not that I make any money from it -- wikispaces gets all the revenue from the google ads):
In case you didn't see my other post, I've got a wiki up about induction cooking at inductioncooking.wikispaces.org. There is some interesting information there about ordering cooktops from Europe (I'm assuming you are in N.A., so ignore this if you aren't), where you can acquire nicer European models with higher power than the N.A. stuff at far lower prices (even after paying for shipping).
Colin
Apparently you don't know much about induction
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Saying that "gas is better for cooking" is only true if you're talking about traditional electric cooktops. Induction is superior to gas. See http://inductioncooking.wikispaces.com/AboutInduct ion (disclaimer: I maintain that website, although the information is collected from various sources).
That said, I don't see a lot of use for a pre-programmed cooking routine. It will only work when you can guarantee the consistency of your ingredients (making caramel or deep frying come to mind, but there are already cooktops that can maintain a set temperature +/-5C).
"I would think it unseemly to manufacture a product that has deficiencies, then sell a product to protect against those deficiencies."
Isn't this more or less what the credit reporting agencies are doing when they try to sell you credit moitoring services? It may be unseemly, but apparently it's legal.
I can just picture it now: Okay, first give the monkey your credit card number, now you need to plug a headset into your computer and, oh yeah, you'll need to be sitting in front of your computer to make phone calls.
Given that all my non-techie friends (that would be pretty much all of my friends) have relegated their computers to basements, dingy corners, etc., I really don't see this as a big draw. Now, if MS were to start providing some hardware, a la Vonage, so that you could use your regular telephone, then we've got something with a fighting chance of mass appeal.
Don't forget that most of us have probably owned more than one computer, so I'd say it's probably a certainty that MS has sold more licenses to Windows than there are computer users.
Your explanation of piracy strengthening market dominance reminds me of a rumour I heard in the early 90s. Pro-Engineer had just announced they were no longer going to use hardware dongles to lock the software and the rumour was they were doing it to increase the availability of pirated versions and take on AutoCAD's market dominance (the theory being that since everyone and their brother had a pirated copy of AutoCAD, that's what you were going to recommend when your company was selcting a CAD solution.
I've seen a few responses here suggesting that before you take your computer in for repair you should encrypt your files, move them to to a removable drive, etc. (or should be doing so as a matter of course).
My only question: if you know how to do that, why are you taking your computer to Gateway to get it repaired? Fix the damn thing yourself.
Specific heat of water: 4186 J/kg.K Cup of coffee:.25 kg (250 ml, ignore density change due to coffee) Energy in sunlight: 800 W/m.m (valid for noon in low latitudes on a sunny day) Collection area: 1.17 m.m (actually 1.17 but I'm not doing the numbers again). "several minutes" to boil a cup of coffee: 3 min
Assuming 100% efficiency, and using 50% of the fibers, that gives us 80K, or exactly what you need to go from 20C to 100C. Unfortunately, I don't think my assumptions about the energy in sunlight, efficiencies, or the percentage of fibers being used are very reasonable (I'd guess that I'm off by an order of magnitude or so overall).
The article made a lot of sense up until it went right off the rails when the author started babbling about using the sunlight to power everything in your kitchen.
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Shameless plug (not that I make any money from it -- wikispaces gets all the revenue from the google ads): In case you didn't see my other post, I've got a wiki up about induction cooking at inductioncooking.wikispaces.org. There is some interesting information there about ordering cooktops from Europe (I'm assuming you are in N.A., so ignore this if you aren't), where you can acquire nicer European models with higher power than the N.A. stuff at far lower prices (even after paying for shipping). Colin
Saying that "gas is better for cooking" is only true if you're talking about traditional electric cooktops. Induction is superior to gas. See http://inductioncooking.wikispaces.com/AboutInduct ion (disclaimer: I maintain that website, although the information is collected from various sources).
That said, I don't see a lot of use for a pre-programmed cooking routine. It will only work when you can guarantee the consistency of your ingredients (making caramel or deep frying come to mind, but there are already cooktops that can maintain a set temperature +/-5C).
"I would think it unseemly to manufacture a product that has deficiencies, then sell a product to protect against those deficiencies."
Isn't this more or less what the credit reporting agencies are doing when they try to sell you credit moitoring services? It may be unseemly, but apparently it's legal.
Talk about thinking like a geek...
I can just picture it now: Okay, first give the monkey your credit card number, now you need to plug a headset into your computer and, oh yeah, you'll need to be sitting in front of your computer to make phone calls.
Given that all my non-techie friends (that would be pretty much all of my friends) have relegated their computers to basements, dingy corners, etc., I really don't see this as a big draw. Now, if MS were to start providing some hardware, a la Vonage, so that you could use your regular telephone, then we've got something with a fighting chance of mass appeal.
...is that the OSS community might actually produce a DRM system that is secure.
Don't forget that most of us have probably owned more than one computer, so I'd say it's probably a certainty that MS has sold more licenses to Windows than there are computer users.
Your explanation of piracy strengthening market dominance reminds me of a rumour I heard in the early 90s. Pro-Engineer had just announced they were no longer going to use hardware dongles to lock the software and the rumour was they were doing it to increase the availability of pirated versions and take on AutoCAD's market dominance (the theory being that since everyone and their brother had a pirated copy of AutoCAD, that's what you were going to recommend when your company was selcting a CAD solution.
I've seen a few responses here suggesting that before you take your computer in for repair you should encrypt your files, move them to to a removable drive, etc. (or should be doing so as a matter of course). My only question: if you know how to do that, why are you taking your computer to Gateway to get it repaired? Fix the damn thing yourself.
...that was some god-awful writing. I think cool tech zone needs some editors.
Specific heat of water: 4186 J/kg.K .25 kg (250 ml, ignore density change due to coffee)
Cup of coffee:
Energy in sunlight: 800 W/m.m (valid for noon in low latitudes on a sunny day)
Collection area: 1.17 m.m (actually 1.17 but I'm not doing the numbers again).
"several minutes" to boil a cup of coffee: 3 min
Assuming 100% efficiency, and using 50% of the fibers, that gives us 80K, or exactly what you need to go from 20C to 100C. Unfortunately, I don't think my assumptions about the energy in sunlight, efficiencies, or the percentage of fibers being used are very reasonable (I'd guess that I'm off by an order of magnitude or so overall).
The article made a lot of sense up until it went right off the rails when the author started babbling about using the sunlight to power everything in your kitchen.
> This is how empires fall. Not all at once, but in pieces...
Pecked to death by penguins?